32gb SD card issue

rnunez · #1 (**permalink**) 07-21-2011, 05:10 PM

I bought 3 different ones off ebay vendors,all did the same thing.The phone shows them as 32 GB cards but they are realy 2GB that have been "doctored" to look like 32GB cards.

I finally bought one from a retail store and it works great.If you got your card from ebay it is most likely a "counterfit " one

Da Uniq 1 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-21-2011, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by rnunez

I bought 3 different ones off ebay vendors,all did the same thing.The phone shows them as 32 GB cards but they are realy 2GB that have been "doctored" to look like 32GB cards.

I finally bought one from a retail store and it works great.If you got your card from ebay it is most likely a "counterfit " one

That is messed up. How much were the ones from EBAY if you don't mind me asking?

rnunez · #3 (**permalink**) 07-21-2011, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Da Uniq 1

That is messed up. How much were the ones from EBAY if you don't mind me asking?

They were $35 to $40. The vendors were all stand up people and refunded my money when I pointed out the problem. I found a program to test them and they all tested at 2GB.

Da Uniq 1 · #4 (**permalink**) 07-22-2011, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rnunez

They were $35 to $40. The vendors were all stand up people and refunded my money when I pointed out the problem. I found a program to test them and they all tested at 2GB.

Glad you got your $$ back. What program did you use? Care to share? Does it run from phone or from a PC?

rnunez · #5 (**permalink**) 07-22-2011, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Da Uniq 1

Glad you got your $$ back. What program did you use? Care to share? Does it run from phone or from a PC?

H2testw was the program.Just google the name and you will get the download.It runs from your PC. You place the SD card into your PC and the program writes to it. It then reads the card to determine the size.Every one of the counterfit cars showed only 1.8GB of good space and the rest as bad sectors.I could load music/videos on them but only up to 1.8GB. Anything more than that would not show up.

Da Uniq 1 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-25-2011, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by rnunez

H2testw was the program.Just google the name and you will get the download.It runs from your PC. You place the SD card into your PC and the program writes to it. It then reads the card to determine the size.Every one of the counterfit cars showed only 1.8GB of good space and the rest as bad sectors.I could load music/videos on them but only up to 1.8GB. Anything more than that would not show up.

Thanks for the info

divineazn716 · #7 (**permalink**) 07-26-2011, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by rnunez

H2testw was the program.Just google the name and you will get the download.It runs from your PC. You place the SD card into your PC and the program writes to it. It then reads the card to determine the size.Every one of the counterfit cars showed only 1.8GB of good space and the rest as bad sectors.I could load music/videos on them but only up to 1.8GB. Anything more than that would not show up.

thanks for this info, i messaged the guy i bought this from on ebay and told him what was going on and he gave me a full refund! i love to save money when i can but i hate it when i get half ass products lol... thanks for ur help though!!!