Extreme Slowdown in Image Transfer

[js10]

I'm currently, even as I write this, trying to transfer to my new Galaxy A32. They are actually from my old phone, but I copied them to a laptop first and am now trying to copy them from the laptop to my phone. The problem is that when the copying first started, it seemed to go very quickly and efficiently, but now it's slowed down to like on image per minute, at which pace it will take days to finish!

Does anyone know why this slowdown has occurred and if there is any way to essentially jumpstart the process? If I were to detach it now, would I have to start all over again later, or when it asks me if I want to replace an image that was already copied, can I just click "no to all" and it will then only copy new images to the phone? Thanks.

 

[SpookDroid]

You can do the latter (terminate it, copy again, and tell it to skip all that are already there). Unfortunately Windows sometimes get wonky with file transfers, especially when you're using BT or WiFi. Are you doing it directly or using Smart Switch?

 

[js10]

You can do the latter (terminate it, copy again, and tell it to skip all that are already there). Unfortunately Windows sometimes get wonky with file transfers, especially when you're using BT or WiFi. Are you doing it directly or using Smart Switch?

Thank you! I'm just connecting a USB from my laptop to the new phone, copying all of the images in the Windows folder, and then trying to paste them into my phone's SD card folder.

Unfortunately, though, I did try that method (pasting them again and telling it to skip all that are already there). When I start the paste, I select "Don't copy" with "Do this for all conflicts" checked. However, nothing then seems to happen -- there's no indication of images being pasted/transferred. So it seems like even this is a problem now. Any ideas? Thanks again.

 

[SpookDroid]

Try moving to internal memory first. SD cards are finicky and the card may be damage (also writing to them is waaaay slow compared to internal memory)

 

[js10]

Try moving to internal memory first. SD cards are finicky and the card may be damage (also writing to them is waaaay slow compared to internal memory)

The problem there is simply file size. We're talking about quite a few images here, so it would take up too much of my internal memory. I mean, that's really why I bought the SD card in the first place. As for the card being damaged, we're talking about a brand new Sandisk Extreme card here. That's supposed to be a good (and fast) card -- is it really that likely to be damaged?

 

[SpookDroid]

Yup. SD cards are very unreliable (hence the move to internal-memory-only phones). What you can do is move things in blocks; that way you can move some to internal memory, then transfer to SD card. Rinse and repeat. This will be less likely to fail a Windows transfer and, if the card is damaged, you're more likely to realize that (if it fails again during 'local' moves). I do strongly suggest, however, you keep a back up copy of whatever you're moving to SD card, either on a PC or a cloud service. Trust me, from SD-card experience...