Unable to play music.

[Lonnie Hotard]

I have been an iphone user for the longest time, but my mp3 player died so when it was time to get a new phone I switched to GS3 because of the ability to add the SDcard so that I can store music on the phone and just have one device.

Okay, so I put all 60+gb on an SD card, and had problems, tried a different card, same problems, different brand same problems. Sometimes my music files are recognized and sometimes they are not. I have tried the Music App, the Play Music App, I have downloaded several players. And all these apps just stop recognizing the files as being there, or the files can be seen and I get an error stating that the file cannot be played. I can reboot and sometimes it works. Rescan and sometimes it works, remove the card and put it back and sometimes it works. The weird thing, if I navagate to the file folder and then to the files on the card, I can play them without error, even when the apps don't.

I bought this phone for the ability to use it as an MP3 player. But this is really irritating me. At this point I am ready to toss it and go back to apple and just have two devices.

Can someone help me please.

 

[Mojoski]

Could some of them be protected files you bought through iTunes or are they all just plain MP3 files? I copy MP3 files to my SD card and play them all the time with no problems.. I use the Music app that came on my S3 and when I start it up it sees all the files on my media card.

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[Mojoski]

Now that I think about it more, the issue could be the 64GB card. I think you need to format it a certain way to get it to be seen reliable on that phone. Do a search for that issue. My card is a 32GB card and it works flawlessly all the time, but I've read about challenges getting the 64GB cards to work reliably without reformatting them or something. Good luck!

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[Mojoski]

Here is a link that might be helpful:

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/734310-mounting-64gb-sdxc-card-in-s3.html

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[Mojoski]

Let me know if that helps or not..

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