32Gb SD card formatted as 16Gb

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I messed up my 32Gb SD card and decided to reformat it (Settings/Storage/Format SD card). But it is now shown as 16Gb. Is there any way to format it as 32GB?

You sure it's not a fake? Did you buy it from e-bay?

Many sellers on e-bay advertise their cards as cheap 32GB-cards, when they in reality are selling lower capacity cards and faked the size.

Originally Posted by SBS_

You sure it's not a fake? Did you buy it from e-bay?

Many sellers on e-bay advertise their cards as cheap 32GB-cards, when they in reality are selling lower capacity cards and faked the size.

I bought it from an online shop not ebay but it seems to be fake. Damn. It shown as 16Gb now in Gparted and in the phone.

Is there a certain way to check if the card fake or not. I've just googled the vendor and there are reviews confirming that the cards from this website are NOT fake. So before going back to the vendor I'd like to know for sure that the card supplied is a fake 32Gb.

someone can suggest a good 32gb sd card? what about class rate and speed? thanks

If it's fake, wouldn't it be more likely to be 8GB or lower? Format it in Windows (or whatever your favorite OS is) and then try to test how big it really is by adding files, and making sure the files were written to disk (verify every single byte by calculating the SHA1 or MD5 sums).

This checks SD Cards by filling them with data.

http://mympx.org/Downloads/p13_secti.../p13_fileid/13

Takes a while, but did get me a refund from a local computerstore which had got scammed with a bunch of fakes.

Easier just to buy from Amazon. Perfectly good class 4 16g sandisks for around 15.

For those who use Linux may use F3: http://oss.digirati.com.br/f3/ to check a SD card.

Sandisk 32gb class 4 from ebay. I only order in US and never out of country. Paid 45 a couple months ago and never a single issue.

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Originally Posted by TA123

Is there a certain way to check if the card fake or not. I've just googled the vendor and there are reviews confirming that the cards from this website are NOT fake. So before going back to the vendor I'd like to know for sure that the card supplied is a fake 32Gb.

I'd use h2testw to test the card. It writes files all the way up to the 32GB point and tells you if it has less than the advertised amount. It also tells you if any of the written files are read back incorrectly, showing corrupt memory.