Syncing music to phone SD card kills it

From	Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Syncing music to phone SD card kills it
Date	2016-12-30 20:58 -0500
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Phone: LG Sunset LGL33L (Tracfone)
Android 5.0.1
32 GB Micro SD card (Samsung EVO at the moment) formatted as FAT32
Mediamonkey for Windows 4.1.14.1813 
Mediamonkey for Android 1.2.0.0624 (probably not a factor)

I use Mediamonkey for Windows to sync my music collection to my phone. 
My problem is that periodically, when syncing many (2000 - 4000 mp3s, 
maybe 20 GB), the SD card will go semi-dead - that is, the phone will 
suddenly cease to recognize the card. By that I mean that when I go to 
the Storage area of the Android settings, it shows no card present - 
the SC Card area is grayed out and won't let me mount or erase it. 
However, if I remove it and insert it into my Windows (both XP and 7) 
computer, the computer *will* read the card. CHKDSK indicates no 
problem. CHKDSK /F does not fix any problems. There is still about 12 
GB free. If I reformat the card (full or quick), it will once again be 
seen by the phone and can be written to. If I restore the SD card 
contents from a backup after formatting it, it works. Until the next 
time it happens. 

To make it even stranger, I have an app installed called SD Insight 
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.humanlogic.sdi). The 
app *does* see the card. If it is to be believed, the card is genuine 
and should hold its rated capacity. 

This has been going on for almost a year. Shortly after I first got the 
phone it happened. I thought the phone itself was bad, so I exchanged 
it for a new one of the same model. But it has happened several times 
since then. It has happed with at least 3 different SD cards, on at 
least 3 different computers.

I just don't get this. I can't figure out what, when, or where things 
are going wrong. The formula for disaster, if it exists, is illusive. 
I've tried different SD cards. I've tried syncing less data at once. 
I've tried different computers. Nothing seems to make a consistent 
difference.

Can anyone explain what's going on or have any thoughts on the matter?

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Syncing music to phone SD card kills it Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2016-12-30 20:58 -0500
  Re: Syncing music to phone SD card kills it tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-30 22:06 -0500
    Re: Syncing music to phone SD card kills it Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2016-12-30 23:10 -0500
    Re: Syncing music to phone SD card kills it micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2017-01-02 03:59 -0500
  Re: Syncing music to phone SD card kills it Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-12-31 11:05 +0100
    Re: Syncing music to phone SD card kills it Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-12-31 13:39 +0100
      Re: Syncing music to phone SD card kills it Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2016-12-31 16:04 -0500
    Re: Syncing music to phone SD card kills it Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2016-12-31 15:59 -0500

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