LG Vu- using micro SD card

[hyacinth]

I just bought a 2GB micro SD card. How do I get this to work?

[kareem9nba]

It should be just a pop n' play procedure.

[hyacinth]

I stick it in the phone and I can find it when it says memory card, but idk how to store things on it or anything. Can anyone help me with that?

[hyacinth]

Also, I put the card into my PC (I have a vista which has a place to stick SD cards right in) and I added a song to it. Then when I put it in my phone and found the song, it tells me that the license expired and cannot open the song. So do I still need to buy the USB cord to to connect the phone to my PC?

[Cabbit-sama · Accepted solution]

Well if you purchased the song from some sort of service that had drm restrictions on it or something you may not be able to transfer those songs to another device/computer. That's what seems like happened. You don't need to get a usb cord since you already have a card reader. You can always get applications that will allow you to convert the songs into another format (which usually strips that sort of protection from the file). Google is your friend.

[hyacinth]

I didn't think of that. Thank you very much and I will let you know how it works.

[hyacinth]

Thank you! It worked! That was the problem!

[itr0952]

Glad the SD card works out.

Message Edited by Sentry on 05-19-2008 10:46:09 AM

[lgkevin]

well im having problems getting my music to be recognized in my music player.. it shows up in the memory card using the reader but "no songs" shows up when i try to play it on the music player.. someone help please

[mickee55]

Hi, I'm having to same problem with my Lg vu, where my music won't show up on the music player, but on the memory card. What did you do to get it to work? Please help me.

Message Edited by mickee55 on 07-24-2008 11:29:57 PM

[bblac76]

when you connect the phone to your PC thru USB cable. your winxp should see the phone folders. copy all your mp3 to music folder. you need to add songs to play list or browse thru all tracks to play them.

[bruce wayne]

this is a response to mickee55 and lgkevin. to get the songs from the memory card ot the music player you have to go to the settings tab in the menu, then click on "more", then "connections", then "USB connection mode", under that tab select "mass storage". now go back to music player and it will automatically update the music from your card into the music library

[georgiabuckeye7…]

does any one know if you can make your mp3 as ringtones on your phone . i have a LG VU.

[kdeleon711]

This message is in response to Bruce, but if anyone can weigh-in on this, please help!  I tried to use the suggested connect format for mass storage since I did not use a data cable to transfer my mp3 formatted files.  Even though the microSD can be played through the card reader I used to transfer the music, the phone continues to not be able to read the music regardless of connection setting or conversion process used for the music file.

Can anyone confirm that they were able to successfully play music that was transferred via a card reader versus a data cable?

[bruce wayne]

i did the same thing. i used an adapter an plugged the SD card straight into the computer and uploaded the songs. and i have successfully been playing music on my phone ever since.

[kdeleon711]

Thanks Bruce........any recommendations on the music formatting?  The phone must not like something about the format of the music saved on the microSD.

[bruce wayne]

oh you know what?? i forgot to say that it only accepts mp3 in the music player. other formats wont sync into the music player. the only way to access songs that are other format are to manually browse the files that are on the card. to do that, go to the "my stuff" tab which is the third tab down. then click on "more" then "memory card". from there you can access all the files that are on your memory card.

[kdeleon711]

Thanks, Bruce!  That was a good way to test whether the microSD is recognized at all.  But what if I get an error message from the Memory Card selection that says "Card not ready"?

Thanks for the help!

[bruce wayne]

if you get that message that means that your memory card is too big. the phone only supports up to 4GB, so if your card is larger than that, you will get that message.

[kdeleon711]

Thanks again, Bruce!  It's 8GB....no wonder I'm having this problem.

[kgipp]

I have a 4 GB SDHC memory card.  When I try to change the primary storage for my camera to the memory card I get an error message saying that my memory card it full (which it's not since i just cleared everything off of it).  Has anyone else had this problem?  Or is anyone else with a 4 GB card able to change their camera to store pictures on their card? 

[killerbeast16]

hi i am having that card not reay problem but my card is only 4G . is there anything else that can be wrong?

thanks

[breslijo]

i had the same problem.. 28 of 80 songs were showing.  i tried shortening file names, but finally found the problem

ID3 tags

if your songs only have ID3v1 1.0 tags the music player won't read them.  1.1 is fine.  ID3v2 2.3 is fine

having 1.0 and 2.3 is fine, 3 probably works too

i think having none is fine

having just 1.0, that's the killer

what an odd quirk!

for a quick check, download Simple ID3-Tag Editor to see the version numbers

[sridhar3631]

hi
i had the same problem
In my vu i can see and play all mp3 from my stuff tab (Audio & Ringtones)
But i cant even see them on my music player (AT &T Music)
Can anyone help ,me

[breslijo]

read my post above about the ID3 tags on your files.  that should be the solution.

i found back in the late 90s i ripped a lot of my cd collection using Audiograbber and it was most of those files I needed to upgrade the ID3 tag on for the Vu Audio player to recognize.

[domgee]

Hi everybody.

I have a similar problem on my LG CU515 and the music library.  The phone "sees" the mp3 songs and I can play them regardless of the bit rate or the ID-Tag.  But they are not showing up in the library.   But after I move a song within the phone (one folder to another or root folder) they appear in the library.   But it is very inconvenient for 150+ songs since there is no multiple copying. Is there a way to refresh the library?

I am using a 2GB Kingston Card that worked perfectly in the Nokia 6555.


Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[sridhar3631]

I did what u said converting my mp3 to id3 v2
but it never worked
can u help me bro

[Chinese Democra…]

i`m also having the card full problem when i try to switch my cameras primary storage to my 4gb micro sd card has anyone figured out the answer?

[breslijo]

sorry, i didn't get notification of the 10/29 post, but i got one for the last one.

i don't have the usb cable yet, just a card reader in my computer, so, it's {word filter evasion} to test certain things.

i know, once i got all my songs to work, i stopped fooling around with it.  although, i do need to add more songs soon, so i may have new info.

when i was testing i did a few things.  i got rid of folders so all songs were on the root but that did not help at the time (I do not know if this necesarry or not).  I then made sure all file names were less than 37 characters per this post (http://cellphoneforums.net/lg-env/t247680-lg-env-vx9900-music-player.html) and that fixed like 1 song, so I can say that has something to do with it.

But the thing that helped the most was the id3 tags.  I fixed a few and then more songs showed up.  I then went back and fixed every old one.  Just having 1 that is off can impact multiple songs.

I specifically used the freeware Simple ID3-Tag Editor 0.5a (google Simple ID3-Tag Editor 0.5a for a download).  If I had an ID3v1 tag that was 1.0 I would remove it and svae the track.  I would do that for all and then re-insert the card into m phone and everything was good, and has been good.

So, my suggestion is 3 things, put all songs on the Root for now.  Make sure all titles are under 37 characters, including the .mp3.  And then double check your ID3 tags with the program mentioned above to make sure you didn't miss one. (There's no bulk chage with this program though, but it's quick to arrow down through all your songs to scan if any are 1.0)

Let me know how you make out
 


Message Edited by IanSee on 11-01-2008 12:39:30 PM

[PoojaAgawane]

Hi,

I have got a 2GB Micro SD card for my LG Vu. I see the error message "Card not ready" when I try to access it, through the settings tab.

Please help. Thanks!