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help with formatting sd card

I think I messed up my sd card for my G1.
I have a 8gb memcard and it was with 2 partitions ext2 and fat32. I just wanted to enlarge the fat32 side because the ext2 was 4gb big. Useless I thought So i deceided to make it only 500mb as ext2 and 7gb as fat32.
Now the computer can't access the card, it says that the cardslot is empty.
I use Paragon Partition Manager and there I can't modifie my sdcard. Nothing helps. I can see my sdcard in Paragon, but can access it and modify it!
Is my card messed up and do I have to buy a new one? Anybody knows how to restore it as it was when I bought it (only fat32 8gb)

Try this: http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/

mikedmeyer said:
Try this: http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/
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YES you are so great!
It works now! Just like new. 8gb no partitions.
Thx!

No problem.

Now I have an another problem!
It always says write delay failed constantly!
Cannot access it, cannot format it, even not with sd formatter.
Is it now realy broken?

nobody :'(
Otherwise I have to order a new 8gb memory card which costs me a lot

use partition magic, create 2 partitions, make the primary partition your biggest and format it fat32, the second partition format in ext2. Then you will be okay

atlmatt said:
use partition magic, create 2 partitions, make the primary partition your biggest and format it fat32, the second partition format in ext2. Then you will be okay
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The problem is that I cant access my mem.card.
Always a fault: write delay failed. It makes even my computer freeze.

well if you have to get a new one get one of these:
http://www.androidaccess.com/sdcard/store.html
read about it here:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/...allow-you-to-run-apps-from-the-sd-card-15502/

M3 SMGII said:
I think I messed up my sd card for my G1.
I have a 8gb memcard and it was with 2 partitions ext2 and fat32. I just wanted to enlarge the fat32 side because the ext2 was 4gb big. Useless I thought So i deceided to make it only 500mb as ext2 and 7gb as fat32.
Now the computer can't access the card, it says that the cardslot is empty.
I use Paragon Partition Manager and there I can't modifie my sdcard. Nothing helps. I can see my sdcard in Paragon, but can access it and modify it!
Is my card messed up and do I have to buy a new one? Anybody knows how to restore it as it was when I bought it (only fat32 8gb)
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Had the same problem after i used Paragon, would not read micro sd anymore. I did a system restore to before i installed Paragon. Problem solved. I am able to read my cards again. I noticed that in that "finish formatting after reboot" Paragon had an error. Figured thats what caused the problem.

antempire4 said:
well if you have to get a new one get one of these:
http://www.androidaccess.com/sdcard/store.html
read about it here:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/...allow-you-to-run-apps-from-the-sd-card-15502/
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hmm that's nice!
I will buy a new one then.

Did You try sdsplit ??
It worked good for me, when there was no PC / laptop available.
(ps. Happy with the white version?? )

karloe said:
Did You try sdsplit ??
It worked good for me, when there was no PC / laptop available.
(ps. Happy with the white version?? )
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Hi Karloe
Yes very happy with my white G1.
How is it with the black one running ADP 1.5?
I will try SDSPLIT, but i think it will not help

If it doesn't work, try a linux live CD (Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Knoppix (I like Knoppix because of the extensive toolset for testing))
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The black one is doing fine, engineering bootloader, ADP1.5 with appstosd
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wow thanks!!!! i tried and it worked awesome!!!

pr0cl1v1ty said:
wow thanks!!!! i tried and it worked awesome!!!
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It would be nice to tell us what You tried, so other users can learn from your reply

[Q] Re-Use SD Card

Hi,
Hoping someone can help, although from what I've found online it seems as tho I'm SOL. I have a 16GB card that I was using on a focus. I'm not gonna use the focus and wanted to keep the card, format it and I don't care about erasing the content- just as long as I can reuse it.
Is this possible at all or has anyone found a workaround way of doing this? I would hate to just toss the card out pretty much if it's worthless.
Thanks in advance for any help...

Use a Nokia Symbian Phone with micro Sd Slot to Format it.
First after insert the card ignore the message of Crypted Card or so.
Then go to the options menu and format the card. After This u can use ist in any device

ElNinio80 said:
Use a Nokia Symbian Phone with micro Sd Slot to Format it.
First after insert the card ignore the message of Crypted Card or so.
Then go to the options menu and format the card. After This u can use ist in any device
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nice thanks...I'll try to find a way to get my hands on one. Any other methods in case I can't get a symbian one?

I've used my girlfriend Olympus camera and my Nikon camera to format my card (Centon 16GB) on a few occasions. But I have to trick the card to get it to be detected in the cameras. If I just put the card in the camera normally it doesn't detect it, but when I do the following steps it always works.
1. Hard reset (format) my phone using the 3 hardware buttons without the card in it.
2. Turn the phone off and install the sd card.
3. Hard reset (format) a 2nd time using the 3 hardware buttons, but with the card still in.
4. Turn the phone off and take out the card. Do not reboot, you must turn the phone off after the 2nd hard reset.
5. Insert the card into a camera and try a format.
Not sure why, but if I reboot after hard resetting, my camera's cannot detect or format the card. Its possible that the encryption isn't written until you reboot after a card is formatted.

TriAxisFL said:
I've used my girlfriend Olympus camera and my Nikon camera to format my card (Centon 16GB) on a few occasions. But I have to trick the card to get it to be detected in the cameras. If I just put the card in the camera normally it doesn't detect it, but when I do the following steps it always works.
1. Hard reset (format) my phone using the 3 hardware buttons without the card in it.
2. Turn the phone off and install the sd card.
3. Hard reset (format) a 2nd time using the 3 hardware buttons, but with the card still in.
4. Turn the phone off and take out the card. Do not reboot, you must turn the phone off after the 2nd hard reset.
5. Insert the card into a camera and try a format.
Not sure why, but if I reboot after hard resetting, my camera's cannot detect or format the card. Its possible that the encryption isn't written until you reboot after a card is formatted.
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This seems ... really extreme. I hope in the future Microsoft releases some sort of service tool (like the one for the NoDo update) that will allow recognition and format of cards on Windows.

abenitez64 said:
Hi,
Hoping someone can help, although from what I've found online it seems as tho I'm SOL. I have a 16GB card that I was using on a focus. I'm not gonna use the focus and wanted to keep the card, format it and I don't care about erasing the content- just as long as I can reuse it.
Is this possible at all or has anyone found a workaround way of doing this? I would hate to just toss the card out pretty much if it's worthless.
Thanks in advance for any help...
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Its easy m8...very easy
If you dont have one, get a 5$ card reader and use this tool to format the card in your pc
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html.

colossus_r said:
Its easy m8...very easy
If you dont have one, get a 5$ card reader and use this tool to format the card in your pc
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html.
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and you've tried this on a real windows phone 7 device not the hd2 convert? there is a huge diff

If you can find a Mac with a card reader, then you can clear out the partition with the Mac Disk Utility.

You can use pretty much anything - I tried it on Windows Mobile (HTC formating SD card utility - worked fine), Android (SGS with FroYo - had to press Format twice - worked fine), desktop WIndows and SD card in card reader - with using diskpart (list disk, select disk X, select partition 1, delete, select partition 1, delete, create partition blabla - worked fine too)
Haven't tried Linux box

OndraSter said:
You can use pretty much anything - I tried it on Windows Mobile (HTC formating SD card utility - worked fine), Android (SGS with FroYo - had to press Format twice - worked fine), desktop WIndows and SD card in card reader - with using diskpart (list disk, select disk X, select partition 1, delete, select partition 1, delete, create partition blabla - worked fine too)
Haven't tried Linux box
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You have an HD2, if you have an official WP7 device the card is set up very different. So far the only way known to "normalize" the SD card is to use a Nokia phone or odd tricks with random cameras.

voluptuary said:
You have an HD2, if you have an official WP7 device the card is set up very different. So far the only way known to "normalize" the SD card is to use a Nokia phone or odd tricks with random cameras.
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I think this is not true.
domineus said:
and you've tried this on a real windows phone 7 device not the hd2 convert? there is a huge diff
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Hello M8...
HD2 runs wp7 and the formating and partition of the sd card its the same with any wp7 device...
Its working ... i change my first sd a 4gb card that i had installed wp7 with another bigger one (8gb).
The tools that i have post, can delete any wp7 partion
You can even copy partition to a usb hard disk for backup before you delete it.
And for this to be resolved:
1. Can you please get the minitool partition wizard and try to delete that partition and see whats happen ????
2. Please report back your findings ??
colossus

colossus_r said:
I think this is not true.
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Try to google/read FAQ/forums before posting. It's 100% true.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12179672#post12179672

colossus_r said:
I think this is not true.
Hello M8...
HD2 runs wp7 and the formating and partition of the sd card its the same with any wp7 device...
Its working ... i change my first sd a 4gb card that i had installed wp7 with another bigger one (8gb).
The tools that i have post, can delete any wp7 partion
You can even copy partition to a usb hard disk for backup before you delete it.
And for this to be resolved:
1. Can you please get the minitool partition wizard and try to delete that partition and see whats happen ????
2. Please report back your findings ??
colossus
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partition is NOT the same. For hd2 converts running windows phone 7, 200 mb partition of the hd is partitioned to be recognized by windows, therefore making any low level formatting utility work to regain the initial amount of memory as if it was new. BUT for real wp7 devices, the partition scheme is different and cannot be recognized by any computer. Making the partition tool completely and utterly useless...
For non converts (HD2 devices) the only way is to use a nokia device. Otherwise you will be SOL

sensboston said:
Try to google/read FAQ/forums before posting. It's 100% true.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12179672#post12179672
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Sensboston ... You are right .... I stand corrected.
Sinse as i already said i have an HD2 running WP7 i was under the impression that is the same.
No its not....Its different on the HD2 format for wp7..
And seems that the Nokia solution its the one that works for now...
Now because of this i found the time to learn more about wp7 sd cards.
If any one wants to read more here is a good start with more links
http://lifeinthefastlaneok.wordpress.com/
Thanks again
colossus

colossus_r said:
If any one wants to read more here is a good start with more links
http://lifeinthefastlaneok.wordpress.com/
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Good catch; probably, mods should copypaste that article to WP7 FAQ to prevent future speculations about this topic.

Back on this ...
Seems that SD Formatter 3.0 has the abillity to format WP7 Cards ????
This member here says that he did it with the that app.
Can anyone confirm this ????

colossus_r said:
Back on this ...
Seems that SD Formatter 3.0 has the abillity to format WP7 Cards ????
This member here says that he did it with the that app.
Can anyone confirm this ????
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I have a 16GB Kingston MicroSD that was paired with my first Samsung Focus. I've tried all the apps listed here with multiple computers, external card readers, etc, and nothing will unlock the card so far.

spokanedj said:
I have a 16GB Kingston MicroSD that was paired with my first Samsung Focus. I've tried all the apps listed here with multiple computers, external card readers, etc, and nothing will unlock the card so far.
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I was able to reformat a 32gb card that I used on my HD7 using one of the Nokia Express Music phones. Forgot the exact model. It will ask for a password but you can always hit cancel and then go through the formatting

[Q] Micro sd card 16gb

Hello i have one problem ... i have 16gb micro sd card and i cant format it .. if i format in pc .. all files is gone .. but if i take it in mobile(htchd2) all deleted files are back ... i cant copy anything or delete .. if format in mobile .. says cant delete ... unable to complete ...
please for answer how to result it ... thx for help
(sorry for bad english)

Seems like the format does not turn out very well. Please tell me, what file system are you formatting to? And are you sure your phone does support 16GB micro sd cards? If all else fails you could try a third party partition manager (Partition magic, acronis) to format the card. Even better would be to format it using linux, this works most of the time.

in pc i have win 7 ... formating (think FAT32) and i was use that card before im usin it about 1year ... in that time is everything ok ... but now i cant format ... (my phone support 32gb cards.) its HTC hD2 ( something info about phone ..) SPL 2,08 hspl 8g xe ... i before used AMandroid 2.3.4 cyan...

hmm ok, I suggest you try to use partition magic (you can find it using torrent networks etc. like thepiratebay.org). For some reason your pc just does not format it correctly which is highly unusual. So, in conclusion, if your pc and your phone do not want to format it like it's supposed to. Try using some third party software.
Also, isn't it sufficient to just delete all the files on the card? If so, use your phone to do this, it might also work and it would be the easiest option.

i try many programs ... but dont any effect ... and i try delete by ... MAGLDR v1.13 but nothing ... card maybe locked... ?? it is?? i try next day unlock it by reduction or i buy new card .... its esiest way .. to result it ...

incapable said:
hmm ok, I suggest you try to use partition magic (you can find it using torrent networks etc. like thepiratebay.org). For some reason your pc just does not format it correctly which is highly unusual. So, in conclusion, if your pc and your phone do not want to format it like it's supposed to. Try using some third party software.
Also, isn't it sufficient to just delete all the files on the card? If so, use your phone to do this, it might also work and it would be the easiest option.
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Warez isn't tolerated here.
You can try and delete the partition in windows disk management. Right click my computer, manage. If you still have issues it's almost certainly a duff card.
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russ18uk said:
Warez isn't tolerated here.
You can try and delete the partition in windows disk management. Right click my computer, manage. If you still have issues it's almost certainly a duff card.
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Sorry, I forgot for a moment

Bump for this
I am having the same problem. I have a 32gb micro sd card that Im trying to use but I cant delete anything off of it or put any files on it. When I do try to delete items, it takes the time to delete the files and then removes them from the list, but when the card is put back into my phone the files are still there.This is also the case when I try to add music. The computer will take time to write the files, but in the end no new files are created
I have tried using windows to format it as well as SanDisks formatter. I also did a check disk in windows command prompt but no errors were returned.
It should also be noted that when I tried to reformat with Sandisks reformatter, I was using the adapter in my sd card slot and it said that the card was locked and to slide the switch. I tried it with a different card reader and the same error occurred. when I put the card into the phone it was "able to" reformat it. but the same problem is occurring.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions

stupid questioN; but do you have activated some kind of write protection? ^^

Download MiniTools Partition Wizard (Freeware)
It fixed my SD-Card

[Q] 64 Gb micro sd card shows as Raw filesystem

So i had this sd card ( micro ) and i tried formating it knowing everything that i once had on it was useless and might as well you know and at the time it was exFAT and formated it again then i put it into my lg g3 and sd sd card is blank or file system is corrupt format sd card so i was like lulz ok den. So i proceed to do so although the error would come back right once it formatted and it was a cycle. So i decided to plug it into my computer and see whats happening so i open the micro sd card in windows explorer and said i needed to format the drive for it to work so now when i try i get a msg saying windows was unable to complete the format . and in dis manager it shows as file system raw and partition healthy and basically i cant use it any more help ??

thelgog said:
So i had this sd card ( micro ) and i tried formating it knowing everything that i once had on it was useless and might as well you know and at the time it was exFAT and formated it again then i put it into my lg g3 and sd sd card is blank or file system is corrupt format sd card so i was like lulz ok den. So i proceed to do so although the error would come back right once it formatted and it was a cycle. So i decided to plug it into my computer and see whats happening so i open the micro sd card in windows explorer and said i needed to format the drive for it to work so now when i try i get a msg saying windows was unable to complete the format . and in dis manager it shows as file system raw and partition healthy and basically i cant use it any more help ??
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Have you tried out another partition tool, e.g. Partition Wizard ?!

na lemme try fast reply and

LS.xD said:
Have you tried out another partition tool, e.g. Partition Wizard ?!
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this would proabaly be a problem yes ? in disk manager it didnt say it was allocated thanks btw
it also shows up as a basic MBR what ever that means

thelgog said:
this would proabaly be a problem yes ? in disk manager it didnt say it was allocated thanks btw
it also shows up as a basic MBR what ever that means
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MBR = Master Boot Record.
Can you create a new partition with partition wizard?

LS.xD said:
MBR = Master Boot Record.
Can you create a new partition with partition wizard?
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Yes altought i dont know which format to do or what ever i know how to navigate to everything i learned that and you cant do exFAT as a format or partition option on ext2-4 ntfs and fat32 i also have a lg g3
In a summary yes i can

thelgog said:
Yes altought i dont know which format to do or what ever i know how to navigate to everything i learned that and you cant do exFAT as a format or partition option on ext2-4 ntfs and fat32 i also have a lg g3
In a summary yes i can
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if you want to use the sd card in your phone choose "fat32".

LS.xD said:
if you want to use the sd card in your phone choose "fat32".
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I have the lg g3 it says that exFAT is support out of thr box and others says it too and form what i know is that fat 32 doesnt support stuff over 4 gb correct me if im worng and or 32 gb is there a way after i make it fat. 32 and working to make it exFAT or is it unnecessary yoyr the boss here

thelgog said:
I have the lg g3 it says that exFAT is support out of thr box and others says it too and form what i know is that fat 32 doesnt support stuff over 4 gb correct me if im worng and or 32 gb is there a way after i make it fat. 32 and working to make it exFAT or is it unnecessary yoyr the boss here
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Of course you're right with the 4GB file limit. But for testing if your sd card still works it should be totally fine. Once the card works, you can format it to exFat in windows.

LS.xD said:
Of course you're right with the 4GB file limit. But for testing if your sd card still works it should be totally fine. Once the card works, you can format it to exFat in windows.
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ok thanks ill do that once its all done.. still bugs me how i didnt think to use a partition manager before been on this for a day and a half

LS.xD said:
Of course you're right with the 4GB file limit. But for testing if your sd card still works it should be totally fine. Once the card works, you can format it to exFat in windows.
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more problems arouse its still on RAW file system after every thing and i dont think anything even changed even though it said it was converted to FAT32 in the wizard

thelgog said:
more problems arouse its still on RAW file system after every thing and i dont think anything even changed even though it said it was converted to FAT32 in the wizard
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Try to use SDFormatter. Try different options. If it doesn't help, may be your beloved sd card is (physically) broken.

Fat32
I think you have to format your SD into fat32

sd card detected by pc but not by any phone ????

first good morning/evening and thank you in Advance for your help
*excuse my english isn't my native language
well everything is said in the title but maybe i should explain more :
this sd card 8gb is not mine it was to my friend brother(it won't be detected by his phone) and he just gave it to me and here i am trying to repair it (so i know nothing about this sd card )
all i know is that it's detected by my computer and it work fine but isn't detected at ll if mounted in any android phone (tried on lg k10 2017 and samsung s5) i don't think it's dead since it work fine on pc
here's what i tried to repair it :
windows fat32 format
hdd low format tool
chkdsk (show no error)
EaseUS Partition Master (format and check partition)
thanks again

diabolo96 said:
first good morning/evening and thank you in Advance for your help
*excuse my english isn't my native language
well everything is said in the title but maybe i should explain more :
this sd card 8gb is not mine it was to my friend brother(it won't be detected by his phone) and he just gave it to me and here i am trying to repair it (so i know nothing about this sd card )
all i know is that it's detected by my computer and it work fine but isn't detected at ll if mounted in any android phone (tried on lg k10 2017 and samsung s5) i don't think it's dead since it work fine on pc
here's what i tried to repair it :
windows fat32 format
hdd low format tool
chkdsk (show no error)
EaseUS Partition Master (format and check partition)
thanks again
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Try FAT (not FAT32).

Just reformat it
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Nonta72 said:
Try FAT (not FAT32).
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thank you for you quick reply
i can't format to FAT because i can't find the option in the windows format utility n'or in EaseUS Partition Master
edit :
or do you mean exFAT

pr1jker said:
Just reformat it
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that's what i did multiple times

diabolo96 said:
that's what i did multiple times
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In your post, you mentioned FAT32 which is clearly not "FAT" (FAT16 if you want).

Nonta72 said:
In your post, you mentioned FAT32 which is clearly not "FAT" (FAT16 if you want).
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it's an 8gb sd card and from what i've read on internet it's impossible to format it to FAT16
and i don't have the option to format it to FAT in windows format utility i can only format it to NTFS-FAT32-exFAT

diabolo96 said:
it's an 8gb sd card and from what i've read on internet it's impossible to format it to FAT16
and i don't have the option to format it to FAT in windows format utility i can only format it to NTFS-FAT32-exFAT
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Right, my bad!
Well, maybe it's an hardware issue with the SD Card. If it doesn't get detected by any phone but in PC, I don't have an explanation to that.
Let's wait and see if someone else has another idea.

Nonta72 said:
Right, my bad!
Well, maybe it's an hardware issue with the SD Card. If it doesn't get detected by any phone but in PC, I don't have an explanation to that.
Let's wait and see if someone else has another idea.
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while searching on the web for a solution i found someone with the same problem and someone answered that maybe a partition on the sd card is damaged and that the pc still can detecte it but don't read the damaged parte while the phones just can't detecte it
the probleme is that it Chkdsk and EaseUS Partition Master sector check show no problem

diabolo96 said:
while searching on the web for a solution i found someone with the same problem and someone answered that maybe a partition on the sd card is damaged and that the pc still can detecte it but don't read the damaged parte while the phones just can't detecte it
the probleme is that it Chkdsk and EaseUS Partition Master sector check show no problem
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In case of multiple partitions, EaseUS software would have shown you all of them.

Nonta72 said:
In case of multiple partitions, EaseUS software would have shown you all of them.
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their's only one partition shown in easeus

diabolo96 said:
that's what i did multiple times
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My bad, sorry
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I had this problem a few years ago with my Samsung tab 3 and the solution that worked for me was formatting your micro SD card inside your phone, this automatically formats it to FAT 32. See if that works.
Also did you try another android device besides your current one

Will tech said:
I had this problem a few years ago with my Samsung tab 3 and the solution that worked for me was formatting your micro SD card inside your phone, this automatically formats it to FAT 32. See if that works.
Also did you try another android device besides your current one
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He mentioned that it doesn't get detected.

sorry for late replay i was very besy
i don't think theirs any solution anyways thank you all