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[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

MicroSD card not working, need help!

I have a T-Mobile G2 with stock 8GB microsd card. I was recording a video about 45 secs into it and all of a sudden the phone froze, I am not sure if it got full caz just before taking the video I checked and there was ~1.8GB free space. After a while an message came up saying "Please insert a SD card" (something along those line), so I figured my card must be full.
So I decided to go try and delete some file on it, only to find out all my apps installed on SD card was now unavailable, this is when I started to worry. I rebooted the phone, no luck. I shut it down and removed and replaced the SD card, no luck.
Plugged it into a Windows PC (Win XP 32 bit), it would see it in My Computers for few seconds and would disappear, even if I try to access it, it was just disappear.
I have some pictures and videos that I had taken on vacation which I really need, any ideas?
Currently as a temp solution I have a 4GB Microsd card in it and everything is fine (obviously, apps still not available), but I need the data from my original 8GB as this is my main concern, please help.
Btw, I have tried using recovery software such as Recuva and testdisk but since windows won't even see the drive I cannot use such software.
Thanks a ton.

if the sd not detected in phone or pc, maybe the sd card already dead.

anyone please?
Thanks

Im not sure what else can be said. If you computer and phone cant see the card, then it's probably dead. All you can at this point is attempt to do a quick format of the card and try to use the recovery software on it to see if you can restore the file structure
Sent from my Desire Z via XDA App

mputtr said:
Im not sure what else can be said. If you computer and phone cant see the card, then it's probably dead. All you can at this point is attempt to do a quick format of the card and try to use the recovery software on it to see if you can restore the file structure
Sent from my Desire Z via XDA App
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Yeh that is my last resort, but the problem is I cannot do anything as the drive disappears 2-3 seconds after windows detects it and when I try to do anything to that drive it just freezes for a while and closes itself.
any ideas??

if you have a digital camera insert the micro-sd via adapter make sure though to unmount the micro-sd via CWM for example, you should now be able to format the micro-sd card over the menu of your camera. if this doesn't work there's still hope you can try to format it on a linux based system but for now try to format it on your cam

Regular recovery methods won't work too good on an sd card, they were meant for spinning drives. Flash memory either works or it doesn't usually. Try cleaning the contacts and using different card reader/adapter combos. Try a linux live cd etc. If it's dead or corrupted, your kinda stuck. Even a format worked I wouldn't trust it again.

Freakin wierd SD card problem!

Hi there!
I hope that someone here would find a good solution for my absolute freaky wierdo problem!
So... The problem is with my SDcard.. or my phone, not sure about that!
Just installed v20G after a while of googleing and searching about that problem.
The phone just wants to detect my SDcard. Even in CWM it wonts detect, it wants to format and says like cant mount sd card...
and here comes the wierd thing:
1. I put the SDcard into my pcs card reader
2. Format the SDcard and its nice and clean (empty)
3. Put it back into my phone
4. Made a phone reboot
5. put my SD card back to PC
AND there you GO, there is a .android_something folder and some stuff... and everytime I do that (sdcard format, phone reboot), I get this files on my fully formated SDcard.
So Im not sure whats happening there but I please you to help me! Cause Im going crazy.
Cant even do something, installed ROM Manager to install CWM or any rom... but NO... I need a freakin SD card...
Thnx in advance people!
FOUND THE SOLUTION...
OMG LOL OMG!
I had the same issue on my P500 Optimus One and I solved it with a small piece of paper.
I fold small piece of paper once and set it between SD card and the lid that covers it in order to make it press the SD card against the metal contacts and forced a bit to close the lid.
After that, my mobile recognize the SD card and had not rebooted or unmounted my SD card.
It seems to me to be a LG design issue when developing this lid and the way the SD card is inserted.
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[Q] Micro SD Issue

Hello all,
I am suffering from an weird issue, that I had never aware of...
After found some issues with "Memory card Unexpectedly removed" and "Screenshot couldn't be store in SD card"
I tried to format SD card, but what I found --->I can't Format SD card...
I tried :::::
--> Scanned with Antivirus (Kaspersky) and removed 1 Trojan from 3rd Party apk file..
--> Unmount the Card and Format it via Phone...
--> Formatted via 4EXT recovery
--> attached with PC and Formatted with FAT32..
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CAN'T SUCCEED....
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EDIT :: I can't write any data as well
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And by chance, if Format succeeds then after when I insert the SD card again to device or attaching with PC, ALL THE DATA COMES BACK again without any Data Loss
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Help Me.....My device details are listed in My Signature...

hunt007 said:
Hello all,
I am suffering from an weird issue, that I had never aware of...
After found some issues with "Memory card Unexpectedly removed" and "Screenshot couldn't be store in SD card"
I tried to format SD card, but what I found --->I can't Format SD card...
I tried :::::
--> Scanned with Antivirus (Kaspersky) and removed 1 Trojan from 3rd Party apk file..
--> Unmount the Card and Format it via Phone...
--> Formatted via 4EXT recovery
--> attached with PC and Formatted with FAT32..
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CAN'T SUCCEED....
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EDIT :: I can't write any data as well
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An by chance, if Format succeeds then after when I insert the SD card again to device or attaching with PC, ALL THE DATA COMES BACK again without any Data Loss
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Help Me.....My device details are listed in My Signature...
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Hi,
Are you sure the sd card is sitting in it's housing properly ?
Does it still click in and out?
Could there be some dust or fluff preventing it from making good contact with the phone?
Is there any way you could get a card reader,and try it directly into the PC
What about trying a different card?

malybru said:
Hi,
Are you sure the sd card is sitting in it's housing properly ?
Does it still click in and out?
Could there be some dust or fluff preventing it from making good contact with the phone?
Is there any way you could get a card reader,and try it directly into the PC
What about trying a different card?
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Not an issue with Housing and Phone, I think It's an Issue with Micro SD itself...
I tried it with connecting with PC via Card Reader, but If i Format the card and again read it via Phone, All the Data comes back without any Data loss.....
It's the Problem with SD card only...I know that diff SD card solve this, but as this is my 32gigs, i have to solve it cause I can't afford any other 32 gig SD card...
EDIT:: Any way to Forcefully Format SD card.... ??

hunt007 said:
Not an issue with Housing and Phone, I think It's an Issue with Micro SD itself...
I tried it with connecting with PC via Card Reader, but If i Format the card and again read it via Phone, All the Data comes back without any Data loss.....
It's the Problem with SD card only...I know that diff SD card solve this, but as this is my 32gigs, i have to solve it cause I can't afford any other 32 gig SD card...
EDIT:: Any way to Forcefully Format SD card.... ??
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Hi,
I know this is a silly question,but some sd cards have a lock.
Is yours locked?

malybru said:
Hi,
I know this is a silly question,but some sd cards have a lock.
Is yours locked?
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No..It's not Locked....
EDIT:: My Memory card have ONLY Read Permission, NOT Write Permission

Here's how I formatted my 64gig. SD card. Pull battery, put battery back in, press power and volume down at same time, when in bootloader choose recovery, press power to go to it. Once in 4ext. Recovery choose format SD card. It will ask are you sure. Hit yes. Let card format. This will work. It worked for me. Remember to back up data if any on SD card because formatting will erase it. I did mine this way because the device wasn't recognising my card in the phone. It worked perfectly. Hope this helps! Best wishes. It worked for me. Hopefully this will also work for you!
Sent from my HTC Sensation

realsis said:
Here's how I formatted my 64gig. SD card. Pull battery, put battery back in, press power and volume down at same time, when in bootloader choose recovery, press power to go to it. Once in 4ext. Recovery choose format SD card. It will ask are you sure. Hit yes. Let card format. This will work. It worked for me. Remember to back up data if any on SD card because formatting will erase it. I did mine this way because the device wasn't recognising my card in the phone. It worked perfectly. Hope this helps! Best wishes. It worked for me. Hopefully this will also work for you!
Sent from my HTC Sensation
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Already mentioned that I tried by Formating from 4Ext, but after completion the data will remain as it is.....
The Problem is Data is remaining As It is.....No Write...No Format...Only Read..
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use SD formatter and format the SD card...(google the tool)

ganeshp said:
use SD formatter and format the SD card...(google the tool)
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Error while formatting via SDFormatter ::
The Memory Card is write-protected.Please release the write protected switch
P.S.:: I had not put any lock and as I have multi-card reader so no any locking system in Card Reader...
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Sounds like the SD card is locked some how. Maybe you can return it to the seller for another one? He should return it without issue after you explain to seller what's happening. You have tried just about everything. Perhaps return is an option now? Seller should give you another card free of charge. Wonder why it's locked in the first place?? If I we're you, I'd contact your seller right away. I don't see why he wouldn't replace it. Best of luck to you. Hopefully you can resolve this issue.. best wishes!
Edit.. search on google unlocking micro SD card, or unlocking write protected SD card. It said there is a small sliding lock on the adapter, look carefully on the side. It said to place micro SD into adapter and slide tiny lock in opposite direction. Towards contacts is unlocked towards top is lock. You will see the lock switch if you look carefully on the adapters side. It's a tiny switch. This is suppose to unlock the write protection. Check it out on Google! Hope this helps you out! Best wishes!
Sent from my HTC Sensation
Please press thanks if I helped in any way.

realsis said:
Sounds like the SD card is locked some how. Maybe you can return it to the seller for another one? He should return it without issue after you explain to seller what's happening. You have tried just about everything. Perhaps return is an option now? Seller should give you another card free of charge. Wonder why it's locked in the first place?? If I we're you, I'd contact your seller right away. I don't see why he wouldn't replace it. Best of luck to you. Hopefully you can resolve this issue.. best wishes!
Edit.. search on google unlocking micro SD card, or unlocking write protected SD card. It said there is a small sliding lock on the adapter, look carefully on the side. It said to place micro SD into adapter and slide tiny lock in opposite direction. Towards contacts is unlocked towards top is lock. You will see the lock switch if you look carefully on the adapters side. It's a tiny switch. This is suppose to unlock the write protection. Check it out on Google! Hope this helps you out! Best wishes!
Sent from my HTC Sensation
Please press thanks if I helped in any way.
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I know there is a small unlock key provided on card Reader for Locking/Unlocking the Card Write Protection, But I'm not using Single Card Reader, I'm using Multi-card reader (which is capable of reading 4-6 different types of card at the same time) and in this Card Reader there is no any Lock/Unlock switch...
I also tried Format from RECOVERY...Also tried by connecting via data cable and tried to format it from Windows...All the possible tries i had done so far...
As Ganeshp suggested I tried SDFormatter,
But didn't work----> It says can't Format..Write Protection..

{HELP} Sd-Card dead/corrupted?

So i'm using xperia j and i wanted to install some rom
So I used my mom's htc desire x as it gives better speed and I just pulled the card and on her phone it showede that sd card removed unexpectedly and now my card's not working
So here's how it goes I used some software so I got all my data
I am using a card reader so on my pc it shows the card and all the stuff inside it but cannot copy or delete anything
I used chkdsk and diskpart commands not working
I used 3~4 software's to format it not working
On my phone it shows Damaged sd card please format it nothing happens and the error pop's up again
Is there any fix or should I buy a new card?

AnshSingh said:
So i'm using xperia j and i wanted to install some rom
So I used my mom's htc desire x as it gives better speed and I just pulled the card and on her phone it showede that sd card removed unexpectedly and now my card's not working
So here's how it goes I used some software so I got all my data
I am using a card reader so on my pc it shows the card and all the stuff inside it but cannot copy or delete anything
I used chkdsk and diskpart commands not working
I used 3~4 software's to format it not working
On my phone it shows Damaged sd card please format it nothing happens and the error pop's up again
Is there any fix or should I buy a new card?
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First, check the card reader, make sure the lock is off (you can find it in the left side of the card reader)
Then, check the gold bar in the back side and make sure there is no dust
If still persist, try to enter and re-enter the card reader to your sd card slot in computer.
If it really really still persist, then you should buy the new one :fingers-crossed:
Hope it helped!

Vroyaloko said:
First, check the card reader, make sure the lock is off (you can find it in the left side of the card reader)
Then, check the gold bar in the back side and make sure there is no dust
If still persist, try to enter and re-enter the card reader to your sd card slot in computer.
If it really really still persist, then you should buy the new one :fingers-crossed:
Hope it helped!
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Thanks for replying but it didn't help
I used my friends card reader it still can do the same stuff but no luck formatting it
My card is readable
I even installed a rom from it as cm can read my card but not format it

why u not unmount it first before u take it out.?
have u reformat it to fat32 ...
if still not working better u buy a new one..
Sent from my s8073 using Tapatalk

FaIzaL3040 said:
why u not unmount it first before u take it out.?
have u reformat it to fat32 ...
if still not working better u buy a new one..
Sent from my s8073 using Tapatalk
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Yeah I was in a hurry so I didn't :crying:
Can you tell me how to reformat it to fat32?
It shows that it is fat32

AnshSingh said:
Yeah I was in a hurry so I didn't :crying:
Can you tell me how to reformat it to fat32?
It shows that it is fat32
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It really doesn't matter if you unmount it first, that shouldn't break the SD Card (personal experience), It's most likely your SD Card is locked whilst locked it's probably also corrupted, Make sure you haven't got the lock on the SD Card reader (The little nob on the side should be alligned with the word 'Lock' this means Lock is off)