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Storage Card Locked?

I can no longer add, modif or delete anything from my strorage card, it is like I activated a lock feature, but can not find out out to remove it?
Help please,

There's a slider on your SD card on the left side. Move it towards the other side.

It is using a microSD, there is no lock button?
But never mind, my device went crazy: can not add/romove file on the internal and external memory, can not connect for ActiveSynch, remove program list is empty...
I think I will have to do a hard reset...

[Q] Random freeze/reboots down to microSD card?

Lo,
been getting a white screen with a line along the top before the device resets itself and wondered whether this could be donw to the SD card itself or the file format.
I have the SanDisk Mobile Ultra 64GB Micro SDXC UHS-I Card Class 10 and it's formatted with whatever was the default file system.
What's other people's experience with the card?

pinn___________ said:
Lo,
been getting a white screen with a line along the top before the device resets itself and wondered whether this could be donw to the SD card itself or the file format.
I have the SanDisk Mobile Ultra 64GB Micro SDXC UHS-I Card Class 10 and it's formatted with whatever was the default file system.
What's other people's experience with the card?
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I used to have the same problem but it was due to an app. Plus now I usually perform a cold boot to prevent any problems.
To perform cold boot, do the following:
1) Power off.
2) Hold down volume button and the power button.
3) You will enter a screen that shows 'wipe data' and 'android' option. Don't select anything, it will cold boot automatically.
If the device booted normally without going into the screen with 2 options, it did not cold boot.
You do not lose any data by cold boot. It just refreshes the system cache.

circuit89 said:
I used to have the same problem but it was due to an app. Plus now I usually perform a cold boot to prevent any problems.
To perform cold boot, do the following:
1) Power off.
2) Hold down volume button and the power button.
3) You will enter a screen that shows 'wipe data' and 'android' option. Don't select anything, it will cold boot automatically.
If the device booted normally without going into the screen with 2 options, it did not cold boot.
You do not lose any data by cold boot. It just refreshes the system cache.
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Cheers. Which app was it as a matter of interest?

pinn___________ said:
Cheers. Which app was it as a matter of interest?
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It seemed to be double twist with airsync. My device kept restarting every 30 mins or so.

circuit89 said:
It seemed to be double twist with airsync. My device kept restarting every 30 mins or so.
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Hmmm, dont have that. Just seen my Sd card is exFAT so will try Fat32 and see what the results are.

pinn___________ said:
Hmmm, dont have that. Just seen my Sd card is exFAT so will try Fat32 and see what the results are.
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I have a 32GB microsd formatted in ExFAT as well with default allocation size. No problems with it though.

circuit89 said:
I have a 32GB microsd formatted in ExFAT as well with default allocation size. No problems with it though.
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Yeh,,just wondering if it's due to it being 64gb though. I'll leave it out for a bit and see what happens.

Please help me reconcile some issues with rooting

So I took the plunge and tried to root a Nook 8GB today. So far I have done the following: (1) created the CWM microsd card; (2) copied the latest CM10 and Gapps roms to another microsd card.
I used thes Ray Waldo instructions for creating the cwm card:
root-nook-tablet-with-cwm-sdcard
So, I am having a problem with getting the Nook to load the CWM microsd card. It just won't start when the microsd card is in. As soon as I pull out the microsd, it starts without any problems.
I tried formatting the CWM microsd card and copying CWM again, but it hasn't changed anything.
I have a Nook 16GB. Should I try the card out on that Nook?
A couple of issues that I noticed through the process:
(1) CWM file is supposed to contain 4 files? However, part C., step 7 says "Copy all 5 items in the “CWM” folder (from item B.3 above) to the window of the new SDCard" Is this just a typo? Or is there a missing file?
(2) In Part C, step 4, after the flags have been selected, there is supposed to be a green checkmark. I see a check mark grayed out. It never goes green. (Click on the green checkmark (in the upper section of the GParted window) to execute & allow GParted to complete the action)
(3) Its not really clear to me how I am supposed to boot the nook so that it will boot off the microsd card. I understand that I am not supposed to insert the card while the nook is on because the nook will mount and write data. I have seen a couple of different versions for booting: (1) just insert the card, press power, and let it boot; or (2) hold down the power button and the N button, let go when the N on the screen goes away, and then let it boot
Sources:
thedustyblog
/2012/02/how-to-root-your-nook-tablet/
Step 4 reads: Turn your NOOK Tablet on. Put in the ROOT microSD card you created in Step 3 into the NOOK Tablet. Turn the Tablet off. When it’s completely off, hold the power button and the N button at the same time. Keep holding it. This is the N button: You should see the usual NOOK boot screen with the grey N in the middle of the screen. Keep holding the power and N button. When that grey N flashes off the screen you can let go. The NOOK Tablet should be off again because you were holding the power button. Turn the NOOK Tablet on. After a moment you should see a white screen with a cardboard box on it. When it finishes you’ll see a screen that says CWM-based Recovery.

Not having gotten any feedback, I decided to go for it and tried it on my 16GB nook tablet. Worked like a charm. Not a single speedbump. Maybe there is something wrong with the 8GB nook. I tried different sd cards, etc. No luck on the 8GB device.

[Q] Anybody having problems with MicroSD slot?

Is anybody else besides me having problems with the MicroSD slot on the tablet itself?
I don't know if it's me, but when I first put the MicroSD card into the tablet, I noticed that there was no icon on screen as mentioned in the manual to remove the card from the tablet when clicked on.
I ended up having to use a needle to get the card out. But now, whenever I try to put the card into the tablet itself, it'll go inside, but it keeps popping out.
If anybody has any advice about this problem and how it can be solved, I'd like to hear about it.

The 'Eject' button is a software ejection, not hardware. (it finalizes all running processes on the card so data doesn't get corrupted.)
Evolution gave you fingernails. You need to use one to press the card in. it's a pop-click system. it clicks into place, and pops out when pressen again.

ShadowLea said:
The 'Eject' button is a software ejection, not hardware. (it finalizes all running processes on the card so data doesn't get corrupted.)
Evolution gave you fingernails. You need to use one to press the card in. it's a pop-click system. it clicks into place, and pops out when pressen again.
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I've tried your suggestion even though my fingernails aren't long enough to do so and it still won't stay in the slot.

You probably broke the mechanism when you stuck a needle in there...

The microSD has a pretty standard push-over lock mechanism -- you push it in just past flush, and it locks inside, and to get it out you push it in again, past the locking point, and it is ejected.
EDIT: begone, typo!

Sounds to me like you broke the mechanism with the needle. I'd try for a replacement and neglect to mention the needle incident.

Home and recents button stopped working

Strange issue with my phone. Got off the plane in KC, turned it on, then walked into the terminal. Was using work email and hit the home button to get back to the home screen. Nothing. Recents button doesn't work either.
Rebooted the phone and everything works. 10 minutes later, home button and recents (left soft key) stop working. Another reboot, good for 10 minutes, same problem.
I want to do a factory reset, but work forces me to encrypt my SD card. I uninstalled AirWatch, go to Decrypt SD card in security settings. Get to the page to execute the decryption and push "Decrypt SD card". Nothing happens. Thinking it might be a dead zone at the bottom of the screen because the button was right above the home button, I flip the phone 90 degrees. Press "Decrypt SD Card", nothing.
Now I can't factory reset or I can't access my SD card.
Thoughts?

cjranucci said:
Strange issue with my phone. Got off the plane in KC, turned it on, then walked into the terminal. Was using work email and hit the home button to get back to the home screen. Nothing. Recents button doesn't work either.
Rebooted the phone and everything works. 10 minutes later, home button and recents (left soft key) stop working. Another reboot, good for 10 minutes, same problem.
I want to do a factory reset, but work forces me to encrypt my SD card. I uninstalled AirWatch, go to Decrypt SD card in security settings. Get to the page to execute the decryption and push "Decrypt SD card". Nothing happens. Thinking it might be a dead zone at the bottom of the screen because the button was right above the home button, I flip the phone 90 degrees. Press "Decrypt SD Card", nothing.
Now I can't factory reset or I can't access my SD card.
Thoughts?
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Will it let you copy SD contents to a PC?
Then you could just wipe and copy back / encrypt again

*Detection* said:
Will it let you copy SD contents to a PC?
Then you could just wipe and copy back / encrypt again
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Hmmm, so it would decrypt to copy? Are you sure I wouldn't get an encrypted copy on my PC, then wipe the phone and be unable to decrypt? I guess if I can see the files on my PC, then they have to be decrypted....

cjranucci said:
Hmmm, so it would decrypt to copy? Are you sure I wouldn't get an encrypted copy on my PC, then wipe the phone and be unable to decrypt? I guess if I can see the files on my PC, then they have to be decrypted....
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That's what I'm saying, find a way to copy them obviously decrypted, to the PC, then you can wipe and sort everything out
Afaik the main storage on the S7 is encrypted by default, and it has no problems copying things from there to PC decrypted
Can't speak for SD Card, not tried

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That's what I'm saying, find a way to copy them obviously decrypted, to the PC, then you can wipe and sort everything out
Afaik the main storage on the S7 is encrypted by default, and it has no problems copying things from there to PC decrypted
Can't speak for SD Card, not tried
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So that worked. Data is over on my PC and I can read it, so it is not encrypted. Perfect, right?
Time to factory reset. Go into settings and click the box to format the SD card as well and hit factory reset. Nothing. Nothing happens. What the hell is going on here? Can't use Home or Recents button, can't decrypt SD card, can't perform a factory reset. Malware?

Just going to reset it from the recovery menu I guess.

cjranucci said:
Just going to reset it from the recovery menu I guess.
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No idea what's wrong, possibly just something has corrupted, strange one, have you got any screen overlay apps installed like blue light filters? They can do that
If you can view, open, read the files on the PC they're no longer encrypted

I noticed yesterday that indeed the home button and menu/recent buttons were working strangely
- HOME opened the google now, even though Apex is the default home app
- Menu opened recent, both with long and short click
After a reboot this seems to be corrected, but I still find it strange. Not rooted that device either.

Late response but my s6 and s7 have had this happen with airwatch. Something glitches when time to change my pin.
The phone will just turn off, screen only. Turn it on, log in and home and recent buttons don't work. Trying to manually change the pin will make the soft keyboard not come up so you cant change pin/pass, but clipboard works if you happen to have something useable in there.
Best option, although I am one of the admins, is launch chrome, request desktop, go to our airwatch portal and clear/force a pin change. Phone flickers and home/recent works again. I have to do this every 60 days or so. It's happened 4 times now.

Maybe there's a UFO near you.
Joking aside, do you have Direct access turned on and set up, under Settings - Accessibility?