Hi, I have been messing with rooting and installing custom roms on my Droid Charge. I'm totally new to it and have been getting the hang of it, lots of wipes, reinstallations, etc. Unfortunately, it looks like my 32gb microSD card has been a casualty of all this. Since I had managed to install a custom rom on my Charge, my card cannot be read by any device, I've tried it in two computers and two Android phones. All are unable to format the card either, showing it in RAW format.
I believe when I was looking at some threads here, there was an issue with some of the roms maybe damaging the sd card, maybe forcing it to read-only mode? Is there a way I can definitively find out if my card is toast or I can still save it?
Thanks!
I don't have a solution but a question. Was the last rom you flashed a GB rom?
Charged up post!
No, all my roms and kernels have been 2.2 Froyo based.
Flash the SD card fix, not sure how since the SD card isn't working but I would attempt to flash a stock ee4 through Odin & actually use the SD card fix this time....
Also, you might want to consider using Titanium Backup to get all your apps saved to your SD card so you don't lose them from the wipe.
blarrick said:
Flash the SD card fix, not sure how since the SD card isn't working but I would attempt to flash a stock ee4 through Odin & actually use the SD card fix this time....
Also, you might want to consider using Titanium Backup to get all your apps saved to your SD card so you don't lose them from the wipe.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
He said that he can't even format it in a separate reader, so changing out the software on his phone isn't going to fix anything.
To the OP: Honestly, it sounds like your card might be bad; it happens. I doubt that any software/ROM could have caused this since software can't physically damage hardware. One suggestion I can make is to try cleaning the contacts on the card; I recommend q-tips and isopropyl alcohol for that. If it still doesn't work and can't be formatted in your computers reader, you simply have a bad card. At that point, try calling VZW and hope they will replace it. They may insist on replacing your whole phone as well; I don't know. Or, you can use this as an excuse to get a faster (Class 4+) card.
Related
I am having a problem that I haven't seen posted, or at least that I haven't found a post about.
I rooted my GF's phone, created her gold card, downgraded, installed a new ROM, everything went very smooth.
She has been using her phone for a few weeks and has had no problem. The other day she went to take a picture with her phone and when she click the button to take the picture the phone said that the SD card was not accessible.
I took her card out and put my card in, same thing. I put her gold card back into the phone. Installed file explorer and went to the SD Card, no folders had been create. I tried to create a folder through file explorer. Phone said that the SD Card was not accessible.
Anyone got any suggestions? I am clueless as to why I can't get any SD Card to work in her phone. The SD Card worked before I rooted so it has to be a problem with something I did or something I didn't do.
Thanks in advance
Did you try the card in your phone? Just to see if its the rom your using or the sdcard may have become corrupted....
WC
Well if you put two different cards in her phone and same thing then you either have a software error. (Reinstall the rom) or a hardware error. (take the phone back.) This has nothing to do with a gold card tho.
Don't get too worried too quick. This could simply be that the SD card is mounted as read only. I'm not sure how to do it but there's a way to check and correct the issue. Let Google be your friend on this one it will probably lead you right back to these forums with info on correctly mounting your SD card.
If that's not the issue start by reinstalling the Rom your using.
Next troubleshooting step after that is to reflash the stock Rom.
If that doesn't work. Go back to square one. Unroot. Format the SD card. Redo the gold card reroot and see what happens.
Absolute worst case would be go back to stock and locked to ATT and return the phone do to hardware issues.
Hope this helps!
Sent from my InspireDesire 4GHD
May want to look here for read only fixes... they seem to have success...
WC
He is using two seperate cards. One he knows is working on his phone with the same results on her phone. Not reading. I do not believe he has a card error. Unless he somehow messed them both up? Sounds somewhat far fetched. heh
I took her card out and put my card in, same thing. I put her gold card back into the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for all the tips, I will try a good bit of them once she gets home from work. Something tells me its isn't mounting the card correctly, I am leaning toward a ROM problem and maybe going to try a different ROM.
She doesn't give her phone up to often for me to play with, typical woman she is always on it. But I will try some of the suggestions here and any others that come up here after. Somethings got to fix it.
Thanks All
So, i was trying to pull my micro SD card out on the subway, and it flung away and into oblivion. Could not find it. It was an 8GB card that had nothing really important on it, accept for my clockwork mod and all my root-stuff/nandroid backups.
I'm currently running Prime 1.7, but if I buy a new card, will I have to re-root my device? I dont want to loose my setup..
No, you do not have to root your Transformer again. Just buy a new SD-card, and use it. That's all.
Do I need to move any files onto the card? like CWM and such? Does it need any type of formatting?
W4LLY said:
Do I need to move any files onto the card? like CWM and such? Does it need any type of formatting?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can format it if you want to(it's optional but I always format a new sd card) but no need to move anything to it.
Good idea to run a nandroid backup since you lost all that with the old card.
I always keep backups of my Nandroids on my PC. You might consider that for the future. If it had been your phone or tablet that flew away you could just flash back on a replacement.
I am the following setup on my Charge
Voodoo based kernel; regular and over clock
Sd card read fix patch
EE4 fully stock up to date
CWR 4.x.x.04 - the one without voodoo options
This is my second incident with card going bad. The first time I used it for two weeks and card became unreadable. Tried reformat from the phone and on CWR level without any success.
On second ocasion phone worked also two weeks without any issues - till I suddenly got on power up "bad card" pop up. Tried to reformat - failed.
I booted into CWR and to my surprise I was able to browse the card. I deleted cache, Davlik, boot part, reapplied voodoo and ovclock kernels, reapplied card read error pathch - in all possible sequences without much susccess. I do not have voodoo controls under my version of CWR (too bad) and since I do not have memory card - I cannot download and install 3rd party voodo control to try to enable and disable and see if it makes a difference.
I am without access to my pc for a week so Odin or repartitioning lwith pit file and full stock reflash are not an option for me right now. I tried mount SD on a windows machine - without much success as it sees is un formatted. CWR sees it without issues and let's me reflash kernel and patch zips.
I am sure that I will get it working eventually - but would like to ask our opinion AFAYK what is going on? I hate having to lose my cards with pics and data with is not backed up regularly. This is my first device I lost an SD card.
I am assuming that it is related to the voodoo Linux based file system. do you think running a full stock on a voodoo has anything to do with it?
Thanks in advance
i was under the impression that the "Sd card read fix patch" wasn't needed any more.
You might have a bad device that keeps toasting your cards. Have you tried viewing your card in a Linux machine?
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App
I have tried both ways - with and without the patch
You said you were able to mount your sd on a windows machine. Any reason you can't use that machine and odin off of it? Its just a quick download away.
I do not have access to a linux box. Factory reset, Odin and options under CWR are the only options that I usually use. Can I test my phone without a Linux box?
I was just thinking Linux might try to force read it since it ignores file permissions etc. Also, you can't format the SD card within CWM.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App
It was not my computer - I just wanted to test if i can see sd card on a wintel box. In the long run I do not mind doing the pit file with full stock flash - I just do not want to find myself burning more cards
If you fix it and it does it again i would definitely go to a Verizon store and have it checked out.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App
Use a small sd card sufficient enough to do everything you want to. If it happens again take it to verizon fully stock and they should replace the phone and SD.
Just to add more to the puzzle
I have second Charge absolutely the same setup.
When I tried to load SD card that is unreadable on the original Charge on the phone level
- I get the same damaged card error.
CWR on both phones can read it.
Just out of curiosity, are these 32gb cards?
Android has a known issue with 32gb cards getting corrupted if they are not formatted with a 32kb allocation size.
The workaround is to re format the card with your windows PC to FAT32, 32kb allocation size. Do a full format, not the quick format.
The two cards that got damaged are leftover cards from my fascinates. 16GB. One of them was reformatted and the other one was not - just reused it the moving all files from root folder to a folder called "Old" ( while mounted on my pc)
I used to be on an non Voodoo kernel/rom on my fascinates, when I installed voodoo kernel on Charge - file system got converted (per female voice)
Apparently I am not the only one with this problem
I stumbled upon this
http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-droid-charge/111200-wiping-sd-card.html#post1179362
Looks like that reusing a 16 GB card from fascinate is the issue in both instances.
I am still eager to learn what is the issue?
@Racer
Is it related to a different block size that is used by Samsung to format SD s on Charge? do you have more details on it? Do you know if I can possibly salvage my cards?
garryo said:
@Racer
Is it related to a different block size that is used by Samsung to format SD s on Charge? do you have more details on it? Do you know if I can possibly salvage my cards?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It is a problem with the interaction between android and some firmwares in the sdhc cards. It isn't really something that is Samsung specific.
I did some research on it and it solved my problem (similar to yours) that I had with my PNY 32gb class 10 card.
I would definitely try formatting your cards with a windows pc, full format, fat32, 32kb allocation size before I gave up on them.
here are some links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010228
http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums...-LX-Series-MicroSD-Problems-on-Android-phones
Hi all. I'm flashing from Froyo to ICS, using NexusHD2-ICS-4.0.4-CM9-HWA V2.1. I've flashed new radio, MAGLDR etc... with no issues, but when I've come to actually flash the ROM, my SD Card has chosen this second to give up on me. It wouldn't transfer any files etc... using the MAGLDR USB mass storage mode, and now refuses to format it.
So, I assume the SD card is screwed (unless there's some weird setting I've missed?) - basically, my phone obviously won't boot into anything now, it's half past midnight and I don't have any more SD cards on me.
How can I flash this ROM using a bootloader? Is that possible? I vaguely recall using a Bootloader to flash to Froyo from WinMo, rather than an SD card.
Any ideas? I need to get this running very soon, so my phone will work.
Cheers in advance.
(also, I did a search, but I couldn't find an answer. Sorry if it has been answered already).
Alternatively, does anyone know of a NAND ROM with a daf.exe loader? Any will do, just so I can get my phone functional until I get a new SD card.
Thanks.
Fixed it, by going into clockworkmod, partitioning the card, formatting it within CWM, mounting the SD card, then mounting USB storage. Seeeeeems to have worked.
So, feel free to delete. That said, would still be interested in finding an alt. solution to this.
Hi, Still very new to all this. Was wanting to use link2sd app. Upon loading up the app and finding out more. It states "second partition not found, no sd card present"? So i'm reading all these threads on how to partition. Concern is, this guide for dummies writes that they want me to unmount sd and put in computer via usb or sd card reader? I don't have a sd card reader on laptop. Am i not able to leave it mounted in my phone while partitioning? This sd is internal and i don't see anything else under my sim card. Looks empty as if nothing is there. Is that where the external would go? Under sim card? Anyways, aside from that. I can't use CWM. Has no option for format sd card in 6.0.4.7. So was told to use Minitool partition wizard. Is this free? Says freeware. I'm guessing yes, though someone said it asked for license after partition. Shrugs.
My biggest concern is that even if i figure this out and get a second partition going..... What is going to be lost after format? My guess is everything right? So when i do a factory reset, will i still be flashed with beanstalk rom...Or wiill i have to start from stock again and update back to beanstalk? Sorry to sound stupid. Only been playing around with this phone a couple days. First smartphone and still very new to flashing, etc.
come on....60 views and not one helpful answer? surely someone has knowledge on this discussion. Please help! Does this phone ship with a sd card internally or no? I swore i used app2sd on earlier build before i return phone for a replacement. Why does it not work no longer? is there a specific build/rom that would allow me doing this? new to smartphones. be nice to the newb. thx.