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Standard samsung SDHC Card died

Hello, after installed Locations from Programs in my DHD my sdcard died, not instant but after a while maybe 12 hours. I have 1.72.405 update.. It was new years night so i dont remember to much
But then it just started to say: "No sd card mounted" or something.
Then i tried to put it in another phone the card is dead there to.
Then in a computer using an adapter, no success there either.
So is my card 100% dead or is it any chance of getting my data back, i was stupid and didn't have backup, to late now but you learn of ur misstakes.
Sry for wall of text, this is Short version
sdcard died a few hours after installing locations
no device founds it
help....

Loads of problems with this at the moment, everyones SD cards seem to be slowly dying since the recent update. The SD card isn't recognised in any other phone/computer as you say so the likelyhood of getting anything off it is slim.
Someone here has apparently spoken to HTC about it who have confirmed there is an issue with the new update which affects the unmounting of the SD card. The only thing they recomend is sending it back to HTC who will flash the phone back to the previous version.
I spoke to HTC myself the other day and managed to get them to send me another SD card - might be worth doing that. A factory reset doesn't work by the way, complete waste of time.
HTC phone number for UK is 0845 8900079 or 01279 206906 (same line, just not premium rate).
Take a look at these threads for people with same problem...
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=101063233083&topic=15411#topic_top
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885030&page=39
http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-...d-card-blank-has-unsupported-file-system.html
Edit: Mods might want to move this to the General sub-forum?

Did you get a replacement SD card without needing to send anything back to HTC?
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Yea, although it took a bit of complaining.

chapperz said:
Loads of problems with this at the moment, everyones SD cards seem to be slowly dying since the recent update. The SD card isn't recognised in any other phone/computer as you say so the likelyhood of getting anything off it is slim.
Someone here has apparently spoken to HTC about it who have confirmed there is an issue with the new update which affects the unmounting of the SD card. The only thing they recomend is sending it back to HTC who will flash the phone back to the previous version.
I spoke to HTC myself the other day and managed to get them to send me another SD card - might be worth doing that. A factory reset doesn't work by the way, complete waste of time.
HTC phone number for UK is 0845 8900079 or 01279 206906 (same line, just not premium rate).
Take a look at these threads for people with same problem...
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=101063233083&topic=15411#topic_top
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885030&page=39
http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-...d-card-blank-has-unsupported-file-system.html
Edit: Mods might want to move this to the General sub-forum?
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So if i buy a new card and havent send my phone to htc for them to flash the phone to the update before 1.72.405 the new card will brake?
I did go to the place i bougt the phone and they did say that the warranty didnt cover attachments so if i want a new card i need to send the phone and the card to repair, and the company that handels repair for most big electronic stores in sweden is the worst in the world.
How fast is htc at downflashing the phone?
I live in sweden if it has anything to do with how fast they are..

nfskillen said:
So if i buy a new card and havent send my phone to htc for them to flash the phone to the update before 1.72.405 the new card will brake?
I did go to the place i bougt the phone and they did say that the warranty didnt cover attachments so if i want a new card i need to send the phone and the card to repair, and the company that handels repair for most big electronic stores in sweden is the worst in the world.
How fast is htc at downflashing the phone?
I live in sweden if it has anything to do with how fast they are..
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I've just replaced the SD card myself and havent had any further problems, everything has been fine since. No one else seems to have had any further problems either after replacing the card. I wouldn't bother sending the phone to be repaired, as I'm pretty sure it's just the SD card corrupted by the recent update somehow, not the actual phone.
In short, just get a new SD card, off HTC if possible. The number for customer services can be found here... htc.com/uk/CA_Hotline.aspx

chapperz said:
Yea, although it took a bit of complaining.
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Which card did HTC issue as replacement?
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

chapperz said:
I've just replaced the SD card myself and havent had any further problems, everything has been fine since. No one else seems to have had any further problems either after replacing the card. I wouldn't bother sending the phone to be repaired, as I'm pretty sure it's just the SD card corrupted by the recent update somehow, not the actual phone.
In short, just get a new SD card, off HTC if possible. The number for customer services can be found here... htc.com/uk/CA_Hotline.aspx
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Thanks, i told them to its not the phone but they are retards.
Iam having a mail conversatin with htc but i think that 8 gb i to small anyway so i am buying 32 gb class 4. 135 $ hope its worth it

nfskillen said:
Thanks, i told them to its not the phone but they are retards.
Iam having a mail conversatin with htc but i think that 8 gb i to small anyway so i am buying 32 gb class 4. 135 $ hope its worth it
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I hope the bug doesn't affect replacement cards. My spare SanDisk SD is so far working fine, still not confident in it yet after the original Samsung failed...
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sengork said:
I hope the bug doesn't affect replacement cards. My spare SanDisk SD is so far working fine, still not confident in it yet after the original Samsung failed...
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Same thing that i was wondering, but if i where u i would keep a fresh backup of the sd in case.

also my samsung 8Gb micro sd died saturday afternoon.... and with it all my holiday's photos

sengork said:
Which card did HTC issue as replacement?
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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Same as the original one supplied with phone. No problems yet.

chapperz said:
Same as the original one supplied with phone. No problems yet.
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Hmm even the same model number? I hope those cards won't have similar issues.
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My card has just gone down as well for no apparent reason - the phone was working fine and then the card stopped being recognised - I hadn't done anything with it.
I'm running 1.72.405.3.
Is there any way to recover the data from the card?
I fitted a 32Gb card over Christmas and that died within hours of being fitted which I thought was down to a faulty card although now I'm wondering if it is down to the HTC update.
So I guess the key questions are:
1. Are HTC going to be releasing a fix for this?
2. I have a new 32Gb card on the way - what are the chances of preventing that from being killed?

jvoelcker said:
My card has just gone down as well for no apparent reason - the phone was working fine and then the card stopped being recognised - I hadn't done anything with it.
I'm running 1.72.405.3.
Is there any way to recover the data from the card?
I fitted a 32Gb card over Christmas and that died within hours of being fitted which I thought was down to a faulty card although now I'm wondering if it is down to the HTC update.
So I guess the key questions are:
1. Are HTC going to be releasing a fix for this?
2. I have a new 32Gb card on the way - what are the chances of preventing that from being killed?
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before sd died. have you have set the phone's wallpaper picking up a photo from your sd ?

tobia996 said:
before sd died. have you have set the phone's wallpaper picking up a photo from your sd ?
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No.
I did take some photos off via pc connection last night connecting to it as a disk drive, but that is it.
I also have some apps installed onto it, but wasn't using any of them when it failed - I just turned the phone on to check email and it was giving an SD error or Insert SD card message - can't remember which and am trying to dig through logs to find out.

chapperz said:
Loads of problems with this at the moment, everyones SD cards seem to be slowly dying since the recent update. The SD card isn't recognised in any other phone/computer as you say so the likelyhood of getting anything off it is slim.
Someone here has apparently spoken to HTC about it who have confirmed there is an issue with the new update which affects the unmounting of the SD card. The only thing they recomend is sending it back to HTC who will flash the phone back to the previous version.
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I see a temporary solution for some people stuck in new firmware versions without root.. *Cough* Old versions can be rooted..*Cough*

Hi there.
I installed the update the same day I got the phone. The Samsung MicroSD provided died 10 days ago; with stock rom - non rooted etc.
Can I talk to someone to get a replacement?
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Called HTC last day about my sd card, gave them all the details they wanted and they told me that they will send me further info about if and when the new sd card can be sent. Hopefully they will understand and send me a new one.. No message so far though...

i had that problem with my kingston 16gb class 10, when i flashed a custom sense rom (but it was older base 1.32.xxx.xx) the sdcard died on me after rebooted. tried everything i could do to bring it back. so i left it for about week an decided to try it again...and it worked!! so maybe leave it awhile and try it again.

SD card not recognized on Xoom

Hi to all, nice if someone can shed some light on the above....
Ever started something you wish you didnt....
Mate wanted to buy a tablet - i told him to get a xoom (had mine ages and it just keeps getting better) anyway, xoom turns up MZ604 and i set about unlocking and getting eos's rom on there (cheers guys - top stuff!)
Anyway before i started im sure the memory card slot was working as i copied all the relevant files to it. Half way though at the rooting point the software complained it couldnt see the card and sure enough it wasnt there - nothing i did could get it working so i reflashed back to stock - still nothing. the mechanism is working fine - tried 3 or 4 cards in there but nothing - tried the said cards in my note and it see all of them. As P***ed off as i am about it my mate is kind of ok. So, can i use the rooting tool from an external usb stick? or does anyone have any insight as to why its decided to stop working???
Thanks to anyone that chips in!
Comfy

Sorted - a cunning combination of software and me being a t*t. Once i reflashed the stock rom for the wifi version hasnt got the sd card enabled. Downloaded the online update and there it is!!
Back to the rooting. Thanks to the 138 or so viewers of this thread....you may all call me a tw*t now.....

[Q] 7.8 Sianto Edition questions

Hello all, I have a couple questions about the WP7.8 Sianto Edition for the HTC Arrive. I have the Sprint Arrive and am considering putting this rom on my phone. First I would like to know if anyone knows what kind of unlock it has, if any. Also, does the USB Tethering work in the 1.6 for the Arrive? I see it listed for the 1.6.1 for the 7 Pro..
And does anyone have any input on how reliable this rom is? I am looking for forward to the 2.0L that is said to be coming soon. As of late my phone has gotten so slow and my data connection speed is terrible lately. It seems every week it gets worse and I am having many apps just crash to the home screen and apps that rely on the data like radio apps just take forever to even open now. My wife has this same phone on the same network and hers is not having any of these issues.
Thanks for your replies.

Anyone know? Planning to download the rom tomorrow but want to know about the unlock first. I have yet to HSPL my phone but will when I have all my questions sorted out.

Hi mate!
Concerning the slow speeds, if you upgraded your phones memory by swapping the sd card, the two can be related (for example, my youtube videos are very sluggish while streaming). I Have an international 7 pro (no carrier branding) and it's been 10 months since my last hard reset (when I upgraded the memory from 8 to 32 gigs) and i am also experiencing very slow load times, but I don't know about the apps crashing. Data loading is also a bit slow on my side (on some apps while refreshing) but internet explorer just works fine.
But I remember the phone working just fine right after the memory upgrade, so my guess is that constantly adding and erasing apps and files like videos, music and pictures are kind of messing up the responsiveness of the system.
PS: Sorry for my response not being specific enough to your case. I didn't want to reply at first but since the 7 pro forums aren't much populated lately, I thought that my idea on the subject could help.

true2you said:
Hi mate!
Concerning the slow speeds, if you upgraded your phones memory by swapping the sd card, the two can be related (for example, my youtube videos are very sluggish while streaming). I Have an international 7 pro (no carrier branding) and it's been 10 months since my last hard reset (when I upgraded the memory from 8 to 32 gigs) and i am also experiencing very slow load times, but I don't know about the apps crashing. Data loading is also a bit slow on my side (on some apps while refreshing) but internet explorer just works fine.
But I remember the phone working just fine right after the memory upgrade, so my guess is that constantly adding and erasing apps and files like videos, music and pictures are kind of messing up the responsiveness of the system.
PS: Sorry for my response not being specific enough to your case. I didn't want to reply at first but since the 7 pro forums aren't much populated lately, I thought that my idea on the subject could help.
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thanks for your reply, i was starting to think i wasnt getting one! lol but yea my phone is very slow compared to my wifes phone and has been since i got it. before the mango update it was laggy just scrolling on the Start screen. im hoping it is just the ROM that came on the phone, so thats partly why i want to update to the 7.8.. also i want the unlock benefits, but i cant seem to find if the Sianto ROM is unlocked or not.

x_orange90_x said:
thanks for your reply, i was starting to think i wasnt getting one! lol but yea my phone is very slow compared to my wifes phone and has been since i got it. before the mango update it was laggy just scrolling on the Start screen. im hoping it is just the ROM that came on the phone, so thats partly why i want to update to the 7.8.. also i want the unlock benefits, but i cant seem to find if the Sianto ROM is unlocked or not.
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For one, yes, the Sianto ROM IS unlocked.
And for another, the first time I loaded the Sianto ROM on my phone, it was at v1.4, I believe. After going through the steps, my phone was it's fastest ever, and I loved my phone even more than when I had first gotten it. Things were great for about a week, until tragedy struck: an app I installed from the Bazaar marketplace while at school basically bricked my phone. So, I borrowed a friends phone, let people know I would be incommunicado, and waited out the day. When I got home, I immediately came here to XDA, and tried to remember which ROM I had loaded, but wasn't able to get the same computer I had originally used. I remembered Sianto's name, but then saw ansar's ROM, and decided to try that one.
Long story fairly short: I switched back to Sianto after about a day, and haven't looked back since.
I don't know about USB tethering, but the internet sharing works in v1.6, and I especially like that Digital Power was added to the Settings. Every time I flashed my phone before, I had to reinstall Digital Power, but not with this version!
All in all, I wholeheartedly recommend Sianto v1.6, and I know that when v2.0L comes out, I'm definitely going to flash it.
Hope I helped.

evath said:
For one, yes, the Sianto ROM IS unlocked.
And for another, the first time I loaded the Sianto ROM on my phone, it was at v1.4, I believe. After going through the steps, my phone was it's fastest ever, and I loved my phone even more than when I had first gotten it. Things were great for about a week, until tragedy struck: an app I installed from the Bazaar marketplace while at school basically bricked my phone. So, I borrowed a friends phone, let people know I would be incommunicado, and waited out the day. When I got home, I immediately came here to XDA, and tried to remember which ROM I had loaded, but wasn't able to get the same computer I had originally used. I remembered Sianto's name, but then saw ansar's ROM, and decided to try that one.
Long story fairly short: I switched back to Sianto after about a day, and haven't looked back since.
I don't know about USB tethering, but the internet sharing works in v1.6, and I especially like that Digital Power was added to the Settings. Every time I flashed my phone before, I had to reinstall Digital Power, but not with this version!
All in all, I wholeheartedly recommend Sianto v1.6, and I know that when v2.0L comes out, I'm definitely going to flash it.
Hope I helped.
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Thanks for your reply! That's exactly the response I was looking for! Glad to know that it is unlocked and that you got a performance boost out of it. I get internet hooked up on Monday so I will be downloading and flashing around then!
Thanks again

x_orange90_x said:
Thanks for your reply! That's exactly the response I was looking for! Glad to know that it is unlocked and that you got a performance boost out of it. I get internet hooked up on Monday so I will be downloading and flashing around then!
Thanks again
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No problem, hope everything goes well. Let us know how it turns out! :good:

[Q] Broken phone Help!

So long story short, GF went out last night and got drunk, tells me last night her phone is broken. Got home from work this morning, checked it out and theres a strange discoloration on the top right corner of the screen and the screen does not respond to touching it. The menu/home/back keys work along with the volume buttons and power button but I cant get past the swipe lock screen because the screen doesnt respond. I was however able to boot into CWM and backup to the ext SD card.
Anyway she filed a claim with Asurion, said she lost it, and theyre sending a new one Monday. Since she didnt actually lose the phone I still have her SD card, SIM and battery. Here are my Q's... Thanks in advance.
1. Any idea what version the replacement phone might ship with?
2. Since I havent rooted since the release day what the best method to use for the version they will send? I used route66 but im not sure if thats even around anymore.
3. I was able to make a back up on the SD card. Can I restore that back up on the new phone from the sd card after i root and unlock?
4. Do I have to back up the SD card contents and reformat the SD card to use in the new phone?
5. What, if anything, can be done the old SIM card?
Very lucky I have a place like XDA where I can ask questions like this. XDA has been so helpful to me the last few years. Thanks to everyone who can help. My gf and I really appreciate it.

TokedUp said:
Here are my Q's... Thanks in advance.
1. Any idea what version the replacement phone might ship with?
2. Since I havent rooted since the release day what the best method to use for the version they will send? I used route66 but im not sure if thats even around anymore.
3. I was able to make a back up on the SD card. Can I restore that back up on the new phone from the sd card after i root and unlock?
4. Do I have to back up the SD card contents and reformat the SD card to use in the new phone?
5. What, if anything, can be done the old SIM card?
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1) VRALHE, easily rooted with the existing exploits.
2) See above.
3) Uh, honestly not sure about this. I'm interested to see others response.
4) Shouldn't have to since you'll be using the same rom
5) If the sim is fine, just pop it into the new phone.
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Don't use the old phone parts except the sdcard for anything. You lost the phone so if you use the one SIM then they're going to know you committed fraud. Same if you try to use the old phone.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong?

As for restoring the backup. Yes you can simply restore the backup and it week be just fine. I did it on my RAZR when I got a max and when I got a replacement max.
Sent from my SGS3 running Eclipse 2.1

Awesome guys thanks! Not going to use the old SIM at all, I figured not to. If I can restore the Rom from the SD card on the new phone my life will be so much better lol. Very much appreciated.

Just wanted to update. First off thanks to everyone, my gf is very thankful.
I can confirm restoring from the old phone on to the new one worked perfectly along with the root method. Thanks so much guys.
Mod please delete unless you feel the info here may help other users.

Samsung Pay can't be set-up on S8 Plus? AT&T

Hey all.
I use Samsung pay quite a bit, and I went to set it up on my AT&T S8 Plus, and when you open the app, you click continue, and a spinning ring just comes up, and nothing ever happens. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the app. I've turned on all permissions for the app and all permissions for the Samsung Pay Framework. My device is not encrypted, I dont know anything else to try or do. Is anyone else having this issue?

I just set mine up after reading this post. No issues. I am on AT&T

dave30534 said:
I just set mine up after reading this post. No issues. I am on AT&T
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well that's frustrating. were you on wifi? did you use the new sim card that came with your phone or your old one? idk if that has anything to do with it, but i always just take my sim card out of my old one and put it in the new one.
Thanks!

Captain McFunk said:
well that's frustrating. were you on wifi? did you use the new sim card that came with your phone or your old one? idk if that has anything to do with it, but i always just take my sim card out of my old one and put it in the new one.
Thanks!
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On wifi. My old phone does not have sim cards that fit this one. I used what came with the box. I had to register it by phone before they turned the phone to active.

I'm on AT&T as well and had no issues setting up.

Can you just put a cricket sim card in or setup with the att sim card first?

Still not sure what's going on here, but I used the SIM card that came in the box and it's still not working. It just spins once you click "start" -- I uninstalled it and downloaded the latest version from apk-mirror and when i ran it, it played a little video but then an error came up saying samsung pay isn't available when using a sim card from another country. please insert a sim card from korea......i mean wtf mate. I bought the phone from AT&T directly, so not sure what the deal is there. Anyone have any ideas for anything I can try?

Captain McFunk said:
I use Samsung pay quite a bit, and I went to set it up on my AT&T S8 Plus, and when you open the app, you click continue, and a spinning ring just comes up, and nothing ever happens. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the app. I've turned on all permissions for the app and all permissions for the Samsung Pay Framework. My device is not encrypted, I dont know anything else to try or do. Is anyone else having this issue?
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I had the same problem at first. I tried restarting the app, rebooting the phone, clearing the app's cache & data, reinstalling the app, and wiping the system cache. I tried it on WiFi and on mobile data. None of that seemed to help. Then I left it alone for a couple of hours and the next time I tried, it just worked.
I have no idea what was causing the problem. I don't know if any of my efforts had a delayed result, or if the efforts were irrelevant and the problem just fixed itself. But either way, it's fine now.

Another failure, different
Captain McFunk said:
Hey all.
I use Samsung pay quite a bit, and I went to set it up on my AT&T S8 Plus, and when you open the app, you click continue, and a spinning ring just comes up, and nothing ever happens. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the app. I've turned on all permissions for the app and all permissions for the Samsung Pay Framework. My device is not encrypted, I dont know anything else to try or do. Is anyone else having this issue?
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It still does not work on my S8+. It may have something to do with last OS update... ? All I know is, I used it for about a year with occasional odd failures, but it was reliable on my S7.
Now, it does not work at all. I called Samsung and the rep kept me on the phone for a long time, gathering details...