I was about to call my wife when all my contacts started disappearing one by one. Anybody have any ideas what to do?
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tylercarter said:
I was about to call my wife when all my contacts started disappearing one by one. Anybody have any ideas what to do?
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Are your contacts "google/gmail" contacts? or are they on the phone/SIM? Did you sync them with the AT&T address book?
If they are all on google, you can resync them, if they are backed up to the AT&T address book there is a way to restore them from there. otherwise a full copy from the SIM card if they are there might be the only way. You might go into the contacts an look in settings and which account is currently the one selected to save to contacts to, I had another phone that would switch that setting on it's own all the time, and something similar happened, until I would switch it back.
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Are your contacts "google/gmail" contacts? or are they on the phone/SIM? Did you sync them with the AT&T address book?
If they are all on google, you can resync them, if they are backed up to the AT&T address book there is a way to restore them from there. otherwise a full copy from the SIM card if they are there might be the only way. You might go into the contacts an look in settings and which account is currently the one selected to save to contacts to, I had another phone that would switch that setting on it's own all the time, and something similar happened, until I would switch it back.
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google/gmail. then i checked my contacts on my pc and they were gone as well. i had to import them from my sim and then i exported to sdcard in case it happened again. i called att and they said that was very strange. they did some digging and i have a old sim card for this phone so they sent a new one. then they credited me 50 bucks so that was cool AND surprising. anyway i just use my google account for contacts. i also have it to save all contacts to google. anyway i got them all back off my sim but i thought i should put this out there in case it might happen to someone else.
from now on i'll always have my contacts backed up on sim and sd just in case.
I spoke with Motorola as well. They have no information on any updates or future updates. No information on bug fixes. Notta. I really enjoy this phone but if I have to factory reset this often to fix all the little bugs then it just gets frustrating. Hopefully things will get better as I heard they would be soon.
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My sim contacts disappeared a couple weeks ago. I wasn't happy but I don't seem to have lost much I couldn't save by going back through my messages and calls and remembering enough of a number or conversation to figure out who it is and add that to my Google contacts.
lost contacts AGAIN
ive lost all my contacts yet again! could this be because i have a class 10 micro sd card? just got one for xmas and thats when it started happening.
tylercarter said:
ive lost all my contacts yet again! could this be because i have a class 10 micro sd card? just got one for xmas and thats when it started happening.
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That would be the place to start troubleshooting.
mtnlion said:
That would be the place to start troubleshooting.
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I agree!! Try taking the card out and formatting it on your computer. Maybe you can get it working but not a lot have....
That is your issue.
So far I have not been able to get a card that is higher than a class 6 to work well in this phone.
I am using a class 4 32GB right now, with complete success. I have 2 class 2 16GBs and they work great as well. I have a class 8 32GB and I can not get it to successfully keep all my data it has made things go wonky every time I put it in and use it. so it is sitting on my desk right now.
P.S. I can use the class 8 in my other 2 phones, one is an HTC, and the other a Samsung, without issue.
Would anyone know if Sandisk's 64gb micro sd class 6 works ok with Atrix 2?
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That is your issue.
So far I have not been able to get a card that is higher than a class 6 to work well in this phone.
I am using a class 4 32GB right now, with complete success. I have 2 class 2 16GBs and they work great as well. I have a class 8 32GB and I can not get it to successfully keep all my data it has made things go wonky every time I put it in and use it. so it is sitting on my desk right now.
P.S. I can use the class 8 in my other 2 phones, one is an HTC, and the other a Samsung, without issue.
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When I format it would I use fat32 file system and 32 KB allocation unit size?
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When I format it would I use fat32 file system and 32 KB allocation unit size?
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Yes, but the allocation smaller the allocation size the less wasted space you will have. something like 32 or 64K is just fine. I use 512B blocks if I can get away with it, but for my SDcard I used 32K block (same thing as allocation unit) size.
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Yes, but the allocation smaller the allocation size the less wasted space you will have. something like 32 or 64K is just fine. I use 512B blocks if I can get away with it, but for my SDcard I used 32K block (same thing as allocation unit) size.
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im limited to 8 thanks per day and ive had a lot to give out so i must say thankyou yet again.
this happened to me also about a week ago. after trying everything even factory reseting my atrix 2 I realized i could just restore them through google service on the pc
mrkavanagh said:
this happened to me also about a week ago. after trying everything even factory reseting my atrix 2 I realized i could just restore them through google service on the pc
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Yeah moto needs to fix this for sure. AT&T has no scheduled updates and moto told me the same thing so its whenever.
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Sharpshooterrr said:
Would anyone know if Sandisk's 64gb micro sd class 6 works ok with Atrix 2?
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That's twice the supported amount of memory for our phones.
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Ok im about to blow my lid.. this is the second time im experiencing this problem.
Out of no where my sdcard removes itself. Its actually happen to where my G1 freezes, I actually try to reboot and it goes back into sign in!! Wtf!! my contacts are all gone my Gtalk has to sign back in.. THIS SUCKS. I'm currently on Dude 1.3 Rc2.. I'm an loyal dude rom fan and this has never happen to me.
Its happened twice so far and since the last time it happened ive changed my sd's im using a 4gb class2. Dont tell its the class2 cause Ive been using the same class2 since ive had app 2 sd and never experienced this..
Has this ever happen to anyone or is it a known issue if someone, anyone shed some light on my problem i would greatly appreciate it!!
THanks a million!!
Do your apps remove themselves as well when you have to sign back in? Like a normal wipe? Have you tried this with more than one SD card? How long have you had the phone?
Sounds like it could be hardware related...but trying wiping and reinstalling. Also, try not using APPS2SD and see what happens...because obviously, when your SD card stops working on Apps2SD, the background processes being run off the card are going to crash and lock up the phone, and you're needing to sign in because that data was stored on the card as well.
My friend had a defunct phone where not only could the SD card wiggle a little inside its slot, but the entire slot itself came off the board/wiring it was sodered onto, so if you've dropped your phone on that edge, that could be your problem. Every once in a while, it'll connect, but it can still unconnect at any time, like what you're experiencing.
Ext2 format itself!!
I actually noticed that my sd card is formating itself to Ext2(all 4 gbs) everytime this happens!! and its hell to format it back to fat32 this is got me going NUCKIN FUTS!! Ive never dropped my phone the sd card slot is intact and ive had the phone for quiet a while..
Also i use paragon to partition..
is it a 4 gb micro sdcard?
Edit. never mind didn't fully read it. the size of your sd card is your problem. I had a 4 gb and it pissed me off soooo bad. I don't know what it is about then but the phone doesn't like them. sorry.
yes, class 2
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yes, class 2
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yeah buddy you're out of luck. buy a different size sd card and you will be good to go. I almost was going to try sending my phone back to t-mobile but then I figured since it started when I changed to that size sd card and I heard that they were having so much trouble with them with this phone that I would try a different sd card first. Switched to a 8gb class 6 sd card that I bought at target and things couldn't be working better.
hope this helps.
@ jc1337
Thanks bro..
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Thanks bro..
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No problem. Glad that I could help.
Sorry about the fact that you have to buy a new sd card though. Trust me I know that it sucks.
The different size answer is BS I have a 16 gig and it does it to me to.
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The different size answer is BS I have a 16 gig and it does it to me to.
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I believe it happen to me on a 8gb class2 so you could have a point, we need a solution or aleast know whats causing the problem so we wont do it again.. now ill mention that i ran the JF1.5 ADP and it didn't happen at all i think its the new app2sd set-up that dude is using.. its gotta be because it never happen on any of his other builds>>
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did it automatically formatt your whole card to EXT2?
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The different size answer is BS I have a 16 gig and it does it to me to.
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you don't have to be a **** about it. I am just trying to help. there is no need to say that what I said is "BS" I know that 4 gb sd cards have been known to have problems with these phones. I am not trying to say that is for sure his problem. I am just giving a suggestion that was given to me and it worked and his issues seem similar to mine.
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you don't have to be a **** about it. I am just trying to help. there is no need to say that what I said is "BS" I know that 4 gb sd cards have been known to have problems with these phones. I am not trying to say that is for sure his problem. I am just giving a suggestion that was given to me and it worked and his issues seem similar to mine.
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imbonez AND jc1337
Please lets not turn this into a word war im trying to figure this out in this thread....jc1337 i value your suggestion and i will try anything.
imbonez, thanks for your input and thats the purpose of this thread for different input, i just don't wanna get off subject and have this thread removed!!
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imbonez AND jc1337
Please lets not turn this into a word war im trying to figure this out in this thread....jc1337 i value your suggestion and i will try anything.
imbonez, thanks for your input and thats the purpose of this thread for different input, i just don't wanna get off subject and have this thread removed!!
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sorry, I just found that rude. oh well. but if he is having a problem may not just be the sd card size, the problem may lay within the ROM as you said before. I would try talking to dude and see if it is something on his end. If it is I am sure he would be glad to know about it and fix it.
i had this problem with the 1gb microsd that came with my g1! i had a 16g sandisk class2, and it got fried, so i had to use the original 1g as a temporary...it did that all the time, i was using it for a week or two and at least once a day itd do that sh*t. I never figured it out, i just bought a Transcend 16g class 6...works great. Wish i knew the answer for you guys, though, sorry...Hope you get it figured out...
-BMFC
I don't have an answer, but I hope this can add more info to your puzzle.
Same happens to mine every now and then. No reformat though, just pops up an error saying that the sd card has been removed. Then my custom ringtone (which resides on the sd card) stops being used and it reverts the default.
Am running on JFv1.51 ADP and have the stock standard 1gb sd card that came with the adp.
I don't have apps installed on the card, just the cache.
big nu, I know that you say it doesn't matter if it is a class 2 or not but I would just try a class 6 sd card.
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sorry, I just found that rude. oh well. but if he is having a problem may not just be the sd card size, the problem may lay within the ROM as you said before. I would try talking to dude and see if it is something on his end. If it is I am sure he would be glad to know about it and fix it.
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I'm sorry I never ment any disrespect in any way when i said its BS my bad.
This actually used to happen to me even before the cupcake update. I used to used a 4gb class 6 card which eventually got fried..so I'm waiting for a new 1 to come in
I know this will seem really strange, but I noticed a trend throughout all the posts....seems like the G1 doesn't like lower numbers Go with a 16 GB, class 6 card and call it good I never had a problem whatsoever with mine, even though I am currently using an 8GB, and Dude's 1.2b. Once I pick up my 16 gig, I will let (you) know how it runs.
i keep having the same problem and i am running jf 1.51 us no themes or anything
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
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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..
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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..
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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
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Yea, although it took a bit of complaining.
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Which card did HTC issue as replacement?
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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
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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
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Which card did HTC issue as replacement?
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Same as the original one supplied with phone. No problems yet.
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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?
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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?
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before sd died. have you have set the phone's wallpaper picking up a photo from your sd ?
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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.
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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.
Earlier today I got an error message saying that my micro SD card had been removed and I should unmount it first next time, but I hadn't actually removed it. After rebooting and re-inserting the card it still wouldn't recognize it until about the 3rd try. From there it worked fine for another 15 minutes before saying the card had been removed again. I got tired of fixing it so I let it be for a while... long story short it then went to an error message saying that the card was "empty" to now being completely unable to recognize it. I insert the card but there's no error at all; it just doesn't exist.
If I plug it into my laptop with a USB adapter, the card doesn't exist there either.
Did the phone just somehow destroy my micro SD card? I don't have another to test out and I can't restore stock from recovery because my backups were saved to the external card. -_-
Mine has destroyed 2 since Nov. Both were SanDisk. They are sending me a new one though, still sucks. If I had insurance, I would send this thing back.
The first was about 1.5 years old, so i just chocked that one up to being old, this one is two months old.
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Mine has destroyed 2 since Nov. Both were SanDisk. They are sending me a new one though, still sucks. If I had insurance, I would send this thing back.
The first was about 1.5 years old, so i just chocked that one up to being old, this one is two months old.
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Damn, seriously? Mine is a SanDisk as well and only a few months old; how'd you get them to send a replacement?
I've rebooted a million times and my wifi is still constantly downloading and my 4G connection isn't. Really weird that this all happened at the same time.
I called the warranty department and explained the problem. I think they have a lifetime warranty. You have to send the old one first and then it's 7-10 business days to get the new one. They pay for shipping, so I did it.
Not sure if it's the phone doing it or not. It just happened, I was listening to music and it happened.
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bobAbooE said:
I called the warranty department and explained the problem. I think they have a lifetime warranty. You have to send the old one first and then it's 7-10 business days to get the new one. They pay for shipping, so I did it.
Not sure if it's the phone doing it or not. It just happened, I was listening to music and it happened.
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I was listening to music as well, but the files were on internal storage. The was right before I couldn't get the volume to work and had to reboot. I had also just taken a picture (which saves to micro SD) by using the shortcut on the lockscreen, then hit the back button and realized that Pocket Planes was still running. Maybe this screwed up the card; I don't know.
Here's a thread about it. No real answers but maybe there's something in there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856564
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not my gs3, but my sammy note 10.1 just killed my 32gb one.......
Funny how I avoided the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 4 for the lack of external storage, and yet this phone just kills my micro SD card anyway.
If i were u id start to get worried...my 16gb blue S3 killed My Sd card right B4 dying Off on me.....went To The Service Store nd they said I Need A new mb.....since no Insurance I Ended Up Sellng That Crap For what Its Screen Is worth! The Phone Was On 4.1.2.......im Abt To Give Up On all Sammy Products As each One of Them Ends up With An Issue.....never Had them With Htc......i Guess thats What to Expect when they throw 100M handsets At People Per yr.....
I bought a new 32GB microSD card in late April. After googling this issue, it appeared as though most SD card failures were SanDisk, so I bought a Kingston 32GB card instead.
In less than 3 months of use, I randomly received an error message today that the SD card was unexpectedly "removed," even though I did not remove it. After rebooting and re-inserting the card, the phone does not detect it. Neither does my USB microSD card reader; the card is essentially destroyed.
5 months and two SD cards ruined. I don't want to bother paying ~$5 to return the defective card to Kingston and wait another month for a replacement. This phone is clearly defective and incapable of handling external storage for more than a few months before destroying it.
Thanks, Samsung!
No solving solution yet>?
I am really amazed !!! So many smart guys are here at XDA and nobody found solution to this problem yet? I cant believe Samsung did not find a solution to this yet..... they live this problem in fog.
Hundreds maybe thousands of people have this problem with their Micro SD cards all over the new are many forums with this commune problem. I have search and did not find a solution nowhere.
I got my S3 about 2 years ago.....I purchase at that time a Kingston 64gb, class 10 card for it. Worked for few months and started whenever I try to view pictures from it to unmounts by its self. I restart the phone and work for few minutes then again disappear. I format it with laptop in FAT32 ....work for few days and then die all the way that could not format with the laptop anymore. So I went and exchange it with a new one, again this one I did from start Fat32 so wont be problems.....again die on me this second brand name card. SOOOO?????
What is the solution? Anyone?
I intended to upgrade now to S4 black edition since I don't like anything about S5 but I read on internet that S4 may have same problem...so I think I will wait for LG G3 because it sound very promising compare to Samsung crappy phones and their slow reaction to solve a problem.
Samsung, is been 2 years already since you ignore this problem and you did not find a solution to this problem !!! Wake up !
No wander your stock go lower and lower every day.
Maybe someone should take this up on TV.
Hello everyone. I have been having issue after issue with this 64GB MicroSD I got recently. I bought it at a local Best Buy the other day (there was a sale going on; $49). It is a SanDisk 64GB Class 10 MicroSD. I got home and formatted the card. I formatted it in FAT32 with the HP USB Format Tool that I always use for SD cards. Well, the moment I put it in, it said that it was damaged (occasionally said that it was blank). I tried removing it and reinserting it, and the same thing. I have tried putting it in a different GSIII as well as a Droid Razr, and same. I tried reformatting with the same tool, but this time doing a long format. Same problem. I also tried EaseUS Partition Master. Same problem. I have also tried using a live build of Parted-Magic. Same problem.
I am starting to think that the card is a dud, except for two things:
1: It works fine in my PC. It reads the exact amount free, it shows all of my files, and it let's me play them with no issue.
2: It shows up in Clockworkmod just fine. I can back up to it and flash from it with no problem.
I am really just left here scratching my head as to what the problem could be. I made sure that all of the settings are correct each time I formatted it. I have tried switching ROMs and still get the same problem. I have tried just about everything that I can possibly think of to get this card working. I am hoping that someone can help me with my problem.
You can call them and they will send you a new one, I did it about a month ago.
I was having similar problems.
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Do you think it is a problem with the card? If so, I am still within my return limit at Best Buy. I can just take it there instead of waiting on a replacement. Just wasn't sure if it was the card or something I was doing.
It's a problem with the card. I had the same problem with a 32Gb card from Sandisk. Files could be seen for a day and then disappear! I could tell the camera app to save to the card and that would also work for a while only. Fo/ders create on the card via the computer would do the same. In one situation I created a folder on the PC, copied a film to it, viewed the film in my phone add took some still from the film. The next day the film and folder was gone put the still -stored on the internal memery- were still there.
Contact sandisk. They must be aware of the issue.
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Hello everyone. I have been having issue after issue with this 64GB MicroSD I got recently. I bought it at a local Best Buy the other day (there was a sale going on; $49). It is a SanDisk 64GB Class 10 MicroSD. I got home and formatted the card. I formatted it in FAT32 with the HP USB Format Tool that I always use for SD cards. Well, the moment I put it in, it said that it was damaged (occasionally said that it was blank). I tried removing it and reinserting it, and the same thing. I have tried putting it in a different GSIII as well as a Droid Razr, and same. I tried reformatting with the same tool, but this time doing a long format. Same problem. I also tried EaseUS Partition Master. Same problem. I have also tried using a live build of Parted-Magic. Same problem.
I am starting to think that the card is a dud, except for two things:
1: It works fine in my PC. It reads the exact amount free, it shows all of my files, and it let's me play them with no issue.
2: It shows up in Clockworkmod just fine. I can back up to it and flash from it with no problem.
I am really just left here scratching my head as to what the problem could be. I made sure that all of the settings are correct each time I formatted it. I have tried switching ROMs and still get the same problem. I have tried just about everything that I can possibly think of to get this card working. I am hoping that someone can help me with my problem.
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I had so many problems witj mine i ended up flashing my phone clean and using the phones to format and transferring everything via usb cord and its working just fine now I think the big deal was a clean install
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OK. I went to Best Buy and exchanged it the other day (lucky I bought it when I did; they marked it up to $99!). I am still having the same problem. I am not sure what I am doing right. I have been formatting and copying the files while it isn't in my phone. I am using my card reader in my desktop. Could this be the problem? Am I able to format it while it is in the phone without using the phone's format tool?
First you use the tool to format the card to fat32. Once you do that you are to install it to your phone then use the phone to reformat the card again so the phone can use it. Card will have issues with phones when you format it with the tool. Your suppose to format it with the phone as well after for it to properly work. Good luck
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Just thought I should post on here and let you all know what my problem was. I got it all sorted out and Play Music is showing all of my music. My problem was that EaseUS defaulted the partition as a "logical" partition. This was leaving about 75MB unformatted, and Android didn't know how to handle that empty space. After changing that to a "primary" partition, I have not had any problems. Serious derp on my part. Lol
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I found that if you format the card from in the phone and then transfer data, you shouldn't have any issue.
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I've had a 32 gig micro SD in my phone for a while now. I recently took my Siii out of my pocket only to find that it says the SD is unmounted. Odd, but not unheard of in the world of custom roms (paranoidkangdroid 2.something, rather recent though, 4.2.2 JB) So i do the sensible thing: Run into the storage menu, and lo and behold, its not registering. I pop it out and in, not registering. I reboot, and the damn thing still isn't registering. Then I take an old 2 GB micro SD and try it. This one worked just fine. 32 gig however does not. I move to my PC. Pop it in a micro to regular SD adapter, and the computer doesn't mount it. It does mount every other microSD of mine though. So can anyone tell me what the hell happened, and how I can recover my stuff?
Actually you can't, your sd card is corrupted and it's known to happen with this device that's why I always keep a weekly backup on my computer with everything. Especially the ones ordered from amazon the high capacity ones as far as I've seen.
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Actually you can't, your sd card is corrupted and it's known to happen with this device that's why I always keep a weekly backup on my computer with everything. Especially the ones ordered from amazon the high capacity ones as far as I've seen.
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Well ****. I guess you're right, it just showed as unsupported file format.
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Well ****. I guess you're right, it just showed as unsupported file format.
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Yeah I had actually a 16 gb one die on me, ordered me a 32- one and has been running good so far..
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Yeah I had actually a 16 gb one die on me, ordered me a 32- one and has been running good so far..
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And now its not. This is frustrating. I don't want to spend money on a new card dammit.
Try booting a linux live cd and see if you can save anything, thats how I recover deleted tomtom maps in the past.
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Actually you can't, your sd card is corrupted and it's known to happen with this device that's why I always keep a weekly backup on my computer with everything. Especially the ones ordered from amazon the high capacity ones as far as I've seen.
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Is the SD card damaged or can it just be reformatted with a card reader on a PC (fat I am assuming)?
I was about to start using an SD card to backup the internal storage. It doesn't sound like this is the best option and backing it to my PC would be better.
My set up to start was cleanrom 6.2 with envy kernel running fine for a week. I had my sd card disappear today twice. PNY class 10 32gb less than 2 weeks old from best buy. Popped it in my pc and it was recognized no problem. So I transferred my data, formatted in fat 32 popped it in phone, no problem. Transferred data back and was Ok for a few hours. Swapped my battery for a freshly charged one and upon boot, phone said the card was damaged, to reformat it. So, I pulled it out and popped it in my pc. Pc said card was damaged. I opened a command prompt and ran a chkdsk /f and it fixed an issue with the file system. I then proceeded to restore my cleanrom 6.2 backup. So far so good. I am thinking it had to do with an app, but I can't be sure. Upon googling this, it seems that some people have had an issue with external sd cards with this phone.
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I've had a 32 gig micro SD in my phone for a while now. I recently took my Siii out of my pocket only to find that it says the SD is unmounted. Odd, but not unheard of in the world of custom roms (paranoidkangdroid 2.something, rather recent though, 4.2.2 JB) So i do the sensible thing: Run into the storage menu, and lo and behold, its not registering. I pop it out and in, not registering. I reboot, and the damn thing still isn't registering. Then I take an old 2 GB micro SD and try it. This one worked just fine. 32 gig however does not. I move to my PC. Pop it in a micro to regular SD adapter, and the computer doesn't mount it. It does mount every other microSD of mine though. So can anyone tell me what the hell happened, and how I can recover my stuff?
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I'm not sure exactly what brand or model you have for your SD card or when you purchase it. However if its a SanDisk and it was purchased before December 2012 there's a chance that it was part of a bad batch. I had the exact same problem with mine I have a UHs 1 32 gig SanDisk. I read somewhere on the internet that there is a known problem with SD cards from that company built before December. When I spoke with SanDisk they confirm that and said the newer batches have been corrected. Long story short if you're using an ultra high speed or for that matter any card by SanDisk call up there customer service explain to them the problem and they will send you a brand new one. The entire process took about a week for me.
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Did you try my suggestion? Ive recovered numerous files using a linux live cd and/or a mac. Try putting the card in a network printer or mem card reader if linux and mac os isnt possible. Ive recovered my files, including those from a 16gb micro sd card, using those methods in the past.
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Alright alright, i didn't expect this to get many responses. Anyway, it now works. It appeared to be fried, my mac, PC, ubuntu machine, and OG droid wouldn't even recognize that a card was inserted. Nor would my GS3. My solution? after turning it on and off a few times, I just left the card in it and set it aside for an hour. Lo and behold, it now works. The SD now works. It was fried, and is now unfried. I don't know how, I just guess I am lucky. Or aliens. Either way, I am happy. Not gonna jeep anything more than music on it though... Ah well, thanks for the help XDA!
If I were you, I'd back up everything on that card to my pc, and exchange it if under warranty. If not, chuck it, and purchase another card.
Not worth taking the risk again.
Consider yourself lucky so far
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I've had a 32 gig micro SD in my phone for a while now. I recently took my Siii out of my pocket only to find that it says the SD is unmounted. Odd, but not unheard of in the world of custom roms (paranoidkangdroid 2.something, rather recent though, 4.2.2 JB) So i do the sensible thing: Run into the storage menu, and lo and behold, its not registering. I pop it out and in, not registering. I reboot, and the damn thing still isn't registering. Then I take an old 2 GB micro SD and try it. This one worked just fine. 32 gig however does not. I move to my PC. Pop it in a micro to regular SD adapter, and the computer doesn't mount it. It does mount every other microSD of mine though. So can anyone tell me what the hell happened, and how I can recover my stuff?
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So I have had my sd card corrupt a few times now, so far this has seemed to help me recover my data.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download
The problem could be a sandisk SD card:
(Outside link) crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s3-fault-is-caused-by-sandisk-memory-cards-50010684/
I read about the SD problems after just getting the S3.. decided to get a different brand card from the store.