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Lost sd card contents

All my sd card contents disappeared after I flashed kd1 it shows that the memory is still taken up by the files but I can't find them I tried file explorer apps tried plugging the phone into the computer and still can't find them
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Try removing the memory card and reading it directly from a computer. If you can see the contents, copy whatever you need out of it. put it back into the phone. Format. reboot and see if the phone reads it right. If it does, drag and drop whatever you backed up
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Will try as soon as I find the micro sd converter
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Looks like I wont be able to find the missing files because my little cousin had my phone and accidentally erased everything on the internal memory and sd card
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falcons2 said:
Looks like I wont be able to find the missing files because my little cousin had my phone and accidentally erased everything on the internal memory and sd card
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Download photorec.
You can recover your SD card as long as you don't copy anything over to it

OK thanks where do I download it. I'm searching for it in the market and it's not finding it
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Google it, it's a windows/linux/mac program.

SD card removed issue. And phone storage.

Had the Sensation since launch and loved it from the start. But in August I got this mysterious SD card removed. And it would never detect the SD card again. No matter what I did. Removing it. Factory reset. The only solution that worked was it could detect any other SD card but that one. So I used my spare. And now it has happened again.
I cannot fix it and out of spares so I turn to you. Is there a solution for this?
In the event that there isn't a solution I'm fine with using my phone storage(Only used SD for music) but I cannot set the phone storage as the default for anything. It always says SD card needed.
But ony brothers Amaze he got the SD card error like I did. But his phone automatically switched to phone storage.
Any suggestions?
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Have you tried reformatting the sd card?

I don't have the connector for connecting the SD directly to the computer
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Weird situation, can't even reformat in your phone? See if anyone around has one to lend you and reformat it if possible!

I've Google searched the problem and s couple of other people have had this problem too. But no solutions.
Is there any way to make the phone storage the default storage??
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If it helps when I insert the SD card it says preparing. Then right after it says SD removed. And that's that
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farrisizdaman said:
If it helps when I insert the SD card it says preparing. Then right after it says SD removed. And that's that
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I got the same problem today and i can't use my sd-card
Edit: After connecting my card to the computer and fixing issues with the files on the card, my phone is accepting the card again
Will backup important files and format the SD Card for best performance and to get rid of old unused files.

Blank SD Card?

I am running Stock TMOUS Stock Rom and like 2 days ago. My 16GB microSD Card randomly from working to "Blank SD Card' and when I try to format it on the phone, it says 'External Media in Unknown State' when I connect it to my card readers, and into the computer, it doesn't even find it inserted but the card readers work with other Micro SD cards. Can someone help me? Other microSD cards work in my phone, but not my usual 16GB one...help?
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Looks like ur card is currupted. Try to pull it out while in use from reader and mount again if it works
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Ok, I had this problem as well l. Just get an old phone which can fit microsd cards in and it will format it.
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It looks like your sd card is corrupted. I would suggest using SD Formatter : it is a good tool for fixing corrupted sd cards and gives you lots of options.
rio

Tried all those , they didnt work
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Any other way?
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fireflamesniper said:
Tried all those , they didnt work
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It wont work on the sensation but it worked for me on an old phone about 5 years old minimum. Its worked for my friends as well..... otherwise if you couldn't do it this way or via computer then it wont be able to format, must be something else wrong with it, a good excuse to order a larger one as I see it
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insert it in a pc then
right click on my computer icon>>Manage
locate the "Storage" tab then "Disk Management"
here u can see all the details of ur SD Card and can Format it

i have an old HTC HD2 with android too, should I try it on that?
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No, you can just use an old phone that can handle a microsd and it can do it for you. My friend did it through his five year old phone.
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I'll have to find a super old phone, for the time being, I'm using an 8GB Card in it
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Have you tried to format it from recovery? Might do the trick.
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connect your phone to computer, Toggle USB mode in 4EXT Recovery, and your phone will act as a microSD card reader. You can do anything you want from there. =)

heavy_metal_man said:
Have you tried to format it from recovery? Might do the trick.
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Mr-YC said:
connect your phone to computer, Toggle USB mode in 4EXT Recovery, and your phone will act as a microSD card reader. You can do anything you want from there. =)
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If the card cannot be mounted, both of these won't work.
Your best bet is to use a card reader & try different methods of connecting.
First put the SD Card in & then connect card reader, first connect card reader then put SD Card in, etc.
Usually, even a corrupted SD Card shows up on a PC.
If it does, use the format option. If "Windows was unable to format the drive", then go to Disk Management & format it from there.
If the PC is unable to detect it, then it's some kind of hardware fault & to the best of my knowledge, nothing will be able to fix that. All you can do is try wiping the contacts if they are dirty, but I doubt that would cause such a problem.

it will still work even if SD card cannot be mount.
Juopunutbear's S-OFF method sort of corrupted my SD card and i used Toggle USB mode method to format my SD card

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it will still work even if SD card cannot be mount.
Juopunutbear's S-OFF method sort of corrupted my SD card and i used Toggle USB mode method to format my SD card
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A corrupted SD Card can still be mounted.
If the SD Card cannot be mounted in recovery, there is no question of trying to Toggle USB Storage or formatting it.
His case seems different.

wow i recover my files
hi guys, i had same problem, but then i set this sandisk ultra to my nokia xpress music and there was everything,,, my arc s cant open it anymore but nokia opens... try to reset your sd s to others phone...

I use 4EXT for my loader. If you have another loader you can try on that as well, boot into Recovery Mode and try to format the SD Card for there. 4EXT formatted my SD Card even though it couldn't mount it. Then it worked just fine.

Formating my sd card

If I format my sd card will Iose all of my saved programs on titanium back up? Thanks!!!
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Mesaman2012 said:
If I format my sd card will Iose all of my saved programs on titanium back up? Thanks!!!
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Hi,
Yes, you will!
First copy all the sd card info onto your PC.
Format to FAT 32.
Put back your music,photos,saves,and backups(titanium,clockworkmod,etc.)
Then,put the card in the phone,and Android will put on the files it needs.

Could someone please explain how to do this process. Thanks!!!
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Mesaman2012 said:
Could someone please explain how to do this process. Thanks!!!
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if you have a card reader just put the sdcard onto it
connect it via usb in the pc and do format from there
it is better
don't forget to copy all your files,data etc in your pc first

Mesaman2012 said:
Could someone please explain how to do this process. Thanks!!!
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I assume you mean how to copy all the files....
I think you are using 4EXT recovery from other posts (correct me if I'm wrong).
Boot into recovery (because the USB transfer speeds are faster than CM10 that I think you are using)
connect your phone to your computer via USB
mount USB storage, create a new folder on your computer desk top
select all files and folders from the SD card and drag and drop them into the new folder on your desk top that you just created
wait about 10-15 minutes for it to complete
format SD card from the computer
Copy all your files back to the SD card the same way
wait another 10-15 minutes
boot the phone and your apps should find all their related data right where they left it

So basically if I was to format my sd card without backing up or saving anything I would just lose all my downloads that are on my sd card and my sd card will be completely clean.Is this all correct.and I will lose everything that I have backed up on titanium back up as well? Thanks in advance!!!
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Mesaman2012 said:
So basically if I was to format my sd card without backing up or saving anything I would just lose all my downloads that are on my sd card and my sd card will be completely clean.Is this all correct.and I will lose everything that I have backed up on titanium back up as well? Thanks in advance!!!
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Yes.

Yes sadly you will loose everything! I just went through this process myself with a new 64 sd card.I wish you the best. I simply formatted in recovery but I had to pull battery to get to recovery otherwise it said sd card needed to get to recovery.until I formatted it wouldn't recognize my sd card. Once I formatted it was recognized .
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32gb micro sd card help

Got a new 32gb class 10 card. So I copied old sd card to comp then copied to new card. Everything went fine , but once I reboot the phone, about half of the data goes into a folder called lost.dir and several folders appear with random lettering for names. No matter what method I use to transfer my days it does this. I've formatted in the phone. I've formatted in the comp . Neither my phone or comp day card is corrupted it seems ok. Has any one seen this before?
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You said you've tried formatting several times. Just to check, did you do FAT32?
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sweeds said:
You said you've tried formatting several times. Just to check, did you do FAT32?
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Yes of course
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Just for debugging purposes, what happens if you insert your sd into the computer after booting once on the phone?
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sweeds said:
Just for debugging purposes, what happens if you insert your sd into the computer after booting once on the phone?
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It recognizes it u can see all the files and the messed up ones
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Its almost like every folder I add below the lost directory folder goes crazy and ends up in lost.dir going too try something and see if this works
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So this is what I've found. No matter what files I add to the card the Minn I go over 3.75 gb and restart the phone the files that are over that amount get broken up into the lost.dir and folder replaces it with a u in front of since this is a 32gb card I'm betting the card is no good
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