Hi,
Recently just got a Galaxy note. everything was running okay until today when i switch it on, the external_sd cannot be detected and read. Under Settings -> Storage -> Both The Mount and Format SD card are gray out.
I have done a factory reset but still unable to read the external_sd. Out of desperation, I have rooted the phone as well. Using root explorer /mnt/sdcard/external_sd has also shown nothing on the micro-sd card. Inserted the micro-sd card to another handphone and the files are all there.
Connect the phone to the PC :
H : sdcard, is OK
I : external_sd shows "Insert disk into drive I"
Would appreciate any help to resolve this issue.
Cheers
Solve the problem today after scouring the internet. To share the solution with everyone who will definitely encounter this problem using samsung phones.
Found that 2 files from the micro-sd card were corrupted. Don't know how it happen but I believe I did not mount the card when I disconnect the USB storage from the computer.
The 2 files are .android_secure and lost.dir. What I did is copy the 2 files from my son's Galaxy S2 micro-sd to my Galaxy note micro-sd and walah my Galaxy note is able to detect the external_sd.
Cheers
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u can try to reformat micro sd card thru pc using sdcard reader. then format with ur phone...
Thanks, will try it the next time I have this problem.
Cheers
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my problem is not solve can anybody help me out? please? i did format sd format phone everyting
Hi again,
The problem is back again. Think it is a hardware problem. Got to send back to samsung service centre.
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Hi I'm having trouble getting my phone to read the sd card. When I put it in it says safe to remove sd but apart from that the phone doesnt even register that the card is in? I have had the sd card in my laptop for a while but formatted it first. I have a friend and its the same for his android but the 2gb he got with his phone works fine. Is there some sort of file structure that has to be on the sd for the phone to pick it up? Really need help thanks.
CM7 BTW
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No special structure i would fully format the card as fat 32 not quick format .
jje
Ok thanks for the reply. Also read that formatting in recovery mode could work? That was for a diff phone though with the same problem
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Hi, yerterday i`ve tooked off my external sd with the phone on.
Today i`ve rebooted but the external don`t mount anymore!
When i`ve put the microsd into my external modem it works!
when i go into CWM ant try to mount the ext sd appears the message:
"E:unknown volume for patch [/sd-ext]
error mounting /sd-ext"
What i have to do?
Thanks!
vileladelima said:
Hi, yerterday i`ve tooked off my external sd with the phone on.
Today i`ve rebooted but the external don`t mount anymore!
When i`ve put the microsd into my external modem it works!
when i go into CWM ant try to mount the ext sd appears the message:
"E:unknown volume for patch [/sd-ext]
error mounting /sd-ext"
What i have to do?
Thanks!
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The sd-ext in CWM actually isn't what you're thinking it is. In CWM, SD-EXT is referring to one specific folder on the external SD card, not the whole card, and if that file isn't there, it throws up that error.
If you can see your external card by putting it in an adapter and hooking it up to your computer, I'd suggest moving everything off the card and onto your computer, formatting the card (FAT32, I believe), and then putting it back into your phone.
See if that helps.
Hey man.
It did not work!
The ext-sd didn't apears, even, at the configuration menu.
When i connect the celphone to the computers, appears only theo original sd.
I'tryed a friends sd, but it don't read to.
I thinking that is a hardware issue.
What could i do?
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vileladelima said:
Hey man.
It did not work!
The ext-sd didn't apears, even, at the configuration menu.
When i connect the celphone to the computers, appears only theo original sd.
I'tryed a friends sd, but it don't read to.
I thinking that is a hardware issue.
What could i do?
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I'm not sure how drastic you want to get, but if it's not reading any external microSD cards, you could back up everything on your phone, then flash back to stock and do a master clear. That might set right whatever is messing up. If that doesn't fix it, you might have a hardware issue on your hands.
Thanks for the help!
I'll try this as soon as i can, and post the results in here!
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Did not work!
I've flashed several times but my external_sd still out ir work in my capy!
Any other ideas?
Ruanda!
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I think I have the same issue. Sometimes it randomly pops up saying "blank SD card" or "damaged SD card" message. And I have to reboot to get the card to work again. And it may fail randomly later. :/
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What size/class sd cards are you guys trying to use?
8 GB class 4 San disk
-Sent from a Galaxy far far away
Kingston 16 gb class 4
My external_sd isn't working, neither randomly...
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Do you have an adapter for the MicroSD that you could use to put it into your computer (outside of the phone) to test and make sure it's good?
I experienced the same erratic behavior with a new 16gig class 4 SanDisk. But, my 8gig class 4 SanDisk works perfectly. I'm running MIUI,btw. When I flash back to stock kf1, they both work perfectly.
New to android been on IOS for years, but Apple really started slipping so i decided to switch over ... anyway after getting the samsung galaxy note 2 i got the note 10.1 tablet. on my tablet i have a 32gb SD card, which was working fine until the jelly bean update a few days ago. now the SD card wont mount. i tried using windows to format it. That didnt work either, it would only format to FAT, FAT32 didnt even show up and then it would only allow me to get 8.0mb from the 32 gb SD card. even when i got desperate (giggity) the 8mb format thing didnt work. I read around and people mentioned going through recovery mode via clockworks or whatever its called. Tried that and couldnt format the SD because the external disk wasnt mounted and it kept failing to mount ...
Any suggestions?
Try using a card reader on your pc/laptop and format it using MiniTool Partition Wizard.
I tried that... Didn't work, and thnx though
Any other suggestions?
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Hi,
I have formatted my sandisk 16gb microsd card multiple times via my pc(windows xp), my phone(samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket), sdformatter and hp usb disk format tool. All these programs say the format was successful but my music and picture files are still showing up on my phone. I also tried a factory reset on the phone but that only removed the files in the internal storage.
I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I tried searching for threads with a similar issue but I was unable to find one.
Thanks
Does the card show 16gb of capacity after formatting? If so, fill that with generic files & see what the phone reads.
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Iamdapo said:
Hi,
I have formatted my sandisk 16gb microsd card multiple times via my pc(windows xp), my phone(samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket), sdformatter and hp usb disk format tool. All these programs say the format was successful but my music and picture files are still showing up on my phone. I also tried a factory reset on the phone but that only removed the files in the internal storage.
I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I tried searching for threads with a similar issue but I was unable to find one.
Thanks
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Are you sure the pics and music are on your external sd and not the internal?
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pc103 said:
Does the card show 16gb of capacity after formatting? If so, fill that with generic files & see what the phone reads.
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It's a 16gb card but when I attempt to format the card it shows up as a 14.8gb card. I connected my phone to my computer and drropped a generic file onto the sd card but the file does not show up on the phone when I disconnect it from my computer. I reconnected the phone to the computer and the generic files is still missing.
jd1639 said:
Are you sure the pics and music are on your external sd and not the internal?
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Yes they are on the external. I opened the MyFiles app, looked under extSdCard and it shows all the music and picture files. I tried deleting all the files in the exSdCard folder but they all reappear when I restart the phone. I also tried deleting them from my computer but they all reappear after the phone re-scans the sd card.
You're putting it on the wrong card
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Iamdapo said:
Yes they are on the external. I opened the MyFiles app, looked under extSdCard and it shows all the music and picture files. I tried deleting all the files in the exSdCard folder but they all reappear when I restart the phone. I also tried deleting them from my computer but they all reappear after the phone re-scans the sd card.
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You must have them backed up on Google or something and they re download
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Hi guys, Im using s7 g930fd stock room, and rooted. today i bought samsung evo 64gb to better storage. but i got a problem.
1- When I connected my phone to computer via original cable and MTP. copy over 10 files lossless (.flac) music to SD card. but its can be success only one files. 9 files left isnt copying. I tried to access recovery mode, its working well. but on MTP mode or other mode I cannot.
2 - I put game data (.obb) files on SD card and install games. but application cannot found data on SD card? pls give me a guide.
Thank you guys ^_^
Have you formatted the SD card using your recovery provider? failing that the phone itself?
Make sure to format your SD card on stock. On root it wouldn't work properly for me
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