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help with formatting sd card

I think I messed up my sd card for my G1.
I have a 8gb memcard and it was with 2 partitions ext2 and fat32. I just wanted to enlarge the fat32 side because the ext2 was 4gb big. Useless I thought So i deceided to make it only 500mb as ext2 and 7gb as fat32.
Now the computer can't access the card, it says that the cardslot is empty.
I use Paragon Partition Manager and there I can't modifie my sdcard. Nothing helps. I can see my sdcard in Paragon, but can access it and modify it!
Is my card messed up and do I have to buy a new one? Anybody knows how to restore it as it was when I bought it (only fat32 8gb)

Try this: http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/

mikedmeyer said:
Try this: http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/
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YES you are so great!
It works now! Just like new. 8gb no partitions.
Thx!

No problem.

Now I have an another problem!
It always says write delay failed constantly!
Cannot access it, cannot format it, even not with sd formatter.
Is it now realy broken?

nobody :'(
Otherwise I have to order a new 8gb memory card which costs me a lot

use partition magic, create 2 partitions, make the primary partition your biggest and format it fat32, the second partition format in ext2. Then you will be okay

atlmatt said:
use partition magic, create 2 partitions, make the primary partition your biggest and format it fat32, the second partition format in ext2. Then you will be okay
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The problem is that I cant access my mem.card.
Always a fault: write delay failed. It makes even my computer freeze.

well if you have to get a new one get one of these:
http://www.androidaccess.com/sdcard/store.html
read about it here:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/...allow-you-to-run-apps-from-the-sd-card-15502/

M3 SMGII said:
I think I messed up my sd card for my G1.
I have a 8gb memcard and it was with 2 partitions ext2 and fat32. I just wanted to enlarge the fat32 side because the ext2 was 4gb big. Useless I thought So i deceided to make it only 500mb as ext2 and 7gb as fat32.
Now the computer can't access the card, it says that the cardslot is empty.
I use Paragon Partition Manager and there I can't modifie my sdcard. Nothing helps. I can see my sdcard in Paragon, but can access it and modify it!
Is my card messed up and do I have to buy a new one? Anybody knows how to restore it as it was when I bought it (only fat32 8gb)
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Had the same problem after i used Paragon, would not read micro sd anymore. I did a system restore to before i installed Paragon. Problem solved. I am able to read my cards again. I noticed that in that "finish formatting after reboot" Paragon had an error. Figured thats what caused the problem.

antempire4 said:
well if you have to get a new one get one of these:
http://www.androidaccess.com/sdcard/store.html
read about it here:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/...allow-you-to-run-apps-from-the-sd-card-15502/
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hmm that's nice!
I will buy a new one then.

Did You try sdsplit ??
It worked good for me, when there was no PC / laptop available.
(ps. Happy with the white version?? )

karloe said:
Did You try sdsplit ??
It worked good for me, when there was no PC / laptop available.
(ps. Happy with the white version?? )
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Hi Karloe
Yes very happy with my white G1.
How is it with the black one running ADP 1.5?
I will try SDSPLIT, but i think it will not help

If it doesn't work, try a linux live CD (Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Knoppix (I like Knoppix because of the extensive toolset for testing))
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The black one is doing fine, engineering bootloader, ADP1.5 with appstosd
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wow thanks!!!! i tried and it worked awesome!!!

pr0cl1v1ty said:
wow thanks!!!! i tried and it worked awesome!!!
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It would be nice to tell us what You tried, so other users can learn from your reply

[Q] how to set up swap?

hi, i wanna set up swap but i cant find any real tutorial. can someone please give me some steps to get swap running on my phone? thanks!
alright, maybe this is more of a "how should i set up my sd" post cos i also havent used apps2ext. (have been using the internal memory, very noob i know)

So what ROM are you running? Its pretty easy if you have one of the custom ROM's from this forum installed. They all have swap support, all you have to do is fastboot into the fjfalcon kernel and swap will be active. Theres a video by reverend you can search he shows how you can parition your SD card and how to get swap running step by step. Look for that...or wait lemme find you the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034763
Check these videos out. This is assuming you know how to use adb shell etc...

thanks, doing the linux part now. i wanted to do it on my windows emulator (im on a mac) but its stored on my external hard drive and the hard drive just crashed so i went to find other ways. found virtualbox for mac.
btw, can you recommend me a setup for my sd? as in the size for each partition. thanks!

I partitioned my SD card exactly like how reverend does in the video.
6.8 GB FAT32
900 MB EXT3
92 MB LINUX SWAP
Works great

i read somewhere in a malaysian forum where khal recommended someone 513mb for swap... is it too much?
ext3 is for dexter's rom to move apps installed to it so its stored on the card instead of the phone right?

Correct, the EXT3 partition is for moving your apps to the SD card.
I can't say about the swap, you'll have to ask khal or fjfalcon who made the kernel as to what the optimum settings are. I use 91 MB, and according to set CPU even after heavy usage half of my swap remains unused. I cant see how someone can have around half a GB of idle apps open for them to be on swap.

eejin2 said:
i read somewhere in a malaysian forum where khal recommended someone 513mb for swap... is it too much?
ext3 is for dexter's rom to move apps installed to it so its stored on the card instead of the phone right?
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Khal recommended 500 for ext3, 513 for swap and the rest fat32

crap i dont have a card reader, my phone shows up on the emulator but its kinda "grey-ed" like its not supposed to be able to mount on the virtual machine. any ideas?

eejin2 said:
crap i dont have a card reader, my phone shows up on the emulator but its kinda "grey-ed" like its not supposed to be able to mount on the virtual machine. any ideas?
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Select memory card access in the USB options if you havent and set USB debugging ON.

hotroddy said:
Khal recommended 500 for ext3, 513 for swap and the rest fat32
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oO
The phone use 30MB of swap mostly. 513 is a waste of memory for sure.
Also - Yes! ext3 partition is for apps.

eSu.Matix said:
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The phone use 30MB of swap mostly. 513 is a waste of memory for sure.
Also - Yes! ext3 partition is for apps.
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Thats nice to know if true! But I have seen mixed opinions while searching for a straight answer on it lol. I have seen some say 30 and others besides Khal also say 513. I might have to repartition again and see how it does with only 30 as I've been 513 for quite a while now see if there's a difference.
I also read that swap should be bigger than the amount of ram. But I don't know can't get a positive answer. If that's the case then that's why 513 makes sense then. Double the ram plus 1. Anybody else know?
Just found this tutorial it says...
Step 5: Create your new partitions. You can make these any size, but the most common setup is 32 MB linux-swap partition, 512 MB ext2 partition, and remaining free space as a fat32 partition. In order to work properly, the partitions must be created in this order: fat32, ext2, linux-swap.
http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-manually-partition-your-sd-card-for-android-apps2sd/

hotroddy said:
Step 5: Create your new partitions. You can make these any size, but the most common setup is 32 MB linux-swap partition, 512 MB ext2 partition, and remaining free space as a fat32 partition. In order to work properly, the partitions must be created in this order: fat32, ext2, linux-swap.
http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-manually-partition-your-sd-card-for-android-apps2sd/
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alright im going to do it this way when i get the time. the june holidays just ended for me (which means school just started again). thanks for all your comments!

sohrab.naushad said:
Select memory card access in the USB options if you havent and set USB debugging ON.
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usb debugging is on but i still cant select it. extra info: on the emulator, it doesnt show generic mass storage or any other generic name but shows motorola milestone xt720.

eejin2 said:
usb debugging is on but i still cant select it. extra info: on the emulator, it doesnt show generic mass storage or any other generic name but shows motorola milestone xt720.
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So I understand you are using puppy linux in a virtual box? And you're trying to partion with gparted? I think you have to umount the drive before you can partion it. See the unmount button, and then try. If you are having trouble I can send you a screen shot.

sohrab.naushad said:
So I understand you are using puppy linux in a virtual box? And you're trying to partion with gparted? I think you have to umount the drive before you can partion it. See the unmount button, and then try. If you are having trouble I can send you a screen shot.
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erm... i dont think u got me. i cant mount my phone onto the virtualbox. under usb devices, a list shows up, and the phone is one of them, but i cant select. like its blocked. help please?

[HTC One SV] SD Card

[HTC One SV] SD Card
I found it nowhere else.
The HTC ONE SV works also with microSDXC Card. In the specs it says microSDHC cards but I operate mine since I bought it with a 64GB microSDXC card without any problems.
I have to post this here because we still have no dedicated Forum for the HTC One SV

This are good news!
Also thinking about buying a bigger one.
Which one do you use, have you a link?

old.splatterhand said:
This are good news!
Also thinking about buying a bigger one.
Which one do you use, have you a link?
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SanDisk Ultra microSDXC Card 64GB Class 10

Wow, this seems like a beast

internal storage
hi everybody!i'm gonna buy this phone...do you know if theres is a version with 4 GB internal storage?or exist only the 8 GB version?

scorpy5987 said:
hi everybody!i'm gonna buy this phone...do you know if theres is a version with 4 GB internal storage?or exist only the 8 GB version?
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There is only a 8 GB version, but you get at least around 4 GB left.

old.splatterhand said:
There is only a 8 GB version, but you get at least around 4 GB left.
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I was almost sure..but i had seen somewhere the tech specs that indicated a 4 GB version...i think there was a mistake !

old.splatterhand said:
There is only a 8 GB version, but you get at least around 4 GB left.
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Is there a way to increase the 1.1GB space for the application (EX join with the 4GB internal space). I don't need internal space for data, i usually store them in the SD.

mimmori said:
Is there a way to increase the 1.1GB space for the application (EX join with the 4GB internal space). I don't need internal space for data, i usually store them in the SD.
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If you are rooted you can Swap your internal and external memory

old.splatterhand said:
If you are rooted you can Swap your internal and external memory
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Fantastic! but with this i have a lot of space only for SD movable app. Do the internal 1.1 GB partition stay the same?

mimmori said:
Fantastic! but with this i have a lot of space only for SD movable app. Do the internal 1.1 GB partition stay the same?
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After this mod your sd card will be recognized as internal memory and the internal around 4 GB will be recognized as sd card.

Ok... Is possible to change partition table for join application space with intrrnal space (1.1+4 GB) and use for applicazioni? So the sd could be used as external space...
Sent from my HTC One SV using xda app-developers app

I think for the moment this mod is all and the best you can do.
As i did not create it, i can't say, if there will be other variants in the future.

Samsung Micro SD XC 64 GB
hi, someone has this sd card and can tell me if it works with htc one sv?
thanks.
have a nice day

Works Great!!!
fulrosa said:
hi, someone has this sd card and can tell me if it works with htc one sv?
thanks.
have a nice day
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ok i finally buy it... and it works very good.. :victory: must have...
have a nie day.

got ADATA class 10 , 32 gigs . Is enought for me i got actualy a lot free space on it ... No problems at all .

Zamek said:
SanDisk Ultra microSDXC Card 64GB Class 10
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Did you have to do anything in particular to get the card to work? Because I just got the exact same card as this one from Amazon and it doesn't work at all. D=

xandroid5.1 said:
Did you have to do anything in particular to get the card to work? Because I just got the exact same card as this one from Amazon and it doesn't work at all. D=
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Nope, as far as I can remember it was detected by the phone worked.. It still works like a charm. I am using the phone now for over a year with that card and never had problems. I think I tested nearly all available ROMS for that phone and never had problems with the card. At present I am using ViperSV 1.1.1.on the phone.

Zamek said:
Nope, as far as I can remember it was detected by the phone worked.. It still works like a charm. I am using the phone now for over a year with that card and never had problems. I think I tested nearly all available ROMS for that phone and never had problems with the card. At present I am using ViperSV 1.1.1.on the phone.
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See, I'm also running ViperSV 1.1.1 and when I put the card in initially it said it was unsupported or damaged. Tried reformatting it in Windows, now shows up as 59GB exFAT in Windows but still not working on the phone. Is yours formatted differently or something?
UPDATE: I'm hearing elsewhere that it needs to be formatted as FAT32 in order to work, and Windows doesn't want to format it to anything other than exFAT or NTFS (while SD Formatter only uses exFAT). Apparently there's some sort of issue with the fact that the Class 10 cards have exFAT and a mysterious 16MB hidden offset partition at the start of the drive, so I'm now gonna try getting rid of that to see if it works.
UPDATE: Yep, looks like both: 1. The phone (Android?) doesn't support exFAT without a mounting mod, and 2. That weird 16MB offset at the start of the drive seems to cause compatibility issues as well. Have wiped the offset and reformatted to FAT32, and the card now works.
Thanks for the recommendation and the quick reply!

xandroid5.1 said:
See, I'm also running ViperSV 1.1.1 and when I put the card in initially it said it was unsupported or damaged. Tried reformatting it in Windows, now shows up as 59GB exFAT in Windows but still not working on the phone. Is yours formatted differently or something?
UPDATE: I'm hearing elsewhere that it needs to be formatted as FAT32 in order to work, and Windows doesn't want to format it to anything other than exFAT or NTFS (while SD Formatter only uses exFAT). Apparently there's some sort of issue with the fact that the Class 10 cards have exFAT and a mysterious 16MB hidden offset partition at the start of the drive, so I'm now gonna try getting rid of that to see if it works.
UPDATE: Yep, looks like both: 1. The phone (Android?) doesn't support exFAT without a mounting mod, and 2. That weird 16MB offset at the start of the drive seems to cause compatibility issues as well. Have wiped the offset and reformatted to FAT32, and the card now works.
Thanks for the recommendation and the quick reply!
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Happy for you!! This can help me too.

[Q] 32GB Micro SD card dead, only show 30MB available

it seems that I am not the only one having the problem, i found this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52106638
Now
1. windows won't let me format it
2. using gparted and it still only see 30MB, i lost my 32GB
3. tried SanDisk formatter v4 and it said my card is write protected
Anyway to save it? Or it's totally dead?
Thanks guys

xdax1 said:
it seems that I am not the only one having the problem, i found this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52106638
Now
1. windows won't let me format it
2. using gparted and it still only see 30MB, i lost my 32GB
3. tried SanDisk formatter v4 and it said my card is write protected
Anyway to save it? Or it's totally dead?
Thanks guys
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Have you connected it directly to your computer without using a phone?

LS.xD said:
Have you connected it directly to your computer without using a phone?
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yes, my Android phone or tablet etc can't see it anymore, so I have been using different card readers to connect to computer, same result

disk part
try disk part in cmd

fayechuagonzales said:
try disk part in cmd
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i will give disk part a try, could anyone explain what command i should use it my case? Thanks
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

I think this could be of some help
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i will give disk part a try, could anyone explain what command i should use it my case? Thanks
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx
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Try listing the partitions of your sdcard to see if there are any unnalocated space with "list partition" or "detail disk"

..............

list disk
select disk
clean
create partition
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not working still
same result as i see in Gparted in linux, only 30MB, no other space anywhere

Where you able to fix it? I have a 64gb SD card that also shows as 30mb, I cant afford to lose a 64gb sd card!!
Thanks

are you sure this isn't a fake upgraded sd card? very common in the market

Same thing: 16 gb => 15 mb

[Q] 64 Gb micro sd card shows as Raw filesystem

So i had this sd card ( micro ) and i tried formating it knowing everything that i once had on it was useless and might as well you know and at the time it was exFAT and formated it again then i put it into my lg g3 and sd sd card is blank or file system is corrupt format sd card so i was like lulz ok den. So i proceed to do so although the error would come back right once it formatted and it was a cycle. So i decided to plug it into my computer and see whats happening so i open the micro sd card in windows explorer and said i needed to format the drive for it to work so now when i try i get a msg saying windows was unable to complete the format . and in dis manager it shows as file system raw and partition healthy and basically i cant use it any more help ??

thelgog said:
So i had this sd card ( micro ) and i tried formating it knowing everything that i once had on it was useless and might as well you know and at the time it was exFAT and formated it again then i put it into my lg g3 and sd sd card is blank or file system is corrupt format sd card so i was like lulz ok den. So i proceed to do so although the error would come back right once it formatted and it was a cycle. So i decided to plug it into my computer and see whats happening so i open the micro sd card in windows explorer and said i needed to format the drive for it to work so now when i try i get a msg saying windows was unable to complete the format . and in dis manager it shows as file system raw and partition healthy and basically i cant use it any more help ??
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Have you tried out another partition tool, e.g. Partition Wizard ?!

na lemme try fast reply and

LS.xD said:
Have you tried out another partition tool, e.g. Partition Wizard ?!
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this would proabaly be a problem yes ? in disk manager it didnt say it was allocated thanks btw
it also shows up as a basic MBR what ever that means

thelgog said:
this would proabaly be a problem yes ? in disk manager it didnt say it was allocated thanks btw
it also shows up as a basic MBR what ever that means
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MBR = Master Boot Record.
Can you create a new partition with partition wizard?

LS.xD said:
MBR = Master Boot Record.
Can you create a new partition with partition wizard?
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Yes altought i dont know which format to do or what ever i know how to navigate to everything i learned that and you cant do exFAT as a format or partition option on ext2-4 ntfs and fat32 i also have a lg g3
In a summary yes i can

thelgog said:
Yes altought i dont know which format to do or what ever i know how to navigate to everything i learned that and you cant do exFAT as a format or partition option on ext2-4 ntfs and fat32 i also have a lg g3
In a summary yes i can
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if you want to use the sd card in your phone choose "fat32".

LS.xD said:
if you want to use the sd card in your phone choose "fat32".
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I have the lg g3 it says that exFAT is support out of thr box and others says it too and form what i know is that fat 32 doesnt support stuff over 4 gb correct me if im worng and or 32 gb is there a way after i make it fat. 32 and working to make it exFAT or is it unnecessary yoyr the boss here

thelgog said:
I have the lg g3 it says that exFAT is support out of thr box and others says it too and form what i know is that fat 32 doesnt support stuff over 4 gb correct me if im worng and or 32 gb is there a way after i make it fat. 32 and working to make it exFAT or is it unnecessary yoyr the boss here
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Of course you're right with the 4GB file limit. But for testing if your sd card still works it should be totally fine. Once the card works, you can format it to exFat in windows.

LS.xD said:
Of course you're right with the 4GB file limit. But for testing if your sd card still works it should be totally fine. Once the card works, you can format it to exFat in windows.
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ok thanks ill do that once its all done.. still bugs me how i didnt think to use a partition manager before been on this for a day and a half

LS.xD said:
Of course you're right with the 4GB file limit. But for testing if your sd card still works it should be totally fine. Once the card works, you can format it to exFat in windows.
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more problems arouse its still on RAW file system after every thing and i dont think anything even changed even though it said it was converted to FAT32 in the wizard

thelgog said:
more problems arouse its still on RAW file system after every thing and i dont think anything even changed even though it said it was converted to FAT32 in the wizard
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Try to use SDFormatter. Try different options. If it doesn't help, may be your beloved sd card is (physically) broken.

Fat32
I think you have to format your SD into fat32