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.
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Tried all those , they didnt work
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Any other way?
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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. =)
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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. =)
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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.
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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.
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No special structure i would fully format the card as fat 32 not quick format .
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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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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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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.
OK, so people talk about boot manager a lot, and something just came to mind... what would happen to the phone it you were booted into an SD card ROM, and the card was unmounted by accident? This could be a problem!
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my guess is the phone will probably freeze or reboot, possible into recovery, if the sd was taken out. i dont think it would continue from the cache. if that happens you would need to go into recovery and apply the Rom Manager created update.zip found at /sdcard/BootManager/phoneRom once that finishes the phone will boot into the rom it has installed on the phone itself. i see using Rom Manager as a way to test potential roms anyway not to continue using from the card. especially if the card is class 4 or below. anyway, just dont remove the card and no worries
Thanks, that makes sense! But my issue is that infrequently, but it does happen, the memory card will RANDOMLY unmount... and then I have to remove it and plug it back in...
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Thanks, that makes sense! But my issue is that infrequently, but it does happen, the memory card will RANDOMLY unmount... and then I have to remove it and plug it back in...
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I had that happen a few times must be weak springs.
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Thanks, that makes sense! But my issue is that infrequently, but it does happen, the memory card will RANDOMLY unmount... and then I have to remove it and plug it back in...
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I also have issued with my new 32gb class 6, what I find is there will be corrupt file on SD card just few but make the phone always unmount. To solve the issues I have try format with various software and method. Even try using SDFormat tool but it will have same problem. After a lot of try I think I have a solution.
Format the microsd card on Storage Setting [ Settings > Storage > SD card > Unmount > Format ]. I also find the micro sd card can't be defrag or alter with computer.
I usually defrag with Defraggler, and it's always unmount. I think the phone can't really handle sdcard with class 6 and above because don't have issued with my other's class 4 card.
The Stock ROM I find always have issued than Custom ROM
Please backup or copy your file first to computer or other storage then copy back.
Just my 2 cent, do at your own risk.
Ok so I used the juopuntbear bear method to get s-off but now my Sd cards don't work. I know it wipes the Sd card but it doesn't work with my other one either. I tried using the adapter and the red light came on but the only thing that came up is that the USB mass storage device is safe to eject. Is it the room on my phone or the hboot etc ?
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Ok so I used the juopuntbear bear method to get s-off but now my Sd cards don't work. I know it wipes the Sd card but it doesn't work with my other one either. I tried using the adapter and the red light came on but the only thing that came up is that the USB mass storage device is safe to eject. Is it the room on my phone or the hboot etc ?
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Tried card reader??? I heard it wipes complete sd card ...so you need to reformat it ...that can be done via pc and card reader.....right now the sd card might be in raw format afaik
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Tried card reader??? I heard it wipes complete sd card ...so you need to reformat it ...that can be done via pc and card reader.....right now the sd card might be in raw format afaik
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But the computer only picks it up as a temporary file thing and the only option is to eject it and nothing else. In the phone there's an option to format it but that just stays formatting for ages and does nothing.
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OK here is what is happening, i have one sd card plugged into the computer using a sd card adapter but the computer ( running microsoft windows vista) only has the option to eject it, it does not pick it up in my computer and ive tried downloadnig some drivers but the same. The other sd card is in my phone plugged into the computer but it only says blank sd card, ive tried swapping around the sd cards but yet the same problems.
Can somebody please tell me what to do? I have no idea anymore.
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OK here is what is happening, i have one sd card plugged into the computer using a sd card adapter but the computer ( running microsoft windows vista) only has the option to eject it, it does not pick it up in my computer and ive tried downloadnig some drivers but the same. The other sd card is in my phone plugged into the computer but it only says blank sd card, ive tried swapping around the sd cards but yet the same problems.
Can somebody please tell me what to do? I have no idea anymore.
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Can anybody tell me if i get a new sd card, will my htc sensation, now stock but s-off still read it as blank?
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Can anybody tell me if i get a new sd card, will my htc sensation, now stock but s-off still read it as blank?
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No, I don't think it will. It should work. You can try re-formatting your SD card in a Linux Virtual Machine, though
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Can anybody tell me if i get a new sd card, will my htc sensation, now stock but s-off still read it as blank?
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Better try format the sdcards in Linux machine.. They would give more info if it was corrupted/Broke or not
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Better try format the sdcards in Linux machine.. They would give more info if it was corrupted/Broke or not
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Thanks but ive ordered a new 32GB one for less than £20
sensation lover said:
Thanks but ive ordered a new 32GB one for less than £20
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That's good but why lose the existing ones
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sensation lover said:
Thanks but ive ordered a new 32GB one for less than £20
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Try formats it under command prompet in windows
Dos command format( c:/ q) for example it will return ur set card to life.. good luck
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Try formats it under command prompet in windows
Dos command format( c:/ q) for example it will return ur set card to life.. good luck
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possibly but thats part of the problem, the computer doesnt pick them up properly so i cant specifiy any locations in the command prompt.
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possibly but thats part of the problem, the computer doesnt pick them up properly so i cant specifiy any locations in the command prompt.
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try mount it under one of the hard maintenance program such hieran's boot >>> prartition magic or smart f disk it may shown in there ..
Try gparted live also to format... I hope youll be able to sort this out...
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Well thanks for trying but youll never guess what, I gave the ad card to my friend and he hac like a six year old Sony Ericsson and he put in the ad card and it formatted it! Now it works and I'm using a sense 4.0 Rom atlast!
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Hahahahaaaa beautiful
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Awesome, glad you have it working.... And thanks for the follow up because i want to know what you did, just in case will happen to me hehehe...
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If I go into recovery and then into wipe/format and then hit format sd card.will that just clean,clear my sd card?It won't clear,clean any other things off my phone just what's on my whole sd card correct?
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I'm just trying to clean everything off of my sd card.
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QUOTE=Mesaman2012;27715174]I'm just trying to clean everything off of my sd card.
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Hi,
Back up everything you need first.
It is probably better to format it on your PC if you can.
Make a select all/copy/paste to a folder on your PC.
That way you keep everything .
Format to FAT 32,and replace your important docs,pics,music,films,etc.
Put back in your phone,and android will replace all the files it needs.
Voila.
All I'm trying to do is clear a 2 Gig sd card that I only use to put roms on that I flash onto my phone.so basically I don't need to back up that stuff because I will never need it again correct?the roms,apps and kernels that I have backed up in in my 4 ext touch recovery will those be erased when U format my sd card?
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All I'm trying to do is clear a 2 Gig sd card that I only use to put roms on that I flash onto my phone.so basically I don't need to back up that stuff because I will never need it again correct?the roms,apps and kernels that I have backed up in in my 4 ext touch recovery will those be erased when U format my sd card?
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Hi,
Yes,the nandroid backups you have done will get wiped if you format the card.
They are in a folder called "clockworkmod"
These will all get saved to your PC when you plug the card into the PC,press select all/copy/paste to a folder on your PC.
Can I save my back ups by using titanium back up?are only by the previously way that you just mentioned?so basically whatever sd card is in your phone at the moment that you are doing a back up the back ups are saved to that particular sd card only?Because I only backed up roms,kernels when I had my 8 Gig sd card in my phone.I didn't do any back ups when I had my 2 Gig sd card in so since I'm wanting to clear my 2 Gig sd card completely nothin needs to be backed up because I never backed up any roms,etc with that sd card in my phone.so I go to go then just hit format sd card sibce I never did any back ups on it?Is this all correct?
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Can I save my back ups by using titanium back up?are only by the previously way that you just mentioned?so basically whatever sd card is in your phone at the moment that you are doing a back up the back ups are saved to that particular sd card only?Because I only backed up roms,kernels when I had my 8 Gig sd card in my phone.I didn't do any back ups when I had my 2 Gig sd card in so since I'm wanting to clear my 2 Gig sd card completely nothin needs to be backed up because I never backed up any roms,etc with that sd card in my phone.so I go to go then just hit format sd card sibce I never did any back ups on it?Is this all correct?
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Hi,
Yes,it looks like you are good to go.
Thanks buddy I appreciate you kindness.
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Hey sorry to bother but I could back up any roms,kernels,etc on astro file manager to? I just copy them onto astro file manager then go and format sd card correct.small qwestion once I copy them onto astro file manager where at do they go on astro?and if I want to use a Rom or kernel at anytime how do I transfer a Rom,kernel from astro to my sd card for it can be download onto my phone.
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If you decide to wipe sd card make sure your not on an aosp rom or aokp there is a bug which makes your device bricked for good... And just to be on the safe side back it up on the pc first and go ahead
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Do I have to do it on a pc.I don't have one.can it be done by my phone?
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Do I have to do it on a pc.I don't have one.can it be done by my phone?
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Yes it can be done get on a sense rom and boot into recovery and wipe sd card but I think it will make you loose recovery not sure tho someone confirm before you go ahead..
Don't rush mate let's just wait for someone to confirm just in case..
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I completely understand.I will see if someone can verify if that will or will not happen.
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So if I don't have a pc how do I back up files using a sense Rom before I format sd card clean it all off?
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I can back up my roms and kernels on astro file manager or titanium back up correct.
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I can back up my roms and kernels on astro file manager or titanium back up correct.
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I think yes but instead use oi file and delete them manually thats what i always do and it kills time aswell
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Hi, you can format the sd card without booting recovery at all. Just go to the settings, then storage, and then format the sd from there. No worries of formating the other partitions.
Also, if you use file managers to back up your stuff, make sure you get it on another sd card, or the phone itself. If not, you will just lose it when you format
Hope I've helped you
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Hey that did help me out a lot.I appreciate that.
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