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microSD card not showing up on FIleManager

Hi
I recently got a Kingston 8GB class 4 microSD card and installed it onto my captivate , when i connect to windows i can see both my 16GB internal Storage and my 8 GB microSD card , but none of the file managers seem to show the microSD card .
i tried several apps like SDcard speed tester , QSysteminfo etc they all just show the info about the internal Memory and dont really show any info about the microSD card
in the defualt camera option settings theres an option to select stoage and when i select memory card instead of phone and when i connect to windows i can see the photo being stored in my microSD card
also in the filemanager i see a path called SDCard\SD this seems like a soft like to my microSD card
my question is how do i make all these apps to recognize my microSD and say run a speed test on it.
any help appreciated.
Thanks

anilkuj said:
also in the filemanager i see a path called SDCard\SD this seems like a soft like to my microSD card
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Not exactly what you are trying to say in this quote here, but sdcard/sd IS your external sd card.

dontshakepandas said:
Not exactly what you are trying to say in this quote here, but sdcard/sd IS your external sd card.
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Yes
/Sdcard is the internal storage (sometimes call internal SDcard or phone storage)
/SDcard/SD is your external SD card ( MicroSD)

alphadog00 said:
Yes
/Sdcard is the internal storage (sometimes call internal SDcard or phone storage)
/SDcard/SD is your external SD card ( MicroSD)
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Thanks for your response , so how do i run speed tests on this External microSD card all of those apps only recognize the phones internal 16GB memory.

[Q] How do I format my 64 gb sdxc without removing it from the phone?

Hi. I have a 64gb sdxc sandisk sd card. I want to format it to fat32. I've read on the net that you can do it only if you have an sd card reader. Unfortunately I don't own and sd card reader. Is there any way I can format the sd card directly while connecting the tab to the computer without the help of any sd card reader?
Thanks.

jdgreat4 said:
Hi. I have a 64gb sdxc sandisk sd card. I want to format it to fat32. I've read on the net that you can do it only if you have an sd card reader. Unfortunately I don't own and sd card reader. Is there any way I can format the sd card directly while connecting the tab to the computer without the help of any sd card reader?
Thanks.
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Yes I did it this way.
You'll need the app SGS3 Easy UMS (available here at xda)
and the PC program guiformat.
The first one is needed so that the PC can see the external SD Card as a mass storage unit (and not as a Media Transfer Protocol). In this way you can format the external SD Card through your PC.
The PC Program did the formatting of the external SdCard to fat32 ok for me. Probably there are other PC programs that can do fine the same.

sphere314 said:
Yes I did it this way.
You'll need the app SGS3 Easy UMS (available here at xda)
and the PC program guiformat.
The first one is needed so that the PC can see the external SD Card as a mass storage unit (and not as a Media Transfer Protocol). In this way you can format the external SD Card through your PC.
The PC Program did the formatting of the external SdCard to fat32 ok for me. Probably there are other PC programs that can do fine the same.
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Thank you man!!!!!!!!!! YOU ROCK!! :good::good::laugh::laugh:

[Q] SD Card not recognised

Hi Guys,
Perhaps you can help. For about a month now my sd card refuses to mount on my phone. It just happened randomnly. Now, obviously, I can't access my access all my music etc.
The card reads fine on a card reader and is visible in my 4ext recovery utility. It is not accessible via the usb connection either.
I have installed an old rom, again the message that appears is 'removed sd card' as soon as I boot.
I'm running endymion v2.1 rom.
Any suggestion would be fantastic.
Thanks so much

try changing the ROM you are using..I had the same problem..flashed other ROM and the problem was solved..for me anyway...

you could try copying the contents of the SD card onto your PC using the card reader, format the SD card, then copy back the contents from the PC, worked for me

man4u2nv said:
you could try copying the contents of the SD card onto your PC using the card reader, format the SD card, then copy back the contents from the PC, worked for me
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Thanks guys for the suggestions. I have tried new roms and am thinking about ormatting the card. Cheers again:good:

Broken SD Card

Hi. I'm using my SD Card formatted as internal storage and yesterday my phone stop detect it I try to romove and put again, restart phone and it's not work. I have important data on this card, so anyone knows how can I extract them? External reader or something? Please help.

On windows, use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard

It'll work when I formatted card as a internal storage (when you insert a SD card for the first time on a Marshmallow device, you can choose to either use the card as Portable Storage or Internal Storage)? That's main problem... And if yes, how can connect this card to PC when my phone didn't recognize the card?

How do I clone an SD card formatted for "internal storage"?

I have a Moto G4+ and recently the Samsung 32gb EVO+ SD card in it is not always recognized. Rebooting always solves the problem, and reseating it is not a permanent cure.
The card is set for "internal storage" meaning it is encrypted and cannot be read in any other device including my Windows 10 PC.
I want to clone the card's contents onto a new SD card (which hopefully will always be recognized), but cannot find any way to do it. While I can copy the contents of the card to my PC via a USB cable connected to the phone (for file transfer), it cannot be copied back to fresh SD card in the phone if it is formatted for "internal storage."
No cloning software (like EaseUs, Acronis) can recognize the card if put in a card reader in a USB port on my PC, and therefore neither its image nor contents can be copied to a PC or to a fresh SD card in another USB slot on the PC in its encrypted format.
If I put the fresh SD card in the Moto and format it for internal storage use, I cannot any transfer files to it from the PC via wired connection.
So... is there any way to clone my original SD card set for "internal storage" to a new card?
Thanks,
Edgar