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Hello, after installed Locations from Programs in my DHD my sdcard died, not instant but after a while maybe 12 hours. I have 1.72.405 update.. It was new years night so i dont remember to much
But then it just started to say: "No sd card mounted" or something.
Then i tried to put it in another phone the card is dead there to.
Then in a computer using an adapter, no success there either.
So is my card 100% dead or is it any chance of getting my data back, i was stupid and didn't have backup, to late now but you learn of ur misstakes.
Sry for wall of text, this is Short version
sdcard died a few hours after installing locations
no device founds it
help....

Loads of problems with this at the moment, everyones SD cards seem to be slowly dying since the recent update. The SD card isn't recognised in any other phone/computer as you say so the likelyhood of getting anything off it is slim.
Someone here has apparently spoken to HTC about it who have confirmed there is an issue with the new update which affects the unmounting of the SD card. The only thing they recomend is sending it back to HTC who will flash the phone back to the previous version.
I spoke to HTC myself the other day and managed to get them to send me another SD card - might be worth doing that. A factory reset doesn't work by the way, complete waste of time.
HTC phone number for UK is 0845 8900079 or 01279 206906 (same line, just not premium rate).
Take a look at these threads for people with same problem...
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=101063233083&topic=15411#topic_top
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885030&page=39
http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-...d-card-blank-has-unsupported-file-system.html
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Did you get a replacement SD card without needing to send anything back to HTC?
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Yea, although it took a bit of complaining.

chapperz said:
Loads of problems with this at the moment, everyones SD cards seem to be slowly dying since the recent update. The SD card isn't recognised in any other phone/computer as you say so the likelyhood of getting anything off it is slim.
Someone here has apparently spoken to HTC about it who have confirmed there is an issue with the new update which affects the unmounting of the SD card. The only thing they recomend is sending it back to HTC who will flash the phone back to the previous version.
I spoke to HTC myself the other day and managed to get them to send me another SD card - might be worth doing that. A factory reset doesn't work by the way, complete waste of time.
HTC phone number for UK is 0845 8900079 or 01279 206906 (same line, just not premium rate).
Take a look at these threads for people with same problem...
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=101063233083&topic=15411#topic_top
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885030&page=39
http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-...d-card-blank-has-unsupported-file-system.html
Edit: Mods might want to move this to the General sub-forum?
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So if i buy a new card and havent send my phone to htc for them to flash the phone to the update before 1.72.405 the new card will brake?
I did go to the place i bougt the phone and they did say that the warranty didnt cover attachments so if i want a new card i need to send the phone and the card to repair, and the company that handels repair for most big electronic stores in sweden is the worst in the world.
How fast is htc at downflashing the phone?
I live in sweden if it has anything to do with how fast they are..

nfskillen said:
So if i buy a new card and havent send my phone to htc for them to flash the phone to the update before 1.72.405 the new card will brake?
I did go to the place i bougt the phone and they did say that the warranty didnt cover attachments so if i want a new card i need to send the phone and the card to repair, and the company that handels repair for most big electronic stores in sweden is the worst in the world.
How fast is htc at downflashing the phone?
I live in sweden if it has anything to do with how fast they are..
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I've just replaced the SD card myself and havent had any further problems, everything has been fine since. No one else seems to have had any further problems either after replacing the card. I wouldn't bother sending the phone to be repaired, as I'm pretty sure it's just the SD card corrupted by the recent update somehow, not the actual phone.
In short, just get a new SD card, off HTC if possible. The number for customer services can be found here... htc.com/uk/CA_Hotline.aspx

chapperz said:
Yea, although it took a bit of complaining.
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Which card did HTC issue as replacement?
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chapperz said:
I've just replaced the SD card myself and havent had any further problems, everything has been fine since. No one else seems to have had any further problems either after replacing the card. I wouldn't bother sending the phone to be repaired, as I'm pretty sure it's just the SD card corrupted by the recent update somehow, not the actual phone.
In short, just get a new SD card, off HTC if possible. The number for customer services can be found here... htc.com/uk/CA_Hotline.aspx
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Thanks, i told them to its not the phone but they are retards.
Iam having a mail conversatin with htc but i think that 8 gb i to small anyway so i am buying 32 gb class 4. 135 $ hope its worth it

nfskillen said:
Thanks, i told them to its not the phone but they are retards.
Iam having a mail conversatin with htc but i think that 8 gb i to small anyway so i am buying 32 gb class 4. 135 $ hope its worth it
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I hope the bug doesn't affect replacement cards. My spare SanDisk SD is so far working fine, still not confident in it yet after the original Samsung failed...
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sengork said:
I hope the bug doesn't affect replacement cards. My spare SanDisk SD is so far working fine, still not confident in it yet after the original Samsung failed...
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Same thing that i was wondering, but if i where u i would keep a fresh backup of the sd in case.

also my samsung 8Gb micro sd died saturday afternoon.... and with it all my holiday's photos

sengork said:
Which card did HTC issue as replacement?
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Same as the original one supplied with phone. No problems yet.

chapperz said:
Same as the original one supplied with phone. No problems yet.
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Hmm even the same model number? I hope those cards won't have similar issues.
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My card has just gone down as well for no apparent reason - the phone was working fine and then the card stopped being recognised - I hadn't done anything with it.
I'm running 1.72.405.3.
Is there any way to recover the data from the card?
I fitted a 32Gb card over Christmas and that died within hours of being fitted which I thought was down to a faulty card although now I'm wondering if it is down to the HTC update.
So I guess the key questions are:
1. Are HTC going to be releasing a fix for this?
2. I have a new 32Gb card on the way - what are the chances of preventing that from being killed?

jvoelcker said:
My card has just gone down as well for no apparent reason - the phone was working fine and then the card stopped being recognised - I hadn't done anything with it.
I'm running 1.72.405.3.
Is there any way to recover the data from the card?
I fitted a 32Gb card over Christmas and that died within hours of being fitted which I thought was down to a faulty card although now I'm wondering if it is down to the HTC update.
So I guess the key questions are:
1. Are HTC going to be releasing a fix for this?
2. I have a new 32Gb card on the way - what are the chances of preventing that from being killed?
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before sd died. have you have set the phone's wallpaper picking up a photo from your sd ?

tobia996 said:
before sd died. have you have set the phone's wallpaper picking up a photo from your sd ?
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No.
I did take some photos off via pc connection last night connecting to it as a disk drive, but that is it.
I also have some apps installed onto it, but wasn't using any of them when it failed - I just turned the phone on to check email and it was giving an SD error or Insert SD card message - can't remember which and am trying to dig through logs to find out.

chapperz said:
Loads of problems with this at the moment, everyones SD cards seem to be slowly dying since the recent update. The SD card isn't recognised in any other phone/computer as you say so the likelyhood of getting anything off it is slim.
Someone here has apparently spoken to HTC about it who have confirmed there is an issue with the new update which affects the unmounting of the SD card. The only thing they recomend is sending it back to HTC who will flash the phone back to the previous version.
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I see a temporary solution for some people stuck in new firmware versions without root.. *Cough* Old versions can be rooted..*Cough*

Hi there.
I installed the update the same day I got the phone. The Samsung MicroSD provided died 10 days ago; with stock rom - non rooted etc.
Can I talk to someone to get a replacement?
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Called HTC last day about my sd card, gave them all the details they wanted and they told me that they will send me further info about if and when the new sd card can be sent. Hopefully they will understand and send me a new one.. No message so far though...

i had that problem with my kingston 16gb class 10, when i flashed a custom sense rom (but it was older base 1.32.xxx.xx) the sdcard died on me after rebooted. tried everything i could do to bring it back. so i left it for about week an decided to try it again...and it worked!! so maybe leave it awhile and try it again.

And my SD card is bad

After a flashed ROM from CM7 back to bamf 1.6.3 REMIX, I was greeted by a READ-ONLY error with my SD Card.
Tapping on it to correct the issues doesn't work. I cannot even format it. So I am sad right now. I am going to have to drive all the way back to the Verizon store and hope they will exchange it out. I have only had the phone for 2.5 weeks.

this happened to me too, but "fixed" itself
I had the same problem when I flashed Black Hole and I thought it was a problem with the ROM. I restored to Liquid 1.3 and it went away, but then came back again on a different Liquid install. Not sure what causes it, but restoring and reflashing seems to fix it for me sometimes. Using a 32GB class 6 SD and flashing from ROM Manager and from within recovery.
_john

What brand of microSD cards ship yall's TBolt? Are they Kingston, SanDisk, or something else/something de-branded?

andrewc513 said:
What brand of microSD cards ship yall's TBolt? Are they Kingston, SandDisk, or something else/something de-branded?
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SanDisk 32GB Class 4

Not using the "stock" card, switched to a Komputerbay class 6 as soon as I received the phone (I had been using the card without incident for several months in a Droid previously). This weird "sd card mounted as read only" issue only happened the couple times though and not sense. ???

Swapped out the card today at the VW store. They thought it was odd. Walked away with a free MicroSD card reader.

Turd Furguson said:
Swapped out the card today at the VW store. They thought it was odd. Walked away with a free MicroSD card reader.
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My SD card just crapped out on me. I thought it was my phone at first and I panicked, but the 16GB from my D2 works fine in it for now. I put the 32GB SD in my Transformer, my D2, and my Win7 PC and they all choke on it. Win7 locks up Explorer and the Transformer reboots when I insert it... I guess I'll have to go to Verizon too. I haven't even had this card for a week yet... :-(
BTW, Nice screen name. My brother likes to go by that name on the home caller id system. It's funny hearing it said out loud when he calls. "Call from: Turd Ferguson!" lol

Happened to me as well, first week of owning the phone, wasn't even rooted yet. Verizon swapped the card out for free under warranty, haven't had a problem since.

Add me to this list as well. Been using a 16 gig card from my incredible and haven't had an issue yet.

On the way home yesterday, I tried to play some music from my phone, and my phone said there was no SD card availalbe. I tried several things, and sure enough, my SD card is dead. I called Verizon, and they walked me through everything I just did. They declared it dead. They said they are out of stock, but would be happy to send me a 16Gb card. Eh...NO! They said the only thing they could do was to put me in touch with Sandisk to do an RMA. So, Verizon connects me to Sandisk. I explain to them that Verizon has already declaired the card dead, and I just need an RMA # to return it. It really is just that simple, but no we have to spend the next 30 mintues doing everything a 3rd time to prove the card is dead. Then Sandisk comes back and says the 32 GB card is out of stock, but that they can send me 2 16 GB cards instead. NO!!! I don't want 2 16 GB cards!!! Just send me the 32 GB card when you have one. They said ok, but it will be at least 3-4 weeks. After an hour and a half on the phone with Verizon then Sandisk, I have an RMA number. I am going to take a chance and go to my local Verizon to see if I can just swap it out there. Until then I am back to my 16 GB Sandisk card from my Touch Pro. This is the third Sandisk microSD card that has gone bad on me. I think I will be avoiding Sandisk from now on.

I'm not sure why this happens, but you can fix it by formatting the card.
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rickyrick1 said:
I'm not sure why this happens, but you can fix it by formatting the card.
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I tried. The card is dead. I tried formatting using Win 7, the Thunderbolt, and also using a SD card format tool made by HP. All said it was either damage or could not be formatted. I have only had the phone 6 weeks, and I had no backup of my SD card. So backup your SD cards!!!

robsonline said:
I tried. The card is dead. I tried formatting using Win 7, the Thunderbolt, and also using a SD card format tool made by HP. All said it was either damage or could not be formatted. I have only had the phone 6 weeks, and I had no backup of my SD card. So backup your SD cards!!!
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Have you tried formatting it from clockworkmod?
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rickyrick1 said:
Have you tried formatting it from clockworkmod?
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Yeah, clockworkmod says formating...done, but the phone and pc won't register the presence of a card. It's dead, but thanks for the suggestion.

is your sensation eating SD cards too?

I have had my Sensation eat 3 32gb cards... one cheap Wintech after a few days (same one that is working flawlessly in our other Sensation)... replaced with a Patriot, appeared DOA, and now a 3rd (also a patriot) that worked perfect in a PC but as soon as I put it in the phone I recieved a message that it wasnt formatted and it hasnt worked in either phone or 3 PCs since.... I have tried formatting it and recieve error that it is write protected. grrrr

bilbo6209 said:
I have had my Sensation eat 3 32gb cards... one cheap Wintech after a few days (same one that is working flawlessly in our other Sensation)... replaced with a Patriot, appeared DOA, and now a 3rd (also a patriot) that worked perfect in a PC but as soon as I put it in the phone I recieved a message that it wasnt formatted and it hasnt worked in either phone or 3 PCs since.... I have tried formatting it and recieve error that it is write protected. grrrr
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Patriot were known to have problems with android devices, at least some time ago that was the case.
How about using the card that came with the device?
Does it work ok?
You shoudnt get cheap cards for high end devices...

I am using a Patriot Signature 16 gb class 4 without problems
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I'm using a Patriot Class 10 32 GB SD card without problems. Running this card since the Sensation was released.

It's some patriots. not all.
Like he asked above me, does the one that came with it work> if that's the case it's your sd cards themselves.

Older cards had problems...
Try formating your card in windows before using it in your device

Using 32GB class 10 Lexar micro sdhc with no problem... Enjoying with the reading speed now!~

The Cheap wintech worked out of the box, at least for a couple days.... as I posted the Patriot 32gb class 10 card worked GREAT in windows prior to putting it in the phone.... and now the 3rd card is not accessable on a PC or in the phone....

bilbo6209 said:
The Cheap wintech worked out of the box, at least for a couple days.... as I posted the Patriot 32gb class 10 card worked GREAT in windows prior to putting it in the phone.... and now the 3rd card is not accessable on a PC or in the phone....
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Please try the card that came with your phone for a couple of days to determine if it is the cards or the device that has the problem...

If you have a patriot LX Card then try the following:
http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums...-LX-Series-MicroSD-Problems-on-Android-phones
Try it anyway even if it not an LX card...

I've had 4 Sensations including my wifes and not one of them has ate either one of our 16gb class 10 cards.
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bilbo6209 said:
I have had my Sensation eat 3 32gb cards... one cheap Wintech after a few days (same one that is working flawlessly in our other Sensation)... replaced with a Patriot, appeared DOA, and now a 3rd (also a patriot) that worked perfect in a PC but as soon as I put it in the phone I recieved a message that it wasnt formatted and it hasnt worked in either phone or 3 PCs since.... I have tried formatting it and recieve error that it is write protected. grrrr
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Are you checking your card reader and making sure that the little switch on the side had not slid back ,that should be the only reason you see the write protected message

tigerz0202 said:
Are you checking your card reader and making sure that the little switch on the side had not slid back ,that should be the only reason you see the write protected message
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Also make sure that you unmount your device in windows FIRST, then unclick Mass Storage on the phone whenever it's plugged in VIA USB. Also, ALWAYS umount your SD properly before removing it from the phone. If you already do those things then that's really unfortunate. I've used 3 different cards in this phione. Currently I'm using a 16 Gig class 4 that I got for like 20 16 bucks from Radioshack a few months back.

bilbo6209 said:
The Cheap wintech worked out of the box, at least for a couple days.... as I posted the Patriot 32gb class 10 card worked GREAT in windows prior to putting it in the phone.... and now the 3rd card is not accessable on a PC or in the phone....
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I've been using a 32gb class 10 wintech for months without any problems, first in my MT4G, then my G2X and now my sensation for over a week and a half. I also have one in my asus transformer and it's been fine. If it is the card I think wintech has a lifetime warranty

tigerz0202 said:
Are you checking your card reader and making sure that the little switch on the side had not slid back ,that should be the only reason you see the write protected message
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As a PC tech this is the first thing I tried
I am attempting to run the Check Flash utility on teh drive now, if I attempt to run either of teh write tests it fails.... the read test is running at a whopping 1.98MBs
I have tried teh SD in 2 seperate adaptors also (Just to rule out an adaptor that is write protecting the card in error)
Bill

graffixnyc said:
I've been using a 32gb class 10 wintech for months without any problems, first in my MT4G, then my G2X and now my sensation for over a week and a half. I also have one in my asus transformer and it's been fine. If it is the card I think wintech has a lifetime warranty
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The other wintech is running perfect in my fiancee's Sensation also, that is why I am starting to think this is a phone issue.

bilbo6209 said:
I have had my Sensation eat 3 32gb cards... one cheap Wintech after a few days (same one that is working flawlessly in our other Sensation)...
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If the card is working flawlessly in another phone, it's likely a phone issue. It sounds like you're doing all the right things to try and make it work, but HTC phones (particularly the mytouch series) can be very picky with SD. If it works in one and not in another, return the phone and get one that works better. If you're outside the return period, call your carrier or HTC for an exchange.
Just my two cents, of course.

rykincr said:
If the card is working flawlessly in another phone, it's likely a phone issue. It sounds like you're doing all the right things to try and make it work, but HTC phones (particularly the mytouch series) can be very picky with SD. If it works in one and not in another, return the phone and get one that works better. If you're outside the return period, call your carrier or HTC for an exchange.
Just my two cents, of course.
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Yep that is the plan after work, go to the local store to exchange the SD as DOA, then back to t-mobile to attempt to get a replacement phone... if t-mo gives too much grief then off to sprint to look at the EVO 3d as a replacement and dropping t-mo as a carrier

[Q] SD card just died

I've had a 32 gig micro SD in my phone for a while now. I recently took my Siii out of my pocket only to find that it says the SD is unmounted. Odd, but not unheard of in the world of custom roms (paranoidkangdroid 2.something, rather recent though, 4.2.2 JB) So i do the sensible thing: Run into the storage menu, and lo and behold, its not registering. I pop it out and in, not registering. I reboot, and the damn thing still isn't registering. Then I take an old 2 GB micro SD and try it. This one worked just fine. 32 gig however does not. I move to my PC. Pop it in a micro to regular SD adapter, and the computer doesn't mount it. It does mount every other microSD of mine though. So can anyone tell me what the hell happened, and how I can recover my stuff?

Actually you can't, your sd card is corrupted and it's known to happen with this device that's why I always keep a weekly backup on my computer with everything. Especially the ones ordered from amazon the high capacity ones as far as I've seen.
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Addiso said:
Actually you can't, your sd card is corrupted and it's known to happen with this device that's why I always keep a weekly backup on my computer with everything. Especially the ones ordered from amazon the high capacity ones as far as I've seen.
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Well ****. I guess you're right, it just showed as unsupported file format.

nrock2256 said:
Well ****. I guess you're right, it just showed as unsupported file format.
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Yeah I had actually a 16 gb one die on me, ordered me a 32- one and has been running good so far..
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Yeah I had actually a 16 gb one die on me, ordered me a 32- one and has been running good so far..
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And now its not. This is frustrating. I don't want to spend money on a new card dammit.

Try booting a linux live cd and see if you can save anything, thats how I recover deleted tomtom maps in the past.
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Addiso said:
Actually you can't, your sd card is corrupted and it's known to happen with this device that's why I always keep a weekly backup on my computer with everything. Especially the ones ordered from amazon the high capacity ones as far as I've seen.
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Is the SD card damaged or can it just be reformatted with a card reader on a PC (fat I am assuming)?
I was about to start using an SD card to backup the internal storage. It doesn't sound like this is the best option and backing it to my PC would be better.

My set up to start was cleanrom 6.2 with envy kernel running fine for a week. I had my sd card disappear today twice. PNY class 10 32gb less than 2 weeks old from best buy. Popped it in my pc and it was recognized no problem. So I transferred my data, formatted in fat 32 popped it in phone, no problem. Transferred data back and was Ok for a few hours. Swapped my battery for a freshly charged one and upon boot, phone said the card was damaged, to reformat it. So, I pulled it out and popped it in my pc. Pc said card was damaged. I opened a command prompt and ran a chkdsk /f and it fixed an issue with the file system. I then proceeded to restore my cleanrom 6.2 backup. So far so good. I am thinking it had to do with an app, but I can't be sure. Upon googling this, it seems that some people have had an issue with external sd cards with this phone.
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nrock2256 said:
I've had a 32 gig micro SD in my phone for a while now. I recently took my Siii out of my pocket only to find that it says the SD is unmounted. Odd, but not unheard of in the world of custom roms (paranoidkangdroid 2.something, rather recent though, 4.2.2 JB) So i do the sensible thing: Run into the storage menu, and lo and behold, its not registering. I pop it out and in, not registering. I reboot, and the damn thing still isn't registering. Then I take an old 2 GB micro SD and try it. This one worked just fine. 32 gig however does not. I move to my PC. Pop it in a micro to regular SD adapter, and the computer doesn't mount it. It does mount every other microSD of mine though. So can anyone tell me what the hell happened, and how I can recover my stuff?
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I'm not sure exactly what brand or model you have for your SD card or when you purchase it. However if its a SanDisk and it was purchased before December 2012 there's a chance that it was part of a bad batch. I had the exact same problem with mine I have a UHs 1 32 gig SanDisk. I read somewhere on the internet that there is a known problem with SD cards from that company built before December. When I spoke with SanDisk they confirm that and said the newer batches have been corrected. Long story short if you're using an ultra high speed or for that matter any card by SanDisk call up there customer service explain to them the problem and they will send you a brand new one. The entire process took about a week for me.
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Did you try my suggestion? Ive recovered numerous files using a linux live cd and/or a mac. Try putting the card in a network printer or mem card reader if linux and mac os isnt possible. Ive recovered my files, including those from a 16gb micro sd card, using those methods in the past.

Okay, so it works
Alright alright, i didn't expect this to get many responses. Anyway, it now works. It appeared to be fried, my mac, PC, ubuntu machine, and OG droid wouldn't even recognize that a card was inserted. Nor would my GS3. My solution? after turning it on and off a few times, I just left the card in it and set it aside for an hour. Lo and behold, it now works. The SD now works. It was fried, and is now unfried. I don't know how, I just guess I am lucky. Or aliens. Either way, I am happy. Not gonna jeep anything more than music on it though... Ah well, thanks for the help XDA!

If I were you, I'd back up everything on that card to my pc, and exchange it if under warranty. If not, chuck it, and purchase another card.
Not worth taking the risk again.
Consider yourself lucky so far

nrock2256 said:
I've had a 32 gig micro SD in my phone for a while now. I recently took my Siii out of my pocket only to find that it says the SD is unmounted. Odd, but not unheard of in the world of custom roms (paranoidkangdroid 2.something, rather recent though, 4.2.2 JB) So i do the sensible thing: Run into the storage menu, and lo and behold, its not registering. I pop it out and in, not registering. I reboot, and the damn thing still isn't registering. Then I take an old 2 GB micro SD and try it. This one worked just fine. 32 gig however does not. I move to my PC. Pop it in a micro to regular SD adapter, and the computer doesn't mount it. It does mount every other microSD of mine though. So can anyone tell me what the hell happened, and how I can recover my stuff?
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So I have had my sd card corrupt a few times now, so far this has seemed to help me recover my data.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

The problem could be a sandisk SD card:
(Outside link) crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s3-fault-is-caused-by-sandisk-memory-cards-50010684/
I read about the SD problems after just getting the S3.. decided to get a different brand card from the store.

Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket Micro SD card

Hey all,
I purchased this 32 GB Class 10 Micro SD card for my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket and well I can't seem to get it to work properly, I can get it formatted and the phone reads it but for the most part anything such as my music that I put on it wont play from the card. only a few of the songs will actually play and everything else just tries to play but it just makes like a screeching noise for like 2 seconds and then either stops or goes to the next song. I have tried the standard music player and also Double Twist as well as Rocket Player and got nothing except for a few on the songs and yet there all mp3's so what could my problem be or is it just a crap card as it's not to my knowledge a name brand. Also I did take some video with the camera and then tried to play it back and it failed said can't play so I am assuming it recorded and saved directly to the Micro SD card. I have formatted it in the phone with android also on my windows PC and then even with Mini tools partition wizard and am just struggling with the fact that it doesn't work or barely works and will play like 5 of the songs but nothing else. Here is a link to what I bought
edit: Guess I can't post outside links yet so it's labeled
New 32GB Micro SD Memory card plus adapter in retail package
Seller ID natemill1850
Thanks,

Most likely a bad card. There is so much bad memory out there you can't even be sure what you get if you buy at a name brand store.
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jd1639 said:
Most likely a bad card. There is so much bad memory out there you can't even be sure what you get if you buy at a name brand store.
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There are a lot of fakes and junk cards. He bought one of the junk ones, I agree.
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bbgarnett said:
Hey all,
I purchased this 32 GB Class 10 Micro SD card for my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket and well I can't seem to get it to work properly, I can get it formatted and the phone reads it but for the most part anything such as my music that I put on it wont play from the card. only a few of the songs will actually play and everything else just tries to play but it just makes like a screeching noise for like 2 seconds and then either stops or goes to the next song. I have tried the standard music player and also Double Twist as well as Rocket Player and got nothing except for a few on the songs and yet there all mp3's so what could my problem be or is it just a crap card as it's not to my knowledge a name brand. Also I did take some video with the camera and then tried to play it back and it failed said can't play so I am assuming it recorded and saved directly to the Micro SD card. I have formatted it in the phone with android also on my windows PC and then even with Mini tools partition wizard and am just struggling with the fact that it doesn't work or barely works and will play like 5 of the songs but nothing else. Here is a link to what I bought
edit: Guess I can't post outside links yet so it's labeled
New 32GB Micro SD Memory card plus adapter in retail package
Seller ID natemill1850
Thanks,
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Are you able to play those songs if you put the microSD card in a PC? Are you able to open the videos from the PC? If not I'd say it's a card issue.
I have a Lexar 32GB microSD and never had an issue... I save my pictures, music, recovery backups on it and never had a problem reading them.

SD Card issues
Just after purchasing my phone in November 11, I have gone through a few cards. One junk card, one Kingston card, and one Lexar card. I've also tried old smaller cards that I had left over at home and had been using successfully for years. All of them worked fine until they met my Skyrocket. Without fail, shortly after making a few reads or writes (pictures, reading music), I get an SD card error and it won't do a thing. Works fine in any other device. I decided that it was a short or something in my phone and gave up - space isn't really an issue for me anyway. I only became interested again this morning after flashing CM 10.1 and trying again on a lark. I'm going to try it for a while to see if it may have been a GB issue. Anybody else heard of this? I figured I just had a single bad unit.

ism_can said:
Are you able to play those songs if you put the microSD card in a PC? Are you able to open the videos from the PC? If not I'd say it's a card issue.
I have a Lexar 32GB microSD and never had an issue... I save my pictures, music, recovery backups on it and never had a problem reading them.
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Hey,
No only a couple of the songs work on the PC from the card which are the sames ones that play on the phone otherwise all the other ones don't work. Anyways The guy who I bought it from just said it is probably a bad card but told me to keep it and he gave me a full refund and told me to not deal with the hassle of returning and paying to return it etc as he didn't have anymore in stock. So I just find it weird that like 3 or 4 of the songs will play like normal but nothing else will.

Low level format the card, stick it in ur phone and format it, then copy 8-10 songs on there and try to play them.
If that doesn't work like others said u probably bought a melon

autochef said:
Just after purchasing my phone in November 11, I have gone through a few cards. One junk card, one Kingston card, and one Lexar card. I've also tried old smaller cards that I had left over at home and had been using successfully for years. All of them worked fine until they met my Skyrocket. Without fail, shortly after making a few reads or writes (pictures, reading music), I get an SD card error and it won't do a thing. Works fine in any other device. I decided that it was a short or something in my phone and gave up - space isn't really an issue for me anyway. I only became interested again this morning after flashing CM 10.1 and trying again on a lark. I'm going to try it for a while to see if it may have been a GB issue. Anybody else heard of this? I figured I just had a single bad unit.
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Just wanted to say I've been frustrated with this exact problem. I thought it was my phone's fault, but realized its the micro sd. So far I've tried two Samsung branded 32GB class 10 cards and they are both causing this issue, even in a second Skyrocket phone.
I'm moving on to a different brand with high hopes.

xdame said:
Just wanted to say I've been frustrated with this exact problem. I thought it was my phone's fault, but realized its the micro sd. So far I've tried two Samsung branded 32GB class 10 cards and they are both causing this issue, even in a second Skyrocket phone.
I'm moving on to a different brand with high hopes.
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I only use class 10 Samsung sd cards and they are great. You probably got fakes.
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One was from Newegg and the other from Bestbuy, certainly hope they weren't fake from those stores.
Ordered an Adata and will see how that is.
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Good luck
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I had similar issues. I recently went through several sandisk cards, 16 and 32 gb. Both purchase from different walmart stores. I knew it wasn't an issue with my phone because my old card worked fine. Went to bestbuy and bought a PNY 32gb and works flawlessly. Sandisk seems to have issues with galaxy phones in my experience.

I need some input. The Adata card is giving me the same issues(failing to backup in twrp, camera glitches) It's a 32GB class 10 sdhc UHS-I. I wonder if its the speed of the card or the type. I'll attach a pic of the card.
What could be causing the problem? Is it the UHS-1 spec?
Edit: After some digging, looks like it's due to the UHS. great...

I need advice
I am going to buy new SD card, 32GB, But I don't know which one should I buy? I need your advice, thank you

GunsN said:
I am going to buy new SD card, 32GB, But I don't know which one should I buy? I need your advice, thank you
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Sansdisk. I have three of them and have never has a single issue.

theesotericone said:
Sansdisk. I have three of them and have never has a single issue.
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and what about Samsung 32GB Micro SD SDHC class10 ?

GunsN said:
and what about Samsung 32GB Micro SD SDHC class10 ?
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Well Sansdisk buys there memory from Samsung or Toshiba so that would be fine. lol I just always find Sansdidk to be cheaper.

theesotericone said:
Well Sansdisk buys there memory from Samsung or Toshiba so that would be fine. lol I just always find Sansdidk to be cheaper.
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thank you