Hello to everyone,
About a year ago or so I bought a SanDisk Class 4 32GB Micro SD Card for my HD2 and I countinued using it on my SGS2. Now, out of nothing, the phone doesn't recognize it anymore (Saying "Blank usb storage"). In my Windows PC initially showed no partition and any type of operation couldn't be done. On a linux computer fdisk says that is unable to open the device. Then I tried to format it with my mum's old Nokia phone: something did, since now it has a partition of ~30MB, but still that partition doesn't work in any way.
Is it possible that the Micro SD has ended its read/write cycles? Or can it be another type of problem?
Thanks in advance,
Mauro.
MMauro said:
Hello to everyone,
About a year ago or so I bought a SanDisk Class 4 32GB Micro SD Card for my HD2 and I countinued using it on my SGS2. Now, out of nothing, the phone doesn't recognize it anymore (Saying "Blank usb storage"). In my Windows PC initially showed no partition and any type of operation couldn't be done. On a linux computer fdisk says that is unable to open the device. Then I tried to format it with my mum's old Nokia phone: something did, since now it has a partition of ~30MB, but still that partition doesn't work in any way.
Is it possible that the Micro SD has ended its read/write cycles? Or can it be another type of problem?
Thanks in advance,
Mauro.
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hi
your problem and 'the same as mine. I a year ago I bought a digital secur class 4 32Gb. After a year I had no problems, does not read not write, format all the time.
The problem can 'also be a bad battery, I changed battery and SD card class 10 Samsung ext.
No problem, all right.
bye
time ecique
pierm said:
hi
your problem and 'the same as mine. I a year ago I bought a digital secur class 4 32Gb. After a year I had no problems, does not read not write, format all the time.
The problem can 'also be a bad battery, I changed battery and SD card class 10 Samsung ext.
No problem, all right.
bye
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hi guys..
I think you must try this software Memory Card SD Recovery 3.60.1012..
One year is far too short for an SD card to reach its end of write cycles, even with heavy use. It is more likely that you have corrupted sectors that is preventing you from using the card. If so, then the card is bad, and you probably need to replace it.
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Hi!
A few days ago I bought a Takems 16gb class 6 microsdhc and it worked, but today i put the card in a galaxy s...when a put back in my desire the card was working but the phone can1t write... i tried to format but i can't it, because the card is write-protected...sd adapter has a lock/unlock switch but it can't help...
how can i remove the write protection?
there may be a password on the card
or encryption
hmm...i tried it in my friend's galaxy s, but didn't work...
i can't foramat the card...low level format didn't work....
i don't have any idea..
I have the same problem...
HELP please!!!
but mine is Sandisk 16GB class2, used for about 1 year without problem.....but now......cant write, cant delete, cant format (even low level)
asuradahk said:
I have the same problem...
HELP please!!!
but mine is Sandisk 16GB class2, used for about 1 year without problem.....but now......cant write, cant delete, cant format (even low level)
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There is only one solution... destroy it with a hammer
you can buy a new card or give it back and request a new if it has guarantee
return to seller or use linux and gparted or sdformatter from http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/SDFormatterv3.0.zip
to format the card and try to bring it back to life
I'm not sure why in this situation people insist in saying "format the card" with one piece of software or another as this simply will not work.
I have an 8gb USB stick that has done the exact same thing and no software you try and use will format it as they all report it as write protected.
Gparted, hp utility, sd format, a long list of other usb formatting tools, partition magic the list goes on none of them work.
Even a low level format at linux command prompt will not work as it gets mounted read only so it just errors.
This is an error where the hardware is mistakenly interpreted as write protected, very often caused by a write interrupt leaving corrupted data behind.
After about 2 weeks of trying every solution on google I have come to the conclusion that the stick is no good you can read what is on it already but that's it.
So my advice is stop banging your head against the wall and just get a new stick, format it and copy over what is on the old one
Kodam said:
Hi!
A few days ago I bought a Takems 16gb class 6 microsdhc and it worked, but today i put the card in a galaxy s...when a put back in my desire the card was working but the phone can1t write... i tried to format but i can't it, because the card is write-protected...sd adapter has a lock/unlock switch but it can't help...
how can i remove the write protection?
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nothing will work..trust me.. get a new one!
chague another SD
Just thought I should let you all know about my recent experience with this microSD card.
The Part number is SDSDQY-016G-A11 or SDSDQY-016G-A11A
I bought one from my local Best Buy after finding the item was marked down from $49.99 to $17.99. At first, my initial thought was "Done!" I took it home, opened the package and began transferring everything from my 8gb card to this new 16gb class 10 card.
Now, here is where the problem starts. I do not know if I did not take the necessary prerequisites for this particular card, but, after about an hour of just basic copying of data to the new card, I was struck with a CRC error and the card forced ejected itself from the USB host. I removed the card and put it back in to see what happened and found a corrupted directory from the last thing the card was copying. I couldn't access it or delete it. I couldn't copy anything into the card either. I tried formatting, to which it would complete the operation with a "This card could not be formatted." message at the end. I tried downloading different partitioning software to delete the partition, format the unallocated space and create a new partition to which I was "then" greeted with a variety of "This card is locked/Failed Operation/Space cannot be formatted/Partition could not be created." I gave up. I went back to Best Buy and exchanged the card for a new one. I thought "F*** me right? I got lucky with a bad card."
Nope.
Same thing with the new card, except it happened within 5 minutes of copying anything onto the card. This time around, I decided that I am not going through all of that again and returned the card.
Again, I do not know if I took all the necessary prerequisites before handling the card, but, to my knowledge I do not think there could be anything.
Instead, I jumped over to Hhgregg and found a different model SanDisk 16gb microSD card. I was able to copying over everything over to that card the first time and without a problem.
Also, in case it's asked, the phone did pick up the card initially before anything was copied. After the problem's arose, the phone refused to mount the card at all.
So, if anyone was considering picking up this card, its up to you what you want to do. Just Beware.
I found that the SanDisk USB device/ other SanDisk Adapters was causing errors in the 15 or so misc cards I put through it. Were you using it? or was it in your phone?
I went with the 64GB SDXC and no issues since.
At first I used the supplied adapter which is when the first card gave out. The second card I used a different adapter. A USB based one and it still gave out but much faster. Initially I tried with the card in the phone, but it kept force ejecting itself from the USB host as soon as I started. I thought it was the cable at fault.
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I have the same problem i purchased 16gb ultra yesterday and today i m unable to format this card in NTFS system it formatted succesfully in fat32 bt the speed i get white transferring any file is jus 3.5-4 mbps olease help any solution for that??
I have a 7 months old SanDisk ultra 32gb and it's still very good. I have better speeds when copy inside the recovery than inside the rom.
Did you report it to Best Buy?
Hi, I have now gone through 2 cards, the first one thinking it was broke so i sent it back, and my unit is doing the exact same with my new card.
When i got my first card which was a sandisk ultra 64gb sdxc card, i thought it was originaly a bad card as my unit wouldn't see it, plus when i put it into my laptop and formatted it, it only showed as 32gb.
i exchanged that card for basically the same one, but it said made for android on it.
I put that straight into my unit when i opened it and that said the same thing on my unit, can now safely remove card, and when i went to settings > storage, there was no sign of a card, it just said mount card, and if i did this, it would say preparing card then a little after say i can safely remove it again and still show nothing.
i have now put this card back on my laptop and formatted it as fat32 (as i thought this one was going to be already seems it says its made for android devices), and again, it shows on my laptop as only 32gb and not 64gb, the file system is fat32 as well.
i have seen screen shots of people using this card in a 10.1 and their storage does show as 64gb.
i have tried using hp format utility and guiformat to format as fat32 (both show on unit but only as 32gb), i have tried using windows 7 formatter to format as exfat (which wont show in my unit), i have also tried sdformatter 3.1 which also doesn't seem to get my 64gb to show.
can anyone help, i surely couldn;t have got 2 bad cards?
james
Why are you cross-posting James?
lol i wasn't sure how fast i would get an answer in the other forum so i posted to both
thank you very much for your help though
What was the solution?
Edit:found the other thread
well the solution for me was to get a 32gb card as i just couldn't get a 64gb to work, i have not had the latest update either to test out a 64gb card.
Easius partition manager to format 64gb card FAT32... This will allow you to use the sd card until you get the update, it just means you're restricted to 4gb files and under....
james_lpool said:
Hi, I have now gone through 2 cards, the first one thinking it was broke so i sent it back, and my unit is doing the exact same with my new card.
When i got my first card which was a sandisk ultra 64gb sdxc card, i thought it was originaly a bad card as my unit wouldn't see it, plus when i put it into my laptop and formatted it, it only showed as 32gb.
i exchanged that card for basically the same one, but it said made for android on it.
I put that straight into my unit when i opened it and that said the same thing on my unit, can now safely remove card, and when i went to settings > storage, there was no sign of a card, it just said mount card, and if i did this, it would say preparing card then a little after say i can safely remove it again and still show nothing.
i have now put this card back on my laptop and formatted it as fat32 (as i thought this one was going to be already seems it says its made for android devices), and again, it shows on my laptop as only 32gb and not 64gb, the file system is fat32 as well.
i have seen screen shots of people using this card in a 10.1 and their storage does show as 64gb.
i have tried using hp format utility and guiformat to format as fat32 (both show on unit but only as 32gb), i have tried using windows 7 formatter to format as exfat (which wont show in my unit), i have also tried sdformatter 3.1 which also doesn't seem to get my 64gb to show.
can anyone help, i surely couldn;t have got 2 bad cards?
james
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James:
I have gone through exactly same situation. Two cards same make and shows only 32 GB. Did you ever find a solution?
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James:
I have gone through exactly same situation. Two cards same make and shows only 32 GB. Did you ever find a solution?
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H2testw
Use that to test if card is a fake first as fake is the usual sd card problem .
jje
JJEgan said:
H2testw
Use that to test if card is a fake first as fake is the usual sd card problem .
jje
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jje
I tried the H2TestW... when it opes it also only says 29 GB.
But when it was first seen by me it showed 64 GB with exFat format. Only upon using programs such as guiformat... to format it to FAT 32 it changed to the lower value.
Try formatting ntfs
Does the Note support 64GB cards? The Samsung Uk site states "up to 32GB". If anyone should manage to get it to show full 64GB, please share as I'm wanting to buy a larger card.
64 GB Card on Note 10.1
I am running a Sandisk 64GB SDcard on my Note 10.1 and it works fine.
I did install it...unmount it, format it and rremounted it.
It is a Wifi GT-N013 and the card worked under both ICS and JB.
Hope it helps
I have a 64gb sd in my 8010 reads it just fine. Strange...
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Hello all,
im a proud and happy owner of the first generation of that tab, so my gf bought one for her too and she got the Tab 2
Now there is a slot for a sd card on that tab, they said up to 32gb.
We bought a PNY 32 gb class 10 microsd card.
At first, i transfered movies on it, a warning asking me if i want to convert them appeared and i selected no (never converted a movie on my tab and never got a problem)
While she was away from home, she saw a warning saying sd card damaged, need to be formated.
So when she got back home, i formated the card, then retransfered the movies on it but this time i accepted the "convert" method
well.... 30 mins ago she got the same "damaged sd card" message again.
Am trying to understand why it is happening and how to avoid it. So far it was things that i have backup so its not a big deal but it shouldnt happen anyway.
Any one got same problem or solution ?
Its a brand new tab (bought in may) all stock not rooted or anything, wifi only
thank you in advance for your help.
There is no reason to believe that the tab is doing this. More likely there is something wrong with your sd card. Try using a different one and see if the problem occurs. If it does, then it's the tab, if it doesn't, then it's the card.
Confirmation...
I have the same problem with the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and a Samsung Class 10 32Gb SD card.
If I unmount the card before shutting down the tablet, things go better, but it will still occasionally give me the "SD Card damaged"error, and the machine will corrupt the card, replacing the first letter of a directory with the Greek letter mu and thereby causing the contents of that folder to disappear.
Formatting the card from the device does not solve the problem, nor does formatting out from a computer.
This problem seems to be somewhat rare, not isolated to just the Galaxy Tab 2, but may be related to the capacity of the card (32Gb) or the speed of the card (class 10) or both.
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hi
i read a post a while ago about 128 SD card problem that when you enter 128gb SD card the device start restarting is the issue has been fixed ??
i am about to buy one
KBEERR said:
hi
i read a post a while ago about 128 SD card problem that when you enter 128gb SD card the device start restarting is the issue has been fixed ??
i am about to buy one
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My phone never rebooted, I have a 128 GB SanDisk Class 10 sd card. But after like a few weeks or months I got a sd card error and soon after that I couldn't access any files on it.
Only rebooting solved the issue, but once I got it it would occur more often and often, sometimes every 2 days and sometimes multiple times a day. Formating the SD card made it work again for a few months until it started all over again.
I formated it to different formats (in windows), I also formatted it with the phone itself, nothing helped.. I'm constantly running out of space now because I only store my music and photos on the sd card.
I never tried a different sd card long enough to recreate the problem, but I used this sd card for a few months on a different device.
If someone fixed this please help me I'm so tired of this :crying:
I have a 128Gb Sandisk in my Mate 7, runs with no issues at all. Maybe clean your contacts?
RobboW said:
I have a 128Gb Sandisk in my Mate 7, runs with no issues at all. Maybe clean your contacts?
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To be honest I never tried it lol, but if rebooting the phone solves the issue I don't understand how dust or dirt could be the problem. I will try it anyways, maybe it works :cyclops:
Tazmaniiac said:
To be honest I never tried it lol, but if rebooting the phone solves the issue I don't understand how dust or dirt could be the problem. I will try it anyways, maybe it works :cyclops:
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Cleaned the sd card and the sd card slot as good as possible, but after a few days I had the same problem again... Maybe my sd card is broken but I can't really test it so I guess I'll live with this forever...
Just now it came to my mind that I could've bought a fake SanDisk card, even though I got it from amazon. I will test it tomorrow I think.
Maybe.
How is it formatted? Probably most compatible to format to FAT32.
I have a 64Gb card in an old phone that was supposed to take a maximum of 32Gb and it works fine when formatted the right way.
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Maybe.
How is it formatted? Probably most compatible to format to FAT32.
I have a 64Gb card in an old phone that was supposed to take a maximum of 32Gb and it works fine when formatted the right way.
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It is formatted exFat right now, I formatted it quite a few times since i got the card so I don't know whether I always had exFat or not. I'm checking the SD card now for it's real capacity, with 100 GB left it will take 8 hours, but if it's really a fake card it should cause errors way earlier I think. If that's not the problem I'll wait until I have time to flash KangVIP, then I'll re-format the sd card and do some cleanup while I'm at it.
i bought a 128gb samsung evo+ sdcard and working great so far