in my karbonn a1 running 2.2 froyo . has corrupted my 1st 4gb card about 5 days ago, it is showing 3.69 gb space left out of 3.7gb but i cant read/write files . however it is showing some primary folders which has some data about 10 mb when i try to format phone shows formatted successfully but even after that i can still see those 10 mb data there and unble to write anything. i tried to format it on pc but no result. then i tried to recover data via a program on pc. it succesfully recovered my old files of about 3gb. so that means it has some hidden data inside which is not getting deleted. it has no virus i checked . recently i inserted my friends sd card of 8 gb it also got corrupted now i am in trouble he is asking to return his working card. i set my phone to factory setting but nothing happen. today when i inserted both sd card in to my java os mobile they are showing a new folder which i was unable to see on my android. it is .android_ secure folder . and the funny thing is that i am able to rename all the existing folders like music etc. except that folder on both sd card. now bought a new card but i am afraid that it will also be corrupted. please help me plz
note-my phone is out of warrenty now
try formatting it in FAT ... n always keep an antivirus
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Hi everybody.
Is anybody has a way to retrieve data on a corrupted SD Card. I have a Sandisk 8GB which became corrupted after connecting the phone on an old PC.
All the content is still there I Guess (size of free space/used space is correct) but the name of the SDCard and of each folder and files are like... unreadable :
]░╣j╣Ð.%Ê
I tried HDD regenerator which regenerate ... nothing and Recuva like retriev only some images.
But i have some files very important on this card.
Please is anybody has a solution?
Well, now, tried Handy recovery. I saw my files, I can retrieve them but once retrieved, system said the file is corrupted. I used SPB Backup to create my saves.
yozart said:
Hi everybody.
Is anybody has a way to retrieve data on a corrupted SD Card. I have a Sandisk 8GB which became corrupted after connecting the phone on an old PC.
All the content is still there I Guess (size of free space/used space is correct) but the name of the SDCard and of each folder and files are like... unreadable :
]░╣j╣Ð.%Ê
I tried HDD regenerator which regenerate ... nothing and Recuva like retriev only some images.
But i have some files very important on this card.
Please is anybody has a solution?
Well, now, tried Handy recovery. I saw my files, I can retrieve them but once retrieved, system said the file is corrupted. I used SPB Backup to create my saves.
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you could run chkdsk on windows or look for some other file recovery software.
Check out wizcode software. They've got a few options (undelete, unformat, scandisk). I use scandisk all the time, and it does a good job fixing corruption. But when you have screwed up directories, it may be too late.
Try this software
DDR - Memory Card Recovery
I had a corrupted 16Gig Card and it retrieved all. I could not even see any files on the card and Windows kept telling me to reformat. It costs 50.00.
Hi,
First of all due to virus your card is corrupted and you can see your card like ]░╣j╣Ð.%Ê etc. Check out your anti virus for updated virus definition and scan your system and for your card follow the same way, scan your card , you will get your files back to original and if you could not get them back to original state then you have to use a third party data recovery software.
You can check Kernel for FAT and NTFS software for the same, it will preview you the data in scan mode and if you want then can save the desired files to specific location.
Thanks
Hi Guys
Well I successfully rooted and isntalled a new ROM thanks to thehelpful members on this site and the guides.
I have now purchased a 32GB Micro SD to replace the 4GB in the Desire.
My question is, how do I copy the old stuff to the new card? Just copy and paste or are there hidden files etc which will require a clone?
Will all my apps work as before after changing the card?
Hope to hear back from you soon
Fat32 or NTFS?
thanks for the feedback, will try this when I get home.
Wasnt aware of the fake cards on eBay till I bought one and eBay canceled the auction!
I have purchased this from Amazon, class 4 32Gb for £40, hope its a real one.
Thanks again
ok another stupid question.
If windoes cant see the drive, how do I get 4gb of data from my old card to my new card as I cant put them both in my phone at the same time??
So just to clarify
To install a new memory card:-
I need to install Android SDK
I also need Java SDK to run Android SDK
I then need ADB to run commands to access the android
and then something called Cyanogen?
damn windows is so eay compared to this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So now I have to get a new pc or partition this one to dual boot to enable me to run an OS I have never used in my life?
Is this really the only way to copy 2.5gb of files from one card to another?
1. Just do a nandroid + ext backup
2. Copy all files from SD to PC
3. Insert new card
4. Copy all files from PC to new card through recovery
5. Do a nand restore
Done.
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Cheers for that, I have checked the nadroid back up docs and it says
"By fully back up, I don’t mean backing up just your address book or your emails, or your dog. I mean EVERYTHING that resides on your phone with the exception of the SD card"
So I can backup everything except my card which is what I wanted to back up in the first place?
Cant seem to find a way to back up the SD card to the PC to install a new SD card and restore from the pc
tried to create partition FAIL
tried to create partion in windows FAIL
tried to load with ROM manager get E: e signature verification failed
So am I to assume my brand new 32gb card is FUBAR?
Im a little confused on how to change SD Cards too.
My partner has a Legend with only 2gig card, will swap this for a 4gig SD Card.
Can I just exchange cards in the phone, format new card in phone and then copy all files from old card to new with my windows PC?
If the mobile creates the file system structure on the SD Card and I copy the files over to it is that fine?
Thanks
twerg said:
Im a little confused on how to change SD Cards too.
My partner has a Legend with only 2gig card, will swap this for a 4gig SD Card.
Can I just exchange cards in the phone, format new card in phone and then copy all files from old card to new with my windows PC?
If the mobile creates the file system structure on the SD Card and I copy the files over to it is that fine?
Thanks
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Does anyone have the definitive answer on this please?
Even with copy and paste on the new card, you copy 3.6gb to the pc and then 400mb goes back the other way, all folders are EMPTY
Hi. My card is : Sandisk 64GB Ultra UHS-1 . Maybe two weeks ago I tried to make an backup in TWRP but it failed. I dont care so much and rebooted back to android. But my navigation (Sygic) wrote an error: SD card acess denied. I had no time since now. I made a small research of problem. I tried to copy stuff from card throught phone but phone restarted every few minutes.Then I copied all stuff from card to PC throught card reader (all ok no data corrupted) . Then i tried to fomat it in android but phone restarted. ... I tried it throught recovery . I am using TWRP 2.7.0.0. It wrote sucessfull but data was still on card !! Readable from phone and pc. I had another idea - try repartiton . But it wrotes error in deleting partiton table. Then i tried it another way . I put my card to computer reader ( Using windows 7 ultimate) . Using Mini tool partition wizard i was trying to format it . Program wrotes successfull but data was still on card ... Next idea was delete partition from card . Again succesfull , again after refresh data and partitions like before. I dont understand. And now the best . I deleted all files from card. Windows shown empty , Minitool showed full. I pull it out from pc and reinserted and woala : Data was there !! what the hell That card is enchanted or what ? Have anybody some idea to delete data or repair that card ? Summary of problem : (everythin what was deleted is back after recconecting, formatting is succesfull but data are still there )
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Hi. My card is : Sandisk 64GB Ultra UHS-1 . Maybe two weeks ago I tried to make an backup in TWRP but it failed. I dont care so much and rebooted back to android. But my navigation (Sygic) wrote an error: SD card acess denied. I had no time since now. I made a small research of problem. I tried to copy stuff from card throught phone but phone restarted every few minutes.Then I copied all stuff from card to PC throught card reader (all ok no data corrupted) . Then i tried to fomat it in android but phone restarted. ... I tried it throught recovery . I am using TWRP 2.7.0.0. It wrote sucessfull but data was still on card !! Readable from phone and pc. I had another idea - try repartiton . But it wrotes error in deleting partiton table. Then i tried it another way . I put my card to computer reader ( Using windows 7 ultimate) . Using Mini tool partition wizard i was trying to format it . Program wrotes successfull but data was still on card ... Next idea was delete partition from card . Again succesfull , again after refresh data and partitions like before. I dont understand. And now the best . I deleted all files from card. Windows shown empty , Minitool showed full. I pull it out from pc and reinserted and woala : Data was there !! what the hell That card is enchanted or what ? Have anybody some idea to delete data or repair that card ? Summary of problem : (everythin what was deleted is back after recconecting, formatting is succesfull but data are still there )
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I had the same problem
In every 2 or 3 months the memory card automatically gets the unreadable file names in the root directory while other folders and files on root are working perfectly.
I searched and found out that the default apps in TouchWiz for photo gallery and files are causing such issues, therefore i installed third party apps for gallery and file navigations, but same problem occurs again.
i tried to delete through windows but its giving error while deleting.
Snapshots attached.
Memory Card info: Kingston 32gb micro sdhc4
Mobile : Samsung GT-19305 (non rooted)
Android Version : 4.3 Jelly Bean
Please forgive if this or similar to this question was previously answered.
I have had a similar issue whenever i remove my usb or sd card without ejecting it. Put your sd card in a card reader. Backuo your data then delete partition by using minitool partition wizard. Recreate partition. Check for disk errors then, in the properties of sd card. It will be good to go.
Hit THANKS if I helped you
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Thanks bilal for sharing your expertise with me. Yes, this is the only method left to make my sd card again usable. but transferring the data is headache. isn't there any other option left??
If you want to get it all fine and clean you need to either format it or recreate partition. Its up to you otherwise there are minimal chances of sending those chinese files away. Mine wasn't deleted so i recreated partition...!
So i was downloading a movie "dr. Strange" from torrent yesterday and as soon as i clicked the download button.. my phone hanged and then crashed. I rebooted it, and storage ( sd card) was gone. I removed it and reinserted it. Still the phone was not considering it. I put this memory card in my other phone and it showed "damaged sd card, try reformatting" so i did, nothing helped. I connected my phone with my pc with memory card still in my phone, and my PC didn't showed any storage. So i tried it with card reader and then the PC showed my sd card as normal 2 gb availability from 14 gb total. I backed up all data in other drive. Now it kept showing that the storage is damaged , so i tried repairing it with windows error checking. It showed error with the file dr. Strange.mkv but couldn't repair it. I tried formatting the storage but it said "failed" .i did some research on Google and then tried chksdk /f with correct drive letter. It showed error with this file but couldn't repair it. I tried "disk part" as well. After which I selected the disk (sd card), cleaned it with "clean" and tried formatting. Still it showed 12 gb used fron 14 as always. I tried some third party data recovery softwares as well, nothing worked. Some of those softwares deletes the file at the time of booting and we have to select it first, but the thing is; they don't let us select the file from removable storage. What i am trying to say is, that i tried every possible way which should work from internet. Nothing worked. This is why i am posting this issue here, hoping someone might be able to help. Please it will be huuugggeee help for me. Thank you.
[My sd card is : Samsung evo 16gb class 10]
For chkdsk, what i got as error was
"The \path\filename.mkv entry contains a nonvalid link
The size of the path\file.mkv entry is not valid
45% completed.."
That's all i got, it never increased from 45%
And here i tried uploading a screenshot but it showed network error. I can give more details if you can help me out please
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So i was downloading a movie "dr. Strange" from torrent yesterday and as soon as i clicked the download button.. my phone hanged and then crashed. I rebooted it, and storage ( sd card) was gone. I removed it and reinserted it. Still the phone was not considering it. I put this memory card in my other phone and it showed "damaged sd card, try reformatting" so i did, nothing helped. I connected my phone with my pc with memory card still in my phone, and my PC didn't showed any storage. So i tried it with card reader and then the PC showed my sd card as normal 2 gb availability from 14 gb total. I backed up all data in other drive. Now it kept showing that the storage is damaged , so i tried repairing it with windows error checking. It showed error with the file dr. Strange.mkv but couldn't repair it. I tried formatting the storage but it said "failed" .i did some research on Google and then tried chksdk /f with correct drive letter. It showed error with this file but couldn't repair it. I tried "disk part" as well. After which I selected the disk (sd card), cleaned it with "clean" and tried formatting. Still it showed 12 gb used fron 14 as always. I tried some third party data recovery softwares as well, nothing worked. Some of those softwares deletes the file at the time of booting and we have to select it first, but the thing is; they don't let us select the file from removable storage. What i am trying to say is, that i tried every possible way which should work from internet. Nothing worked. This is why i am posting this issue here, hoping someone might be able to help. Please it will be huuugggeee help for me. Thank you.
[My sd card is : Samsung evo 16gb class 10]
For chkdsk, what i got as error was
"The \path\filename.mkv entry contains a nonvalid link
The size of the path\file.mkv entry is not valid
45% completed.."
That's all i got, it never increased from 45%
And here i tried uploading a screenshot but it showed network error. I can give more details if you can help me out please
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Greetings and welcome to assist. Unfortunately sometimes sd cards can just suddenly die, it has happened to me quite a few times and if it has died then all you can do is use a data recovery program
Regards
Sawdoctor