[Q] pc says sd card needs reformatting,but installed apps still visible and useful - General Questions and Answers

i successfully rooted my huawei g510-200 by following instruction here in xda and was proud considering my limited knowledge with computers but recently,as the high spirit was still in me, i made a mistake of backing up my apps using tb and saving them into the internal storage.. i decided to cut and paste the files in sd card and there the problem started.. first, when i tried to use my camera, a notification appeared saying sd card cannot be read and the image will be saved in the internal storage..second, when i took out my sd card and try to read it in my pc, pc said reformatting is needed and the scary part, when i put back my sd card into my phone, the screen flickered and all apps notify that they are unable to load. i restarted my phone and everything was back to normal but still, sd card is unreadable. please help. what should i do to revive my sd card? thanks in advance.

peds said:
i successfully rooted my huawei g510-200 by following instruction here in xda and was proud considering my limited knowledge with computers but recently,as the high spirit was still in me, i made a mistake of backing up my apps using tb and saving them into the internal storage.. i decided to cut and paste the files in sd card and there the problem started.. first, when i tried to use my camera, a notification appeared saying sd card cannot be read and the image will be saved in the internal storage..second, when i took out my sd card and try to read it in my pc, pc said reformatting is needed and the scary part, when i put back my sd card into my phone, the screen flickered and all apps notify that they are unable to load. i restarted my phone and everything was back to normal but still, sd card is unreadable. please help. what should i do to revive my sd card? thanks in advance.
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is my sd card dead?pc cannot detect my sd card.
I used mini tool partition wizard to re-partition my sd card and was successful,but my pc cannot detect it using card reader (btw, the card reader works fine and detected)..so i inserted the sd into my phone and connect the device to my pc. windows can detect my phone but only shows the part of the sd with smaller allocation,the bigger part, pc said needs reformatting. what should i do? almost all of my apps,including google play dont work anymore. i have back ups of my apps but everytime i tried to install them,device only shows intalling and won't finish doing so for hours. please help thank you very much in advance. thanks xda

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I used mini tool partition wizard to re-partition my sd card and was successful,but my pc cannot detect it using card reader (btw, the card reader works fine and detected)..so i inserted the sd into my phone and connect the device to my pc. windows can detect my phone but only shows the part of the sd with smaller allocation,the bigger part, pc said needs reformatting. what should i do? almost all of my apps,including google play dont work anymore. i have back ups of my apps but everytime i tried to install them,device only shows intalling and won't finish doing so for hours. please help thank you very much in advance. thanks xda

to make sure maybe you can use another sdcard lets check something wrong based on ur phone or sdcard
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peds said:
I used mini tool partition wizard to re-partition my sd card and was successful,but my pc cannot detect it using card reader (btw, the card reader works fine and detected)..so i inserted the sd into my phone and connect the device to my pc. windows can detect my phone but only shows the part of the sd with smaller allocation,the bigger part, pc said needs reformatting. what should i do? almost all of my apps,including google play dont work anymore. i have back ups of my apps but everytime i tried to install them,device only shows intalling and won't finish doing so for hours. please help thank you very much in advance. thanks xda
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It may be lost, just get a new one
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It may be lost, just get a new one
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Actually I already have that in mind,getting a new sd..but that will be next month maybe when i go back home, i work in a ship. Anyway, please tell what should i do to prevent my phone from being bricked? I've been reading a lot of forums here in xda to find some remedy with my sd,hoping that i could repair this one. what should i not to mess with? thanks hunter11.

peds said:
Actually I already have that in mind,getting a new sd..but that will be next month maybe when i go back home, i work in a ship. Anyway, please tell what should i do to prevent my phone from being bricked? I've been reading a lot of forums here in xda to find some remedy with my sd,hoping that i could repair this one. what should i not to mess with? thanks hunter11.
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I only know how to brick a device, not how to unbrick them .-.
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MicroSD card not working, need help!

I have a T-Mobile G2 with stock 8GB microsd card. I was recording a video about 45 secs into it and all of a sudden the phone froze, I am not sure if it got full caz just before taking the video I checked and there was ~1.8GB free space. After a while an message came up saying "Please insert a SD card" (something along those line), so I figured my card must be full.
So I decided to go try and delete some file on it, only to find out all my apps installed on SD card was now unavailable, this is when I started to worry. I rebooted the phone, no luck. I shut it down and removed and replaced the SD card, no luck.
Plugged it into a Windows PC (Win XP 32 bit), it would see it in My Computers for few seconds and would disappear, even if I try to access it, it was just disappear.
I have some pictures and videos that I had taken on vacation which I really need, any ideas?
Currently as a temp solution I have a 4GB Microsd card in it and everything is fine (obviously, apps still not available), but I need the data from my original 8GB as this is my main concern, please help.
Btw, I have tried using recovery software such as Recuva and testdisk but since windows won't even see the drive I cannot use such software.
Thanks a ton.
if the sd not detected in phone or pc, maybe the sd card already dead.
anyone please?
Thanks
Im not sure what else can be said. If you computer and phone cant see the card, then it's probably dead. All you can at this point is attempt to do a quick format of the card and try to use the recovery software on it to see if you can restore the file structure
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mputtr said:
Im not sure what else can be said. If you computer and phone cant see the card, then it's probably dead. All you can at this point is attempt to do a quick format of the card and try to use the recovery software on it to see if you can restore the file structure
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Yeh that is my last resort, but the problem is I cannot do anything as the drive disappears 2-3 seconds after windows detects it and when I try to do anything to that drive it just freezes for a while and closes itself.
any ideas??
if you have a digital camera insert the micro-sd via adapter make sure though to unmount the micro-sd via CWM for example, you should now be able to format the micro-sd card over the menu of your camera. if this doesn't work there's still hope you can try to format it on a linux based system but for now try to format it on your cam
Regular recovery methods won't work too good on an sd card, they were meant for spinning drives. Flash memory either works or it doesn't usually. Try cleaning the contacts and using different card reader/adapter combos. Try a linux live cd etc. If it's dead or corrupted, your kinda stuck. Even a format worked I wouldn't trust it again.

32gb sd card

Hi guys im having an issue with a 32gb Kingston sd card, whats happening is that everytime i add files to my sd card from my computer it will show them to me that they are there. But once i put the sd card in my phone the new files i transfer wont appear :/. Ive formatted my sd card already like couple times and still does the same. Never did that to my 8gb card, and top of that when i transfer all my data from the 8gb to the 32 only half transferd and when back n fourth doing it folder per folder and just wouldnt show anything on the phone. Any suggestions, thank you
torvick12 said:
Hi guys im having an issue with a 32gb Kingston sd card, whats happening is that everytime i add files to my sd card from my computer it will show them to me that they are there. But once i put the sd card in my phone the new files i transfer wont appear :/. Ive formatted my sd card already like couple times and still does the same. Never did that to my 8gb card, and top of that when i transfer all my data from the 8gb to the 32 only half transferd and when back n fourth doing it folder per folder and just wouldnt show anything on the phone. Any suggestions, thank you
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Going to take a guess and say you're on CM? If so I had problems with my 32GB too but on stock roms it works. I had to get a 16GB to use under CM. I'm not sure of the problem but there was my fix
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Are you rebooting the phone after putting back the microsd? Sometimes that works.
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As matter fact havent tried on Cm, im on MIUI right now. But im giving it one more try with the formatting see what happens if not will go to Eagle Blood see how that goes.
Yeah im since i noticed my sd card wouldnt show up unless would have to reboot. some files have been transfering but like awhile ago i d-loaded the files that needed for the game Modern combat 2 and after finished i rebooted or just quit playing and tried playing again and have to be redowloading the files over and over again since nothing stays on my sd card :/
d12unk13astard said:
Are you rebooting the phone after putting back the microsd? Sometimes that works.
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That sucks, sounds like a bad sdcard. You still got the receipt?
I got my 32gb lexar class 10 with USB SD reader for just under 50 and its been issue free. Never liked Kingston products.
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Tried formatting it using the phone itself? Miui is based off cm7 so that could be the issue as well.
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Won't let me format it from phone since as soon as I put it in tells me "safely to remove card now" so kinda like automatically ejectects itself when I put it in. N got another problem :/ I bitlocked the sd card in my windows 7 laptop and as I was transferring files my wire was loose and we'll lost the connection and of course gave me files transfer error. But the problem now is that since I bitlocked the sd card won't let me get in it anymore, even though i put my password I put for the sd card. Just says something error with files and blah blah ;/. Can't even format or or anything anymore ;/
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Found the solution for this problem with the bit locker > I mounted my sd card on my xp SP3 and formatted it and gave me the ize of 514mb i was like what. But i still did it and when i mounted it on my windows 7 i formatted again and this time showed me the 32gb size . So now its working properly.yeah buddy.
torvick12 said:
Won't let me format it from phone since as soon as I put it in tells me "safely to remove card now" so kinda like automatically ejectects itself when I put it in. N got another problem :/ I bitlocked the sd card in my windows 7 laptop and as I was transferring files my wire was loose and we'll lost the connection and of course gave me files transfer error. But the problem now is that since I bitlocked the sd card won't let me get in it anymore, even though i put my password I put for the sd card. Just says something error with files and blah blah ;/. Can't even format or or anything anymore ;/
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Moving from Weapon X to Miui rom my sdcard was detected fine but then after a couple of days of using Miui I wasn't able to open up sdcard when connected to my pc. It shown that usb is detected on my phone.
It only work when I restore back to WeaponX. I tried flashing different Miui roms, EagleBlood and PhoenixBlood. None detect my sdcard on pc except for WeaponX. I also tried to format my sdcard. Didn't work.
Anyone got any suggestion??
Try reinstalling ure usb drivers or not just restart the computer that would help with me. Or have you tried it with a card adapter?
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If you've tried it both with the USB cord and with an sd card reader, it might just be a bad sd card. This happened to me with a Samsung 16gb. I couldnt add or delete anything on it. Simply had to get a new sd card. Try out Lexar or PNY if you want a good one.
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[Q] Micro SD card problem

Hello all and everyone who may be able to help me out! I recently got a new phone (galaxy nexus) and decided to root and s-off my evo 3d. After another sad fail at s-off, my sd card was acting up. When its in a phone, it will say the card is blank or it is using an unsupported file system. Upon formatting option nothing happens. When i insert the sdcard into an adapter and put it into my computer, i can navigate to my computer and when i try to get into the drive, "my computer" crashes and i have to remove the card to get back to the start screen. I can use the drive for other things but it just wont read this card and makes the computer freeze. ive tried programs and whenever i try to select the drive, again the program im using crashes. Other cards work fine so it seems the card itself is the problem. worked fine before. Can anyone help me out here?
Had a similar problem a while back seems i had forgot to remove the password before plugging the card into my pc. Not sure how that will help you here tho.
replace the card and check if it is working than the card is defected
NomadSpin said:
Had a similar problem a while back seems i had forgot to remove the password before plugging the card into my pc. Not sure how that will help you here tho.
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I never had a password on it.
shashank281295 said:
replace the card and check if it is working than the card is defected
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I know the card works. I just can't do anything or my computer just stops.
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AGoogleUser said:
Hello all and everyone who may be able to help me out! I recently got a new phone (galaxy nexus) and decided to root and s-off my evo 3d. After another sad fail at s-off, my sd card was acting up. When its in a phone, it will say the card is blank or it is using an unsupported file system. Upon formatting option nothing happens. When i insert the sdcard into an adapter and put it into my computer, i can navigate to my computer and when i try to get into the drive, "my computer" crashes and i have to remove the card to get back to the start screen. I can use the drive for other things but it just wont read this card and makes the computer freeze. ive tried programs and whenever i try to select the drive, again the program im using crashes. Other cards work fine so it seems the card itself is the problem. worked fine before. Can anyone help me out here?
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Is your phone able to read/detect your card?
If yes then:
Go to Phone Settings> Storage Settings> Unmount SD card> Erase SD card.
Report if that works.
If it's dead, most reputable manufacturers offer a warranty on their cards. Go to their website & look up the procedure for getting an RMA. That's much cheaper than buying a new card.
rishabhgangwar said:
Is your phone able to read/detect your card?
If yes then:
Go to Phone Settings> Storage Settings> Unmount SD card> Erase SD card.
Report if that works.
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When the cards in my phone, it gives a notification saying that is an unsupported file system or that it is A blank SD card. When it is in the phone it will not let me erase. when I select Format, it's just kind of stops. and if I select it again, nothing. Can't use unmount or mount as they are greyed out. Wish I could format it.
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AGoogleUser said:
When the cards in my phone, it gives a notification saying that is an unsupported file system or that it is A blank SD card. When it is in the phone it will not let me erase. when I select Format, it's just kind of stops. and if I select it again, nothing. Can't use unmount or mount as they are greyed out. Wish I could format it.
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I had a similar problem figuring out that moving Apps to external sd and then removing this sdcard CAN DESTROY the sdcard controller - better unmount card then remove it or switch phone off and remove it !
Even more worst - it's still working sometimes on any PC with adapter - if you have warranty on that sdcard i would replace it in the store bought !
jha1 said:
I had a similar problem figuring out that moving Apps to external sd and then removing this sdcard CAN DESTROY the sdcard controller - better unmount card then remove it or switch phone off and remove it !
Even more worst - it's still working sometimes on any PC with adapter - if you have warranty on that sdcard i would replace it in the store bought !
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ive had SD cards fail a few times without rhyme or reason, but corrupted data by doing the above more than once.
Go to Phone Settings> Storage Settings> Unmount SD card> Erase SD card.
fixxxer0 said:
ive had SD cards fail a few times without rhyme or reason, but corrupted data by doing the above more than once.
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Maybe i had luck - but since the failure i have been very carefully !
Nowadays sdcards should beeing built that writing more than 100000 times should be possible - so such an error should also not occur
but what the sdcards are very sensitive is heat - temperatures above 55 ° C (131 F) is almost a no go! (or increasing failure rate drastically !)
bursa1616 said:
Go to Phone Settings> Storage Settings> Unmount SD card> Erase SD card.
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No when this failure appears - formatting is not possible anymore - the "controller" inside the sdcard is defect !
After searching a lot in XDA, I found a thread which can help you.
Take a look
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367912&page=2
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bursa1616 said:
Go to Phone Settings> Storage Settings> Unmount SD card> Erase SD card.
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Already tried brotha.
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rishabhgangwar said:
After searching a lot in XDA, I found a thread which can help you.
Take a look
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367912&page=2
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Just by replying with some information your helping me out. I have tried many SD card repair tools but when the card is in my computer, and if I do anything related to the card, the program just crashes until I pull the card out. I will post a video later. I've never seen this before. If nothing works I'm just gonna get another.
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well, i stuck the sd card in my dads win 7 laptop and it formatted right away. Maybe win xp just couldnt handle it?
AGoogleUser said:
well, i stuck the sd card in my dads win 7 laptop and it formatted right away. Maybe win xp just couldnt handle it?
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Nice to read that you are out of trouble now.
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[Q] Problems with my SD Card

Recently (a couple of days ago to be exact), I tried partitioning my SD card... It worked fine but when I formatted, the system recommended that I close all running apps. I did during partition but during format I did not (stupid yes) and this damaged my SD card. So this is the problem: The phone can still read it (it shows my SD storage capacity at Settings and I was able to successfully transfer some apps to it) but the pc cannot. Whenever I connect it to pc, it doesn't do anything like show the number of things that you can do with the mass storage device; I can't even see what drive it is. I need help. Can I still salvage the SD card? I've tried formatting the card via the android device twice.
I have a back-up too, but I would like to try saving the SD card. Thank you!
I did not see any similar problems but if this question has already been submitted, I am very sorry.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900259
This thread mentions some solution that may help you.
nbafan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900259
This thread mentions some solution that may help you.
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Thank you, I'll look into it tomorrow (as I don't have a USB Card Reader right now)
Rui-Ren said:
Thank you, I'll look into it tomorrow (as I don't have a USB Card Reader right now)
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It worked for the SD card, but my pc won't detect it as a mass storage device (which it always does before). I might have overlooked some tips at the thread you gave, so I'll look again tomorrow.

{HELP} Sd-Card dead/corrupted?

So i'm using xperia j and i wanted to install some rom
So I used my mom's htc desire x as it gives better speed and I just pulled the card and on her phone it showede that sd card removed unexpectedly and now my card's not working
So here's how it goes I used some software so I got all my data
I am using a card reader so on my pc it shows the card and all the stuff inside it but cannot copy or delete anything
I used chkdsk and diskpart commands not working
I used 3~4 software's to format it not working
On my phone it shows Damaged sd card please format it nothing happens and the error pop's up again
Is there any fix or should I buy a new card?
AnshSingh said:
So i'm using xperia j and i wanted to install some rom
So I used my mom's htc desire x as it gives better speed and I just pulled the card and on her phone it showede that sd card removed unexpectedly and now my card's not working
So here's how it goes I used some software so I got all my data
I am using a card reader so on my pc it shows the card and all the stuff inside it but cannot copy or delete anything
I used chkdsk and diskpart commands not working
I used 3~4 software's to format it not working
On my phone it shows Damaged sd card please format it nothing happens and the error pop's up again
Is there any fix or should I buy a new card?
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First, check the card reader, make sure the lock is off (you can find it in the left side of the card reader)
Then, check the gold bar in the back side and make sure there is no dust
If still persist, try to enter and re-enter the card reader to your sd card slot in computer.
If it really really still persist, then you should buy the new one :fingers-crossed:
Hope it helped!
Vroyaloko said:
First, check the card reader, make sure the lock is off (you can find it in the left side of the card reader)
Then, check the gold bar in the back side and make sure there is no dust
If still persist, try to enter and re-enter the card reader to your sd card slot in computer.
If it really really still persist, then you should buy the new one :fingers-crossed:
Hope it helped!
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Thanks for replying but it didn't help
I used my friends card reader it still can do the same stuff but no luck formatting it
My card is readable
I even installed a rom from it as cm can read my card but not format it
why u not unmount it first before u take it out.?
have u reformat it to fat32 ...
if still not working better u buy a new one..
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FaIzaL3040 said:
why u not unmount it first before u take it out.?
have u reformat it to fat32 ...
if still not working better u buy a new one..
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Yeah I was in a hurry so I didn't :crying:
Can you tell me how to reformat it to fat32?
It shows that it is fat32
AnshSingh said:
Yeah I was in a hurry so I didn't :crying:
Can you tell me how to reformat it to fat32?
It shows that it is fat32
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It really doesn't matter if you unmount it first, that shouldn't break the SD Card (personal experience), It's most likely your SD Card is locked whilst locked it's probably also corrupted, Make sure you haven't got the lock on the SD Card reader (The little nob on the side should be alligned with the word 'Lock' this means Lock is off)

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