Hi,
I just installed CM11. After booting it said something about wrong system UIDs, so I did a factory reset to fix it. It worked, but now I can't find my backups on my sd card, it seems to be empty. Did the factory reset delete my sd card?
Edit: I just tried to restore my backup in recovery mode, but it says "no files found". Did the factory reset even delete my system backup??
Only stock recovery wipes /sdcard
It you had official cwn, they were never on your sdcard. They we're in /data/media
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rootSU said:
Only stock recovery wipes /sdcard
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Yes, that's why it was the first thing I did after buying my Nexus.
It you had official cwn, they were never on your sdcard. They we're in /data/media
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/data/media is empty, too!
Don't know what to tell ya...
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But why was my sd card deleted if I didn't do a stock recovery wipe? I have CWM recovery installed!
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Yes, you said only stock recovery wipe deletes sd card. But I don't have stock recovery and still my whole sd card was deleted. I don't get it.
Nor do I. Like I said "Don't know what to tell ya"
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Oh, sorry, I missunderstood that.
I use twrp and it definitely can wipe an SD card.
From what I see on screenshots here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery
CWM can also format(which wipes all the data) SD Card.
I copy backup from my sd card to my computer after every successful backup, because i've already been in your shoes when sd card wiped out.
It's weird because on my old HTC Desire my sd card was never deleted.
igchy said:
I use twrp and it definitely can wipe an SD card.
From what I see on screenshots here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery
CWM can also format(which wipes all the data) SD Card.
I copy backup from my sd card to my computer after every successful backup, because i've already been in your shoes when sd card wiped out.
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ALL custom recoveries can wipe the /sdcard. That's not what we're saying. Only stock includes this in the standard "factory reset / wipe data" option.
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gartenriese said:
It's weird because on my old HTC Desire my sd card was never deleted.
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HTC desire had an actual /sdcard. The Nexus 5's sdcard resides within /data which is what a factory reset always wipes.... but custom recovery understands the importance of not wiping /sdcard as a rooted user under factory reset so ensure /sdcard is not wiped.
Although all this seems irrelevant for you as your data appears to be gone
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Although all this seems irrelevant for you as your data appears to be gone
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Yes. Thanks for the clarification though!
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I wanna clean my phone and get a fresh rom install and I wanted to know is there effective way of cleaning the internal SD card from all the junk that accumulated over the time with a command or I'll have to do it manually?
I format emmc in cwm, that's how i do it before rom flashes.
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I thought that was the way but I googled it and everything that came up said never to do it.
I just noticed in the settings>storage theres an option to format usb storage will that do the trick?
I wipe from recovery. Under mounts and storage I believe
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Tried wiping sd card from recovery last time, it wiped my external one and then I had to restore it ><
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I wipe from recovery. Under mounts and storage I believe
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Yes
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kishke said:
Tried wiping sd card from recovery last time, it wiped my external one and then I had to restore it ><
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It's called emmc
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kishke said:
I wanna clean my phone and get a fresh rom install and I wanted to know is there effective way of cleaning the internal SD card from all the junk that accumulated over the time with a command or I'll have to do it manually?
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You can factory data reset from settings, and you can format usb storage from settings.
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You can factory data reset from settings, and you can format usb storage from settings.
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Never do that on ics, though
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Never do that on ics, though
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I actually tried it said it formatted but nothing was missing from internal or external.
I used cwm emmc format, had troubles because installing from sd card didnt get passed the samsung logo even after downloading the rom again.
Had to do a nandroid and copy the installation to the internal and then flash.
Connect phone to PC
In CWM , mount USB storage...
When the phone storage is dispalyed on PC explorer , wipe everything you see (ctrl+a then del)
Do you have a PC ?
Actually I'm usually using my mac because it's nicer to do it from the bed. But I'll remember it for next time everything is already working great, well almost(see my other thread if interested).
Hi guys.
I want to start from scratch regarding my internal SD card (not using external) because I have a lot of junk that just needs to be gone.
I'm running Synergy's latest nightly and am going to flash a Jelly Bean ROM (don't know which yet) right after wiping everything.
So my question is, what do I do to make sure everything is wiped, and my phone still boots? I'm kind of lost.
I usually use CWM to flash, so what do I press in order to do this?
Thanks a lot.
You have to format the internal card with a filw explorer or in a recovery
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ikr said:
You have to format the internal card with a filw explorer or in a recovery
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Understood, but what happens when I try to reboot back into the phone; will it boot normally?
I ditto this question. I'm also curious about formatting my internal card and starting from scratch. I know factory reset from cwm recovery doesn't do it. I'm afraid to just start doing things and bricking this thing. Even though I was told by my cousin who has flashed many phone its very hard to hard brick a Samsung.
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Blutonic said:
Hi guys.
I want to start from scratch regarding my internal SD card (not using external) because I have a lot of junk that just needs to be gone.
I'm running Synergy's latest nightly and am going to flash a Jelly Bean ROM (don't know which yet) right after wiping everything.
So my question is, what do I do to make sure everything is wiped, and my phone still boots? I'm kind of lost.
I usually use CWM to flash, so what do I press in order to do this?
Thanks a lot.
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section 6 of my guide :good:
Please forgive me but where is your guide?
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Blutonic said:
Understood, but what happens when I try to reboot back into the phone; will it boot normally?
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Yes it should boot fine. The sd just holds your junk and possible some config info for some apps.
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Yes it should boot fine. The sd just holds your junk and possible some config info for some apps.
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Ok, I'm just going to boot into CWM, Reformat, and Reboot. Hopefully everything goes well.
I'll get back to this topic to tell you how it went.
Ok, reformatting from CWM, then rebooting worked perfectly!
Going on to JB now, thanks for the help everyone.
Uhhh....right-click + "delete" while connected to your computer. Or from settings.
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Blutonic said:
Ok, reformatting from CWM, then rebooting worked perfectly!
Going on to JB now, thanks for the help everyone.
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After reformatting, the rom was still installed right? but all your apps and clutter was gone?
Just curious cause I also did data/factory reset from cwm and all it did was delete the rom and apps but all the stuff left over from the apps and music/photos/videos were still there.
uf21 said:
After reformatting, the rom was still installed right? but all your apps and clutter was gone?
Just curious cause I also did data/factory reset from cwm and all it did was delete the rom and apps but all the stuff left over from the apps and music/photos/videos were still there.
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Hey buddy they're talking a little different then just data reset. To erase all that other stuff go into cwm under mounts and storage and click format internal SD card. The ROM will still work but it will erase everything on your internal memory so if you have pictures you want back then up
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kintwofan said:
Hey buddy they're talking a little different then just data reset. To erase all that other stuff go into cwm under mounts and storage and click format internal SD card. The ROM will still work but it will erase everything on your internal memory so if you have pictures you want back then up
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I thinks thats what I'm looking for. Last question, if I do that will my system settings stay, will I have to sign into everything again and will all my apps be gone?
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I thinks thats what I'm looking for. Last question, if I do that will my system settings stay, will I have to sign into everything again and will all my apps be gone?
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In all honesty I'm not sure if it will erase settings as well. I don't believe it will but some app settings are stored on the SD card so you may have to sign back into some things.
If you choose to factory reset at the same time then yes you will have to reset everything up.
One thing to keep in mind if you make your backups without selecting external SD card they will ask be erased so you will have no backups
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In all honesty I'm not sure if it will erase settings as well. I don't believe it will but some app settings are stored on the SD card so you may have to sign back into some things.
If you choose to factory reset at the same time then yes you will have to reset everything up.
One thing to keep in mind if you make your backups without selecting external SD card they will ask be erased so you will have no backups
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I've been asking around since yesterday and no one could give me a straight answer until now, so thanks for your help, much appreciated.
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I've been asking around since yesterday and no one could give me a straight answer until now, so thanks for your help, much appreciated.
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Glad I could help out!
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Glad I could help out!
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Quick question, I just went into cwm recover then mounts and storage and the options are
Format /cache
Format /system
Format /data
Format /preload
Format /sdcard
Would sdcard be the internal sd card?
It sounds like that wipes everything (rom and all) and not just internal sd?
uf21 said:
Quick question, I just went into cwm recover then mounts and storage and the options are
Format /cache
Format /system
Format /data
Format /preload
Format /sdcard
Would sdcard be the internal sd card?
It sounds like that wipes everything (rom and all) and not just internal sd?
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You just want to wipe internal? if you want to be safe, take out your external sdcard, then do format /sdcard . This will wipe your internal sdcard.
I might have to do this because my files are everywhere, and possibly to have a clean start. I'm backing things up, but if I wipe internal storage, will it give me an issue if I try to flash a rom and gapps?
I believe this will delete your recovery too so you will have to push your recovery back on to your phone using adb.
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Recon0212 said:
I might have to do this because my files are everywhere, and possibly to have a clean start. I'm backing things up, but if I wipe internal storage, will it give me an issue if I try to flash a rom and gapps?
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If you wipe data in twrp it wipes the internal card now.
Learned this the hard way that they fixed it. Thankfully I don't keep anything important on their and keep it on my external card.
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I accidently wiped my internal storage on my S3 and don't have an SD card. Can I flash a new ROM using my PC? Or am I ****ed?
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I accidently wiped my internal storage on my S3 and don't have an SD card. Can I flash a new ROM using my PC? Or am I ****ed?
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Yes, you can side load a ROM that's downloaded on your PC, or you can push a ROM to your internal storage with ADB. There's definitely a few guides on how to do it in this forum.
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Yeah. Wiping and formatting your /system or any internal directories is lovely for a fresh and stable start... just need to have a ROM on your eternal SD card, haha. I've done this several time, forgetting about having a ROM to flash afterwards. LOL.
Just get an external card, have the ROM and flash it from there. Makes everything way easier!
I am currently running CleanROM 7 and I'm looking to start fresh i.e. format both my S.D. card and internal storage. If I do the "factory data reset" from within the settings options should this do the trick? Will I be back to a fresh install of CleanROM after this? Or would you recommend wiping internal storage from recovery and then reflashing the ROM?
Thanks!
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I am currently running CleanROM 7 and I'm looking to start fresh i.e. format both my S.D. card and internal storage. If I do the "factory data reset" from within the settings options should this do the trick? Will I be back to a fresh install of CleanROM after this? Or would you recommend wiping internal storage from recovery and then reflashing the ROM?
Thanks!
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1. If you wipe everything in recovery, you're not going to have the .zip anymore (because it got wiped)
2. You can wipe it from the settings first to see if you like it
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1. If you wipe everything in recovery, you're not going to have the .zip anymore (because it got wiped)
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Well I would keep the zip on my SD
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Well I would keep the zip on my SD
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But I thought you're wiping everything? (Internal and external?)
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But I thought you're wiping everything? (Internal and external?)
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Ah, right. Well I already wiped my SD. So I guess I could just take the ROM and put it on the SD then wipe internal with TWRP and install the ROM from SD
Hello, I have a Samsung J2 2016
I'm having problems with my SD card. I had enabled adoptable storage on my phone before but I had to factory reset my phone because of Viper for Android causing some issues. After the reset I have been trying for a month to use Root Essentials to get my phone to have Adopted storage again but it just fails in the end even though I have flashed the AS plugin zip four times now.
So I just got rid of the adoptable storage and decided that I would shift apps to the portable sd card normally.
Everything worked fine until now. Now when my battery goes below 30% the SD Card stops working and the entire system crashes and reboots. After the reboot it says thar the sd card is unsupported and I'll have to format it. I dont want to format it as it has apps like Snapchat which will require login again which will require me to unroot my phone. The only way to fix it temporarily is to remove the SD Card from the phone during reboot and after it finishes and the phone opens up, put it back in.
I am not sure if formatting the sd card will do any good. I guess the adoptable storage mod by root essentials has something to do with this
Can somebody help me with a permanent fix? I am hoping I won't have to factory reset my phone again
Thank you! And sorry for the long post
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Hello, I have a Samsung J2 2016
I'm having problems with my SD card. I had enabled adoptable storage on my phone before but I had to factory reset my phone because of Viper for Android causing some issues. After the reset I have been trying for a month to use Root Essentials to get my phone to have Adopted storage again but it just fails in the end even though I have flashed the AS plugin zip four times now.
So I just got rid of the adoptable storage and decided that I would shift apps to the portable sd card normally.
Everything worked fine until now. Now when my battery goes below 30% the SD Card stops working and the entire system crashes and reboots. After the reboot it says thar the sd card is unsupported and I'll have to format it. I dont want to format it as it has apps like Snapchat which will require login again which will require me to unroot my phone. The only way to fix it temporarily is to remove the SD Card from the phone during reboot and after it finishes and the phone opens up, put it back in.
I am not sure if formatting the sd card will do any good. I guess the adoptable storage mod by root essentials has something to do with this
Can somebody help me with a permanent fix? I am hoping I won't have to factory reset my phone again
Thank you! And sorry for the long post
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Boot to recovery and factory reset then wipe cache and Dalvik/ART cache. Then boot to download mode and try reflashing stock firmware via Odin with the sdcard removed, the root the device again. Format the sdcard on PC then reinsert the sdcard and try adoptable storage again.
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Droidriven said:
Boot to recovery and factory reset then wipe cache and Dalvik/ART cache. Then boot to download mode and try reflashing stock firmware via Odin with the sdcard removed, the root the device again. Format the sdcard on PC then reinsert the sdcard and try adoptable storage again.
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Okay I'll try it and get back to you
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Boot to recovery and factory reset then wipe cache and Dalvik/ART cache. Then boot to download mode and try reflashing stock firmware via Odin with the sdcard removed, the root the device again. Format the sdcard on PC then reinsert the sdcard and try adoptable storage again.
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Okay so it failed. This the error
Wiping data without wiping/data/media...
Done
Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs...
Updating partition details...
...done
Unable to Mount Storage
My phone went into a boot loop because of this so I just flashed the firmware via odin and opened it up. It completely started from scratch. I will try putting my sd card back in after it finishes the startup procedure
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Okay so it failed. This the error
Wiping data without wiping/data/media...
Done
Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs...
Updating partition details...
...done
Unable to Mount Storage
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Don't worry with the wipes then.
Just boot to download, flash stock firmware, after flashing, boot to stock recovery and factory reset and wipe cache. Then format SD card on PC then try the SD card and adoptable storage.
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Droidriven said:
Don't worry with the wipes then.
Just boot to download, flash stock firmware, after flashing, boot to stock recovery and factory reset and wipe cache. Then format SD card on PC then try the SD card and adoptable storage.
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I did it but it didn't erase the internal storage. I have the same internal storage files as I had before. I am downloading all previous apps now. Will get back to you once its done
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I did it but it didn't erase the internal storage. I have the same internal storage files as I had before. I am downloading all previous apps now. Will get back to you once its done
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It shouldn't wipe internal when flashing with Odin unless what you flash upgrades/downgrades your bootloader. If what you flash is the same as what you had then it doesn't upgrade/downgrade the bootloader, leaving data untouched.
Factory reset in stock recovery should wipe internal though, did it not do that?
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Droidriven said:
It shouldn't wipe internal when flashing with Odin unless what you flash upgrades/downgrades your bootloader. If what you flash is the same as what you had then it doesn't upgrade/downgrade the bootloader, leaving data untouched.
Factory reset is stock recovery should wipe internal though, did it not do that?
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I did the factory reset and it did wipe it off now
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I did the factory reset and it did wipe it off now
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Did this solve your issue? If not I'll try digging deeper for a solution.
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Did this solve your issue? If not I'll try digging deeper for a solution.
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I haven't tried adoptable storage but atleast the SD Card isn't crashing for now. I'll tell you if anything happens when the battery goes below 30%
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I haven't tried adoptable storage but atleast the SD Card isn't crashing for now. I'll tell you if anything happens when the battery goes below 30%
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If your device has marshmallow then you shouldn't need a mod to use adoptable storage, it's a built in feature for marshmallow, you should be able to set up adoptable storage in system settings.
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Did this solve your issue? If not I'll try digging deeper for a solution.
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Droidriven said:
If your device has marshmallow then you shouldn't need a mod to use adoptable storage, it's a built in feature for marshmallow, you should be able to set up adoptable storage in system settings.
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It's a Samsung so I don't have inbuilt adoptable storage feature. I have to do it through Root Essentials only
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Sir this problem has started again. The songs and files on my sd card have started crashing abruptly again. I haven't enabled adoptable storage yet but I cleared the data from Google Play Services and this started. Please help
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Sir this problem has started again. The songs and files on my sd card have started crashing abruptly again. I haven't enabled adoptable storage yet but I cleared the data from Google Play Services and this started. Please help
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Sounds like a corrupted SD card to me.
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Sounds like a corrupted SD card to me.
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How can I check if it is corrupted? I can access it through my PC
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Sounds like a corrupted SD card to me.
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I did the chkdsk test and it says it doesn't have any problem