Database Info

Lost sd card contents

All my sd card contents disappeared after I flashed kd1 it shows that the memory is still taken up by the files but I can't find them I tried file explorer apps tried plugging the phone into the computer and still can't find them
Sent from my galaxy s 4g using XDA app

Try removing the memory card and reading it directly from a computer. If you can see the contents, copy whatever you need out of it. put it back into the phone. Format. reboot and see if the phone reads it right. If it does, drag and drop whatever you backed up
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda premium

Will try as soon as I find the micro sd converter
Sent from my galaxy s 4g using XDA app

Looks like I wont be able to find the missing files because my little cousin had my phone and accidentally erased everything on the internal memory and sd card
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App

falcons2 said:
Looks like I wont be able to find the missing files because my little cousin had my phone and accidentally erased everything on the internal memory and sd card
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Download photorec.
You can recover your SD card as long as you don't copy anything over to it

OK thanks where do I download it. I'm searching for it in the market and it's not finding it
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App

Google it, it's a windows/linux/mac program.

Music and Picture files still showing up on Microsd card after formatting

Hi,
I have formatted my sandisk 16gb microsd card multiple times via my pc(windows xp), my phone(samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket), sdformatter and hp usb disk format tool. All these programs say the format was successful but my music and picture files are still showing up on my phone. I also tried a factory reset on the phone but that only removed the files in the internal storage.
I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I tried searching for threads with a similar issue but I was unable to find one.
Thanks

Does the card show 16gb of capacity after formatting? If so, fill that with generic files & see what the phone reads.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

Iamdapo said:
Hi,
I have formatted my sandisk 16gb microsd card multiple times via my pc(windows xp), my phone(samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket), sdformatter and hp usb disk format tool. All these programs say the format was successful but my music and picture files are still showing up on my phone. I also tried a factory reset on the phone but that only removed the files in the internal storage.
I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I tried searching for threads with a similar issue but I was unable to find one.
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you sure the pics and music are on your external sd and not the internal?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

pc103 said:
Does the card show 16gb of capacity after formatting? If so, fill that with generic files & see what the phone reads.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's a 16gb card but when I attempt to format the card it shows up as a 14.8gb card. I connected my phone to my computer and drropped a generic file onto the sd card but the file does not show up on the phone when I disconnect it from my computer. I reconnected the phone to the computer and the generic files is still missing.

jd1639 said:
Are you sure the pics and music are on your external sd and not the internal?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes they are on the external. I opened the MyFiles app, looked under extSdCard and it shows all the music and picture files. I tried deleting all the files in the exSdCard folder but they all reappear when I restart the phone. I also tried deleting them from my computer but they all reappear after the phone re-scans the sd card.

You're putting it on the wrong card
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Iamdapo said:
Yes they are on the external. I opened the MyFiles app, looked under extSdCard and it shows all the music and picture files. I tried deleting all the files in the exSdCard folder but they all reappear when I restart the phone. I also tried deleting them from my computer but they all reappear after the phone re-scans the sd card.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You must have them backed up on Google or something and they re download
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

How to format the SD Card from my phone without losing data?

My computer just passed away, so now I'm left with my HTC One and my iPad. I need format my SD Card without a computer, so I obviously would like to keep some of my data. Is that possible? Can I just partition the SD Card? Help!

Heuu soryy you cant or maybe sd partitioner is existing as an apk
Sent from my LG-P895 using xda premium

I don't believe that you can.
"Formatting", by definition wipes all the data on your SD card.

What about backing it up to a cloud service of your choice,or just email the things you want to keep ....to yourself,at least you can keep your pics an stuff,I do that for my build prop mods and apks I have on my SD when I'm not around my PC.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

Why dont u backup to the internal kemory or attach a pendrive and back it up
Sent from my LT28h using xda premium

anthonya1g said:
My computer just passed away, so now I'm left with my HTC One and my iPad. I need format my SD Card without a computer, so I obviously would like to keep some of my data. Is that possible? Can I just partition the SD Card? Help!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not Possible!!!
Try Otg And transfer them over.
or
use ur friends pc

anthonya1g said:
My computer just passed away, so now I'm left with my HTC One and my iPad. I need format my SD Card without a computer, so I obviously would like to keep some of my data. Is that possible? Can I just partition the SD Card? Help!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try AirDroid , to transfer stuff to your iPad over WiFi
Then partition/format, open up AirDroid again, drop your contents back to phone.
Note: only works if u have a small amount of data to transfer around
Sent from my Xperia SL using xda premium

Blank MicroSD Card

I used to have to have a 32gb MicroSD card in my Note 3 which i used to use for my files. After I rooted my phone, I thought it would be a good idea to store my TWRP backups to my MicroSD card as it frees up internal storage but however after I initially made my 1st backup to my card, the system booted up and apparently the card was blank. I know this to be false as I have loads of photos on it and I selected the MicroSD card in recovery to make my nandroid backup to and after like 3 minutes, it was made.
Question is. How do I get my MicroSD card back to normal. I'm aware of formatting it and then mounting it in recovery but I don't want to lose my files on the card. I inserted the card into my laptop and the command prompt said it had a RAW file system.
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Free mobile app

Don164 said:
I used to have to have a 32gb MicroSD card in my Note 3 which i used to use for my files. After I rooted my phone, I thought it would be a good idea to store my TWRP backups to my MicroSD card as it frees up internal storage but however after I initially made my 1st backup to my card, the system booted up and apparently the card was blank. I know this to be false as I have loads of photos on it and I selected the MicroSD card in recovery to make my nandroid backup to and after like 3 minutes, it was made.
Question is. How do I get my MicroSD card back to normal. I'm aware of formatting it and then mounting it in recovery but I don't want to lose my files on the card. I inserted the card into my laptop and the command prompt said it had a RAW file system.
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you can use " get data recover my file " software for recovery ......use its professional version (you can find it at torrent ) .

rishav754 said:
you can use " get data recover my file " software for recovery ......use its professional version (you can find it at torrent ) .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Would I use that after I format my card and which file system should I format it to so TWRP can recognize it
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Free mobile app

I used Recuva. It's from the people that make CCleaner. Worked for me. But honestly, don't let it restore files that are partially damaged, because if they're music or photos or videos, they won't play/display correctly, and it'll cause wakelocks from the media scanner until you find and delete them.

Product F(RED) said:
I used Recuva. It's from the people that make CCleaner. Worked for me. But honestly, don't let it restore files that are partially damaged, because if they're music or photos or videos, they won't play/display correctly, and it'll cause wakelocks from the media scanner until you find and delete them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the advice, should I just format the MicroSD card and then use Recuva to recover the files
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Free mobile app

Don164 said:
Thanks for the advice, should I just format the MicroSD card and then use Recuva to recover the files
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't reformat, just put the microSD card into your computer (with an adapter, or with something that will let it show up as mass storage, not MTP). Point Recuva to the card. It'll tell you what files are partially restorable and fully restorable. Like I said, don't restore the damaged stuff. From experience, what'll happen if you do is you're gonna get wake locks and no app will be able to tell you which files are damaged. So you'll end up having to format the entire card anyways to get rid of the wake lock/damaged files.

Product F(RED) said:
Don't reformat, just put the microSD card into your computer (with an adapter, or with something that will let it show up as mass storage, not MTP). Point Recuva to the card. It'll tell you what files are partially restorable and fully restorable. Like I said, don't restore the damaged stuff. From experience, what'll happen if you do is you're gonna get wake locks and no app will be able to tell you which files are damaged. So you'll end up having to format the entire card anyways to get rid of the wake lock/damaged files.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've formatted the MicroSD card as I had a backup of the files on my laptop and everything seems to be working fine.
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Free mobile app

Don164 said:
I've formatted the MicroSD card as I had a backup of the files on my laptop and everything seems to be working fine.
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You Could Have Used Easus Data Recovery

pushkardua said:
You Could Have Used Easus Data Recovery
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I discovered a backup on my laptop so I just formatted it so my Note 3 could read it
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Free mobile app

SD card no longer reading

I did a little searching but haven't seen any other issues like this so I thought I'd get some insight here.
I have a wifi model note 10.1 that has been running a 4.4.4 rom (omnirom) for awhile and haven't had any issues until just recently with no changes or upgrades to the device the SD card is no longer being recognized. No apps are able to access files on there, es file explorer doesn't last it in the drop down, and most of the time under the storage settings it will either recognize the card and show 0 files on it, or not recognize there's an SD card at all. Sometimes restating will help or unmounting and remounting the card but it never lasts. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using XDA Free mobile app

Time to replace the card.

I thought that too but it seems to work perfectly in my phone and I can access all the files.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using XDA Free mobile app

Rockman195 said:
I thought that too but it seems to work perfectly in my phone and I can access all the files.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you create a folder or copying something into the microSD card?
If you can't, it's at its write limit = change card
When it happen you can still open/view file in it but not deleting/editing/creating files.

I didn't know that and that's exactly what it's doing. I can't delete or anything like that, but I was able to copy the files on it to my desktop. Thanks for that. Just picked up a new SD card yesterday anyways.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using XDA Free mobile app