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Sd card issue!

Hi I'm having trouble getting my phone to read the sd card. When I put it in it says safe to remove sd but apart from that the phone doesnt even register that the card is in? I have had the sd card in my laptop for a while but formatted it first. I have a friend and its the same for his android but the 2gb he got with his phone works fine. Is there some sort of file structure that has to be on the sd for the phone to pick it up? Really need help thanks.
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No special structure i would fully format the card as fat 32 not quick format .
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Ok thanks for the reply. Also read that formatting in recovery mode could work? That was for a diff phone though with the same problem
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[Q] Ext SD card

I have a question regarding the external SD card. My applications wont run and it says error while launching application. And when I connect it via usb, the selection appears for kies, media, and mass storage. If i choose media, it will show on my computer, but if i choose mass storage, it just goes back to my home screen. I am really buffed because i can browse the contents of the SD card if i use the internal file manager.
I would appreciate the help...

Wipe cache + dalvic? Idk man. That's all I really got.
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marchingbtone said:
Wipe cache + dalvic? Idk man. That's all I really got.
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i would like to try this but TB is installed in SD card and it wont run when i click it...

LarsonJayz said:
i would like to try this but TB is installed in SD card and it wont run when i click it...
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You could just get another copy of tb from the market... But wiping your caches(and fixing permissions) won't effect your sd card or any data on it.
The only time I had a issue like this required me to re-format my sd...
Were you using some sort of app 2 sd? Perhaps you put a partition on it? What rom? Help us help you
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QUIETLYloud said:
You could just get another copy of tb from the market... But wiping your caches(and fixing permissions) won't effect your sd card or any data on it.
The only time I had a issue like this required me to re-format my sd...
Were you using some sort of app 2 sd? Perhaps you put a partition on it?
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I tried but it wont install on my phone. I'll try to reformat my SD card and see what happens...

LarsonJayz said:
I tried but it wont install on my phone. I'll try to reformat my SD card and see what happens...
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Doing so will erase everything on there!
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QUIETLYloud said:
Doing so will erase everything on there!
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yeah thanks for reminding me. I have a backup of all the contents of my SD card. Will that be enough if I reformat my SD card then transfer it back?

Should be good... Let the phone format it
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QUIETLYloud said:
Should be good... Let the phone format it
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I want to do this but format SD card is grayed out in my phone settings. though is shows disk space. But anyways, I will try to format it on my PC...

LarsonJayz said:
I want to do this but format SD card is grayed out in my phone settings. though is shows disk space. But anyways, I will try to format it on my PC...
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Then let phone format after
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QUIETLYloud said:
Then let phone format after
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After formatting and returning the files back to SD card, the error still persist... Will this error disappear if i flash to GB?

Do you have the option of mounting/un-mounting your card or does it just say mount SD? If it only says mount SD then your card is gone.

bswann said:
Do you have the option of mounting/un-mounting your card or does it just say mount SD? If it only says mount SD then your card is gone.
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it does have unmount option. I can also see the disk spaces and also i can browse the files with the stock file browser. Bt, im now running GB 2.3.6 and still I am experiencing the problem... formatting did not fix the problem...

When you formatted it on the PC was it set as primary?

Were you trying to update your ROM by saving your apps on the sd card then reloading them onto 2.3.6? I was wondering about doing this. Maybe gingerbread and froyo read apk's differently, and if they are already installed on sd card I could see problems arising. Never worked when I tried that with any windows formatting

bswann said:
When you formatted it on the PC was it set as primary?
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i will try a format again and check that option...

Farlander said:
Were you trying to update your ROM by saving your apps on the sd card then reloading them onto 2.3.6? I was wondering about doing this. Maybe gingerbread and froyo read apk's differently, and if they are already installed on sd card I could see problems arising. Never worked when I tried that with any windows formatting
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My first hand experience yesterday was not very successul because my SD Card is acting strangely coz it did run some apps on the new rom and the others shows error while launching. I'm on the process of reflashing and i'll post update once i'm done and run some tests...

[Q] SD card dead

I wanted to use swap over the sd-card partition.And i used MiniTool partition program.I followed something wrongly.I deleted the partition.Now the sdcard wont be recognised either on the PC or the phone.I would really apreciate help because it is a 16 gb sd class 10 card.i payed a lot for it,so i dont want to have 25$ in trash.:crying:

Boot into recovery and use the options there to partition & format your SD card from your phone.
And if you paid $50 for 16GB card, you got ripped off.

post-mortem said:
Boot into recovery and use the options there to partition & format your SD card from your phone.
And if you paid $50 for 16GB card, you got ripped off.
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Yes, this is the way :good:

Just learned I could partition my SD and restore it through CWM. Thanks to the OP and first reply.

It said that can't mount sdcard.can't read sdcard

Put the SD card in your computer, and use this to format it.

post-mortem said:
Put the SD card in your computer, and use this to format it.
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Thank you.I will get home on Sunday
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Then I will try...
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i have a selloution of this miss
shadik555 said:
Thank you.I will get home on Sunday
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Then I will try...
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i have 2 ways to fix this miss
1-you can get a cell phone like Nokia and put the sd in it then format then put it back it will work
2- you can reinstall your rom if it was stock or custom and iam sure it will be recognized
press thanks if i helped

Hello,
Maybe your PC can repair your SDcard at me worked this.
Look at google Repair SDcard
regards

omarilzz said:
i have 2 ways to fix this miss
1-you can get a cell phone like Nokia and put the sd in it then format then put it back it will work
2- you can reinstall your rom if it was stock or custom and iam sure it will be recognized
press thanks if i helped
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God,I am so lucky that my dad has a nokia and that i ran in to you.
Pressed thanks.

Can't flash zip from external sd card

On latest CMR. This has never been a problem. Bought a new sd card. Card works perfectly. Went to flash an update and have error saying can't read external sd card. Reformat. Remounted. Still no luck.
It's a 64gb.
Any one have a solution or had a similar problem?

Try TWRP... ****ty solution, but worth a try.

Lol yeah, thanks for the response though.
I would try it, but since I already moved all my files off and on after reformat I feel like I wasted too much time with this already.
I can still flash from internal card, and my external sd card works perfectly otherwise so it really doesn't make a difference.
I guess we can all just make note that a reformat doesn't work in this situation so it can save some people trouble and time.

ac29593 said:
Lol yeah, thanks for the response though.
I would try it, but since I already moved all my files off and on after reformat I feel like I wasted too much time with this already.
I can still flash from internal card, and my external sd card works perfectly otherwise so it really doesn't make a difference.
I guess we can all just make note that a reformat doesn't work in this situation so it can save some people trouble and time.
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Must be formated to Fat32 for any recovery to see it. It comes formatted ExtFat.

prdog1 said:
Must be formated to Fat32 for any recovery to see it. It comes formatted ExtFat.
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Nice, thanks!
How can I tell what the card is formatted to? Any reason not to leave it the way it is?

ac29593 said:
Nice, thanks!
How can I tell what the card is formatted to? Any reason not to leave it the way it is?
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Haha the above scenario is why you likely don't want to leave it as is. No recovery will see your external sd card if it's formatted to exfat. So, you'll have to use your internal storage to flash roms if you don't have it formatted to Fat32.
You can check the format by plugging your external sd card into a computer right clicking the drive and pressing "Format" (don't worry a second window opens) or I think you can also see it by selecting "Properties."
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would it have a lock on the card its self not in the memory?

willy221387 said:
would it have a lock on the card its self not in the memory?
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What does this mean?
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U11 SD card read issue

First time I tried to use sd card on my phone today. It doesn't read the card. Card is working fine. I tested it on pc and on another phone. I formatted it on pc and nothing changed. Phone is us unlocked and running stock oreo. Anyone has the same problem? Or solution?
Edit: problem solved when I format the card through my old phone but not from my pc.

I've had the issue before.. Back up everything on it and format it through your phone, not from a PC... I know it's a well known fact, but in case you don't know, if you ever format a card from your PC, don't use the format tool that comes with Windows, it doesn't format correctly and could damage the card... Also, before you put the card back in the phone, try wiping the terminals on it before re-inserting it

TNPaparazzi said:
I've had the issue before.. Back up everything on it and format it through your phone, not from a PC... I know it's a well known fact, but in case you don't know, if you ever format a card from your PC, don't use the format tool that comes with Windows, it doesn't format correctly and could damage the card... Also, before you put the card back in the phone, try wiping the terminals on it before re-inserting it
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Well, the problem is, phone doesn't read as I said. So I can't format it from the phone
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eminc said:
Well, the problem is, phone doesn't read as I said. So I can't format it from the phone
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What file system are you using on the card? Try formatting with a different file system to see if you can get it to read.. I had an Android set top box that wouldn't read exFAT but if read NTFS without any issues

TNPaparazzi said:
What file system are you using on the card?
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Now it is exfat. I also tried ntfs
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eminc said:
Now it is exfat. I also tried ntfs
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For the heck of it, try FAT32.. If you can get it to read in the phone then, reformat it again from the phone.. If it still doesn't read, try another card in the phone to make sure it isn't the phone itself or the rom you have installed.. If the other card works, maybe contact the manufacturer of the card to see if you can get a replacement.. I've done that for a few SanDisk cards already and their customer service is pretty good from my experience
*Edit* I also have had luck with the format tool on SD card.org

TNPaparazzi said:
For the heck of it, try FAT32.. If you can get it to read in the phone then, reformat it again from the phone.. If it still doesn't read, try another card in the phone to make sure it isn't the phone itself or the rom you have installed.. If the other card works, maybe contact the manufacturer of the card to see if you can get a replacement.. I've done that for a few SanDisk cards already and their customer service is pretty good from my experience
*Edit* I also have had luck with the format tool on SD card.org
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Windows doesn't format it to fat32. So I couldn't try. Ok I will try to format it through something else
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eminc said:
Windows doesn't format it to fat32. So I couldn't try. Ok I will try to format it through something else
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Probably your best bet at the moment... The Windows format tool does not play nice with SD cards

TNPaparazzi said:
Probably your best bet at the moment... The Windows format tool does not play nice with SD cards
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I formatted the card through my old galaxy note 3 and now it works. Thanks for the help
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