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Files in SD card got corrupted

I'm using a 512MB Transcend SD card for a year already and this is the first time I encountered such problem. It suddenly got its files corrupted, names are in symbols like boxes and some files claim to have 1GB of filesize. I can't remember what I did before it happened but im sure everything i was doing then is the usual thing. I didn't even remove it from my XDA. Is there any way to recover them? if none, is there any way to prevent it from occuring in the future? Please help

There is a way to recover them. Get your card into the card reader and start your undelete program (i have a great program if you want).
Seems you have Spb Pocket Plus and you have the storage card indicator active! This indicator seems to cause SD card erasings as many people (including me) tried removing the SD indicator & having no more SD wiping
If thats not true, then try to lock your SD card (the read only switch).
Cheeeers

this is the undelte program:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=643

oh shoots :shock: i already had it reformatted. but thanks so much for the reply Ezzkht
i didn't install Spb Pocket Plus though. And i tried locking the SD card, still the same, filenames are unreadable, just boxes and lines

Sometimes Pocket Hack Master can restore the files as well.
regards, M

ravelcop, even if you've formatted the SD card, you can still recover the files (the format process does NOT erase the existing data, it just deletes the 1st sector of the media)
Try EasyRecovery Pro (from the link I've sent to you).
Best of luck :wink:

Thanks guys, il try the softwares you recommended.
I hope we could find out what are the causes of this problem so as to prevent it from occuring in the future. Spb Pocket Plus autodetection feature could be one, and it must have other causes as well since i didn't have that software in my XDA

The problem of SD card erasing is cause by having two or more processes accessing the SD card all at the same time. This will cause trouble to the SD card system driver, and hence, will crash your SD!
Thats why Pocket Plus can cause this problem; since the SD card indicator checks the free space of the SD card every X interval, which could occur while having another process accessing the same SD card. :roll:

how to view
I had a sd card that was corrupt as well and I downloaded the file and it said it recovered 64 files. It said your files were recovered successfully. I saved the files in the directory and I can see them there but I can not view them to change them back to a jpeg file. Can someone help?

hi tia,
how did you download the file? i tried clicking that link but i get a page error. i think the link is broken. could you post the file here instead? i'll try to use it and maybe i could help you afterwards. thanks

Question

I'm getting a low storage message on my sd card. Am I able to delete the last rom I used from my sd card to free up space??
Sent from my CLEAN 1X.. It's everywhere and nowhere all at the same time..

MrMiami81 said:
I'm getting a low storage message on my sd card. Am I able to delete the last rom I used from my sd card to free up space??
Sent from my CLEAN 1X.. It's everywhere and nowhere all at the same time..
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Like once you've flashed the ROM can you delete the zip? Yes.

^^^^^Or make a folder on your computer and move the backups there so you have them if ever needed.

You can use an app like Astro file manager to show you how your SD card is being used - that will help you eliminate files you don't need or back them up elsewhere. Do an audit of your storage - Music, Photos, Zip files, downloads, etc.
Good Luck!

[Q] Sd Card unreadable files issue

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
------- Bilal -------

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...!

[Completed] Gallery and Music Player not showing any picture nor music

sorry to post this thread is someone already have one, but I think my problem is different thing..
ok here is my problem,
first time this problem appear is when i copy new songs to my SD card, then when I checked my music player, my song got wiped off from list, then I go to file explorer my music is still there. Same goes as pic/video but when i take a photo with camera the photo shown in gallery but gone when I do media scanning
what I have done :
1.restart my phone
2.Unmount SD card
3.Restart my phone wihout SD card and then when phone already on mount SD card.
4.delete .nomedia file then re scan SD card
5. clear cache player/gallery
6.reinstall player/gallery
what should I do? i'll save format SD card and Flash my phone for last resort
and I am on stock rom BTW

dwikii said:
sorry to post this thread is someone already have one, but I think my problem is different thing..
ok here is my problem,
first time this problem appear is when i copy new songs to my SD card, then when I checked my music player, my song got wiped off from list, then I go to file explorer my music is still there. Same goes as pic/video but when i take a photo with camera the photo shown in gallery but gone when I do media scanning
what I have done :
1.restart my phone
2.Unmount SD card
3.Restart my phone wihout SD card and then when phone already on mount SD card.
4.delete .nomedia file then re scan SD card
5. clear cache player/gallery
6.reinstall player/gallery
what should I do? i'll save format SD card and Flash my phone for last resort
and I am on stock rom BTW
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Thank you for using XDA assist.
You may try to ask your question here http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help where user with the similar experience might help you.
Good luck

[Completed] SD card lock

Hello everyone,
I have a galaxy note 2 currently with DN4_v2.1_by_E-Team and clockwork recovery.
Today I created a new folder in my SD and when the folder was created it filled with some files that had weird symbols for names . Details of the folder said that its size was 145 GB , my SD is 16 GB.
So I tried to delete the folder but could not at the beginning , finally I did it. Then I noticed an app with the same symbols and some of my apps that where in the SD would not open.
I deleted the app and then all my apps that where in SD would not load. I did a wipe, factory reset and tried to format the SD card . The SD card was locked I could not delete or write anything. I tried flashing the rom again with the same SD card (probably a bad idea) but I could not write in the SD. I tried to format the SD with an adapter but it says that windows couldnt complete the format, I run Windows 10 btw. I checked the adapters write protection and tried a couple of applications , I tried diskpart from the windows cmd and scanned with 2 different antiviruses. I am out of ideas .
Any suggestions ? or should I throw the SD card away and go buy a new one ?

Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
I believe the forum linked below is for your device, try posting your issue in that forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-2/help
The experts there may be able to help.
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