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Just moved from a 8 GB to a 32GB card. And cannot use it...
First I unmounted the old SD card on the phone, and put in the new, unformatted 32GB. I then choose to format it in the phone. Its a Galaxy S GT-9003i with firmware I9003XXKPN v2.3.5
It formated fine. Then I unmounted the new card, plonked in the old card and connected the phone in USB mode to the Macbook. I also connected the newly formatted SD card via a card reader, and it promptly showed up, with the correct free space (although there was a directory on it already called LOST.DIR)
I then copied all apps from the phones 8GB SD to the 32GB card, using the laptop (drag and drop). This also went fine and without a glitch. I then shut down the phone, swapped out the SD cards and booted the phone on again. As expected, it went to do the usual Scanning USB memory. It completed. The space appears to be taken up, but all apps that are on that USB are inaccesible. Their icons grey Androids with a small SD logo in the bottom right corner.
All other apps (the ones on the phone) work fine. The SD card can be used to copy files to on the computer and to take pictures...
Phone is not rooted.
PLease help, if you have a solution to this...
Many tHanks
oranabana said:
Just moved from a 8 GB to a 32GB card. And cannot use it...
First I unmounted the old SD card on the phone, and put in the new, unformatted 32GB. I then choose to format it in the phone. Its a Galaxy S GT-9003i with firmware I9003XXKPN v2.3.5
It formated fine. Then I unmounted the new card, plonked in the old card and connected the phone in USB mode to the Macbook. I also connected the newly formatted SD card via a card reader, and it promptly showed up, with the correct free space (although there was a directory on it already called LOST.DIR)
I then copied all apps from the phones 8GB SD to the 32GB card, using the laptop (drag and drop). This also went fine and without a glitch. I then shut down the phone, swapped out the SD cards and booted the phone on again. As expected, it went to do the usual Scanning USB memory. It completed. The space appears to be taken up, but all apps that are on that USB are inaccesible. Their icons grey Androids with a small SD logo in the bottom right corner.
All other apps (the ones on the phone) work fine. The SD card can be used to copy files to on the computer and to take pictures...
Phone is not rooted.
PLease help, if you have a solution to this...
Many tHanks
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Have you tried rebooting your phone? If it still does not work, try to unmount your SD Card via settings and then wait for it to successfully unmount and then mount again
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saywhatt said:
Have you tried rebooting your phone? If it still does not work, try to unmount your SD Card via settings and then wait for it to successfully unmount and then mount again
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Thanks, yes tried this one. No luck.... Its a Samsung mirco SD card (Model: MB-MSBGA) class 10
Anyone else..!?
Did u done app2sd in ur phone with the 8 gig 1
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No not much.
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ah ha
So, I cannot even find the app2sd app under My Apps on the Google Play store... weird. Its also not listing under Manage Applications. Would this really be the cause of the problem!?
Anyone else have any ideas, why the phone cannot load the apps copied from the other SD card...!?!
First of all u have to move all apps from the old sd card to the phone. Or while inserting ur new sd, the apps you moved to your old sd will not work
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Mebin Robin said:
First of all u have to move all apps from the old sd card to the phone. Or while inserting ur new sd, the apps you moved to your old sd will not work
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Thanks, but I canot make sense of this. Firstly all apps on the old SD card will never fit onto the phone (8GB, vs 2GB space), and secondly elsewhere online they always talk about copying files to the new card and then inserting that instead of the old one....
mmmh...!? Whilst I apprecite your post - its not working for me
When apps are moved to the SD card, it isn't entirely moved to the SD card. Only part of it is, that's why when installing apps the space for apps still decreases. Therefore you should use titanium backup or similar backup programs to move the applications.
bscraze said:
Therefore you should use titanium backup or similar backup programs to move the applications.
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Thanks,I had a look at titanium backup, but it requires root access (my phone has not been rooted). I really dont think one should need to root their phone to move from a small to a larger SD card without having to re-install all apps from scratch...!?
oranabana said:
Thanks,I had a look at titanium backup, but it requires root access (my phone has not been rooted). I really dont think one should need to root their phone to move from a small to a larger SD card without having to re-install all apps from scratch...!?
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Without root you will not be able to backup data(AFAIK)
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...Therefore you should use titanium backup or similar backup programs to move the applications.
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OK, so I rooted the phone and used Titanium Backup. It created a backup file on the phone memory. I thought, voila, I am good then, popped in the new SD card, formatted it, and did the restore from Titanium Backup... but:
still getting a lot of greyed out files in the application folder and on the home screens... I really cannot believe all this work is needed to swap out SD cards from a smaller to larger capacity! what a pain in the •••
I have the same problem on my new samsung 32gb 10 class micro sd card and still searching for the solution. If anyone have a solution, please, share it for us. Thanks!
martynas393 said:
I have the same problem on my new samsung 32gb 10 class micro sd card and still searching for the solution. If anyone have a solution, please, share it for us. Thanks!
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I have the same problem to, just backed up my old 16gb card to my pc, installed and formatted a new 32gb card in my S4 and copied the data back over and all the apps that are on the sd card are showing up grey.
Ok, after a quick google, i've found that making a clone of the card and then copying the clone to the new card works
you can use HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool to do this (you'll have to google it as I don't have enough posts to post external links)
heathen666 said:
Ok, after a quick google, i've found that making a clone of the card and then copying the clone to the new card works
you can use HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool to do this (you'll have to google it as I don't have enough posts to post external links)
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Thanks! Yeah that works perfectly! (Apparently there are some "secure" folders in the SD card that start with a period, and the contents do not get copied at all. Those hold the apps and data.) However after using HDD-Raw-Copy it will create an exact replica of the smaller SD card on the larger one and the larger one will appear to be small too, so you must resize your partition or you won't gain anything, your new card will be exactly the same as the old one! You can use MiniTool Partition Wizard home edition which is free to do this: partitionwizard.com :good:
I had the same problem but I was able to fix without extra software. Took old card out of my phone and installed both externally via flash readers to my pc and copied files from one to the other. View hidden files is turned on just in case any hidden items is also copied. This work great for me all apps are accessible now. Hope this helpped
Here is the step-by-step solution: http://www.tomsguide.com/forum/id-2545604/move-data-card-samsung-galaxy.html
There are two ways described to do it successfully:
METHOD 1 uses the xcopy (or xcopy32) command in a Cmd Prompt windown on Windows. The /h switch used on the command allows the hidden and system files to be copied!
METHOD 2 uses a straight copy from old SD card to the new SD card (or from old SD card to folder on computer, then from folder on computer to new SD card) using the simple drag and drop on Windows. BUT YOU MUST HAVE WINDOWS EXPLORER CONFIGURED TO SHOW SYSTEM AND HIDDEN FILES!
Just to be clear, the solution to the problem is trivial. You are simply copying ALL the files from one SD card to another. There is absolutely no reason that copying ALL files from one SD card, including the complete file structure, to another SD card should not work. Your phone can't tell that you switched SD cards. It only knows the files and file structure it can see on the SD card and if they are EXACTLY the same as they were before the switch, your phone should work exactly like it did before the switch except now it will see more free storage space on your larger SD card (which was probably your goal in the first place) AND your phone may possibly even run faster by accessing the data much faster if your new SD card is a faster class of storage media.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO ROOT YOUR PHONE OR INSTALL ALL KINDS OF CRAZY APPS ON YOUR PHONE OR SOFTWARE ON YOUR COMPUTER TO DO THIS!!!
BUT, the key is that YOU MUST ALSO COPY ALL THE HIDDEN FILES and there are lots of them on Android! Everytime I hear of someone having a problem with switchinging to a new SD card, it is because they did NOT copy the hidden files OR their SD card was not properly formatted (FAT32) for the phone.
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So I had this 8gb micro Sdcard that came with my phone and for Christmas I got a 16gb one. I had a lot of precious stuff on the older 8gb, so I put it into an adapter and connected it to my PC, planning to backup the contents and then put it on the 16gb. But when i connected it in, it said "This card needs to be formated before using". I first i thought the adapter was broken, so I put the micro sdcard back into my android phone so I could connect my phone to the computer and do it that way but when it turned on it said "Sdcard ready to remove". The phone wouldn't recognise it either!
I have already put other micro sdcards in the adapter and they work perfectly.
I have a lot of precious stuff on the micro sdcard so if there is a way to fix it without wiping everything, I'd be really happy to hear it.
Will give the person who answered best thanks in all of their last 15 posts.
Maybe try disk manager on your PC and see what format is says the card is..
otherwise try the phone again and again hopefully it will work. Ive had that before and a combination of playing with disk manager and the phone I managed to get the stuff off my card
Nooby Arc S User said:
So I had this 8gb micro Sdcard that came with my phone and for Christmas I got a 16gb one. I had a lot of precious stuff on the older 8gb, so I put it into an adapter and connected it to my PC, planning to backup the contents and then put it on the 16gb. But when i connected it in, it said "This card needs to be formated before using". I first i thought the adapter was broken, so I put the micro sdcard back into my android phone so I could connect my phone to the computer and do it that way but when it turned on it said "Sdcard ready to remove". The phone wouldn't recognise it either!
I have already put other micro sdcards in the adapter and they work perfectly.
I have a lot of precious stuff on the micro sdcard so if there is a way to fix it without wiping everything, I'd be really happy to hear it.
Will give the person who answered best thanks in all of their last 15 posts.
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i would try inserting it into your phone several times to try to get it to catch..also reboot phone while card is inserted..if you have to format the card you can still get everything off of it by using a program like "recuva" .. ive used it many times and it works like a charm..nothing is ever erased on a sd card..its only overwritten..so as long as you havent overwritten anything on the card you can easily get it back..formatting will not overwrite anything
Connect your card to pc, open mini partition tool wizard. Click on your memory in program and next open.
I tried putting the sdcard back into my phone several times and always didn't work . I went onto diskmanager and see screenshot below for info (it's g/ drive). I then tried formatting with various settings and always got a failure see second screenshot.
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Format exfat next fat32. BUT first try use http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html,Install and open with this program your sd. I had this same problem, i opened sd in partition manager and i didn`t have to format. Do you have ex or swap partition on this card?
sonymanw said:
Format exfat next fat32. BUT first try use http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html,Install and open with this program your sd. I had this same problem, i opened sd in partition manager and i didn`t have to format. Do you have ex or swap partition on this card?
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very handy tool,thanks for posting that.
sonymanw said:
Format exfat next fat32. BUT first try use http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html,Install and open with this program your sd. I had this same problem, i opened sd in partition manager and i didn`t have to format. Do you have ex or swap partition on this card?
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Hey. Thanks for the reply, I installed that program but it confuses me. How do i access my sdcard with it?
My sdcard is not partitioned or used for swap or anything.
Oh and I've tried formatting with exfat, fat, fat32 and NFTS and always fails
Do you see your sd card in this program? If yes try wipe volume
I checked your screens and your card is RAW- file system is broken or is unknown to the windows , try this:
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close ALL your programs, insert your sd card to your computer and ONLY WAIT,(15 min.) do nothing, dont touch mouse (weird? yes but your computer will try to repair file system, fot 2gb is less 5-10 minutes, but your is 8 gb class???, that wait more)
2 (optional, but you should try 3 point)
Format your sd with windows installerr (format it during window installation using windows setup disc) you can cancell instalation after format without probles
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If still nothing (after 25 minutes) try this program http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/download/index.html - IT IS LAST OPTION WITHOUT SPEND MONEY
Tell me if it worked.
in my karbonn a1 running 2.2 froyo . has corrupted my 1st 4gb card about 5 days ago, it is showing 3.69 gb space left out of 3.7gb but i cant read/write files . however it is showing some primary folders which has some data about 10 mb when i try to format phone shows formatted successfully but even after that i can still see those 10 mb data there and unble to write anything. i tried to format it on pc but no result. then i tried to recover data via a program on pc. it succesfully recovered my old files of about 3gb. so that means it has some hidden data inside which is not getting deleted. it has no virus i checked . recently i inserted my friends sd card of 8 gb it also got corrupted now i am in trouble he is asking to return his working card. i set my phone to factory setting but nothing happen. today when i inserted both sd card in to my java os mobile they are showing a new folder which i was unable to see on my android. it is .android_ secure folder . and the funny thing is that i am able to rename all the existing folders like music etc. except that folder on both sd card. now bought a new card but i am afraid that it will also be corrupted. please help me plz
note-my phone is out of warrenty now
try formatting it in FAT ... n always keep an antivirus
i lost my mnt/sdcard/<files> i delete them oh what a mistake!
but they were useless .
they story was began from 1 day i decided format my internal sd card then i did it from >setting/sd car and phone storage/format internal storage.
at this time i had 2.2 froyo . i tried flash 2.3.6 GB ,scan sd card for viruses , format ex sdcard.
but when i did the last thing (format ex sd card from>setting/sd card and phone storage/fromat ex sd )i lost my ex sd card too (must mention it i did format 3 time internal sd card and 5 time ex sd card again and again cuz i had sd card removed unexpectedly issue and somewhere said it happen by virus (i guess true cuz i downloaded some app recently and after that the sd card removed unexpectedly was occur)but those formats clear all thing. phone doesnt recognize both sd cards even .
now i live with a 4 gb ex sd card and unavailable int/ex sd card. (yea its unavalable but when i put it off without 4 gb ex sd the phone wont boot up)
in my phone i just see system root (no sd card no internal memory) .
the one thing i am thinkin about that is .maybe should i have this directory files backup mnt/sdcard/<files> .maybe if i copy & paste those files again my sd card come back again .maybe .cuz i have no doubt it mnt/sdcard/files wont change after flash official rom.and i cant flash a custom rom jelly bean (i hear that directory is /sdcardo )till phone cant recognize ex sd card.
i have no other idea.
so plz upload these files mnt/sdcard/<files>
bobby_zirchoone said:
i lost my mnt/sdcard/<files> i delete them oh what a mistake!
but they were useless .
they story was began from 1 day i decided format my internal sd card then i did it from >setting/sd car and phone storage/format internal storage...
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Boot in recowery and use CWM and mount your sdcards.
The best solution for you to reinstal your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2329200
the problem is still
resetez said:
Boot in recowery and use CWM and mount your sdcards.
The best solution for you to reinstal your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2329200
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tnx for consideration .
but the result after use CWM and mount /sdcards or mount USB storage (both) were:1-use CWM and mount your sdcards (did not happened any thing) 2-mount USB storage (E:Unable to write to ums lunfile(no such file or directory)
mount /sdcard>did not happened).
and problem is still here.
for that basic rom :i tried all these ways 100 ones repeatedly NO WORK .
can u upload ur mnt/sdcard/(files) for me resetez ??
i need just one i9003 owners to do this for me plz
i need mnt/sdcard/[androind files] some one upload this files plz i lost them
Hello Guys,
After installing several of customized ROM's Ive noticed that I can not remove anything from my sd card. Mover, I cant even format it. I tried everything including to put a sd card into adapter and tried to format it under windows. Still, nothing heave helped.
I've used every toutorial from the web without success. Im asking you kindly for an advice.
Use a low level formatting tool.
The only card I -had- use that on to make it functional again failed. It never ran right; never lost data but the phone randomly couldn't detect it forcing me to reboot.
If it won't format on the phone the safest course of action is to deep six it and get a new card.
The risk of losing a data drive unexpectedly outweighs the cost of the card! Use only name brand cards purchased from trusted sources. Use V30 or higher rated cards. The Sandisk Extreme is a good V30 rated card. I have the .5 and a 1tb ones. Slam it in, format, good to go. Zero issues.
Once formatted on the device, leave it there. Don't swap it around unless you format it with the new device first otherwise corruption is possible. Do uploads/downloads through the device to the card. Always format the card on the device before use. If it has a dismount option always dismount the card before pulling it.
To format an SD-card use
SD Memory Card Formatter for Windows/Mac | SD Association
www.sdcard.org
jwoegerbauer said:
To format an SD-card use
SD Memory Card Formatter for Windows/Mac | SD Association
www.sdcard.org
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You be back Missed your wit and knowledge.
Hello and thanks guys for advice's. I don't care about data. I just want to unlock it and use as before.
I sent pictures of the card in the attachment.
Hello,
Thx for advice's so far, but all these methods have failed. I can add a file , but can't remove it or format. I'm hopeless.
Łukasz1983 said:
Hello,
Thx for advice's so far, but all these methods have failed. I can add a file , but can't remove it or format. I'm hopeless.
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If you can't do a low level format the card is unrecoverable; trash. Sorry.
These cards can be damaged by ESD so keep the static down when handling them. If you can feel, hear or see static electricity there's more than enough to destroy the card. High G loading like a 3 foot drop onto concrete can cause internal damage as well.
Łukasz1983 said:
Hello,
Thx for advice's so far, but all these methods have failed. I can add a file , but can't remove it or format. I'm hopeless.
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Run an app like this
SD Card Test - Apps on Google Play
SD speed test tool! Micro SD, SDHC, SDXC support eMMC, UFS storage.
play.google.com
to confirm that your card is not damaged, and it is not fake ( not labeled higher than it is in fact ).
jwoegerbauer said:
Run an app like this
SD Card Test - Apps on Google Play
SD speed test tool! Micro SD, SDHC, SDXC support eMMC, UFS storage.
play.google.com
to confirm that your card is not damaged, and it is not fake ( not labeled higher than it is in fact ).
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Hi,
Heres the output:
If SD-card isn't write-protected
then you may dismount the drive ( from Settings->Storage ) and re-mount the SD-card what may fix the problem: Verify it by moving a file from internal storage to SD-card.
I can copy a file without any problem, but after restart, everything goes back to the beginning.
So if I copy file A, and delete file B (same folder - dload), after restarting the phone file B is back agaian in the folder, but there is no file A anymore in the folder. File A is gone.