this is probably the most annoying thing about this crazy device. for seaming no erason, my memory card will go "write protected". Only a soft reset and a card re-insertion will clear it. Yes, I've check the switch on the card...it's never been touched.
I thought it was a problem with the sd card I had. So I bought an MMC card...same problem. So, I don't think its the card (mmc doesn't have any write protect). I think it must be in my xda.
Right?
Anyone else experiencing this?
Thanks,
Matt
yup after upgrading to 6.1 everything was fine and a few months later this happens reset and card reinsert did not work for me, tried the card on another phone it works fine, i tried an MMC on my BA its fine, but with my SD card or another sd card it says its write protected
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I'm just setting up my XDAII (actually a Dopod 696 which I re-ROMed to the latest O2 ROMs). Everything seems to be working fine. However, there is something odd about the "Storage Card" situation.
Even with the SD/MMC slot empty, my Settings/System/Memory/Storage Card applet reports that I have "Total storage card memory" of 14.57 MB. Where is this coming from?
Also, perhaps more worryingly, when I inserted an old SD card (reformatted 32MB one from my Treo 600), the system doesn't seem to "see" it anywhere.
Do any of you gurus out there know why this might be the case?
Thanks very much in advance for any information.
CM
By the way, when I try using Storage Mechanic, it "sees" the "ghost" Storage card, which it is not able to format, but doesn't "see" the real SD card that is inserted into the SD/MMC slot.
Wierd.
Anyone have any ideas?
CM
It's the spare 'flash' memory. When you put a MMC/SD card in you get an addition item in the dropdown list.
Duh. Thanks for the info. However, any ideas why it's not "seeing" my SD card? Do I need to format it in some special way?
AFAIK the card should be formatted as FAT. Don't know if you need to do it or even if it can be done on the PPC. I generally format mine on a laptop before I start.
Hmm. I've been doing the same. Format is FAT (no choice given really), and the notebook sees the SD without any problems. But the XDAII just doesn't seem to recognize it whenever I insert it.
Sigh. I hope it's just a problem with my SD card and not the slot...
CM
If anyone else has any ideas as to why my XDAII doesn't see my SD, do let me know. Thanks again.
What type of SD card is it?
If anyone else is using the same card on their XDAII without a preblem then you can put it down to your SD slot
Ah! .... You did say it was an 'old' 32MB one didn't you? Wonder if the XDAII only accepts SD cards with a certain speed (e.g. 2x, 10x, etc).
My 16MB [Don't laugh ] Toshiba SD card works fine in my XDA II. I haven't tried my 128MB Sandisk one yet.
I would certainly try borrowing a new SD card (any tech-savy friends?) to see if it is "visible" to the XDA II before concluding that the slot is bad. Also, a soft-reset with the card inserted might also help the device recognize it.
Or try the SD card in another XDA / Phone / Digi Cam / PC whatever.
Thanks to all for the comments. The old SD card works fine in my laptop and my Palm. Sigh. I'm going to go look for a new SD card tomorrow and just pray that it's some wierd quirk between this particular SD card and the XDA. I really hope it's not a problem with the SD slot on the XDA (actually a Dopod 696) as it's a nightmare to get things fixed/exchanged here in China.
CM
Had a similar problem a month or two back with a work mates XDA1. He bought an 128MB SD Card (some odd make) which worked fine on his PC but his XDA didn't see it! My Sandisk SD card worked in his XDA fine tho!
my phone have fallen to the grownd and after that he showed me that the sd card is damaged and i have to format it...
after i tried to fomat it, its now shows me "blank sd card"- when i connect it to the pc its shows me that i must format it before connecting to the pc..
when i try to format the sd card its doing nothing...
what can i do? the card is dead?
plz help me
sdcards themselves are shock proof, have you tried to use it in a card reader on a pc?
i dont have one
then get one
Yeah, try and get a reader. I've put SD cards through the washer, then the drier, and I've dropped them and stood on them. I've even seen a guy drive over his camera by accident. (bog standard compact camera. camera was ruined, but the SD card was fine, and good as new). They can also survive dips in sea-water, although terminal corrosion can be an issue for that kind of thing. But they'll survive pretty much anything I've thrown at them.
Since the SD card is solid state, and this all happened because you dropped your phone, the unfortunate reality of the situation is that it is more likely that your phone is the problem rather than the SD card itself.
You need to find something else to test the SD card in - either another phone that takes SD cards (doesn't have to be a Hero), or a PC card reader. If the SD card works, the issue is almost certainly your phone.
Regards,
Dave
but i tried a different sd card on the phone and its worked fine...
the reader wont help me- i want to use the sd card on the hero...
try to repartition it in recovery.
thanks
thank you very much kendong2!
after partitioning again its working!
thanks fo the help,
Daniel.
I've tried two different Micro SD cards in my new Verizon Galaxy S III, neither are being detected at all by the phone. I tried formatting one as both FAT32 and exFAT and still no dice. Any help? I really hope my phone isn't faulty.
What are the brand/size of card? Where did you get them?
Try letting the phone format the sd card in settings
Sent from a Third Galaxy
Wow, as soon as I post this, it starts working perfectly fine. I did a factory reset and the SD card still didn't work at first, but I reinserted it and now it's recognized. Thanks anyway.
It will recognize it but it is barely useable and you cant do apps 2 sd because samsung is blocking it
If the issue is resolved, then it's considered forum courtesy to modify the thread title by adding this to the end of it: [SOLVED]
Btw, I can't stand the way the internal & external SD cards are handled now.
I'm having the same card issues. Att galaxy s3 won't recognize the sd card. In my original s1 it works. I see all the contents. It works with my micro sd adapter when in my computer. I really don't want to do a factory reset. It sounds like it just worked out of nowhere. Although yours was solved, I'm hoping for a fix other than it just worked. Any other options besides factory reset? Anyone else having same issue and found a fix? Under storage tab in settings it says mount sd card and below it insert sd card. Thanks for any help in advance.
My old nokia was on its last legs, so I borrowed my sister's Smart 2 to use. I inserted my SIM card, and my micro SD card (which worked fine on my Nokia and on my PC). Things were working fine until I attempted to download something from the browser, but it told me that I had to have an SD card to do so. Which I found odd, considering there WAS one in there.
Now, I've checked and made sure I'm putting it in the right way, and I've even tried changing the format via my PC from FAT(default) to FAT32 and exFAT, to no avail. The main problem is that when I go into
Settings -> SD card and phone storage
with the SD card inserted into the phone I still get "Mount SD card - Insert and SD card for mounting" which is greyed out, as well as "Erase SD card". So for some reason it's still not picking it up. If it sheds any light on the problem, it's a 1gb SD card
Dreenar said:
My old nokia was on its last legs, so I borrowed my sister's Smart 2 to use. I inserted my SIM card, and my micro SD card (which worked fine on my Nokia and on my PC). Things were working fine until I attempted to download something from the browser, but it told me that I had to have an SD card to do so. Which I found odd, considering there WAS one in there.
Now, I've checked and made sure I'm putting it in the right way, and I've even tried changing the format via my PC from FAT(default) to FAT32 and exFAT, to no avail. The main problem is that when I go into
Settings -> SD card and phone storage
with the SD card inserted into the phone I still get "Mount SD card - Insert and SD card for mounting" which is greyed out, as well as "Erase SD card". So for some reason it's still not picking it up. If it sheds any light on the problem, it's a 1gb SD card
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Okay... I don't have much experience with the Smart 2, but most Android phones work similarly. What you can try is, back up all the data you want to keep onto your computer, insert SD card into phone, and have the phone reformat it. If the phone does not recognize card, make sure the SD card slot works. You may have to unscrew phone and make sure all wires are connected. If the SD card works on your Nokia and PC, it should be fine. Also, make sure there is no dust or dirt in SD card slot. Hope this helps
Hi partners! This is my first post here.
I have a Moto E LTE, installed Surnia on it, and it worked perfectly until now.
I've been using it only with the internal Storage, but now i wanted to expand.... so i bought a Kingston 16GB Micro SD Card Class 10.
I turned off te phone, inserted it, turned it on. The card was detected... I had to pick between using it as a Internal or External storage... and here's the thing. Either option follows with the formating of the card, and in both cases, the process abruptly ends at 30%. After that, the card is no longer readed by the phone.
I can remove and reinsert the card, and it will read it again, but the process still ends abruptly at formating.
Any clue? Any help?
I would be very thankfull.
I've search previously to make shure no one else posted the same question and i didn't find it. If it was answered in the past, im sorry i didn't find it.
Thanks so much, and excuse my bad english.
Pablo from Argentina.
Hey Pablo, 2 cases, bad formatting or bad card. Use a Card reader on your PC and format the card separately using FAT (choose the full format option), this will help identify if the card is physically damaged, if all's well, then put the card in your phone and choose the formatting option and most likely should work. If the formatting fails, most likely you have a bad card, google for other low lever formatting utilities to see if they can identify any bad sectors on the card.
Use Caution read up on what Internal and External storage well before you choose one of the options. Search for term Adoptable storage on Marshmallow and should give you a good idea.