Hi, I have a Samsung Fascinate with Cyanogen 7
I have a 32GB microSD card but it only shows up as 14GB.
anyone has an idea on how to fix this?
Thanks
XblackdemonX said:
Hi, I have a Samsung Fascinate with Cyanogen 7
I have a 32GB microSD card but it only shows up as 14GB.
anyone has an idea on how to fix this?
Thanks
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format ur SD card..
if that doesnt fix.. i need to know brand name.. and what class card it is..
does it show up as the correct size in the stock rom?
Try just attaching it to your computer via reader. If it still shows 14GB, try and format. If it still shows 14GB, it's defective (or fake. Did you buy it from Hong Kong via eBay?).
AlexDeGruven said:
Try just attaching it to your computer via reader. If it still shows 14GB, try and format. If it still shows 14GB, it's defective (or fake. Did you buy it from Hong Kong via eBay?).
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could also be one of those fancy like class 10 speed read cards or wtever.. they wont work on phones
ace5198 said:
could also be one of those fancy like class 10 speed read cards or wtever.. they wont work on phones
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My class 10 card is working just fine...
My class 10 works fine too. It is a 32g Sandisk, it reads 29.81g of total space on my phone and my computer. It seems like the photo galley loads faster and scrolls through the fullscreen view pretty fast. The read_ahead_kb file reads only 512. I haven't tried any other values because i am very happy with the card.
Well to be honest i'm not sure what class it is.
It was in another phone that my dad gave me to sell on ebay. I just kept the card that was inside.
It's a 32GB Sandisk.
I'll try a partition program tonight on my computer si if it fixes it.
If I try to partition it via the Clockworkmod, the lowest I got was 10GB and the max I got was 14.77GB depending on the settings i choose
XblackdemonX said:
Well to be honest i'm not sure what class it is.
It was in another phone that my dad gave me to sell on ebay. I just kept the card that was inside.
It's a 32GB Sandisk.
I'll try a partition program tonight on my computer si if it fixes it.
If I try to partition it via the Clockworkmod, the lowest I got was 10GB and the max I got was 14.77GB depending on the settings i choose
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Use a formatting tool, like the one HP has (see here) to format the disk. It can wipe the full disk and create a single partition. It could be that it was split previously for some reason, causing the issue you have.
If I put back the microSD in the Samsung Focus and format it, it shows the 32GB on the card (37GB with internal memory)
and then I take the card out and put it in my Fascinate and it shows 13.94GB
If that makes a difference i'm on Cyanogenmod 7. Maybe it's the OS limiting the space?
Any idea about this issue?
Format the card with a low-level formatting tool, like the HP Format tool. It's likely that it could be partitioned, or has a partition table that isn't setup in a format compatible with Android.
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Hi,
I got my Optimus one not long ago and I bought kingston 8G for it though it would work fine. The phone read the card well and show the memory correct and I can use it pretty good on my phone. The thing later I found out is the phone itself restart after the idle time exceed 1hr which is crazy. The phone works really good until I upgrade my original sd card (samsung 2G which came in with) to Kingston microsd 8G. I don't know where exactly is wrong, and I couldn't return the sd card either since it work fine on both phone and on computer with card reader. If someone got same problem with me, please let me know or help me out!! Thanks in advance.
I think it is a firmware problem,Mine and others do the same with the standart 2G card...
Firmware keeps updating itself when I go on WIFI connection. I don't know about these stuffs either. But now, the problems are ended..the phone doesn't read any card anymore whether 2G or 8G, it keeps saying that "sd card removed. Insert a new one". I've tried restart again & again but the message doesn't go away and my phone decide not to recognize the card.Both of the cards work fine on computer. I think I need to visit the shop where I bought to check on it. Btw, is that problem considered in the warranty case? I don't know.. It wasn't even a month with me. So sad!
winnie34 said:
Firmware keeps updating itself when I go on WIFI connection. I don't know about these stuffs either. But now, the problems are ended..the phone doesn't read any card anymore whether 2G or 8G, it keeps saying that "sd card removed. Insert a new one". I've tried restart again & again but the message doesn't go away and my phone decide not to recognize the card.Both of the cards work fine on computer. I think I need to visit the shop where I bought to check on it. Btw, is that problem considered in the warranty case? I don't know.. It wasn't even a month with me. So sad!
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Are you using any app2sd ? If yes, it could be a problem also if ur using an app storing data on your SD card. It makes you're cell restart.
I have the "mount / unmount" problem on my LG, I saw on a french forum that it was better to try with another file system, sometimes it was solving, sometimes not. I don't think it's really a card problem, I gave my LG GW620's sd to my girlfrend and her old samsung is using it without any problem's, but on mine it was crashing every 30mins....
killdashnine said:
Are you using any app2sd ? If yes, it could be a problem also if ur using an app storing data on your SD card. It makes you're cell restart.
I have the "mount / unmount" problem on my LG, I saw on a french forum that it was better to try with another file system, sometimes it was solving, sometimes not. I don't think it's really a card problem, I gave my LG GW620's sd to my girlfrend and her old samsung is using it without any problem's, but on mine it was crashing every 30mins....
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I have some problem with his original sd and with a new 4gb class 4 sd...
Do you solved the problem ?? how ?
My problem disappeared after I formatted the card directly on the phone.
i reAD sumwher ... a claSS 10 sd cARd is fully funcTional with lg o1 !!
allsalvati said:
My problem disappeared after I formatted the card directly on the phone.
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I have the same problem but more problem when my LG O1 didn't recognize the card and I couldn't mount or format the card on my phone.
This happened when I partitioned the card. My PC still sees the card well but my phone doesn't.
I read a lot of posts from a lot of forums and I did try every guides steps by steps but it seemed as the LG O1 doesn't have any button-press-combination as others. For ex: when I pressed Back + Power On, nothing happened as It was said that the phone might come to FastBoot.
As help on this issue will be in much appreciated.
I fixed it. If your PC still recognizes the sd card, it's ok. Go to Manage (right click on My Computer) -> Device Management -> Storage -> you should see your card there. Try to delete volumn or format the EXT2 and Linux Swap.
Put the card back to your phone. It should recognize the card and then, unmount and format card and mount it back. Done.
I have a small question. What is the best class for this phone? The class 10 is fully used by phone or does not reach that read/write speed? Some micro sd class 10 are declared between 20 and 30 MB/S. The p500 has these capabilities? Or a Class 6 card is enough?
Thanks
UP!
The price for 32GB class 6 is very different from class 10.
Lg Optimus One is able to full use write/read speed of class 10?
Thanks
Help! I inserted a sandisk 4gb class 4 and my phone didn't recognized it (i got the 'SD card removed. Insert a new one.' notification). Then, i inserted back the original 2gb sd card from the box, but that notification is still there and it can't be recognized. But both my PC and a another android device (a galaxy tab) can detect it. So, i tried formatting both the 4gb and the original 2gb with the galaxy tab and inserted it to my O1 but nothing has changed. I tried updating to the official V10E firmware but it makes no diffrences. Any help please?
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For future, don't remove SD card during phone is running because of app moved to SD card. Especially when you plan insert new one, and if you do that with custom ROM with app2sd its equivalent to suicide.
Is mass storage mode works? Is MS works in curstom recovery? Did you try format memory card in phone? Delete of caches?
The_ERROR said:
For future, don't remove SD card during phone is running because of app moved to SD card. Especially when you plan insert new one, and if you do that with custom ROM with app2sd its equivalent to suicide.
Is mass storage mode works? Is MS works in curstom recovery? Did you try format memory card in phone? Delete of caches?
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Thx for the reply,
I haven't install a custom ROM yet. All i did was enable JIT+HW accel from a thread here.
1. Mass storage didn't work. It just appears as a new drive which i can't access.
2. I updated my O1 to V10E... I lost root, custom recovery,etc. so i can't try that
3. I formated it with another android device (a galaxy tab)
4. How do you delete the caches???? Sorry, new here
You had got me. For now I have not idea how to proceed.
Anyway, remove battery, remove SD card, clean sd card with some soft cloth, check if metal contacts looks fine (try clean that if not), insert SD card, insert battery and try it again.
If this not help, you can try some shaking and so on. It's sounds crazy, but I know one guy whose shaking helped him to flash firmware to phone, which not works at all. Maybe it's some cheats for all these issues.
ad 4) You can delete caches via custom recovery, but related to 2) you can't so, this hint is useless.
I did everything u said. I checked the SD card & the slot and they seem ok.
This might sound dumb, but what do you mean by 'shaking'? Which part are you suppose to shake?? Sorry, im still new to androids
BTW, i went to the LG customer care. The technician checked it and said that they are going to replace the SD card slot. She said that sparepart (the SD card slot) is going to arrive sometime in mid-January due to the holidays.
By the shake I mean grab phone and do quick movements with phone from left to right and back.
But it seems, that you have some trouble with hardware part(s) of phone.
Introduction:
This is a guide for doing maintnence on your innerSD. By default, user data and temporary files are stored on it.
The innerSD is the hidden microSD card inside the S5, it is not normally accessable without modification of the device.
The purpose of this guide is to show users how to expand/shrink/rebuild the partitions needed for their innerSD.
It does not cover backing up and restoring data on it, that should be done via a Custom Recovery and making/using Nandroids.
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How dissemble your device:
Dell Streak Teardown - iFixit
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innerSD partition layout:
See [REF]Streak 5 Partition layouts
See Dell Streak 5/Partition Layout - XDA wiki
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Requirements:
A microSD card reader
Ability to access the innerSD
A GNU/Linux pc with GParted
Superuser access required on device
(Ubuntu installed in a virtual machine is acceptable)
(May work under windows, but not supported)
Intermediate knowledge of MBR type partitions
Basic knowledge of ext partition types
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Instructions:
Dissassemble your device to get access to your innerSD
Insert microSD card into pc
Launch GParted
Consult innerSD partition layout for desired layout
Select desired microSD card in GParted
Delete all partitions THIS WILL WIPE ALL DATA
Create extended partition
Create desired logical partitions from step 4
Must be created in order specified in step 4!
New Size: <specified size from step 4>
Create as: Logical Partition
File System: <specificed type from step 4>
Label: Blank
All other values: Leave as default
Remove from PC
Reinsert into device
Recommended: Reinstall desired rom
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Credits:
Marvin02 for providing the images for previous version of guide
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Changelog:
Sep 15 2012: Completely rewrote guide
Dec 22 2011: Wrote initial guide
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2char
For those not familiar with Clonezilla, it is based on linux and you DL and burn the ISO to a CD. You can then boot the CD and use the Clonezilla tool.
I used this method because there are no commands to learn and no software to install on your computer. If you can boot from a CD you should be able to use the images.
I made the images available because many users had asked for them. My experience with just putting an SD Card into the inner slot and doing a reset has been varied. It worked with a class 10, 8 GB card from Transcend but not with others.
Edit: If your inner SD Card is bad replacing it and doing a factory reset may fix your Streak, if not the image is available to restore the proper partitions to the card.
Guys I don't know how many of you are thinking about doing this but for me it was well worth doing because it got rid of the "E:can't find MISC" error message I was getting everytime I went into Streakmod Rexovery
Thanks for the guide and Merry Xmas.
What class SD cards is this suitable for? If I just bing in a new, larger SD card in will it automatically partition to cover the whole card or just the standard 2gb?
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gregianos said:
Thanks for the guide and Merry Xmas.
What class SD cards is this suitable for? If I just bing in a new, larger SD card in will it automatically partition to cover the whole card or just the standard 2gb?
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
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Well I used a class 10 4gb Patriot LX because it has the best specs as far as I could see although therebis some debate on this topic... some believe the class 2 cards are better are smaller files read write.
But when you use a 4 then you have all 4 gigs available to you
gregianos said:
Thanks for the guide and Merry Xmas.
What class SD cards is this suitable for? If I just bing in a new, larger SD card in will it automatically partition to cover the whole card or just the standard 2gb?
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
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I put a Transcend 8 GB class 10 card in my Streak (pic here). I did a factory reset (from the first screen in StreakMod Recovery) and the Streak formatted the card fine. The biggest difference I see is over 6 GB of space to install apps, so I keep all of my apps on the phone. If I want to change the external SD Card I don't have to worry about apps not working.
I am getting my Transcend 8 GB class 10 tomorrow. I already cut plastic in the back to access the inner micro sd card.
Will post results.
Chirunavvutho said:
I am getting my Transcend 8 GB class 10 tomorrow. I already cut plastic in the back to access the inner micro sd card.
Will post results.
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How about some pics of the cut?
stang393 said:
How about some pics of the cut?
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I didn't document the cut process but will provide few pictures of what it looks when I am ready to insert the new card. Yet to get the memory card still.
Hope USPS delivers today. I will be out of town next 5 days. So if not today, gotta wait.
I used a scalpel to cut the plastic in the back. Took me about 15 mins.
Didn't get the card today. So Monday it is then.
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How about some pics of the cut?
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Here you go. I made it larger than it has to be.
I have successfully replaced my inner SD today. Did restore from Nandroid and now my internal SD shows 6.3 GB available. This was an easy mod, hope it is worth it not just for space but for speed also.
I am using 407 deodexed and rooted. Stable as a rock except for an occasional wifi freeze.
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"Can't Mount Data"
I tried to re-install a 4GB class 10 internal sdhc today. I had problems with it in the past, as it quit working after about a month. I was going to use this guide to see if I could get it to work.
Took a Full Nandroid BU immediately before switching internal cards. Still couldn't get the 4GB cl 10 to work so I re-installed the original 2GB sd and did a Nandroid restore. Now I am gettitng an error during that restore:
Restoring Data...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/innersd0p6
(Invalid Argument)
Error mounting /data/!
Skipping format...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/innersd0p6
(Invalid Argument)
Can't mount data
I have tried a Factory Restore from the Dell screen, and use StreakMod Recovery v0.3.2.8.
I am on bb354 running SimpleStreak 1.2 with perfupdate and oc to 1190.
I have had this exact same problem with the 4GB cl10 card but never with the stock 2GB card. Everything was working perfectly before I started messing around!
Can anyone tell me what this means AND how to correct it and get my Streak back up and running?
Any help would be most appreciated!!!
kraz
***UPDATE***
I was able to get the stock 2GB internal card to work and am up and running. I was not able to get the 4GB cl 10 card to work leading me to believe it is defective.
What I did:
1. Factory Reset from the Dell Screen.
2. Installed the custom ROM (SimpleStreak 1.2 in this case) from the zip on the external sd card.
3. Installed the PerfUpdate zip for SS 1.2 from the external sd card.
4. Boot completely and open and close several apps once booted.
5. Rebooted and did Full Nandroid restore.
6. Rebooted and opened back into my familiar launcher and apps all fully working.
7. Sighed heavily in relief!!!!
I did a reset from the first screen of StreakMod Recovery yesterday and the Streak would not boot. I had to use the image I had made of the inner SD Card to restore the inner card. This was from StreakMod, with a heavily modified Stock 351 ROM (rooted, many system apps removed).
I got an error with the 360 image so I used the 406 image and had no issues. I then booted into Linux and used GParted (a partition editing tool) to resize the smaller partition to use the full card. When the Streak booted I installed stock 351 and did a reset from the stock recovery and the inner SD Card formatted properly.
My points are:
If the inner SD Card does not format properly on a reset you can fix it. Don't panic.
It is probably best to use a stock recovery to do a factory reset.
I have also read that to use a card larger than 4 GB you need to change system files. You only need to do that to use the space on the inner SD card in ways that it isn't normally used. See here and here.
How to benchmark your internal SD card? I didn't do before with 2 GB card but here is mine after the swap with Transcend 8 GB class 10 card. The second screen capture is on the external 16 GB Dell provided class 4 card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443936
* Gb Class 10
Just did a swap from the stock sd card(sony 4 Gb class 4 or 6) wich was crashed for the 4th time in 3 months now and put in a 8 Gb class 10 SDHC card(transcend Ultimate) tried a kingston 16 Gb class 10 before and a transcend, both didn't work btw.
did a stock systemtest and came out on 2559 and after a new test came out 100 points higher.
over all performance looks improved, less freezes when memory gets a bit full.
Just a standard installed OTA android 2.2.2, after crash first reinstalled the default card and then swapped it straigt forward with the 8 Gb card and stock recovery.
No special software used
now 6 Gb internal memory available.
when installed with 200+ apps it's a huge difference instead of app to SD now that i don't have a needed copy of my apps on every external SD swap saves a huge amount of work reinstalling.
I used the systemtest from george android(android market) to compare
Just my 2 cts
Grts
Teddie
I read in some threads that using a class 10 micro sd card reduces the battery life due to increase in read/write speeds. Wonder what is the optimal class for the Streak.
What's the stock inner sd class?
**EDIT**
Did a little research and found that the stock sd card might be class 2.. MFG: mmagr02gudca-db (Sandisk 2GB class?)
Zathros said:
Just did a swap from the stock sd card(sony 4 Gb class 4 or 6) wich was crashed for the 4th time in 3 months now and put in a 8 Gb class 10 SDHC card(transcend Ultimate) tried a kingston 16 Gb class 10 before and a transcend, both didn't work btw.
did a stock systemtest and came out on 2559 and after a new test came out 100 points higher.
over all performance looks improved, less freezes when memory gets a bit full.
Just a standard installed OTA android 2.2.2, after crash first reinstalled the default card and then swapped it straigt forward with the 8 Gb card and stock recovery.
No special software used
now 6 Gb internal memory available.
when installed with 200+ apps it's a huge difference instead of app to SD now that i don't have a needed copy of my apps on every external SD swap saves a huge amount of work reinstalling.
I used the systemtest from george android(android market) to compare
Just my 2 cts
Grts
Teddie
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Thanks for the tip! I installed a Kingston 8GB Class 4, and worked like a charm!
When I rebooted, it prompted me to send my unit to have it debugging, but it was formatting the sd card as well. It rebooted to DSC and prompted me to sign in my google account again..
So I rebooted into StreakMod and did a full restore nandroid.
I'm seeing 6GB available space! Hope I won't run into any problems *crossing fingers*
Now I wonder if there's a way to mount the inner sd with USB? hmmm
Why mess with the inner SD?
vampirexhunter said:
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Now I wonder if there's a way to mount the inner sd with USB? hmmm
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I am curious as to why would you want to do that? That is where your /cache and /data directories reside, and I would think it dangerous to mess with those on a running system. FWIW, they are mounted r/w, so you could copy files to them with adb push/pull , but, again, why?
With all the "fun" people have recorded in this thread tying to initialize new or corrupted cards, it seems that "set it and forget it" would be wisest. Leave that space for the system to use since you seemed to wonder if 6GB in /system would have problems.
FWIW, I got a used DS 5 with no inner card, and put a 4GB card in it (after a lot of research as to where it was - fuzzy closeup pics/vague desriptions - and how to format it - easy on my primary platform, Linux ;-} ), and the 3.5GB /system partition still has over 3GB free after adding several dozen apps (even the piggy Nook app), so I am not the least interested in playing games with moving apps to the "normal" SD card (/mnt/sdcard).
It seems "casual" (maybe better described as "personal" vs "system") file management is best suited for the standard SD card that normally shows up when enabling USB access.
Regards,
R
Hello,
There was a problem with my streak 5, it wasn't switching on (no power, no dell logo, no lights, it was just like trying to switch on without battery), this was happened after using fastboot erase command.
And i cant use factory reset because the device was not switching on.
Do any one have any idea on this.?
Please help me fix it...
Thank you friends....
So i tried to install Mango builds on my HD2 after a long ago. Missed WP7!
I installed 3 different Mango builds but all of them said that my SD card is damaged and can not continue.[Kingston 16gb class 4]
Not even some Android builds worked..stuck at boot. [Never had any problem before]
A Format didn't work either with SDFormatter nor Partition programs e.t.c. And i do not have a Nokia phone to unlock the card or something.
The thing is that my card was formatted with 32 clusters, so i went and deleted the whole partition from partition magic and reformatted the card with SDFormatter, automatically it went to 32 clusters again. I went to windows format and selected the default settings on the card [cluster 8000b something] and now everything is working and i can enjoy Mango builds on my phone! WTH?
I also checked some other cards [verbatim,sandisk class 2 and 4] and formatted them the same way and again they are working properly.
I hope his simple fix will help others also and hope i am not mistaken!
Crazy huh?
Sounds interesting, i'll try it with my sandisk 8gb class4, when i'll be back at home. It was behaving like a corrupted after reboot in WP7, even i have tried different roms.
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arkatis said:
so i tried to install mango builds on my hd2 after a long ago. Missed wp7!
I installed 3 different mango builds but all of them said that my sd card is damaged and can not continue.[kingston 16gb class 4]
not even some android builds worked..stuck at boot. [never had any problem before]
a format didn't work either with sdformatter nor partition programs e.t.c. And i do not have a nokia phone to unlock the card or something.
The thing is that my card was formatted with 32 clusters, so i went and deleted the whole partition from partition magic and reformatted the card with sdformatter, automatically it went to 32 clusters again. I went to windows format and selected the default settings on the card [cluster 8000b something] and now everything is working and i can enjoy mango builds on my phone! Wth?
i also checked some other cards [verbatim,sandisk class 2 and 4] and formatted them the same way and again they are working properly.
I hope his simple fix will help others also and hope i am not mistaken!
Crazy huh?
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how did you get pc to recognise card mine just comes up card error on my pc. Cant get in to do anything on the card
NEDSTER1972 said:
how did you get pc to recognise card mine just comes up card error on my pc. Cant get in to do anything on the card
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unlock card first with unlock cab + yuki ROM or with old Nokia phone
yeah i noticed this on some marginal cards of mine, didnt effect the speed rating at all but there was some improvment in stability, i wouldnt say its perfect tho, there still some reboots/
top tip, DO NOT move the clusters size to 4K!
well an trully buggered one card up by mistake doing that!
Cluster size doesnt seem to matter. My kingston 32gb class 4 card still isn't recognised (never has been actually). Works fine on android and windows 7
But how can i use my SD cards that never worked with Mango builds? lol
arkatis said:
So i tried to install Mango builds on my HD2 after a long ago. Missed WP7!
I installed 3 different Mango builds but all of them said that my SD card is damaged and can not continue.[Kingston 16gb class 4]
Not even some Android builds worked..stuck at boot. [Never had any problem before]
A Format didn't work either with SDFormatter nor Partition programs e.t.c. And i do not have a Nokia phone to unlock the card or something.
The thing is that my card was formatted with 32 clusters, so i went and deleted the whole partition from partition magic and reformatted the card with SDFormatter, automatically it went to 32 clusters again. I went to windows format and selected the default settings on the card [cluster 8000b something] and now everything is working and i can enjoy Mango builds on my phone! WTH?
I also checked some other cards [verbatim,sandisk class 2 and 4] and formatted them the same way and again they are working properly.
I hope his simple fix will help others also and hope i am not mistaken!
Crazy huh?
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I'm not going to say IMPOSSIBLE! , but it does not make sense.
The first thing you do while installing WP7, is clear the MBR. If the MBR is gone, so are all partitions and their defined cluster size.
There's something else to it...
dxdy said:
unlock card first with unlock cab + yuki ROM or with old Nokia phone
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I totally agree! I had card issues when moving from the HD2 Yuki ROM to others in this forum, and three different cards weren't recognised.
It wasn't that the cards were faulty or damaged at all. I managed to reformat them on my pc after installing the Yuki ROM and using the lock cab to unlock them.
Full instructions HERE
daedric said:
I'm not going to say IMPOSSIBLE! , but it does not make sense.
The first thing you do while installing WP7, is clear the MBR. If the MBR is gone, so are all partitions and their defined cluster size.
There's something else to it...
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thats a good point, even if you dont clear the MBR manually in MAGLDR the installer does wipe all partitions, which would clear the partition tables and associated cluster size
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thats a good point, even if you dont clear the MBR manually in MAGLDR the installer does wipe all partitions, which would clear the partition tables and associated cluster size
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Still... formating with a X cluster size, might create a 1/0 pattern either at the card begging in case of a quick format, or through the whole card in case of a full format, that WP7 prefers.
I've never had this issue, so i cannot comment.
anyone looked into this?
http://www.techhackz.com/2011/02/how-to-fix-samsung-focus-microsd-card.html
Link came from the ultrafruit topic
kid1988 said:
anyone looked into this?
http://www.techhackz.com/2011/02/how-to-fix-samsung-focus-microsd-card.html
Link came from the ultrafruit topic
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I posted it, link came from Ultrafruit, but the source of that link is XDA itself
Samsung Focus section
Hello everybody.
I have the Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 and can not use the 32GB class 6 sdcard correctly. Many files, especially mp3 are corrupted and enter the list of LOST.DIR.
I've changed the ROM, formatted the sdcard on PC, Mobile, etc..
To confirm that there is some incompatibility, I have another 8GB class 4 SDcard working perfectly.
Could anyone tell me if there is incompatibility with the Resurrection Remix ROM? (already tested in several versions, including the latest 3.1.3 available)
I found a possible solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596997
Which items should I use? If it will work for my case.
Please share some info about the SDcard - what brand, how old is it, when did the errors began....
BTW - I know that most (if not all) SanDisk SDcards have lifetime warrenty. Find out if your card too has it.
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Hi, not corrupting, as far as I know, but suddenly my whole 32Gb was short circuit, I could not even get to it via my pc, the pc froze...
So I lost all the info and many pictures on it.
It was a no-brand card from ebay.
I now have a Samsung 32gb card, hopefully this one holds on.
Let me take a wild guess here, This so-called "32GB" sdcard was from ebay??
If so then your answer is simple, Your card is not a 32GB card and is in fact a 2, 4 or maybe 8GB and the data you're adding is getting corrupted. These cards are modified to report incorrect capacity.
If you want to check your card use H2testw and it will scan and report anything wrong.
You could also try re-formatting card properley using SDFormatter. Set format to Full/Overwrite and size adjustment on.
Hi,
Anyone having SD card issues?
This phone for some reason does not like my SD cards and I finally had to format it as NTFS then insert it in the phone and let the phone erase/reformat the card.
No card that I have that was already formatted with data will work in the phone.
I haven't had this issue with any other Android phone.
When I first got the phone, not thinking I put my half full 128GB card in the phone from my GS4.
Needless to say, I had some backups but the latest pictures and movies from two weeks prior are possiblly toast.
I'm running a recovery program now.
Note to all: DO NOT PUT A CARD IN THE LG G3 THAT HAS DATA ON IT!!!!!!
You do not want to be like me.
This might help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/kitkat-sd-card-access-t2790992
ylexot said:
This might help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/kitkat-sd-card-access-t2790992
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Nope enabled full access.
It's not an access issue.
Enabled access on this phone and my GS4 was also rooted and I was using Xposed.
In my case the card is unrecognized or if it is, it is considered damaged or blank.
I put in a Sandisk 128GB FAT32 formatted (in Win 7) card that I was using in a Galaxy S3 into the LG G3 and it recognized the card and all the existing data that was on it. I am able to at least read from it without problem. I have not tried writing to the card yet.
I use a tool on Windows pc to format the sd card as fat32 since exFat is proprietary to Microsoft which causes different devices to have different standards. No problem at all with Fat32 unless you want to copy a file larger than 4gb over.
Hello. I'm new here and this is my first reply.
But anyway, yes I put my sd card in my brand new Verizon LG G3 and all of a sudden it's wiped. I had to find some way to try to restore my files so I searched xda and found something about Zar recovery from 2011 I think it was. I should look it up again so can send a thanks. I'm copying files to my computer as I'm typing this. Hope I can retrieve everything. If I do I will defiantly look up that post and thank the OP. It's the free version and it's taking a very long time but hey. I started this process yesterday at about 9pm after a couple of failed attempts.
manaox2 said:
I use a tool on Windows pc to format the sd card as fat32 since exFat is proprietary to Microsoft which causes different devices to have different standards. No problem at all with Fat32 unless you want to copy a file larger than 4gb over.
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I think my issue was with exFat. The phone didn't recognize it and threw up a fur ball.
My Galaxy S4 was just fine with it.
Note to self -. exFAT is bad on LG phones.
tech_head said:
Hi,
Anyone having SD card issues?
This phone for some reason does not like my SD cards and I finally had to format it as NTFS then insert it in the phone and let the phone erase/reformat the card.
No card that I have that was already formatted with data will work in the phone.
I haven't had this issue with any other Android phone.
When I first got the phone, not thinking I put my half full 128GB card in the phone from my GS4.
Needless to say, I had some backups but the latest pictures and movies from two weeks prior are possiblly toast.
I'm running a recovery program now.
Note to all: DO NOT PUT A CARD IN THE LG G3 THAT HAS DATA ON IT!!!!!!
You do not want to be like me.
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I pulled the 32GB SD card I had in my GPad and put it right into my Verizon G3....read the few pics and videos I had on it, and shows about 28GB of free space. So...I surely didn't have this issue (and it was pics of my niece so if I had lost them I would have been cheesed)
I think the Verizon version of the G3 has a bug with 128GB sdcards. When I pulled my card from the S5 and put it in the G3, it damaged the file structure and needed to format the card. I tried putting it back in the S5 before I formatted it and the S5 couldn't read it anymore. This scenario has happened on more than one occasion too when going back and forth between the S5 and the G3. It never happened with the AT&T version.
_ranch said:
I think the Verizon version of the G3 has a bug with 128GB sdcards. When I pulled my card from the S5 and put it in the G3, it damaged the file structure and needed to format the card. I tried putting it back in the S5 before I formatted it and the S5 couldn't read it anymore. This scenario has happened on more than one occasion too when going back and forth between the S5 and the G3. It never happened with the AT&T version.
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Okay, so it wasn't just me.
This is *EXACTLY* what I experienced.
I had to use recovery software to get my pictures back.
I need to manually go the the recovered files before I wipe the card.
tech_head said:
Okay, so it wasn't just me.
This is *EXACTLY* what I experienced.
I had to use recovery software to get my pictures back.
I need to manually go the the recovered files before I wipe the card.
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My 64GB card has no problems. I can move it between the two with no issues.
_ranch said:
My 64GB card has no problems. I can move it between the two with no issues.
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My experience was with a 128GB card.
tech_head said:
My experience was with a 128GB card.
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Right. 128GB card has problems; 64GB card has no problem. I have tried both.
Zar took a total of 41 hours
And only recovered one song and one picture. Oh my god I should have backed up before I messed with that sd card.
foundingfathersfan2 said:
And only recovered one song and one picture. Oh my god I should have backed up before I messed with that sd card.
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I was able to get quite a bit off, several thousand.
What software are you using?
I'm using photorec -< http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
Update: It has nothing to do with exFAT.
I formatted the 128GB card on my Mac with exFAT and it works fine. I've been back and forth between the Mac and my G3 with the newly formatted 128GB card.
I think it had issues from the GS4. I went directly from GS4 to G3 and that is when things went south.
I have transferred more than 75GB onto the card both through the G3 and stand alone with an adapter with no issues.
So I was able to recover most stuff and now using the card after formatting on the Mac with no issues. YMMV, but if moving from one phone to another I would put the card in a PC/Mac whatever, backup and repair any file system issues *BEFORE* using the card in a G3.
Which is good advise anyway.
tech_head said:
...backup and repair any file system issues *BEFORE* using the card in a G3.
Which is good advise anyway.
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Anyone wandering around with 32GB-64GB-128GB of data in their pocket without it being backed up is just asking for trouble. Historically, microSD cards are not that reliable.
My g3 had no issues reading my 64gb card, it does however have issues with saving data on to it, anytime I try to dl something and save it to my sd card is says failed no space available, which is not the case as I have around 8gb of free space, its weird because I can dl to internal memory and then transfer it to my sd card without a problem
tech_head said:
Update: It has nothing to do with exFAT.
I formatted the 128GB card on my Mac with exFAT and it works fine. I've been back and forth between the Mac and my G3 with the newly formatted 128GB card.
I think it had issues from the GS4. I went directly from GS4 to G3 and that is when things went south.
I have transferred more than 75GB onto the card both through the G3 and stand alone with an adapter with no issues.
So I was able to recover most stuff and now using the card after formatting on the Mac with no issues. YMMV, but if moving from one phone to another I would put the card in a PC/Mac whatever, backup and repair any file system issues *BEFORE* using the card in a G3.
Which is good advise anyway.
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So it has something to do with Samsung's implementation of exFat. The GS3's exFat was already corrupting and losing files when I first got my sd card which is why I formatted it to FAT32 in the first place. Wouldn't surprise me that the GS4 wasn't perfect either.
foundingfathersfan2 said:
And only recovered one song and one picture. Oh my god I should have backed up before I messed with that sd card.
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I've had the most luck recovering a corrupt sd card with a program called Recuva. Depending on the extent of the corruption there may not be much left to recover, but a second option never hurts.