Needing some assistance, I was loading some songs onto the external drive when my son unplugs the usb cable and now every time the external is scanned it locks up the phone. Unplug it and phone will work just fine. What do i need to do to fix this please?
Try to format the sd card.
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fear676 said:
Try to format the sd card.
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+1 for formatting but don't format the internal sd card, my external sd got corrupt b4 and my phone recommended formatting and instead formatted the internal sd and I lost all my music and photos
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.hey guys, i'm just wondering if there is a need for me to format a newly bought sd card before i put data on it and insert it on my phone..if yes, how do i do it??? thank you!!!
roi14 said:
.hey guys, i'm just wondering if there is a need for me to format a newly bought sd card before i put data on it and insert it on my phone..if yes, how do i do it??? thank you!!!
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Just insert it android will tell if it needs to format the card.. if it says you need to format it will give the option to format it.
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how about the files from my old sd card? do i put them on the new one before inserting it? or the other way around,.thanks for ur response man!!!
First insert new one if its unformated it should be formatted than copy.
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- copy your old SD card to PC via USB cable
- shut down, remove the old card, stick the new one in, turn on your phone
- let the phone format it (will prompt you if needed)
- copy the contents back via USB cable
Can do the above in PC as well, that way your phone will not even notice the card has changed.
will the "format prompt" automatically appear? how will i know if it needs a format?.thanks guys
Yes it will if needed otherwise no.
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thanks guys!!
Ok but do reply after have switched.
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It's better to format the new card from the phone before using it, this lets you maintain the native file system and prevents any anomalies that can arise from a pre (pc) formatted card. This might also help preventing the auto unmount issue that some users have reported.
Upon inserting the new card and on powering up the phone, go to Settings -> SD Card & Storage, select the Unmount Card option, then select the Format Card. When done Mount the card if not automatically done. Ensure that you have taken a backup (if you have some data on the card) before you format the card.
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It is not necesasry to format a newly bought sd card as all sd cards come pre formatted with the file system that suits it best(FAT32). SD Card manufacturers will never ship an unformatted card.
If you get unmounting issues with a new card its prolly not the cards fault but the phone's firmware.
hey guys, it seems that the sd card that i have brought does not need formatting,.i just copied everything to it and it works just fine! thanks again for all your help!!! shalom!^^
Yeah. It doesn't need formatting. Recently I bought a 16gb card, switched off phone, took out my old card, inserted new one phone, went into recovery, partitioned it with recovery, inserted old one in laptop card reader, USB toggle in phone, copy and paste all old SD contents to new one, then disabled USB toggle, restore a nandroid backup with ext4 and finally reboot. Phone was as it was before. But now 16gb from 8gb.
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i didn't do any partitioning on mine,.just fed the new card with all my files,and poof,.it works,haha
blank SD card? i dont want to format it! any way to save all my stuff before formatting it?
carbaj12 said:
blank SD card? i dont want to format it! any way to save all my stuff before formatting it?
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are the folders hidden? can u see the contents of the SD card on your computer? if not ur stuff is probably gone already.
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its on my evo that says blank sd card, sd card blank or has unsupported filesystem. i tried putting it in my xoom but the memory card just gets hot!
carbaj12 said:
its on my evo that says blank sd card, sd card blank or has unsupported filesystem. i tried putting it in my xoom but the memory card just gets hot!
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copy the contents onto your computer, format the SD card on your evo, connect your evo to your computer, and copy everything back onto your phone
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sweetnsour said:
copy the contents onto your computer, format the SD card on your evo, connect your evo to your computer, and copy everything back onto your phone
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i can not mount the memory card. it keeps on saying sd card blank or has unsupported filesystem every time i try to mount it and when i press on sd card blank or has unsupported filesystem it says format i press on format and it doesnt delete anything. it only says checking sd card and then sd card blank or has unsupported filesystem pops up on the notification bar again.
what happens on the computer?
nothing happens
Hey, I have eclipse installed and in doing so it automatically switched my sd card location. Internal is now external, and external is now internal. under settings I have selected install apps to internal sd card, which now means they are installing to my external card correct? Also when I got into settings to manage applications it shows hardly anything installed to the external card but that's because its.flipped right? Im just a little confused cuz if I ever want to sbf again I want to make sure they are installed to the real external card so I don't lose anything. So theoretically I should not use the option under settings to "move app to external card" because I would be moving it to the internal? Is there any other way to see if they are installed on my real external card? For example plugging in to a computer via usb and being able to see what's there?
Thanks in advance for any help.
one way to check is power off, remove sd card, reboot
if app still works its not on sd card
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sd_shadow said:
one way to check is power off, remove sd card, reboot
if app still works its not on sd card
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+1 cant you also just search for it on your sd card?
Lol guess I could... really just looking for confirmation that im doing it right... having internal selected as my storage location meaning everything is going to external.
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Anyone have any issues with your SD card from your previous device not showing the files that are on it?
I know they are there because the card says 3 gigs free of 14....came from my Fascinate.
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It could be formatting issues with the Sd card. Also sometimes Sd cards won't work going from one device to the other. Try transferring/backing up your files from the Sd card to your computer than reformat the Sd card, transfer you're backed up files to the freshly formatted Sd card. Finally put the Sd card back into your phone and you should be able to access your files.
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and when you reformat the sd card(after saving to pc 1st), format to fat32 w/ active partition manager. not sure if youre rooted yet but this helps w/ cwm recovery. the exfat file system from windows and format sdcard feature w/ the phone gave me trouble.
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Anyone have any issues with your SD card from your previous device not showing the files that are on it?
I know they are there because the card says 3 gigs free of 14....came from my Fascinate.
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Got to mnt/SD_ext/
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Ever since I got my Samsung S3, I bought a 32gb SD Card. Yesterday out of no where my phone said there has been an error. Its no longer reading my SD Card. I have tried inserting the sd card, I also rebooted my phone, and nothing. Can someone help me please?
Backup your sd card and reformat
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Check your sd card for its stability in your pc either it needs a format or it is damaged
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Thank you! I will try that. :victory:
Check if it works on a pc.... Else u'll have to format it.... If it still doesn't work then I guess its damaged
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