Today i was transferring files from my sd card when suddenly the connection was lost. Now i cant delete things from my phone using a file manager. it always says error deleting. what do i do, format it?
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Today i was transferring files from my sd card when suddenly the connection was lost. Now i cant delete things from my phone using a file manager. it always says error deleting. what do i do, format it?
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That happened to me before. Try to back up all of your SD card contents onto your computer, then wipe the SD card from the settings menu and copy your stuff back. That worked for me, and fixed a couple of FCs I was getting.
another problem with my sd card. every time i connect to a computer it says do you want to scan and fix. i said no and now it takes my computer forever just to read the thing what should i do.
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I turn my phone off at night because random emails wake me up. I turn on my phone this morning and I have an SD card icon in the notification area saying that my SD card is damaged. It says that I need to format it to fix the problem, but I wait to see if there is an easy fix like rebooting or something like that, but it was still there after rebooting. I was going to wait to backup my SD card on my computer before formatting, but one of my friends formated it without asking me first when I showed him what was happening...
Now the icon is gone, but my SD card is full of files that have weird characters (like greek letters and square root symbols) in their filenames, and I can't figure out what is going on.
The /sdcard folder contains the following:
.android_secure
Android
download
LOST.DIR
nandroid
tmp
and 4 files with weird characters as filenames.
Help! I don't know what to do!
UNCbassbone said:
I turn my phone off at night because random emails wake me up. I turn on my phone this morning and I have an SD card icon in the notification area saying that my SD card is damaged. It says that I need to format it to fix the problem, but I wait to see if there is an easy fix like rebooting or something like that, but it was still there after rebooting. I was going to wait to backup my SD card on my computer before formatting, but one of my friends formated it without asking me first when I showed him what was happening...
Now the icon is gone, but my SD card is full of files that have weird characters (like greek letters and square root symbols) in their filenames, and I can't figure out what is going on.
The /sdcard folder contains the following:
.android_secure
Android
download
LOST.DIR
nandroid
tmp
and 4 files with weird characters as filenames.
Help! I don't know what to do!
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I could be wrong but I think those are the standard folders that android makes when a card is formatted. As to why it happened I dont know. Maybe a bad sd card.
Try formatting it to a FAT32 on your computer then putting it in your phone and see what that does.
Just did that and it says:
"Windows could not complete the format."
Hm.... well are you having problems with saving anything to your sd card like pictures or anything. If not, then I wouldn't worry too much about it. Also can you mount your sd card to your computer and transfer files?
Don't worry about it..
You can completely wipe out your sd card if you wanted to and when you reboot it will reinstall back the files needed for the phone on the sd card.. If it is bothersome then just delete them.. It was probably just the lost&found garbage or whatever from the format... Seriously don't worry... LoL
I have those on my sd card but nothings wrong with my phone.
If someone could close this that would be great. Eventually my computer asked me to scan my sd card for errors and it fixed everything.
Hi, I have an HTC HD2 which I recently upgraded it rom ver. 1.66.415.9. I used spb backup to get my main memory files. Somehow, in a way, I was able to get all of my files anfd programs with windows settings and registry using ROM upgrade mode without changing the rom version back to the old one. But the then when I took pictures then tried to open them in albums, they weren't saved. A probition sign (circle-backslash "no" sign) showed up. I tried to open it but an error shows up saying "unable to open this type of jpg file" and then the sign diappears, as if the image wasn't saved. I even tried saving a note file. After saving, I opened it but instead of showing the notes I wrote, symbol characters showed up as if the file was encrypted. After rebooting my mobile, the note file wasn't there. I still have enough storage space to save more files and pictures. Did anybody face the same problem that I did? Please help me and thank you in advance.
Can anyone please help me? This is really stopping me from being productive!
i would suspect the file associations / locations have been corrupted, probably by restoring the registry from a different rom.
(Registry really ought only to be copied over to fresh resets of the same rom, not new roms. It can be done, but its prone to issues just as you describe)
AND/OR
the image library files have become corrupted. Look in your image folders, and delete album.cache files. They will be automatically rebuilt.
I would try to consolidate what you have as it is now, if your files are all there, and your contacts are there, backup your contacts by some means, ensure all your files are on the sd card, and hard reset.
I have hard reset my mobile a couple of times, even before restoring the pim data without the system settings, the camera would take a picture but the picture wouldn't be saved on the sd. But after I restored everything, I thought of uninstalling resco file explorer (thinking that it was the problem) and deleting the library files, but nothing changed. But when I thought of formatting the sd card, I tried to reinstall resco explorer as it has a formatting feature. At first when I tried to install it to the sd card, it failed to install, but it was installed successfully in main phone memory. I opened resco and went to the formatting option. Once I started formatting, an error messege appears saying "Failed to format sd card. Please make sure that the sd card is not locked." Does this mean that if I formatted my sd card, the problem would be fixed? BTW, my sd is on a FAT sytem. To which type should I format the sd?
Thanks in advance
hmmm sounds like a funny sd card then.
use fat32
Seems to be the sd-card.
When I upgraded my ROM from 1.48 to 1.66 I restored main mem with everything with SPB-backup-file and everything worked fine from the beginning (except in setting tab still shows the info that old 1.48 ROM is installed).
Hope You made a backup of Your sd-card. So format sd on PC and copy back all files, should work then....... hopefully .......
ok now that's just wierd! I tried formatting the sd using the laptops card reader with the micro sd adapter, but an error appeared saying "Windows was unable to complete the format". I tried deleting the files but the laptop froze. I had to remove the sd to get it back working. Then I used a usb card reader. Some problem. Finally, I used the phone via the usb to format the sd. The error appeared again, but there was no problem when delelting the files. But after I tried reformatting it, the error appeared and the files on it also! It's as if there's a lock switch inside which the micro sd shouldn't have. What should I do in this case? Is there a program or a file that can unlock it?
Thanks in advance.
This is really irritating. My card doesn't allow me to save or delete anything. Formatting didn't work. I even tried a program to detect a fault on it but nothing shows up. All formatting programs freeze when I start formatting my card. Deleting any file doesn't work as it is restored after resetting my mobile, and finally, no body has faced such a problem. What should I do?
damn, i had just solved the stuck at android logo now theres another problem!!
first, i copy my backup files before it is my music my apk installer and so on from my pc to my sd card via usb after that i pull my usb plug. then my phone freeze. i remove my battery and switch it on again. then in the notification bar i see "preparing sd card checking for errors" its normal at my first thought. i waited for it to dissapear like 2 mins i was like wtf. then i go to settings and sdcard and phone storage>mass storage only is still ticked. then i try to unticked it, then my phone freezes and it forces closes. then i restert my phone. and it still there!! "preparing sdcard checking for errors". how to fix this??
i check in google and most of people said just format or wipe your sd card, but all my music, videos, pictures and all my files are already in my sdcard, i cant just format it i must backup it up first but i cant, cause i cant acces my sdcard through usb. please help!!! dang it, and im sorry if im spamming the general forums. please help
shotgun32 said:
damn, i had just solved the stuck at android logo now theres another problem!!
first, i copy my backup files before it is my music my apk installer and so on from my pc to my sd card via usb after that i pull my usb plug. then my phone freeze. i remove my battery and switch it on again. then in the notification bar i see "preparing sd card checking for errors" its normal at my first thought. i waited for it to dissapear like 2 mins i was like wtf. then i go to settings and sdcard and phone storage>mass storage only is still ticked. then i try to unticked it, then my phone freezes and it forces closes. then i restert my phone. and it still there!! "preparing sdcard checking for errors". how to fix this??
i check in google and most of people said just format or wipe your sd card, but all my music, videos, pictures and all my files are already in my sdcard, i cant just format it i must backup it up first but i cant, cause i cant acces my sdcard through usb. please help!!! dang it, and im sorry if im spamming the general forums. please help
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omg now my phone cant boot up stuck at the android logo. again.
Use a microsd adaptor so that you can access your card using a card reader. If you have to borrow it from a friend. The same thing happened to me and I just copied everything to my PC, formatted the card, put it back in the phone, and just for assurance, formatted it using the custom recovery. Now everything works perfectly fine.
yep. use a microsd card adaptor. if you don't have one then buy.
i think your problem is on sd the sd card.
i inserted a broken sd card once on my phone, one time it boots up and sometimes it wont. but when it do boots up, my phone freezes whenever i try to access the contents of that sd card.
What SD card you have in your phone?
Good investment should be Sandisk or Lexar 8 Gb 4x.
So basically what happened is I rebooted my phone, and then opened up my music app, and it said that my external SD card folder (where I keep all my music) was missing or unreadable. I checked my file explorer to see what was going on, and I opened up the external SD folder to find that it was empty. I know for a fact that all my files are there, since everything was working fine until I rebooted my phone. This happened once before, and I solved it by plugging the card into my computer and formatting it from there. I could do that again but is there a way to fix the problem altogether? It's annoying to have to format the card every time I reboot my phone.
My phone's not rooted or anything. 100% stock.
Thanks
Use RECUVA to recover any files back up data and factory reset format phone FAT 32 in Windows .
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Okay, I'll try that. Thanks
I factory reset my phone this afternoon and for some reason it's still not detecting my card. I tried the card with my brother's S3 and it worked perfectly fine. Is there anyway else that I might be able to fix it??
EDIT: Never mind, I somehow managed to fix it
Edit -- Nvm. I just went in and did a factory reset. Pretty sad since I hadnt backed up in about 2 weeks. My loss. My stupiditiy. Learn form our mistakes.
After the factory reset, I can view my SD card again which is pretty nice, so not a total loss.
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Alright. A little about my phone. Its a Galaxy s5 with an 8gb micro sd card. The phone is rooted.
Last night I installed Apps2sd. When I first opened the app it mentioned that my SD card was not setup and I would need to run some "sd fix". I accepted, the phone rebooted and then when it came back up, its as if my SD card was blank. Not only blank, but after connecting phone to the PC, both my phone and card show but are empty. The SD card displays as -1376256 bytes free of -1376256 bytes. The phone shows 127mb free of 128mb.
I also made the mistake of uninstalled apps2sd after my phone booted up and I noticed the issue. Wasnt very smart of me as I can not seem to install it or anything back. Most apps including google play just crash when trying to load. When vieiwng files under My Files, basically everything is empty. If I try using FX file manager then most things say I dont have access.
Now when I first turn on phone and I boot into safestrap TWRP, I can go through and view files and I See all my stuff on my SD card and phone. I can even copy files from my SD card and place them in other directories (tried to copy the apps2sd apk onto phone to reinstall) but just cant ever see any of it when the phone is booted.
Also under TWRP, If I go to backup or anything for example, It lists Micro SD as 2132mb and Internal Storage as 3436mb. So im guessing apps2sd created a partition of some sort?
What have I done? What did my stupid ass do and is there any way to fix it?
tl;dr: Installed apps2sd, clicked things I shouldnt click. Cant view any files on phone or when connected to USB but can see everything under TWRP.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!
skoad said:
Edit -- Nvm. I just went in and did a factory reset. Pretty sad since I hadnt backed up in about 2 weeks. My loss. My stupiditiy. Learn form our mistakes.
After the factory reset, I can view my SD card again which is pretty nice, so not a total loss.
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Alright. A little about my phone. Its a Galaxy s5 with an 8gb micro sd card. The phone is rooted.
Last night I installed Apps2sd. When I first opened the app it mentioned that my SD card was not setup and I would need to run some "sd fix". I accepted, the phone rebooted and then when it came back up, its as if my SD card was blank. Not only blank, but after connecting phone to the PC, both my phone and card show but are empty. The SD card displays as -1376256 bytes free of -1376256 bytes. The phone shows 127mb free of 128mb.
I also made the mistake of uninstalled apps2sd after my phone booted up and I noticed the issue. Wasnt very smart of me as I can not seem to install it or anything back. Most apps including google play just crash when trying to load. When vieiwng files under My Files, basically everything is empty. If I try using FX file manager then most things say I dont have access.
Now when I first turn on phone and I boot into safestrap TWRP, I can go through and view files and I See all my stuff on my SD card and phone. I can even copy files from my SD card and place them in other directories (tried to copy the apps2sd apk onto phone to reinstall) but just cant ever see any of it when the phone is booted.
Also under TWRP, If I go to backup or anything for example, It lists Micro SD as 2132mb and Internal Storage as 3436mb. So im guessing apps2sd created a partition of some sort?
What have I done? What did my stupid ass do and is there any way to fix it?
tl;dr: Installed apps2sd, clicked things I shouldnt click. Cant view any files on phone or when connected to USB but can see everything under TWRP.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!
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u should try finding from root/data/media