hello
what is the best and safest way to format external sd (microsd) sard?
i know i can format it with pc but may be it is not best way? becouse of incompatibility isues.
i heard it is best to format sd cards with the using device.
in our galaxy s2 i cant find any menu to offer format external sd card.
the only ofrmat option is in privacy factory data reset that offer format usb storage.
my microsd is not formated how could i format it for best compatibiliy with S2 ?
thanks a lot in advanced
USB mass storage mode format via windows or use a sd card reader to format .FAT32
i heard it is best to format sd cards with the using device.
Heard from who ???????????
jje
Use GParted and an external card reader to format it, you won't have any problem...
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Hello...
i go to Settings -> Storage... and i unmount de sd card.
Then it activates the option to delete sd card. It isnt any option called format SD or something like that.
I have backup all my files to my pc hard drive ( cut & paste). So my sd card is empty. To delete the sd card ( 8 gb capacity) it takes 2-3 seconds.
Its that ok ?
Would you recommend me to format the sd card ? If so how ?
Thanks in advance
It's ok to format your card. Try to put it into an adapter an connect that to your pc, and format it from Windows (FAT32 is ok).
After that it should function as new....!
Good luck, greetz,
kwarkje
connect your phone with the usb to the computer. Mount the SD card and after that you should see your SD drive in the computer (under my computer). Right click on the icon of the SD drive and then click format and click quick format.
Thanks... but you are telling me how to format the sd card in the pc... thats right...
My first doubt was if i had already formatted the sd card or if its a bug or a translation mistake in ginger bread.
When i unmount the sd card it lit the option "Borrar tarjeta almacenamiento" ( Delete sd card in english), and it doesnt appear any "Formatear tarjeta" ( format sd card in english).
Everybody has the same ? Or do you have the two options to delete and format the sd card ?
Thanks again.
There is only one option. That is to format the SD Card. I think its a translation mistake. Make a backup of your SD Card and then use the delete/format option.
Hey XDA,
I want to flash a custom rom on my GS2 but first I want to format my micro-sd card and when I go into storage settings the Format option is grayed out.
What can I do? I can't format it on my laptop because I don't have a micro to SD converter
Thanks!
You need to Unmount it before you can format it, click the button above format SD card.
My phone is asking me to format my sd card out of the blue. I have a 32gb Kingtson, I have a lot of crucial data. I have not yet formatted the sd card. I've tried conventional ways of getting my data like using GETDATABACK FAT32 but it did not work. I have used other but no to avail.
Does anyone know what is the best method to recover files from a sd card that was working but now it is not?
Go to settings>storage and unmount microsd. Remove the microsd feom ur phone. Use a microSD card adapter ... a full size sd card that u can put ur microsd card into and will fit into your pc. Click and drag important data from microsd onto desktop. Then fat32 format the microsd and reload the data onto it. Done.
Or u can upload all data to dropbox and then format amnd reinstall... but it may take a while.
Sent from my Wicked Galaxy S III
Hi guys!
I did something very stupid. I wanted to simply format (wipe) my SD Card and used TWRP to do it. Unfortunately it seems TWRP is very misleading in this regard:
Instead of using formating the card from withing the "Wipe" menu, I have formated it using "Advanced > partition SD". This has apparently caused my SD Card to become recognized as part of my internal memory (as described here: androidforums[DOT]com/threads/make-sd-card-as-internal-memory.887942).
Now I took my SD Card out and formatted it to exFAT using Windows but it didnt help.... My SD Card is still being used as internal and I cannot acces the SD Card from Windows anymore.
How can I fix this? It's really annoying.. the whole internet is writing how to use the SD Card as internal memory but nobody writes how to revert it...
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Nuc!eoN
No ideas?
Maybe you have to factory reset checked #wipe interal storage#.
What android version you are using?
Nope that didn't help. I have found out that windows is not able to show/format all partitions natively using the GUI.
The solution was to use the diskpart too (integrated into windows), wipe all partitions and reformat it to fat32. Here's a manual how to do that
I formatted my micro sd (samsung evo 16gb) as mixed portable/adoptable storage.
After I had to wipe my phone (CM13), and then I would to format my sd as I've done other times...But my sd is damaged. I wiped the phone so no .key from /data/misc/vold.
I don't care about the data, I only want to restore my sd .
I tried all the possible (under linux, under windows, mini tool partition wizard, chkdsk, diskpart, testdisk, gparted, sd formatter etc etc.....all the tools I know) but after the formattation the sd return like before with the previous data and partitions, I tried also a low level format but it is the same, I can't format this sd...any suggestion? I'm able to read the sd in all my devices and computers, simply I can't format....help me thanks
no one?