I need to repartition my SD card for changing ROM on my HTC Desire. I planned on using GParted for the task, but so far I have failed to get the SD card to show up in GParted. What I have tried so far:
1. Plugging in my phone to my MacBook I can see my device and in Disk Utility both partitions show up (although obviously the ext4 won't mount).
2. Booted GParted in Parallels but the device won't show up
3. ...so I tried booting my mac with it, but still, the device won't show up.
4. Tried booting a PC off GParted. Still no device!
5. Plugging the SD card into a Samsung Galaxy S and tried the above again, still without success.
So problem persists, I cannot get the SD card to show up in GParted! Do you have any idea how to make it work?
Try to use card reader. I'm sure it can detect when you use it. I'm a fans of gparted.
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Alright, then I need to rest my restless mind and wait for the holidays to pass so I can get hold of one! Thanks.
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Hey guys,
I got the Hero with Android 1.5, Build: 2.73.421.5. It does not detect any SD card at all. The cards are fine, works in a pc. They are FAT32 and clean, but no matter what I do it just does not work. Any ideas as to what I can do to fix this without sending it in?
Thanks
Hello? Anyone?
1. Did you try formatting it on your phone just in case?
2. try a different one and see
3. May be hard reset your phone
tfn said:
1. Did you try formatting it on your phone just in case?
2. try a different one and see
3. May be hard reset your phone
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The phone doesn't pick the card up at all, so I can't format it.
I tried a different sd card.
I did a hard reset about 5 times since yesterday, I even opened the phone and cleaned it with an electro cleaner liquid. No luck!
Thanks for replying
Same thing here.
Hero doesn't see any sd card.
FW version 1.5.
And also Computer can't connect to phone - "Unknow device".
noone?
This happens to me on my work computer (not recognized) but not on my home puter (okay).
I don't know why.
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1. Install Hero drivers on your computer (you can find them if you type Htc Hero drivers on google - and you will find them without Htc Sync bull**** program).
2. Install Paragon Partition Manager and see if it is recognized there. If it is, you can format it using FAT16. See if this helps.
3. After formatting, remove the sd card, remove the cable, push the sd card back, boot your rom and try to enter in sd card using a file manager such as Linda FIle manager, ES File explorer etc.
4. You can try and see if it is recognized by entering in fastboot menu (power off and then press power + volume up and down at the same time).
5. IF this doesn't help, I suggest manage somehow and install a custom rom. This will definitely solve your problem.
I would appreciate some assistance with the issue I am facing as I am new to Android. I have attempted to use my micoSD card (32GB Kingston) from my HD2 and as it was detected, I figured out I may have to mount it and so I did. However, Galaxy S II report it as corrupted and requires it to be deleted/formatted. Because I had a lot of data on it, I did not want to format it. Now, the card cannot even be read on my PC.
Can someone please advise how to proceed to restore my data?
Thank you for any suggestion/help/tips!
Connect it to a windows pc outside of the phone, and then scan it.
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Missing data try Recuva to recover data .
jje
Thanks for the suggestions; I will try...
None of the above worked, because the card appears damaged and there is no access to it as a external drive. I also tried Zero Assumption Recovery, to no avail!
I will continue to try, but if anyone knows of a solution, I would appreciate their input.
Thanks
Like i said, you must connect it to windows with the card not in the phone.
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Harolds,
This is how I did it, of course, using the SD crd adpater! Unfortunately, it did not work...
Thanks anyway...
carola said:
Harolds,
This is how I did it, of course, using the SD crd adpater! Unfortunately, it did not work...
Thanks anyway...
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Find the manufacturers website and see if they have a repair app for it. I have had to do this with a flash drive before, their may be something simular for your microSD card.
Was you sd card partitioned by chance?
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Try plugging it into a linux box.
I found that somtimes linux would read what windows thought was a 'corrupted' drive.
Thanks all for your input, but still no solution!
harolds,
I have checked the Kingston's Website and there is not tool, only basic FAQ! I remmeber I had an SD card from Transcender and got corrupted and there was a tool from their site. In this case, I cannot locate a tool!
intruda119,
I do not believe it was partitioned, as I only mounted it using Android tool. I am unsure whtehr the mounting process also pations it or not.
SuperTheMando,
Unfortunately, I am not conversant with Linux, so I would not know how to proceed even if I build a system based on this OS.
Please if you have any suggestion, please share it!
If nothing else works, and you really want to give linux a go, then you could try a live CD or a live USB.
That means booting your computer off a CD or USB instead of your hard drive.
It really is a lot simpler than you'd think.
I don't know how computer savvy you are, but if this doesn't make sense, then some Googling around will give you a simpler explanation.
Just go to the Ubuntu website and choose an appropriate version (I recommend the Long Term Support version, it will have the least bugs in it and most likely to work fine on your computer and with the SD card) and download it.
In the download steps, they'll give you links and how to's to make a bootable USB or CD.
If your computer is relatively new, then it should be able to work of a USB, but if you aren't sure, then just go with CD (it will work with all computers with a CD drive)
Just prepare the Live CD, put it in, turn on your computer, and tell it to boot to the CD. (go into the BIOS (hit delete (usually) while it's turning on) and set it to boot from the CD before the HDD).
It sounds scary if you've never done anything like that before, but honestly, you won't screw up your computer. Before you do anything permanent to your computer you will be told at least three times 'WARNING THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA!' or something along those lines.
You probably have a computer savvy friend who can do this all for you, or maybe an IT department at work who will be glad to help you.
Hi all.
Here's the situation:
I have a 32 gb Sandisk (unsure of the class) sd card I've used with 2 different phones for at least over a year now. I took the card out of my phone to connect it through my laptops built in card reader for the purpose of transferring large files (card reader speeds are much faster than usb mounting through the phone for me). When I put it in the computer Windows wouldn't recognize it. Now it won't mount in my phone at all, and it won't work correctly on my PC. When I connect it to my computer it says the card needs to be formatted before use, but then when I go to format it, it shows up on the Windows formatting screen as only having a 30.6 mb capacity and I get the message "Windows was unable to complete the format" whenever I try to format it, no matter the settings.
So my question is, how do I get the darn thing to work again? I think something must have happened between shutting my phone down to remove it and putting it in my computer. I just don't know what. Anyone else ever experience this? (I've already given up on recovering all of my files, but if it's possible to save them that would be amazing )
Things I've tried:
formatting via Windows
formatting via android
formatting /external_sd via Clockworkmod recovery
a couple different data recovery/partitioning programs (Partition Wizard and PhotoRec/TestDisk
also using "chkdsk" in windows command prompt returns saying that the disk is in the "RAW" format.
Additional info:
Phone: Motorola Droid RAZR HD (XT926) (Verizon)
ROM: XenonHD 11.01 (Android version 4.2.2, AOSP based)
Sorry if this is more lengthy than necessary, just trying to be thorough and cover all the bases!
Thanks in advance for your help!
Hi Guys,
I am at my wits end with my Nook tablet. No matter what I do, the NT refuses to boot until I take the micro sdcard out. The screen remains dark no matter how long I wait. However, if I leave it plugged in it eventually starts up by itself. My ROM is cm-11-20140705-NIGHTLY-acclaim but I have had this problem since 10.2.1. Here is what I have tried:
• I tried two different 32 GB cards (formatted with Minitool Partition Manager). Both sdcards are SanDisk Class 4 or better. I tried two different 32 GB cards (formatted with Minitool Partition Manager).
• It doesn't manner what is on the card. I have tried a card that only contained flash_recovery_6.0.3.7_sdcard.zip and the NT still doesn't boot. I was able to flash that and the SD flashed recovery seems to work, but I still can't get the NT to boot as long as that card is installed.
• I have tried plugging the NT into the charger while trying to boot and I can't boot with the Power button, but if I leave it in the charger for a while it boots by itself even though the card is plugged in.
• ES file manager can "see" everything on the card when the tablet is running and all apps seem to run fine.
While this is not such a big deal, I sure would like to be able to press the power key and have the NT boot up with the card installed.
Any ideas?
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Hi Guys,
I am at my wits end with my Nook tablet. No matter what I do, the NT refuses to boot until I take the micro sdcard out. The screen remains dark no matter how long I wait. However, if I leave it plugged in it eventually starts up by itself. My ROM is cm-11-20140705-NIGHTLY-acclaim but I have had this problem since 10.2.1. Here is what I have tried:
• I tried two different 32 GB cards (formatted with Minitool Partition Manager). Both sdcards are SanDisk Class 4 or better. I tried two different 32 GB cards (formatted with Minitool Partition Manager).
• It doesn't manner what is on the card. I have tried a card that only contained flash_recovery_6.0.3.7_sdcard.zip and the NT still doesn't boot. I was able to flash that and the SD flashed recovery seems to work, but I still can't get the NT to boot as long as that card is installed.
• I have tried plugging the NT into the charger while trying to boot and I can't boot with the Power button, but if I leave it in the charger for a while it boots by itself even though the card is plugged in.
• ES file manager can "see" everything on the card when the tablet is running and all apps seem to run fine.
While this is not such a big deal, I sure would like to be able to press the power key and have the NT boot up with the card installed.
Any ideas?
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I am going to assume you have CM-11-20140705-NIGHTLY-acclaim installed on EMMC internal. I am currently running CM-11-20140708-SNAPSHOT-M8-acclaim on EMMC internal with CWM v6.0.4.8. The only thing I can say to try, and I have done a lot to my Nook, is formatting your SD card with -- SD Formatter 4.0 for SD/SDHC/SDXC. I wasn't sure to add the external link but if you Google that exactly you'll get right to it. I have had no issues with numerous cards from 8gb to 32gb. Once I did that, I also erased the SD card when I was fully booted into CM, under settings - storage. Hope this helps.
HydroMX
Thanks for the comment.
I have found the reason why the NT won't boot. I overlooked the fact that I still had the MLO and uboot.bin files in the root of the sdcard from the bad old days. I deleted them and now the tablet boots up even when the card is installed. So that problem is solved.
Now I have to figure out why the sdcard normal, the sdcard recovery, and the sdcard alternate boot images are grayed out in the boot menu. Again, not a big deal because I can boot into emmc recovery where I have CWM Recovery 6.0.48 installed. I just don't like when things don't work as they should. If I can't figure out why, I'll start a new thread for this problem.
I believe those only show up when you are booting off a properly setup sdcard. I've never seen mine lit up on my nook color or nook tablet in all the years I've used them. So I think you are good to go.
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I have an iBall Slide i701 running Windows 10. So, I wanted to try RemixOS on my tablet after seeing a thread on some site. So, I downloaded the zip and tried to use the USB option but my USB was not detected at all. I tried everything like formatting the pendrive to different formats, but still no luck. Then, I tried the Hard Disk installation, but here's the problem. My tablet has 16GB of internal storage of which right now about 7GB is free (which isn't enough to repartition). But, I do have a 16GB SD Card on the tablet but it's being shown as Secure SD Storage and I am unable to create a normal bootable partition with the SD Card. So, when I try the hard disk installation option, the SD Card doesn't show up among the hard drives, instead it shows among USB. Anyways, I tried USB installation to the SD Card, but it won't boot into the USB though I have set UEFI as boot option #1 and disabled secure boot.
Please help me out!
Well i have tried everything from booting linux to win7 win 8.1 installers with and without efi installers it just doesn't boot from any flash drive. There is a lock in the bios on boot option that forces it to boot from internal and yes i also tried via its sd slot, the prob is the sd card can only be accessed after it boots up, so thats a bummer,
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I have an iBall Slide i701 running Windows 10. So, I wanted to try RemixOS on my tablet after seeing a thread on some site. So, I downloaded the zip and tried to use the USB option but my USB was not detected at all. I tried everything like formatting the pendrive to different formats, but still no luck. Then, I tried the Hard Disk installation, but here's the problem. My tablet has 16GB of internal storage of which right now about 7GB is free (which isn't enough to repartition). But, I do have a 16GB SD Card on the tablet but it's being shown as Secure SD Storage and I am unable to create a normal bootable partition with the SD Card. So, when I try the hard disk installation option, the SD Card doesn't show up among the hard drives, instead it shows among USB. Anyways, I tried USB installation to the SD Card, but it won't boot into the USB though I have set UEFI as boot option #1 and disabled secure boot.
Please help me out!
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hello, ive had similar problems with the iball marvel 6 and ive contacted iball for it and they sent me this email
With reference to your below mail, iBall compbook Marvel 6 comes with pre-installed OS 64 bit Windows 10 Home Ver. Customer cannot Upgrade or downgrade the OS through online or with any other external devices. Compbook works on tablet technology it will not support any other OS except the OS which is preinstalled in it, therefore there is no any separate drivers available for that..
i dont know if this is similar to yours but your slide also works on tablet technology so it might be the crux of the problem.
It is possible to load from USB
I had the same problem with my iball i701, during win10 upgrade it went into blank screen of death. Heres what i did.
0. Make efi shell as first boot in bios.
1. Go into efi shell, type map. It lists the drives, usb is not listed.
2. Unplug usb, type map -r
3. Plug in usb drive (my usb was win10 efi bootable drive), type map -r
4. Voila now the last entry is usb drive.
5. Type reset, press esc to go into bios. Usb is now listed in boot options.
Done.