So I have done searching and I have found some threads for different devices.
The issue I am having is that I flashed a new ROM and I wasn't able to save anything to it. I can view everything on the SD card just fine.
I pulled the card out and put it in a card reader and the card is write protected now.
I can still see the files perfectly fine.
I have a G2x.
Is the card really toast and there is no way to get the files off of it?? Or is there a way I can get the write protection off.
You can't copy files off the card to your computer? You said you were able to view them, so seems likely you should be able to copy them.
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You can't copy files off the card to your computer? You said you were able to view them, so seems likely you should be able to copy them.
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Yes, the issue is that the card is stuck in write protected mode and will not let me move, edit, or delete anything on the card.
Correct, but copying doesn't work too? I mentioned copy not move. I'm a bit confused because as far as I know, a write protected card should allow for copying files off it but not moving/editing/deleting.
Yup even copying from the SD card gives the error that it is read/write only.
Search Google for this issue. I'm sure there are ways to remove write protection. I just searched and found these links, though I didn't read through fully. Maybe they'll do the trick.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Remove-the-write-protection-on-a-Micro-SD./step1/Adapter/?f=m
http://www.windowsbbs.com/pc-hardware/80537-how-do-i-un-write-protect-micro-sd-card.html
http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Reader...dhc-card-suddenly-write-protected/td-p/146550
http://www.retire-asia.com/microsd.shtml
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very confusing, if it's read/write only, then you should be able to read and write. i think the error message may be incorrect.
are you able to remove the card from the phone and put it into an adapter to put it directly into a pc?
I am having a similar issue as described above except mine is a little weirder. I don't believe there is anything wrong with the card itself but it shows up as write-protected when viewed from my phone. When viewed on a computer there is nothing wrong with it. I've verified the issue with a second sd card and experienced the same issue. It's a 64gb class ten formatted fat32.
maybe u need to format ur sd card
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I am having a similar issue as described above except mine is a little weirder. I don't believe there is anything wrong with the card itself but it shows up as write-protected when viewed from my phone. When viewed on a computer there is nothing wrong with it. I've verified the issue with a second sd card and experienced the same issue. It's a 64gb class ten formatted fat32.
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Does your phone support 64 gb sd cards ? May that is the reason why it is exhibiting error
Spectral8x said:
So I have done searching and I have found some threads for different devices.
The issue I am having is that I flashed a new ROM and I wasn't able to save anything to it. I can view everything on the SD card just fine.
I pulled the card out and put it in a card reader and the card is write protected now.
I can still see the files perfectly fine.
I have a G2x.
Is the card really toast and there is no way to get the files off of it?? Or is there a way I can get the write protection off.
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Could you take a look at SD Card Permission Fixer on Google Play. It may help you.
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hey guys i just got my external sd card and i put files (such as music) into it.
however i CANNOT see anything when using Astro File Manager except two folders:
.android_secure and LOST.DIR.
whats wrong? please help guys!
help guys :S
Copy files to external SD card via USB Mass storage mode .
Do you see the files in Windows Explorer .
Probably you are that impatient you have copied the files to a wrong place .
jje
YES i do see them in my Windows PC...just cant see them in my device.
using I9100
Do they play .
Are they visible via My Files or in the Music Player .
jje
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Do they play .
Are they visible via My Files or in the Music Player .
jje
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no... cant see nothing! (except on PC)
Copy the files back to your PC (if you need to) and reformat it, making sure you do it as FAT32. Then copy the files back.
use your SGS2 to format the sdcard, this should settle problems with filesystem, cluster size, ... then try again. make a backup of your files before you format!
same happend to my 32gb class 4 sdhc card abd after 2 days it become dead, now it is not working any more. May be your card has the same problem that mine had. I bought it from ebay and it was local china made card. I claimed my money and got it back.
may be this would help you, do not consider that your card is also going to die, i just told you what happened to mine.
actually i got my microSD from my previous device-Nokia E72
it is a SDHC so it should fit the FAT32 system..no?
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actually i got my microSD from my previous device-Nokia E72
it is a SDHC so it should fit the FAT32 system..no?
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It's best to format it if you're having issues, especially with something like files appearing/not appearing on different devices.
As suggested by d3l1 above, use the phone to format it. If you still have problems then there are better formatting apps for your PC.
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It's best to format it if you're having issues, especially with something like files appearing/not appearing on different devices.
As suggested by d3l1 above, use the phone to format it. If you still have problems then there are better formatting apps for your PC.
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if there are still problems he should test the card and see if it's dying, happens from time to time.
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if there are still problems he should test the card and see if it's dying, happens from time to time.
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i have reformatted and still i cant see nothing with my device is my sd card dead?
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i have reformatted and still i cant see nothing with my device is my sd card dead?
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if you can open it in your pc then its not dead yet.. may sure you are opening the correct folder for external card. The folder is in sdcard\ externalSd or something like that
did you try another card? there are so many possibilities as to what may be the problem.
i can see the folder SDCARD/external_SD
but inside i can only see LOST.dir and .android_secure, nothing else! but i did put some music in it!
me 2
same here formated the sdcard in my pc put in my phone then transfered music.phone couldnt see any files so formated sdcard in phone this time but when hooked it up to the pc the files were still there even though they had been formated.lol not sure what to do next.
I installed MIUI on my girlfriend's fascinate last night and this morning she's just told me her phone has a notification for a damaged SD card... I told her to try unmounting/removing it and the problem persists making me believe it's the internal card.
Can anyone point me in the correct direction to fix this? I'd like to recover as many of the files from the phone before wiping it if possible.
Thanks!
First thing you should do to confirm whether it's internal or not is to just try swapping the MicroSD with another. I really don't know for sure, but I don't think it would tell you that you have a damaged SD card if it's talking about the internal storage.
Do you have a card reader for your PC? Plug it into that and see if it works. If it detects it, try running a chkdsk on it. If something got corrupted on it somehow, that should take care of it. You shouldn't have to format it.
She's currently at her family's house (we're in college... don't live on our own ) but I'll try that later. She tried putting her microSD in her brother's phone and both phones displayed a damaged memory card notification, which makes me think it may be both.
Also, she's got cwm red, not orange. Could that be the issue? If so, how do I switch to orange?
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She's currently at her family's house (we're in college... don't live on our own ) but I'll try that later. She tried putting her microSD in her brother's phone and both phones displayed a damaged memory card notification, which makes me think it may be both.
Also, she's got cwm red, not orange. Could that be the issue? If so, how do I switch to orange?
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If the same MicroSD gave a damaged message in another phone, it's almost certainly the MicroSD.
I know there's some issue with Gingerbread ROMs corrupting SD cards. I thought it didn't apply to CM7 or MIUI, but I'm not totally sure. CWM shouldn't have anything to do with it, though. It's odd that she has red CWM, though. How does she enter recovery?
I'd expect chkdsk to handle it. Once you've got access to it and a PC, open the command prompt, and try "chkdsk x: /f /x", where x is the drive letter for the card.
I would think you could just look at the SD card & phone storage section in Settings. Damaged memory card usually appears as not present.
The SD doesn't show up in the mounts and storage, yes. Any idea how to recover those files?
Does the internal memory show up?
From my experience, once it's corrupted it can't be used again. There are several programs that may help you recover files on the card but you probably will not be able to use the card again unless you can get it formatted on something else, ie camera.
Does the internal memory show up?
From my experience, once it's corrupted it can't be used again. There are several programs that may help you recover files on the card but you probably will not be able to use the card again unless you can get it formatted on something else, ie camera.
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The SD doesn't show up in the mounts and storage, yes. Any idea how to recover those files?
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If you have a card reader on a PC there's a program called Recuva that may be able to recover pics, video, etc.
try formatting it
Hey guys, about a month ago i accidentally dropped my phone on my coffee table and it cracked my screen. I didn't notice any other damage. Now it won't read the SD card. It will try and mount it and then tell me I removed it or something. I'm running Cyanogen 2.3.3. Stable rom and I have a recent nandroid backup.
I would like to fix this without a restore, but I can restore if that'll fix it. I'm just hoping it's not a hardware problem.
As always, any and all (attempts to) help are greatly appreciated!
Are you using S2E or Darktremor apps2sd? (That wouldn't be the cause of the problem, but would change the way you'd troubleshoot it.)
I really don't know what either of those are. I use Titanium backup and the android app manager to move the apps.
k, just checking. I'd suggest trying with a different SD card if you have one to see if it works with that. If it does, then I'd try reformatting the original SD card to see if that gets it to work again. Just make sure you copy all the files off the SD card with a computer first, then copy them back after reformatting.
Okay it was my SD card. I've moved everything over to a 2GB card now. Problem is, I can't get anything to read my 8GB now. I tried formatting after I backed it up, but it failed during the format and now neither my computer nor my phone will read mount it. It's obviously corrupt. Is there any way to fix this? I can fit most of my stuff on my 2GB card, but I'd like to save the 8GB if possible...
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Okay it was my SD card. I've moved everything over to a 2GB card now. Problem is, I can't get anything to read my 8GB now. I tried formatting after I backed it up, but it failed during the format and now neither my computer nor my phone will read mount it. It's obviously corrupt. Is there any way to fix this? I can fit most of my stuff on my 2GB card, but I'd like to save the 8GB if possible...
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Try this program: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
It has revived an SD card for me in the past. Hope it works for you.
okay I got the SD formatter. I've inserted the 8GB card using a working micro-SD to SD adapter in my card reader and the program recognized the drive and shows the correct size (7.39 GB). When I try and actually format the card, though, it says that either the drive, or the card is not supported by it. :\
I figured updating the drivers for my card reader would fix this, but I have no idea where to find them...
Some thing you might try:
1) Make sure the lock switch isn't engaged on the microSD to SD adapter. I had to tape the lock switch in the off position on my adapter to keep it from switching into the on position when I plugged it into my card reader.
2) Try formatting another SD card to see if it works.
I don't think you're going to find any new drivers for something as simple as a card reader.
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I don't think you're going to find any new drivers for something as simple as a card reader.
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I actually searched... and I did find them .
Theonew said:
I actually searched... and I did find them .
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Can you post them, please?
Gweth said:
Can you post them, please?
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Don't know the brand you have, so you could try here: http://driverscollection.com/?C=57.
Theonew said:
Don't know the brand you have, so you could try here: http://driverscollection.com/?C=57.
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Thanks but how do i figure out what kind I have? I have Toshiba Satellite A505 laptop. I just did a quick google search and didn't see anything, but I may have overlooked something...i'll keep looking.
Gweth said:
Thanks but how do i figure out what kind I have? I have Toshiba Satellite A505 laptop.
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There are many variations of that model... Go here: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp?nav=Download and find your specific model, then download and install the card reader driver available/suitable for it.
HI
I took the 32gb memory card out of my old HTC Desire HD and put it into my new S3.
Very strange because although the directory structure appears, the file explorer reports that every directory is empty - which they aren't.
The storage statistics correctly tells me that the memory card is almost full - so why won't it read the files?
I think that's the same thing as what happened to me today. No idea why it happened, but the SD contents showed up correctly after rebooting my phone.
Thanks.
Comforting to know that it isn't only me. However I rebooted the phone but no change.
Sounds like a formatting problem. You might have to copy the data off to a computer using a card reader or the old phone then reformat the card using the gs3 before putting your data back on the card.
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Yes, I think that must be the explanation. What a nuisance.
I'll try it and report back. Ta
Well it is very wierd.
I formatted the sdcard both on the PC and also in the phone.
Despite this, the file explorer still reports the file structure - which now no longer exists.
I've rebooted the phone. Makes no difference.
Phantom file structure reported on the phones file explorer - even though the available storage size is correct in the storage stats.
Does the computer also report the phantom file system?
This seems really strange indeed.
Have you tried writing new files to the card on the gs3 then see if they show up in the computer?
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No. The computer shows correctly.
But now - even more wierd, I downloaded a lot of files to the phone's internal memory.
Although the SDcard is empty, the phone's file explorere now shows the SDcard as containing the files.
My head is spinning.
I wonder if this is at all related to my issue (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1698672). I also experienced a phantom file structure, but it only affected a few hundred picture and music files (out of several thousand).
Thanks for this suggestion.
I don't think that the issue is the same. It was never formated exFAT and also there is no trace of the files at all.
When the car is inserted back into the HTC there is no problem. When it is in the PC - no problem.
I have now tried with another card - 16gb. Same thing.
These are good quality cards which have been used for more than a year on other phones.
I'm starting from scratch today. I'm going to reformat the 16gb using a full format - FAT32 and see what happens.
It shouldn't neeed to be this hard
Just to reiterate:-
The really puzzling things are:-
The phone's faliure to see the files - but it sees the directory structure.
The phone sees a "virtual/phantom" directory structure after an in-phone formatting
The phone sees files on the card if they have been copied there from the internal memory.
have you tried another card with the same capacity? what about reformatting the card from the phone after backing up the contents?
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have you tried another card with the same capacity? what about reformatting the card from the phone after backing up the contents?
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Yup - done all of that. No difference
what ROM are you using? are you using a custom ROM?
No. Brand new received yesterday t-mobile s3
Is it possible that the internal memory and the sdcard are being spanned in some way so that to the file explorer they all appear as one?
In fact even my Profimail email application reports that the directories and files are on the sdcard when in fact they are now on the internal memory and the sdcard is newly formatted and empty
Are you sure that you try to access your sdcard via /mnt/extSdCard/ ?
Samsung points the folder /sdcard/ to the internal memory and not to your sd card, so please make sure this isn't the problem.
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Ah - that sounds like a likely possibility.
Where can I find out more about this pelase.
Is there a way that I can point it at the physical card.
I really just want my phone to work in a way that I am used to and not in some wierd Samsung-controlled way
Yes, I can confirm that is what is happening.
It is really very ambiguous. ESfile explorer reports the directory structure on the external card but doesn't report the files. This is definitley a glitch which needs to be sorted out.
It also means that if you use windows file explorer to upload data directly on to the external card, it doesn't seem to be accessible to the phone.
Surely this can't be right
Hi all
I've done a search in this forum but can't find anything on this.
Files on my SD card are mysteriously disappearing. Think they are actually in LOST.DIR.
What can I do about this?
Using ICS 4.0.4.
16GB SanDisk Ultra (think it's a class 10 or 12)
d.casper.b said:
Hi all
I've done a search in this forum but can't find anything on this.
Files on my SD card are mysteriously disappearing. Think they are actually in LOST.DIR.
What can I do about this?
Using ICS 4.0.4.
16GB SanDisk Ultra (think it's a class 10 or 12)
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It may be ya computer problem as far as i know . There might be some kind of virus or Trojan infected ya files . So just scan it completly and try
Please hit the thanks :thumbup: if i ever helped ya !!
d.casper.b said:
Hi all
I've done a search in this forum but can't find anything on this.
Files on my SD card are mysteriously disappearing. Think they are actually in LOST.DIR.
What can I do about this?
Using ICS 4.0.4.
16GB SanDisk Ultra (think it's a class 10 or 12)
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Can you see the files in LOST.DIR.? Do check your sdcard for errors.
Are the files disappearing random or some specific type/app related.,?
Yes, the files were moved to LOST.DIR but renamed with a numeric value and the extension removed.
I'm not sure what the cause is?
I have done a format today, but must still load files on it to test further.
I have noticed that sometimes I must restart the phone as Solid Explorer has a hard time with the SD card.
CONCLUSION: the microSD card was corrupt.
Gave it back to the shop and took a chance with another microSD card (the exact same brand and model). Never had another issue.