Hey guys, I used ALberts method for rooting using the micro SD card and now im kinda sad. Im sad because I deleted everything off of my 32gb micro SD card and now it's only showing that it has 76MB on it. I reformatted and it still is only showing 76mb. Anyone know how I can have mah SD card back lol?
htcdesirezgeorge said:
Hey guys, I used ALberts method for rooting using the micro SD card and now im kinda sad. Im sad because I deleted everything off of my 32gb micro SD card and now it's only showing that it has 76MB on it. I reformatted and it still is only showing 76mb. Anyone know how I can have mah SD card back lol?
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wow, really sorry to hear you're having some bad luck... what formatter ? is it SDFORMATTER31 ?
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
htcdesirezgeorge said:
Hey guys, I used ALberts method for rooting using the micro SD card and now im kinda sad. Im sad because I deleted everything off of my 32gb micro SD card and now it's only showing that it has 76MB on it. I reformatted and it still is only showing 76mb. Anyone know how I can have mah SD card back lol?
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I had the same frustration and figured there was some magic I didn't understand re: image files. I "believe" that the image you select with the windows disk imager (Win32DiskImager.exe), which I believe is named cwm_sd_flashing_boot.img controls how much free space is left. In other words, that image is only around 70 MB or so, and when you transfer the image to the USB, that's all you get.
I was using a 2G SD, so no big loss, but when I went to place the .zip file for CM9, there wasn't enough free space available. What I did was copied the CM9 zip and gapps zip to yet another SD, booted up with the original 70 MB SD and then popped in the larger SD when asked to select the zip to flash in CWM. It worked.
Since then, I realized that all you have to do is format your larger SD as a bootable FAT32 drive, ie, set the boot and lda flags, then copy "all" the files that were in the original SD drive. After trying to puzzle it out for two days, I got it working tonight.
For me, I just formatted a 16 GB SD as bootable and then added all the zip files I'd need, and will use that SD in the future for CM9 and other upgrades.
As far as how to make a bootable drive, I use linux (and dual boot windows 7) and used the gparted program as recommended by indirect. It allows you to set the boot and lda flags which I guess is all you need to make the drive bootable. I have no idea how to get windows to do that without some other app. You can always create a gparted live CD and boot into it.
Good luck.
PS The files I found I needed on the SD to make it boot are
boot.img
flashing_boot.img
MLO
u-boot.bin
...as well as Gapps_and_root.zip and any other zips you want to load.
I'm not sure of MLO and u-boot.bin, but I put them in and it works.
PPS I also found that if you leave the USB connected to your computer, it will boot right into the SD. If not, you probably have to do the power and N buttons at the same time thing.
Recovering SD Capacity
I had the same problem, but then I read somewhere that if you just use the NT clear SDCARD / dismount while the MicroSD is still in the NT (of course), it will revert back to it's original capacity.
Worked for me...I can look through the menus and get step by step instructions if you can't follow the crappy way I described it above.
Lol, thanks for the advice guys! I'll try it, hopefully Im not screwed
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I tried flashing my 3125 to the latest official ROM via the nbh from RUU_STAR100_4.1.502.5_02.79.30_CWS_SHIP.exe in bootloader mode.
It gets as far as the "Update SD image?" screen, I press the button to start the update process, and I receive an "SD FAT Update failed !!!" error.
What am I doing wrong? Have I bricked my phone?
Any help would be MUCH appreciated...
Sounds like your SD card is not formatted with FAT32. Verify that it is, or just reformat it and make sure the file is correctly named, resides in the root directory and is the only thing on the card. Reply back on what you find.
raskell said:
Sounds like your SD card is not formatted with FAT32. Verify that it is, or just reformat it and make sure the file is correctly named, resides in the root directory and is the only thing on the card. Reply back on what you find.
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I reformatted the card to Fat32, downloaded the RUU again, and extracted the nbh file it to the root directory of my microsd card, as STARIMG.nbh, and still got the same SD FAT update failed error.
(I did not use a volume label, and double checked that my card was in fact formatted in Fat32, which it was)
BetaChris said:
I reformatted the card to Fat32, downloaded the RUU again, and extracted the nbh file it to the root directory of my microsd card, as STARIMG.nbh, and still got the same SD FAT update failed error.
(I did not use a volume label, and double checked that my card was in fact formatted in Fat32, which it was)
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Is your microSD card from Sandisk? My girlfriend was experienced the same problem (well, I was messing with her cellphone, don't tell her LOL), untill I tried my Kingston card. No idea what is the difference, both cards were with NO errors at all...
Try using few different microSD cards. And format them with the Panasonic SDFormatter only.
Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm almost certain it's a problem with my phone, and not the microsd card.
I tried using the same card to flash a different 3125, and was able to do so without incident - so, I've pretty much concluded that my other phone is shot.
(Oh, and for the record, it's not a sandisk card, it's an AData one)
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So I recently Romed my Viewsonic G Tablet.
I followed this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
Everything is fine..except when I put a SD card into the SD slot the Tablet doesn't recognize it. It just tells the the internal Space not the SD card space.
I used ZPad Clean v3.0 for the ROM and I used cwmod_internal.zip instead of cwmod_microsd.zip
I then used my friend's G Tablet and put the SD card in it..It read it just fine.
So I wanted to test it out while it was rooted. (to double check)
I then Rooted my friends GTablet also. I rooted it the same way but the only change I did was have a SD card in the tablet the whole time. Still the same problem.
Is there any way to fix it? DO i need to use cwmod_microsd.zip....instead of cwmod_internal.zip??
I'm really confused if someone can help me that would be amazing!
Is there an APP that tells you the storage of your installed SD Cards?
Thank you
You mean flashed the rom when you say romed. Have you checked to make sure the sdcard is getting mounted? If there is no data on it you might try reformatting it in either of the g tabs. If you can get to a shell you might reboot, and look at the last 20 lines or so of dmesg. Insert the card and take another look at dmesg and see if the kernel is picking up the insert at all. If so it is likely just a mounting issue.
muqali said:
You mean flashed the rom when you say romed. Have you checked to make sure the sdcard is getting mounted? If there is no data on it you might try reformatting it in either of the g tabs. If you can get to a shell you might reboot, and look at the last 20 lines or so of dmesg. Insert the card and take another look at dmesg and see if the kernel is picking up the insert at all. If so it is likely just a mounting issue.
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Well I reformatted it and I mounted it. Still nothing..How can I check if the kernel is picking up the SD card at all?
Would changing Kernel's fix the problem? I'm just using the Stock Kernel that the ROM came with.
Thanks
You were able to reformat and mount it via the g tablet with the zpad software on it? And even having done that it doesn't list it as having any free space?
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You were able to reformat and mount it via the g tablet with the zpad software on it? And even having done that it doesn't list it as having any free space?
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Not yet. So should I go to Storage and devices and unmount and format the SD card via the tab?
Try it on the tablet.
If I reformat the SD card wouldn't I loose the root? or no right because I did external
My understanding of root is that it modifies files on your tab/phone, not an external sd card. Worst case you lose root and reroot the device.
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Try it on the tablet.
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Not yet. So should I go to Storage and devices and unmount and format the SD card via the tab?
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When I tap click mount it says 11.3 gigs available.
when i unmount it says unavailable.
The card is only 8GB.
It should be internal storage 16GB.
SD card like 8gb.
Not sure what's going on.
If I format I think I'll wipe it all.
Ok, there is an internal 16GB, yes. Of which you have 11GB free. The SD card you're having the issue with is a separate uSD 8GB, right?
I'm meaning for you to try to mount/unmount or possibly format the 8GB SD card. If it isn't showing at all then the issue is something beyond it simply not being mounted.
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Ok, there is an internal 16GB, yes. Of which you have 11GB free. The SD card you're having the issue with is a separate uSD 8GB, right?
I'm meaning for you to try to mount/unmount or possibly format the 8GB SD card. If it isn't showing at all then the issue is something beyond it simply not being mounted.
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Yeah. It's a separate card that I plugged into it.
Was there ever a fix/resolution for this? I am having the same issue.
Everyone,
I've written this a bunch of times -- but here's one more:
/sdcard -- internal memory of the tablet
/sdcard2 -- miniSD card in the external slot
/usbdisk -- USB key slot
Put your recovery folder and update.zip on /sdcard, turn off the tablet, the press power
and volume + to initiate standard recovery.
Second, put your recovery folder and update.zip on a miniSD card. Edit the command file
in the recovery folder with Notepad to change the location from /sdcard to /sdcard2 and
save it with the name "command" (NO .txt or other file extension). Then boot
recovery with power/volume + and the OS will use the sdcard (assuming you don't
have a live recovery/update.zip file in /sdcard).
Third, if you can boot recovery to CWM but can get your ROM to work, go in recovery to
the mount menu and go down to the mount USB memory option and choose it.
Then plug your connector cable from the miniSB port to your PC. When you plug into
your PC an Explorer window should open and you should have a drive letter representing
the G-Tablet (it's G: on mine) on you menu. You now can select that
letter and you have access to your tablet memory (/sdcard). I've even had a time or two
when not a single file showed!!! I added update.zip and recovery and loaded
a ROM!
The tablet boot process apparently checks /SDCARD. If it doesn't find a recovery files there
it does the same check if you have a miniSD external card installed. The large USB slot is not
useable for booting or recovery so far as I have determined or read.
I hope this helps you.
Rev
I own a visio tablet which I rooted with vegan and clockwork. I have a 32GB SD card but when I check the storage is says 12GB on SD and 2GB on internal. The tablet should have 16GB + my 32GB. Anyone have an idea why it wont come up?
Is the fix above the best way to take care of this issue?
Can anyone kindly help? I've read through a lot of the links and can't find anything. I have rooted my device with clockworm v8, Vegan, got the market place to work and now I just need to figure out what is going on with my 32GB SD card. Should I format it with FAT32? How can I get it to be recognized?
Thanks in advance!
Formatting to Fat32 would be a good start ;-)
SD Card Dilemma
I have the VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0B5.1 installed in my G-Tab and, with the exception of the SD card issue, things are just peachy! I've read the entire thread but, even with butchconners description, I seem to still be missing something. Let me try to structure this a bit differently...
1. The sdcard2 DOES show up in ifilemanager (with only one file, LOST.DIR) but NOT in SETTINGS. Since it does not appear in SETTINGS, there is no way to mount or dismount it (although if it shows up in the file manager and I can see the file on it, one might infer that it is already mounted.)
2. Even though I can see it in ifilemanager, I'm not so sure how I can actually USE it. It seems to me that the system would need to know (via SETTINGS) that it is there and I would have to tell the system where to put my files (i.e., sdcard or sdcard2).
3. When I connect my G-Tab to my Win7 PC, I only have access to sdcard AND NOT sdcard2. This seems a bit unusual since I have always had access to the removable sd card AND NOT the system memory on all my other devices (EVO, Blackberry, etc.)
My goal is to be able to set applications (some or all) to use the sdcard2 (at least for data) and be able to access it via the usb connection to my PC. Does anyone know how to accomplish this?...Has a solution for this already been posted somewhere?
Many thanks.
I am not an expert but the pc sees(?) only sdcard(internal) but no sdcard2(microsd).
Right, Guys?
I am now able to see both sdcard1 and sdcard2 using pershoots latest oc kernal released 4/25 when hooking up gtab via usb to computer. I am using Vegan tab gingeredition.
where does one find that kernel and how do i install it? Im running vegan ginger right nowand have the same sd card issue.
thanks!
Noob here. Device is 16GB NT, rooted 1.4.1, using Albert's SD card. Works like a charm, but various apps show that they are not compatible with the NT. I would like to try the external CM7, and flash it to internal after I try it out.
I have tried several SD cards, (8GB Sandisk Class 4, 32GB Sandisk Class 4, 8GB Transcend Class 4) and two ways of imaging the CM7 file (using Winimager32 with the SD in an SD/MMC reader/writer on my laptop, using Winimager32 with the SD card in the NT). After imaging the SD, I have attempted to boot without expanding Partition 4, also with expanding Partition 4 using Gparted, and expanding Partition 4 using EASEUS Partition Master and Mini-tool Partition Wizard. I have gone back to a clean SD by using Windows to reformat the card, and by using the NT to erase and reformat.
I think that I must be missing a simple step in the process, but after searching XDA, Tabletroms, and Google, I am unable to come up with a solution.
Questions that I have are:
- Is it necessary to clear the dalvik cache when using the SD card? (I don't think so, since all boot and setup activity seems like it does not include the internal boot/system files)
- I came across a thread that says that a "cache" folder should be added to the root of the "data" partition. Is this a required step?
- Do the second and third partitions require the "system" and "data" labels?
- I set the attributes of Partition 1 to Active (LBA). Do I also need to set a boot attribute?
I apologize for the long-winded post, but I appreciate any pointers that you can provide. BTW, the efforts of all those who have taken the lead to improve the NT are first class, and the help provided by members of the XDA community here are impressive, to say the least.
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If you mean you're not able to boot up at all, try plugging your NT in then turn it on. Some people's NTs will only boot when attached to the cable.
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Thanks for the quick response. I left out a few items in the original post.
I have to tether my NT to the plugged-in charger to get it to boot with the SD card installed. I get the Team B splash screen for about 15 seconds, then it goes to a black, backlit screen. I have waited as long as 20 minutes, but nothing happens. I have also popped out the SD card, and reinserted it, as have others in this forum, but to no avail. When I power on untethered, I just go to the normal NT boot.
If I boot up normally, insert the card and use ES File Explorer, I can see four folders, plus the boot.img, flashing_boot.img, MLO, and u-boot.bin. Also, when I use GParted, I can see the four partitions, and when I use ext2explore, I can see many files in both of the Linux partitions.
Hope this adds a little more clarity to the original post.
Thx.
You shouldn't have to make any changes to the SD card after you write the image to it. Just put the card in and power on.
it 'sounds' like its your sd card. did you try it with just the one ? imho, because the card is choking... go get a 4 gb class 2 and try again.
1) sdformatter, fat32, not quick...
2) then use 'Win32DiskImager.exe' . . .
Android now skates
I finally got CM7 to run from the SD card(Sandisk 32GB Class 4). Used another PC to image the SD card. Worked on the first attempt.
Hope this helps others who have had this problem.
the main thing that those of us who came from nook colors will know is dont use laptop sd card readers.. prolly half the posts i seen were due to using one of them. the best SD card readers are the PC ones and using a proper image writer.
as far as the app issue.. if its like the nook color you can always edit your build.prop to make it show as another device on google play
I seem to be having somewhat of the same problem.
I got an 8 GB (4) and burned the CM7 image to it using win32diskmanager, then used easeus to partition my drive. Put it in my nook, perfect, everything works.
A few days later I got my 32GB (4) card in the mail and did the same thing. Put it in my nook, and it wouldn't boot. I can see the TEAM B+ splash screen but nothing else, screen turns black afterwards and nook reboots to nook stock.
I don't know why it does this, could be sd card problem.
Im I missing something? do I have to do anything special if im using another sd card on the same nook?
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I seem to be having somewhat of the same problem.
I got an 8 GB (4) and burned the CM7 image to it using win32diskmanager, then used easeus to partition my drive. Put it in my nook, perfect, everything works.
A few days later I got my 32GB (4) card in the mail and did the same thing. Put it in my nook, and it wouldn't boot. I can see the TEAM B+ splash screen but nothing else, screen turns black afterwards and nook reboots to nook stock.
I don't know why it does this, could be sd card problem.
Im I missing something? do I have to do anything special if im using another sd card on the same nook?
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If it worked perfect the first time, it has to be an SD problem or a burning problem. I'd try rewriting the image to that SD card.
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If it worked perfect the first time, it has to be an SD problem or a burning problem. I'd try rewriting the image to that SD card.
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So I reformatted the 32GB card using SDformatter (lost 2GB in the process) and burned the image one more time.
Same thing happened. Nook keeps booting back into stock (after team b's splash screen). I re-insert my 8GB SD card and it works perfectly.
Must be the SD card unless someone knows what else is happening... I guess thats what you get when you shop for SD cards on ebay.
JRam13 said:
So I reformatted the 32GB card using SDformatter (lost 2GB in the process) and burned the image one more time.
Same thing happened. Nook keeps booting back into stock (after team b's splash screen). I re-insert my 8GB SD card and it works perfectly.
Must be the SD card unless someone knows what else is happening... I guess thats what you get when you shop for SD cards on ebay.
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You might want to try booting up with the power cable in. Some of these SD cards and NTs just like to be difficult, but it's worth a shot anyway.
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You might want to try booting up with the power cable in. Some of these SD cards and NTs just like to be difficult, but it's worth a shot anyway.
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Very peculiar things are happening.
I had put my 32GB SD card away until I read your last post, thinking I might try to reboot from card with he power cord like you suggested to see what happens. So I put my card in and it loads to stock nook. No CM7 splash screen like before. I reset the device and tried again, nothing.
I think the card might be bricked now. I checked to see why this was happening and now my devices won't see the SD card. The nook asks me if I want to reformat the card, but it crashes if I choose to do so, and windows won't see the drive the card is on so i'm not able to format or play or see the partitions.
Edit: Wow. Ignore that. As soon as I posted this my device finally reformatted the card. Will try again now.
Download and install:
http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
As long as the SD card mounts, you should be able to get your card back to normal by deleting all the partitions then creating just one, formatted as FAT32.
Solar.Plexus said:
Download and install:
http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
As long as the SD card mounts, you should be able to get your card back to normal by deleting all the partitions then creating just one, formatted as FAT32.
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Re-burned the image. Nook will not start at all now with the card in there. I played with the power cord and left it there for 2 minutes and it powered up, however, no splash screen or anything, boots to stock NT.
I turn the NT back off, same thing, won't power ON. I wait two minutes with power cord on and it powers on then.
Bad SD card?
Card has:
.android_secure
Android
B&N Downloads
LOST.DIR
My files
boot (img)
flashing_boot (img)
MLO
u-boot.bin
When I had issues, I followed old fart's suggestion and reformatted my card with sdformatter first. then burned the image with Win32diskimager, both on another PC. When finished, I ended up with a 3.8GB image on the SD card. Nothing worked until I used the other machine. After I was sure that the card was going to work, I expanded the fourth partition to use the rest of the space on the card.
BTW, I had to use the USB cord, plugged into the charger to boot up. Worked on first try. Been happy ever since.
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Nothing worked until I used the other machine.
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okay, you got me really curious. . . . what's the 'other' machine and what did it do right that the first attempt / machine did wrong. hmm ?
hobiemark said:
When I had issues, I followed old fart's suggestion and reformatted my card with sdformatter first. then burned the image with Win32diskimager, both on another PC. When finished, I ended up with a 3.8GB image on the SD card. Nothing worked until I used the other machine. After I was sure that the card was going to work, I expanded the fourth partition to use the rest of the space on the card.
BTW, I had to use the USB cord, plugged into the charger to boot up. Worked on first try. Been happy ever since.
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What do you mean by nothing worked until you used the 'other' machine?
Sorry for the confusion.
I made many unsuccessful attempts to make the sd card on a Sony laptop, using an sd card reader in one of its USB ports. It wasn't until I switched over to the "other" machine which is an old Compaq desktop, that I was able to get a good image on the sd card. The point is that I had to switch to different computer to create a good image. It seems like something on my laptop prevented me from making a workable image on the sdcard. Hope this helps.
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Sorry for the confusion.
I made many unsuccessful attempts to make the sd card on a Sony laptop, using an sd card reader in one of its USB ports. It wasn't until I switched over to the "other" machine which is an old Compaq desktop, that I was able to get a good image on the sd card. The point is that I had to switch to different computer to create a good image. It seems like something on my laptop prevented me from making a workable image on the sdcard. Hope this helps.
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It could be the read/write speeds. What I do is I use the nook as my card reader, since I dont have a card reader on my PC. However, I do have one of those USB card readers. The difference between them is that when using the nook, it writes at about 3-4mb/s while the usb card reader writes at about .5-1mb/s.
I have been trying to flash CWM so I can install CM7. I rooted this month ago and just wanted to try something different, but that doesn't seem to be the problem. I can't flash the SD cards.
I downloaded the zip from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798439. That seemed straight forward. I first tried imaging a 16gb SD card because I had it sitting around. The image worked, but the card was now 69 MB. Yes, MB.
The booting worked and got me to the CWM menu, but I can't copy the CM7 file onto an SD card that is only 69MB, so it's useless.
I went to Best Buy and figured that since the instructions called for an 8GB SD card, I would try that instead of the 16. I also used a different computer. It did the exact same thing. The card is pretty dead... reformatting lets me reformat a 69MB card.
So as you can see, I'm not really even to the problem of CM7, I just can't use that program to get CWM going on the SD card.
-Windows XP
-Dynex Reader
-SanDisk cards (a 16 and 8gb)
-That Win32DiskImager
Any suggestions? I'm going to buy yet another card, but I really can't afford to keep tossing away these SD cards. Should I do it through the nook? Do I need Windows 7? Is that Win32diskimager junk?
Thanks for your help.
Haha my goodness man, stop buying SD cards! They aren't 69MB forever. The image you wrote to the card creates a 69MB partition. The rest of the space is still on the card. To get the space back, you'll need to download MiniTool Partition Wizard on your PC and do some repartitioning. Don't worry, it's really easy, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
If I read correctly, your real issue is that you cannot fit the CM7 ROM onto your SD card after it becomes 69MB. There's an easy fix. Just copy the ROM onto the internal storage partition (/mnt/media) of your actual NT. Then when you boot into CWM, choose the option to install zip from internal SD.
Awesome! Thank you, good sir. I now have CM7... so I guess I'll go see how that works.
You can reformat the sdcard(s) now either on windows or on the tablet itself (go to storage, select unmount, then reformat).
You'll get back all your space. I'd suggest flashing clockwordmod recovery to internal after doing so.
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Awesome! Thank you, good sir. I now have CM7... so I guess I'll go see how that works.
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No problem. Glad to hear you got everything sorted out now. Let us know if you need help with your microSD cards.
I downloaded and used Gparted to delete both partitions from the SD card, took me less than 5 minutes after I got the .iso burnt to CD.
It has been reported that off brand, class10 cards are troublesome. There has been many good reports for : Sandisk, class 4.
First of all, im using a 4.1.2 stock and my device is rooted
So i had an Sandisk 64 GB class 10 for some time which one day became a "read - only" card...
So afterwards i bought a Samsung 32 GB class 10 which I found out also had problems because i could put about 10GB of files and everything more that 10 GB turned into wierd folders that their name starts with "μ" and there where no actual content inside and i couldn't delete them.
So now i'm at my third try, again with a Samsung 32 GB class 10 which also has the same problem, only now i can write on it about 20 GB of data before files start to get curropted.
Just want to say i bought all 3 SD card from Ebay, and though i guess they might be fake (tons of bad luck), after searching the web I found out there are many GS3 users with the same problem...
So i just want to put an end for this question..
Is GS3 frying SD cards? is there something i can do to stop it from destroying SD cards? can i fix somehow the SD cards?
thanks alot!
Hi! when you are asking a question you should include details such as operating system(4.1.2 , 4.3, 4.4, stock, rooted and so on) and file system. I noticed while searching google that the majority of "s3 fried sd cards" so to speak are sandisk and in your case it seams that there is no such "limitation". Maybe if you give more details someone might be able to help.
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Hi! when you are asking a question you should include details such as operating system(4.1.2 , 4.3, 4.4, stock, rooted and so on) and file system. I noticed while searching google that the majority of "s3 fried sd cards" so to speak are sandisk and in your case it seams that there is no such "limitation". Maybe if you give more details someone might be able to help.
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Well, I edited my post.
you can see the first lines contains the detailes you described.
can't think of any other relevant details.
What type of file system do you have on sd card? is it fat32 or Ext4?
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What type of file system do you have on sd card? is it fat32 or Ext4?
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not sure. I formated it with my GS3 and the computer won't recognize it without reformating it.
Worst case scenario is your phone somehow corrupted the sd card and that is that. I had a similar problem with my usb flash drive which i used on-the-go and unmounted it before removing it but when it happened i didn't make a backup(as always) and got stuck with a nice keychain. If you have the possibility to format it under windows with a card reader and choose fat32 at least you have a working sd card, otherwise use your warranty for the sd card(if you have one) and always BACKUP.
vader20 said:
Worst case scenario is your phone somehow corrupted the sd card and that is that. I had a similar problem with my usb flash drive which i used on-the-go and unmounted it before removing it but when it happened i didn't make a backup(as always) and got stuck with a nice keychain. If you have the possibility to format it under windows with a card reader and choose fat32 at least you have a working sd card, otherwise use your warranty for the sd card(if you have one) and always BACKUP.
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but do you think that my device is malfunctuning in a way that will keep frying my SD cards..?
well since this is the second sd card i personally send it on warranty(as hard as it may be without the phone) because it seems that something is not right with the contacts of the card reader circuit board. I read somewhere that on some phones the card reader slot had some contacts partially detached and so the sd card kept getting corrupted. Search a bit on google about this issue and take into consideration using your phone's warranty. Best of luck!
That is a bit strange. Unless you're used to remove the sd card with the phone accesing to it (no safe removing) or removing the battery while the phone is running, that's absolutely not normal.
I have my 32GB sd since 2010 and I never had any problem. I formatted it this year because it had tons of useless data and I liked to have it clean.
Of course it's not from Ebay! That is bulls**t and use to fail suddenly.