Ever since I got my Samsung S3, I bought a 32gb SD Card. Yesterday out of no where my phone said there has been an error. Its no longer reading my SD Card. I have tried inserting the sd card, I also rebooted my phone, and nothing. Can someone help me please?
Backup your sd card and reformat
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Check your sd card for its stability in your pc either it needs a format or it is damaged
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Thank you! I will try that. :victory:
Check if it works on a pc.... Else u'll have to format it.... If it still doesn't work then I guess its damaged
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I may have encountered a hardware problem with my SGS2. Hopefully I'm wrong, and it can be corrected with software. Anyway, I have a 4GB MicroSD inserted into the phone, but it is not recognised at all.
Under "Settings > Storage" the SD card section says unavailable for both "Total space" and "Available space". The options for mounting and formatting the SD card are greyed out.
At first I thought the MicroSD might not be listed there, and instead was /sdcard/external_sd, but when I copied some files to that directory, they were not on the card when I checked on my old phone. I also copied a file from my PC to the card via my old phone, then searched, to no avail, to find it on the Galaxy S II.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Format the card via PC card reader . I just shoved 16GB card in and it works .
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I have done that. It works in my Xperia X1i. Should I be using FAT32? That is what the card us formatted as, but maybe I should try ext4 or ntfs?
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CloudStrife86 said:
I have done that. It works in my Xperia X1i. Should I be using FAT32? That is what the card us formatted as, but maybe I should try ext4 or ntfs?
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Fat32 should be fine, check the card for errors on your pc? I've just put my 16gb in and it's working fine...
Do you think it could be a fault with the phone? Maybe a damaged card reader? When the card is accessible, where in the file system is it found? /mnt? I know the internal storage is /mnt/sd card.
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Never mind, I borrowed another MicroSD, which worked fine. The problem must be with the formatting of the card. Thanks for the help people.
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.hey guys, i'm just wondering if there is a need for me to format a newly bought sd card before i put data on it and insert it on my phone..if yes, how do i do it??? thank you!!!
roi14 said:
.hey guys, i'm just wondering if there is a need for me to format a newly bought sd card before i put data on it and insert it on my phone..if yes, how do i do it??? thank you!!!
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Just insert it android will tell if it needs to format the card.. if it says you need to format it will give the option to format it.
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how about the files from my old sd card? do i put them on the new one before inserting it? or the other way around,.thanks for ur response man!!!
First insert new one if its unformated it should be formatted than copy.
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- copy your old SD card to PC via USB cable
- shut down, remove the old card, stick the new one in, turn on your phone
- let the phone format it (will prompt you if needed)
- copy the contents back via USB cable
Can do the above in PC as well, that way your phone will not even notice the card has changed.
will the "format prompt" automatically appear? how will i know if it needs a format?.thanks guys
Yes it will if needed otherwise no.
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thanks guys!!
Ok but do reply after have switched.
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It's better to format the new card from the phone before using it, this lets you maintain the native file system and prevents any anomalies that can arise from a pre (pc) formatted card. This might also help preventing the auto unmount issue that some users have reported.
Upon inserting the new card and on powering up the phone, go to Settings -> SD Card & Storage, select the Unmount Card option, then select the Format Card. When done Mount the card if not automatically done. Ensure that you have taken a backup (if you have some data on the card) before you format the card.
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It is not necesasry to format a newly bought sd card as all sd cards come pre formatted with the file system that suits it best(FAT32). SD Card manufacturers will never ship an unformatted card.
If you get unmounting issues with a new card its prolly not the cards fault but the phone's firmware.
hey guys, it seems that the sd card that i have brought does not need formatting,.i just copied everything to it and it works just fine! thanks again for all your help!!! shalom!^^
Yeah. It doesn't need formatting. Recently I bought a 16gb card, switched off phone, took out my old card, inserted new one phone, went into recovery, partitioned it with recovery, inserted old one in laptop card reader, USB toggle in phone, copy and paste all old SD contents to new one, then disabled USB toggle, restore a nandroid backup with ext4 and finally reboot. Phone was as it was before. But now 16gb from 8gb.
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i didn't do any partitioning on mine,.just fed the new card with all my files,and poof,.it works,haha
My 16GB SD card is now saying it is a Blank SD card , when I select to format, it says " External Media in Unknown State' can someone tell me how to fix this issue, I tried formating it with an other phone and connected to into a card reader, but it doesn't even read it... Someone help Me! Thanks!
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My 16GB SD card is now saying it is a Blank SD card , when I select to format, it says " External Media in Unknown State' can someone tell me how to fix this issue, I tried formating it with an other phone and connected to into a card reader, but it doesn't even read it... Someone help Me! Thanks!
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U can scan it with latest updated antivirus i suggest avast.
If it works than ok otherwise ur memory card surly BRICKED m afrid.
RE: Blank SD Card
Try reformatting with HP Format tool - h t t p://www.mediafire.com/?eshgpfym21kzesv
Install the program then format your card to Fat32 via adapter if possible and not in phone.
Then format the card with the phone if necessary.
If this doesn't work then it sounds like your card is goosed Sorry
It didn't work, thanks for trying to help though
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So I had a 16 gb external sd card in my rezound, realized that I would like more space so I bought a 32 gb card. The new card worked for about a week and no longer works. I have an sd card exploring app and it sees the files on the card but my phone does not even recognize the card is inserted.
Another thing to mention is that with the old card, my phone would not display the available space on it or give me the options to unmount and mount. Now when I put both of these cards in an sd card reader and insert them into my desktop the computer does not see that a card has been inserted. I have checked it with other mini SDs that I have and the computer sees them, so I don't know what gives! Any ideas??
P.S. I am running on the ICS 3.14.605.10 RUU
Sounds like you have a bad card, can you format it?
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Sounds like you have a bad card, can you format it?
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Well the weird thing is that both the stock and the card I bought are doing the same thing. And I tried formatting, but since I can't view the cards on my computer or phone I have no way of formatting.
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I have the same almost problem, I have to manually mount the SD card after every reboot, but it does recognize it after mounting.
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I have the same almost problem, I have to manually mount the SD card after every reboot, but it does recognize it after mounting.
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Well that would be ok with me! My phone won't even allow me to mount it!!
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If you have TWRP or Amon, mount USB storage and format from your computer.
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I have the same almost problem, I have to manually mount the SD card after every reboot, but it does recognize it after mounting.
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I have the exact same problem. I tried switching cards and formatted the new one before I put everything on it. It still is missing after every reboot...Annoying, but at least it's still there....
Not sure if this is the issue but it may help to try:
If you are on GB firmware and running an ICS rom, download and flash this in recovery. It is a GB firmware patch and after you flash it, sd card mounting problems are fixed.
Hi I am unable to mount my external SD card on my i9300. I am unable to mount hte external SD card in CWM recovery also.
I am currently on CM11 M8 ROM with ART.
due to this I cannot flash an other ROM also.
please help.
james_bombed said:
Hi I am unable to mount my external SD card on my i9300. I am unable to mount hte external SD card in CWM recovery also.
I am currently on CM11 M8 ROM with ART.
due to this I cannot flash an other ROM also.
please help.
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what kind of card is it?
are other cards affected as well?
if not then put your card into a pc and try to format it to fat32 and try again on your phone. if pc does not recognize it either then the card is probably broken..
Is a dam disk ultra 32gb card. It's already in fat 32 file format. Still, formatting it using a pc worked for me.
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Is a dam disk ultra 32gb card. It's already in fat 32 file format. Still, formatting it using a pc worked for me.
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ok and are other cards working on your phone?
if not then it might be a hardware problem of your phone's sd reader
Yes other cards are working on my phone
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Yes other cards are working on my phone
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then i do not really know.
maybe only for testing try to format it on pc to exfat. i know in fact fat32 should always work, but it could be worth a try.
i also have often read that s3 has some problems with certain sd card brands, and mine also already killed my last sd card. since i bought a samsung sd card there were no more problems for me..
Bro my problem is resolved after I formatted my card in a pc. It's still in fat 32. Thanks for your help.
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