So I have a 32GB microSD card that works perfectly in everything except my Atrix 4g. It didn't work in the stock ROM, doesn't work in CWM, and doesn't work in CM10. I put it in and it says "SD card possibly damaged, you may need to format" or something like that. So I do that, and when I tap format it just flashes some screen and then keeps showing the ongoing notification about how my SD card is damaged..
I tried FAT32 and exFAT, neither worked. Tried quick and full format for both. Any suggestions? Or does 32GB not work on the atrix?
Hmmm...
It may be that your SD slot is damaged, or the SD card/brand is not compatible. I have a 32GB card in mine that works perfectly. If other SD cards(2,8,16GB) work, then I'd try another brand of 32GB SD card, if no others work, then the slot is probably the issue.
Hope that helps.
Dre
Have you tried a different MicroSD card in your Atrix? I remember reading that the MicroSD slot gets loose and stops reading cards. If your current card works fine in other devices, try a different card in your atrix.
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None of the ones I tried worked. Is there any known issue with the SD slot that's an easy fix or am I screwed unless I want to open it up and do some soldering?
Are you sure you are not trying to put 32GB SDXC card? I don't see how 32GB SDHC any different from for say 8GB SDHC.
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I'm just setting up my XDAII (actually a Dopod 696 which I re-ROMed to the latest O2 ROMs). Everything seems to be working fine. However, there is something odd about the "Storage Card" situation.
Even with the SD/MMC slot empty, my Settings/System/Memory/Storage Card applet reports that I have "Total storage card memory" of 14.57 MB. Where is this coming from?
Also, perhaps more worryingly, when I inserted an old SD card (reformatted 32MB one from my Treo 600), the system doesn't seem to "see" it anywhere.
Do any of you gurus out there know why this might be the case?
Thanks very much in advance for any information.
CM
By the way, when I try using Storage Mechanic, it "sees" the "ghost" Storage card, which it is not able to format, but doesn't "see" the real SD card that is inserted into the SD/MMC slot.
Wierd.
Anyone have any ideas?
CM
It's the spare 'flash' memory. When you put a MMC/SD card in you get an addition item in the dropdown list.
Duh. Thanks for the info. However, any ideas why it's not "seeing" my SD card? Do I need to format it in some special way?
AFAIK the card should be formatted as FAT. Don't know if you need to do it or even if it can be done on the PPC. I generally format mine on a laptop before I start.
Hmm. I've been doing the same. Format is FAT (no choice given really), and the notebook sees the SD without any problems. But the XDAII just doesn't seem to recognize it whenever I insert it.
Sigh. I hope it's just a problem with my SD card and not the slot...
CM
If anyone else has any ideas as to why my XDAII doesn't see my SD, do let me know. Thanks again.
What type of SD card is it?
If anyone else is using the same card on their XDAII without a preblem then you can put it down to your SD slot
Ah! .... You did say it was an 'old' 32MB one didn't you? Wonder if the XDAII only accepts SD cards with a certain speed (e.g. 2x, 10x, etc).
My 16MB [Don't laugh ] Toshiba SD card works fine in my XDA II. I haven't tried my 128MB Sandisk one yet.
I would certainly try borrowing a new SD card (any tech-savy friends?) to see if it is "visible" to the XDA II before concluding that the slot is bad. Also, a soft-reset with the card inserted might also help the device recognize it.
Or try the SD card in another XDA / Phone / Digi Cam / PC whatever.
Thanks to all for the comments. The old SD card works fine in my laptop and my Palm. Sigh. I'm going to go look for a new SD card tomorrow and just pray that it's some wierd quirk between this particular SD card and the XDA. I really hope it's not a problem with the SD slot on the XDA (actually a Dopod 696) as it's a nightmare to get things fixed/exchanged here in China.
CM
Had a similar problem a month or two back with a work mates XDA1. He bought an 128MB SD Card (some odd make) which worked fine on his PC but his XDA didn't see it! My Sandisk SD card worked in his XDA fine tho!
I've tried to install a few programs on my 4 gig microsdhc card. For example iGo8 starts only a few times, then crashes. When I explored my card there were 2 folders named iGo8. I formatted the card and installed a newer version of iGo8, and same thing happened: after a few starts(working perfectly) it crashes.
The exact same iGo8 works fine with 1GB microsd.
I've tried also installing M2DC, the effect was slowing down the device, so i had to uninstall. The same with top bar customizing cabs.
PLS HELP!
I've found the solution for the nonworking card:
Hard SPL the device
Installed RuRo v.1.1 ROM
Now it's working fine!
Hey,
I have the same 4GB Micro SDHC card. Mine is working fine with music and programs being installed and run from it. I'm not sure what could be done to help fix the problem. Maybe windows update?
Hallo,
I have the same 8GB Scandisk Micro SDHC card,working fine.
levrek said:
Hallo,
I have the same 8GB Scandisk Micro SDHC card,working fine.
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The same in my case, no problems over more than 6 months.
Link to card: http://www.amazon.de/SanDisk-Micro-...=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=ce-de&qid=1255621177&sr=8-9
I have the 4gb micro sdhc as well. I was using it in a Nokia e71 but when I purchased the motorola backflip it didn't work. It was during this time that I noticed that I didn't have the average micro sd card. Upon recognizing this, I bought the san disk micro card reader for hc but when I insert the card into the reader using my laptop (windows 7), it freezes when I click on the reader. I have not been successful with trying to retrieve the data other than putting the card back into the nokia e71. If I could find a solution with just getting the card to read on the computer, I can try reformatting the card. Pease Help if you know of a solution.
It is a timing problem on the interface level
Hi,
when I bought my fist 3G, I've tried it with a 8GB µSD Card and I've seen the symptoms described by other user (freeze problem, very very slow motion, ...). Without µSD card, it was working perfectly.
I was sure this µSD card was working fine in a HTC HD, so I tried a slower µSD card and it was working again. But because I was unhappy with the fact that I had to slow down the 3G (by using a slower card) to get it working, I've tried to find other 3G to try my SD card... and finally, I tried it in 11 HTC 3G (that was "working" according to their owner) and on 3 of them, the SD card did not work!
So, I've exchanged my 3G and with the new one, my SD card is working perfectly.
Conclusion:
During the electronic design of the HTC 3G, the µSD interface timings were borderline. So, if you are lucky, your model supports fast µSD card, if you are not, you have to buy a slower µSD card or try to exchange your HTC 3G. Anyway, it is not a "critical" problem because it has a simple solution... But for sure, everybody prefers to be lucky
Good luck
solution for your SD card
format your 4GB SD card in FAT32, it should work I think _ ^ let me know!
I think you should fix it by these steps:
1. Replace your sdcard by another one and see if it works well or not
2. If the new one works well, then you need to change your card
3. If the same thing happens, then try to change your application or install a higher version of it
4 gig hd card
solved the problem on xperia x1
1. format in NFT
2. problem solved
what that about can anyone explain?
Hello,
Just got myself a second hand S740. The phone works fine, but one thing doesn't seem to work, my Micro SD card slot.
I tried 2 different cards, both 2 GB. The one is a Kingston, the other is a brand I don't know from the top of my head. I formatted the cards first as FAT32, later as FAT. I also tried a hard reset, but this didn't solve the problem.
Before I'm going to contact HTC about this, I want to make sure my SD card slot is really broken. I asked the person I bought this phone from and he said he always used an Micro SD card in the phone and it worked fine.
So, if the card doesn't show up in the explorer and doesn't work using the storage USB mode when connected to PC, what can I do to verify my card slot is really broken? By the way, tested cards work fine when inserted in my cardreader at my PC using a Micro SD - SD adapter.
Hi,
I searched around but can't seem to find any help with why I can't flash ROMs from 32GB cards. I've tried it with a class 4 Topram card then after I returned it I tried again with a class 2 Sandisk . Everytime I load the bootscreen for it to search the root of the card for leoimg the screen just flashes and continues to bootscreen without finding the ROm file.
NYRican said:
Hi,
I searched around but can't seem to find any help with why I can't flash ROMs from 32GB cards. I've tried it with a class 4 Topram card then after I returned it I tried again with a class 2 Sandisk . Everytime I load the bootscreen for it to search the root of the card for leoimg the screen just flashes and continues to bootscreen without finding the ROm file.
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May I suggest you try a maximum size of 4GB microSD card and format it with FAT32.
I honestly couldn't reproduce the threads right now, but I seem to remember reading about this issue before, concerning both 8 and 16 GB cards - So it seems logical it would apply to 32 GB cards as well. I don't know whether this is related to memory addressing issues or some other limitation - FAT 32, perhaps? (please, someone enlighten us both if you know) but using a 2 or 4 GB Card prevents the problem from occuring altogether.
as above said, most 16gb cards don't work(only know one person who has said the successful y used a 16gb card) and many 8gb cards don't work, so its a safe bet that a 32 is not gonna work. 2gb seems to be the optimum size, but 4 should work too.
for me, i have a 512meg card i use on the very rare occasions i use sd.
well since I got my HD2 I've used its 16GB sandisk to flash ROMs to the phone and have never had an issue before but both 32Gb cards I've tried just don't seem to respond.
Thats rather strange.
Theoreticaly you should only be able to flash from SD cards. During booting a driver is loaded so that SD HC cards can be read by the phone.
i.e. everything non SD HC up to 4GB should work fine, everything SD HC above 4GB should not allow flashing.
pkoper said:
Thats rather strange.
Theoreticaly you should only be able to flash from SD cards. During booting a driver is loaded so that SD HC cards can be read by the phone.
i.e. everything non SD HC up to 4GB should work fine, everything SD HC above 4GB should not allow flashing.
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My Sandisk 16GB SDHC card also works perfectly for flashing on the odd occasion that I use it for flashing that is
hmm, that is interesting, I can't flash from my sandisk 16gb, class 2. Not sure why others can.
I can flash from 8gb class2 and below though. I use a 2gb sandisk just for this purpose.
Just bought a new sandisk 64gb card. When I try to mount the SD card I get "damaged card" notification in my status bar. I selected it and it gave the option to format. I did but to no avail. Will this ROM support that size?
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I ran into the same problem before. Sadly, the Note does not support 64gb sd cards. The max that you can get is 32gb, unless someone out there can prove me wrong.
Been running a 64GB samsung card in my I717R since release date without issue. I did originally format the card in another phone.
If you need help please use the correct forum. Moved
Is the card formatted to NTFS ?....or FAT32?
also ....is the card an SDXC card ?
Been reading for a bit to attempt helping, and the card should function fine if first formatted to FAT32, but as stated by agoattamer ..cannot be done by the usage device.
Perhaps via card reader and PC ?
Hope it helps a bit ..g
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Been running a 64GB samsung card in my I717R since release date without issue. I did originally format the card in another phone.
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I am using a Rogers branded Note with stock ICS. I purhcased a 64GB Sandisk MicroSD a while back. Out of the box, it would not work, as the card was formatted in exfat. I had to format it to FAT32 first.
Unfortunately windows 7 did not allow this.. I think the card was too big. So I had to google how to, and used a free utility to do it (sorry, I do not recall the name of the app).
Works great now
I did find a fat32 software that works. I only got 59.45gb out of it. I used 32768 for the allocation size.
Would a larger allocation size get me the full 64gb available?
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You won't ever get the full 64GB. It is just how it is. Check your hard drives on your computer and you will find the same result.