I connected my HD2 to my laptop using activesync, then when I opened explorer on the PC to go to the /StorageCard directory, found that it wasn't there. So, I tried exploring to the directory in the HD2, but found that it couldn't see the card. I've shutdown the phone, taken out the MicroSD card, and hooked the MicroSD card up directly to my laptop, and it appears just fine, and I can copy/write to the card without issues. I've tried cleaning the contacts, and putting it back in the phone, but the HD2 still doesn't see the card.
Anyone else have this happen to them before? Any hints on what else I can try?
BTW, it's a Kingston 16GB MicroSD card, and it's been working reliably without any issue until today.
Right.. I tried putting in a newly formatted 2GB MicroSD card, and the HD2 was able to see it without problem. So I'm now backing up stuff from my 16GB Kingston MicroSD, and will probably re-format it to see if that will help.. Just a big hassle having to backup/copy back almost 15GB of stuff from the card..
During the backup process, there were a few files on the MicroSD that couldn't be read, so, could it be that the card is going bad?
OK. Finally finished backing up the MicroSD card, and reformatted it. After reformatting, the HD2 now SEEs the newly formatted card, I only have to copy stuff back onto the card, then I'm done..
I'll probably end up going out to buy a new card tomorrow as it's pretty obvious from today's "adventure" that this card is probably on its way out. Oh well, now that I have the data backed up, it should be relatively painless.
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OK. Finally finished backing up the MicroSD card, and reformatted it. After reformatting, the HD2 now SEEs the newly formatted card, I only have to copy stuff back onto the card, then I'm done..
I'll probably end up going out to buy a new card tomorrow as it's pretty obvious from today's "adventure" that this card is probably on its way out. Oh well, now that I have the data backed up, it should be relatively painless.
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I lost my 8GB Card few days back. Lost all the data... Atleast your card was readable on PC. Anyways good that you got your data back..
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i have had to reformat my card once because I accidently removed my phone from the PC without using "safely remove hardare" (aka right click and select eject) feature. formatted the card and restored from backup and all is well again.
Done! Copied files from backup to 16GB MicroSD, and the HD2 sees it.
There were altogether 4 unreadable/corrupted files from the MicroSD card when backing it up, but fortunately, none of these files were irreplaceable, luckily, as all these were MP3 songs, which I also have other copies on my laptop.
Tomorrow, I will take a look to see how much the new Sandisk 32GB MicroSD card is selling for here in Hong Kong. If it's not TOO expensive, I may end up buying one to replace the 16GB Kingston I'm using now. I remember reading somewhere that the HD2 is supposed to be compatible with up to 32GB, but has anyone actually tried the new Sandisk 32GB card in an HD2?
I've had a similar issue with my 16 GB Sandisk card. Strangely, my old TyTn II could read it absolutely fine - but my HD2 couldn't :/
Only way i found to fix it was to format it, then copy all the stuff back.
It's happened twice now and it's pretty annoying!
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Done! Copied files from backup to 16GB MicroSD, and the HD2 sees it.
There were altogether 4 unreadable/corrupted files from the MicroSD card when backing it up, but fortunately, none of these files were irreplaceable, luckily, as all these were MP3 songs, which I also have other copies on my laptop.
Tomorrow, I will take a look to see how much the new Sandisk 32GB MicroSD card is selling for here in Hong Kong. If it's not TOO expensive, I may end up buying one to replace the 16GB Kingston I'm using now. I remember reading somewhere that the HD2 is supposed to be compatible with up to 32GB, but has anyone actually tried the new Sandisk 32GB card in an HD2?
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I've been using a 32Gb Sandisk since June this year, with no problems. I've got about 27Gb on the card.
HTH
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I've been using a 32Gb Sandisk since June this year, with no problems. I've got about 27Gb on the card.
HTH
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Same here... No probems to date with a Sandisk 32GB Class 2 MicroSDHC card.
Best to all,
R
I replaced the 8gig SD card that came with the phone and put in my 16 gig SD card I had in my EVO 4G. At first it didn't take so i removed everything, formatted the SD card then only loaded music onto it. This morning the card keeps unmounting. I have tried restarting and have made sure there is no dust on the contacts. And yes it is in correctly. Any suggestions? Anyone else having this issue?
My SD card died completely after having similar problems. Around 12 hours after I received phone. Went to sprint store and they gave me new one.
make sure it's a class 4 SD card
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I bought a new 16GB Class 10 micro-SDHC card and put it in my phone. Every time I lock my phone and unlock it, I get a notification message that the "SD Card was unexpectedly removed" and then it says "Preparing SD Card...". The card appears readable after that. I tried reformatting the card on the phone but it hasn't fixed the issue. Is anyone else seeing this? Suggestions to fix it are much appreciated!
Not sure if this will help but it can't hurt. I'd try formatting the card with SDFormatter which I'll link below. It could be that it needs to be formatted properly. Sounds like it's more a hardware issue though from what you're saying but again, doesn't hurt to try.
SDFormatter - https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
What brand card is it. Some companies have big time inconsistencies throughout. It might be a bad card.
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It is the AmazonBasics 16 GB microSDHC Class 10 Flash Memory Card.
I tried putting the card into a friend's AT&T Galaxy S2 and he gets the same error. Then I had another friend who has a Sprint Galaxy S2 try it and this time no error messages. Strange that this card has issues only on the AT&T version...
I will try the formatting using the sdcard.org tool later today.
I have the same card and I have no issues.
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Cheap class10 cards are notorious for flakiness and compatibility issues...
I returned the card and bought a new 32GB PNY Class 10 card and that works just fine. Thanks for all the ideas!
Using this same card with no issues.
I had a SanDisk Ultra 64g sd card in my s3 for about 8 months, and yesterday it suddenly stopped recognising it. I formatted it with the phone, still the same. I tried to format it with my pc and it's still broken.
Has this happened to anyone else? Is this normal?
Yes there is some error with SanDisk cards. They have even released fixed cards. Ur card must be class 10 card.
Just call their customer care. They will get your card replaced.
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Has any one had issues with types of SD card this device takes? I've put in a 16 gig class ten sandisk ultra SD card and it works fine. I recently bough a 128gig SD card integral Class 10 and after a couple of hours of working fine it comes up with SD card removed. Ive sent the card back and got a new 128 gig card but the same happens. I have read this phone can support 256gig so is there a certain type of card it needs? The card works fine in a PC.
Any help would be great.
Cheers
Baker0
Baker0 said:
Has any one had issues with types of SD card this device takes? I've put in a 16 gig class ten sandisk ultra SD card and it works fine. I recently bough a 128gig SD card integral Class 10 and after a couple of hours of working fine it comes up with SD card removed. Ive sent the card back and got a new 128 gig card but the same happens. I have read this phone can support 256gig so is there a certain type of card it needs? The card works fine in a PC.
Any help would be great.
Cheers
Baker0
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Late reply but I've only had mine a week and it does the same. I suspect it doesn't like SDXC cards in certain speeds...testing is ongoing.
OK.Here. Using a 265gb SD card.
Did you Format it using the Phone ?
And did you remount it after. ?