Guys I don't know what to do.. My phone is telling me my sd card is damaged and it would like to reformat it but I have allot of stuff on it
its a 64gb micro sdxc sandisc
even my computer is saying the card has an I/O error I'm really hoping there's a way to fix this as I haven't backed up the card.
don't know if this helps either but I dropped my phone last night..worked fine after..then this morning without rebooting it claimed sd card error?
tyvm
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You're probably screwed but...
turn off phone, pull battery, pull SD card and reinsert it. Turn on phone and see what it tells you about the card. If it's still wonky you have to resort to trying to save it on a PC. Good luck but that's why back-up is so important. The card is probably OK but the data might be hosed. Sorry.
Yeah I think I'm screwed there was so much music..like 3 years worth lmao all transferred from my old ass windows 2003 xp
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ugh.....very sorry....
PC backups of that much material are soooo helpful...g
Actually saw this. Worth a try. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355528
There was a freeware tool I was thinking of, but cannot think of the name. It would fall under data recovery, there are some great software's out there.
I had the same issue once or twice, what I did was boot into my linux box and try to see if it would mount, so I could get the data off. Then format it to ext4. Next I booted into Win7 and formatted it to ntfs. Popped it into my device and it said it had to format the sd for android, lol, and it worked.
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Okay. Got a new phone and the sd card won't recognize now. Worked once til a reboot then it doesn't show up. Can't mount or unmount. Is there anyway aside from factory rest to get it working?
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Before resetting the phone try and see if your computer recognizes the card, and if it does reformat the SD card. If not, return it, you probably got a dud.
It worked before on the old SGSII. But not on the new one. Odd. Bit I s'pose it is possible
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It seems like andoid plays best with cards that are in fat32 format with 32bit sectors.
I may be wrong on the sector size. Please correct me if I am. Can't find where I read that.
If you can get the card setup that way and the phone still has issues reading it, it may be the new phone.
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I can't get the card to recognize on the computer, I don't have a micro SD adapter though, this was in the phone. But I know it isn't the phones SD slot, as I tried the card outta my photon, worked fine. And tried the bad card in my Photon, and nothing.
So I suspect the card is bad, just not sure how it got messed up. Still strikes me as odd. But stranger things have happened.
Sd cards do have a way of acting up in weird ways.
I would hang onto the card until you get a chance to plug it straight into a pc. Linux is best for being able to read/fix messed up partitions.
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I'm gonna buy a micro sd reader and play with it. Thanks for the ideas.
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I've just bought a 32gb micro SD card and put it into my phone. It appears to be faulty but the reason doesn't really make sense.
When you move something to within a folder it automatically gets deleted somehow almost straight away.
However, when you move something to the root of the card it stays.
I can't see how this can be possible, any idea what's going on?
Hey there Bennji,
I have come across this problem where my if i deleted something from my MicroSD card, it would reappear if i restarted the phone. It could be related since I tried deleting the file when it was in a folder. I formatted my MicroSD card on a computer (Not Android since it might be the cause of the problem). Just format with the same settings
Hope this helps!
Can't it be formatted using my phone? If it can be, how because I couldn't be bothered messing around with windows.
Many thanks
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Well, i know its not the worst thing that could happen in life but it really does suck big-time.
So i got a card reader for my note 10.1 i figured i could transfer files and pics easier to and from my baby note. So i tried it out and something weird happened. I accidentally plugged the USB end of my note 717 into the input of the card reader that is still plugged into my note tablet. I figured out our quickly and unplugged the cord.....
My note began to have weird issues. It would not turn on. So i grabbed my old captivate and put the sim into it so i can make calls.
Now...fast forward.....
I think my sd card is dead or something. My phone won't boot with it plugged in.
Then ifinally get it started and it reads no pictures or files.....
This is not good since i forgot to turn my picture sync back on after a rom a while back...and even if it was on...it would be syncing to the card.......
Please some one ....tell me i am not screwed...
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Sounds like you killed the sd card by plugging it. I've had this happen on external sd's that required a reformat and on us drives that were flat out ruined.
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ndm217 said:
Well, i know its not the worst thing that could happen in life but it really does suck big-time.
So i got a card reader for my note 10.1 i figured i could transfer files and pics easier to and from my baby note. So i tried it out and something weird happened. I accidentally plugged the USB end of my note 717 into the input of the card reader that is still plugged into my note tablet. I figured out our quickly and unplugged the cord.....
My note began to have weird issues. It would not turn on. So i grabbed my old captivate and put the sim into it so i can make calls.
Now...fast forward.....
I think my sd card is dead or something. My phone won't boot with it plugged in.
Then ifinally get it started and it reads no pictures or files.....
This is not good since i forgot to turn my picture sync back on after a rom a while back...and even if it was on...it would be syncing to the card.......
Please some one ....tell me i am not screwed...
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If you can't reformat the sd card in windows,what I do to check if a card is really dead is load an ubuntu cd on my laptop and try to reformat that way.I have revived several supposedly dead cards/usb drives that way.Matter a fact my sister had the same exact prob as you with her card(phone wouldn't boot with it in)I fixed it with ubuntu and she was a very happy camper.
Yep ....
A format too FAT32 should do it ..
Your partitions on the SD are likely wacko ....g
if you have to format it, try using the program Recuva (it's free) to get back any data on that SD card.
I was putting music on my P769 and when I tried playing the new music, it would say it was a unsuppoorted format, it wasnt, it was a mp3. I tried other songs that I knew that would play and none of them worked. I then restarted th app and a song would play but once I tried another song it would do the unsupported format message again. I then restarted the phone, the phone then gave me the message in the notification area saying "Blank SD Card or Unsupported file system." I then tried mounting it, with no avail, it still wont work. I then factory reseted my phone and formated the SD card, and still that same message comes up. Also, before(and after) the restart, I would try to unlock the phone by pressing the power button the screen would start t turn on but automatically shut off, or it would go to a "snow" screen, but grey. Please help I need the SD card because of this phone's microscopic amount of memory!
I forgot to add that I tried the SD card in another phone and I had the same issue...
Get a new SD card. I had similar problems with my 32gb card when I got the phone. Bought a new class 10 16gb card and it works flawlessly.
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Get a new SD card. I had similar problems with my 32gb card when I got the phone. Bought a new class 10 16gb card and it works flawlessly.
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Mine is a 32gb too... I'm glad I got a good deal on it...
I did hear of other people fixing it... Or just restarting their phone multiple times... But the other problems happened right after... I was thinking that it may have been something malicious?
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I got the 32gb card for like $9 on black Friday around the same time I got the phone. It was flaky right from the start, but worked in my laptops card reader. Made me think it was something with the phone. It eventually stopped working in my card reader as well. Pickup a good class 10 card and everything should be fine.
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I was putting music on my P769 and when I tried playing the new music, it would say it was a unsuppoorted format, it wasnt, it was a mp3. I tried other songs that I knew that would play and none of them worked. I then restarted th app and a song would play but once I tried another song it would do the unsupported format message again. I then restarted the phone, the phone then gave me the message in the notification area saying "Blank SD Card or Unsupported file system." I then tried mounting it, with no avail, it still wont work. I then factory reseted my phone and formated the SD card, and still that same message comes up. Also, before(and after) the restart, I would try to unlock the phone by pressing the power button the screen would start t turn on but automatically shut off, or it would go to a "snow" screen, but grey. Please help I need the SD card because of this phone's microscopic amount of memory!
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So just so we're clear, can you put the card in an SD card reader and transfer files to it from a PC? Can you play files off of it through an SD card reader to a PC (or another non-Android device)?
I'm far from an expert, but maybe try breaking the card into separate partitions with something like MiniTool Partition Wizard. The card might be formatted in a way that the phone isn't familiar with. There are a few other threads on the forums that can help suggest what kind of partition would be best for your needs.
I have a 32GB SD card, and it took me a long time of messing with this damn phone to get it to do what I wanted. Card would disappear, messages about "insufficient storage", media scanner freezing up, on and on. This phone has been one huge pain in the ass. Right now I am just using a remount script to swap my internal and external, but so far so good.
Ok guys after extensive searching...I'm having the exact same issues. I did more investigating myself. When I removed the 32gb card from the port I noticed the pins in said port were messed up, the last two looked disconnected. After fooling with it for a min I decided to use the card on my tablet to get files from it, unfortunately the tablet didn't recognize the card at all. I'm thinking my phone corrupted the sd card somehow. I have yet to try another card in my phone for fear of messing another up. I'm going to try to insert the original 32gb card and have it reformat like it's asking and see how it goes. If that fails I'm gonna try a lil 2gb card in it. Also, I've contacted LG and am awaiting a return call for a warranty repair because it looks defective, I haven't dropped the phone recently, and just bought the phone in March from Best Buy... I'll keep y'all updated on my progress and wish me luck lol!
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I am having this same problem with 2 32gb SanDisk Class 10 32GB cards. They are the red ones that Amazon sells.
Luckily I have a USB adapter for micro-SD cards. I transferred my data to Kingston Class 4 32GB cards.
kevev said:
I am having this same problem with 2 32gb SanDisk Class 10 32GB cards. They are the red ones that Amazon sells.
Luckily I have a USB adapter for micro-SD cards. I transferred my data to Kingston Class 4 32GB cards.
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Alright here's my update, I have the SanDisk Ultra 16gb micro SD HC I u (red and grey), I think my sd card is going out as well, but I'm wondering if there might be more to the problem. Yesterday i took out the card and I placed it in my computer to move some file. It didn't pop up at first, I wiped it and place it back in the PC and it started working. Once done, i place it back in my cell and it was working fine. I went into CWM to flash a backup. I was doing some testing so I flashed two different backups. So today i noticed that the Sd card it not mounting, but when I'm in clockworkmod it is working fine I have rebooted and checked several times, it's mounting and operating on my PC & CWM but not when the phone is on. I'm thinking CWM might have something to do with it, not sure (might be a system restore). I was going from 4.0(ice) to 4.1(jelly) & back to 4.0. I'm currently restoring one of my jelly bean backups to see if the problem is solved.
Update:
my L9 is back on Jelly Bean and the SD card is working, it might have been a corrupted backup (or something went wrong with cwm). Md5 is good, but it's not as accurate as SHA-256 checksum. Y'all might want to check if your SD card is popping up on CWM.
Good info.
this is a problem that occurs when we upgraded from ICS to JB. once I upgraded my d card would not work. So I took it out and formatted it on the computer. Then I partitioned it with a program I have and it worked. JB and ICS having trouble with the sd card. If you go back to ics then don't reformat our you work have tip reformat when you flash jb.
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First off, this happened when I got the phone when it was fully stock.
Now it's rooted, unlocked bootloader, s-off running carbon aosp.
Randomly my phone will shut down/off and will NOT power back on until I plug it into a charger (house charger, car charger sometimes works).
I;ve tried getting into recovery when it does this and it does nothing at all.
It's a PITA like today I was riding my mountain bike on trails miles away from my car and I was supposed to give my buddy a ride to work and my chain decided to snap (and of course I forgot my multi tool in my garage) so I had to walk back and had no way to call him and let him know.
I've read it's happened to other people and they had their phones replaced and it still happened, is this that common? what can it be
There is some instability with the new 3.4 kernel on certain AOSP ROM's from what I've read (not sure if Carbon is one of them). First thing I would do would be to flash a stable Sense ROM and see if the problem persists. If so, you may have a hardware issue. At that point you can take it in to Sprint and let them look at it. If you're concerned about the phone being rooted & S-off you can run Viperboy's RUU tool, which will restore your phone to totally stock condition.
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There is some instability with the new 3.4 kernel on certain AOSP ROM's from what I've read (not sure if Carbon is one of them). First thing I would do would be to flash a stable Sense ROM and see if the problem persists. If so, you may have a hardware issue. At that point you can take it in to Sprint and let them look at it. If you're concerned about the phone being rooted & S-off you can run Viperboy's RUU tool, which will restore your phone to totally stock condition.
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Do you think it could be a SD card issue? My card is a few years old. I took my catf out and put it in I guess only half way and the phone shut off and did the same thing. I put it back in and un mounted it and so far its fine. I formatted it before switching from my epic 4g touch.
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Do you think it could be a SD card issue? My card is a few years old. I took my catf out and put it in I guess only half way and the phone shut off and did the same thing. I put it back in and un mounted it and so far its fine. I formatted it before switching from my epic 4g touch.
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It's possible I suppose. I've seen people post before about issues with their cards. Try a different one and see.
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Haven't had a chance to buy a new SD card, but I removed mine and have not had a reboot since.
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r916 said:
Haven't had a chance to buy a new SD card, but I removed mine and have not had a reboot since.
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i have seen cards cause issues like this. your best bet dont format it form pc. back it up to pc. flash a sense rom.formatt card from phone then transfer things back over. try that.
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i have seen cards cause issues like this. your best bet dont format it form pc. back it up to pc. flash a sense rom.formatt card from phone then transfer things back over. try that.
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the card is oldddd. i formatted it twice via my pc.
I'm backing it up to my pc and then buying a new card, 16gb's are $15-20 nowadays lol this one is like a class 2 or some low one, it's back when they were $30-35 a card. Thinking of a Sony or PNY class 10 at Fry's it's like $15-20 the sony is supposed to be up to 40mb/s
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the card is oldddd. i formatted it twice via my pc.
I'm backing it up to my pc and then buying a new card, 16gb's are $15-20 nowadays lol this one is like a class 2 or some low one, it's back when they were $30-35 a card. Thinking of a Sony or PNY class 10 at Fry's it's like $15-20 the sony is supposed to be up to 40mb/s
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formatting in pc is the problem. but hey you eanna buy a new card go for it lol
Similar problem with random reboots
I was on vacation and in the middle of the trip my phone just started going insane by rebooting on its own. Most of the time it would only get half way though the boot screen then shut off again. It varied how far through the bootscreen it would last then shut off. Occasionally the phone actually made it through the entire boot process, once i was at my home screen it would pop up the power menu and ask if i wanted to power off, reboot, or airplane mode. Then the three hard buttons at the bottom of the phone would flash and then it would shut off. This happened all through vacation. Also, the phone did not always recognize a charge, however, sometimes it did. Once I got home the problem stopped and the phone is not having the random reboots. I went to Gulf Shores, Alabama if your curious..
However now my sd card will not mount to internal storage and I cannot take pictures, use spotify, watch videos i have saved, etc. When I try to pull up these apps, the phone says no external storage available. The thing is, if I go to file manager, I can see the sd card and all of the files, its just when i try to open them from file manager, it loads the gallery app and then it tells me no external storage.
When I go to setting>storage, the option to mount sd card in the sd card spot works. But when I try to mount sd to the internal storage, it does not work. Im seriously confused as I did not download any new apps, or download anything at least within a week prior to going on vacation.
Im running..
CM10
S-On
Hboot 1.15.000
OpenDSP-v25.1.0.32.0405
eMMC-boot
If Im in the fastboot menu, and I click bootloader, it says
SD checking..
Loading [PJ75DIAG.zip]
No Image!
I have done a factory reset and the problem still persists.
Any help would be great.
anyone have recommendations?
Lukapalooza said:
anyone have recommendations?
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If you can, backup your sd internal and external, boot into recovery and mount as usb, then format both...
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If you can, backup your sd internal and external, boot into recovery and mount as usb, then format both...
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thanks for response, sorry for being late to the party.
I cannot mount as usb. the loading circle just spins. when i try to do it in TWRP, it wont let me either.
also when i go to wipe cache or whatever else, it said failed to mount sd card in the console log and it wont let me wipe anything.
when i go to storage in settings, the problem seems like it is with internal storage. under internal storage, it says "mount sd card", when i do this, i get a notification saying preparing sd card but then it goes away after about 2 seconds. then the internal storage area says "mount sd card" again.
I am willing to wipe everything because I got all my photos off the sd card so im okay with wiping it all and starting over. i already did a factory reset but it didnt help. unfortunately i cant wipe cache and other things so i dont know what to do. thanks for your help!
Luke