It's a long post, so even if you read it and don't have any answer, thanks for the time!
3 weeks ago I got a 16gb Adata Premier Micro SDHC class 10.
Put it on my x10 mini pro (latest minicm10 nightly), created a 512mb partition in ext4 for a2sd and the rest in fat32. Activated a2sd and installed some apps, put around 5gb of music. The card worked perfectly for 2 weeks.
Last week I installed a couple of apps, used it for a while and then an hour later I picked up the phone and I had a "sd card ready to remove" notification.
I mount it again, leave the phone alone. I check later and was unmounted again. So one more time, I mount it and went to sleep. Next day there was a "card suddenly removed" or something like that and I couldn't mount it. Physically removing and reinserting it did not work.
Rebooted in recovery and I was able to mount it from there and when restarted into normal mode the SD was mounted normally. But just for a couple of minutes til it unmounted again.
After that nothing worked. No matter what I tried the phone never recognized it. Tried with the old 2gb card that came with the phone and it worked flawlessly.. So I assumed the card was dead.
I reinstalled latest minicm10 because a2sd broke everything when after the 16gb card died.
A two days ago I was visiting my brother and tried the card on his galaxy S3. Surprisingly for me the card was recognized right away and all my files were there. Copied the files to the pc and reformated the card with Aparted from the galaxy again with 512 ext4 partition.
Put in on my phone.. It works! Copy all my files, activate a2sd download a couple off apps and everything was working great.
An hour later the card started to unmount again.. I thought it might be the rom.. So I installed pureslim v4 (that is also based on minicm10) formated the card in the galaxy, this time no ext4 partition, just all fat32.. Copied all my files and a 9gb game (around 14gb in total).
Everything working fine.. On my way home listening some music from the phone and the card unmounted. Restarting the phone got the card mounted again and I was able to copy all the files to my pc.
The card continued to unmount regularly the rest of the day, "card ready to be unmounted" "card broke, need to reformat" "card incorrectly extracted" and the sort of notifications. Until it dismounted and never mounted again.
I don't have any other device to test it right now, but I'm 99% sure that it will work just fine there.
I've read in this forums other people use this SD in this phone with no problems and even recommends it, so it should be compatible.
The card if fine, because it works the S3.. And my phone is fine because the card that came with it is still working perfectly... I just don't know where the issue is.
So.. Why is my phone having problems with this card?
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Hi Xda Members,
I have tried many versions of Froyo now for a friends Android X10i.
Now all the installs have been successful, running BB54, various different versions, Cyanogen, Achotjan?, FreeX10 and currently XShinyBread.
Each installed perfectly fine, all rooted blah blah. HOWEVER.
Achotjan, this rom would never find a signal no matter how much I tried BUT the SD Card stayed mounted.
The rest of the versions, all installed great, ran perfectly, BUT!, no SD Card mount. Now I've restarted/rebooted so many times into XRecovery, manually "Mounted SD Card" and system/cache/data parts... But as soon as phone reboots into Android again it still does not keep the SD Card mounted.
Anyone have ANY ideas???
A few things to remember before replying.
This SD Card is NOT corrupted.
This SD Card DOES enumerate fine when Mounted to PC via XRecovery, and I am able to copy copious amounts of data.
This SD Card DOES work with that Achotjan version of Froyo but like I said, no signal.
This SD Card DOES work when reverted back to Stock SE.
This SD Card has been formatted multiple times via XRecovery, Android AND Windows.
Hope this narrows it down for you, its giving me a fecking headache.
Cheers
Mac
I think I've figured out watch this space.
Nope didn't fix it.
What I did was find another SD Card (One that hadn't been used before, put that in the phone, and it detected it fine.) I then tried to copy all the data from 1 SD Card to the so-called "Un-Mountable" SD Card but that theory didn't work.
The spare SD Card that was detected was a 2gb, this one is the standard 8gb that comes with it.
Hi all, I bought yesterday 32Gb Kingston Class 4 microSDHC card. Now my phone is very unstable with this memory. I mean, sometimes it can't mount it, sometimes it shows its empty, formatting almost hangs phone, some apps hang phone (apps on sd). Looks like the phone doesn't want to eat this big memory too well.
I already tried soft reset, and dalvik cache deleting. Didn't help.
microSD is formatted into Fat32 and 32Kb clusters in windows with HP Formatting tool.
If I try to reformat with phone, nothing seems to happen....
It can work perfectly for a 20min, but if I try to turn many apps on and off, it will reboot. After what it doesn't see apps on SD card. wtf? But after complete reboot, it'll work again for a some time.
I have 2.2 Android from elelinux.
If I use my old 2Gb card, everything works just great.
Any ideas?
P.S
What does this recovery mode SD card formatting? Maybe I should try this one?
I have ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.0.7. There are some interesting options like..
What ARE these?
1. Format Cache
2. Format SD card
3. Format sd-ext
4. Wipe Cache Partition
P.P.S LOL I can't turn off phone. It is rebooting always. Wtf?
32gb SD cards are not supported by the HTC Hero.
16gb max.
Andyt95 said:
32gb SD cards are not supported by the HTC Hero.
16gb max.
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According to the HTC website, our Hero's should support 32GB.
But that's as far as my knowledge on your issue goes. Just ordered a 32GB Class 4 SanDisk card myself, so when its delivered (hopefully Friday) I'll let you know how it performs.
Just an update for you, mine came in the post yesterday and it seems to work fine with my phone. Loaded it with 20gb of music and it runs fine.
Yep should run fine with 32gb sd cart
i'm having many of the same issues with my 32gb. had a 16gb before, and all was well.
now the phone randomly goes back to charge only when i have it plugged into PC as disk drive. i'm having trouble making backups in recovery too as it says its randomly unreadable in the middle of backing up. also, and seemingly most frustrating, is it is refusing to actually transfer files from PC to SD. i will plug in as disk drive and move all files without issue. however, when i eject disk drive and switch back to charge only mode (or simply unplug), none of the files have actually been moved to my device. they are simply missing entirely when i open any file manager.
i've tried everything. formatting on device, formatting through W7 (quick and full), and formatting through the official sdcard.org tool. nothing helps.
Try this
If u have a linux PC, u will know about gparted, I guess.
Do this: boot to ur favourite linux distro. plug the sd card to ur pc using a card reader. open gparted. click tools and then click new partition table. it will wipe everything from the card.
once done, just setup the partitions as u want for fat, ext or whatever. i was having a htc tattoo troubling me with a 16GB card but now its okay.
Dear XDA'ers.
I've had an S2 for a while now and I've been running CM9 since early alpha. Recently I decided to buy an SD card (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005FY61EK/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00) so that I can use it to store my movies. After I got it, I realised that MoboPlayer or AirDroid couldn't detect the SD card and the only way I could put something on it was through a physical USB cable. Now, today I wanted to try something but I found out that my phone doesn't show the SD card at all anymore. I tried taking it out and putting it back in several times as well as flashing the latest CM9 nightly but nothing happened. The only apparent difference that I can see when I put the SD card in is that in the Storage section in Settings, under the SD card tab, I have an option "Mount SD Card" but when I press it, it says preparing SD card yet nothing happens.
Is the SD card fried or what's wrong with it?
I've had the SD card for less than a week so its hard to believe that it's dead already.
Have you got a micro SD card reader that you could use to see if the card is fried? Connect it to your computer, and if it shows up it isn't fried. Also check the format of the card to make sure it is in FAT32 format.
Chris.
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Ahh, I know the problem now (I completely forgot about this).
I formated it to NTFS just before I stopped working since I assumed that it works the same way a USB does (but clearly, I was wrong).
I'll format it back and see what's what.
Have u tried going into settings/memory/left softkey/storage config and select the only options there is?
have you tried other system folders?
i had the same problem before, I found out my sd card mounted as a system folder called "emmc" I'm using resurrection remix rom 2.3
Yep just fixed mine today by downloading https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.qbanin.binder&hl=en if you are unsure of what to select just see the screenshots i followed this selections and it now works fine
Alright, I've fixed it.
Basically, I had formatted it to NTFS because otherwise it gave me some error about file (the file was around 4 gb's and it acted this way with anything over 3) being too big when I was trying to copy it onto the SD card. Now that someone said it has to be in FAT32, I formatted it back and now it works perfectly.
Thanks to everyone who helped me.
Hey guys. Recently bought a 16G class 10 sandisk microSD
It has been working fine for the last few weeks until I accidentally removed it w/o unmounting.
I'm not concerned with keeping anything on it as it is only a few weeks old but I am unable to mount it in order to format it. In fact my Note doesn't see it at all (running current CM10) My samsung captivate (running the same thing) can see it and says it's blank and needs to be formatted however it is unable to do so.
When I use my PC adapter is doesn't recognize it for almost a minute then finally claims it needs to be formatted but is unable to.
It's almost brand new and I really haven't even used it yet so I'm wondering if you guys might be able to give me some advice as to what I can try with it.
Thanks in advance.
same here
I am having the same problem. I have a 32GB scanDisk class 4 rating i picked up from radio shack on sale.
1. turned phone off, w/o unmounting SD card first
2. removed SD card
3. Inserted into my MBP (because my flash drives were all full)
4. copied material off / erased what was added to the disk (about a month later)
5. inserted the disk again
while the disk is in, the OS constantly asks me to format it but when I do the disk looks the same(to the OS) :
"SD card blank or has unsupported file system"
I get this error before formatting and then again after formatting.
Help if possible. Thanks.
I have a 64gb Sandisk Ultra SDXC card formatted in exFAT. I had been using the card in my NOTE 2 with no issues. I normally keep all of my movies, music, emulators, and ROMs on it so I can keep space free on my phone. This morning I got my phone setup the way that I wanted it and I decided to install the SD card into the new phone. Everything seemed to go okay, I got a message telling me that it was preparing the card, but after the message disappeared, the SD card was not recognized. There were no error messages regarding the card, it simply did not show any additional storage on the phone and all options regarding the card with exception to "Mount SD Card" and "Format SD Card" were not accessible.
I took ejected the card and formatted it to NTFS to see if that would make a difference and when I reinserted it into the (M8), it recognized it as a blank SD card that was not in the proper format. It prompted me to format the card while still installed in the device, which it did without error. After the format was complete I received the same "Preparing SD Card" message that I received before, but after the message disappeared, the card still didn't show up as additional storage.
Through a root browser I have the option to enter extSD, but nothing I put on the card is there. I then took the card back out, installed it into my Note 2 and it worked with no problems at all. Finally I ejected the card, reinstalled it in the (M8) again, it gives me the same prompt as before, but after the message disappears the additional storage does not show up and all options with exception to "Mount SD Card" and "Format SD Card" are inaccessible once again.
I have tried the fix found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700310 to no avail.
Does anyone have any ideas why this might be happening and is there any way that I can solve the problem?
Phone Info:
- HTC One (M8) 32gb
- Unlocked Bootloader
- Rooted Stock KitKat 4.4.2
- Jmz WP Removal Custom Kernel
If you have a USB card reader, try formatting the card as FAT32 with your computer.
I believe most cards come pre-formatted as FAT32 by default. I've always just put the cards in my Android devices without any formatting, and they work just fine.
Not sure why the device's default format didn't work, but possibly formatting on a computer will get it working.
It's possible that SD may be dying.
I had a 32gb card that a friend left with me to fill with movies/etc, but since I wasnt going to see them for a while, I decided to use it with my old LGOG. Not 3 days later, I get what you described, and now the card isnt even seen by Windows.
Even with formatting the card, it would work again for a few minutes, but as soon as I tried copying more than ~3 gigs, the card would go corrupt again.
SD cards dont last forever yo.
OMGMatrix said:
It's possible that SD may be dying.
I had a 32gb card that a friend left with me to fill with movies/etc, but since I wasnt going to see them for a while, I decided to use it with my old LGOG. Not 3 days later, I get what you described, and now the card isnt even seen by Windows.
Even with formatting the card, it would work again for a few minutes, but as soon as I tried copying more than ~3 gigs, the card would go corrupt again.
SD cards dont last forever yo.
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I just tried it out a few minutes ago. I don't know why, but it's working perfectly fine in Windows, a Note 2, S3, and an S5. I have no idea what's going on, but no matter what I try, nothing makes it work on this phone.
redpoint73 said:
If you have a USB card reader, try formatting the card as FAT32 with your computer.
I believe most cards come pre-formatted as FAT32 by default. I've always just put the cards in my Android devices without any formatting, and they work just fine.
Not sure why the device's default format didn't work, but possibly formatting on a computer will get it working.
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I was able to get the card formatted form exFAT to FAT32 and it looked like it was going to work, same with NTFS. I inserted it into the phone, waited for it to prepare the card and this time I got a message telling me that the SD Card was damaged, but I could format it in the phone. I followed the instructions, just as I had before, it went through it's thing, got to the part where it attempted to mount the card, appeared as though it was going to mount, and then nothing, just like with everything else. I have no idea what's going on.
I ran some tools on it and the card appears to be in good condition, so I have no idea what to do. I don't know if it's the phone, or if it is the card. I'm thinking about buying a 128gb card, but I'm afraid if I do, I'm going to find myself in the exact same position that I'm in now and out a lot of money to boot.
I'm loosing my mind with this thing.
Surely you must know someone that has a MicroSD card you can try. Trying another would pretty much eliminate the card as being the issue (and possibly the card tray or similar component on the phone). I have at least 2 "spare" MicroSD cards laying around.
I had a similar problem few weeks ago and I did format my 64gb card with GUIFORMAT on my win 7 PC and since then no more problem. Here is the link: http://www.realmodscene.com/index.php?/topic/323-gui-format-fat32-drive-formatter/
Thank you. I'll give it a shot right now.
pixelsphotopro said:
I had a similar problem few weeks ago and I did format my 64gb card with GUIFORMAT on my win 7 PC and since then no more problem. Here is the link: http://www.realmodscene.com/index.php?/topic/323-gui-format-fat32-drive-formatter/
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You, sir, just won all my Internets. I don't know what it was about that app, but it worked like a champ the first time around. I don't get it either. I had used so many tools to get it to FAT32, but this one did the trick. I formatted the card, inserted it...was totally waiting for it to not work, and I noticed "Unmount SD Card". I read it and thought "hmmm, that's not right", lol. Then it dawned on me that it worked. Copying folders over to it now. Thanks so much, bud. I really owe you one.
-J
Nice. I've heard that the native Windows formatting tool is not the best (although its always worked fine for me), so this might be one of those instances.
pixelsphotopro said:
I had a similar problem few weeks ago and I did format my 64gb card with GUIFORMAT on my win 7 PC and since then no more problem. Here is the link: http://www.realmodscene.com/index.php?/topic/323-gui-format-fat32-drive-formatter/
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Thanks. I had the same problem with a brand new 128GB card with only this phone (HTC One E8 Dual). Until I found this. So far working like a charm. You ARE a star.