[Q] Unable to mount external SD Card - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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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james_bombed said:
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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james_bombed said:
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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[Solved] [Q] Mounting External MicroSD

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 .
jje
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.
EDIT:
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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s2 problem agian

I am using my phone for torrenting, but when I went to download HD films,games etc I discovered Android does not support file sizes over 4GB. So in other words, its stuck on FAT32. Is there anything I can do about this?
Yes but it is very complicated procedure. Maybe you can do your torrenting somewhere else.
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Format Sd card in not fat 32, have you're downloads download direct to sd card and bout internal phone memory.
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mintvilla said:
Format Sd card in not fat 32, have you're downloads download direct to sd card and bout internal phone memory.
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The above procedure fails if the kernel does not support Ntfs.
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yes i tried formatting with Ntfs but phone fails to discover card with error say sd card corrupt ,is there any way to overcome this ****ty problem??
mazran01 said:
yes i tried formatting with Ntfs but phone fails to discover card with error say sd card corrupt ,is there any way to overcome this ****ty problem??
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No, phone works on fat32 (It's cheaper).
Even on OTG it supports only FAT32 hardrives.
daam ,i am strucked then,will this problem remain in ics update also ???

External SD Card won't mount?

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?
mjones73 said:
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.
couchmonkey said:
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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couchmonkey said:
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.

(HELP) Anyone having issues mounting 64gb sandisk sd card on S III

Hi there guys
I have been having a problem with 3 sandisk 64gb micro sd cards. I always got them replaced but it is getting frustrating now. Obviously they are formatted in exfat format.
The problem starts when I copy data of over 30 gb. Once i copy the data n the sd is remounted or the phone is restarted i always get the message "damaged sd card" but when i read the card on pc through an adapter it shows the contents ok. So i want to know if anyone can help me so that I may not need to return the card this time around...
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Try to format it first in the phone, then start loading data on it.
131313 said:
Try to format it first in the phone, then start loading data on it.
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I also tried it buddy but none of the methods seem to work .. i also tried formatting it then copying data through sd card reader as well as the phone itself... does it have to do anything with some file system issue or kernel related issue... im on stock kernel rooted...
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also had the same problem. i formatted the card to fat32 with 32xxx sectors with "GUIFORMAT" app for windows, the it works ok.
then after fat conversion, you can try to format the card to exfat using any app (not the windows one) search google, then it might work, didnt try myself as fat32 works great, and i can use it with the script that makes the card the phone memory, so now i got 64gb instead of 11.6gb of phone storage
smaberg said:
also had the same problem. i formatted the card to fat32 with 32xxx sectors with "GUIFORMAT" app for windows, the it works ok.
then after fat conversion, you can try to format the card to exfat using any app (not the windows one) search google, then it might work, didnt try myself as fat32 works great, and i can use it with the script that makes the card the phone memory, so now i got 64gb instead of 11.6gb of phone storage
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How can I get the script you talked about?
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No problems here. Got a Class 10 sandisk 64gb in.
danben7 said:
No problems here. Got a Class 10 sandisk 64gb in.
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where formatted?
how much fully card with data?
witch rom, kernel?
I have the class 10 64Gb Sandisk sd card too with no problems.
Card has about 55Gb info on it and I didn't format the card. Just put it into the phone. Recognised instantly and haven't looked back.
I have a 2nd SGSIII too with a 64gb class 6 sandisk sd card. Same applies but with a little less data on it.
diddsen said:
where formatted?
how much fully card with data?
witch rom, kernel?
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Came formatted in exfat, I then formatted it on my phone as well but it wasn't necessary, still exfat
59.47GB available
Stock international rom, ALF2

SIII Liquid Smooth RC5 cant use ext. sd card.

Hello,
I'm having problems with sd cards and liquid smooth. Sd card works in recovery mode without any problems, but in the actual OS it doesnt. It says it's damaged and says its needs to be formatted. However it gets stuck at unmounting the sdcard. I've formatted in the recovery mode, but it didn't help. I've been searching the internet for a while and haven't found anything helpful or anyone with the same problem. SD card is Sandisc microSDXC 64gb class 10.
List of software whats loaded into the SIII at the moment.
ClockWorkMod Recovery 5.5.0.4 - "v1.5"
Liquid Smooth RC5
superSU v0.89
With best regards: Amatheas
Format via Windows as FAT32 .
jje
Format the sd card to FAT32. ExtFat not supported.
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Arsaw said:
Format the sd card to FAT32. ExtFat not supported.
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Will try. Thanks for quick answer!
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Well. I did get it to work, but at half capacity. Apparently my laptops sd card reader cant read more than 29.8gb of the sd card. Is there a way to format it using android itself or is there a trick to do it on my laptop?
EDIT: Got it to work. ZTE blade had the ability to format it to 64gb version. Thanks everyone for help. This thread is now solved.

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