Problem with SD card - General Accessories

Hi,
I have Sandisk 256MB +WIFI and the card is locked (write protection is on) and the little switch does nothing.
I can't format or transfer files to the SD card.
I have open the card ( I have no warranty) but i don't know how to fix it and move it to write protection - Disable.
What can i do?
Thanks,
Daniel

The write protection isnt internal on the card, it is sensed by a small protrusion in the slot, try putting something in the place where it would be on the sd card if it were not in write protect mode. Its like a floppy disk, same kind of system for write protect, get the idea?? You could put a piece of tape over the whole gap and that will work also I believe.

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Any tools to recover a Sandisk SD Card?

Hi everyone,
I upgraded my XDA succesfully by using the SD method with a card from my digital camera. After that, I formated the sd card with the card reader then I plugged it in my digital camera.
And here is my problem, the digital camera doesn't recognise anymore this Hi-speed 512 sandisk. I tried everything to recover it but no success at all until now. :twisted:
I understand by using the OSI image tools, the card has been formated in a special way to make space for the file NK.nb1
So if someone has got any similar experience, be welcome to give me any tips for a solution.
Thanks.
i just formatted my card with my xda
and pocked mechanics
My digital camera has the option to format while in the camera, have you checked the built in menus? You could try formatting your card in the card reader with FAT16 if it is FAT 32 at the moment, if it is FAT 16 NOW then try FAT32.
Hi guys,
Thanks for your reply.
Sorry I forgot to say. My XDA card reader and my PC card reader don't have any problem to read or write or format this SD card, Which I did. FAT and FAT 32, but there's no result for my digital camera.
Always the same message: " unable to use the card" and the SD Card was working perfectly before.
One strange thing I have noticed (I think) is that the memory capacity is different now. I get 6 Mb more than before.
Otherwise, yes I tried to format the card with the OS from my digital camera but without any success as the camera doesn't let me any possibility to access to the menu with the card plugged in it. I'm stuck.
Before to use OSI image tools the capacity was;
FAT: 477 MB
After:
FAT: Free space : 507109376 bytes => 483 MB
FAT 32: Free space: 506372096 bytes =>482 MB
I'm just wondering if maybe a header from this SD card was wiped out during the process. Maybe some of you guys know a software who could read and write on this special part of the SD card, then I would compare and maybe repaire it.
Thx
Hi,
Is it possible that someone try to plug a sd card who was used to flash a PDA in a digital camera minolta Z3 or other Z...?
I would be interrested to get a feed back on the result.
Cheers,
Finally after several Emails to (Minolta and Sandisk) I got a valuable answer from Minolta who confirmed my first thought. BTW, Sandisk never replied to me, I’m very disappointed by them. Fortunately, there are others competitors in this sector.
Guess what for the next new SDcard…
So:
On each SD card (Others models certainly too), there are several important information on the boot. This information is necessary to inform the digital camera on the technical specification from the SDcard. If the original boot is missing or corrupted, the digital camera doesn’t recognize the SD card properly and screen the following message “Unable to use this card”.
And here is the solution to recover an original boot for your SD card. You should use SDFormatter V1.1 .
Now my SD card is like a new one(only joking) .
Cheers,

Mini SD RAW format advice

Hi all,
I just got a new Sandisk 1GB Mini SD for my Wizard. I put it in my phone and it was recognized immediately. I copied a few files across (my TomTom install and a few maps) and then finished the install. I had to soft-reboot to get TomTom to work - but after rebooting my card doesn't work. When the phone starts up it asks if I want to format the card. I tap yes and it goes away - but doesn't really do anything.
I have taken the Mini SD out of my phone and put it into the card reader that's in my laptop. Windows recognizes that it is a SD card and also prompts to format it - but when I try to format it as FAT or FAT32 it says it can't complete. I have tried doing it through DOS too, but it comes back as saying that there is a bad Track 0 and the card is unusable.
I'm struggling to believe that the card is now poked after just copying some files onto it. I'm hoping that it's just something to do with the file system that has dies somehow. Does anyone know how to reformat the card (either through my phone or Win XP) or how can I resurrect this sucker?
Thanks in advance!
try pocket mechanics
thanks rudegear. I tried pocket mechanics, but it doesn't even recognise the card. I believe that pocket mech will only work if my phone can see the card first. this isn't even happening. the phone obviously knows that there is a card in it, as it says that the expansion slot is in use, but it can't read the card at all. any other ideas?
sounds like you have a fake card. 128mb cards formated to show 1gb, you copy more than 128 they corrupt. this happened to me
okay. I've given up on this card and have sent it back. no more trying to ressurect the dead for me!
has the new card solved the prob? The problem Iam having is almost identical to yours. I purchased a 2gig mini sd card (bn) for my atom. When inserted into my laptop's integrated sd reader, it would recognise a card has been inserted but would not open the card (but the Atom recognised the card).
Thinking I have bought a faulty card, I sent it back to manufacturer. The seller tested and concluded there is nothing wrong with the card but sent me a new one.
I had the same trouble with the new card. Convinced the card was not faulty, I purchased a new card reader.
The firt day i connected the card into the reader. things were SMOOTHE! I was lovn life. The card was read instantaniously and i proceeded to fill the card with a hole heap of goodies (including tomtom).
I used up approx 100mb of stuff that day and ejected the card from reader and inserted in my atom. Data was read with no trouble on pda and pc.
I inserted the sd card back into card reader the following day and now it seems the data originally put on from the first 'contact' is now locked. I cannot delete nor add anything else to the card. Oh and before anyone asks: yes, the lock was and is in the UNLOCK position (i dont even use the lock).
So my next move now is to exchange my card reader with a simpler/single slot. I read somewhere that cardreaders/devices sometimes lock data (dont know how true it is but got no choice).
in summery:
buying an external card reader solved the initial issue of recognizing/reading sd card but created another problem of LOCKING the sd card.
Is anyone else having issues with large sd cards?
I solve the problem by inserting card to Digital Camera that use SD card.
it formatted without error.
Card Reader and other phones does not format it. I think because of file system.
hmm... I will try that. will keep you all posted.

Bigger Memory Card

Hi all
I have been using my Orbit for about 2 weeks now and the 512mb card is beginning to look a little small, especially if I want to start putting some MP3s on it.
If I buy a larger card, say 2gig, can I simply copy the contents from the old one to the new one or will i need to re-install everything again?
Thanks for your help
Richard
Hi Richard,
You can just copy all the data over and it should work no worries.
I would suggest you do this in your pc because you will haveto replace the memory card in the phone, and when you boot the phone it might crash as nothing will be on it.
The best idea would be to turn the phone off, remove the memory card, copy everything on it to a folder on your pc, then put your new card in the pc, copy it all back onto that and then finally put the card back in your phone and boot it.
This worked fine for me, but you will need to have a card reader in your pc to read the sd card, and you will also need an adapter for the microsd card to go into (microSD -> SD adapter). If you are buying a new microSD card they usually have this with them.
If it fails you can just put your old card back in to recover.
Cheers, Towelie.
Thanks Towelie
I just need to get the new card now
Rich

[Q] I tried to copy some files to my SD but says write protected.

I have copied files to my SD card a hundred times but this morning I am getting some kind of write protected crap. How do I remove write protection from my SD card and where did it come from I have never had a issue coping files to my SD card until this morning! Thanks Again!
Are you using a SD card adapter to transfer the files? If so, there is a little sliding tab on the side to lock/unlock the card.
I got it the card reader is junk!
I used another card reader and everything transfered fine! Thanks for reply!

Can't remove android secure folder from sd

I have an non rooted, official Tab Pro 12.2 on 5.1.1. with an 64Gb sandisk Ultra SDXC micro usb card. I use the sd for movies on holidays. A few weeks ago i suddenly couldn't delete or write any files anymore. Not even format the card in the Tab, on Windows Xp, Windows 10, or even Linux Mint. In other tablets or phones i get the message that the card is empty, but can't be formatted. When i take a picture, the image is stored on the sd, so it isn't broken. I just can't remove it anymore.
I tried several programs for formatting sd cards, but i get the message that the card is write protected.
There is an folder named .android_secure and it can't be removed. I googled and found out that this is folder is created by app2sd, but i never used this app. Also i never moved apps to the sd card, so i don't understand how this folder is created. By the way, the date of the folder is 1-1-1970. Very strange.
It's very easy to buy a new sd card, but what if this happens again and ruin my next sd?
Has anyone had this problem and perhaps has a solution.
Rokil said:
I have an non rooted, official Tab Pro 12.2 on 5.1.1. with an 64Gb sandisk Ultra SDXC micro usb card. I use the sd for movies on holidays. A few weeks ago i suddenly couldn't delete or write any files anymore. Not even format the card in the Tab, on Windows Xp, Windows 10, or even Linux Mint. In other tablets or phones i get the message that the card is empty, but can't be formatted. When i take a picture, the image is stored on the sd, so it isn't broken. I just can't remove it anymore.
I tried several programs for formatting sd cards, but i get the message that the card is write protected.
There is an folder named .android_secure and it can't be removed. I googled and found out that this is folder is created by app2sd, but i never used this app. Also i never moved apps to the sd card, so i don't understand how this folder is created. By the way, the date of the folder is 1-1-1970. Very strange.
It's very easy to buy a new sd card, but what if this happens again and ruin my next sd?
Has anyone had this problem and perhaps has a solution.
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When the sdcard goes read-only the card detected a major fault with the card and a protection mechanism will switch the card to read-only mode so you can get data off (hopefully), unfortunately the card is toast there is no way to revert the read-only/write protect mode, Sandisk has lifetime / 10 year warranty on most sdcards so just contact their support and they will ask for the serial number on the back of the card (use a camera or magnifier glass to read it), do the rma form and send it to them and they will send back a better brand new card usually a good model, if you have valuable data on the card you can snap the card in-half (since it is read-only you can't erase it), just make sure to note it with support ..
I have been through two sandisk cards (both 64gb), one went poof dead, then the other did what yours is doing can't delete/write/format but you can see all the files - sandisk replaced the card twice no issues, the last card they send it working great no issues.
otyg said:
When the sdcard goes read-only the card detected a major fault with the card and a protection mechanism will switch the card to read-only mode so you can get data off (hopefully), unfortunately the card is toast there is no way to revert the read-only/write protect mode, Sandisk has lifetime / 10 year warranty on most sdcards so just contact their support and they will ask for the serial number on the back of the card (use a camera or magnifier glass to read it), do the rma form and send it to them and they will send back a better brand new card usually a good model, if you have valuable data on the card you can snap the card in-half (since it is read-only you can't erase it), just make sure to note it with support ..
I have been through two sandisk cards (both 64gb), one went poof dead, then the other did what yours is doing can't delete/write/format but you can see all the files - sandisk replaced the card twice no issues, the last card they send it working great no issues.
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Thanks for your advice!
I mailed Sandisk and they will sent me a new micro sd card. They know about the problem with some of there micro sd cards, so there was no problem with that at all.
Worth a try.?
This has happened to me several times on different occasions.... typically after I have deleted all the extra and hidden files and folders my phone apparently likes putting on my SD cards. When I get that message, I will right click C: drive, select properties, go to Hardware tab, highlight the storage device, then run the disk check on the tools tab. 9 out of 10 times it will scan and fix errors on the disk... when it does not.. I redo the whole process.. . lather... rinse... repeat
~ Cheryl

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