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How do i reset my micro sd card

Hi all, my problem is, i have a t-mobile mda3, i bought a new 2gb micro sd card, sandisk. i wanted to put my copilot software onto the 2gb card, so i thought i would do it here at work on my mac, not a good idea as i have now found out, i cant use the card on my pc at home, it just keeps saying "do i want to format the card now" well i tried to format it but windows xp cant do it, cant remove blocks or volumes or something. What i have noticed is that the data/card is running 16 bit, my pc i think is 32 bit.
Is there a way i can get the card back to how it was when new
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers.....Del

Hi,
the card format should be FAT16, you could try putting it in a digital camera and formatting it, or using Linux (which has utilities to format to virtually *anything*) or a decent Win partition manager utility.
Don't panic, it shouldn't turn out to be a major disaster.
HTH
Kim

Or download pocket mechanic (there is also a trial version) and format it on your pda.

cozzykim said:
Hi,
the card format should be FAT16, you could try putting it in a digital camera and formatting it, or using Linux (which has utilities to format to virtually *anything*) or a decent Win partition manager utility.
Don't panic, it shouldn't turn out to be a major disaster.
HTH
Kim
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hi, thats what i meant FAT16, im never going to transfer anything from a Mac onto my cards again. But why wont my pc format it? I'll try a digicam, failing that i'll try downloading pocket mechanic as suggested by twiggerdingo.
Thanks both of you
Del

Strange SD card Problem

I have been using Touch 4.02 with an 8gb card for ages now with no troubles then yesterday the storage card is no longer recognised by the phone? I tried the usual soft reset, taking the card out wiping it put it back in still no joy.
Reinstalled the sdhc cab file didnt work, Have just re-flashed with the new diamond look a like rom and still it aint recognising the card.
Has anyone got any ideas??

mikehulme1983 said:
I have been using Touch 4.02 with an 8gb card for ages now with no troubles then yesterday the storage card is no longer recognised by the phone? I tried the usual soft reset, taking the card out wiping it put it back in still no joy.
Reinstalled the sdhc cab file didnt work, Have just re-flashed with the new diamond look a like rom and still it aint recognising the card.
Has anyone got any ideas??
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Probably your card is broken....
Try to insert it in a card reader and see if it recognizes the card....

Yeh will have to wait till I get home not sure my memory card supports SDHC though?

I have a similar problem, and like you I've been happily using an 8gb card for a while, but in the last week it has stopped working correctly.
Occasionally it is fine, but most of the time access to the card is either very slow or it doesn't appear at all.
I've tried the following but with no success:
- Using another MicroSD card (2gb)
- Reading the cards in a card reader and they are fine
- Reinstalling Artemis Touch 4.02 WM6.1
- Formatting the card (FAT32)
- Shimming the MicroSD card with bits of cardboard as I've read there can be a loose fit
- Cleaning the contacts on the card reader
- Pulling the contact pins out a bit to get a better fit
Does anyone have any ideas of anything else to try?

Does WM5torage work?

I did the followings to make my 4GB Micro SD usable by my Artemis:
1-flashed it to FAT32 in my laptop (I Had to format my laptop partition D of my HDD to FAT32 to make the microSD recognizable by my NTFS system).
2-copied the "system folder" from my older 512 MGB card as it is (hidden) to the root of my 4GB
3-The 4GB is readable by my artemis by now.
4-To make sure the crad will be working good in the future, I installed the "Flashcard" Cab in my Artemis and reflashed the card to FAT32, 512 Bytes 4KB clusters.
The card is just fine under Artemis windows, but I gatta take it out when flashing any new ROMs or Radio.
Hope that'd help you.

uniqueboy said:
Does WM5torage work?
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No - WM5torage behaves the same ... i.e. occasionally works (if the phone can see the card), but most of the time it just reports an error

It is deffothe memory card just put my old 2gb back in the phone and it worked, I have tried the 8gb in my PC card reader and in y camcorder that takes sdhc and neither recognised it.
This explains why my phone started goin so slow it would take ages to do anything then the memory card was unrecognised a few days later.
Im guessing there is no way to repair these?

If you can't read it, you can't do anything...
R.I.P.... :|
Cheers

Gutted oh well

not as gutted as i am ... looks like i'll have to buy a new phone!

Just try to format it by these criteria
FAT32, 512 Bytes 4KB clusters
then let us know.

dude dont panic try to recover the card first before you format it. i am sure there are some imp data there eh?
use a disk recovery utility on ur pc
my best choice is Recover My Files http://www.recovermyfiles.com/
if you are using windows os also try to run scan disk
use pocket mechanic then on ur ppc
let us know how well u do

Sorry for posting...Wrong thread...

Help with formatting issue on Sandisk 16gb micro sd hc

Well first off I want to apologize for such a lame first thread, but I've been a heavy reader for a while now and this is the first time I haven't been able to solve it.
I bought a Sandisk 16gb micro sdhc class 2 card for my fuze and having a very difficult time formatting it.
I put it in my phone, connected it to my comp via usb and selected "disk drive" option on my phone, then on my comp selected the "open folder to view files" option and I put some files on it. I then disconnected it from my comp and a few minutes later checked to see if my files were on my phone, the files were there but it said the card was full when there was only ~1.2gigs on it. So I connected it back to my computer and when I tried to open the card it said that the card was not formatted, so I select the format now option and it will fail, saying windows could not complete formatting. I then downloaded the panasonic sd formatter from www.sdcard.com and tried formatting again and it says the write protection switch is on and to turn it off, well there isnt a write protection switch on the card...
So I'm not sure what to do at this point, can anyone offer any insight to this issue?
Thanks in advance for any help.

There is a write protection switch on the SD adapter

well in my case the "sd adapter" is my fuze/tp which has never had any problems serving as a disk drive adapter for my sd card in the past.
my laptop has a slot for memory cards and i do have a micro>sd apadter but my lt can not read sd hc cards.

no one can help or offer any insight?
I really don't want to have to buy another one..
I would be willing to donate to whoever can help me fix this..

SanDisk microSDHC card
I did move the write protection switch both ways and it still says write protected in either direction. please help. Thanks

i think it may be your version of windows. i had a similar problem even with a 4gb non-sdhc sd card. it can be read on the phone, but for some reason can't be read if put in the laptop. i just didn't format it because i know it worked.
when i bought a 16gb micro sd for my touch pro, funnily the laptop recognised it even with an adaptor. so maybe since i updated my windows vista, it also updated 'the driver' for the card?
sorry more anecdotal than anything else. just try to use windows update - if you use windows.it may help as in my case.

did u solved the problem???
i have the same problem
i can see the files from the card but i cant delete/copy/format (

the card may be a fake. registration does not actually authenticate the card. where were these cards purchased? if ebay or some similar site you should probably contact sandisk support to verify authenticity 866-sandisk

I have a same problem. Although it is a Transcend disc 16GB class 2. No, I didn't buy it on ebay. I am using Windows 7 x64. Copying to the card can happen when it is in the phone mounted.

same exact freaking problem

ok i'm having this same problem with a sandisk 8gb card... It's very annoying as i can read but basiaclly cannot write anything to it or format it. How was this problem solved?

still no solution?

im dealing with the same issue i have a 16g sd that came with my d1 and now my pc reads 14g from my phone then 31mb from a flash reader??

SD Formatter for SDHC
Kaptinkrunk said:
im dealing with the same issue i have a 16g sd that came with my d1 and now my pc reads 14g from my phone then 31mb from a flash reader??
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Check out drgopoos thread and my post:
Szczepanik said:
Thank you this thread has helped!
You asked for more info and I would recommend two free programs:
1) H2testw 1.4 which tests to see if your card has genuine capacity
2) SD Formatter for SDHC This software formats all SD memory cards, SDHC memory cards,
Cheers
Tom
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Cheers
Tom

I'll check up on it later thanks, what gets me is it reads fine from my phone but put in a micro SD adapter thing and my pc doesnt read it right, but any other comp it reads fine
Fascinating Devil Helly Bean Sept 1 Devil 1.3.1...

Check my last post on the thread I quoted - you are probably using SD slot on PC. Try USB. What card were you using.
Cheers
Tom
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Szczepanik said:
Check my last post on the thread I quoted - you are probably using SD slot on PC. Try USB. What card were you using.
Cheers
Tom
Sent from my NexusHD2 using Tapatalk 2
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Well its a dell PC flash card reader, the SD to micro I've tried 3 and I'll see what kind of SD but it was the stock one from my d1
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[Q] 8 gb sandisk SDHC help

Hi,
I'm new to the forum
I just bought a new HTC desire Z but there's one problem
When i insert my 8 gb sandisk class 4 SDHC card,
It tells me to format it. When i press format nothing happens :s
Any tips?
Boris

Try formatting the card through a PC first, choosing FAT32 and deselecting the "fast format" option. Let it run (might take 15min or more) and then put the card in your phone. See if this way it works.

EnricoTFYKD said:
Try formatting the card through a PC first, choosing FAT32 and deselecting the "fast format" option. Let it run (might take 15min or more) and then put the card in your phone. See if this way it works.
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I already tried that, thanks for the fast reply anyway
I tried about everything i could find using google and this site's search function, but it all failed.
It sucks because you need a sd card for so many things on an android phone, even thoug it has 1.5 GB built in memory.

Is it a new card? If so, its already formatted FAT32, and should work out of the box. If its still asking you to format, even after formatting on PC, and format on the phone doesn't work, the card may be defective or damaged.

redpoint73 said:
Is it a new card? If so, its already formatted FAT32, and should work out of the box. If its still asking you to format, even after formatting on PC, and format on the phone doesn't work, the card may be defective or damaged.
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New card, new phone. Thanks

I'm betting something is wrong with the card. That is not a normal message to get with a brand new SD card. Try a different one, if you have access to one, or excahnge the one you've got.

No luck
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I'm betting something is wrong with the card. That is not a normal message to get with a brand new SD card. Try a different one, if you have access to one, or excahnge the one you've got.
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OK, so i've tried 2 diffirent 8gb sdhc cards and 1 regular 2gb sd card.
still no luck.
the same problem keeps occuring :s
I tried formatting the cards in every possible way, even trough adb with the card inside the phone, no luck.
I think i'm about to sell the phone on ebay

you can just buy the sd card tray on ebay for about 12 bucks, easy to replace

Just format it on your computer instead (micro SD card reader or whatever).
I had this problem using IC9 beta, wouldn't format my card.
I used my PC and it was fine...

[Q] big trouble, cannot mount Ext_MicroSD (M8)

Dear friends:
I don't know what happend, but I cant mount my EXT_MICROSD Card... I flashed the phone, I format the MicroSD Card, I read a lot of threads from here, but nothing, without solution...
well... the first thing was when I flashed TWRP latest recovery (2.8.1, any else) then, microSD card stop to work. I read this treathd (the problem it's the same, but with other smartphone) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639 I tried to make all steps, but doesn't work
I set my microSD Card into my card reader on PC and I can use it.
When I get into recovery I can't "read or mount" storage microSD or USB storage"
I'm desesperated right now... :s I don't know what it's the problem!! please help me, give me a chance to repair my error... ;__;
PD. I flash full stock ROM and I tried flashing custom ROM, well... I hace this problem 1 week ago.
NEWS: I flash GPE ROM, I changed MID at least USB Storage WORKED!... but isn't MicroSDCard and the "yellow/white" flash in bootanimation it's gone

Its not clear how you re-formatted the SD. But folks have had differing results whether they use the phone's format function, or otherwise. 3rd party formatting apps on a computer seem to work better. So give that a try.
Did you try another SD (borrow from a friend if you don't have one)? Its possible the card has just gone bad.

redpoint73 said:
Its not clear how you re-formatted the SD. But folks have had differing results whether they use the phone's format function, or otherwise. 3rd party formatting apps on a computer seem to work better. So give that a try.
Did you try another SD (borrow from a friend if you don't have one)? Its possible the card has just gone bad.
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Hi, thanks for answer. I tried using other SD Card (in the mobile), but doen't work. I put the SD Card into a SD Card reader (in the computer) and work correctly. In that moment I formatted into Fat32, NTFS, ExFat and work fine in the PC, but doesn't work in the phone.

kodaizo said:
Hi, thanks for answer. I tried using other SD Card (in the mobile), but doen't work. I put the SD Card into a SD Card reader (in the computer) and work correctly. In that moment I formatted into Fat32, NTFS, ExFat and work fine in the PC, but doesn't work in the phone.
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I recently had similar issue.. either the rom could read the sd card, but not recovery or vice versa (I use Philz).
I reformatted in Philz with default settings and now it works in both rom and recovery...
Think it has to do with allocation unit size. I can't help you with "correct" setting, but I know if you have too big or too small, it can slow down read/write speeds.
What happend when u plug in sdcard in your unit? Does it say it needs to be formatted?
I found some good read about formatting sd card here
http://www.surfaceforums.net/threads/micro-sd-card-exfat-or-ntfs-and-allocation-size.8088/
Hope it helps

L1nuz said:
I recently had similar issue.. either the rom could read the sd card, but not recovery or vice versa (I use Philz).
I reformatted in Philz with default settings and now it works in both rom and recovery...
Think it has to do with allocation unit size. I can't help you with "correct" setting, but I know if you have too big or too small, it can slow down read/write speeds.
What happend when u plug in sdcard in your unit? Does it say it needs to be formatted?
I found some good read about formatting sd card here
http://www.surfaceforums.net/threads/micro-sd-card-exfat-or-ntfs-and-allocation-size.8088/
Hope it helps
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When I plug into the phone doesn't work. (now I have TWRP recovery, do you think that Phil it's better than TWRP? maybe I could try flashing that) and... the first time doen't say to make a format. but, yesterday, when I install GPE, say that. when I push format... doesn't happen.

Im not qualified to tell if TWRP is better or not, but Philz is the one I use and it fixed my SD card issue. Just give it a try... you can always flash back to TWRP after if you want

Hi have exactly the same problem? i bought my at&t htc one m8 unlocked but couldn t ever even mount external sd card, they work well outside the phone but don t function inside it, not even recognize an ext sd card.....please someone could give some help to me?

If you try formatting an SDCard on a PC, set the block size to 512 bytes.
Are the SDCard's branded or cheaper end of market?
There was (maybe still is) a problem with SDCard's of a certain version (v10 I think) and this could be a similar thing.
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Well, my final score: the SD Card was loose and disconnected inside, a cell technician repair it.