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Sprint update - SD card problems

well I updated to the new rom without a problem I backed everything up on my 8gig card and removed it prior to installing the new rom, now that I put the mem card back in the phone for some reason it shows up as empty? what is going on here?
*update* I just checked in settings to see if any space is being used on the mem card and it shows the space as used but nothing is physically visible on the card

if it turns out that I lose everything on the SD card this was he worst thing I have ever done, might as well throw the phone in the toilet and call it a day all contacts gone! all photos, 500+ songs and spreadsheets. Although it does show the space as used on the card (hope that is a good sign!)
someone please help

Try this. It's a demo version but it may save your data.

guitardoc64 said:
Try this. It's a demo version but it may save your data.
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Thanks! I will give it a try

I'm having the same problem. For me each time I experience this, I just remove the card then reinsert it. It usually recognize the card after that. Just a hassle to have to do it each time it happens though. I've been searching other post to see if I can find a solution, but nothing yet. When I do find something, I'll post the solution for you.

motorcitymadman said:
I'm having the same problem. For me each time I experience this, I just remove the card then reinsert it. It usually recognize the card after that. Just a hassle to have to do it each time it happens though. I've been searching other post to see if I can find a solution, but nothing yet. When I do find something, I'll post the solution for you.
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Thanks I recommend staying away from the program guitardoc64 posted, I took about 4+ hours for it to scan and find my data then when you go to save it you have to buy it first and the price is rediculous $69.00
"Data Doctor recovery memory card"

My bad!!!
Sorry about that! I posted the wrong program! In my search to find recovery tools I had downloaded about 10-15 different ones and well...got in a hurry to help, and can't apologise enough. I can fix my mistake at least, with the PCI file recovery program.
This one is freeware, works very fast (tested by recovering files my Touch screwed up) and I really wish I'd posted it instead.
Damn, tried uploading and it didn't work. Here's the link.
http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/file_recovery/download.htm?language=1

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Sorry about that! I posted the wrong program! In my search to find recovery tools I had downloaded about 10-15 different ones and well...got in a hurry to help, and can't apologise enough. I can fix my mistake at least, with the PCI file recovery program.
This one is freeware, works very fast (tested by recovering files my Touch screwed up) and I really wish I'd posted it instead.
Damn, tried uploading and it didn't work. Here's the link.
http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/file_recovery/download.htm?language=1
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No problem you were just trying to help and I appreciate that! Luckily I was able to retrieve most of my files minus a few programs and songs

These problems are on the new ROM?

somehow the files on my SD card were corrupted when I put the card back in, so I'm not sure if I can attribute it to the rom

It may not be the rom... over at PPCGEEKS they've been talking about the microsd cards getting corrupted for what seems like various issues. I ran into the same problem awhile back and I can't remember where I spotted it but, it mentioned reformatting the microsd in FAT as opposed to FAT32. I did that and I have not had any problems since.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=12148&highlight=microsd+card+corruption
ja8t

Its' not format specific. I have had the problem with the card formatted both ways. The Artemis SD .cab improved things but I still get problems, so far a soft-reset has been fixing things. I'm looking at the Diamond coming out in Sep on Sprint as a replacement. Don't get me wrong, The touch is 99% of what I expected it to be but the SD issue is a big disappointment. I never had issues with my Apache other than it's clunky size and the fact that it looked like a BBC sci-fi prop.

can you upgrade to wm 6.1 by bluetooth

i lost the ablity to snyc by usb somehow but i can use bluetooth to move files around and whatnot. i appear also to have lost my camera controls also.i got this from a buddy heading out to the frontier(afganistan) any ideas on how to bluetooth an upgrade

Not possible. Try the memory card way if it exists for the Excalibur.

but it mentions that you have to be connected by usb

warlock123 said:
but it mentions that you have to be connected by usb
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No, get a card reader, put the image file on it (rename it per the instrucitons) and enter bootloader.

ok my newbiness is showing like a solar flare,which 6.1 are you talking about.
also from the theads that i read it appears that for each advance the risk of losing things like cameras go up.oh well no risk no fun

please explain that last post someone.if i'm understanding you correctly i download to my sd card the upgrade program and let it runs

warlock123 said:
please explain that last post someone.if i'm understanding you correctly i download to my sd card the upgrade program and let it runs
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Flashing from SD Card?

Photos disappearing from Gallery

Posted this problem in LeeDroid's thread yesterday(bored to write it again from scratch,so I just did a quick copy-and-paste ).
Guys I have a strange issue.
This afternoon,without having noticed,my battery died.So I tried to turn the screen on and it booted up,telling me about low battery.Then,I plugged it in as soon as I found the charger and it turned off the moment I plugged it in.Then,I turned it on after about half an hour and all seemed ok.At some point I went to the Gallery app(HTC's one),clicked on Camera Shots(or whatever it calls the photos I have taken)and saw that there were no thumbnails,it won't display some pictures even when I select them and a photo was corrupted!I huried and copied the photos to my pc and rechecked.No thumbnails except for one photo and any new I may take with the camera.Tried deleting gallery's cache and data and it didn't help.Any ideas?Don't wanna reflash for such a thing.
Also,can it be related to the problem with 1.72 roms corrupting cards?It's like the third or fourth time data gets corrupted in my card!And it's a ****in' expensive one!
Thanks guys!
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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Hope you guys can make something out of it!
Some more people had this problem but they posted it the dev section and I think that thread got deleted.If anyone knows something...Well,ideas are welcome!

tolis626 said:
Posted this problem in LeeDroid's thread yesterday(bored to write it again from scratch,so I just did a quick copy-and-paste ).
Hope you guys can make something out of it!
Some more people had this problem but they posted it the dev section and I think that thread got deleted.If anyone knows something...Well,ideas are welcome!
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I remember a while back when i was a Hero user running HTC stock ROM my 8 GB card crashed just like that. So, it is not a problem with custom ROMs...do not know what it could be but would be nice knowing it!

sphuyal said:
I remember a while back when i was a Hero user running HTC stock ROM my 8 GB card crashed just like that. So, it is not a problem with custom ROMs...do not know what it could be but would be nice knowing it!
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Yeah,it isn't a rom issue.Different people were using different roms when it happened.Unless it's HTC related!
Well,maybe a low level format is needed as someone(whose name is unfortunately escaping me right now)suggested in LeeDroid's thread.But copying 15Gb of data can be a pain!

Well,strange thing is that Gallery(both HTC and stock android one)can't show some pictures(it displays black instead of the image,even for some that there are thumbnails)while the same file,when I open it on my pc,is all ok!Strange...

have the same issue. usually goes away after a reboot.

mjehan said:
have the same issue. usually goes away after a reboot.
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Mine doesn't!

HTC Desire Z Pictures keep dissapering from Gallery
Hai,
Having the same problem with my HTC Desire Z. New pictures seem to disappear in the Galley. Good news, they aren't deleted, they're still on the SD. Connect to your computer and you can see/back up them.
I've installed a file explorer (ASTRO in my case). That made the pictures turn up in the gallery again. I guess the file explorer indexes the SD again?
For now... the pictures are back in my Gallery. It seams to be a bug in Gallery.
Hope they come with a fix soon.
Good luck,
Dee

photo problems
try 2 things-delete dalvik-cache, and look for a .nomedia file on root of sd card-delete it as well-got my photos back for gallery no problem!!

primerow said:
try 2 things-delete dalvik-cache, and look for a .nomedia file on root of sd card-delete it as well-got my photos back for gallery no problem!!
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Thanks, my friend, i had the same problem and your answer is the best, Now I can see all my photos in my SE WT19i.
Thanks again

I've never had this happen to me, but I have had an sd card fail on me ( an expensive patriot one). I would immediately backup your card and keep it backed up as if it's a warning sign that the card is on its way out you don't want to lose all your data.
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk

primerow said:
try 2 things-delete dalvik-cache, and look for a .nomedia file on root of sd card-delete it as well-got my photos back for gallery no problem!!
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i have kind of similar issue, when i switch off my cell and then switch it on my cell generates a big thumb data of all remaining memory of my sd card and makes my sd card memory zero as well as generates lots of thumbnails. When i delete them some of my clicked pics are not showing in gallary and displayes no thumbnail. so i lost some pics permenantely. plzz help me
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primerow said:
try 2 things-delete dalvik-cache, and look for a .nomedia file on root of sd card-delete it as well-got my photos back for gallery no problem!!
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Exactly where can i find these 2 things on my sd card? show me path exactly folder by folderr

sulaymashru said:
i have kind of similar issue, when i switch off my cell and then switch it on my cell generates a big thumb data of all remaining memory of my sd card and makes my sd card memory zero as well as generates lots of thumbnails. When i delete them some of my clicked pics are not showing in gallary and displayes no thumbnail. so i lost some pics permenantely. plzz help me
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Exactly where can i find these 2 things on my sd card? show me path exactly folder by folderr
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I had this same issue a while ago, and re-flashing the rom I was using seemed to fix the problem (of course, this could be because I formatted my dalvik, as another user mentioned above!)
Have you tried to transfer the photos to your computer from your sd card to make sure that they're still good files?
As for the dalvik, boot into recovery and you'll be able to wipe it from there.

[Q] sd problem

I rooted my evo and its been working fine, but I now have a problemo..
The SD card is mounted because I can see everything through astro, I can connect it to the computer and browse the sd card and see pix and music
The music player says "No music found" and the gallery wont display my photos.
Any suggestions? I dont want to format the sd card if possible. More info by request.
Thanks

Also when I take pictures theyll stay for a while, I dont know exactly when they disapear, but maybe when the phone is rebooted. They do although get saved to the sd card in the proper 100MEDIA folder

Would you happen to be on the sense 2.1 ports? That happens to me when I'm on them.

what do you mean by the port? I am using 2.1 tho. its been working fine for about 4 months

Take SD card out..copy contents, format SD card, copy contents back, insert SD card back..your problem should be fixed..if not, get a better SD card.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

If you don't want to format it, try unmounting & remounting the SD card. You can also try manually running the media scanner. There are multiple toggle widgets that do this - Widgetsoid is my personal preference, but there are others. The dev tools app on CM7 also has an option to run the media scanner.
I think this is a rom issue & not an sd card issue. Backup your current rom, then restore from a backup of a different rom or try a clean install of a new one. If you choose to do a fresh flash, I suggest going with the stock rooted rom. If you still have the problem, then copy all of the files to your computer, format the card, then copy what you need back to the SD.
If it works fine on a different rom, you know the problem is rom related. You can try a completely clean install of whatever rom you're running right now, but it may just be a bug pertaining to the rom.
What rom are you on at the moment? Just curious...

honestly I cant remember. how to I find out?

iknowthefuture said:
honestly I cant remember. how to I find out?
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You don't remember what rom you're on? Really?
Umm, okay. Go to settings, then about phone down at the bottom. If you don't know which piece of info is the rom - you should recognize the name - just post everything in that menu.

iknowthefuture said:
I rooted my evo and its been working fine, but I now have a problemo..
The SD card is mounted because I can see everything through astro, I can connect it to the computer and browse the sd card and see pix and music
The music player says "No music found" and the gallery wont display my photos.
Any suggestions? I dont want to format the sd card if possible. More info by request.
Thanks
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You want to make sure that you don't have a ".nomedia" file in with your pictures or music. Certain apps can automatically create a .nomedia file and place it in with your music files or pictures, etc. When a .nomedia file is present, that folder won't get scanned for media of any kind, therefore your stuff wont show up. I'm not saying that's definitely your problem, by any means. However, simply suggesting that you check your folders, to make sure that the .nomedia file isn't there. I forget which apps can create that file, but I know it can happen.

i used unrevoked.. which one is the rom in software info?

iknowthefuture said:
i used unrevoked.. which one is the rom in software info?
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It may be named Rom Version, Mod Version, build number... I've seen multiple different wordings for it. Mine says "Build Number", but I'm on MIUI. It isn't baseband, kernel, model version, or Android version. It won't be only numbers, and it isn't PC36100.
Let me ask you this... have you flashed any roms through recovery or Rom Manager? If not, you're on stock.

3.70.651.1 cl294884 release-keys is build number

I just tried to install fresh evo 3.5 rom and when it rebooted it stuck at the white "htc evo 4g" screen

k2buckley said:
You want to make sure that you don't have a ".nomedia" file in with your pictures or music. Certain apps can automatically create a .nomedia file and place it in with your music files or pictures, etc. When a .nomedia file is present, that folder won't get scanned for media of any kind, therefore your stuff wont show up. I'm not saying that's definitely your problem, by any means. However, simply suggesting that you check your folders, to make sure that the .nomedia file isn't there. I forget which apps can create that file, but I know it can happen.
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found the .nomedia file. deleted it and pix and music are back. It was at the root of the sd card. Thanks

iknowthefuture said:
found the .nomedia file. deleted it and pix and music are back. It was at the root of the sd card. Thanks
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Glad to have helped. And I just gave you your first thanks (it was an accident, I meant to hit the quote button, lol). But either way, you got your first thanks! Take it easy.

camera dont save

I have a typical problem, from last week.
Whenever i take picture from camera the photos are not saved there.
Rarely the photos are saved but that too remain there till next reboot.
Also the second thing i noticed is of the old pics i have, if i delete some pics then they re appear after reboot.

I donno but.. MAY b a VIRUS??

djvithin said:
I donno but.. MAY b a VIRUS??
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is not a virus sd card is broken format it
btw wrong section

cosminx13 said:
is not a virus sd card is broken format it
btw wrong section
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now actually the problem is severe not only with the camera but the other apps
I cant download anything on mobile and bluetooth transfer also fails
even i cant copy anything within the mobile itself
After that i did unmount and mount sd card and it worked for 10-15 min and same prob again
so are the problems same??? What to do.
P.S. :- where to ask such queries if this is wrong section. I am new to this forums.

djvithin said:
I donno but.. MAY b a VIRUS??
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People who think phones can get viruses still exist?
Sent from my GT-S5360 Toaster

sherlockh221b said:
now actually the problem is severe not only with the camera but the other apps
I cant download anything on mobile and bluetooth transfer also fails
even i cant copy anything within the mobile itself
After that i did unmount and mount sd card and it worked for 10-15 min and same prob again
so are the problems same??? What to do.
P.S. :- where to ask such queries if this is wrong section. I am new to this forums.
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i had this problem before with an old sdcard and this is what i done....
i inserted it on my pc with an sdcard adaptor and low level format it with this tool then i inserted it into my phone and tried to download something from internet and it worked again
hope it helps