Hey, I've had my Evo for a couple weeks now, and have recently started experiencing an issue that has been since happened quite frequently - the SD card will randomly appear empty, and I won't be able to add files to it. The only way to get around this, it seems, is to reboot the phone.
At first I thought my MicroSD card that came with the phone was defective, so I got Best Buy to exchange it today, but it just started happening again! My phone is rooted and running the latest RvU ROM, if that could have anything to do with it. Does anyone have any help, or is this just a hardware problem? (If it is, I'll just exchanged the phone at Best Buy, since I'm within my 30 days.)
Thanks!
vonStemmington said:
Hey, I've had my Evo for a couple weeks now, and have recently started experiencing an issue that has been since happened quite frequently - the SD card will randomly appear empty, and I won't be able to add files to it. The only way to get around this, it seems, is to reboot the phone.
At first I thought my MicroSD card that came with the phone was defective, so I got Best Buy to exchange it today, but it just started happening again! My phone is rooted and running the latest RvU ROM, if that could have anything to do with it. Does anyone have any help, or is this just a hardware problem? (If it is, I'll just exchanged the phone at Best Buy, since I'm within my 30 days.)
Thanks!
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Same thing for me. I tried Baked Snack and now Fresh 0.5.3, both have the same issue. Rebooting seems to work for a short time, but it always fails when I'm using programs that access the SD a lot such as the Gallery app or the Camera. As long as I stay clear of those it seems to hold up a bit longer, but I've had it fail while using Astro File Manager too.
When I was running The latest stock OTA I had no issues. I posted a similar question in the threads for both ROM's with no response yet. Because of that, I was beginning to think I had a bad card too.
I don't want to go back to stock. I just can't understand why this keeps happening.
Glad to know I'm not the only one.. I just wish there was some resolution to this.
I contacted HTC and they said it wasn't a known issue with the phone, so they said I should go to Best Buy and exchange it. So maybe our SD slots are just defective?
I have this problem too. It empties every day it seems and I need to reformat the SD card just to get it working again. It erases all my pictures and video and is very frustrating.
It seems to happen most often when I am taking a picture or going into Gallery, but has happened in other instances as well.
I hope HTC releases a solution that addresses this.
Also, it tells me in the notification bar that the SD card is damaged or unsupported file type or something along those lines.
And for the record, I am running a stock Evo.
i welcome u guys to my world.i been having the problem since day one tried everything and nothing worked.fully rooted,new radio,tried few roms,formated SD card,put in a new SD card and still that random SD failure.i reboot about 3-4 times a day and its really irritating.im afraid i might brake my evo one day or jus claim for a new one.
GHOST99K said:
im afraid i might brake my evo one day.
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This is how I feel
I'm tempted now to go back to stock and verify, but I never had a single issue on my phone until it was rooted. However, it's possible that the problem was there and I didn't encounter it.
If I take that step and find that it is still an issue on the stock OTA, I will most likely try to get the card replaced or have the phone if it persists after a new card.
It's very inconvenient and makes the camera pretty unreliable. Plus I am a field tech, and I store .pdf's on the card for different devices. If the SD is frakked I can't be sure I can get to important paperwork in the field.
It's not the SD card.I have already reformated the SD and even put a new 16gb SD card but same issue everyday.
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It's definitely not the SD card. I've formatted it, gone to Best Buy and had the SD card replaced, and used a different SD card.
It could be the ROMs we're using, but I've got a serious problem with this phone if using a rooted ROM does this.. And few other people are experiencing the problem. That leads me to believe it's a hardware defect.
My suggestion jus get your phone exchanged ASAP.
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Yeah.. I've contacted Best Buy and they'll let me know when they get their next order in
Unfortunately I am am outside my 30 day exchange period so I cannot do that.
Well, I hate to break it to you guys, but custom ROMs is not the issue. I am stock and have had my phone since launch morning (June 4) and today, for the first time, my SD card contents disappeared. I was changing wallpaper when the default wallpaper kept coming up as the wallpaper. Note that the when selecting a wallpaper, the gallery showed all my images (cached?) but when I went to Gallery, nothing was there. I pulled the battery to reboot and now the SD card contents are back.
I had the same thing happen with me. I've also experienced other strange things related to the card. When hooking the phone up to my macbook, sometimes files copy and sometimes they don't (to the card). I was thinking it was an app corrupting the card. I've tried large files (100-200mb) and small files (like apks or old video game console roms). It seems that when data is going to the card very aggressively, it doesn't wasn't to copy. What I mean by aggressive is like 2+ dialog boxes of files being copied at the same time.
More often than not, it seems like lots of small files pisses the phone off and it parts me back by bowling the card. Lots of files means hundreds to thousands.
I saw this thread awhile ago but didn't look at it until today. At least I'm not going crazy or even maybe have a bad card. The cards never gave me any problems with the devices its been in for maybe the last 3 years until last week.
I gotta find another card to try. I am using sandisk 16gb. Maybe a different brand? Anyone try that yet?
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I'm doing a test now. I removed the suspect 16gb card from the phone and put in a 8gb card that has never been in the evo ever. I put the 16 in a sd adapter which goes into a usb adapter. All are official sandisk. I formatted the 16 in my macbook as fat32. I am now copying 8557 files to the card which size total is about 6.97gb. After a few minutes, I'm down to 6291 files to go and almost half way finished copying. I have not received one error message or anything that might lead me to believe there is something wrong somewhere. I'm starting to think there's nothing wrong with the card(s). It's the gd phone! I am so pissed now!!!! I keep looking back at the progress window and it's chugging along no problem. I am thinking about something tho. When I was changing cards I noticed that even when the card's lock bar was down, the card could wiggle a little. HMM. I'm gonna get a piece of thick paper and put it on top of the card and see if that helps make the card not want to wiggle as much when the lock bar is in place.
I will report back if I find out if it works or not in like 24 hours or less.
I don't think it makes any difference what rom you are running but I went to the one stock rooted "EVO_1.47.651.1_Rooted_stockrom.zip" one calkulin posted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712695
That link is just in case someone stumbles across this post later and wonders what I'm talking about.
So far, so good. I will give progress reports when I'm at work when I'm able to. I hope I may have stumbled across a simple fix to a defect.
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I had the issue you guys are talking abou this is what I did to resolve my issue.
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Just got a new SDHC card and simpleroot worked. The SDHC that came with my phone died. I placed a spare in there that was a 2gd regular micro and Hboot would not read the IMG for nothing.
If simple root is not working then it's the Sh!tty card acting up.
Happy ending for me.
vonStemmington said:
It's definitely not the SD card. I've formatted it, gone to Best Buy and had the SD card replaced, and used a different SD card.
It could be the ROMs we're using, but I've got a serious problem with this phone if using a rooted ROM does this.. And few other people are experiencing the problem. That leads me to believe it's a hardware defect.
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For those who post before reading the thread, I am STOCK and this also happened to me. Battery out/in fixed the issue (for now).
So far I'm going on around 16 hours without the card screwing up. If you wanna try this, get a business card. Pull the card out of the phone. Lay the card on the business card at a corner. Measure about twice as long and normal width. Cut the business card. Fold the piece in half length wise so its the same size as the sd card. If it's too big, snip the non folded end of the paper and measure it so that its the same size as the sd card. Put the card into the phone and make sure its ask the way in. don't force it to hard. Then hold the card down and slide the paper, folded end first, on top of the sd and into the card bay. Make sure the paper isn't sticking out of the card well where the battery would be on top of. Gently push and lock the lock bar down onto the card. If you have to push firmly then the paper is too thick. Place the battery in the phone and put the cover back on. That extra bit of thickness added to the card I think is keeping it from scooting around in the sd card well and judging by the size of the contacts on the card, it wouldn't take much movement to get off the contacts. The folded end under the lock bar and the other end being held down by the battery I think is doing the trick. Just power down before removing the battery next time.
So far, this is working for me and I'm keeping my fingers crossed...
Just another update and bump off the topic...
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I agree the ROM probably isn't the problem, but definitely come back and let us know if the paper helped at all. It could just be that the SD card is loose.. It seems like sometimes if my SD card stops being read, but I leave the phone alone, it'll work again later, without rebooting, which is odd.
Hi everyone, I'm new here as you can see, and this is my first post here. Excuse me if I'm rude but I would like to get straight to the point.
So ever since I had my paws on the DHD (meaning since November), I recall dropping it three times (I know, I know! I have buttery hands). The DHD wasn't affected at all in the first two drops, however the third drop caused the micro SD not to be detected, which I promptly removed and inserted, problem solved.
However, 6 days after the third drop, meaning today, when I was charging my DHD, the phone reported that the micro SD had been removed unexpectedly. I tried removing and inserting it but it still reported the SD as not inserted. I took it off, put it in my reader, and my Windows could not detect the card - it's like it doesn't even know a card is in there.
Tested the reader on my bro's Mac, still not recognized. The problem is definitely with the micro SD as other micro SDs I tested can be both recognized by my computer AND the DHD itself.
Also, I think it is interesting to note that when charging the DHD, the battery temperature would go up 5-6 degrees. A quick glance at Google says overheating of a phone could very well screw up a memory card.
What I want to ask is, do you guys have any idea what happened to my memory card and whether there is a way to recover what's inside? They're not really THAT important, but it'd be nice if I can see my photos again.
Thank you for any response! They're much appreciated!
Just tried putting it in the reader again - no such luck.
Try to see if this post can help, it worked for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10878511&postcount=8311
It sounds like you managed to break the card, i would recommend buying the cheapest micro sd card you can find and trying that. If it breaks then it confirms its a problem with the phone. You could try sending it to HTC under warranty if its not too obvious that its your fault....
Hey Guys,
I dropped my Evo today pretty hard and i'm pretty sure something inside related to the sd card reader broke. I hear something rattling and it will not recognize my sd card. I restarted plenty of times, took out sd card and put back in and doesn't make a difference.
I plan on making sure its the phone later with another sd card I have at home to make sure its the phone vs the sd card.
Assuming it's the phone that's screwed, I'm thinking without access to an sd card, I can't really unroot before taking it into sprint to get it checked out.
I have insurance, would it be best to just claim it lost? Do you think sprint will give me crap about it being rooted if I take it in?
I really appreciate any feedback.
I would! But if you have ADB install on your computer, you can try to unroot it that way, if not I would claim it lost.
9 times out of 10 they won't give a fu€¥. If it's got pieces lose and it won't operate there not going to fix it before they replace it.
Swyped from a galaxy far far away......
Thanks guys. I got home and swapped another sd card and it reads that card fine... I guess i just killed my 16gb card I just recently got for xmas! ><
The weird thing is there is definitely something loose rattling inside now.. I'm still tempted to just claim it lost and get a brand new one since this thing is a little beat up
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Thanks guys. I got home and swapped another sd card and it reads that card fine... I guess i just killed my 16gb card I just recently got for xmas! ><
The weird thing is there is definitely something loose rattling inside now.. I'm still tempted to just claim it lost and get a brand new one since this thing is a little beat up
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It might just be corrupt. Try to mount it to your PC. It should "repair" it and you can take some files off.
As for something rattling around, if you have Total Equipment Protection, bring it to a Sprint store. They will fix it for you for free, even if its your fault. If you claim it stolen/lost, it will cost you $100. Unless you REALLY want a new one.
hmmm happened to me. just removed card and inserted and all was good.
Yeah, i tried inserting my 16gb sdcard into my pc and it doesn't even recognize it via the card reader. but if i put my 8gb into the same reader, it reads it fine... I'm guessing that means 16gb card = dead.
If I take it in for repair for that rattling, do you think they will notice/care that the phone is rooted though? That's why i'm weary of taking it in to get it "checked out" at a sprint store.
OK guys, I'm getting my ass kicked here and I have searched here and all over until my eyeballs have bleed and to no avail. I'm gonna try and list as much detail as I can.
This is the second time I have had the "You need to format the SD card in drive "x" before you can use it" issue. The first time was taking a card from a HTC One M8 and going back to a Note 3. (All on Verizon and all rooted phones ) When I put the first card from that M8 into the "new" Note 3, it told me the card wasn't formatted. I tried then and screwed up and accidentally formatted and lost all the data but the card worked perfectly.
Fast forward to yesterday.... The SD card was working flawlessly and I went and traded the Note 3 for a LG G3. Got home and bam, same issue. I have tried the CHKDSK "X" /f and CHKDSK "X" /r and both say it won't work with a RAW format card. I have run some Trial type recovery software and there are clearly files there but you have to pay to recover those.
This is where I noticed something else weird. I also have a Note 10.1 2014 so I thought I'd try the card in there... No dice. For ****s and giggles I popped the card from the tablet into the PC and oddly enough, I get the exact same thing telling me that the card is not formatted and shows as raw on the PC. Pop it back into the tablet and it's perfect. I am losing my mind here because clearly, the cards are not bad, just something seems like they are "attached" to the device they were in. I have searched and it's not so much NOT finding things about this, but more so of finding TONS of incorrect info or just info that doesn't work.
I have my complete Titanium Backup selection on here as well as tons of Family pictures that I just don't want to lose again. Can anyone out there help or at least point me in the right direction. Also Mods, I apologize if this is in the wrong place a I wasn't sure exactly where to go with it.
Is this in the right place? Surprised that no one else had the issue.
What are the brand and specs on the card(s)? IE. what brand and what class/speed is the card?
It is a SanDisk Ultra 64GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS.
I have two of the exact same cards and when I remove the one from my Note 10.1 2014 tablet and put it in my laptop it says the exact same thing. When I put it back in the tablet it's fine. Is it possible that they are "linked" to the device they were in?
I have already tried Samsung evo class 10 16gb and a generic 4gb card. Both work perfectly on other phones, formatted to fat32. Should I go for replacement or am i I missing something?
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I have already tried Samsung evo class 10 16gb and a generic 4gb card. Both work perfectly on other phones, formatted to fat32. Should I go for replacement or am i I missing something?
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Make sure you are plugging it in all the way. IMO it took much more force than I was used to on other phones to get my SD card in. The slot is quite tight.
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Make sure you are plugging it in all the way. IMO it took much more force than I was used to on other phones to get my SD card in. The slot is quite tight.
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You'r right. I wasn't fully inserting it. Thought it would break. I even contacted the seller for replacement before doing this. Silly me
Going to post my experience in here, as it is the most relevant to this thread. I recently acquired the ZenFone2, and went through all the procedures just fine, to root, unlock and what not. But my 32GB SD card which has been used for ages in my GS3 would not work. No sooner did I format it, literally, about 2 minutes after I found this thread. The card has to be really shoved right in. It will hit a point if you push gently, where it seems inserted. It needs to go much farther. The side edges of the metal cover should be within a millimetre or two of the cards edge. Please see this attached picture for a fully inserted MicroSD card in the ZenfFone2
http postimg.org image 4t5rw59az (I still can't post image links yet)
LOL.....