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Hey guys,
I have a 2gb SanDisk Transflash Micro SD and have been having some serious stablity issues with it. Ever since I first got it, it would lose a file or two randomly. Not a big deal, except that it was a picture of my kids once - that sucked.
But anyway, this morning the entire card contents (all 1.58gb) I had spent days compiling was inaccessable! The card still shows that it is full, but none of the files or folders is visible in either file explorer or in my card reader on my laptop. FYI: I had eight programs and 7 games installed on it as well as some music and movies. I don't want to reformat the card and lose all that, but I am afraid that this is my only option. I also don't want to keep using a card that is a timebomb!!!
Has anyone else with an Artemis (or any other unit) had this issue before and been able to rectify it? Any advice would be much appreciated! I'd love to hear that this is just a defective card and not a problem with the Artemis frying cards!!!
Same issue here
I have the same with my xda orbit, I have a 2GB microsd and once in a while suddenly I cannot access the data anymore, the folders and files are looking corrupt.
What helps for me is, to take out the memorycard, insert it again and make sure it is tight in the lock. Then, when you switch it on again, the files should all be accessible again.
I was thinking it might be a problem that the card is not tight enough in the lock so it would lose the contact, so what I did is that I used a small pice of plastic a little thicker than the lock of the sim-card to give higher pressure on the memorycard under the battery. Until now it works fine for me, but I do not know if it is a solution yet, I will have to wait some more days to see if it really works like that.
These problems do sound like a hardware issue. I doubt its the PDA or Windows and too many people have problem with too many different sized cards to be the card. It does sound like the card is suffering from an intermittant contact, I would try as above and make sure its a tight fit.
I,ve same issue. New HTCP3300, new SanDisk 2Gb micro. Installed set of application and then in one day found on the card folders with garbage names (even could not delete them). Reformat the card and install everything again. In couple days same probllem - programms installed on card don't work, and I can see strange folders on the card. Suddenly I found one not changed name on card with stored attachments of e-mails (more than 500) - long opening - then opened and after return to root I fount everything in place. Everything OK.
Does somebody has any idea what's happend?
How to fix it?
Kostja
I've had the same problem in my Trinity with a Kingston memory card. Finally gave up and tried a different brand of memory card and everything seems to be ok now. Definitely sounds like these two issues are related. On the Trinity forum the general consensus is that is may be a firmware problem causing compatibility issues with some memory cards.
I had the same problem a few mins ago, Luckily after a reset of the phone all of my files were readable again so I would imagine rather than the card being corrupt, maybe some allocation table gets messed up.
fingers crossed that it doesn't happen again!
I had the same problem
Transend micro SD 1gb
Hi,
Does this affect the MDA Compact 3, or just the P3300?
Regards
Just happened for the 2nd time with my 2GB sandisk card. A soft reset brought all of the files back so I suppose it's annoying rather than a big problem for me. Nice if O2 / HTC got it fixed though!
and my sandisk microSD 2gb card after formatting in P3300 has turned to 1gb
i had the same probleme
sundisk 512 mo
I had the same problem
SanDisk micro SD 2Gb
spangelsaregreat said:
Hi,
Does this affect the MDA Compact 3, or just the P3300?
Regards
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Hi spangelsaregreat
Same problem with the T-Mobile MDA Compact III. Comes standard with a 1GB micro-SD card from T-Mobile (Sandisk).
The complete Benelux Plus map directory was corrupt. Other files/directories on SD looked ok.
Couldn't delete the corrupt files, had to format the SD card in the MDA Vario-III.
Greetings, Ben...
I've had my MicroSD only a few days so far but I have not encountered this problem yet.
I took the pre-emtive action of cutting a small square of the MicroSD packaging (that awful lethal theft-proof stuff) and placing it on top of the MicroSD-caddy before I clipped the sim-caddy into place.
My previous attempts to put it directly on top of the MicroSD, underneath the metal clasp that holds it down, met with failure as - contrary to what I've read elsewhere - the clasp is actually a caddy into which you slip the MicroSD before closing- just like the sim... forcing it down on top of the MicroSD probably wouldn't do it much good.
Anyway, so far so good- I can only recommend you grab some nasty plastic shell packaging and butcher it, worth a try... surely?
Corrupt Sandisk MicroSD
Hi all
I have been at the receiving end of this too. I have had this memory card for almost a year in my qtek 8500. I had everything from business data, cv, client logs, tom tom, and more importantly loads of photos and vids of my baby boy.
The card did go weird and prevented my o2 orbit from booting up properly, it just locked up. Took me a short while to figure out that it was the card and after i removed it it booted fine. I put the card back in and presto all working again.
Just 10 minutes ago I checked out my tomtom and ¨no maps¨!!! After examining the card on my mac, pc and card reader it's screwed. All data gone. just a few 0 bite files and daft characters. Nothing left at all. I am very gutted about this. All business data backed up etc so no worries there but the photos guys!!! I will never get those baby pics back! :-( very upset about it and it's definitely the pissing orbit as no other problems in any other handset for almost a year!!!! :-(
Any solutions to this as I cannot possibly trust this machine to store my important data anymore. I would like the ability to be able to sync my public folders in outlook then i could at least drop data into there while out on the go for backup. I'm not a keen believer in having to plug my pda in my laptop all the time to back it up as I have over the air email etc and i want to avoid all that pap!
STILL TRYING TO GET TO TERMS WITH THIS LOSS :-(
Chris
www.chrislewis.tv
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I am starting to think it may be microSD. I recently got an 'M3 Simply' game programmer for the Nintendo DS Lite, it uses microSD. I was using a 2gb because I feared feeding it to my HTC and a 1gb should be enough, then it suddenly became unreadable and unmountable. It would not format either.
CE
Has anyone tried a data recovery program like R-Studio. It can recover files off formatted hard drives and I have used it successfully on my SD card when my Uni messed it up, similar sounding problems.Might work.........
I did and it didnt work. my corrupt microsd was unmountable.
MicroSD
Hum, having the same here...
No solution yet?
I've just got the same problem with my O2 Orbit and a SanDisk 2GB MicroSD Transflash.
I've possessed the device for 1 month and it had been fine until a week ago. At first the problem was strange characters appeared in folder and file names. I reset the device and saw everythings back as normal.
But this afternoon Program Files and My Documents folders disappeared on the storage card. Soft resetting this time does not help. System still shows unchanged volume of used memory so these are definitely still there.
The former issue is also being discussed in this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285511, but I suppose they are the same. Apparently this is a systematic fault so O2 and HTC must have been notified. Hopefully a solution should soon be found.
PPB
Ok, I just plugged my phone into a front USB port on my computer I havent used in forever. My PC locked up, and I had to reboot. So taking it as a bad sign, I plugged the phone into the rear port as usual, and now I get a message saying that the device I plugged in has malfunctioned, and windows does not recognize it. Tried this on 3 different pc's. 1 Windows 7, and 2 Windows XP machines.
I have rebooted the phone several times now, but still the phone will charge through usb and wall charge, but it will not do adb commands, nor will it access the SD card when I select it in the notifications menu. It also will not sync with HTC Sync.
So im at a loss here guys, ive done some reading, but I didnt see anything that is similar with a solution. Any help?
Consolidated List for the courtesy of others
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A. Swapped to different USB cable-- Fail
B. Swapped to different PC, complete with different Operating system-- Fail
C. Swapped to different SD Card-- Fail
D. Double wiped all Data/Cache and tried several different roms-- Fail
E. Tried an OTA having unrevoked forever installed-- Fail
F. Pulled battery for 15+ minutes-- Fail
G. Tried the [ How-To ] Fix SD card not being detected & USB port not working Posted by Calkulin and thanks to sruon for the fix, found here-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243 But also Failed.
I will update the list and Try any other ideas as well. Just wanted it to be easier for the "Quick fix" people to get a summary. Just because these failed for me, doesnt mean they will for you.
Also, ive just found when attempting to send an MMS, my SD card is mounted read only... WTH is going on here?
Swapped out the SD card for a different one, no go still.
Double wiped factory, cache, dalvik, and EXT, reinstalled Warm 2.2, the problem persists. Fried hardware???
Here is the windows message I get when I plug the phone in.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Same on XP and 7
Have you tried a different usb cable, many people that have reported problems with their phones usb connection ended up being a bad cable and not the phone.
I could try that tomorrow I guess. I have a second cable at work. Thats about the last thing I could think of to try also. Just plugged in the wife's Hero to get my files off of my SD card, and her phone works on the Windows 7 pc, but she uses a different cable.
Thanks you very much for the direction. I will update the thread tomorrow with the results in case this happens to someone else.
No go. Tried a different cable, and whole other computer and I get the same message. I even flashed a different rom before bed also. Anyone else have any idea? Anything I can do to get a diagnosis off this thing to help the troubleshooting process? Thanks in advance!
It's really starting to sound like a hardware issue. Have you had problems with anything else after using that USB port?
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No, havent used that port in a good while. It was the front port I decided to use yesterday, as my back block is full. SD card is still useable it seems. I grabbed a rom last night and had to pop my SD card in my wife's Hero to get it. But I put the SD card back in my EVO and it worked. Just no USB connectivity. I should be glad I can still charge it I guess.
On a side note, when I put my evo on the usb at work, it loaded drivers first, said the device was ready to use, then popped up with the message from the above post. What could that mean?
The same thing happened to my MyTouch3g, my motherboard blew when I plugged in the phone and it semi-fried the phone too. My sd card still worked, the phone still charged, but nothing would happen when I plugged on the phone to a computer on both ends. T-Mobile deemed it defective USB and sent me a replacement.
weehooherod said:
Until you get this all figured out, use the app "adb wireless"to do any adb commands. Also, obviously, you can plug your SD card into the computer directly.
Does usb work when its in recovery?
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I havent tried it in recovery. That might also be a good idea. Ive been getting used to putting my SD card in my wife's Hero in the mean time to get files on/off..... I dont have a sd card reader unfortunately. I did also find a terminal emulator probably similar to what you are talking about. It has suited my needs thus far.
I thought about a return, but its been 6 months or so, my phone is all hacked to hell, and I dont really have the means to turn it back at this point with the lacking usb. Ill just deal with it til January when the wife's phone is up for upgrade. I can snag her upgrade, hand my phone to her as she never plugs her phone into usb. She wont miss it.
LOTS of people are having this problem and I've googled it for a couple hours on two occassions with NO solution.... and I'm pretty good at finding answers... see
win7secrets.com for example...
anyway, when I first got my EVO in July I simply plugged in the usb and put on about a half dozen of my favorite mp3's ... while on christmas break I decided to add some more stuff and got that stupid malfunction error... I turned off usb debugging as some had suggested and tried other suggestions including making sure it was on disk drive... not sync or recharge... and tried on 3 separate computers... one of which it worked flawlessly before. I'm thinking this screwup was cause by updating the firmware or some other update... I suppose it could have been screwed up by installing an application but I've only put on 3 aps that I can think of... instamapper, advanced task manager and pandora. I really don't think it's going to fix the problem to unistall those aps but I removed instamapper anyway. Hopefully someone will figure out a solution because I'm deep in the woods and there is no sprint store within 2 hours.... and even if there was I doubt anyone there could tell me anything other thant he price of another phone.
I love this phone though but I can't figure out why it comes setup with all those "features" like facebook, flicker, footprints, peep, field stream, amazon and a ton of crap I don't want. WHY oh WHY can't programmers understand it's MY frigging phone? Give ME the option of what I want to drain my battery.
In all those reboots, was there ever a time where you had the battery pulled for longer than 2 minutes? Sometimes hardware does get borked but clearing voltage over time clears it up. Try that. If that doesn't work, I would recommend installing forever and then a shipped RUU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204
Scroll down to Common Problems.
Use the directions to restore USB / SD card functionality.
If that does not work. Uninstall HTC Sync, and any ADB / HBOOT / HTC drivers. Reinstall HTC sync.
tblount said:
LOTS of people are having this problem and I've googled it for a couple hours on two occassions with NO solution.... and I'm pretty good at finding answers... see
win7secrets.com for example...
anyway, when I first got my EVO in July I simply plugged in the usb and put on about a half dozen of my favorite mp3's ... while on christmas break I decided to add some more stuff and got that stupid malfunction error... I turned off usb debugging as some had suggested and tried other suggestions including making sure it was on disk drive... not sync or recharge... and tried on 3 separate computers... one of which it worked flawlessly before. I'm thinking this screwup was cause by updating the firmware or some other update... I suppose it could have been screwed up by installing an application but I've only put on 3 aps that I can think of... instamapper, advanced task manager and pandora. I really don't think it's going to fix the problem to unistall those aps but I removed instamapper anyway. Hopefully someone will figure out a solution because I'm deep in the woods and there is no sprint store within 2 hours.... and even if there was I doubt anyone there could tell me anything other thant he price of another phone.
I love this phone though but I can't figure out why it comes setup with all those "features" like facebook, flicker, footprints, peep, field stream, amazon and a ton of crap I don't want. WHY oh WHY can't programmers understand it's MY frigging phone? Give ME the option of what I want to drain my battery.
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You can turn syncs to manual so you can choose when you want an update. You can flash custom ROMs to get rid of the bloatware. And I completely agree. Sprint should make it so that their software is optional as a separate download. It is something they say they are going to implement.
http://www.engadget.com/show#player
Show #15. Interview with Sprint's vice president of product development.
I have indeed tried pulling out the battery for a longer period than 15 minutes, no dice. I have also tried both methods in the "Restoring USB" thread. Also a no go. Ive had Forever installed on this phone for a good while, installed an RUU but this did not solve my issue, nor did Wiping windows on my pc, reinstalling all the drivers/SDK stuff. I think in my case, anyways, I just happened to fry my hardware.
On a side note, I have found an app on the market so I dont have to swap my SD card to my wifes phone to get new roms and updates. Its called Wifi File Explorer. Only works if you have a wifi connection with a computer at your disposal. Pair that with a terminal emulator, and it has been sufficient to my needs. I just try not to do anything too crazy or untested with my phone til next month, when I can grab a new one, and swap this one over to my wife.
This is the post I found btw http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243
Thanks to Calk for that ray of hope!
Hope some of this experience helps others.
Put up a summary of things ive tried so far in OP. Any other ideas I may have missed searching are more than welcome.
New SDcard tried? Format your phone?
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on the IPhone. We now have the Htc Evo.
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Put up a summary of things ive tried so far in OP. Any other ideas I may have missed searching are more than welcome.
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Sounds like you fired your board. I think you have done everything there is to do to try and fix that. I only have a suggestion for file swapping. I use DropBox for everything. I get tired of moving the cable back and forth. Also these little micro usb ports are like the hardware buttons, they have a breakdown time. The less you use it the longer it will last. I just wait till I'm at home with wifi or in 4G area before trying larger files. Plus there is an app for it
I will try dropbox, sounds good. Thank you for the info!
If this is true how can you transfer your files to phone.
This is the reason why I never would buy an iphone and why I sold my ipad.
Now galxy nexus is also going this way.
Well then I must say bye bye galxy nexus.
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If you use Windows, it shows up as a device below where your drive letters are in Explorer. Click on the device, then click on Internal storage and you see folders. Works fine. It just won't have a drive letter like USB Mass Storage does.
That said, it's definitely slower than the mass storage version.
It's not just the Galaxy Nexus, its Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) in general.
MTP - It's fast, it works great. It also allows you to access files from your PC AND the phone at the same time!
Not true. Please use the search, this has been discussed many times.
ICS supports USB mass storage, just not for the built-in memory. If the Nexus had a microSD slot, it would be accessible via USB mass storage.
And it should be pointed out that the advantage to all this is that you have all your internal space available for both apps/data and your photo/media/other storage. There's no fixed amount for apps anymore. You can fill your device with gigs of apps, or gigs of music and videos, or any combination. Also, no need to move apps to the SD card. And you don't lose the SD card storage from the phone when you connect by USB like you do with mass storage. (note that by "SD card" I mean either a real SD card, or a partition that pretends to be one, like how pre-ICS phones handle internal storage)
It's up to your own individual use and preference as to whether this is "better" or not. But the above is the justification for it. Personally, I don't care as long as I can still easily transfer to and from the phone, which I can.
It should also be noted that some people have experienced issues with MTP (the alternative ICS is using instead of USB mass storage). It's worked fine for me (though slower, as noted), but some people have reported problems.
phazerorg said:
And it should be pointed out that the advantage to all this is that you have all your internal space available for both apps/data and your photo/media/other storage. There's no fixed amount for apps anymore. You can fill your device with gigs of apps, or gigs of music and videos, or any combination. Also, no need to move apps to the SD card. And you don't lose the SD card storage from the phone when you connect by USB like you do with mass storage. (note that by "SD card" I mean either a real SD card, or a partition that pretends to be one, like how pre-ICS phones handle internal storage)
It's up to your own individual use and preference as to whether this is "better" or not. But the above is the justification for it. Personally, I don't care as long as I can still easily transfer to and from the phone, which I can.
It should also be noted that some people have experienced issues with MTP (the alternative ICS is using instead of USB mass storage). It's worked fine for me (though slower, as noted), but some people have reported problems.
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Exactly! Finally somebody laid it out there in plain english!!!
phazerorg said:
And it should be pointed out that the advantage to all this is that you have all your internal space available for both apps/data and your photo/media/other storage. There's no fixed amount for apps anymore. You can fill your device with gigs of apps, or gigs of music and videos, or any combination. Also, no need to move apps to the SD card. And you don't lose the SD card storage from the phone when you connect by USB like you do with mass storage. (note that by "SD card" I mean either a real SD card, or a partition that pretends to be one, like how pre-ICS phones handle internal storage)
It's up to your own individual use and preference as to whether this is "better" or not. But the above is the justification for it. Personally, I don't care as long as I can still easily transfer to and from the phone, which I can.
It should also be noted that some people have experienced issues with MTP (the alternative ICS is using instead of USB mass storage). It's worked fine for me (though slower, as noted), but some people have reported problems.
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this. and emphasis on it's slower than usb mass storage. and/or samsung used some low quality memory.
phazerorg said:
And it should be pointed out that the advantage to all this is that you have all your internal space available for both apps/data and your photo/media/other storage. There's no fixed amount for apps anymore. You can fill your device with gigs of apps, or gigs of music and videos, or any combination. Also, no need to move apps to the SD card. And you don't lose the SD card storage from the phone when you connect by USB like you do with mass storage. (note that by "SD card" I mean either a real SD card, or a partition that pretends to be one, like how pre-ICS phones handle internal storage)
It's up to your own individual use and preference as to whether this is "better" or not. But the above is the justification for it. Personally, I don't care as long as I can still easily transfer to and from the phone, which I can.
It should also be noted that some people have experienced issues with MTP (the alternative ICS is using instead of USB mass storage). It's worked fine for me (though slower, as noted), but some people have reported problems.
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wow, thanks for explaining it in plain English
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zephiK said:
It's not just the Galaxy Nexus, its Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) in general.
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No it's not, the nexus s on ice cream sandwich has USB mass storage.
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syntrix said:
MTP - It's fast, it works great. It also allows you to access files from your PC AND the phone at the same time!
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It's not fast. If you consider slow as molasses fast. I wish it still had USB mass storage mode. Why did they get rid of it? What's the advantage besides it being slower so you have enough time to water the lawn, watch it grow and mow it before your files finish transferring over?
Neo3D said:
It's not fast. If you consider slow as molasses fast. I wish it still had USB mass storage mode. Why did they get rid of it? What's the advantage besides it being slower so you have enough time to water the lawn, watch it grow and mow it before your files finish transferring over?
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You can actually use the phone ...like stated before, the entire phone is one partition, and if you had USB msm, you wouldn't be able to use the GN...at least that's how I understand it
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Neo3D said:
It's not fast. If you consider slow as molasses fast. I wish it still had USB mass storage mode. Why did they get rid of it? What's the advantage besides it being slower so you have enough time to water the lawn, watch it grow and mow it before your files finish transferring over?
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did you not read the prior posts explaining this?
quoted from phazeorg
"And it should be pointed out that the advantage to all this is that you have all your internal space available for both apps/data and your photo/media/other storage. There's no fixed amount for apps anymore. You can fill your device with gigs of apps, or gigs of music and videos, or any combination. Also, no need to move apps to the SD card. And you don't lose the SD card storage from the phone when you connect by USB like you do with mass storage. (note that by "SD card" I mean either a real SD card, or a partition that pretends to be one, like how pre-ICS phones handle internal storage)"
This means you will no longer get force closes from your app storage partition filling up(datadata folder).
droidstyle said:
did you not read the prior posts explaining this?
quoted from phazeorg
"And it should be pointed out that the advantage to all this is that you have all your internal space available for both apps/data and your photo/media/other storage. There's no fixed amount for apps anymore. You can fill your device with gigs of apps, or gigs of music and videos, or any combination. Also, no need to move apps to the SD card. And you don't lose the SD card storage from the phone when you connect by USB like you do with mass storage. (note that by "SD card" I mean either a real SD card, or a partition that pretends to be one, like how pre-ICS phones handle internal storage)"
This means you will no longer get force closes from your app storage partition filling up(datadata folder).
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So, there's no way to just have 1 partition for all data/app/OS unless they got rid of USB MS Mode? I wish they gave us the option instead of forcing it on us, like Apple likes to do with their customers.
For myself, I don't really care if the phone storage goes into a "standby mode" when I have to copy files to it. It would copy SO MUCH FASTER that I wouldn't even have to worry about not being able to use my phone while copying files to it. But, noooo, instead, I have to wait 45min to copy a 2.5gb movie onto it.
Sure, I can use the phone while it's copying, but the phone is tied to a computer for 45 min!
Ideally, I see the great benefit in not having a separate "SD card" partition, but why can't they just have one partition and USB Mass Storage Mode?
Seems like Google's always taking 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
I can't believe how much whining and misinformation is in this thread. First of all, its not that slow. It doesn't take 45 minutes to transfer a 2.5gb movie . I can do it over wifi faster than that. Second, Google didn't "screw anyone over" or fail to give you an option or turn into some awful overlord or something, and the complaining on this level is ridiculous.
If you want to be able to use your entire 16/32gb of storage, it then the entire drive needs to be one partition. That partition can't be mounted as an external USB drive when plugged in to your computer because doing so would require unmounting it from your phone, meaning the phone would be unmounting the partition on which the operating system is stored. It should be obvious why that isn't done.
Finally, this isn't a limitation in ice cream sandwich, it has to do with the way the galaxy nexus is setup. As mentioned, a Nexus S running ICS will happily run in USB storage mode when connected to a computer, because it has a separate partition for he virtual SD card.
MTP works fine and the difference is not apparent to most users. There's nothing wrong with it.
my new $700 superphone can't run in USB storage mode #firstworldproblems
Neo3D said:
Ideally, I see the great benefit in not having a separate "SD card" partition, but why can't they just have one partition and USB Mass Storage Mode?
Seems like Google's always taking 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
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Is this really that hard for people to understand? If they did what you're asking for, your smartphone would quit working as a umm... phone every time you plugged it into a computer to transfer over some files.
If you don't like it, wait 6 weeks for another phone to come out with ICS and removable SD storage.
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Sure, I can use the phone while it's copying, but the phone is tied to a computer for 45 min!
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Wait... what?!! No idea what's going on with yours but under 10 mins here for 2.8GB file.
texascrane said:
Is this really that hard for people to understand? If they did what you're asking for, your smartphone would quit working as a umm... phone every time you plugged it into a computer to transfer over some files.
If you don't like it, wait 6 weeks for another phone to come out with ICS and removable SD storage.
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Agreed.
Personally, I love what Google did. Just plug it into a PC and it automatically connects to the phone for you. Simple, easy. Tbh, it is way faster than my Desire anyway so I am not fussed.
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So, there's no way to just have 1 partition for all data/app/OS unless they got rid of USB MS Mode? I wish they gave us the option instead of forcing it on us, like Apple likes to do with their customers.
For myself, I don't really care if the phone storage goes into a "standby mode" when I have to copy files to it. It would copy SO MUCH FASTER that I wouldn't even have to worry about not being able to use my phone while copying files to it. But, noooo, instead, I have to wait 45min to copy a 2.5gb movie onto it.
Sure, I can use the phone while it's copying, but the phone is tied to a computer for 45 min!
Ideally, I see the great benefit in not having a separate "SD card" partition, but why can't they just have one partition and USB Mass Storage Mode?
Seems like Google's always taking 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
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I will gladly take your gnex off your hands if it bothers you that bad. 450.00?
Stadsport said:
I can't believe how much whining and misinformation is in this thread. First of all, its not that slow. It doesn't take 45 minutes to transfer a 2.5gb movie .
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MTP works fine and the difference is not apparent to most users. There's nothing wrong with it.
my new $700 superphone can't run in USB storage mode #firstworldproblems
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Tell that to my Nexus:
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This is about 2.5GB of pictures from my old phone's SD card (copied to SSD first), on a fresh install of Win7x64.
Benefits are, so far, heavily outweighed by the long transfer times.
-bZj
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Tell that to my Nexus:
This is about 2.5GB of pictures from my old phone's SD card (copied to SSD first), on a fresh install of Win7x64.
Benefits are, so far, heavily outweighed by the long transfer times.
-bZj
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You've got some kind of problem there that may or may not be specifically related to your nexus. I would check to make sure that you're running the latest drivers on your pc. I moved several 1-2GB movies onto my nexus the other day and it was fast enough that I didn't pay attention to how long it took (certainly less than 10 minutes).
This thread has been created to address the hundreds of "Ma SD Don't Work" Threads spawned in the Accessories forum. After seeing and answering many of these, I though it would be appropriate to simply create a thread for this.
Almost 80% of all of these defective SD card threads have common solutions. I will list these below.
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1) A corrupt SD card:
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SD cards, especially the Micro SD generation can be damaged very easily if you are not careful. Any physical damage to the card will or the gold contacts will cause it to become unreadable. You know your card is corrupt when the computer cannot explore the card. SD cards can be damaged by forcing them out of the device they are in. If your SD card has become stuck in your computer, camera, MP3 player or printer.
It is best to take the device to a professional to have it removed, rather than trying to force the card from the device using probes, such as paperclips or screwdrivers. If the casing for your SD card becomes damaged or you accidentally damage the inside of your card, you could lose the data currently stored on the card and render the card useless in the future. Also, once it is corrupt, you cannot even sell it for parts or use it as a paperweight because of its low weight.
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2) Dirty Contacts:
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If the gold contacts are dirty in anyway, this will mean the device will not be able to read it. Using a finger can scratch the contacts and make it corrupt. Instead use a cloth, microfiber if you have one. The reader, (device) will also accumulate dust over time. Clean out the reader with an earbud. This may also solve this issue.
ADDITIONAL: Thanks to hb-kevin for mentioning that you can " clean the contacts with denatured alcohol. It's a cleaning alcohol that is perfectly safe on electronics such as computers, motherboards, and phone parts. If all else fails, try giving the contacts a gentle scrub with some alcohol and a soft toothbrush. "
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3) Corrupt Data:
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Removing an SD card from a computer without properly ejecting it can cause software damage to the card. Removing your SD card while your computer is trying to read it or removing the card from a camera or MP3 player that is powered on could cause your SD card to lose the data that is stored on it and force you to reformat the card before using it again. Many tools can be found online to help you with this pursuit.
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4) Casing:
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SD cards are enclosed in a small plastic casing that can be easily damaged if the card is left unprotected in a pocket, chewed on by the dog or stepped on. If the casing for your SD card has become damaged, do not put the card into a device (it might become stuck). Instead, take the card to a data recovery center in your area and have a professional recover any files you might need from the card.
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5) The "Write Protected" Issue
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On many SD cards (not many micro) there is a physical switch on the side of the card. This is a write lock. This means that if the switch is up and locked, the sd will refuse any data trying to be written to it. As a result, no data will be copied to the card - if it is in a computer, you will get a popup dialogue notifying you that it is write protected, just flick the switch.
The write protection could have also been enabled in a computer. To disable it, just right click on the SD in my computer and then click properties. Then go to attributes. If "read only" is checked, uncheck it. This could be the source of your problems.
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Please hit thanks if you found this useful.
Please read this before posting another SD thread.
If any further help is required, please leave it down below.
EDIT: Thanks to Cooleagle for making this a sticky. Because of the stick, many more people will see this first and not have to create a thread.
Nice guide maby we need it to stickied.
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KRAZYADROIDMASTER said:
Nice guide maby we need it to stickied.
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Thanks for taking the time to read it. I have PM'd cooleagle the mod but nothing yet. If I still have nothing by tonight, I will PM another mod because cooleagle might be too busy.
Looks like a nice guide buddy, has been made a sticky.
Keep up the good work & Cheers !
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Looks like a nice guide buddy, has been made a sticky.
Keep up the good work & Cheers !
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Thanks for making it a sticky.
Hope this helps a lot of people, Lately I have seen a few SD card threads.
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I've actually been wondering about this because I got a free one with a product I bought off ebay (don't remember what) and I decided to use it the other day but it won't read at all. Turns out contacts were really dirty. Thanks for this thread.
Green Ranger said:
I've actually been wondering about this because I got a free one with a product I bought off ebay (don't remember what) and I decided to use it the other day but it won't read at all. Turns out contacts were really dirty. Thanks for this thread.
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Made my day bro.
Good to see it helped.
Thanks
32gb kingston corrupted
hello , please help me, i have a 32gb kingston SD card, i just want it to work again, i dont care of the files in it,please if is there a solution , post it here, thanks in advance
PS: my pc's card reader doesnt work , i have my galaxy s2 , and a usb cable
soufianeh said:
hello , please help me, i have a 32gb kingston SD card, i just want it to work again, i dont care of the files in it,please if is there a solution , post it here, thanks in advance
PS: my pc's card reader doesnt work , i have my galaxy s2 , and a usb cable
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Hey,
Thanks for using the sticky properly. You said you just want it to work again. Have you tried everything I suggested? If so then please come back and tell me exactly what is the problem. Is there an error or is nothing showing up. Please expand. Also, if you can I would suggest trying to get a new card reader. But please read through my thread thoroughly before replying again. It saves us a lot of time.
Thanks
Hit thanks if you found the thread useful.
Thanks, this could be useful for my friend. He had a messed up sd card, hope I could get it to work with this.
I just bought a new Samsung 16Gb Class 10 micro SD card to replace my old 2Gb card.
First thing when I plug it in, it says it is damaged, and gives me an option to format the card. > Formatted using the phone, the card does not show up. From storage I can activate the SD card as it is still not showing, and the same thing comes up, over and over again. If I plug in the old one, no problem there, working like a charm.
I inserted it to my laptop with the SD adapter that came with it, and it shows up just fine ( size 15Gb). Windows XP format tool does not allow format to NTFS so I looked forward, ended up downloading HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool and SDFormatter. I got the card formatted to NTFS, but my phone still is saying the same thing.
What can I do next?
Nice guide..thanks a ton...what about the "write protected" error that are frequently coming up these days - any thoughts on that one?
Deftone said:
If the gold contacts are dirty in anyway, this will mean the device will not be able to read it. Using a finger can scratch the contacts and make it corrupt. Instead use a cloth, microfiber if you have one. The reader, (device) will also accumulate dust over time. Clean out the reader with an earbud. This may also solve this issue.
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I never thought that finger scratches can be harmful with sd contacts. I used to wipe those plates with my fingers. Thanks for the info!
userofandroid said:
Nice guide..thanks a ton...what about the "write protected" error that are frequently coming up these days - any thoughts on that one?
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Hey,
This is because the physical switch on your sd is on lock. Try sliding it the other way. This will un-lock it.
If this fails you could try right clicking on your sd in my computer. Going to properties and then unchecking read-only.
Thanks for this, I will add it to the guide.
Charius said:
I just bought a new Samsung 16Gb Class 10 micro SD card to replace my old 2Gb card.
First thing when I plug it in, it says it is damaged, and gives me an option to format the card. > Formatted using the phone, the card does not show up. From storage I can activate the SD card as it is still not showing, and the same thing comes up, over and over again. If I plug in the old one, no problem there, working like a charm.
I inserted it to my laptop with the SD adapter that came with it, and it shows up just fine ( size 15Gb). Windows XP format tool does not allow format to NTFS so I looked forward, ended up downloading HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool and SDFormatter. I got the card formatted to NTFS, but my phone still is saying the same thing.
What can I do next?
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Hey There,
My best bet would be that your card is corrupt. Try formatting to other formats (FAT32). Then see if it works. Have you tried everything in the guide?
P.S: Thanks to all others for the support, I will try and answer any questions that you post here.
I've had some of these problems throughout the years but 90% of the times it was because on my microSD to SD converter (those SD cards that have a microSD slot in it) I didn't put the card very well or it was just one millimeter out. I really hate how these converters don't have that "click and lock" thingy when you put the microSD card, it's really helpful to keep them inside.
Also, this caused corruption sometimes.
Looks like a nice guide buddy
XThe_GManX said:
I've had some of these problems throughout the years but 90% of the times it was because on my microSD to SD converter (those SD cards that have a microSD slot in it) I didn't put the card very well or it was just one millimeter out. I really hate how these converters don't have that "click and lock" thingy when you put the microSD card, it's really helpful to keep them inside.
Also, this caused corruption sometimes.
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I will look into adding that to the guide when I have a spare moment.
Thanks
milzaaam said:
Looks like a nice guide buddy
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Appreciate that!
i bought a 32gb transcend micro sdhc yesterday..went home, placed it in card reader, wrote backup on it, worked fine, i could r/w on it with my laptop..then i placed it in my phone [xperia sola 6.1.1.B.1.54 stock rooted bl locked], booted it and explored it using astro and root explorer, worked fine, i could r/w on it with those apps...the problem is when i open walkman there are no songs/albums detected, so i tried exploring an album and playing it via astro and walkman was able to play the song but just the one song i selected..its also the same with sony album app there are no pictures detected from external card, so i tried viewing a pic the same way i played the song, i was able to view the one pic i selected..there are no errors popping up, which is why its so confusing..i managed to make it work last night by clearing dalvik cache, but when i woke up this morning the problem began again..any advice?
btw on stock camera app i selected external memory as save location, when i open the app it says memory error but when i take a pic it can save there as well, i took a pic and album was able to see the new pic but not the old ones..am i missing something with permissions?i already tried changing the permissions for external memory using root explorer but failed, something about sd file systems not allowing permission changes..i already formatted it countless times to fat32 still the same..it really is working fine, its just that the apps arent able to access it for some reason or another..
update: i just restored my phone with backup from 2days ago and cleared my dalvik cache..its working now..my concern is if i restart my phone im probably gonna go over everything again..this is really weird
hope I could get it to work with this. thanks man
[Help] my microSD not detected
i just bought sandisk 8gb second-hand from my neioghbour.. its has been format before sold to me.. but i put in my nokia 3120 classic, the microSD not detected.. i already copy about 3gb song and pics (that assumed the microSD detected on my PC). when i told my neighbour and put in his phone, it detected.. and again when i put it back to my phone (that nokia).. agan it not detected..
are the microSD is damaged or my phone who can't read the size of the microSD ??
Does anyone else have random SD card problems it just stops reading the card. I have a genuine 128gig Samsung card. Works fine in my m8, and s7..... But for what ever reason my m9 and now 10 I get random issues. I could be watching a movie on card and middle of movie stops. Or now I woke up and not even using phone and there was an error.
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That's unfortunate. Which SD ? model?
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I'm having the same issue. I have a SanDisk 128GB that worked perfectly on my S7 Edge and LG V10. Now that I inserted this same SDCard on my Verizon HTC 10 is randomly being "unmounted" with no apparent reason.
I have the same issue with HTC 10. And I am using a genuine samsung64GB card. HTC m8 never had this issue. With HTC 10, It takes a long time until I am even able to view any photos on the card. Very disappointing.
SD issue affecting SOME HTC 10/S7/LG G5
This seems to be frequent to a certain extent. I am reading on other forums as I also have this issue with the S7 and now I am seeing more and more similar issues with LG G5 and HTC 10 as well. It could be a marchmallow issue, but I believe it is a hardware issue as it is a small portion of devices that are affected. Same with Edge or non-Edge (visit page: digitaltrends.com/mobile/galaxy-s7-edge-problems/8/
I got my new S7. I have sent to other one for repair. They changed the motherboard. Then it came back with the same issue. Then Samsung sent me a bran new S7. I have no more SD card notifications at all. Not even when I reboot the phone. Yesterday (again) I was listening to music (a set of 2 hours long) from my SD card. I started to look at pictures (again) at the same time. After 40 mins or so, my phone stopped the music and stopped being able to read my SD. Everything froze and I had to reboot. Then, again, a few mins later (listening to music and looking at pictures), it did it again. On the second time, I was not able to reboot the phone using the power button (keeping pressure for 10 seconds). I had to do it using the volume down/home/power. The phone screen was totally black and there was no way to unfreeze it. My notification light was flashing blue (as I had new emails and text), but the phone was not responsive at all.
It seems like Samsung just removed the SD notification as a whole in the new phone but did not fix the issue.
For those who don't have the issue, before commenting, I would appreciate if you could listen to music and look at your pictures at the same time (all from the micro SD card) for at least 30-40 minutes.
I strongly believe that ALL phones have this issue, but that those who don't just have not access pictures while listening to music (demanding on the SD card reading). Do it if you can... and see if it creates problems. And let me know once you did the above.
I forgot to mention. I am a computer and smartphone savy. I flashed all my S1, S2, S3, S4 on a daily basis. I did purchased another SD card (even if my sandisk is working perfectly on my S5). I got a Samsung evo 64gm. The issue remains on both SD cards, and before you comment about it, YES i did reformat on multiple occasions both with my pc AND within the phone. I also did factory reset on multiple occasions. So it is not the SD's the problem. Just trust, I did everything possible.
Mine kept unmounting itself when using google play music. a reboot fixed it though.
This just happened to me:
My SanDisk 64 gb is "not supported" Formatting doesn't help, going to try and format on PC
Could this be to do with the rating of the SD card? Particularly phones like htc 10 that can utilise adaptable storage?
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Could this be to do with the rating of the SD card? Particularly phones like htc 10 that can utilise adaptable storage?
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That is true. I resolved my issue by running RUU
happens to me as well, using same San Disk 128gb card as was being used in my Z5 with no issues.....worked fine for a while, then error message first appeared, then fine for a week, then error again.....I wonder if switching to adaptable storage solves the issue? Don't really want to do that to be honest.
I wonder if samsung SD are better. I ordered one and see. It seems more like a SD card issue. I don't know what to think anymore.
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happens to me as well, using same San Disk 128gb card as was being used in my Z5 with no issues.....worked fine for a while, then error message first appeared, then fine for a week, then error again.....I wonder if switching to adaptable storage solves the issue? Don't really want to do that to be honest.
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Do you sincerely suppose microSD cards are kinda forever lasting items? ??
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Christian99 said:
I wonder if samsung SD are better. I ordered one and see. It seems more like a SD card issue. I don't know what to think anymore.
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samsung pro+ is good but its expensive then alternative would be evo+
by the way does anyone know an app to benchmark/test write/read speeds of a microsd...
jauhien said:
Do you sincerely suppose microSD cards are kinda forever lasting items? ??
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Well I'd hope it would last longer than 2 months
murrayalex said:
Well I'd hope it would last longer than 2 months
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Karma is terrible thing..
SacredDeviL666 said:
...by the way does anyone know an app to benchmark/test write/read speeds of a microsd...
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?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a1dev.sdbench
Make sure your test is accomplished as "advanced"and "accurate" - with the phone reboot in the middle of the test.. Before to begin go into the settings and set these:
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Karma is terrible thing..��
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a1dev.sdbench
Make sure your test is accomplished as "advanced"and "accurate" - with the phone reboot in the middle of the test.. Before to begin go into the settings and set these: Sent from quite brutal hTc 10 ..
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thanks man... had installed every other app but not this one nor did i know this had such detailed testing options
a 5gig was written at a speed of 61mb/s in recovery
app gave about 89mb/s
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thanks man...app gave about 89mb/s
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What's your card - I think I missed?
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I same issue,
Re-insert SD-Card - Re-inserted while still ON - SD Card Doesn't remount.
Turn Phone Off and reinsert Reboot - SD Card mounts fine.
Seems to unmount when plugging in and out of the charger, but not always. Usually every morning when I wake up and phone has been on charge over night. Not sure of the relevance.
HTC 10, 128GB Sandisk Ultra Micro SD. - SD setup as integrated storage.
Just tried moving the apps installed on to the SD Card. and now I don't get the error message about the card. but the the card is still unmounting, as it keeps disappearing from esexplorer.
Finally managed to copy files off the SD Card even though it kept unmounting. changed the storage to portable. seem to work ok now.
I'm also having this issue. SanDisk Extreme class 10 128 GB. It only started when I downloaded some albums for plane use on Google Music. It was flawless before that.
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Update: deleted all of my offline downloads in Google Music and it stopped unmounting.
More update: have my camera set to removable storage and took a pic. It unmounted. How frustrating..
Im using Lexar Pro 128gb and I dont have issues with it. I also formatted it as adaptive storage and Spotify is using the card at the same time most of my games are installed on the SD and running without issues.
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