I recently had to hard reset my TP2 (but removed the SD card prior). After the reset I inserted my SD card hoping I could retrieve files saved there, but it turns out that neither my phone or PC no longer reads them because they're encrypted - but it's the same phone. I'm not clear why the same phone would not be able to read those files.
After looking through the forum and further research, it seems those files are just plain gone - or at least not able to be opened. Is that true? I could see them on my pc (through a card reader), but could not open them through the phone or pc. My company enforces the encryption on the phone and the card.
So my main question is this: How do I back up these files so that I can retrieve the data on them if I should be forced to do another hard reset? I downloaded some purchased games to the card, some cab files, and a little music. I'm mostly just concerned about the purchased files. If I just copy them to another folder on my PC, don't they remain encrypted?
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I've recently ran into a problem where i cannot access my memory card on my dash.
I was playing around with my friends phone and wanted to see if i could send him some mp3's but bluetooth didn't work, so i decided to take out my microsd card out of my dash and put it in his phone.
I couldn't find the storage space on his phone so i asked him to look for it. He found it and the phone couldn't read the card so it prompted him to format and before i could say no, he clicked yes.
I put the card back into my dash and tried to boot up but failed, got stuck on the startup screen. Im guessing its because i have so many startup programs stored on my storage card. So i performed a hard reset and it no longer got stuck at the startup screen.
Now the problem is that when i go to my file explorer, it won't detect my microsd card. Is this caused by the hard reset or perhaps because my friend decided to format my memory card on his phone?
Any help would be appreciated as to how to save my memory card. Maybe i just need to go buy a new card, just thought I would ask on the forum before i did that.
So if it doesnt detect it, no option to format it, right?
I would but it in a pc and see if it detects it. If it does, format it to Fat or Fat32 and put it back in your phone and see what happens.
I tweaked scroll bar widths and heights (did it before) and changed default location of my Documents from \My Documents to Storage Card\My Documents and then restarted. I also changed hang up time from 1000 milliseconds to 400 milliseconds and lastly menu font size to large then restarted and now my storage card is gone!
I cant even restore from SPB Backup because the backup image is on the storage card and the desktop program backs up but doesnt restore (this is assuming I can use a card reader to retrieve yesterday's backup file).
What to do? Obviously I reverted the options I changed above to default but still nothing.
I went to Memory in Settings but it says Total Storage card memory: Not Installed.
I obviously restarted a few times and then shut the phone down and took the card out then started it back up but still nothing.
HELP please !
SOLVED
The problem was the card was not being recognized on my device and being rejected by windows XP with the below mentioned problem. There was a timeout meaning the the PC could not make a connection to display it's contents and the problem arised from a semaphore issue. I learned that sephamore basically means that there is a really long destination address of a file.
Meaning the first example below is acceptable in lenght
\Storage Card\My Documents\My Pictures\Summer\picture121.jpg
The above is pretty long but within the standards of windows mobile and PC.
Apparnetly there was a destination address of a file that was:
\Storage Card\My Documents\My Pictures\Summer\July\Beach\Boating and Snorkling\picture121121323213.jpg
The above is way too long for the device or the PC to follow.
Firstly, I know for a fact that I dont have too many deep files dug. Mostly my folders are superficial and located in \Storage Card\ My Documents
So there will be
\Storage Card\My Pictures\picture121.jpg
\Storage Card\My Documents\kayak pricing.xls
\Storage Card\My Videos\video001.mpg
So im not sure how such a semaphorical(spl?) error occurred.
Secondly, I could not access the contents of my memory card to investigate the lengthy file.
Plugging the card into a card reader generated the |cannot access| problem. I decided that if I could not access the data to edit/amend the problem then I would need to format it and thankfully I had just created my StorageCard backup (2 days ago) which I could load onto the formatted card.
Problem is I could not right click the drive to select the format function. Oh oh!
Was my situation useless? NO!
I remember that you can format a hard drive in windows command utility.
So I did that, formatted really well then used SPB Backup Unpacker to copy the files back to my card and it works!
Last question is what did I do in Advanced Config to create this hassle? As I said above, those were the only items I tweaked which were within safe parameters.
Ok I plugged the storage card into my card reader but my computer did not recognize it.
Nothing happened (you know the pop up window saying a card was inserted/what would I like to do). I tried opening My Computer but it froze!
Could Advanced Config have corrupted my storage card?
Of the options mentioned above, I think changing the default location of My Documents (device) to Storage Card\My Documents messed something up!
Ok after a 5 min froze, My Computer appeared and I could see Removable Disk (h but opening it froze the folder (Explorer) again.
I popped aonther memory card into my HD and it showed up as normal on the phone.
Also, after another 5 mins of freeze, I got a on my desktop that says:
H:\ is not accessible
The sephamore timeout period has expired.
WOW? Whats that. Of all my 15 years with windows ive never seen that error before!
sounds like its bollixed so
bump bump please
Have you tried StorageTools from www.softwinter.com
This can be installed on the HD and then run to check the SD card. I used it to confirm my card had been corrupted by something (when my PC would not accept the SD card).
I then used it to reformat the card - now works fine.
i would also suggest StorageTools
i recently formated my 8Gb card with it after i tryed any other method i could imagined and anything fails, including using my PC
inserting card into my PC's sd card slot, connecting HD to my PC as disk drive, poping the card into a card reader, sktools, pocket mechanic, etc.
so, try to use this software for formating your card, and, maybe, after that your problem will be solved
good luck!
Problem Fixed.
See first post.
I had a similar problem where my micro SD card became corrupted. Couldn't format it via Vista so used my camera to format it in the end. Then reformatted it via the PC.
I've disabled all the File System caching tweaks as I think these caused the problem. Generally I keep all writes to the SD card to a minimum as well to minimise chances of corruption.
As long as you guys backup the storage card to your computers you should be fine!
what worked for me...
okay, this worked for me...
I had a memory card (MicroSD) on 16GB and suddenly it wasn't working anymore after a soft reset. Strange.
But i looked around on the net what to do but
I could not read the card via my computer. (it froze)
and I could not format the card (not by right clicking on drive and either via command prompt)
I could not get contact to the card via my phone.
Then I tried several format programs to pc (pro formatter and so) and none of them could do anything and they could not see how many GB there was on the card.
But then i found the program HDD Low Level Format Tool. I could not see the format on the card but it could see how many GB there was on the card. I tried to format it via the program and the program came with ALOT of errors. The card still didn't work but now I could format it via command prompt after that. Could not do that before formatting it with that program.
So all in all.
Format your card with HDD Low level format tool (dload)
Then go to run (WIN + R) and run CMD
type:
format x: (x being the letter of the card drive)
That was what worked for me after alot of hours trying to get it to work. And works good so far. and ofcause try to format the card without installing the HDD Low Level Format Tool if you can't do it then try the program.http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.04.12-HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool/
Hopefully someone on here can help me. I've just been adding speecameras to the Tomtom app on my HD. The first set went on OK, but when I tried adding a second, then starting up the Tomtom app to check all was OK, it came back with the following message:
"The file 'TomTom Navifgator' cannot be opened. either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be foind. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file."
Now I wouldn't mind doing as it says, but I thought I'd try a soft reset first - but when the phone 'booted' back up, all of the other installed apps, also failed, with the same message.
Apps include gsen, HD Tweak, mini gps, among others.
These were all working fine previously.
Anyone have any ideas as I don't want to have to re-install all of them again?
Thanks.
sounds like a corruption has happened somewhere. check your SD card (if that's where you installed them) and look for suspicious characters, or missing files. When it happened to me on my old phone all the directories were suddenly empty!!
I did install them all on the sd card. Had a look and it doesn't appear to be corrupt.
Boris71 said:
I did install them all on the sd card. Had a look and it doesn't appear to be corrupt.
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Did you change any settings with HDtweak, have the same problem at this time, only programe I added was HD tweak 5.4.x. Good luck
Maybe the same problem
I've also had a problem like this once on my HD. I remember, I had just installed HDtweak when it appeared first time. I could not find any solution on how to fix it, so I did a Hard Reset...
Hope anyone can fix it.
My HD said that ".NET framework 3.5" is needed (it was installed), and I tried over and over again to reinstall it, but it just gave me another error. Do your device do this?
Had a similar problem, after using Storage Card and HD in USB mode. All of a sudden my Storage Card appeared in Windows and Resco Explorer twice, Storage Card and Storage Card2. Of course none of the programs would want to start, since the path was changed.
I copied all the programs from the storage card to the desktop (with the intention to reformat the card), reset the HD without the storage card, put the card back in - card #2 was gone - and copied all the files back to the card. Solved my problem.
Very odd. Bit the bullet and started re-installing the apps (not as painful as I thought actually) and they all installed, overwriting the existing version - except, similar to Lucas 0511, they seemed to now be on Storage Card2. And a 'normal' (on device) folder had been created, named Storage Card.
All works OK, but I really don't understand it!?!?
Lucas0511 said:
Had a similar problem, after using Storage Card and HD in USB mode. All of a sudden my Storage Card appeared in Windows and Resco Explorer twice, Storage Card and Storage Card2. Of course none of the programs would want to start, since the path was changed.
I copied all the programs from the storage card to the desktop (with the intention to reformat the card), reset the HD without the storage card, put the card back in - card #2 was gone - and copied all the files back to the card. Solved my problem.
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I encountered similar problem in the past.
Both My diamond and HD also have got similar problem.
Diamond: suddenly showed up 2 internal memory.
HD: 2 SD card.
One episode, my card was even corrupted.
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I think your card was corrupted.
No, not corrupted, but during USB disk drive mode access to the card for other apps is blocked. So if an app on the device (in my case usually Opera) attempts to write to the card during USB disk mode it cannot find it - and hence will create and write into a new Storage Card folder.
After the USB disk drive mode is closed the folder name "Storage Card" is now taken, so the card will automatically be reassigned to "Storage Card2" - and apps installed to Storage Card previously will no longer find it.
Solution: Delete the "new" Storage Card folder, card out, reset, card back in - and all should be back to normal.
I've had this problem too. It'll manifest as all the icons for programs installed on your SD showing up as blanks. When you go into your file manager you'll see Storage Card and Storage Card2. Storage Card2 is your storage card, but because all your shortcuts are looking for stuff on Storage Card, it can't find the data.
One cause may be that for some reason your mail application starts writing attachments to a new, non-existent storage card. All you have to do is delete it. (Make sure you're deleting the right one - you can remove the other if you want to be belt-and-braces safe, but just checking in the file manager is probably good enough.)
I've had this problem a couple of times on my Kaiser. Unfortunately the only way to correct it was to do a hard reset as I couldn't find any solution anywhere. So far it hasn't happened on my HD.
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if your device is showing 'storagecard' and 'storagecard2',
remove memory card, now the file explorer will still show 'storagecard',
delete the 'storagecard' and reinsert the memory card,
perform soft-reset.....
Hi! I have htc 10 with 128 gb sd card formatted as internal memory. I was transferring a photo folder from phone to laptop using USB cable and USB connection in media transfer mode. The folder seemed to be transferring alright but the pasted folder in laptop is empty. Since I didn't understand photo sync in Google photos I don't have any backup...desperately seeking to restore that folder. Need all the help
I'd avoid using the SD as internal, sounds great in principle but can cause issues if there's an interrupt..
For apps I'd use folder mount, needs root but it's simple to use and doesn't affect internal memory.
In regards to the images, did you cut the images? Copy or simply drag them, a drag would be a copy. So the original should have remained. If you cut them then they'll have been in limbo and will then be marked for deletion.
In future always use copy instead.
If the photos are no longer in the phones memory then they'll have been marked for deletion, a data recovery app on Windows and or your mobile may help but not sure.. Have had a lot of luck on SD cards when plugged into Windows but never scanned a phone as it's a live OS and I imagine it would need complete read access.
If the photos were on the SD card and are no longer visible, connect the SD card up to your computer because if they're marked for deletion and the OS decides to use those clusters, it'll be overwritten which will make it harder for recovery.
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Hey guys and girls!
This morning my phone turned off by itself (13% battery left) and needed somewhat longer than usual to reboot (in the meantime I plugged it back in to the charger). First thing I noticed was that my whole theme got reset as well as it started showing me introductional tips ("long press here to move your apps to the homescreen, ecc.). It also started to update apps in the Play Store even though I set it to manual ... so basically a LOT of things were reset.
The biggest problem I'm having now is though that all my files (pictures, videos, music) that are stored on an external micro SD card are corrupt. It's not possible anymore to open anything. I already removed the micro SD card and put it into an adapter to have a look at the files via the laptop. But nothing, even though the sizes of the files seem OK, I can't open them.
Does anyone have a clue as to what exactly happened here? Are those files lost (at least of some I have a backup) or is there anything I can do to "repair" them? Help is really appreciated, thanks!
PS: Things like the card unmounting and re-mounting never occurred. So I can't tell if the card was dying or if actually the phone ruined my files.
Did you happen to be using a SanDisk SD Card? I've had my 10 brick 2 of those until I switched to Samsung SD Cards about a year ago and haven't had issues since.
I never could manage to recover files from the damaged SD cards.
I have a Samsung SD card and had something similar.
I guess I was on Viper Rom and basically my phone restarted around 15-20% of battery. After a long wait for booting back again, all my settings were gone.
Files and others in the SD card was okay but basically until I formatted the card, I wasn't able to boot into the Download Mode to install a new rom...
I fixed the restart issue by installing the official HTC Rom.
Thanks for your replies.
It is indeed a SanDisk 16GB card. It seems though that the card is still working (no problems accessing it via phone or laptop), just the files appear to be broken. In the meantime I also tried apps like PC Inspector File Recovery, but to no success
I'm still on stock HTC Sense by the way, no root, nothing.
Anyone know though why that happened (resetting everything, etc.)?
Hit me with a PM I'll give you a SanDisk restore tool which works quite ok. there is a huge chance some files can be recovered, some will be damaged though. Don't push any new files on the card after you tried to restore the files
HTC 10-Corrupted microSD card
I know this is an older thread, but I was wondering if there is a solution. I have an HTC 10 which has an micro SD card in it, that is "married" to the phone. When connected to a computer, the computer recognizes the phone, and the microSD card, and begins to load the folders/files. Eventually this process stalls, and the phone/drive is no longer readable by the computer. To get the computer to recognize the phone/card again, I need to restart the phone, but the same thing happens again.
I have like 20gigs of data on the card, and cannot just put the card in a reader, because it's encrypted to the phone. Any possible solutions? It's frustrating to see the files/pictures for a minute or two, and then have them disappear. I have tried copying/pasting the files while they're visible, but this often triggers the computer to no longer recognize the phone/memory card. I've tried to un-encrypt the microSD card, but the phone can't recognize/access the microSD card long enough to complete that process.
Please help if you can.
Glenn