[Q] I can't partition the sd card - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

when I put the card into a card reader, the sd card can't be read, only can be format. But after I pressed format, it said it can't. What happen to my card? but if i connect my phone to computer, it can show all the files in the sd card.
The important question is that, I have rooted it, and i want to use app2sd. If i can't partition the sd card with ext2, i can't move apps to sd card. I have tried to use rom manager to partition it, but still can't. Any method other than buy a new card? thx~~

You need to flash amonRA's recovery.
Just do a search on the forum as there are a couple of how to's.
From there you can partition your card, verify your ext partition, upgrade from ext 2 to 3 and ext 3 to 4.
Good luck.

sometimes that can occur with a bad card reader. have seen it many times. the card reader will read some cards but not others.

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Can't boot from storage card

I have formatted the card to fat32, checked it for errors, copied the HERMIMG.nbh file to the root of the storage card and when i try to boot its stucks in bootloader (IPL-1.04 / SPL-2.10.olipro) saying "Serial" and stucks there.
I have tried many roms but its same thing.
The phone is not bricked, it just want boot from storage card.
Can someone help me with this problem please?
sd card Has to be 2Gb or less...
it is - 1 GB microsd card.
try blowing compressed air into the sd card reader as there may be dust in there. If the sd card isn't formatted fat32 (please check, they come formatted FAT as default) it won't work and doublecheck spellng on hermimg.nbh, I have heard of people putting in herming.nbh, that won't work.

[Q] cant access sd card

Hi can any one help i tried to install the desire hd rom, the instructions suggested partitioning sd card before installing the rom
which i tried to do using Mini tool partition wizard unfortunetly after wiping partition and the creating new partion my sd card would not mount as i wasnt sure if i should have formated the sd card at this point as that option was still available. but the instructions didnt mention wether i should have formated after creating new partition.
So anyway to cut a long story short i switched the phone of instead, hoping that when i restarted it i would be able to mount the sd card. But now i had a new problem my phone now would not detect my sd card altogether
Does any one know how i can make my sd card detectable again or will i need to fork out for a new sd card
Have you tried it in another device, say a PC card reader?
Had the same issue. Everything worked fine after formatting the SD card with Gparted. What I did wrong is that I made 3 EXT4 partitions for Data2SD and the computer didn't recognize the card. Used Recovery to mount the card and Gparted to repartition it. Everything worked fine afterwards.
yes sort of tried my friends sd card in my desire and it detected it so its definetly the my sd card that faulty
thanks for replying to my message i tried mounting the sd card in recovery using recovery manager but my phone wont mount it as it not detecting the sdcard do you think i might have better luck with gparted and if so do you have a link where i might be abe to down load it.

[Q] Custom ROM and New SD Card

Howdy! I wanted to swap over my SD card which is a sandisk class 2 4GB which is partioned for my custom ROM. I'm not too sure what will happen if I partion the new one? I was wondering if I would have to reinstall the ROM if I stuck it in my droid?
On a sort of spin-off. How do I restore my 4GB SD card to stock without partion. (Would I lose the ability to use my ROM if I partition it again after clean partition?)
No need to reinstall ROM. If you have apps on the SD card, then you'll have to reinstall them.
Edit: you have many ways to remove partitions from the SD card. Do you use Windows and have a card reader? If yes you can delete the partitions in Disk management.

format SD card?

Hello,
IN recovery under mount and storage menu, there is an option format/SD card?
My question is that, will this format the external SD card or will it format the internal SD card ?
I want to make sure, because what I want to do is format my external SD card.
I tried formatting the card with my PC, the phone still can not see it.
My 32 GB external card , doesn't show up. Maybe If I format it using the phone, the phone will be able to see it.
thank you in advance
If your phone can't detect the external memory card, how can it format it? You'll end up formatting the internal card. Looking at my settings, I do not think the phone even allows you to format the external card from the Storage menu.
mmm. ...... I inserted an 8GB card in it, the phone was able to detect it, but when I insert the 32GB it can't see the card.
Any ideas what the issue maybe?

Procedure for switching out sd card?

What's the best way to switch out your sd card without losing any of its contents. My best guess would be to:
1) Copy contents of old sd card onto your hard drive
2) Remove old sd card
3) Format new sd card
4) Copy contents of old sd card from hard drive to new sd card
Am I missing anything? I've read that FAT32 is recommended over exFAT? Has anyone heard different? Also, is it better to format the card using your PC or should I just format the card in my S3?
Hi,
I recently switched from an 8gb sdcard to a 16gb sdcard. I put everything from the 8gb on my computer hard drive, safely unmounted via storage in settings, then just popped the new one in, not messing with format or anything. a month later and I'm doing fine.
Hope this helps
I would recommend formatting the sdcard in a PC, if possible
If not, then do it through your phone
And yes, the procedure you have laid out is perfectly fine

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