[Q] 16GB micro SD causes failure - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys,
since i've bought an new micro SD-Card (Transcend) of 16 GB size and put it into the Desire (rooted) it doesn't continue after the HTC boot screen. Thought of a mechanical failure of the card, but bought a second one (SanDisk) and still the same problem. With my 4 GB card there is no problem, but always with the 16 GB cards. Even can't create an ext on the 16 GB cards, if this b.t.w. is necessary. But still clueless because the 4 GB card is working... Any idea?
Greetz,
Gabs

If you've used a custom ROM with A2SD+ or D2Ext, then you need to reflash the ROM, or copy the content of the EXT partition to the new one.
Also use Gparted to create a partiton, that always works.

Thanks man, worked!

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SD card problem

got a problem and can't seem to solve it. Can anybody help please.
Have opendesire 3.2 working at the mo and had an ext 2 partition with it. All was working well until this morning.
I charged my phone and switched it on but would't boot. Tried removing batteries numerous times but still no joy. Removed sd card and it worked. So I formatted sd card back to fat 32 but now it still won't work with the sd card in(Just stays on HTC screen)
I then tried to create another partition incase that what was causing the problem with gparted. When I went into Gparted it stated that my 4gb stock sd card was only 3.5 gb and that there was no pertitions present. Looks like the end of my card has dissapeared ( Has anyone heard of this before )
Anyone any idea how to get the sd card working again?
Or will I have to buy another card.
Any help much appreciated.
It still works without sd card.
as with any memory card, you dont get all the specified space free for storage, some space is lost with the file system and sector size ect, 3.5 gig sounds about right for a 4 gig card, i use a 16 gig card and get about 14.5 gig when formatted, also your problem with the rom sounds like its cuz you dont have an ext partiton
The rom doesn't need an external partition. You can install without. When I partitioned my card with gparyed it showed as 3.5gb as fat and 512mb as ext 2. I then changed ext2 to 3 and thats when my problems started. I have formatted it all back to fat now but it wont boot.
Is this because the rom now thinks a partition should be present and it isn't?
Still got recovery, is it worth flashing the Tom(opendesire 3.2) back onto a new SD card as I have a backup of my old one on laptop?
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memphisuklf said:
The rom doesn't need an external partition. You can install without. When I partitioned my card with gparyed it showed as 3.5gb as fat and 512mb as ext 2. I then changed ext2 to 3 and thats when my problems started. I have formatted it all back to fat now but it wont boot.
Is this because the rom now thinks a partition should be present and it isn't?
Still got recovery, is it worth flashing the Tom(opendesire 3.2) back onto a new SD card as I have a backup of my old one on laptop?
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if you haven hard reset then yeah, your rom has set itself up to be used with an ext partition, just do a hard reset, and leave your sd card out of your phone on first boot
Sorry, new to this stuff. How do you mean hard reset?
Seem to be getting by, by using guides at moment.
AndroHero said:
if you haven hard reset then yeah, your rom has set itself up to be used with an ext partition, just do a hard reset, and leave your sd card out of your phone on first boot
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Sorted it. Reflashed after wiping through custom recovery and removed sd card once done. After first boot I put sd card back in and it booted. Not going to partition my card any more cause this is the 2nd card that my partition through rom manager has disappeared and can't seem to get the partition back. On a 4gb card only got 3.21gb showing now through system storage on desire.
Anyone know why this keeps happening? Or are the stock cards just utter ****e.
Tried ubuntu but even that only shows it at 3.5gb with no partitions.
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[Q] Change new memory card

i want to ask if i change a new memory card , after i format it to fat32 wat should i do next ? my friend done this but the phone still cant detect the sd card .. any solution ?
The phone should detect it after it has been formatted. If it's not detecting it, then something has gone wrong with the card or the phone. I suspect a dodgy card.
Really, all you have to do is this:
Backup your old card
Format your new card
copy the backup onto new card
That's all it should be, unless you're using A2SD or soemthing.
If you have multiple partitions, if you are using A2SD, then you might need something epic like Clonezilla to literally mirror the structure of the old SD card onto the new card. If after a format of FAT32 and the card isn't detected at all, then as the previous post said, the card is probably dud.
i going to buy class 10 8 gb memory card .. does it make the phone load the file faster ? or i juz get class 4 16g better
quantumandy said:
If you have multiple partitions, if you are using A2SD, then you might need something epic like Clonezilla to literally mirror the structure of the old SD card onto the new card. If after a format of FAT32 and the card isn't detected at all, then as the previous post said, the card is probably dud.
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A2SD transfer the easy way for users
1 - create a nandroid backup of everything (this includes the A2SD ext partition)
2 - backup EVERYTHING from the mem card to your pc!
3 - insert new mem card
4 - run rom manager (download it from the market if you have to!)
5 - partition the new card with rom manager (creating an ext partition as well)
6 - Copy everything from the pc BACK to the NEW card!!!!
7 - Restore the nandroid backup!!!!!!!!!
You now have the phone back to the exact state you started with but with a different memory card installed!
buffer size 8kb
Data size 10mb
Write : 5.27mb
read 12.72
this is kingmax class 10 8gb memory card ..izit good ?
any memory card recommended?
keeyie said:
any memory card recommended?
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i'd also like to know some memory card recommendations.
i found a 16GB class 6, but they're mostly out of stock all places..
if 16gb got class 6 den i will get 1 =)

[Q] 16 gig SD card not mounting on DINC running KANG Pons CM7.2

First of all, this ROM is pretty good overall and is very fast (even though it is a nightly)
Does anyone have a suggestion to get a 16 gig card mounted? My 8 gig has been fine, and I have read elsewhere that the 16 gb card should work on my droid incredible phone.
any assistance is appreciated.
John
Try formating it fat32 with a pc before trying it in the phone. A 16gig should work fine, as the specs for our phone state that it can handle up to a 32gig.
I have a 32gb card runs fine. I would agree format the card on the computer.
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thanks for the advice. i have already formatted on my macbook pro. I'll try to find another method, maybe that will work.
I got it. all I needed to do was reboot with the sd card in the slot. thanks
jnyles said:
I got it. all I needed to do was reboot with the sd card in the slot. thanks
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Just an fyi you should never remove or insert the sdcard while the phone is on. It can cause data corruption and bad unrecoverable sectors on your sdcard.

Memory Card Formatting

Good Evening once again,
Now that my phone is up and running again thanks to some wonderful people on here I was wondering if some could offer some advice on my memory card.
I was given a 32GB m-sd card for xmas that I REALLY want to use in my phone however having a problem formatting it. Using Gparted it will only let me create one partition. If I put my old 8GB mem card in I can delete all the parts and then recreate the two (one Fat32 and one ext4) So is there a reason why I cant do it on my 32gb card and is it fixable?
Thanks,
Max
If youre a windows user, google and download h2testw.exe to test the SD card. Just to confirm that there are no errors in the entire 32GB of space.

[Q] strange problem with memory card

Hello, I have a HTC Desire, and I have a problem with memory cards. I bought a 8gb class 4 card and the phone began to crash and restarira permanently. I thought that the problem is in the card and bought another - again the same way. Was previously with 4gb, no problems. If you have ideas please let decision. Use MildWild CM-3.8
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krufeee said:
Hello, I have a HTC Desire, and I have a problem with memory cards. I bought a 8gb class 4 card and the phone began to crash and restarira permanently. I thought that the problem is in the card and bought another - again the same way. Was previously with 4gb, no problems. If you have ideas please let decision. Use MildWild CM-3.8
Sry for the English, I use google
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Try Reflashing ROM.
or Use CM7.1
First, put back the memory card you were using before you had this problem (the old one) and flash the ROM you were using before you had this problem, now your phone is back the way it was (without changing the SD card)
now for the SD card, I'm not sure about that, but I saw a forum that says:
"you have to copy all the files from the old SD card to the new one and then change it and it will work fine" but you have to do this after doing the step I said before, Good luck
Hello,
i have a similar problem.
Recently i root my htc desire (first time after 18 month on original froyo 2.2) and succesfully flash a CM 7.1. For this change i removed the old 4gb card and i used an 2gb card, everything works CM is very fast.
Now i want a bigger card so i buy a 8gb class 10 kingston, i copy the partition from 2gb card to this new 8gb with gparted. The phone starts ok but after few minutes if i use an app on sd or an app that use sd (e.g. quickpic or es file explorer) the phone hang i cannot shutdown only restart removing the battery.
Now i return using the 2gb card. Is the 8gb class 10 uncompatible? or maybe an error on this sd? or i have to follow a different procedure to pass from one sd to another?
Thank you for any suggestions
Giulio
Krumok said:
Hello,
i have a similar problem.
Recently i root my htc desire (first time after 18 month on original froyo 2.2) and succesfully flash a CM 7.1. For this change i removed the old 4gb card and i used an 2gb card, everything works CM is very fast.
Now i want a bigger card so i buy a 8gb class 10 kingston, i copy the partition from 2gb card to this new 8gb with gparted. The phone starts ok but after few minutes if i use an app on sd or an app that use sd (e.g. quickpic or es file explorer) the phone hang i cannot shutdown only restart removing the battery.
Now i return using the 2gb card. Is the 8gb class 10 uncompatible? or maybe an error on this sd? or i have to follow a different procedure to pass from one sd to another?
Thank you for any suggestions
Giulio
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As already stated above if you are moving critical Files to SD card then you must copy an entire Old SD card to New SD card. There is a way out of this just create a Nandroid backup in old Sd card and copy the nandroid backup in new SD Card and then just restore via recovery. Everything would be fine after doing so.
I follow your advise, i re-partition the sd (1 fat32 and 1 ext4 as in old 2gb sd), make a nandroid backup, insert the new 8gb sd and restore the nandroid backup.
Everything works, i can move 2 app to sd... and after i take a picture with camera and then... all apps that use sd hangs: es file explorer, gallery, camera, manage app,... and after a while the phone hangs i cannot shutdown... i remove battery e reuse the old 2gb sd
I was very happy after (my first) nandroid backup and restore, but now i'm very sad, maybe there is something wrong in the 8gb sd
thank you
I tried everything you wrote, but to me does not work for both cards. Yesterday I bought a 4gb and I gave up trying. Thanks for helping.

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