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So I have searched for this error and no one seems to have an answer that fits my problem. I got an error after booting that stated SD card unexpectedly removed and gave me a triangle with an exclamation point in the center
the card works fine
it will mount up perfectly from recovery, i even pushed several roms to it and tried (cyanogen, RR, and SkyRaider) all three worked beautifully, but as soon as I boot up BAM "SD card unexpectedly removed" and I can't access anything
the computer reads it just fine so I am pretty sure there is nothing wrong with the card, also with it reading in recovery it seems there is nothing wrong with the phone
is this a problem with ROMs?
I could try to do a factory reset and see if that works... but its really annoying :\
any help?
I would try reformatting the card on your PC. The card may have a bad sector that the PC and Recovery ignore. The phone OS tends to be a little more picky about those sort of things.
bigslam123 said:
I would try reformatting the card on your PC. The card may have a bad sector that the PC and Recovery ignore. The phone OS tends to be a little more picky about those sort of things.
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This worked
Thank you, I am running good now
I noticed when I was trying to backup my SD card (pictures and whatnot) that some of the files were corrupt
I will make sure I keep a regular backup just in case its a sign of the card going bad
good thing is my titanium backups were all perfect
eyeheartmozart said:
This worked
Thank you, I am running good now
I noticed when I was trying to backup my SD card (pictures and whatnot) that some of the files were corrupt
I will make sure I keep a regular backup just in case its a sign of the card going bad
good thing is my titanium backups were all perfect
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You are on the right path - don't forget, a good practice is to back up your SD card to your PC regularly.
Why? If (when really) the SD goes wonky, you have a PC backup of the card, and you can get another SD, format it on the PC, load the backups you made, and be back in business in short order.
smtom said:
You are on the right path - don't forget, a good practice is to back up your SD card to your PC regularly.
Why? If (when really) the SD goes wonky, you have a PC backup of the card, and you can get another SD, format it on the PC, load the backups you made, and be back in business in short order.
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yeah, fortunately I had done this about a month ago
I lost a few pictures that I took recently but overall it wasnt a big loss
I will def be doing this more frequently
Same problem with a twist
I receive the same error only i can't get anything to read the card after it happens. Any help would be appreciated.
Gilead said:
I receive the same error only i can't get anything to read the card after it happens. Any help would be appreciated.
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My solution was to format and start over, that was the only thing that worked for me
I've gotten this a few times and it is a PITA because it resets all the notification sounds and also the phone reboots. Once it does it, the only way I can get it to work is to remove the card, put it in the PC, let Win7 do a fix and repair errors and then it will work. I tried removing and reinserting, and it would mount the card and immediately give me the 'sd card unexpectedly removed' message.
I tried reformatting, and the sd card worked for a while and then I got the 'unexpectedly removed" message again after a few days. The last time it gave me that message, I just did the repair errors thing again and it's been working without fail for about 4 days now. It seems like it's going to be an ongoing thing though.
I've been googling like a mad person trying to find a real fix for this. I saw a thread on Android central where they guy said he put his wife's card in his phone and it did the same thing; but worked fine in hers. He mentioned it might be related to the 2.2 OTA update. My problem did start after that update.
In another forum thread, someone posted that they bought a new card, and it gave them the same message. So it doesn't appear to be a bad card; which is what I originally thought. I'd hate to buy a new one and have same issue (i have a 16gb card currently).
(sorry for long post)
I have the same problem! I'm using a Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 2. Previously i've been running Froyo 2.2 over the phone with a 16 GB microSD Card without problem. Later i've been using a 2 GB microSD Card and works fine, but now i'm runnin' Gingerbread ROM From verizon with 16 GB microSD Card and the messages "SD Card unexpectedly removed" don't stop.... the card works fine over other phones... even the stereo of my car can read perfectly the card's content.
I don't know if this is a problem with the update or what????
I don't think in the versions of "Bad sectors" because i check everthing and the problem persist.
The problem appears when i'm playing music... later of that the problem appears at the camera, the file explorer or another app that tries to read the SD Card.
I reboot the phone and works fine but after a couple of minutes the same [email protected]$%&t appears again....
I'm tired of reading forums telling me that is a problem with the sectors... that is a LIE!
no matters the class of the card because i've tried with Class 2, Class 4 and works fine.
This night i'll go to the store that solds me that coursed card to change it!
if tomorrow my problem was solved i been writing at this same forum!
daniel_irias said:
I'm tired of reading forums telling me that is a problem with the sectors... that is a LIE!
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I do not think someone saying it is bad sectors means they are lying.
I think they are merely trying to help you determine what the problem could possibly be.
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daniel_irias said:
I have the same problem! I'm using a Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 2. Previously i've been running Froyo 2.2 over the phone with a 16 GB microSD Card without problem. Later i've been using a 2 GB microSD Card and works fine, but now i'm runnin' Gingerbread ROM From verizon with 16 GB microSD Card and the messages "SD Card unexpectedly removed" don't stop.... the card works fine over other phones... even the stereo of my car can read perfectly the card's content.
I don't know if this is a problem with the update or what????
I don't think in the versions of "Bad sectors" because i check everthing and the problem persist.
The problem appears when i'm playing music... later of that the problem appears at the camera, the file explorer or another app that tries to read the SD Card.
I reboot the phone and works fine but after a couple of minutes the same [email protected]$%&t appears again....
I'm tired of reading forums telling me that is a problem with the sectors... that is a LIE!
no matters the class of the card because i've tried with Class 2, Class 4 and works fine.
This night i'll go to the store that solds me that coursed card to change it!
if tomorrow my problem was solved i been writing at this same forum!
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did you format the card and try again as suggested earlier? That usually clears up any issues with sd cards unless they're fubar'd. Just make sure you back your card up first.
Whenever my card does this I put it into my Windows computer, right click on the card and go to properties/tools/error checking/ and check both boxes and let it run. It fixes my issues every time without formatting the card.
I had that problem a while back with one of Verizon's updates after 2.2. Reformatted card. worked fine in other phones but still said same thing everytine I put it back in the dinc. Ended up getting a new SD card then all was fine.
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If you have an ext extension on your sd use G-Parted (google it) to format your ext2/3/4 partition.
My SD CARD recently has been giving me some issues. It has worked fine since I got the phone in Aug 2010. I went to access my pictures yesterday and as they started popping up, an SD card picture popped up and said please insert SD card. No pictures could be accessed. I went to phone and SD storage and it said my SD card was unmounted. I went to mount it when I saw this, pressed mount, started to mount and stopped all of a sudden. Now I have an icon of an SD card with a question mark in my taskbar. The message says" SD card damaged. You may have to reformat it." When I go to reformat it, it gives me the message "external media in unknown state". Any ideas?
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What's the point in posting a question if you don't get help?
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kniz said:
What's the point in posting a question if you don't get help?
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Because you need to give us more than 3 hours to help you. Being impatient and bumping your thread like this makes people NOT want to help you.
i wish someone could please help me with this issue because its also happening to me, it happend twice already on two different sd cards, i even took the sd card out and put it into my Samsung Epic but still it says the sd card is blank . please help
I used to get this message way back in June 2010 when I first bought my Evo. It happened exactly as you are describing. I thought my SD card was bad. So I moved all my contents to my PC, formatted the SD card, then moved the contents back. It may have been coincidence, but it helped, for a little while, and then the exact same problem returned.
All this happened before I had ever rooted. I then rooted my phone, installed a custom rom, and have never had the problem again, even though it was the exact same SD Card.
Are either of you who are having this problem currently rooted? Or are you both stock? If you are stock, you could try rooting, and installing the stock rom. If you aren't comfortable with that, then try formatting the card, and if you have a spare microSD try that just to troubleshoot it. If you get the same result with a different card that you know is good, that will narrow it down to being related to software on the phone.
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What's the point in posting a question if you don't get help?
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I had a similar issue, I reformatted my memory card, and the problem has not returned. It has been seven months since then.
If you are formatting it on a mac, make sure that you set the partition type correctly to MBR (Master Boot Record)
my micro sd card is not working. the last time it was working i had it mounted to computer putting cheat codes on gba game. i dont remember if i ejected it. i know i pulled usb cord and it said sd card was currupted. so i reset phone and when it came on it said sd card is blank or unsupported file system. i dont want to lose my data. i have alot of important files on my sd card. when i tried to format it, it did nothing. i tired on 3 phones and 1 computer to format it. it always failed. i dont know what went wrong. does anyone know any programs that can fix this and help me recover my files. i dont have all of them backed up.
I have the same problem. I pulled out my phone the other day from my pocket and in the notification bar an alert read "Blank SD Card." I have tried to format it on 3 different computers and with 2 different cameras and tried countless methods. I gave up, ripped it up and tossed it. I'm calling HTC to try and get a replacement card tomorrow.
Man this sucks.. u probably shouldnt have did that in case u found method that worked...does anyone have any suggestions?
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My SD card died after 3 months. It showed up that same problem and I couldn't figure out how to get it to work again. I called up the manufacturer to get a replacement. They sent me a brand new one in packaging at no cost to me. I got lucky but I'm sorry to hear that yours got messed up.
I have the same problem with my 8g SD card. After putting some mp3's the card suddenly corrupted. I tried to format it but nothing happens.
Here's what happened, my phone froze for a few seconds so I hit the power/standby button and it didn't do anything. Waited for a few more seconds then it went back to the home screen and then turned off a split second later. I turned the phone back on and it said "Blank SD card" in the notifications bar. This so damn frustrating I've restarted a few times, mounted, taken th card out and put it back in...I'm at a loss as of what to do. Halp pleez?!?! Thank you!
Try and put the sd card into something else other than the phone, if the data is still missing I would say either your phone had a virus or is perhaps faulty..
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pricey2009 said:
Try and put the sd card into something else other than the phone, if the data is still missing I would say either your phone had a virus or is perhaps faulty..
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At work so I don't have access to a computer. Should all the content show up if the SD card is cool? How do you get rid of phone viruses? Factory reset I assume...? I hope I don't have to go through that hassle.
Erikwithafro said:
At work so I don't have access to a computer. Should all the content show up if the SD card is cool? How do you get rid of phone viruses? Factory reset I assume...? I hope I don't have to go through that hassle.
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Hmm...The phone probably isn't faulty,it's probably the MicroSD card. I've had a debranded 4gig MicroSD that wiped itself while I was uploading songs to it...If it's wiped buy another one,pref. sandisk
Fokezy said:
Hmm...The phone probably isn't faulty,it's probably the MicroSD card. I've had a debranded 4gig MicroSD that wiped itself while I was uploading songs to it...If it's wiped buy another one,pref. sandisk
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I have a 32gb sandisk and it had all my emulator games with the save data. Bah I have no clue how this happened, its really pissed me off losing all that...
Tried plugging the phone in to a computer, and I can't turn on USB connection. Also tried plugging in the SD card with a USB adapter stick and it didn't come up either. Is this memory card boned?
Try a Linux distro, it'll have a better chance of recognising the card even if it's faulty, you might have to make a live cd if you don't already run a Linux distro.
Failing that you could try a program like Recuva for Windows
Just plugged in another SD card I have and it worked...seems like my 32g one is screwed, god dammit!!!!!! RAAAAGE!!!!! Taking this thing back...fuuuuuuuu
I was copying some mp3`s to my phone and the phone froze and i had to pull the battery, my 16gb micro sd, was totally dead, I rang Amazon sent me out a replacement even before i returned the faulty one, now that is good service.
John.
Are you able to mount the card? If not and the phone states it's damaged, you could try this:
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4112485&postcount=9
As it's stating it's blank, that may not help, but recovery might. It worked for my card when the phone decided to have a hissy fit and 'damaged'.
If you just need to recover the files and the microsd actually still works, but no files show, try the free file recovery in the link below, RecoveRX, just enter anything for you email address if you dont want spam.
But remember to write protect your microsd to sdcard adaptor so you dont overwrite any files, or they will be gone for good.
http://www.transcend.nl/Support/DLCenter/DLSoftware.asp?ID=59&Func1No=3&Func2No=205
I'm getting the notification "SD card blank or has unsupported file system. What in the world does that mean? This is getting more and more complicated...ugh. And I have no clue how to write the SD card stuff. Also, some files that are gray with the android logo and an SD card logo are showing up when I open my settings and go to applications then see all. I am so damn confused haha.
Erikwithafro said:
I'm getting the notification "SD card blank or has unsupported file system. What in the world does that mean? This is getting more and more complicated...ugh. And I have no clue how to write the SD card stuff. Also, some files that are gray with the android logo and an SD card logo are showing up when I open my settings and go to applications then see all. I am so damn confused haha.
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The android logo and sd card symbol showing instead of the app's icon means that the app was installed on your sd card, so those apps no longer exist (I think their data is stored in internal memory though, so probably try reinstalling them). Android has an annoying habit of auto-installing some apps to sd
Erikwithafro said:
I'm getting the notification "SD card blank or has unsupported file system. What in the world does that mean? This is getting more and more complicated...ugh. And I have no clue how to write the SD card stuff. Also, some files that are gray with the android logo and an SD card logo are showing up when I open my settings and go to applications then see all. I am so damn confused haha.
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Gray android sd card logo has been explained ; the unsupported file system probably means your sd cards file system messed up when your phone bugged out for a second or two ; you're going have to format it which means wiping all data of it completely ; format to fat 32 - can be done through my computer and right clicking on the memory card in windows ; if this fails download a sd card formatter... Before you do this though try recovering the files via your computer as suggested before.
Maybe you can recover it... What essentially happened was that your phone lost power while it was writing to the sd card. That happens with all devices, that's why every game warns not to turn off the console while saving
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Thank you guys for all the suggestions, it means a lot.
Tried recovering, but nothing is on the SD card to recover anymore...so lame. Also tried reformatting after that and it said "windows cannot complete the format". Damn, I'm taking this back and getting a new one. This is ridiculous and frustrating beyond belief...Anywayyyyyyyyy thanks a bunch for the help and tips folks, hopefully I can get a new SD card without any problems. It's been about 6 months since I bought this one, so we'll see........
It would be even more frustrating if they said they cannot give you a new SD card. Hah...
Happened to me with a "Sandisk" 16 GB class 6 bought on eBay. Never again!
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I have a 32gb sd card that i have had in the phone since i got it (in july), been working fine. all the sudden while i was on twitter a notification popped up saying the card had been removed. so i took the back off, removed it and put it back in, it wouldnt read the card. took it back out, turned the phone off, turned it back on and when it was back on i reinserted the card, it said card inserted, then never mounted it.
i took the card out and put it into a card reader on my computer and it worked great.
any ideas on what else i can try?
stock rom, rooted. if that helps.
anyone?
If it isn't detecting on your phone, try plugging it via usb->microsd adapter or sd. If windows doesn't detect then the card is probably dead.
Pull everything you want to keep off the card, reformat with yourcomputer, put it back in your phone. Should detect it then. Same thing happened to me on cwm6.0.1.4 touch.
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What does it say in Settings -> Storage?
I had similar experience recently with 64gb card after attempting format it to FAT32 on computer. I wrecked the card and it become totally useless, but the symptoms where similar, except it would show me "empty card" message and attempts format it on phone would "succeed" yet would not mount, keep showing "empty card"...
If you have another card, you could test with it, if it works, then perhaps format on computer could fix it.
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If it isn't detecting on your phone, try plugging it via usb->microsd adapter or sd. If windows doesn't detect then the card is probably dead.
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I wish people would read complete post before replying...
i dont have another card to test.
the card works great on my computer, just not in phone.
when its in the phone it just keeps popping up n the notifications saying "SD card is safe to remove" 5 min after i get rid of the notification, it comes back.
i got a message on my phone asking me if i want to reformat it (i had already copied everything from it to my comp for a back up) so i did that, but it didnt work.
I will try reformatting on my computer.
Try a factory reset and reformat the SD to FAT32 or just use the phone to do it.
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