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No write access to SD

Hi!
I tried searching the forums for the problem but couldnt find anything related to mine!
I have a problem where the phone suddenly just says "No write access to file" when i try listening to stuff on spotify, take pictures etc... Yet i can access the SD on ASTRO.
Has anyone else noticed this one? Any tips? Rebooting the phone fixes the issue for a while.

Same issue here. I found in other android related forums a lot of people complaining about this as well - seams there's no solution yet (reboot helps in my case - format the card didn't). Some people reported that a change of the sdcard hasn't solved anything. I guess we have to replace the device.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673110
Don't give up yet, if you are running a task killer, remove it and try without it.
As I said on the other thread, I removed it and I'm now testing it. Atleast now it seems to sync Spotify's offline playlists without errors..

kermaani said:
Don't give up yet, if you are running a task killer, remove it and try without it.
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I have no task killer running but still the above mentioned issue. I also removed the sd-card and put it back in several times. I cleaned carefully the contacts of the sdcard, removed ALL apps but it still happens every other day.
And no, the desire wasn't plugged into the pc via USB. m(

i had the similar kind of issue. when I switch on the phone from standby mode.. sometimes it says "cannot backup the phone data.. SD card not accessble". When I opened the Estronge File manager I can see no files under the SDcard..
This problem has started to me only after I have installed ebuddy and started using it. Then I have uninstalled the ebuddy and till now i did not get this problem again (3days tested after uninstall)
You can give a try by uninstall any recently installed apps.. my doubt is some apps are creating this issue on slow writting SD cards (my Sd card is Class 2)..

kvmanohar said:
You can give a try by uninstall any recently installed apps.. my doubt is some apps are creating this issue on slow writting SD cards (my Sd card is Class 2)..
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Been there, done that! *sigh* It happens also with no apps installed (plain stock)

Also just happened to me after installing a Touchdown update - camera was reporting no access to SD card and Astro (file navigator) was showing some weird behaviour (opening the 'download' folder took me back to the home screen)
A reboot appears to have solved it but a bit worrying

Not sure if this is 100% related, but I'll include it here. This didn't happen to me at the start but has started happening in the last few days.
I've had my phone set up to connect by default as a disk drive without asking me. Now when I connect to my computer, I get the message on my computer that there is something wrong with the drive and it needs to be scanned and corrected. I don't because I don't always trust Windows auto corrective measures, you can't always go back.
The problem really kicks in when I connect my Desire to the computer and it (the computer) says card needs to be formatted. As soon as I get this message, I know it's all over. I can't access the SD card on computer or from the phone. When I disconnect, the phone says the SD card is empty, and I get the small SD card with question mark up in the top right of the notification bar.
My system is running Win 7 x64.

I get the same problem every other day with the "cannot backup the phone data.. SD card not accessble". I also got an error message when trying to download an email attachment saying that there was no storage space but Astro shows around 6gb free on the sd!

Fairford said:
Astro shows around 6gb free on the sd!
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you have another sdcard than the stock SanDisk 4GB card, I guess? If so, could you tell us what sdcard you are running?

I have had the same problem as reported above (backup error) recently. A reboot solves it, but not permantely.. (I also had a problem where the home screen froze, but the lockscreen worked fine. I guess it could be related but I don't know...)
It's a bit annoying with these kind of problems..
Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

It just happen again after I replayed to a text messages..
I started my terminal emulator and checked if the sd card was still mounted (which it appeared to be). But noticed that it's set to remount as read only on errors (Not saying it's the problem, just that it may be the cause of the symptoms..)
Then I checked the rights (ls -l -d /sdcard) It was set to ---rwxr-x (owner: system, group: sdcard_rw) = Owner has no rights, group has full right and others read & execute only..
Also one thing I noticed was that the date was set to 1970-01-01 01:00 (aka start of "unix-time"). That can happen, but it still seemed a bit strange..
BUT: Apparently, that is the way it's "supposed to be", as after a reboot it says the same..
This was just an update on my experience with this error, and what I've tried (so far)..

Stock Rom and card and it is happening to me periodically.
Sent from my HTC Desire

Update: A working solution?
I read on another forum where they (Vodaphone actually) recommended that you reformat the card if you have this sort of problems... So I thought: What a heck.. It can't become worse..
These is the steps that I did (pretty straightforward..) and it works (for about two days now without any big problems..)
Backup the card
You probably don't want to do that using Windows... (You can download free Linux Live-CDs from Ubuntu.com or other places)
Why?? For me, and I don't doubt you may encounter something similar, Windows wanted to reformat the SD Card before it mounted it (DON'T do that if you want to backup your files [and I'm not sure on what the phone would think about that]).
I guess it could work Fine in Mac OS X (but I haven't tested..)
Reboot the phone (mine had trouble recognizing the card after I had disconnected it from the computer)
Go to Settings > SD and phone memory (* ) >Unmount SD Card > Format SD card
Reboot again (not shure if it's needed but just to be sure)
Connect to the computer and put your data back on (be careful, the best is perhaps to only transfer "your stuff" and not replace any files that already are on the card). AND BEFORE you pull out the cable, make sure you unmount the card from your computer!!!!
Done!
(* Translated from Swedish, don't know what it says exactly in English.. )
If you need directions for how to use Linux for this, feel free to contact me..

Try doing a google search for h2testw its a bit of software that can be downloaded that test SD cards and removable drives. I recently had a problem with a new card ran that and it told me that the card had a problem, I sent it back and got a new card and don't have any problems now although they were different to what you were experiencing.

I get the same issue about once enery couple of days. I'm first alerted to it when I get a notification saying the automatic backup has failed, then no writes are allowed to the SD card. It's solved temporarily by rebooting.
Phone is stock, Orange ROM, stock 4Gb card. I use HTC sync and often use the phone in disk drive mode.

Simple damaged SD card...
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All my issues disappeared after i removed the task killer.

Just today, I've started getting issues. It *only* happens when I try to open Spotify. It was working fine this morning on my way to work, but now every time I open the app, the SD card gets mounted as read only. I have used Quick App Clean Cache, and wiped the cache within Spotify itself. Rebooted, powered off, removed and reinserted SD card, and nothing fixes it. ****ing annoyed and pissed off that this keeps happening.

[Q] Restarting many times dhd after a full restart

Hello,
If I do a full restart,then my dhd restarts itselfs after a couple of minutes for several times over and over again. If I remove the sdcard,there are no problems. If I remove the battery and put it back in together with the sdcard the problem most of the time is solved although I must sometimes repeat the procedure 6 or 7 times before its solved. Anyone has the same problem or a solution?
Thanxx (and sorry for my poor english !!!)

never read or heard something similar. are you using a custom or stock rom? have you tried a different SD card?

I have wiped and reformatted the memorycard and put all back on,but with no result... But I have not tried another memorycard,I will try it the next time... Can it be caused by a program on the memorycard?
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using XDA

did it happen also when you formated the SD BEFORE (!) putting all programs and stuff back on? i'm not a complete expert in android but for my knowledge i can tell, that of course there can be a problem with stuff which is on the SD. for me it sounds more likely that it is a hardware defect of the SD card or card interface. so i would try it with a fresh formated (on your pc) SD card.

magnum73 said:
Hello,
If I do a full restart,then my dhd restarts itselfs after a couple of minutes for several times over and over again. If I remove the sdcard,there are no problems. If I remove the battery and put it back in together with the sdcard the problem most of the time is solved although I must sometimes repeat the procedure 6 or 7 times before its solved. Anyone has the same problem or a solution?
Thanxx (and sorry for my poor english !!!)
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Are you on a custom ROM or a stock ROM? If you're on a stock ROM perhaps you should try changing to a a custom ROM based off an official RUU to isolate problems?
Also maybe try a different SD card that is microSDHC no more than 32GB and Class 10 or lower.

Ok, the next time the problem occurs,I will try another sdcard. I'll keep your posted. I use the stock latest rom. The problem occurd after the last update with the sense. Also I went back to factory settings but after a while I had the same problem.
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I figured out there's something wrong with the android_secure map on the sd card. If I remove this or empty it,there is no problem...so I reinstalled all of my apps back and moved it to the android._secure map like before...but after that I get the same problem after a cold restart. Can it caused by an app that is in the android_secure map ? If I get reboots after the cold restart, I take out the sd card and after a while when the phone is active,I mount it back again,that sometimes seems to work... Any ideas? Are there known apps that can cause problems with starting the dhd ?
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magnum73 said:
Hello,
.......... Anyone has the same problem or a solution?
Thanxx (and sorry for my poor english !!!)
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Your English was fine.....and I have somewhat of the same problem. I gave my Desire HD to a daughter after buying another phone. The DHD worked perfectly for 18 months but when she put in her simm card it turns off completely and I have to manually turn it back on. However, if I have the dhd plugged into the charger it won't turn off. I have done a complete factory reset and wiped all the data off my SD card and all of my memory and it still turns off everytime, EXCEPT when the charger is on. Anyone?

I had the same problem. Tried formatting SD card and returning the data, then tried ANOTHER SD card with same data and it still rebooted. I found that problem is in android_secure folder and if I remove a couple of apps from there it boots OK. I thing that DHD has a limit on apps installed on SD card, because if I have too many apps on SD card it reboots like this. My understanding is that, after booting (this is only educated guess) it reads a list of apps installed on SD card, and it there are too many apps it just reboots. Really. Has nothing to do WHICH apps there are. Happened to me on 2 different DHDs. I have like 260 apps total, all the games on SD card. Dunno, I could be wrong, but when I removed like 3-4 apps from "secure" folder it started working. If I put them back, it reboots. Tried several times with different apps....

Thanx for the reaction...but the problem occured after the last sense update... And I have approximately about 220 apps installed. Any idea of limit number off apps ? Then I can try it...
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My big problem
I Have This Problem in My desire HD with sense 3.5 too.
I have 16GB Class10 SDcard
I Don't Install any APP in my SD!
When I changed My DHD With My Friend's DHD (steel with my own sdcard) ,My Phone Problem is fixed , BUT in my Friend DHD (With My 16GB SDCARD), This problem occurred !!!
Both Of The DHDs Roms is ARHD 7.0.4
I Have This Problem In all sense 3,5 roms!!
This Problem is not for kerel or tweek or ...
DO You Think The SD Card Couse This Problem??
For ex This Problem is Not For CPU , OverClocking or UV !!?
PLZ HELP
(Sry With My Poor EN)
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I think the problem is caused by the latest sense update...because the problem started at that point. But if you mount the sd card after restarting and waited 10 minutes,then it works most of the times. I now use holo launcher and stopped the sense...but I didn't try the cold restart so I don't know if this is solution...?
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using XDA

I too had problems with constant loop-rebooting after upgrading and it appears a HUGE BUG was introduced in the official Gingerbread OS ...
Check this link out, see how many hundred of others have this reboot bug, and add your two-pence:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=25563
There does however appear to be a fix for those with rooted phones, simply install LINK2SD, it runs a boot-up script and allows you to save/link all your apps on SD card in a 2nd seperate partition (ideally use format ext4 for this partition) and makes the phone believe these are all installed on the local data space ..

Ah,thats the problem..so its not related to the sense but to android itself...
But I don't understand if so many people have this problem,why it takes so long to get a decent solution without routing the device ?
Anyway,we know what it is...for the moment I don't power off my dhd.

[Q] Really strange SD Card Problem Need Help!!

My Sd card is working fine.. but some times i cant access it using programs like media players or file explorers cuz they keep crashing ....
the only way i've found to solve this is taking out the card , restarting the phone , clearing data in media storage (system app) or even disabling it , then putting the card and resatart
Its not a permanent solution and i tried everything like formating and the card works perfectly on my pc
PS: this problem occurs in every rom and kernel even stock and am using cm 10 lupus kernel right now
: I cant keep the media storage app disabled cuz without it i cant set ringtones and my phone wont ring ..
in cwm i can access the card without problems
Plz i need help ! or atleast the cause of this problem thanks

Maybe some bad sectors in sd card. Try to reformat it, with the phone or cwm
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TheHaso said:
Maybe some bad sectors in sd card. Try to reformat it, with the phone or cwm
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i tried all the simple solutions... looks like it has something to do with the android.process.media or a damaged file i need a permanent solution but thanks for ur help

the first and fastest check I would do is to put another SD. if the apps are still crashing, the problem comes from there. if not, the problem is on SD. in some cases, at some point the SD will start having problems... no matter what you do. so it is possible that your card just reached its EOL (end of life)

Change the way the sd card connects to PC to mass storage mode. Then hold shift and right clic in first folder that opens when you click on icon for removable device for sd card. Click on open command prompt windows here. type in chkdsk /f and then type in Y if it succedes and asks for permission. Hit enter and watch reports. If this doesnt work try other sd card, but probabbly problem is in device and not sd card. If you have any problems pm me...

[Q] Xperia Acro S - External SD Card

hello all, i have 2 Xperia Acro S and one of it it's gone crazy. it's the external sd card that does not detect. it's been that way since ICS 2.55 until updated to recent .200 (.211 not yet). it's stock, everything's stock (locked BL, not root)
when i say it isn't detected, it's not like not detecting at all, i tried to reboot, sometimes it detect, can play some movies, music but sooner or later, the movie (for example) showing error says "cannot render file", and jump to home screen. say after 20-30 minutes, it's detectable, can be used (watching movie - from the point it halted) until it occured again.
at first i thought it was the SD card itself, then i switch to new card, format and so and still, the problem persist. i even use both card on other Xperia Acro S, as well as SD card reader to my PC, both worked well like nothing's gone wrong with the card.
my question is, probably the phone is causing this and is can be repair? how it'd be done? is it software or hardware related?
many thanks for the help, thank you.

SD Unexpectedly Removed - NO Remount

Ive searched the forums here as well as google, and find many S3 users facing a Verrrrry similar problem, where their SD card is "Unexpectedly Removed" and then Remounts itself, and the process repeats, causing battery drainage, loss of access to apps etc.. Mostly Related to a SanDisk manufacturing default with certain chips.
My problem however, is slightly unique, in that, mine does not remount itself once it has been "removed". Once physically removed, and checked on a PC, all my files are still there, in working order. Ive Formatted, both "quick" and full format to Fat32, and the card works fine for about an hour to maybe a whole night if Ive done it right before bed. It seems as soon as it starts to be accessed in any way for more than ten minutes, it gets "removed".
Ive tried the following to try and remedy the problem. (Im fairly broke so buying a new card is last resort in my case)
-Both Formats of the card several times.
-Put it in another phone which reads it, format, unmount safely, mount into my phone, and no luck, doesnt even see it
-Factory Reset incase of any bugs in software that may be causing a malfunction of any kind
-Full Wipe X3 + Change of ROM
Im going to be borrowing a friends card for the night tonight, a spare 2GB he has, and see if the phone repeats the error, or if it really is fault of the SD card in question.
Phone Specs
Rogers S3
Running Darth Stalker 4.1.2? and now AoCP_By_The_Collective5.95 4.2.2
Kernel:3.4.53-cyanogenmod-g361781f
SD Card: Lexar 16GB Class 4 Micro SD HC
Anyone have any ideas as to what may be causing the problem? or does it really sound like the card is at fault? I question this only because the card works elsewhere, and works in my phone for the first little while, with or without files on it, after I format it..
I'll report back about the other card tonight.
Any Suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as I cant find this problem solved in any way, anywhere :s

Once you report back and if the new card works it sounds like the card. But if the second card fails it sounds like a hardware issue only if you tried different ROMS and kernels and going back to stock by using Odin.
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Bruce Lee said:
Once you report back and if the new card works it sounds like the card. But if the second card fails it sounds like a hardware issue only if you tried different ROMS and kernels and going back to stock by using Odin.
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I am experiencing a similar issue, but my pc wont recognize the sd card neither :crying:
Do you know how can I fix it?
thank you