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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...
Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

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.

Can't get my Evo to mount disk anymore.

I have rooted several times in the past. I believe I know what I am doing. Now that I have this ROM installed, when I plug my Evo into the usb, it does not even prompt me for connection type, such as internet sharing, mount disk etc. I try toggling usb debugging, still no go. What should I do? As of now I can not access my SD card because USB does not work, even tho the LED comes on as if it is charging.

This might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243

I did the SD card thing. Didn't change anything. Can't do Fix USB because I can't access my SD card.

What rom are you using? Was it working previously? I'd try a restore from the last time you knew it was working.
Edit: can your computer read the Sd card if you put in a reader?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702374

how would I do a restore? Also, I don't have a microSD card reader but I guess I will get one.

Any more ideas broskis? Sucks not being able to flash more roms. The "Choose a connection" box doesn't even pop up when plugged in via usb.

I got this a couple times today. Dunno what's up. Maybe an apk that was removed? Mine doesn't even want to charge anymore. 0.0 phone will charge for a second then nothing. Only have 40% life left.... ((

EVO disk drive confusion....
Hey guys, really new to the technical aspects of the android scene.... looking for some help....
I have an EVO 4g that WILL NOT mount as disk drive, on either of my 2 WIN 7 computers; it will charge, and the physical connection doesn't appear to be lose or damaged, as it connects to charge without problems. This is rooted w/ unrEVOked 3. Computer doesn't recognize it at all, either debugging off or on, with my default choice being 'mount as disk drive' and 'ask me every time' chosen.
It is not the USB port on the computer nor the cable, because another EVO, although newer, same setup, connected in the same way works just fine....
I have no issues with the phone reading the SD Card app2SD programs that I have on it... I have tried removing the SD card and battery and reseating them with nothing changing.... I rarely connect to the computer..... but I have almost the same set up on both phones as far as programs, ROOT method, etc.....
What should I look for that causes the computer not to recognize this one???
Any and all help would be appreciated, and I would be HAPPY to donate to any of you DEVS that can help me find and fix this!!!!!
THANKS!!!
Jenn [email protected]

[Q] Pictures being deleted

I am basically having an issue where I can take pictures with the stock camera, but if I plug the phone into my computer the pictures wont be there. And then after disconnecting the phone, the pictures will have been deleted from the DCIM folder. Oddly enough though, after a reboot, it will function normally for one cycle of (taking a picture, viewing it in windows explorer, and then disconnecting the phone). Anything after that and no "new" photos will show up in windows explorer.
I was running Mikg 2.55, but in hopes of it simply being a bug I have wiped multiple times and tried a different ROM. The issue is still identical though. My only thoughts left are a possibly faulty sd card at this point, but it is odd that everything saves and works fine on the sd card as long as I don't plug it into the computer and enable "disk drive".
Thanks for any advice or input everyone.

did you try a different sd card?

SuperSeanic said:
did you try a different sd card?
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I have not yet, I unfortunately do not have another sd card available at the moment. But I have the feeling that is ultimately what it'll come down to, to try and narrow the problem.

If you can get everything backed up to your computer, try formatting the card & only move back the necessary files.
It could also be your computer or something on your computer. Does it happen if you mount as disk drive to another computer?
Sent from my Evo + MIUI using Tapatalk!

plainjane said:
If you can get everything backed up to your computer, try formatting the card & only move back the necessary files.
It could also be your computer or something on your computer. Does it happen if you mount as disk drive to another computer?
Sent from my Evo + MIUI using Tapatalk!
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I have backed up the SD Card and formatted it multiple times, the symptoms remain the same after the format. I've dealt with corrupt sd cards before and this is odd in how it acts.
So if I use a file browser on the phone and create an empty folder, it won't be there on the computer when I connect and use as "disk drive". The folder is essentially deleted the second the phone is plugged in. But, if I create the folder from windows explorer onto the phone, and then unplug it, the folder is still there.
I don't have a second computer to test it on, but this does seem like a rather odd problem....

eric326 said:
I am basically having an issue where I can take pictures with the stock camera, but if I plug the phone into my computer the pictures wont be there. And then after disconnecting the phone, the pictures will have been deleted from the DCIM folder. Oddly enough though, after a reboot, it will function normally for one cycle of (taking a picture, viewing it in windows explorer, and then disconnecting the phone). Anything after that and no "new" photos will show up in windows explorer.
I was running Mikg 2.55, but in hopes of it simply being a bug I have wiped multiple times and tried a different ROM. The issue is still identical though. My only thoughts left are a possibly faulty sd card at this point, but it is odd that everything saves and works fine on the sd card as long as I don't plug it into the computer and enable "disk drive".
Thanks for any advice or input everyone.
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I think you have something set on your pc that is acting up with the phone. I would look through your user access and controls and see if anything strange has access to things its not supposed to.

lithid-cm said:
I think you have something set on your pc that is acting up with the phone. I would look through your user access and controls and see if anything strange has access to things its not supposed to.
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That was my thought as well, I've noticed that I can take pictures on the phone and the computer is unable to see those photos in windows explorer. But when I disconnect the phone, the photos show back up in gallery and android file explorer. If I restart my phone, then the photos will show up in windows. Of course, then the process repeats for any kind of new picture (or any file created on the phone side).
Also, windows seems to be prompting to scan the sd card for errors most of the time now when I plug it in. That may be an indication of it thinking files are corrupted. I also loaded windows into safe mode to try and rule out any outside program influence on the windows side, same symptoms occurred though.

I have a very similar issue where any pics I take show up as corrupted files when I plug the phone in and sync it. When I do, I get the popup telling me I need to scan my card and it always finds errors in the cache files for pics in the MIUI folder and deletes the pics that gave me problems.
The whole time I can see them in the Gallery, etc, but not on my computer when the phone is sync'd.
If I don't do the scan, when I flash a new version of MIUI, they're fine, until I take more pics, and then it starts all over again with those

Update: Got around to plugging the phone into another computer in order to rule out any software issues. The issue remained the same.
But, finally got a hold of an old micro sd and transferred over all the files to it. Changing out the sd card has fixed the issue, there are no more pictures being deleted or windows errors in regards to corrupt files.
As odd as this was with the previous sd card, I have no choice but to believe it is faulty beyond repair. I have attempted to reformat it multiple times, quick and full formats. Also let windows do a full scan for bad sectors on the sd card, but in the end the problem still remained.
I believe I will step up to a higher end memory manufacturer for my next sd card, in hopes that I can avoid this happening in the future. Just as an FYI, my current sd card was a 16gb San Disk (Class 4).

>: Maybe it's time for me to replace my card too. Hell, it is 2 yrs old.....

[Q] Incredibly stupid mistake, HELP :(

Hello all,
Wanted to thank Wildstang for the 2.3.4 update, but I was messing around with my wife's phone that got a botched OTA update and accidentally used the CLEAR STORAGE function on HBOOT in order to clear the cache. Instead, I've cleared all of her data, which wouldn't be horrible accept that many of her pictures were still on the phone. Those she hasn't posted to Facebook may be gone forever.
Is there any way to recover this lost data? Otherwise I am probably headed to divorce town.

Right now the phone is sitting on my desk, I haven't touched anything accept connect it to the USB. The USB drives show up since I have the UnRevoked USB driver, but when I click on them they say "Please insert disk into drive x:". I was hoping not to uverwrite any deleted data in case it can be recovered, but considering it's flash memorey, I am probably more than hosed. Is that correct?

U can try running a recovery program like this http://www.piriform.com/recuva after you boot the phone and mount it to you PC. The app is pretty simple to use, just select the drive you want to try and recovery the info from. I hope it helps cuz I know "If the wife ain't happy, u ain't happy!"

Thanks, I'm trying that right now. I had another utility that asked me what file system is used. Does Android use FAT32? I know it doesn't use NTFS

I know that's what the SD card should be formatted to, I assuming the internal memory is the same.

Windows is saying the drives are empty. On the HTC, I get the picture of the phone with a red hazard symbol, like it's not being recognized...
Edit: I finally got the computer to recognize the "Android Boot Loader Interface" from HBOOT, but can I access the internal storage from here, or would I have to actually let the OS load up?

Did you have the phone fully boot or no? I know when I used the Clear storage function before I had to reboot the phone before my PC would recognize the drive...

I've now restarted the phone, but I get the same disk error as in the OP: "Please insert a disk into Removable Drive x:". There are two drives.
Edit: Looks like I get the same thing when I booted into RECOVERY from the HBOOT screen or when I initially load the phone (haven't done ANY set up to lessen chances of corruption of recoverable files). It's like they're registering as Removable Drives without any media inserted...

I'm assuming that you are mounting the phone after you plug it into your PC right? If you pull down the status bar you'll see the usb symbol, select it and make sure you select the mounting option...

Yeah, it looks set to Charge Only, and the only way I can change that is be starting to configure the phone. Just hoping I do a minimal amount of damage to any files I might be able to recover.

archabaddon said:
I've now restarted the phone, but I get the same disk error as in the OP: "Please insert a disk into Removable Drive x:". There are two drives.
Edit: Looks like I get the same thing when I booted into RECOVERY from the HBOOT screen or when I initially load the phone (haven't done ANY set up to lessen chances of corruption of recoverable files). It's like they're registering as Removable Drives without any media inserted...
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You get that message if you don't mount the drives. In recovery you have to navigate into advanced options and mount the sd card and emmc so that your PC will recognize the drives.

OK, so all is not lost
Apparently, when one uses the CLEAR STORAGE option, it clears user data, but retains the rest of the file structure... including my wife's beloved pictures
With VZ Backup Assistant and her Google account, I can recover all of her contacts. So I've lost SMS messages history and apps... and I'm OK with these. I think she'll be OK too now that she knows her pics are safe.
I've learned a few things today, and will manually move her pics to the SD Card after this, in case the tech support guy (me) makes any more bonehead mistakes trying to fix a half-baked VZ OTA update. If I can convince her to root her phone, Titanium Backup can take care of everything else in the future.
Regardless, thanks for the help jackbtha1

[Q] Mount SD No Longer Works?

It was working fine yesterday, but today in MIUI (same as yesterday), I can tell the phone to mount the SD card but it doesn't show up on my computer. So the phone says it's mounted, but it apparently isn't.
To make sure it wasn't a problem with the ROM, I rebooted into to CWM and mounted there, same thing. CWM says it's mounted but it doesn't show up on my computer.
I can view and edit the files on the SD card through ES File Explorer, but the SD card no longer appears on my computer?
It's not the USB port, I plugged in a flash drive and it worked. And I'm using the stock HTC Cable.
This is on my Inspire.
I'm inclined to say it's the wire, but nothing happened to the wire between today and yesterday. It was just sitting on the floor, and it still charges the device.
I did reboot my computer and phone...still no luck.
Does USB debugging have anything to do with it? I've been rooted for months and I never disabled and it didn't cause problems :/

Out of the two inspires in my household, one of my cables stopped working only a month after I bought it. It still works for charging but does not work for data. Have you tried a different cable just to be sure.

It might not be the phone nor the Rom since you've done some basic trouble shooting. It could possibly be your PC. Have you tried it on another computer? Possible driver problems or drive letter conflict might cause it not to display in Computer.
You can check whether Windows has detected your device by going to Start > Devices and Printers, it will pop up there if it is detected. Otherwise you can also check Disk Management. To do this just right-click on Computer > Manage > Disk Management. If you see the removable disk and sure that it is your SD card then it might be a driver letter conflict which you can easily fix by right-clicking on the removable disk and clicking "Change Driver Letter and Paths" and changing it to an unused driver letter. I've had similar issues with USB drives in the past. Hope this helps!
Cheers