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HTC Desire - SD card issues

from y'day.. sometimes i get the below message when i switch the phone
"phone could not able to backup data to SD card"...
The phone seems to lose access rights to the SD Card, so nothing is displayed in the file manager (estrong or Astor) The only way to fix this is to restart the phone.
in the phone settings-> SD scard option, I still have the option to unmount the SD card.. but then I don't know who to mount it back.. the only way i am able to fix it is by restarting the phone...
from y'day till now I got this problem for 3 times..
Anybody else having problems with this? please help..

Hi, I have the same issuses. It is very annoying, especially when taking photos. I tried reformat card, but it worked only for a week. I have got euro version, firmware 1.15.405.4. I hope HTC will solve this issue together with multitouch issues in next firmware.

I bought a 16Gb card and cannot get it to work in the Desire.
I've tested it in the PC, formatted it etc but it still won't work.
I'm not convinced where the fault lies, with the card or the Desire.

I had a problem once with sd+camera app, but after a reboot everything worked

funny enuff. that happened to me 2 yesterday ?
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One of my 16GB cards also got corrupted. I found it did not slide into the SDHC card slot properly and did become dislodged. Check to see if the SD card is inerted correctly. My replacement 8GB seems fine.

ShugM said:
I bought a 16Gb card and cannot get it to work in the Desire.
I've tested it in the PC, formatted it etc but it still won't work.
I'm not convinced where the fault lies, with the card or the Desire.
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I have 16 GB Kingston Class 2 in my Desire and no problem so far, quite cheap too.

I have had this a couple of times.
Install the SDMount Widget. Unmount the card in settings, click the widget, back in business.

I'm experiencing this issue about once a week... :/

NZtechfreak said:
I have had this a couple of times.
Install the SDMount Widget. Unmount the card in settings, click the widget, back in business.
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This doesn't work. I have the same problem as described above. I just ordered a new 8gb SD Card. I hope it's an SD card problem and not something wrong with the phone

Thread with same discussion here if you wanna check it out.

I've also been having SD card issues since I got the phone but yesterday things got worse!
After the problem occured again, I thought I'd try removing and reinserting the SD card (despite having done this before). When I restarted the phone it came up with a this message on the notification bar:
Blank SD Card
SD card blank or has unsupported filesystem.
I've tried reformatting the card in the phone, with the phone attached to my comp via USB, and with the card in a card reader. None of this works; the computer just doesn't recognise the card.
I've just emailed HTC support with the problem. I'll report back when I get an answer.

Also 16GB issue
Since a few days I have issues with my 16GB card also. I tried to install Navigon on the card by copying files directly to the card. After inserting it into the phone two out of three directories were empty....
Trying to copy fromt the pc to the Desire using it as a disk drive gave me the blue screen of death
I tried to install it using the original 4GB card and everything works like a charm
I tested the 16GB card (forgot what tool, it was a 1 month trial without write testing) and the card came out fats enough and without any bad blocks.
I will do a write test this evening (EU time) to see if I can fit 16GB ont the card, but everything points to the phone at this moment

jamieyates79 said:
I've also been having SD card issues since I got the phone but yesterday things got worse!
After the problem occured again, I thought I'd try removing and reinserting the SD card (despite having done this before). When I restarted the phone it came up with a this message on the notification bar:
Blank SD Card
SD card blank or has unsupported filesystem.
I've tried reformatting the card in the phone, with the phone attached to my comp via USB, and with the card in a card reader. None of this works; the computer just doesn't recognise the card.
I've just emailed HTC support with the problem. I'll report back when I get an answer.
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I've had exactly the same problem which I posted about in another thread. Do let us know if HTC get back to you

Same problem with my Desire and a Sandik 16 Gb Class 2...
The card works fine on my mp3 player, but it is not recognized by the phone. I'm going to contact HTC, too.

My Desire has complained twice now that my 16GB SD card is damaged and needs to be reformatted. But when I put it in my Nokia N97, it works fine. The last time I did a disk check in XP, and that took care of the problem for a while at least, but it seems strange that the problem appeared in the first place.

Having invested in a 16gb class 2 Kingston card for my desire I can tell you that it brings nothing but grief. I then purchased a 8gb class 6 pqi branded card and found it to be flawless in performance. One thing I noticed with the class 6 card is the very fast speed in copying to and from the card. Much faster than the Kingston class 2. On the class 6 card I have never had corruption of data or any problem. I see comments posted that the class makes no difference. In my experience it makes a huge difference.

you guys are having issues with your 8GB/16GB cards, i was considering getting a 32GB a few days from now, after reading all this i'm having second thoughts.. does size matter ? (pardon the pun)

I don't think the size of the card should matter, but then again - it just might. I was wondering if there's a slight possibility my card got corrupted from when I've had it connected to my computer in disk mode. I only use the "safe disconnection of hardware" button in XP, but I don't select to unmount it on the Desire - it shouldn't be a problem, but perhaps that's how it got broken. Or perhaps it's just damaged and glitchy

Make sure the MBR is formatted too. Windows does not do this by default. Search for a tool on the internet.

[Q] Evo won't recognize new 16GB SDcard.

I bought a new SDcard (ADATA 16GB Class 6 MicroSD) I formatted it FAT32, exactly like the original 8GB card and copied all the data from the original SD card onto it. The phone won't recognize the new card at all. My computer recognizes it just fine, but when i put it in the phone, the phone does not see it at all. I've searched for an answer for two days. Any suggestions?
Evo 4G
Netarchy kernel 4.1.9.1
Amon-Ra recovery 1.8.0
Stock Sense Rom 2.2 Froyo

What type of card and tell me it wasnt a bargain card on ebay from over seas....
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As I said, it was an ADATA card, I bought it on Newegg.com. The card reads and writes fine in my PC, but the phone won't recognize it at all, says card not found.

Make sure you have a copy on your PC (sounds like you do) then put the card in the phone and see if you can format it in the phone.

I had that problem once...it was a bad card...I sent it back, bought a new one at best buy and everything was fine
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I RMA'd the card and I'll post the results when the replacement arrives.

Got the replacement and it works great. Thanks guys.
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deafcon5 said:
I bought a new SDcard (ADATA 16GB Class 6 MicroSD) I formatted it FAT32, exactly like the original 8GB card and copied all the data from the original SD card onto it. The phone won't recognize the new card at all. My computer recognizes it just fine, but when i put it in the phone, the phone does not see it at all. I've searched for an answer for two days. Any suggestions?
Evo 4G
Netarchy kernel 4.1.9.1
Amon-Ra recovery 1.8.0
Stock Sense Rom 2.2 Froyo
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Could be the brand. I'm a photographer and I would never trust my images on an Adata card. I use only Sandisk for my wedding shoots and my 32gb Sandisk works great in my Evo.

[Q] My Desire lags terribly after switching from class 2 to class 10

Hello,
I have bought a Kingston MicroSD 16gb Class 10 card from eBay, although I was a bit concerned(because its eBay), I have received the card and tested it with H2testw v1.4.
The results:
Warning: Only 15475 of 15476 MByte tested.
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 10.6 MByte/s
Reading speed: 18.4 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Ive been using Starburst Lite + data2sd rom, and when I got the new card I have reinstalled the rom just like I have installed it the first time (partitioned the sd card with fat32 and less than 2gb to ext4).
Now, the phone keeps lagging, and everything is slower, and I have no idea why.
The weird thing is, when I tried to play Modern Combat 2, it was way faster than with the class 2 card.
I have tried testing the card through the phone with Sdt (SD Card Tester) and it says the card has a write speed of about 2-3mb/s.
I have not tested read speed.
Why am I expriencing this? is it because the way I have reinstalled the rom? is it because the card is fake(even though the program I used to check the card said it was alright)? is it because the facebook sync/google sync?

You phone might lag during the first hours after installing a new ROM, I've had this too.

I had a similar problem with a Patriot class 10 card. I changed to an A-DATA class 6 and have had no problems at all using the StarBurst Main rom. My class 10 card in the phone suffered horrible write speeds, but amazing read speeds (no good for data2sd). The class 6 is WAY better.

ooie: I have installed the rom on the new sdcard last night at 19:30pm, and now its 10:17am.
OpusX11: It's a kingston branded card, and they're considered to be quite good as far as I know.
Also, I have tested the card with my pc, and it had better write + read speeds.

many issues have been reported already with class 10 cards and data2sd coexisting u can check here. i have a class 10 kingmax and have no problems though. since u're using sibere's data2sd (Starburst ROM) did u align to MiB when u created ur partitions, have u done the optimization trick mentioned in the data2sd OP?
Edit: i don't see why u reinstalled the ROM , wouldn't just partitioning the new card do the trick ?

rayiskon said:
many issues have been reported already with class 10 cards and data2sd coexisting u can check here. i have a class 10 kingmax and have no problems though. since u're using sibere's data2sd (Starburst ROM) did u align to MiB when u created ur partitions, have u done the optimization trick mentioned in the data2sd OP?
Edit: i don't see why u reinstalled the ROM , wouldn't just partitioning the new card do the trick ?
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To be honest, I have no idea whats MiB or the other link you're talking about.
I have installed the rom the same way I have installed it on my other card, the class 2 sandisk, which worked quite fast.
I have reinstalled the rom because i'm new to android and I wasn't sure if I had to install it or not so I just did it all again.

hfg666 said:
To be honest, I have no idea whats MiB or the other link you're talking about.
I have installed the rom the same way I have installed it on my other card, the class 2 sandisk, which worked quite fast.
I have reinstalled the rom because i'm new to android and I wasn't sure if I had to install it or not so I just did it all again.
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if u partitioned ur microsd with Gparted there is an option "align to MiB" (MiB= mb)
the optimization link is from the data2sd thread
this is a line from starburst thread "Data2Sd Re-Installer
If you ever reflash the Rom alone after the Data2SD is installed, some essential libraries required by Data2SD is lost. To restore them, flash the Rom in Recovery, followed immediately thereafter by the Re-Installer.
so go to the thread and download the data2sd REinstaller, flash ROM and then flash the reinstaller without leaving recovery, then reboot and see what happens.

I agree that Kingston normally is a very good brand, i use their RAM quite a bit, but when it comes to microSDHC, not so sure. Search this site for Kingston problem and you'll see the threads I was referring to.

Ok, so i checked my partioning and it seemed like i checked the align to MB thing.
Ive reinstalled the rom, and then Ive installed the Data2SD REinstaller, made a reboot and the phone just freezed at the green htc logo screen.
So ive installed it the way i did the first time and it works again, but slow.
Perhaps its the card? Or the Desire compatibility with the card?
I thought my phone would become super fast, but now it operates even slower :-\

I´ve flashed RCMixHD Data2ext with a Kingston 16 GB class 10 Card.
First hours the ROM feels very laggy, after "sattle down", it runs fast and smooth.

Well I've tried to wait one day but it was still laggy..
It says made in taiwan on my card, where was your card made?

mine is from china

I havent found a solution yet.. i have tried to reinstall starburst a few times, and tried to installed the standard edition instead of the lite edition, and its really slow and frustrating..

seems to be pot luck with sd cardsand desire , i had troubles with my first class 1016gb card but switched to a-data class 10 after recommendations from other users and havent looked back , top stuff

tonnytech said:
seems to be pot luck with sd cardsand desire , i had troubles with my first class 1016gb card but switched to a-data class 10 after recommendations from other users and havent looked back , top stuff
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You had the class 10 kingston too?
I am beginning to think its the sd card, after I read that its not just about the class but also about the random write speed

DEFY SD card problem

Hi,
I have a problem with DEFY.
Phone don't see any SD cards. After update to 2.2 - no changes.
Card is OK - on other DEFY works.
is any chance to fix it ?

afaik, some froyo cant handle high speed sdcard.. maybe that is your problem..

Yes, but I tried two cards (1 NO-NAME, 2 Sandisk class 4).
None works.

Have a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159877

It seems to be a problem with phone, cards are ok:

32gb microsd SDHC problem!!

Hi,
I bought a trancend 32gb microsd SDHC class4 card for the note about 10 days back..Worked fine for 2 days then suddenly stopped working...Stopped working means does not get detected in the phone or on the laptop (there is no option for mount/unmount on the phone)..Ive tried my older 8gb card on my phone and that works fine..Ive also tried the screwed up card on my blackberry bold and it doesnt detect there as well..
Well, i thought its the card's fault and ordered a replacement...
They sent one and same story again!! worked for 2 days and same thing again
Now i dont know if its the card's problem or my phone's..Anybody with any idea??
PS - i am rooted and on criskelo v11.2 with speedmod 3-13 if it matters...also both times i had about 15gb of data in the card...
ive also tried blowing and cleaning the contacts..also tried inserting a piece of paper in the slot to cancel out loose contacts but nothing works
Thanks..

What was the file system on the card?

SolteRR said:
What was the file system on the card?
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err..i dont remember
i formatted it using the phone before putting in files..so whatever the phone formats it as was there...
are there specifications to follow??

Very strange problem , but I am facing the same problem with a Trancend 32 GB card replaced twice and worked only for 1 day and then stopped recognising , not sure if it makes a diff the Mobo was replaced by Service center about 4 months back ,, may be a mobo fault? but my 16GB card just works fine

same thing happened to me also ..... i replaced a new 32g card let me see if it works fine or i will never buy another 32gb trancend card

since both r indians ill talk in tat context
flipkart now says they wont replace anymore and will refund the amount as credit! He also adviced that sandisk works better on the note for this capacity..i dont know wat logic he had! please do update if u find a solution/alternate
@anirudh - which company is that 16gb from? maybe ill have to make do with 16gb since 32 doesnt work

32Gb micro SDHC class 4 by Transcend, not recognised by GT N7000
Hi All,
I'm using a GT N7000 on Official 4.1.2 XXLT5 (recently updated). I'm using a Transcend microsd 32gb class 4 for about a year now with this note. But I'm facing this issue of 'blank SD' and 'unable to format' from 2-3 months now after I updated to one of the official OS upgrade.
I've tried reverting back to all the earlier versions of Android where it worked fine, but there seems to be no change. I can read the card using an external card reader in my laptop, but not through the phone.
I've tried formatting it to all the possible types (NTFS, exFAT, FAT32), nothing seems to work, for the note. I can read it on PC though.
I tried reading the same card in another device, but now it's not readable in that as well. Any suggestion/solution, much appreciated.
Thanks
Baahu

Baahubali said:
Hi All,
I'm using a GT N7000 on Official 4.1.2 XXLT5 (recently updated). I'm using a Transcend microsd 32gb class 4 for about a year now with this note. But I'm facing this issue of 'blank SD' and 'unable to format' from 2-3 months now after I updated to one of the official OS upgrade.
I've tried reverting back to all the earlier versions of Android where it worked fine, but there seems to be no change. I can read the card using an external card reader in my laptop, but not through the phone.
I've tried formatting it to all the possible types (NTFS, exFAT, FAT32), nothing seems to work, for the note. I can read it on PC though.
I tried reading the same card in another device, but now it's not readable in that as well. Any suggestion/solution, much appreciated.
Thanks
Baahu
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Boot into recovery mode and go to mounts and storage. From there format the external memory card (format /sdcard). Alternatively you could try with a format from the "storage" in settings.

Use the card reader with ur pc. Go to disk management and format the card FAT32. Before formating, delete the partition/partitions on ur card. U should get unallocated space. Create partition and it should work. The big problem is that u may see some problems between note and 32gb card. The phone it may restart and u should go to recovery/download mode to restart it... good luck.
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