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I decided to replace the 512 MB card in my Cingular 8525 with a 2 GB card. When I put the 512 card in its adaptor, the PC read the directory, showed a FAT format, but would not copy/read/or otherwise manipulate any of the files. I plugged the card back into the 8525 and found that it couldn't even see it. Giving up on any kind of file recovery, I tried to reformat it in the PC, but then IT couldn't detect the card! After I played with it awhile, I finally got it to start the format process, but it always failed just before the "green line got to the end" and, after several attempts, it reported "disk cannot be formatted."
Is there any way I can save this card, or is it a (VERY small) boat anchor?
I've seen yesterday in the Sandisk site and somebody told me that they have some kind of software tool (file recover, unformat, etc.), that's very capable, unfortunately it is not free, there's a trial version (does not allow to save any files). Sofware's name is "Rescue Pro", if you can get yourself a copy you might give it a try.
Another thing about an SD (in my experience), I'm talking about a Verbatim 512MB SD, i borrow it to a friend, when he was giving it back, just cancelled all his things up, stopped the card reader (from XP), extracted the SD and it was dead, fortunately I had kept my proof of purchase and they (Verbatim) exchanged it with a new one (in europe the warranty is at least 2 year long), they asked me to send it to Ireland to check if it could be recovered and within three weeks (just because there was christmas in the middle) I got a new one back.
hope this helps
Try putting it in a Digital Camera with SD Slot (put in SD Adapter first;-))
Then format it via your Digital Camera
Or
Download VaioSoft Recovery Manager and try to format with that one
http://vaiosoft.com/products/recoverymanager.htm
Eelcol
that link is not working please post another link for that software
What PQI support suggests
I´ve had trouble with PQI miniSD cards, so I asked support from PQI on corrupted files, this is their answer in order to check if the card is damaged or not and includes several tips on using memory cards, it´s alittle bit long to read, but maybe it worths, so here it goes:
Some hints of using flash memory cards
1. Do NOT remove the memory card while it is operating, otherwise it may be
damaged.
2. Do NOT turn off the device, while the operation of writing /reading is
not completed.
3. When the battery power of system is low, do not write to the memory card to prevent loss of data.
4. Make sure the device (card reader/phone/camera/pda/camcorder) has finished reading/writing to the card before you take another shot/turn it off or the data will be corrupt/lost and the card will be damaged. You can tell by the device indicator light where it flashes when it is reading and writing to the card. Wait until the indicator light is off and stops flashing before you take another shot/turn the device off or remove the card/drive.
Before you continue, please make sure you have a reader that can read and write to 2GB card properly. DO NOT use in built-in reader on laptop and desktop, or old readers made 2 years or longer ago, because these readers can only use up to 1GB card. I recommend using it in external USB 2.0 reader that is made within 1 year ago.
If you do not have such reader, then connect the device (gps/camera/pda/camcorder) to the computer with USB cable and the card inserted and if works you should see new drive letters show up under My Computer.
Otherwise, if used in devices that do not support the 2GB card, the card will be damaged.
Please try the following troubleshooting guide first and see if it can solve the problem. Try one step at a time. If one works, then you can stop trying. You don't need to try all of them.
The following guide will erase all the data on the drive/card. So make sure you backup your data first before you try the steps below:
1. First, remove the card/drive from your computer.
Download the low level format tool below to your computer.
http://hddguru.com/download/software/HDDGURU-Low-Level-Format-Tool/LLFsetup.2.36.1181.exe
Install the program into your computer.
You should see a new icon called "Hard Disk Low Level Format Tool".
a. Insert the card/drive and run the program.
IMPORTANT!!! MAKE SURE YOU SELECT THE CORRECT DISK OR YOUR COMPUTER MAY NOT START LATER!!!
It should shows as BUS: USB. Select the BUS: USB. Also check the size and make sure.
If you don't see BUS: USB, that means the card is unreadable and need to be replaced. In this case, please STOP here and close the program and DO NOT continue below.
b. Then click Continue->Low Level Format->Format this Device.
c. Wait for a few minutes until it finish successfully with a message of asking you to partition and format it. (if you see formatting error, you can stop the formatting and the card needs to be replaced.)
d. Flash Card:
Put the card back to your device (camera/phone/pda/camcorder) and then use the format utility in the device to format the card.
Please let me know your test results. Thanks.
Reference: Program homepage
http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.04.12-HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool/
2. Please go to the site below:
http://www.sdcard.org/Downloads.aspx
Please try to download the software sdfv2000.exe (for windows only) and the manual for your reference.
Install the sdfv2000.exe in your computer, then insert the card into the card reader (if you do not have reader, you can try to connect your device to the computer with USB cable) and then run it:
a. Check the drive letter and also the size and make sure it is the correct card.
b. Click Option:
Format Type: Full Erase ON
Format Size Adjustment: ON
c. Click OK, then click Format. Wait until it finish.
d. You will be prompted to remove the card after it finish. Then go ahead and insert it in your (camera/pda/camcorder etc) and see.
16. T-mobile MDA (cannot format 2GB mini SD card)
Please install the software below to your phone (you can download the free trial):
http://www.pdatopsoft.com/PocketPC/StorageTools---Analyze,-Defragment,-Verify,-Repair-and-Format
Then use the Storage Tools software above to format the card and see.
does this method also apply on mini sd and mmc rs dv cards?????
Actually this was given for miniSD´s
Awais said:
does this method also apply on mini sd and mmc rs dv cards?????
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I assume that this applies to all types of SD cards, I don´t know about the others.
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that link is not working please post another link for that software
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http://vaiosoft.com
goto recovery manager
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luiggi said:
I assume that this applies to all types of SD cards, I don´t know about the others.
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is there any technical differnece between mmc and sd cards???/
cuz we can also use mmc or rs dv cards in htc devices but sd card is not useable for nokia and other mmc supported sets
Thanks for all of the input! I tried formating it with my camera with no success, then took the easy way out: I took it back where I bought it and got it replaced.
I'm filing this information away for next time, though! Thanks again.
Awais said:
is there any technical differnece between mmc and sd cards???/
cuz we can also use mmc or rs dv cards in htc devices but sd card is not useable for nokia and other mmc supported sets
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SD cards where made to improve the lack of speed of MMC cards, also they include the writing protection/lock, it is the small switch you see in one side of the SD.
Also, SD cards are slightly different from MMCs phisically, SDs are thicker than MMCs (that's why you cannot put them in a Nokia phone), the electrical specs should by backwards compatible (aside from phisycal differences).
Recently some updatings/improvements have been done to MMC specs, they claim to be the fastest memory card technology available, there are MMC plus, etc.
I know all these things that I read recently (I just can't remember where).
hope this info can be used, and one last thing is that information on this subject can be found easily on the net, it's juest a matter of look for it, personally I like a lot an electronics web site: www.epanorama.net
thanks for the useful info and that link too
hmm today i got a miniSD topram, 2gb and it worked fine it was fat format i believe so i went to the winxp format utility and formated with fat32 16k everything seemed to work fine then i put it in the pda phone and nothing it did not see it, so then i put it back in the PC to format back to fat and nothing it does not see the card now at all
what happend i have been trying a million apps to some how force a format but none have worked, windows pretty much hangs while trying to read the card and at end says there is no media there, so do other apps
Low level format
losborn said:
I'm filing this information away for next time, though! Thanks again.
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Low level format tool once done good job for me
http://www.killdisk.com/
I would proberbly say its fubarred, but you could try using software like SCAN DISK and carios other things.
Memory card fixes
Guys
We've seen this issue quite a bit lately.. Memory card simply locks up Windows when inserted.. It seems to be related to a flakey FAT table on the card. Formatting does nothing... Disk manager can't deal with it either..
The solution we found that worked was to use Paragon Partition Tools to remove the partition table on the card.. Recreate it.. then reformat..
Unless the card is physically cactus, it works every time..
Good luck!
Andy
www.pressdigital.com.au
Press Digital Support Team
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any link for a free-ware partitioning tool !!!
wanna know more about erasing and recreating partition table on micro-sd cards
http://hddguru.com/download/software....2.36.1181.exe
Thank you, Luigi.
This work perfectly. My microSD 2GB was formated a 1GB and with this program now is all OK. I have microSD a 2GB again.
memory card recovery
This tool can help you to recover your files from damaged media.
www softorbits com/flash-drive-recovery
This device cannot be accessed because it is smaller than 65535 sectors.
:crying: It says "This device cannot be accessed because it is smaller than 65535 sectors" when I tried to low level format using LLFT.
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losborn said:
Thanks for all of the input! I tried formating it with my camera with no success, then took the easy way out: I took it back where I bought it and got it replaced.
I'm filing this information away for next time, though! Thanks again.
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Good for you. But I'm still getting headache as I can't contact the manufacturer.
I had formatted the micro SD card in ext4 format for using with app2SD. I had it in 2 partitions.
And then after a while, the card stopped functioning (with so little and useless 30MB storage).
I had tried things like recovery, formatting, partition recovery.
Nothing can return it to original state. I just want it to be blank. It's ok I lost all the data.
G2 running Cyanogenmod 7.1.0 RC1
I updated from 7.0.?? a few days ago and today I got this message
"Blank SD Card. SD Card is blank or has unsupported file system." I have read quite a few posts on this issue but havent found a solution. I am using a non-stock 8gb card. Also tried this with a 16gb card and got the same error. Tried using a card reader but my computer (vista) gives no sign that a card is even present. Tried inserting my card into a friends sidekick 4g and got the same message. Wouldnt let me format on either phone. I am pulling my hair out! Please help and thanks.
UPDATE: My friends 8gb sd card from his sidekick 4g works fine in my phone but neither of my cards work. Is there an easy way to access my cards from my pc so i can format them?
I'm having this problem as well.
This is not just a suggestion, even though it seems fairly simple. I had the same issue with my Desire Z, and fixed it.
I took the microSD, put it into the phone.. Reboot the phone then go to Settings > Storage and "Erase SD Card" (I am assuming you don't have any valuable info in there.. if you do then back it up somehow.. This is only for free of memory cards).
After you erase it, even if you reboot it, the phone won't recognize it. So take the battery out/power off the phone, put it into the computer. If you're using a PC, go to the Removable Disk that is your microSD, right-click and Format it. Use Fat32, and just format it. (Maybe Quick Format will work, but I just did normal format, took 15 seconds).
After it's done, put it into your phone, boot it, and it should prepare your microSD for usage.
This worked for me, let me know if it does for you!
This issue just occurred on my G2 today at roughly 4:30 pm CDT. I've been running a Patriot 16 GB Class 10 microSD on this device since early April with no problems whatsoever. The other two G2 devices and one MyTouch4G we have are not experiencing the issue at this time.
Symptoms:
- The microSD card is no longer recognized by the G2 Android 2.2 device
- connecting the G2 to either my Windows or OS X notebooks no longer prompts me to enter USB Mode
- device sees the computer and computer(s) see the device after changing G2 to Development - USB debugging mode and connecting it to either the Windows or OS X notebooks
Corrective actions:
- soft reboot ==> no change
- power down - wait 5 mins - restart ==> no change
- power down - remove battery and microSD card - check microSD card contacts & phone contacts - replace microSD and battery - restart ==> no change
Before going into any more invasive or possibly destructive repair efforts, I came to XDA to see if my situation is a one-off or part of a larger pattern.
Appears that this isn't a unique problem.
I'm going to try the stock microSD 8 GB in the unit and will update this thread with results or additional actions.
Good times...
UPDATE: Problem corrected, at least for now.
- pulled the Patriot 16 GB class 10 microSD and used my Kingston MobileLite SD/microSD-to-USB adapter to backup the files from the card to my notebook
- formatted (NOT quick format) the microSD card as FAT32, 32KB allocation size, no volume label
- ran the full format process on the microSD card twice to minimize lingering "noise" on the card
- inserted the microSD into the G2, rebooted and allowed it to mount, fully prepare and download the configurations saved to Google
- confirmed the microSD had mounted and the G2 recognized the entire disk volume
- powered down the G2 gracefully
- pulled the microSD and reattached it to the notebook using the Kingston adapter
- used Unstoppable Copy v5.2 to transfer the 11.2 GB of backup files from the notebook to the microSD - no errors reported
- reinstalled the Patriot microSD in the G2 and powered up
Everything is functioning nominally, all data appears to be recovered. Tested the microSD with SD Tools and all the specs are reporting identically as they were before the incident with read & write performance well above Class 10 levels, (read:21.8 MB/s / write: 14.2 MB/s).
We'll see if the issue resurfaces.
As always, YMMV.
Well I have called HTC and they are sending me a new 8gb SD card on the condition that I ship the old one to them at my own expense. They also acknowledged their awareness of the problem and informed me that they have seen a number of devices burning out the cards. They told me to try the new card and if it happens again I will have to ship my phone in for repairs. I have stuck by HTC for years now, tilt, g1, inspire, g2, and never had a problem, but I feel that their solution, forcing me to pay for return shipping miniscule as it may be, is unacceptable. Im just lucky my phone was still under warranty.
The problem is that no device, my pc included, will recognize the card. It acts like the drive is empty. According to HTC the card is permanently fried but I dont think that is the case.
Wow this is worrying . . . . . I have alot of pics and music on my sdcard which i havnt backuped and wud be devasted if i lost!! Time for backup methinks
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Wow this is worrying . . . . . I have alot of pics and music on my sdcard which i havnt backuped and wud be devasted if i lost!! Time for backup methinks
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Wish I did. I lost a ton of stuff. I wont make that mistake again. Also just to put this out here, a friend of mine got the same error today on his HTC Surround.
Tutorial Repair MicoSD Card After Mango Lock! in Windows Apperently HD2 only! s!
okay This tutorial will not work on the real protected WP7 sdcard, only for hacked HD2
only problum is I have'nt tested it so I will need a test rabbit to stab with a needle! if he is sic then he wont have any problum doing so! please volentear!
okay so this is how its done!
first fallow this tutorial for MicroSdCard repair!
Step #1. do a google search for "hp drive key boot utility" Download it to your computer! (the name of the exe after extracted is "hpdkbu.exe"(I have windows 7 & the utility would not install on my system if this is the case for you as well just click extract instead of install & run the hpdkbu.exe. that I just mentioned) hopefully you have a usb adapter...or card reader pluged in. Run the utility select the drive letter for your MicroSD card that is in the usb or card reader mine was "e"...
click next... then select create new or replace (its already checked) hit next... select hard drive (its already checked) hit next... select create new file system (its already checked) hit next... then it says something at the bottom then says formatting...
here is the weird part of the tutorial the program stops responding... right about when it gets to the part that says something about lunixsys file because the exe wont be useing that part of the program. Dont sweat it just end task it... now go to my computer & look at your properties for the drive (should say 0 free 0 used)... now right click on the drive and select format... now you can see your card in windows but the partiton will be unreconised as well as the size!
Step #2. Okay now that the mbr has ben repaired & windows sees the card we move on to kill disk! do a google search for this program kill disk!
use it on your micro sd card!
Step #3.after that you may need to reformat it
note thare are to diffrent versions of killdisk #1 works in windows the other is a lunix distro that is a bootable disk if you use the lunix disto you can skip step 1
& one more note apperently the program killdisk takes a realy long time to run xda user Perlian reported that he had ran the program for over 5hr's but in the end his MicroSD card was repaired!
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Perlian said:
Yesterday I used the tool Killdisk (Free Edition) to try and revive my locked Transcent 16 GB Micro SD Card. I normally use this tool to revive my SSD's when installing a fresh version of Windows. The tool does not look at partitions but simply writes zero's ("00000") to the medium.
I used the Linux version located on the ultimate boot CD (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/). So I booted my laptop with the ultimate boot CD in it (USB reader + mico SD card plugged in). Ran the Killdisk tool for over 5 hours (!!).
After that I booted my Windows and I was able to format the micro SD card !
So no Nokia phone was needed .....
Hope it works for everybody with a locked card.
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Now someone test my lil tut & post your results!
if this post helped please say thanks to keep the thread alive
fingers crossed!
Quicker way is to put the microsd card into a nokia and hit format
Works just the same.
This "tutorial" will not work on the real protected WP7 sdcard, only for hacked HD2 (where is sdcard is not protected by hardware key). That issue was discussed million times on xda...
So, jackrabbit72380, before posting useless advises, try togoogle first.
sensboston said:
This "tutorial" will not work on the real protected WP7 sdcard, only for hacked HD2 (where is sdcard is not protected by hardware key). That issue was discussed million times on xda...
So, jackrabbit72380, before posting useless advises, try togoogle first.
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alright i didnt know that because im actuly useing an hd2 so i will add that to the first post
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alright i didnt know that
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It means we need a good wiki page for all wp7 tricky issues... Too many forums, topics and posts - people who just started and not followed wp7 scene from the beginning, might have problem in finding info.
sensboston said:
It means we need a good wiki page for all wp7 tricky issues... Too many forums, topics and posts - people who just started and not followed wp7 scene from the beginning, might have problem in finding info.
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very true & great sugjestion altho your posting it in the wrong place you shoud make a thread about it or something? a wiki would be very usefull & helpfull!
and yeah i have had to search all over the place!
it's ben crazy!
is not working, the hp utility wont recognice a drive, so thats for that, what should i do if i dont even recognize the card? you know that sound when windows 7 finds a device, plugged in. that sound appears to times right after i put the memory card into the slot, it ejects immediatly, and i cant get my cards to work...
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is not working, the hp utility wont recognice a drive, so thats for that, what should i do if i dont even recognize the card? you know that sound when windows 7 finds a device, plugged in. that sound appears to times right after i put the memory card into the slot, it ejects immediatly, and i cant get my cards to work...
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well the hp utility worked on my card are you sure you selected the right drive letter?
after the program stoped on lunix sys i terminated it with task manager it had alredy sead fomating was done.
i had to pull the card out and put it back in!
try that?
then windows could see the still locked card!
the field where ti said you should select the drive letter is empty, and i cant write into it...
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Got 2 locked goddamned sd-cards (on HD2), trying to recover them about 2 weeks, spend more than 100 hours no any result using ANY WAY!!!!!!
HP utility does not format my card, it says formatting, then linux sys, but the program is responding after that! The card is NOT VISIBLE, even if you end task the HP window. If hit OK, than program says that format is sucessful.
I did not find ANY LINUX DISTRIBS with KILLDISK, only DOS, which is FREEZING on detecting usb devices. Tried also to use Ultimate BootCD to fix cards. It is also not booting with USB Card Reader [tried ALL MODES WITH ALL AVALIABLE USB OPTIONS!!!] it boots only in NO UMB [def mode without USB 2.0 (only 1.1)], but discovers only SD-adapter with working SD-Card. When I put the locked instead of broken and try to switch working microsd on locked and start formatting, it says "WRITE ERROR"
So none of posted instructions for recovery did not worked for me (even NOKIA phones did not see the card). Maybe error with usb chipset or card reader, but these methods are not working.
Got Win7/ASUS K70AF with integrated Card-Reader (Alcor Micro USB 2.0 Card Reader) and locked MicroSD Cards Transcand 1GB&8GB plus NOT_LOCKED SANDISK 1GB.
Could you provide more info about exact version of HP Tool? I got 7.41.3790.0 from the first link of Google. Or at least post, where did you find Linux version of KILLDISK, or you mean DOS version? What card reader do you have?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Any Luck with this? HELP NEEDED
I just upgraded the SD Card in my Venue Pro to 32GB, and was wondering if I Could format my 16GB Sandisk that was in it before Mango upgrade.
I followed each step but was unable to proceed. Please any help would be appreciated. Or please point me to a Thread I can follow.
Thanks
Awesome! Worked perfectly and only took ~20 minutes. Thanks
this method works great in the HD7, revived 3 cards last night...
Not sure if it can be ported to the HD2 or others, but worth a look...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337781
jackrabbit72380 said:
Tutorial Repair MicoSD Card After Mango Lock! in Windows Apperently HD2 only! s!
okay This tutorial will not work on the real protected WP7 sdcard, only for hacked HD2
only problum is I have'nt tested it so I will need a test rabbit to stab with a needle! if he is sic then he wont have any problum doing so! please volentear!
okay so this is how its done!
first fallow this tutorial for MicroSdCard repair!
Step #1. do a google search for "hp drive key boot utility" Download it to your computer! (the name of the exe after extracted is "hpdkbu.exe"(I have windows 7 & the utility would not install on my system if this is the case for you as well just click extract instead of install & run the hpdkbu.exe. that I just mentioned) hopefully you have a usb adapter...or card reader pluged in. Run the utility select the drive letter for your MicroSD card that is in the usb or card reader mine was "e"...
click next... then select create new or replace (its already checked) hit next... select hard drive (its already checked) hit next... select create new file system (its already checked) hit next... then it says something at the bottom then says formatting...
here is the weird part of the tutorial the program stops responding... right about when it gets to the part that says something about lunixsys file because the exe wont be useing that part of the program. Dont sweat it just end task it... now go to my computer & look at your properties for the drive (should say 0 free 0 used)... now right click on the drive and select format... now you can see your card in windows but the partiton will be unreconised as well as the size!
Step #2. Okay now that the mbr has ben repaired & windows sees the card we move on to kill disk! do a google search for this program kill disk!
use it on your micro sd card!
Step #3.after that you may need to reformat it
note thare are to diffrent versions of killdisk #1 works in windows the other is a lunix distro that is a bootable disk if you use the lunix disto you can skip step 1
& one more note apperently the program killdisk takes a realy long time to run xda user Perlian reported that he had ran the program for over 5hr's but in the end his MicroSD card was repaired!
(origanal quote)
Now someone test my lil tut & post your results!
if this post helped please say thanks to keep the thread alive
fingers crossed!
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I just used diskpart to delete the partition on the sd card that was locked, formatted the 16giger and it's usable again.
someeh said:
I just used diskpart to delete the partition on the sd card that was locked, formatted the 16giger and it's usable again.
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just a quick one: is your sdhc card seen, in any way, by the utility you use to format it?
for instance, a transcend class 2 sdhc 16 gb card is only see by the hp utility but when I hit the format button says there is no card to format (using sd formatter it only sees the card for 2 seconds) - OS Windows 7 / Windows XP (all drivers installed)
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just a quick one: is your sdhc card seen, in any way, by the utility you use to format it?
for instance, a transcend class 2 sdhc 16 gb card is only see by the hp utility but when I hit the format button says there is no card to format (using sd formatter it only sees the card for 2 seconds) - OS Windows 7 / Windows XP (all drivers installed)
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Diskpart is a utility included in Windows, so when you go to a command prompt.
type diskpart
It will load and bring you in.
type list disk> this will list all the drives (HDD, SD CARDS, REmovable disk,etc) it will list the disk by numbers. So when you see your SD CARD and it's # 2 or #3 on the list you type this
select disk #2... now disk #2 is active and you can start deleting partitions within that card.
But you need to list the partitions in order to format the entire card, you will need to execute this command in order to delete the locked partition. But before I will give you the list of commands you need. Once you " select disk #" do this,
list partition> will list all the partitions on the selected disk, you need to select each partition and delete manuallly.
select partition 1
delete partition override> for the partition that is locked
select partition 2
delete partition
Once the partitions are deleted you'll be able to format the card normally.But I doubt you'll need to use HP that utility.
jackrabbit72380 said:
Tutorial Repair MicoSD Card After Mango Lock! in Windows Apperently HD2 only! s!
okay This tutorial will not work on the real protected WP7 sdcard, only for hacked HD2
only problum is I have'nt tested it so I will need a test rabbit to stab with a needle! if he is sic then he wont have any problum doing so! please volentear!
okay so this is how its done!
first fallow this tutorial for MicroSdCard repair!
Step #1. do a google search for "hp drive key boot utility" Download it to your computer! (the name of the exe after extracted is "hpdkbu.exe"(I have windows 7 & the utility would not install on my system if this is the case for you as well just click extract instead of install & run the hpdkbu.exe. that I just mentioned) hopefully you have a usb adapter...or card reader pluged in. Run the utility select the drive letter for your MicroSD card that is in the usb or card reader mine was "e"...
click next... then select create new or replace (its already checked) hit next... select hard drive (its already checked) hit next... select create new file system (its already checked) hit next... then it says something at the bottom then says formatting...
here is the weird part of the tutorial the program stops responding... right about when it gets to the part that says something about lunixsys file because the exe wont be useing that part of the program. Dont sweat it just end task it... now go to my computer & look at your properties for the drive (should say 0 free 0 used)... now right click on the drive and select format... now you can see your card in windows but the partiton will be unreconised as well as the size!
Step #2. Okay now that the mbr has ben repaired & windows sees the card we move on to kill disk! do a google search for this program kill disk!
use it on your micro sd card!
Step #3.after that you may need to reformat it
note thare are to diffrent versions of killdisk #1 works in windows the other is a lunix distro that is a bootable disk if you use the lunix disto you can skip step 1
& one more note apperently the program killdisk takes a realy long time to run xda user Perlian reported that he had ran the program for over 5hr's but in the end his MicroSD card was repaired!
(origanal quote)
Now someone test my lil tut & post your results!
if this post helped please say thanks to keep the thread alive
fingers crossed!
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Hello.
I am following your guide to unlock my microsd blocked by HTC HD7.
I arrived well at the end of step 1, but already I'm stuck at step 2.
I installed the program on my Windows 7 KillDisk, but the card still does not messing around, and Windows, as you say, it tells me 0 and 0 free memory in use and the formatting is not available.
What version of KillDisk should I use? You may link to the page where you download it?
5ft24 said:
this method works great in the HD7, revived 3 cards last night...
Not sure if it can be ported to the HD2 or others, but worth a look...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337781
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Tried it and it worked. Everyone who was troubles getting the MicroSDHC to work for other devices should take a look at this. The rom used is the one by xbmod, so this trick can be used on all HTC 1st gen devices.
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Thanks for your tutorial. But did I get you right that it only works when the sd-card is detected before? The problem is that my sd-card is not shown anywhere at all. So I think I cannot work on it by using any normal windows based program... I tried several tools (also the HP key disk tool or however it is called) and it did not find anything to format.
P-A-L-A-D-I-N said:
Thanks for your tutorial. But did I get you right that it only works when the sd-card is detected before? The problem is that my sd-card is not shown anywhere at all. So I think I cannot work on it by using any normal windows based program... I tried several tools (also the HP key disk tool or however it is called) and it did not find anything to format.
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I have the same problem and i did try Lunix based GParted without any luck at all. Now i don't dare to try the pull sd card method to change rom
Ok I didn't find this info anywhere online yet. Perhaps this can help someone to finally find a way to recover locked SD card without Nokia phone or other known, but sometimes unavailable means.
I have a locked 8GB SD card by Mango.
It is not visible in Windows, BUT - if I leave SD card in my laptop and then go to device manager and uninstall my SD card reader, and then click on Scan for hardware changes, it will hang for a minute or two (something that is normally a second or two) and then it will find the reader, install the driver and the SD card will be visible! The point is to be patient. Seems that Windows can access the SD card, but it needs like 10 times more time to do it.
I was happy at first, but then I realized it is still a tough case.
I tried MiniTool Partition Wizard and it actually sees the card marking it (Bad Disk). The size is correct. It can even scan for partitions and then reports two that can be deleted, but I don't believe it removed them. Once I even could make a 100MB partition! But it didn't repair the whole SD card. Afterwards I tried some other methods, deleted SD MBR in MagLDR and lost that partition.
Disk manager in windows sees the device with Unalocated space and if I try to make a new partition it starts and then says there was a CRC check error. It also kind of hangs, but eventually responds and sees the device.
Windows needs like 5 minutes to show dialog for formating the SD card. It says unknown size, and finally says that it cannot format.
HD Low format tool sees the device and if you start the Format, it will start and report many errors but will finally end. I didn't see any improvements - SD is still locked.
So tomorrow I will probably find someone with a Nokia at work, but perhaps someone gets lucky and finds a way to fix it within Windows by being essentially patient while Windows is accessing it.
And yes: Olympus PEN, Canon Ixus 70 and G10 cannot format it.
Cheers,
Ivan
Mango locked SD card
ikovac said:
Ok I didn't find this info anywhere online yet. Perhaps this can help someone to finally find a way to recover locked SD card without Nokia phone or other known, but sometimes unavailable means.
I have a locked 8GB SD card by Mango.
It is not visible in Windows, BUT - if I leave SD card in my laptop and then go to device manager and uninstall my SD card reader, and then click on Scan for hardware changes, it will hang for a minute or two (something that is normally a second or two) and then it will find the reader, install the driver and the SD card will be visible! The point is to be patient. Seems that Windows can access the SD card, but it needs like 10 times more time to do it.
I was happy at first, but then I realized it is still a tough case.
I tried MiniTool Partition Wizard and it actually sees the card marking it (Bad Disk). The size is correct. It can even scan for partitions and then reports two that can be deleted, but I don't believe it removed them. Once I even could make a 100MB partition! But it didn't repair the whole SD card. Afterwards I tried some other methods, deleted SD MBR in MagLDR and lost that partition.
Disk manager in windows sees the device with Unalocated space and if I try to make a new partition it starts and then says there was a CRC check error. It also kind of hangs, but eventually responds and sees the device.
Windows needs like 5 minutes to show dialog for formating the SD card. It says unknown size, and finally says that it cannot format.
HD Low format tool sees the device and if you start the Format, it will start and report many errors but will finally end. I didn't see any improvements - SD is still locked.
So tomorrow I will probably find someone with a Nokia at work, but perhaps someone gets lucky and finds a way to fix it within Windows by being essentially patient while Windows is accessing it.
And yes: Olympus PEN, Canon Ixus 70 and G10 cannot format it.
Cheers,
Ivan
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So if this lock is because of Mango, If I downgrade to 7004 ROM with my locked SD card, will that unlock it?
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So if this lock is because of Mango, If I downgrade to 7004 ROM with my locked SD card, will that unlock it?
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It's not Mango specific. It happens with all versions of Windows Phone.
Mango locked my SD card in a way it was not visible at all. Not even a 200MB partition. The only way (and I tried everything based on my original post) was Nokia XpressMusic. It formatted it in like 5 secs. I didn't even bother to reformat it, but just plugged it in my HD2 and installed HD2O mango ROM. It works like before. No issues whatsoever.
Id like to mention its fairly trivial to make any usb mountable card usable (you know, how the REST OF THE WORLD USES SDCARDS) with linux or unix:
Find the device mount point and:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1M count=yourcardsizeinMb
Note, this overwrites any data on the card, but then formatting and actually using the card is possible again. Ms dropped the ball so hard on this.
Thanks, I may try it next time I lock my card!
ohgood said:
Id like to mention its fairly trivial to make any usb mountable card usable (you know, how the REST OF THE WORLD USES SDCARDS) with linux or unix:
Find the device mount point and:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1M count=yourcardsizeinMb
Note, this overwrites any data on the card, but then formatting and actually using the card is possible again. Ms dropped the ball so hard on this.
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Is this confirmed to work with wp7 locked cards? I thought symbian was the only way.
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mastamind518 said:
Is this confirmed to work with wp7 locked cards? I thought symbian was the only way.
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No, not at all (it's only for converted to WP7 HD2s). The only one solution for now - Nokia's smartphones.
You can use your Windows phone 7 device to unlock your locked SD cards.
See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337781
you will need to adapt to your device so use the right rom from XBmod for your device or a rom that works on your device that supports cab sender.
No need to feck about with a nokia device.
Boysie
sensboston said:
No, not at all (it's only for converted to WP7 HD2s). The only one solution for now - Nokia's smartphones.
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Mmm, I dunno, unlocked two microsd's, one from a focus something, the other from a smashed focus something a friend bought off craigslist for nothing. The 16Gb cards were worth more than the phones.
android fixed my dead 16gb wp7 hd2 sdcard
I had no accsess to nokia devices and my 16gb sdcard was totally unrecognisable to pc, sdformater etc, I thought it was well and truely dead,even reflshed wp7 but still got card changed removed errors,then fed up I flashed an android nand rom to my hd2,without sdcard installed, then I hunted for sd tool programs, and still couldnt mount it...but the hail mary pass happened and I reinserted card back into computer and somehow it found it again and got all my gb back.Im still a wp7 fanboy with my omnia 7, but well and truly converted to android on hd2
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I had no accsess to nokia devices and my 16gb sdcard was totally unrecognisable to pc, sdformater etc, I thought it was well and truely dead,even reflshed wp7 but still got card changed removed errors,then fed up I flashed an android nand rom to my hd2,without sdcard installed, then I hunted for sd tool programs, and still couldnt mount it...but the hail mary pass happened and I reinserted card back into computer and somehow it found it again and got all my gb back.Im still a wp7 fanboy with my omnia 7, but well and truly converted to android on hd2
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You have a hd2, but didn't try dd ? Ok
Ok so i had this issue too and bought another sd card for nothing.
If your card is locked.....Flash a 7004 rom that you can push cabs into it. Push the unlock sd cab and when installed find it in apps and unlock the SD. Take it out and format that sucka with easeus. Thats it. you can use the micro sd again.
With this trick i took out 16gb SD from broken HTC surround and popped it into HD2
i love my HD2. wp7 UltraFruit rom.
Hello everyone!
So far I know on Android Oreo (6) and later versions there is the possibility to format the SD Card and use it as internal memory. This option can be found in many phones that have SD expansion capabilities and is very useful (if your SD card is fast enough).
Why doesn't Mi 10T Lite have this useful option? Since this option is part of the main Android project starting with Android 6, is there another method to use the SD card as internal storage (like via adb)?
Best regards!
Frankly speaking I do prefer the separation of the memory, because in such way I can easily remove the SD and use the smartphone without pain.
As soon you activate the option, you will need to have the SD card inserted to use the smartphone...
Maybe you can follow this guide:
https://c.mi.com/thread-1637511-1-1.html
profeta64 said:
Frankly speaking I do prefer the separation of the memory, because in such way I can easily remove the SD and use the smartphone without pain.
As soon you activate the option, you will need to have the SD card inserted to use the smartphone...
Maybe you can follow this guide:
https://c.mi.com/thread-1637511-1-1.html
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This method don't work for me. The app doesen't display the left bar options that are written on this guide. Anyway thanks for this suggestion.