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Best way to format SD card

Hi I'm pretty sure this won't be an extremely popular topic but just wondering how people go about formatting there sd cards do u just wipe everything save ur backups? Ur photos music? Anything and also is there anything important I shouldn't delete?? Just curious to see how everyone else does it thanx for being nice
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Well, you can use your phone to format it by going into settings and storage. You should back up anything you dont want to lose to your pc. I find that the most effective way is to connect the sd card to the pc either in your phone via usb or via a card reader. Then go to my computer, right click on it and hit format. It thould already be in the right file format(fat32) if im not mistaken. Then just place your pics and whatever else back on there and the android system will do the rest. Hope i helped!
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If you are working with a removable SD card I'd recommend HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - v2.1.8. (free)
I had an 8 Gb card sitting around for a while and I wanted to use in my daughter's new phone. I put the card in the PC and deleted everything. Then I thought just format the damn thing. It seemed to only think it had 40 Mb. Windows would not format it to anything over 40 Mb. I had to download the HP tool and it would allow formatting to the full 8 Gb.

Hi,
Not sure if this is the right place.. I just installed coredroid 1.2 and my sd card is not detected. Removed the sd card. Complete format then reinsert still doesnt solve the problem. I am able to use the card using a card reader. Any suggestions

etp23 said:
Hi I'm pretty sure this won't be an extremely popular topic but just wondering how people go about formatting there sd cards do u just wipe everything save ur backups? Ur photos music? Anything and also is there anything important I shouldn't delete?? Just curious to see how everyone else does it thanx for being nice
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It sounds like you are formatting an existing (previously used) card? Do you have some issue with the card? Or just switching between devices? Can't see it making much difference using the built-in Windows disk management tool to format, using the phone to do it, or some other method.
I think even switching between devices, I haven't bothered to re-format, just deleted the files manually and swapped the card into the new phone.
For new cards, I don't even bother to format. They are always pre-formatted to FAT32, AFAIK. So I just insert it in the device and go . . .

redpoint73 said:
It sounds like you are formatting an existing (previously used) card? Do you have some issue with the card? Or just switching between devices? Can't see it making much difference using the built-in Windows disk management tool to format, using the phone to do it, or some other method.
I think even switching between devices, I haven't bothered to re-format, just deleted the files manually and swapped the card into the new phone.
For new cards, I don't even bother to format. They are always pre-formatted to FAT32, AFAIK. So I just insert it in the device and go . . .
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how do you move apps to external sd card ? before there used to be option to move to sd card now i don't see that .. i had this problem ever since i upgrade to cm10 and now on aokp....

I use SDformatter.
It's better than just with right click and select format.
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if you have just one partition formated with fat32 on your sd-card, you can format it with windows-tools. if there is another partition (ext2/3/4) on your card, its not possible to format the sd-card completely with this tools and you need, as written above, an external tool like that from HP.
Beside this, i don't really understand why you want to do this, except you have a problem with your card...

i wiped my sd card with h.d.d low level format ! now i cant create right ext partition now . how can i do that ? i did everything with partition magic software . but not use .

If you have a Linux box and an SD card read use gparted. If you don't the best/fastest way is with a good recovery in an android phone
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[Q] Micro SD card HELP!!

Ok So i have 2 micro sd cards one 8GB and one 32GB. I had recently just bought the 32GB one to give myself a good amount of space but unfortunately they both just stopped working all together. Basically one day my GS3 just began rejecting my 32GB card so i attempted to format it on my computer with a usb adapter, i tried both windows and mac os trying a range of programs but it just won't format. I even tried to format it using CWM but it can't mount it. but i don't think its fried because i just got it and it was working fine for like 2 - 3 weeks...so then i put my 8GB card in for 2 days and same thing...can't format or erase or mount on android...i've searched all over the web and need help cuz at this point i feel like my phone is destroying SD cards.
And one last piece on info if it helps I'm running the task AOKP 4.1.1 rom with their latest release and their latest O/C Kernel and clockwork mod touch on an AT&T Galaxy s3
please help as soon as possible

blanco613 said:
Ok So i have 2 micro sd cards one 8GB and one 32GB. I had recently just bought the 32GB one to give myself a good amount of space but unfortunately they both just stopped working all together. Basically one day my GS3 just began rejecting my 32GB card so i attempted to format it on my computer with a usb adapter, i tried both windows and mac os trying a range of programs but it just won't format. I even tried to format it using CWM but it can't mount it. but i don't think its fried because i just got it and it was working fine for like 2 - 3 weeks...so then i put my 8GB card in for 2 days and same thing...can't format or erase or mount on android...i've searched all over the web and need help cuz at this point i feel like my phone is destroying SD cards.
And one last piece on info if it helps I'm running the task AOKP 4.1.1 rom with their latest release and their latest O/C Kernel and clockwork mod touch on an AT&T Galaxy s3
please help as soon as possible
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Yeah, this happens to me too. Reboot, let the phone say the card is damaged, open the back case while the phone is on, remove and re-insert sdcard and that should solve your problems.

finnmacool said:
Yeah, this happens to me too. Reboot, let the phone say the card is damaged, open the back case while the phone is on, remove and re-insert sdcard and that should solve your problems.
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sorry but it didn't work its not mounting any other suggestions...

Us the HP usb format tool to format it in your computer.
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One program.. http://www.easeus.com/ easus partition manager. Format anything there it works. There is a thread on the 32gig on this already. Format to fat32
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Sorry guys neither program worked

If you are using windows try using the Command prompt. You will need to select the volume of the sd cards then delete it. I beleive they will become as RAW disks where you will have create them as new disks from disk management.

n0th1n9 said:
If you are using windows try using the Command prompt. You will need to select the volume of the sd cards then delete it. I beleive they will become as RAW disks where you will have create them as new disks from disk management.
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would you be able to explain that in just a bit more detail...like the commands and such
thank you so much in advance.

blanco613 said:
would you be able to explain that in just a bit more detail...like the commands and such
thank you so much in advance.
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Open up an admin command prompt, then type 'diskpart' it'll start the utilitiy in command prompt. Then type 'list volume' it'll show volumes 0 through ~8 or so depending on how many you have. Once you know the number that is associated with your sdcard volume, then type 'select volume x' x being the number of your volume. Then type 'delete volume'
After that go into disk management and find your sdcard. It'll say unallocated. Right mouse click and create new simple volume.

n0th1n9 said:
Open up an admin command prompt, then type 'diskpart' it'll start the utilitiy in command prompt. Then type 'list volume' it'll show volumes 0 through ~8 or so depending on how many you have. Once you know the number that is associated with your sdcard volume, then type 'select volume x' x being the number of your volume. Then type 'delete volume'
After that go into disk management and find your sdcard. It'll say unallocated. Right mouse click and create new simple volume.
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sorry it still didn't work...it now picks up my 32GB micro sd card as a 31mb of RAW storage that is not formatable in any way. And my 8GB in the same way but for some reason 121mb of RAW...
i seriously have no clue whats going on with my stuff...
if anyone has any clue please let me know...and i know there are a lot of post about micro sd cards out there but i have never seen anything like this...
and thank you everyone for the help that i'm getting and any more help that you can offer

Did you buy real microsd cards ?
they are probably fake lol

expertzero1 said:
Did you buy real microsd cards ?
they are probably fake lol
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no they are SanDisk...got em at radio shack...

so maybe the sd card slot is faultyyyy

expertzero1 said:
so maybe the sd card slot is faultyyyy
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ill stick another one in there and see...only a 1gb this time...its just annoying because they were both working perfectly and so was the phone.

blanco613 said:
ill stick another one in there and see...only a 1gb this time...its just annoying because they were both working perfectly and so was the phone.
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ok i can report that it is not the phone...i just stuck my other 4gig sd card in there and it work fine...any new ideas...cuz i really dont want to have to buy 2 new sd cards

blanco613 said:
ok i can report that it is not the phone...i just stuck my other 4gig sd card in there and it work fine...any new ideas...cuz i really dont want to have to buy 2 new sd cards
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Go here:
https://www.sdcard.org/home/
Download the SD Card Formatter and try to format your card using that tool; see if that works. I made the mistake of formatting my brand-new SanDisk 64GB microSD card, which worked perfectlyin my Galaxy S III prior to that, and it wouldn't work afterwards. I tried all different methods of formatting & formatting programs to no avail. As soon as I used this program, my card worked like a charm in my phone again!
Good luck!
Dennis

Ive tried that and many other formatting programs but none of them work
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try sandisk SDXC 64gb - ppl report good results with it.
Also - reflash stock ROM with nontrip root method.

did you try guiformat?

I will try this program next thanks guys
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Cannot copy anything to my sd card

Hello,
i recently bought a new sandisk ultra class 6 8gb micro sd card for my phone..but i can't copy anything to it....the drive shows in computer but when i try to copy something to it, it says "An error has occured. The destination you specified does not exist.It might be in an offline network location or an empty CD or DVD drive. Check the location and try again. "
Also, i received one adapter with it...through which i can copy stuff onto the memory card but the problem is that i can't copy anything on it directly when it is in my phone , i also formatted it twice but still no luckkkkkk
Do i have to use the adapter at all times?? is there any way so that i don't have to use the adapter??
Please Help.

There is no problem with your memory card, your phone software/hardware may has some problem.

finance.resat said:
There is no problem with your memory card, your phone software/hardware may has some problem.
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uh i don't think there is a problem with my phone, as my other 4gb card woks just fine....

Cwm format ?
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junxracr said:
Cwm format ?
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do you mean i should format in CWM or did i do format in CWM???
and also my phone wasn't rooted before....i mean when i used both of those memory cards....

its just doesnt work, there is a compatibility problem with some sd cards in wfs, you have to buy another brand of sd card it will probably fix your problem, but i think you should try the card before buying it in order to make sure there is no compatibility problem.

nmrcy said:
its just doesnt work, there is a compatibility problem with some sd cards in wfs, you have to buy another brand of sd card it will probably fix your problem, but i think you should try the card before buying it in order to make sure there is no compatibility problem.
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Agreed.
Better go with class 4 sd cards they are compatible with wfs
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ramcool789 said:
do you mean i should format in CWM or did i do format in CWM???
and also my phone wasn't rooted before....i mean when i used both of those memory cards....
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I had similar problem. I formatted my new class 10 with cwm in my phone, then used minitool to partition to ext4.
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console
install a console, part it with fdisk command and them format it with mkfs command

New SD card

I just bought a new class 10 16gb SD card. What should I do? I want to put all my files at the previous SD card into it. I currently using cm 10 build 4.1. Thanks
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Turn off your phone.
Eject the card.
Copy *all* files within the old card into the new card.
Insert the new card.
Done

pepoluan said:
Turn off your phone.
Eject the card.
Copy *all* files within the old card into the new card.
Insert the new card.
Done
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Thx

SanDisk 16GB microSDHC Memory Card Ultra Class 10 UHS-I with microSD Adapter
Hello mates, greetings from Turkey.
i bought the following sd card and start using it in my i8150. However phone freezes / thinks a lot almost everytime when it starts using this SD i.e. during startup, previewing gallery, etc.
is this a known issue or something fixable?
here is the link of my new SD.

cozgun said:
Hello mates, greetings from Turkey.
i bought the following sd card and start using it in my i8150. However phone freezes / thinks a lot almost everytime when it starts using this SD i.e. during startup, previewing gallery, etc.
is this a known issue or something fixable?
here is the link of my new SD.
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Greetings from Greece too..
Maybe you have a "fake" or a faulty SD card. Try another and post results..

yannis_gr said:
Greetings from Greece too..
Maybe you have a "fake" or a faulty SD card. Try another and post results..
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i am sure it is not fake, but might be faulty.
i have no prob. with an old version 16 GB sd.
anyway, i will try the new card in another phone, then let you know the result.

cozgun said:
Hello mates, greetings from Turkey.
i bought the following sd card and start using it in my i8150. However phone freezes / thinks a lot almost everytime when it starts using this SD i.e. during startup, previewing gallery, etc.
is this a known issue or something fixable?
here is the link of my new SD.
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maybe you're copying a lot of files into your sdcard and some of it maybe a corrupt files.
try to format it again and put only the files you needed.
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stpdkid said:
maybe you're copying a lot of files into your sdcard and some of it maybe a corrupt files.
try to format it again and put only the files you needed.
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for an exact solution, i formatted everything (phone, internal sd, external sd by following the "go pristine" procedure).
then put the new update zip files to re-install the rom, open the phone in CWM mod.
CWM saw the contents of the ext.sd and i started installing zip file.
CWM was saying that it is installing the zip, however it was doing nothing as there were no further progress of installation.
at that point i figured out that my phone and my new sdhc class 10 ext.sd card are not able to communicate in a healthy way.
card is working in laptop, but has trouble working in the phone. most probably card was corrupted at the first stage while i am buying iti from store.
so i am giving up this.
just fyi.

cozgun said:
for an exact solution, i formatted everything (phone, internal sd, external sd by following the "go pristine" procedure).
then put the new update zip files to re-install the rom, open the phone in CWM mod.
CWM saw the contents of the ext.sd and i started installing zip file.
CWM was saying that it is installing the zip, however it was doing nothing as there were no further progress of installation.
at that point i figured out that my phone and my new sdhc class 10 ext.sd card are not able to communicate in a healthy way.
card is working in laptop, but has trouble working in the phone. most probably card was corrupted at the first stage while i am buying iti from store.
so i am giving up this.
just fyi.
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May I ....... You Must Format that SD with FAT32 mod .... try to format it on your laptop then put it in your mobile it Will work ... Try that now

ElGzzar said:
May I ....... You Must Format that SD with FAT32 mod .... try to format it on your laptop then put it in your mobile it Will work ... Try that now
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Already did that before re-install attempt. I am attaching the formatting properties i used.

i think the (Allocation unit size) should be Default or 4096

ElGzzar said:
i think the (Allocation unit size) should be Default or 4096
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Hi,
here is what i did last hour.
formatted again in "default" format and tried to re-install rom from ext.sd.
During first attempt, attached screen does not changed for 30 minutes, so i gave up again and force to shut down the phone by pressing down power button for 8 seconds.
I thought the phone will shut down only, but it restared in CWM mode. Then i gave another try and this time phone processed the zip file.
so far no new problems but let you know in case of one.

use that Rom RemICS 1.7
and here it's the Link: http://d-h.st/xwI

cozgun said:
Hi,
here is what i did last hour.
formatted again in "default" format and tried to re-install rom from ext.sd.
During first attempt, attached screen does not changed for 30 minutes, so i gave up again and force to shut down the phone by pressing down power button for 8 seconds.
I thought the phone will shut down only, but it restared in CWM mode. Then i gave another try and this time phone processed the zip file.
so far no new problems but let you know in case of one.
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have you try to format using minitool partition or gparted?

No. Did not try gparted. Will try it later.
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Here is new situtation:
Phone sometimes loosing connection to ext.sd especially When i try to open a video from ext.sd.
Looks like my ext.sd has defect since it departed from the factory.
Lastly i will try a new format via gparted and if it fails again to work properly i will use it in my laptop only.
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couldn't install on usb storage or sd card

I tried doing the unmount trick, the one with the terminal. Still nothing
The "funny" thing is that I can install free apps without problem, but when I download Swype and Poweramp unlocker (which I bought) i keep getting this error
solutions?

Did you try a Link2SD?

More details please buddy, want to help but need to know as much as you can tell. Rom, flash details, when it first happened, etc.

EmptyArea said:
More details please buddy, want to help but need to know as much as you can tell. Rom, flash details, when it first happened, etc.
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Hello, I have flashed the JellyKat ROM v5 on my NoteII and got a new sd card (ADATA 32GB) from ebay, the card was sealed so I hope I wasn't cheated, but randomly I see these things in my DCIM folder and I can't write to the card and the phone seems to not read the media on it music photos everything, and I can't install any apps on it or update existing app or even create a folder through the default touchwiz My Files.
I tried to format the card on the PC but can only do quick format because it loads and loads and then say windows can't format this, I also formated it via the phone it worked for a while and then stopped working again, now I don't put a card in the phone.

Doomstemplar said:
Hello, I have flashed the JellyKat ROM v5 on my NoteII and got a new sd card (ADATA 32GB) from ebay, the card was sealed so I hope I wasn't cheated, but randomly I see these things in my DCIM folder and I can't write to the card and the phone seems to not read the media on it music photos everything, and I can't install any apps on it or update existing app or even create a folder through the default touchwiz My Files.
I tried to format the card on the PC but can only do quick format because it loads and loads and then say windows can't format this, I also formated it via the phone it worked for a while and then stopped working again, now I don't put a card in the phone.
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Seems like sdcard's memory partitions corrupted.
Try different Sdcard & update info
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optimusPRIME said:
Seems like sdcard's memory partitions corrupted.
Try different Sdcard & update info
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I have been using my old card from my tablet all day now and it is working fine I created a new folder and copied some files from internal storage to it to test it and it worked.
Is there a way to fix the corrupted partitions on the other card?

Jerry69 said:
I tried doing the unmount trick, the one with the terminal. Still nothing
The "funny" thing is that I can install free apps without problem, but when I download Swype and Poweramp unlocker (which I bought) i keep getting this error
solutions?
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Yup, I also faced that kind of problem before, simply run KitKat SD fix, grant root and let the app patch the platform.xml. Reboot and try again. It worked for me. :good: