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SD card problem after partition with gParted...is READ ONLY?!?

Have big problem after gParted partition...first partition is fat32 and another one is ext3...
But my sd is now Read only?!?
What happened? I don't have any of my folders...backups, roms...but I put it there after partitioning...
There are just some signs and cant get in any of my folder named with this signs...same thing when i have to see it in win7...
Can't do anything with SD now....can't see it in gParted and can't see it in win7
Can I save my data? Everything is on this card....everything. I put files in folder on my desktop, and put them back when finished partitioning and everything was fine first 10 seconds...but files was CUT/paste
PLEASE HELP!
Card is Samsung 4GB class 2
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Can i buy this one for my device: TRANSCEND 8GB 8G Micro SDHC Card + SD Adapter Class 6 (eBay 19,89$)
...'cause is SDHC or any other sd what somebody can advice to me?

Put the sd in a card reader or connect it while the phone is in recovery and don't forget to mount the ext partition, then redo the partitions. This will wipe everything so if you want your data back you have to find it some other way.
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Thanks for the answer but....
TheGhost1233 said:
...connect it while the phone is in recovery
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Was..but can't see it?! I connect device in USB (win7) and can't see it...
TheGhost1233 said:
...and don't forget to mount the ext partition, then redo the partitions.
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How to do that? Really don't know..
TheGhost1233 said:
This will wipe everything so if you want your data back you have to find it some other way.
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Any advice how to get my data back?

In recovery there is a option called mounts and storage (or something similar) make sure you mount the fat and ext partition. If you don't see your data then you can try some sort of data recovery program.
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Ok...I'll try something.
Thank you
Fix it with card reader but my data wasn't there
Said 3,15GB total (rest is ext3)
2,41GB free and 758MB used space...that means that my data is on sd card but I can't see it?!? Because I see just 4 folders which are empty (0 bytes)...what's with the other 758MB? Where they are?

I recoverd almost everything with PowerDataRecovery tool, but don't want to put it back to SD 'cause of this 758MB of used space...
Anyone have some idea what can I do? Before make another format...
ES file explorer doesn't work and SuperBox File Manager doesn't work...can't believe it!
Do I need to format SD card and loose my (hidden) data?

chillout23 said:
...but don't want to put it back to SD 'cause of this 758MB of used space...
Anyone have some idea what can I do? Before make another format...
ES file explorer doesn't work and SuperBox File Manager doesn't work...can't believe it!
Do I need to format SD card and loose my (hidden) data?
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Answer is:
Found 1 file 758MB large and can't open it...device freeze every time I touch file...Delete this file and everything's work fine and put recover data back to SD, run GingerVillain 1.4 and work like a charm here
I fixed problem with unmounted sd with card reader/right click on sd/properties/fix...

Wildfire s Won't mount SD card?!!![solved]

My Phone was working perfectly with no problems! until yesterday i was out and the phone battery was about to die then the phone turned off then after i went home i plugged it in the charger and went to sleep today i turned it on and everything on it is deleted no contacts no msgs no apps and no sd card mounted!!!! im running cm7 on it and i used to use a program called simple2ext which moves everything from the internal memory to the sd-ext could it be this program that damaged everything ? tried to restart the device sd card wont mount only if i take it out while the device is running and put it back then the device recognize it!! please Help

could be a physical problem with the sd card? try another card if possible. if not then check to see if its a known problem with the rom.
copying your existing sd-ext to a new card:
you can make a backup image of your sd-ext partition using a linux terminal. (sudo dd if=/dev/mmcblk2 of=/home/username/Desktop/phone-sd-ext.img) i think mmcblk2 is the ext partition. make an identically-sized partition on the new card (it MUST be partition 2). use the above command only switch the paths around.
you can also make a backup (making sure sd-ext mounts) and restore with the new card partitioned and installed. i use twrp2 and for backups i have to force-mount sd-ext before backing up

Have you tried the memory card in a PC? If you can, you could have damaged the formatting on the card (doubtful).
Have you tried another card yet, if so to what success? You may also want to try cleaning the contacts on the SD card with a clean cloth/shirt (i just use the bottom of my shirt) :good:

and it could also simply be an unclean filesystem. with the card inserted in a computer running linux, use terminal and run "sudo fsck -fy /dev/mmcblk2" (make sure the partition is unmounted)

or maybe the memory card isnt combatable?

-try use the card in other phone to see is if a problem with card.
-try use the card in a card reader to see if is a problem with card.
-try other card in your phone.
-try to clean the contacts of your card.
-try to clean the phone to sd card.
Try these steps:
-wipe everything twice.
-install superwipe tool.(this will clean your NAND)
-wipe again everything twice.
-install the rom.
I think these will solve your problem.
Here is the link for the superwipe: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598143
If i helped you, click "Thanks" button.Sorry for my English,i hope to understand what i am saying.Have a nice day !!

Matt-matt is likely correct here. Your phone likely died in the middle of accessing your SD and it corrupted the partition. Re-partitioning the card through recovery will be your easiest fix. But you'll lose all your info
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The problem is solved I had to format the SD card and repartition it in Linux and now It's working fine thanks everyone
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Alaadragonfire said:
The problem is solved I had to format the SD card and repartition it in Linux and now It's working fine thanks everyone
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what commands did you use on linux? im also having this problem

squidbutt said:
what commands did you use on linux? im also having this problem
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No need for commands just use disk utility and format it from there
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Can't find extension on my SD card. Please help

So here is my situation. I had the EVO 4g and just got the LTE (loving it BTW. Haven't rooted yet. Gonna wait a little bit). I'm sitting here at work plugged in as USB cleaning up my SD by organizing videos, pics, files, etc... Then, when I went back to the phone, there will still things there that I had deleted or moved. I was totally perplexed. Then it hit me that I partitioned my SD on my previous EVO. When the phone is plugged in as USB I am unable to locate the extension. How do I access the extension that was added?
Any help understanding this is appreciated. Thanks

Ok so I downloaded ES File manager and now I can see the ext_sd. But now it seems when I had the phone plugged in as a USB I was actually in the extension the whole time. All the things I did to organize my pics and files were in the extension. Also it seems that the phone is storing new pics and downloads on the extension. Can I undo an extension? I just want to have control of where things are stored and be able to organize them. This partition in really messing with my head...lol. This is a bit confusing for me so any help is appreciated.
Thanks

So are you saying you can't see the partition you made on the SD-card? Cuz if you are, that partition is in either ext-2,3 or 4 which Windows cannot see. So you have to use Linux to see ext partitions and move stuff, whatever with it.
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bennyboy78 said:
So are you saying you can't see the partition you made on the SD-card? Cuz if you are, that partition is in either ext-2,3 or 4 which Windows cannot see. So you have to use Linux to see ext partitions and move stuff, whatever with it.
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That is correct. Can I undo a partition?
So when I take a picture it stores it on the ext. The gallery displays images and videos that are on both the ext and that are not on the ext.
When I'm in ES File Explorer I can see ext_sd. I can press and hold and it gives me the option to delete. What is going to happen if I delete the partition from ES File Explorer? I do not need it now with the LTE and all the extra memory. I suppose it will just delete everything on the extension but the extension will remain?

If you still have your old evo you can use ra recovery to re partition the card. Set swap and ext to 0 mb. This should restore the entire sd card to its full fat32 size.
Edit: this will format your sd card so have a backup of data.
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Gm0n3y said:
If you still have your old evo you can use ra recovery to re partition the card. Set swap and ext to 0 mb. This should restore the entire sd card to its full fat32 size.
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Unfortunately I turned in for $60
What if I do a full SD back up on my Mac then format the SD card in the phone....then drag everything back on to the card?

Yeah just did a google search looks like that will work. I always try to complicate things lol
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Gm0n3y said:
Yeah just did a google search looks like that will work. I always try to complicate things lol
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No...lol...thanks for your help. This is not my area of expertise. Need all the help i can get

Is "erase storage card" the same as formatting the card?
After I erased the card I went into ES File Manager and I can still see ext_sd. There are still file names on the card it seems but they all appear to be empty.

found http://yagyagaire.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-remove-second-partition-of-your.html#.UAoOhaOa2Ukhttp:// not sure if the mentioned program works with mac though. looks like all the links are for windows. how big is your SD card? when you plug it into your computer how much shows up in the properties?

Gm0n3y said:
found http://yagyagaire.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-remove-second-partition-of-your.html#.UAoOhaOa2Ukhttp:// not sure if the mentioned program works with mac though. looks like all the links are for windows. how big is your SD card? when you plug it into your computer how much shows up in the properties?
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Yea....unfortunately it is for windows. It's 16GB card.
The "erase all data" did not eliminate the ext (I can see it in ES File Explorer). The phone stores new camera pics on the ext. It looks like all of the information on the card is in the ext. So when it's plugged into my iMac I am seeing the ext only and thats where I drag it into as I have no choice

[Q] Why can't I create my EXT4 Partition?

As title says , im unable to create the EXT4 partition on my SD Card. I have 2 SD Cards one 8GB class 2 , and other one 32GB class 10. Normally i use my 8GB class 2 card but I wanted to change it to the bigger one because the 8GB is not enough for me . I've 7GB Fat32 and 1GB EXT4 on it working perfectly , i partitioned it in the 4EXT recovery. Although , I wanted to change it with my other 32GB card. Everything seems to be perfect, i supposed to create the 1GB EXT4 again but... after partitioning i go to "info" it doesnt show me the EXT4 partition unfortunately ...just saying that my ext is not formatted , but i cant format it because i didnt create it on my 8GB SD Card it shows that i have the ext4 partition, but on the 32GB it doesnt... and the problem is i cant boot up any ROM with it could anyone help me with this? I really want to use the 32GB card but i cant for now

Try doing the formatting with Gparted.

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Try doing the formatting with Gparted.
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Hey Chromium Yeah so, I tried to partition the SD Card with Gparted but unfortunately , when I booted it up , I cant see my SD Card info.. Only the PC Partitions. Could the problem be that , my phone is in 4ext recovery?? I did turn on the Disk Drive from recoery but Gparted still cant see it. I tried several times "Search for devices" in Gparted but didnt help. Any idea bro? I never did it with the Gparted , i always partitioned my SD card by recovieres or Minitool Partition so im not used to it

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Hey Chromium Yeah so, I tried to partition the SD Card with Gparted but unfortunately , when I booted it up , I cant see my SD Card info.. Only the PC Partitions. Could the problem be that , my phone is in 4ext recovery?? I did turn on the Disk Drive from recoery but Gparted still cant see it. I tried several times "Search for devices" in Gparted but didnt help. Any idea bro? I never did it with the Gparted , i always partitioned my SD card by recovieres or Minitool Partition so im not used to it
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Did you follow the partition instructions for gparted here?

Of course man ... But on the step that I should see the PC partitions along with the SD Card , There is no SD Card there are 3 ntfs partitions and the Unallocated Space one. I don't know what's the problem really
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Try putting your sdcard into a card reader

eddiehk6 said:
Try putting your sdcard into a card reader
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Okay ,will do.
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Thats what is showing up even with card reader
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proadi96 said:
Thats what is showing up even with card reader
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Does gparted see the 8GB sd-card?

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Does gparted see the 8GB sd-card?
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I just tried it , and unfortunately it doesnt I might try on another computer if its working
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proadi96 said:
I just tried it , and unfortunately it doesnt I might try on another computer if its working
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Yeah, might be the PC's fault. Try another one.

The fault was the laptop I tried on my other PC and it worked (I could see the partitions )i succesfully formated it by Gparted , but in phones recovery in the "Info" option the SD-EXT is still not formatted .. 30gb is fat32 , 1gb sd-ext and 30mb swap (I don't need it , but I really want to use this SD card so I just did everything like in the guide even if I wouldn't need it). I dont know If the problem is the SD card itself or..
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I really cant figure this out
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proadi96 said:
The fault was the laptop I tried on my other PC and it worked (I could see the partitions )i succesfully formated it by Gparted , but in phones recovery in the "Info" option the SD-EXT is still not formatted .. 30gb is fat32 , 1gb sd-ext and 30mb swap (I don't need it , but I really want to use this SD card so I just did everything like in the guide even if I wouldn't need it). I dont know If the problem is the SD card itself or..
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Try without swap, you don't need it. It should be removed from the guide
Both partitions primary, FAT32 first (on the left) and the ext4 second (on the right)
What ROM are you trying it with? Have you checked whether apps are actually installing to the partition with something like DiskUsage?

eddiehk6 said:
Try without swap, you don't need it. It should be removed from the guide
Both partitions primary, FAT32 first (on the left) and the ext4 second (on the right)
What ROM are you trying it with? Have you checked whether apps are actually installing to the partition with something like DiskUsage?
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I tried it on Beanstalk ROM. The problem is, when I make sdext partition on 32gb sd card, and I tey to boot up the phone goes to bootloop :/ even if i install ROM with this card in while flashing, the ROM still wont boot up so I cant check if the partition is working in this way My 1000 post, I feel happy to be here so long
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I tried it on Beanstalk ROM. The problem is, when I make sdext partition on 32gb sd card, and I tey to boot up the phone goes to bootloop :/ even if i install ROM with this card in while flashing, the ROM still wont boot up so I cant check if the partition is working in this way My 1000 post, I feel happy to be here so long
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- Have you tried partitioning the card completely from scratch again, max 2GB ext4, no swap?
- Does 4EXT recovery see and check that the partitions are aligned?
- Tried installing a different ROM which requires an sd-ext partition just to try something else and get it booting?
If you've tried all the steps, could be a bad card though unlikely in my experience.

Fulmics 3.7 SD Card problem

please someone help...
my SD card is unusable! it works on my pc, i copy things on it, but when I mount on my phone, it has a weird name (mainly numbers) and appears empty, and when I check it on my pc it's empty too (the storage is still used up)
and i can't copy anything (says it stopped responding or disconnected).
i have to reformat it, but that doesn't fix anything. that issue still occurs

Bastienhere said:
please someone help...
my SD card is unusable! it works on my pc, i copy things on it, but when I mount on my phone, it has a weird name (mainly numbers) and appears empty, and when I check it on my pc it's empty too (the storage is still used up)
and i can't copy anything (says it stopped responding or disconnected).
i have to reformat it, but that doesn't fix anything. that issue still occurs
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how exactly did you reformat it?

6th_Hokage said:
how exactly did you reformat it?
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through my pc. quick format. FAT32
It's too weird.. i think it's the rom. because, now, i can see the SD Card's content when i mount it with a USB adapter to my laptop.

Hi
You need to go into settings on the phone and long press on the SD card and you will be able to format the card to copy to. Do not format as internal.
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Stransky said:
Hi
You need to go into settings on the phone and long press on the SD card and you will be able to format the card to copy to. Do not format as internal.
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I long press where? it doesn't trigger any menu to format

Settings srorage sd card. Long oress on left side and you should get the option to format as portable storage.
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Bastienhere said:
through my pc. quick format. FAT32
It's too weird.. i think it's the rom. because, now, i can see the SD Card's content when i mount it with a USB adapter to my laptop.
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http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Free-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html use this tool to partition it here is a guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142844 i'ts for link to sd but you can just use it to format to fat 32