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[Q] any advice on fixing sdcard problems?

ive looked over the internet and found no solutions that helped
recent my samsung epic began giving me messages like microsd card unexpectedly removed etc. So i did what i read online and formated it on my pc and its "settings" of course i made a pc backup as well.
well it was all well for only two days and i got messages that now said sd card safe to remove. and the apps on the sd card wouldnt open no more and give a message of app not installed. so i factory reset in settings, format sd card again in settings I tried flashing a new rom, wipe data and dalvik etc ....
but the problem returns shortly after trying these ... on cwm log it shows me "cant format unknown volume /sdcard and /emmc"
now my pc and phone still read my card but it doesnt allow me to save anything or open anything on there such as apps, photos, etc.
now ive seen online suggestions of using odin or more cwm options that i have not tried because im not an expert at all yet. im in highschool so i cant really afford to expeirement myself and rather ask an expert on here.
if i should use odin or other options can someone please tell me how and what to do?
btw i have a 32gb sandisk card and im running cm10 and have never flashed other roms since i rooted first time. and i believe this started happening after i did a restore on one of my nandroid backups and i never wipe before restoring so maybe that might be the root of this conundrum i now face...

nikon120 said:
Tutorial on using ODIN and getting back to stock
Don't bother with the EL30 tar. Start just below that where the SPH-D700-FC09-8Gb-REL.tar download link is. That is the file which will give you 100% current stock.
EDIT:
After reading your original issue with the SD card...
You should remove the card from the phone.
Connect the card to a computer.
Backup whatever stuff you want to keep.
Format the card. (FAT32)
Move whatever stuff you backed up, back to the card.
Put card back in phone.
In CWM, run Fix Permissions in the advanced menu.
Optional: clear cache partition
Try again with the steps you took where you encountered the write issue to the card.
If you still experience the problem, then try ODIN to test against 100% stock.
If you still experience the problem on 100% stock (FC09), then replace the SD card.
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That was my original reply in the other thread. Since you've formatted already, use the fix permissions option in CWM and try again.
If nothing, then go back to stock and try again. If that doesn't work, then replace the card.

Alright well I'm try this Saturday and post back here to let you know how it went
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk 2

sorry for making you wait man but i had to take the act yesterday and i didnt want to f up my phone right before test day... but i was going to ask that i have a samsung usb cable that looks different than other samsung cables i have . and i used it before to root my phone and another phone and had no problems with it but it is samsung so could i still use it?

alright i just looked up what cables samsung has so i can which one i got and my mine i believe is their "travel charger" cable, the ends are a smooth glossy type plastic. it has the square shape adapter.
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holy **** i used samsung usb cable and did what you said ...and ill be damned im running fc09 right now..thanks man alot appreciate it alot Ima try it for a whole day tommorow see how it goes with the sd card and go from there.
aww damn its been only a few minutes and the phone already said sd removed but it reread it again ...
and its still working..i think

nike0518 said:
holy **** i used samsung usb cable and did what you said ...and ill be damned im running fc09 right now..thanks man alot appreciate it alot Ima try it for a whole day tommorow see how it goes with the sd card and go from there.
aww damn its been only a few minutes and the phone already said sd removed but it reread it again ...
and its still working..i think
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Have ya tried formating with your phone?
Seen that you tried it once before but when my epic's sd was glitching out simularly unmounting and remounting.
Or partitioning it for installing apps to it?
The other thing that maybe at fault is that when you formated with you computer is that it may have defaulted to a 'quick' format option. I've had nothing but mixed results with quick or fast formating option on windows and linux alike. There should be a check box option or advanced button in the formatting window on windows that gives the option for a full and lengthy format. Note: formatting on either your phone or your computer will sertianly delete the data, so, backup. One other note: when your doing something critical with data storige and such, its a good idea to close all other windows, espechealy the ones that are accessing your file system; such as file brousers and downloading files.
One more thing about restoring a backup on your phone after restoring the restore to a new or different sdcard: it can fail spectacularly if something gets corupted during all that movement and copying, so when you do get a sd card working whether it be new or newly formated it might be a good idea to make a new backup.
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yeah i tried all of that and i used a full format and didnt even restore to it ..
im on stock right now and it seems to randomly unmount but remount by itself when it says scanning media...
im going to root again before the end of tonight bc it sux on stock and ill check to see if the problem persists and im going to try replace the sd card slot too tonight because i have a few epics laying around so i check back in here tommorow afternoon
its not my sdcard for sure bc it works flawlessly on other phones and my phone did it to other sdcards as well.

Best thing you can do imo is to get a new sd card. Unless its the hw on the phone. You could solder up your own I bet, if its new for you it will be aventurous!

nike0518 said:
its not my sdcard for sure bc it works flawlessly on other phones and my phone did it to other sdcards as well.
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Seems like you've found the fault with the hardware. Before repair I'd try cleaning the contacts. Hope its just software though as it be a pain to do a repair and still have the same issue.
Sent from either my SPH-D700 or myTouch3Gs using XDA app
"it never hurts to help"

well i was sure it was hard ware after the message appear on 100% stock but the good thing i have a few epics sitting around with cracked screens/bricked/other issues so i got replacement parts.
but i fixed the problem !
i opened my epic and took out it sd card slot completly off the motherboard and same to other epic and swapped them.
and it didnt require any soldering since the epic is bada** phone .. very precise placement required though to put the slot back on the motherboard but i matched it after taking my time lol
now im just to going to root and flash and be a happy camper.
thanks very much though guys now im more confident in unrooting my phone and i know how to as well.
it seems the problem is gonnne.

crappppp the problem returned but now it fixes itself right after but this can trick some of the apps.
like apollo .
i have a few songs on there and unless i pop out and reinsert the sdcard or reboot it Apollo will think i dont have those songs ...which sux bc i use it frequently but yeah im just try swapping the sdcard slots again .

[Q&A] CyanogenMod 12

Q&A for CyanogenMod 12
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Nice work Nardholio
Great work on this Beta CM12

Unable to make backups in cwm
I am able to flash the CM12 with a clean flash but I get a message that says "failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata at/data: Device or resource busy" along with "unmount of /data failed (-1):device or resource busy) when I try to flash the rom. When I go to make a complete system back up in CWM, I can back up all the way to the data partition where it states "error while making a backup image of /data". This is concerning because I would like a full back up. Did I go wrong in my clean flash? I wiped the /data, /system, and /cache partition along with wiping dalvik cache. Other than that, the rom is pretty stable for only being on the 3rd build! Keep up the work.

Woodsracer77 said:
I am able to flash the CM12 with a clean flash but I get a message that says "failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata at/data: Device or resource busy" along with "unmount of /data failed (-1):device or resource busy) when I try to flash the rom. When I go to make a complete system back up in CWM, I can back up all the way to the data partition where it states "error while making a backup image of /data". This is concerning because I would like a full back up. Did I go wrong in my clean flash? I wiped the /data, /system, and /cache partition along with wiping dalvik cache. Other than that, the rom is pretty stable for only being on the 3rd build! Keep up the work.
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I'm not sure about not being able to back up, but I receive the same message every time I flash it, ROM still installs fine.
Also, this was posted in the main thread, but I can confirm that the camera now works so long as you launch it from the lock screen.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Free mobile app

CM12 d2att
Seriously , WOW, good work.
It's a very early build but it is deadly smooth. Most of it work. It's viable to try it out. Of course its missing lots of CM goodies but if you want to try LP out, this work fine.
The superSU root work perfectly. Installed the beta .zip from CWM.
Looks like the Documents apps is missing.
Thank you for you good work SIR.

Odd bug, when you drag down for notifications it goes straight to quick settings. It wasn't like that on the last build.

No Sim Card
I just flashed build 3 but It still can't detect SIM Card. Any extra thing that I should do to get that working? Thank you for your help, awesome work.

matsix said:
Odd bug, when you drag down for notifications it goes straight to quick settings. It wasn't like that on the last build.
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Not sure if that's a bug or not, it should definitely be an option, and not defaulted and stuck on, but it only happens when you pull down from the right side, which has been an existing option in previous CM versions. Pulling down from the middle or left acts as expected.
Just an FYI if you hadn't already figured that out.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Free mobile app

Oh wow thanks! I don't remember that ever happening with the previous build. Maybe perhaps the dev got some CM stuff working with it

Woodsracer77 said:
I am able to flash the CM12 with a clean flash but I get a message that says "failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata at/data: Device or resource busy" along with "unmount of /data failed (-1):device or resource busy) when I try to flash the rom. When I go to make a complete system back up in CWM, I can back up all the way to the data partition where it states "error while making a backup image of /data". This is concerning because I would like a full back up. Did I go wrong in my clean flash? I wiped the /data, /system, and /cache partition along with wiping dalvik cache. Other than that, the rom is pretty stable for only being on the 3rd build! Keep up the work.
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I'm able to make backups using TWRP.

So, anyone else having GPS troubles? It very well might be me, or this particular phone, but I finally got my GPS working reasonably reliably with 4.4, using the Samsung service menu (which I now can't find the # for), and resetting the aGPS calibration and re-downloading it.
Now when I open GPS status it says 0/0 satellites locked. Maps still gets a rough area via WiFi and cell towers, but no turn by turn, and I get "GPS signal lost" frequently.
-- Edit --
Flased a TW rom (blegh), and went into the Samsung service menu *#197328640#, umts, nv rebuild, nv rebuild, full reboot, and problem was solved. Will be flashing another rom ASAP.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Free mobile app

SIM Card not detected
Anyone else having this problem?

Still no SIM
I flashed cm-12-20141120-UNOFFICIAL-d2att (I'm pretty sure that's build 4) and no matter what I do I cannot get it to recognize the SIM card. I've wiped both caches and done factory resets from both the recovery and the OS. I also flashed gapps and SuperSU. Everything else seems to be working as expected. Any help would be appreciated!

No SIM Detected.
So I flashed from a completely different rom (factory reset, wipe cache, dalvik, etc.) and I get No Sim Detected. I looked it up and I found that I need to configure the APN (had no idea what it was and never needed to do this before) but it says "Access Point Name settings are not available for this user"
Did I do anything wrong?
EDIT: If it helps, I have d2ATT sgh-i747 and I (supposed to) have 4g
Thanks

Not being able to wake up with home button
Is anybody else have the same issue? Not being able to wake the screen with the home button?

henriquel said:
Is anybody else have the same issue? Not being able to wake the screen with the home button?
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That is a known issue. See the main discussion forum.
Update to No SIM issue:
Apparently I can receive calls and send texts. My device still says no SIM and won't let me make any calls.

No sim, will not let me save apn
Rom runs great, but same as some other users, sim not detected, and apn will not save.
Thanks for the hard work.
jef

Having the same issue. No sim card but I can receive text, I can't make any calls and the APN won't save

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SIM and SD Not Recognized.
Getting the same issues as other users - I747m on Telus, flashing with CWM recovery. Clean flash of build 3 and 4 with the same issue on both. Can send and receive texts, incoming calls work, cannot make outgoing calls. APN settings not available for user and will not stick when edited/added?

recovering deleted pictures from internal sdcard

hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have

You are going to have to put your SD card into the computer and use a recovery program. SD cards don't have a "trash" so you will need to find software to recover it. IMPORTANT!! DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! the more reads and writes to your card, the more likely that the files you are looking for will be purged off. The reason I know its possible is because I just had to do this about 6 months ago. Good luck
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Success100 said:
You are going to have to put your SD card into the computer and use a recovery program. SD cards don't have a "trash" so you will need to find software to recover it. IMPORTANT!! DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! the more reads and writes to your card, the more likely that the files you are looking for will be purged off. The reason I know its possible is because I just had to do this about 6 months ago. Good luck
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app
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internal SD.....not external SD ! zo thats a nice idea but not going to work as its not removable.
as long as you can't mount the internal SD as an USB disk its a no go to run recovery software as 99% of those type of software needs a USB disk to run and NOT MTP type of storage.

I think I saw a hack around XDA that allowed you to mount the memory, or extract the contents, to be able to recover (possibly) data. But it seemed like a lot of hoops to jump through. Plus, data recovery programs will often be only partially successful, under the best of circumstances.
Consider it a lesson learned, and backup your photos next time. With a variety of easy cloud options, there is really no reason not to.

pinkslips said:
hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have
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do you have a Nandroid ? why didn't you use the Google drive or Dropbox for backup ?
HTC gives every One owner a Google Drive just for this reason

pinkslips said:
hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have
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well you could try
reboot to TWRP recovery to avoid further damage to the partition, make sure /external_sd is mounted
Code:
adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p47 of=/external_sd/mmcblk0p47_userdata.img
(that should be a raw ext4 partition)
once that's done, take out your external sdcard, and using a card reader, try mounting it in linux then use some recovery program,
you may possibly need to convert it the raw partition, but i'm not sure about all that, just trying to point you in the [possibly] right direction
but in all cases, very low chance of success probably
EDIT: for example, i was able to mount the partition (i made a backup when i first got the phone), just to test using DiskInternals Linux Reader:
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thanks all i managed to do it , i went for a guy and he recovered them for me using terminal emulator and some other program i can remember its name

pinkslips said:
thanks all i managed to do it , i went for a guy and he recovered them for me using terminal emulator and some other program i can remember its name
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Wow that's Great news... Please find out what he used to recover the files . I could really use it.

if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage

methslushee said:
if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage
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yes exactly diskdigger root paid one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdiggerpro&hl=en
u can try the free version first if it didnt work for u go for pro , i dont know why int the reviews alot of people says it doesnt work but it worked like a charm , i even used it later afterwards to recover some music and some videos i shot with the camera ,

methslushee said:
if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage
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pinkslips said:
yes exactly diskdigger root paid one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdiggerpro&hl=en
u can try the free version first if it didnt work for u go for pro , i dont know why int the reviews alot of people says it doesnt work but it worked like a charm , i even used it later afterwards to recover some music and some videos i shot with the camera ,
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Disk digger works very very well. I have used it a few times to help others out. It's success rate is pretty high.
Just ensure to recover to the external sd card.

I suggest that you try this htc data recovery solution.
Good luck.

peternik999 said:
I think not possible for internal storage.
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Phone based data recovery apps (such as from the Play store) are your best bet.
As you may be referring to (hard to tell with a one line, vague post) PC based programs have been (at least somewhat) successful recovering data from smartphones in the past. But since Android has moved to MTP protocol (versus USB mass storage), most of those programs won't work.
The phone apps will work to some degree, with internal storage. But data recovery is always an iffy proposition. Once the memory blocks get overwritten, the data is gone for good (at least by any reasonable, consumer level retrieval methods).

Platform.xml caused broken bluetooth and write permissions

So, this all started, because I was annoyed that Dolphin Browser, wouldn't let me save directly to the external_SD\download folder. I googled, and found out it was a thing since 4.4, that writing to the SD card was kinda wonky. Anyway, I did the "fix" where you add those lines in the platform.xml file, and bluetooth no longer works (something I use every day, so it's important to me). I deleted the file and restored my backup, which at the very most, stopped the bluetooth toast error from constantly appearing. Now, I can no longer take screenshots, or use the camera app. I also noticed that sdcard0 no longer shows as an active directory. Everything appears to have been moved to emulated\0. I have used Root Explorer to try and change folder r/w permissions, to no avail. I'm wondering if having Apps2sd move everything to the sd card, the day prior, aided in this debacle. I have tried using the apps on the play store to fix the sd issue, which just tell me that it's already fixed, even though it isn't.
Is there a known fix to this, other than wiping and starting completely over? When I attempt doing a factory reset, do I need to have the rooted image on the root of the internal memory, and by that I mean, do I need to re-access sdcard0, or will it work on the emulated/0 mount? Will this cause a boot loop?
I am on 11A, and rooted.
I have read all the threads I could on this, but I didn't really see a solution.

ishb3w said:
So, this all started, because I was annoyed that Dolphin Browser, wouldn't let me save directly to the external_SD\download folder. I googled, and found out it was a thing since 4.4, that writing to the SD card was kinda wonky. Anyway, I did the "fix" where you add those lines in the platform.xml file, and bluetooth no longer works (something I use every day, so it's important to me). I deleted the file and restored my backup, which at the very most, stopped the bluetooth toast error from constantly appearing. Now, I can no longer take screenshots, or use the camera app. I also noticed that sdcard0 no longer shows as an active directory. Everything appears to have been moved to emulated\0. I have used Root Explorer to try and change folder r/w permissions, to no avail. I'm wondering if having Apps2sd move everything to the sd card, the day prior, aided in this debacle. I have tried using the apps on the play store to fix the sd issue, which just tell me that it's already fixed, even though it isn't.
Is there a known fix to this, other than wiping and starting completely over? When I attempt doing a factory reset, do I need to have the rooted image on the root of the internal memory, and by that I mean, do I need to re-access sdcard0, or will it work on the emulated/0 mount? Will this cause a boot loop?
I am on 11A, and rooted.
I have read all the threads I could on this, but I didn't really see a solution.
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i know the feeling but it is best to KDZ 11A on your phone and then reroot it to be safe. there is a way to get the SD card fix without messing with the XML file, i have 1 app but i cant post it on here but i do some looking around tomorrow and i let you know the best one you can use to write to SD card, i got y G4 unrooted to do a video, so once i get it rooted and do some looking around. i let you know
my youtube channel can show you how to use a KDZ file
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDnfyWhSEEo
dont use the same file that i used, just use your 11A KDZ if you want to stay on 11A. if you want to use 13B please use the LGUP tool dont take the OTA cause you may be pushed to 25A

ishb3w said:
So, this all started, because I was annoyed that Dolphin Browser, wouldn't let me save directly to the external_SD\download folder. I googled, and found out it was a thing since 4.4, that writing to the SD card was kinda wonky. Anyway, I did the "fix" where you add those lines in the platform.xml file, and bluetooth no longer works (something I use every day, so it's important to me). I deleted the file and restored my backup, which at the very most, stopped the bluetooth toast error from constantly appearing. Now, I can no longer take screenshots, or use the camera app. I also noticed that sdcard0 no longer shows as an active directory. Everything appears to have been moved to emulated\0. I have used Root Explorer to try and change folder r/w permissions, to no avail. I'm wondering if having Apps2sd move everything to the sd card, the day prior, aided in this debacle. I have tried using the apps on the play store to fix the sd issue, which just tell me that it's already fixed, even though it isn't.
Is there a known fix to this, other than wiping and starting completely over? When I attempt doing a factory reset, do I need to have the rooted image on the root of the internal memory, and by that I mean, do I need to re-access sdcard0, or will it work on the emulated/0 mount? Will this cause a boot loop?
I am on 11A, and rooted.
I have read all the threads I could on this, but I didn't really see a solution.
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ok sorry that this is late but i found an app, enjoy
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I tried that app, and mentioned it in my OP. It doesn't do anything, it tells me my phone has already been fixed (even though it wasn't).

ishb3w said:
I tried that app, and mentioned it in my OP. It doesn't do anything, it tells me my phone has already been fixed (even though it wasn't).
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hmm, when i used it and used my other app, it said it fixed the sd card issue, i can keep looking for you, sorry i haven't replied for awhile. been playing with the lg V10 and LG G3

XIAOMI MI A2 Lite - Android Oreo 8.1 - "External storage stopped working"

Hi all,
I just bought the phone in the subject of the thread and I am just having this problem with the sdcard over and over again.
Long story short:
I bought a sandisk sdcard 128 and converted it as internal storage from the settings menu'.
The card is working perfectly fine as I am able to move apps on it, run programs and see the added 128GB but, every time I try to open "file" manager (the stock one or any other downloaded from Googleplay) I keep getting the error message "External storage stopped working" and the device disappears from the list on the left. Same issue if I try to delete the apps stored on the memory rather than the one on the device itself.
Of course I understand that the phone is not seeing it as an external memory anymore, and till this point all is perfectly normal for me but still don't understand why any of the file managers used is unable to show me what files are on my device.
Also, this error message is a pain in the A** as stop me from receiving notifications from some apps as Facebook or messanger.
I tried removing the SDcard or converting it as an external memory and all come back working as usual.
I tried reformatting it numerous times and rebooting the device and nothing seems working.
Below some pics of the error message and "file" app not showing my device anymore when the SD is in
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I have exactly the same symptoms on my phone. Could it be a hardware issue?

Yeah, I also have this issue. Previously I used old (1-2 year old) sandisk ultra 32 gb card. The i bought a new samsung evo plus 64 gb card and I still got the same error message. Worse, somehow in storage setting the capacity of the samsung card is listed at 128 gb.
Weird. Help?

Workaround, not a solution
I had the same problems from the first time I got this phone. I even replace the SD card I had with a new one with A1 specs capable of 100mb/sec transfer rates.
The was still coming up everytime the card was accesed, I think due to some response timeout from the android system although the apps seem to be running ok.
Anyway I think I found how to overcome this problem so far, although it is not a solution, so that this annoying warning is not appearing:
-You have to enable developer options (check google how to)
-Go to Settings > System > Developer options
-Scroll down almost to the bottom of the screen until you find an option like 'Errors without response' (may be different text)
-Switch this option off
Now I can use the sd card with no problem, anyway better have a fast one as I said before to ensure apps can read/write ok.

Dont lie there is no such option in there , xiaomi better fix this im about to take a hammer abd break the phone

Elroto said:
I had the same problems from the first time I got this phone. I even replace the SD card I had with a new one with A1 specs capable of 100mb/sec transfer rates.
The was still coming up everytime the card was accesed, I think due to some response timeout from the android system although the apps seem to be running ok.
Anyway I think I found how to overcome this problem so far, although it is not a solution, so that this annoying warning is not appearing:
-You have to enable developer options (check google how to)
-Go to Settings > System > Developer options
-Scroll down almost to the bottom of the screen until you find an option like 'Errors without response' (may be different text)
-Switch this option off
Now I can use the sd card with no problem, anyway better have a fast one as I said before to ensure apps can read/write ok.
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Nice, I'll have a look and test. however the phone works fine. now is almost 2 months and apart from the error message the phone is fine!

manna.davide87 said:
Nice, I'll have a look and test. however the phone works fine. now is almost 2 months and apart from the error message the phone is fine!
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nope, can't find anything similar. can you post a screenshot please and in which category you find it?
my last category is "apps" so I don't think is the same. i think probably the correct category is Debugging. please correct me if I am wrong!

manna.davide87 said:
nope, can't find anything similar. can you post a screenshot please and in which category you find it?
my last category is "apps" so I don't think is the same. i think probably the correct category is Debugging. please correct me if I am wrong!
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It is at the bottom and looks like this

rockycocky said:
It is at the bottom and looks like this
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mmmmh really strange, is not showing on mine... which version of Oreo have you got?

manna.davide87 said:
mmmmh really strange, is not showing on mine... which version of Oreo have you got?
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sorry, found it. was already set on "disabled".. it worked for me for a couple of days but now is happening again...

Having the exact same issue, play music won't recognise my SanDisk 128 GB card and neither will file manager??

I bought this phone ans I also have the same issue. I have a high quality 128GB SD card I used on my previous phones with no errors or lag. With this phone I have exact same issues as you guys so this is due to xioami. But there don't seems to be a lot of people affected looking at this thread.
Need a solution for this.
This video clearly shows the issue.
external storage keeps stopping http://c.mi.com/thread-1574881-1-0.html

Android pie update on xiaomi lite a2 solve this update I think. It's on the December update. Just got it in france

Kwaadpepper said:
Android pie update on xiaomi lite a2 solve this update I think. It's on the December update. Just got it in france
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Yes it did i had the issue on Oreo no longer says that.but if I soft reboot it says to reinsert the card I just turn it off n back on and it's fine

rob420p said:
Yes it did i had the issue on Oreo no longer says that.but if I soft reboot it says to reinsert the card I just turn it off n back on and it's fine
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yup but now my phone is crap: turns itself down, spotify doesn't work anymore with the alarm, no notifications from whatsapp unless i open the app, the screen brightness is atrocious, the volume is lower and the battery drains faster and many more....I am collecting them all as for pokémons. Google you are ****ing unbelievable, fix one to destroy a hundred.

bro... what moment in sd card error?
just in the moment you convert to adoptable storage , or in normal mode that sd card use for external storage (store foto music film etc)
sorry my bad english

bla.tiga said:
bro... what moment in sd card error?
just in the moment you convert to adoptable storage , or in normal mode that sd card use for external storage (store foto music film etc)
sorry my bad english
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For the issue in the first post try clearing the data from every file manager you use, it seems a little strange that the file manager reports external device error when you converted to internal (basically you told the system that the external memory doesn't exists and it should only look at internal memory)
you could try to format the sd card on a PC (use FAT32, NTFS gave me issues)
when you put the card in, choose external option and see if that helps.

I recently purchased 64GB Hama SD card (it's Samsung's) with 80MB/s read speed (this one) and it was totally unusable on Pie. I formatted it as internal and my phone kept rebooting over and over (restarting SystemUI) and all the apps which were installed on this card were constantly cleared, for e.g. every time I left Spotify, even without this random reboot, I needed to log in again and download my files, same with other apps and their settings. I didn't get those pop-ups about storage errors tho.
I downgraded to Oreo, formatted the card as I wanted - as internal, and now everything seems to be fine, except this error I'm getting from time to time "External Storage has stopped". I didn't noticed any impact on my files or the overall speed of the phone, just throwing this error and nothing else happens.
I tried the solution from @Elroto, but it was already turned off in Developer options, then I found #43 in this thread, but it didn't work for me either.
Did anyone manage to solve this issue?

yea pie fix the error popup but the sd card problem is still there when the screen is locked the sdcard randomly ejects and when you set the sdcard as internal itll soft reboot your phone when locked. The problem occur when the phone is locked

I disabled Downloads and Download Manager (System -> Apps & notifications -> All apps (show system)) and I don't receive any errors about external storage anymore, but you can't use Android/Play Store without Download Manager. Any workaround ideas?