Never really heard of this, but i was told from my brother that after putting a new SD Card into my phone i have to format the SD card.. I thought you just put the SD card in and bam its ready to go. So if i do have to format it, how do i do that? Thank you.
ixJay said:
Never really heard of this, but i was told from my brother that after putting a new SD Card into my phone i have to format the SD card.. I thought you just put the SD card in and bam its ready to go. So if i do have to format it, how do i do that? Thank you.
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Menu>system settings>storage>unmount then format or you can do via recovery as well depending on which you use
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Yeah I couldn't find it via recovery on TWRP, but when I go into setting and storage.. all it has is unmount SD card and when I do that, it just tells me to mount it back up. But w.e I already started putting ROMs, kernels and other stuff on my phone. All seems to work out well so I'm good I guess
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ixJay said:
Yeah I couldn't find it via recovery on TWRP, but when I go into setting and storage.. all it has is unmount SD card and when I do that, it just tells me to mount it back up. But w.e I already started putting ROMs, kernels and other stuff on my phone. All seems to work out well so I'm good I guess
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If on TWRP then select wipe and should give you options for cache, dalvik cache, system, factory reset, SD card, internal storage and android secure.
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So i have no idea how it happened but my sd card went crazy on me. I was just using my phone and then I clicked on an app that i had on my sd card and said that it couldnt be found, then it said that i had a blank sd card and that it needed to be formatted. I tried everything; pulling the battery, mounting, remounting, putting it in and out, tried to mount in recovery, tried to format in recovery...... NOTHING WORKED! So then i tried to plug it in on my computer (windows 7) and it wouldnt mount, so i couldnt format it.... Is there ANYTHING I can do!?!?!!?!? someone please help me cause it is a 16gb sd card and all i have left is a 2gb one... HA that wont work for me. Any help is appreciated!!
dtraini7 said:
So i have no idea how it happened but my sd card went crazy on me. I was just using my phone and then I clicked on an app that i had on my sd card and said that it couldnt be found, then it said that i had a blank sd card and that it needed to be formatted. I tried everything; pulling the battery, mounting, remounting, putting it in and out, tried to mount in recovery, tried to format in recovery...... NOTHING WORKED! So then i tried to plug it in on my computer (windows 7) and it wouldnt mount, so i couldnt format it.... Is there ANYTHING I can do!?!?!!?!? someone please help me cause it is a 16gb sd card and all i have left is a 2gb one... HA that wont work for me. Any help is appreciated!!
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Pull sd out of phone and use a card reader to see if it can be read from the pc. If you can read it with the pc, copy all your files to the pc and then format the sd fat32. Once formated put the files back on the sd and put it back in the phone and see if it works then.
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Pull sd out of phone and use a card reader to see if it can be read from the pc. If you can read it with the pc, copy all your files to the pc and then format the sd fat32. Once formated put the files back on the sd and put it back in the phone and see if it works then.
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That is what I have been trying to do, my card reader does work I tested it on another card, but my reader doesn't even read the corrupted one... My computer just says insert disk into drive
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If the pc cant read or format it then im sorry to say your sd has more than likley bit the dust.
cmlusco said:
If the pc cant read or format it then im sorry to say your sd has more than likley bit the dust.
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Damn.... Ok I wonder what happened tho!?
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dtraini7 said:
Damn.... Ok I wonder what happened tho!?
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How old is it? Sometimes they just go out, especially with heavy use.
cmlusco said:
How old is it? Sometimes they just go out, especially with heavy use.
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Ummmm probably a couple months over a year
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If ur phone has a recovery mount usn on phone recovery. Then scan the card with a data recovery tool. Its worked for me in the past
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I have tried that and it gives me an error and says I can't mount it.
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I have tried that and it gives me an error and says I can't mount it.
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have you ever pulled the SD card out of a device before Unmounted it? Sounds like the the chip inside is dead. There are some places that you can take it to and they can pull the info off of it. its not cheap but they do exist. It all depends on if you really want the info off of it or not.
Have you tried "SD Card Tester" from the Market, Or H2testw 1.4 for the PC?
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have you ever pulled the SD card out of a device before Unmounted it? Sounds like the the chip inside is dead. There are some places that you can take it to and they can pull the info off of it. its not cheap but they do exist. It all depends on if you really want the info off of it or not.
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Not that I remember... But ah its ok it was mostly music and roms that I can just put back on lol
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Have you tried "SD Card Tester" from the Market, Or H2testw 1.4 for the PC?
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No I have not.... Lemme see what that does.
Edit: I tried the SD card tester and it said error: no permission to write to SD card.
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cmlusco said:
If the pc cant read or format it then im sorry to say your sd has more than likley bit the dust.
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lol hope the author's SD is good...
I have a rooted LG Nitro HD. I downloaded the Domination HD Rom. However, when in clockworkmod recovery, no .zip files found. Anyone else have this happen? I rooted using superoneclick.
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Yeah, I had this happen with the CWM flashed from Rom Manager. I ended up going back to bytecode64's.
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Thank you. I will check it out.
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Copy your SD card to your computer (all the files), reformat the SD card in Windows, and then copy your files back on it. Then CWM Touch will see the files.
Thank you, kernelpan1c. Worked perfectly. My next step is to check out your rom. Looks pretty sweet.
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kernelpan1c said:
Copy your SD card to your computer (all the files), reformat the SD card in Windows, and then copy your files back on it. Then CWM Touch will see the files.
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How do I reformat it... I cannot reformat it like a USB
Vickle said:
How do I reformat it... I cannot reformat it like a USB
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I haven't done it with card in the phone. Go get a microSD adapter and format with Windows (considering you have a card reader).
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How do I reformat it... I cannot reformat it like a USB
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Enable usb mass storage on your phone and windows should let you format it or boot in cwm, go to mount and storage, select mount sd card and then format sd card.
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Same problem when using 16Gb micro sd card. For resolving this problem use micro sd card small capacity. I used 2gb card.
Sorry for my English.
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Hey guys, I did a quick search and couldn't find an answer. Basically, I'm having trouble with TWRP -- it won't mount/recognize my SD card at all. All the advice I've seen so far is to format the microSD card as fat32. Unfortunately, this fix doesn't work for me, as my SD is already formatted to fat32.
Are there any other alternate options?
Thanks!
EDIT: this is on TWRP 2.3.2.3
you probably need to update TWRP. If you rooted using the Galaxy Note 2 tool kit, it's a slightly older version. Here's the thread on TWRP, which you can find the latest version.
I think i'm on the newest version. I updated it a couple days ago using goo manager to 2.3.2.3, which seems to be the newest one
that would be the newest. I had that problem till I updated. My SDXC card is formatted in NTSF. Maybe, you need to reformat it in your phone.
yea, I'll try that. wish me luck
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that would be the newest. I had that problem till I updated. My SDXC card is formatted in NTSF. Maybe, you need to reformat it in your phone.
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Strange I threw my brand new 64gb in and it recognize it. Showed 59.45gb. I still formatted it and showed 59.47 now
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That's about right for available space you'll get. But can you mount or browse the card in twrp?
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Strange I threw my brand new 64gb in and it recognize it. Showed 59.45gb. I still formatted it and showed 59.47 now
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It's not really strange - 64/1024/1024/1024x1000x1000x1000=~59.6
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lovekeiiy said:
that would be the newest. I had that problem till I updated. My SDXC card is formatted in NTSF. Maybe, you need to reformat it in your phone.
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It seems that I can't format my SD card through TWRP. The phone itself sees the SD card just fine except when inside TWRP
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It seems that I can't format my SD card through TWRP. The phone itself sees the SD card just fine except when inside TWRP
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I'll check in a little bit phone is dead and cycling battery. But my 32gb showed up. Are you sure you're not changing it to show external storage
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you need to go into advance menu, file manager. Then you need to look externalSDCard directory or similar name. That's your SDXC card. Don't use that external/internal option in one of the other menus.
This tends to be case in some of the file manager apps as well such as ES File Explorer.
ok, so, it seems it's not under external_sdcard, but under sdcard. So I guess to access the sdcard i have to go through that. Thanks for the help
Is there any way I can change the default backup location for TWRP to use the SD card? I can't backup to internal storage since I don't have enough space
I had a similar issue with this 2 days ago. ..Could not mount the 64gig sd card in trwp but works fine on the phone. ..I updated to the newest twrp yesterday and that resolve the issue. ..
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Jocelyn said:
It's not really strange - 64/1024/1024/1024x1000x1000x1000=~59.6
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Damn that math.
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unfortunately, I'm updated to the newest version right now and it won't work for me
bumping
I still can't get TWRP to properly recognize my SD Card
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bumping
I still can't get TWRP to properly recognize my SD Card
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I don't understand your problem when you go to twrp click install, you have the option to check to either internal or external right at the top.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
I don't understand your problem when you go to twrp click install, you have the option to check to either internal or external right at the top.
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This internal/external partition card storage is kinda hidden in plain sight...presuming the OP's SD card isn't toast.
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This internal/external partition card storage is kinda hidden in plain sight...presuming the OP's SD card isn't toast.
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Hidden in plain sight, really not that hard to see lol. If you can't take the 3 seconds to look where it says internal or external you shouldn't even bother trying to worry about it simple as that.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
Hidden in plain sight, really not that hard to see lol. If you can't take the 3 seconds to look where it says internal or external you shouldn't even bother trying to worry about it simple as that.
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Tapping on "use external SD" just has it snap back to "use internal storage" and the error message "unable to mount '/external_sdcard'" comes up. So no, it's not that I'm blind.
Ok when I got my note 2 I formatted my sd card through the phone. I was using it with my Droid Charge. No problems. Now that its in my note2 every CWM backup I do doesnt go to sd it goes to phone.(or titanium) I went to filemanager and I cant move the back ups to sd card. So my question is.. did I format sd incorrectly? Meaning I shouldve used PC or am I just missing something? I dont have a card reader and its a 32 gb sandisk.(rooted and stock) any help is appreciated. Thanks
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Kenbals said:
Ok when I got my note 2 I formatted my sd card through the phone. I was using it with my Droid Charge. No problems. Now that its in my note2 every CWM backup I do doesnt go to sd it goes to phone.(or titanium) I went to filemanager and I cant move the back ups to sd card. So my question is.. did I format sd incorrectly? Meaning I shouldve used PC or am I just missing something? I dont have a card reader and its a 32 gb sandisk.(rooted and stock) any help is appreciated. Thanks
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When you are in CWM are you choosing to back up to external sdcard or just backup?
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You can try formatting the memory card by connecting your phone in 'USB storage' to PC and format by PC and then repeat the process.
Hope it has works for you
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Wow. What a brain fart!! Thank both of you
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Last night I decided to restore my phone back to the stock ROM. I've completed this process countless times before without ever having this problem. I made my backups via Titanium and TWRP recovery. Since I had a lot of photos saved internally, I wanted to move them to my SD card before going back to the stock ROM since they would have been deleted. I used my file manager and MOVED folders containing the pictures that I wanted to save to my SD card. I think this is where my problem stems from. I probably should have copied the folders instead of just moving them. After the stock ROM loaded up I went through the introduction steps and afterwards I noticed the "Your SD card is safe to remove" notification. I went to settings to try and mount the SD card but the setting app ends up crashing. Thinking I made a mistake while going back to stock, I restored my phone back the ROM I was using my backup only to find out that the problem still persisted. The card can be mounted in windows and in recovery mode. I have no idea how to make my phone mount it normally though.
Since you restored stock and are having problems I would flash stock via Odin without the sdcard in the phone just to be sure.
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I just tried that and it still didn't mount. I should probably note that it's my 64GB SD card that cannot be mounted and my 16GB one can.
Fat32?
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Well then sounds like an issue might be with the format of the card. Try backing it up to pc then formatting it as a fat file system instead of exfat.
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I backed up everything from my SD card to my desktop and reformatted it as exFAT (since that's how I originally formatted it) and now my phone can mount it normally again. Still not sure what made it unrecognizable to my phone, but I'm glad I don't have to purchase a new 64GB SD card now. Thanks for helping guys. Much appreciated.
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I backed up everything from my SD card to my desktop and reformatted it as exFAT (since that's how I originally formatted it) and now my phone can mount it normally again. Still not sure what made it unrecognizable to my phone, but I'm glad I don't have to purchase a new 64GB SD card now. Thanks for helping guys. Much appreciated.
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I still suggest using plain fat since exfat is not supported 100% by all roms/kernels. This could save you from issues later if you change from stock roms to custom roms.
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