[Q] SD card slot "dead"? - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a R800a with unlocked bootloader. I was using CM 7.2 until a friend pointed out an update that made jellybean roms more atractive, so I went for CDan's Turbo JB kernel and CM 10. Then I realized CM 10 could not recognize my sdcard, so I rolled back to CM 7.2. Since then, my card slot does not "work" properly, I've tried exchanging several times, even went back to stock ROM. Even CWM recovery gives an error when trying to mount sdcard. Anyone can help?

Did you try blowing air inside?

chery2k said:
Did you try blowing air inside?
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As a matter of fact I did, but to no avail. I've also fastboot a recovery image, but it isn't able to mount my SD card. Using other SD cards, and reformatting isn't useful either.

Format your sd card. I know that sucks to hear. You should still be able to mount to pc through cwm if you don't have a memory card slot.
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I had issues where some SD will not get recognized by CWM. Use a different SD card.

CrypticRook said:
Format your sd card. I know that sucks to hear. You should still be able to mount to pc through cwm if you don't have a memory card slot.
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eksasol said:
I had issues where some SD will not get recognized by CWM. Use a different SD card.
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I've tried those things, but still can't mount the SD card. The SD I'm currently using is recognized by my PC with no problems, and all others I've tested on my phone are working too, just not on my Play.

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[Q] SD card wont mount in cmw recovery

The sd card has never given me an issue, I can always make changes to it and the phone reads it fine. But when I go to recovery mode to flash a rom it gives me an error that it can't mount the sd card. I've already rebooted the phone, took the card out and still the same. Any opinions? Do I have to format the card or something? I really want to avoid that
SheWolf88pr said:
The sd card has never given me an issue, I can always make changes to it and the phone reads it fine. But when I go to recovery mode to flash a rom it gives me an error that it can't mount the sd card. I've already rebooted the phone, took the card out and still the same. Any opinions? Do I have to format the card or something? I really want to avoid that
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A noble request. I, too, would like the solution to this if there is one. The specific error I receive is "E:Unable to open ums lunfile (No such file or directory)"
Thank you.
SheWolf88pr said:
The sd card has never given me an issue, I can always make changes to it and the phone reads it fine. But when I go to recovery mode to flash a rom it gives me an error that it can't mount the sd card. I've already rebooted the phone, took the card out and still the same. Any opinions? Do I have to format the card or something? I really want to avoid that
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I had same/similar problem and had to format the card in the phone not in a computer. Would not convert to ext4. Back up your card, format, and install CWM. Transfer back your folders. Worked for me..
hammerbrain said:
I had same/similar problem and had to format the card in the phone not in a computer. Would not convert to ext4. Back up your card, format, and install CWM. Transfer back your folders. Worked for me..
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What he said.
Sounds like your cards have became corrupted. Just back up what you want to save to your pc. Format the sd card using cwm.
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I guess I was misreading the post.
I thought you were saying that when you attempted to Mount your SD card you received an error as I did. I had no problems converting to ext4 and installing ROMs, my error only occurs when I attempt to use the Mount SDCard function.
othan1 said:
I guess I was misreading the post.
I thought you were saying that when you attempted to Mount your SD card you received an error as I did. I had no problems converting to ext4 and installing ROMs, my error only occurs when I attempt to use the Mount SDCard function.
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Maybe this can help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10294910
hammerbrain said:
Maybe this can help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10294910
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Thanks for that. I wasn't actively looking for the solution as it really didn't bother me that much and just opportunistically jumped at this thread when I saw it.
My apologies.
If you have cwm then.boot onto cwm using the three finger method. If you use an app or adb then you will get that message due.to the redirector.
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musclehead84 said:
If you have cwm then.boot onto cwm using the three finger method. If you use an app or adb then you will get that message due.to the redirector.
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I tried that, but when I boot using the three finger method, it boots unto cmw 2.5.xxx (I can't remember) then I have to reebot using the advance option to get to the new cmw. And still it won't mount.
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What rom/ android version are you on?
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I'm using the MIDnight v4.1, I wanted to update to v4.2
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I think I need to update cmw again, cause I found some ppl with the same problem when they tried mounting the sd card using v3.0.0.6. Is there a newer cmw out? And is there a way to update without using a computer?
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The newest cwm us 3.0.0.6 and you.need a PC to run the windoes batch file.
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Well that's the version I have :\ ...still not sure wat to do
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I have the same issue
Running EB13 & CWM 3.0.0.6
SD card works fine from within the phone, but CWM will not mount it for my laptop to see from within CWM.

HELP! sd card wont mount

well i flashed a kernel and didnt like it so i went into recovery and began flashing my nandroid backup. from there it was all going fine but stopped in the middle and said, oops something went wrong. after that i tried to get back into my sd to see if i had another backup. i then realized that my sd card was unmounted and i tried to mount it but to no avail. this is where i began to freak out because everything was wiped and the backup didnt work and i couldnt boot to anything except the bootloader and recovery. i finally got adb working and was able to flash cm9 directly to the phone so i have my phone working again YAY! so phone isnt brickd, maybe just sd card.
so is there anyway to try and recover my sd card to get my stuff back? i havent tried to format it yet because i want my pictures and all that :/ still need to get a card reader and try it in a pc
Captain Throwback has a thread about fixing the SD mount on the EVO if that is the problem. Have you tried a different card or tried your card in a different phone?
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jlmancuso said:
Captain Throwback has a thread about fixing the SD mount on the EVO if that is the problem. Have you tried a different card or tried your card in a different phone?
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i havent had a chance to do either of those but i tried using the adb fastboot commands to makes the sd card recognized and mount again but it didnt work. gotta find another sd card or something or a card reader. any suggestions other than that?
Sorry but if the captain's thread didn't fix it than your card is most likely bad. I would try it in another device before trying to format it just in case. Maybe someone else will chime in with some other ideas.
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Don't format it until you try it in a card reader. There's a chance the card is corrupted, but I've also had cards not read on my phone, at all, then pop it in a card reader, and Windows reads it without a problem
yeh i will definitely do that thanks. im really hoping it just glitched out and my phone isnt reading it and can save everything. no idea how it happened still. just restoring a nandroid backup and it said there was an error then no sd card :/
so got a card reader and popped it into the pc and it was all there now formatting the card to exFAT and going to see if it works
so its still saying there is no sd card... i know it works because it read on the computer fine. any ideas of why its not showing up in recovery or on my phone? and ideas how to fix?
I don't think the Evo can read exFAT. I'd go with FAT32.

[Q] SD card unexpectedly removed / Damaged SD card

Hello, I am on an HTC One V running PACman ROM 15.3, with the kernel JmzPrimoC+.
I started having this problem a couple weeks ago. It would randomly unmount my SD card saying 'SD card unexpectedly removed'.
This started to happen more and more often until it would say that as soon as I put the SD card in.
I did a factory reset, which helped for about 5 minutes before it started happening again. Now, more recently, it started saying 'Damaged SD card. SD card is damaged. Try reformatting it.'
I put it in my computer (which doesn't show anything wrong with it), and did a full format. It didn't help at all.
This problem is happening with both my regularly used SD card (SanDisk Ultra® microSDHC™ UHS-I 32 GB (the red and grey one)), and my ordinary SD card (8 GB class 4 Kingston).
I don't think this can be a hardware problem because when I boot to recovery, TWRP recognizes it perfectly.
But I don't either see how its a software problem, because a factory reset should have helped...
Please help me, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Maybe its a bug in the rom?
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Hhmmm...
Good idea. What other ROMs work with JmzPrimoC+ kernel? AOKP?
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OK, update, now TWRP won't read the card! Either card!
Now I'm getting really nervous...
Does this mean it must be hardware?
Is there ANYTHING I can do now?
Please help!
Wow, I screwed up really bad.
I was gonna use TWRP to flash a new rom, so I did a factory reset, and then started flashing the rom.
But in middle of flashing the rom it was interrupted. So I rebooted, rereset, and then I realized... it's not reading my card.
I can boot to bootloader and recovery, but that's it. No OS. I'm screwed.
Is there ANYTHING I can do?
Is it possible to flash a rom over USB? Or SOMEHOW get my card working again?
Just enter recovery and use adb sideload to flash a ROM.
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FangorX said:
Just enter recovery and use adb sideload to flash a ROM.
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How do I do that?
FangorX said:
Just enter recovery and use adb sideload to flash a ROM.
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But I need an SD card in order to use ADB sideload!
It fails every time because
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E:Unable to mount /sdcard
Is there ANY way to do this without an SD card?
OK, I was able to do it following this guide.
I flashed the latest version of PACman. Still rejecting my SD card though.
I guess it's a hardware issue. Too bad my warranty is void from bootloader unlock :\
Try to partition SD Card in recovery
I am facing same issue and I came across this thread while looking for solution. Here is what I tried. That resolved issue for five minutes and then damn! same issue again but someone can find possible fix using the info here.
HTC One V rooted, currently running MIUI 3.1.2 with JB 4.1.2
Sandisk 8 GB SD Card.
Firmware CWM Recovery
I was facing same issue even before I rooted my phone while Original HTC ICS 4.0 Firmware was installed. MY observation is the problem starts few months after you start using SD Card. (Insert a new SD card in your phone, it will work fine for days / months and then will start giving same error.
While I tried thousand time to remove SD card, clean slot, clean card and reinsert, it did not work. May be worked just once for few seconds. When I tried to connect phone to PC and browse SD card contents, the card was not detected.
Booted to recovery, tried to format card, not detected. Tried to mount SD card, not detected. Then tried to partition SD card in Advanced options in recovery. The available options are 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1024MB, 2048MB and 4096MB. Since my SD card is 8 GB, chose the largest option. Now got an option to choose SWAP partition size. Chose 256 MB. Next chose option fix permissions, you have to wait until you see message permissions fixed message on screen.
Now rebooted phone, and voila! It worked!! SD card with 3.94GB memory is detected. But what happened to my rest of 4 GB?
Tried many apps to manage SD card from Play store. Using an app called APart, was able to delete partitions on SD card and create new ones. It worked for few minutes and then again I got SD card unexpectedly removed message.
Does this info makes any sense? I am not a developer and do not know much into phones but someone who know might be able to help. Buying a new SD card is not an option here because its going to work temporarily.
Have you tried formatting the SD card with your computer?
mrcorey said:
Have you tried formatting the SD card with your computer?
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Yes, tried formatting SD Card using computer. Works fine when connected using adapter. Not detected when phone is connected to computer.

[Q] CM 10.2 External SD card issue

I just installed the CM10.2 and am finding it difficult to work with the external sd card.
The sd card shows up on storage and I can mount and unmount it without issues.
The card will not be available unless an app is rooted.
I cannot use it with CoolReader which I used to do when I had the stock ROM.
CoolReader will only show the internal card.
File Manager will also show the internal one only unless root is enabled for it.
I did format the card through recovery as well.
Is it not possible to use the sd card without root privileges?
I had thought by installing a custom ROM I would gain more capability but I seem to have lost here.
Sounds like either an issue reading the card or a broken symlink. What kind of card is it? Try formatting it as fat32 on a computer.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sounds like either an issue reading the card or a broken symlink. What kind of card is it? Try formatting it as fat32 on a computer.
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It's a generic 16gb card class4.
I formatted it from recovery which I understand does fat32.
As soon as I revert back to stock i am able to use with all apps without a problem.
Try another Rom, one built from CM and see if it works. And be aware android devices tend to be really finicky when it comes to sd cards. Sometimes you have to format on the device, but sometimes it works better if you do so on a pc. I still say it's worth a try. Then if you still have the same problem, you might consider searching and asking in the Rom thread.
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csaket said:
It's a generic 16gb card class4.
I formatted it from recovery which I understand does fat32.
As soon as I revert back to stock i am able to use with all apps without a problem.
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Recovery Format may not be readable for the Kernel. Please format after the phone has booted normally.
Perseus71 said:
Recovery Format may not be readable for the Kernel. Please format after the phone has booted normally.
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It looks like CM 10.2 does not have option to format in Settings > Storage.
csaket said:
It looks like CM 10.2 does not have option to format in Settings > Storage.
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In that case, your option is to format on a PC.

noob needing advice

Hi folks I'm new here so go easy on me
I recently installed CyanogenMod via the installer but I mid the s-pen functions more than I anticipated so I have been looking at the different ROMs on here and decided to try Phoenix ROM. when I downloaded the ROM and super clean as described in the instructions I placed them both on my ext SD card but I can't flash from ext SD via Phil's cwm as it doesn't find the SD card it says its not mounted. Is it OK to place the 2 files on my phone root directory to flash from there or will super clean wipe them from there too before I can flash the ROM.
Thanks in advance
Anybody ???
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Anybody ???
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1st...
what is your SD card ?
64 GB ?
2nd...
if you use a super clean wipe Zootscript Megawipe to clean, yes it will erase your internal USB storage.
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Its a 8gb card I've got a 32gb one coming in the post but I'll have to wait a day or two for it. I know the card is working fine as I can transfer stuff to and from it but when I try to access it from recovery is keeps saying there's no card mounted
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eddycalv said:
Its a 8gb card I've got a 32gb one coming in the post but I'll have to wait a day or two for it. I know the card is working fine as I can transfer stuff to and from it but when I try to access it from recovery is keeps saying there's no card mounted
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switch off and remove battery and place the ext sd and boot up and see if it detects on phone now proceed to recovery and wipe there u can even find a ption to mount internal storage so after the wipe u can place your file to internal sd but before doing anything just verify if the mount is working and if the ext sd has detected or not
Tried that but no success still says unable to mount path no matter what I try to do withe the external SD it works fine from the phone just not during recovery. Could it be a bug in cm 10.2
How do I get the ROM to the internal SD if I mount it with recovery can I connect it to my laptop and transfer of over from it.
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I've tried formating the SD card to fat32 and flashed the latest cwm recovery and still no joy with being able to use the external SD to flash from. So if I do the super wipe how do I get the zip file for Phoenix ROM or any other ROM for that matter onto the phone to flash it
well, i am not sure it will work or not,
but have you try with OTG cable + thumbsdriver/ pen driver with the rom in it to connected to your phone to flash in recovery ?
if this dont work, probably u will need a brand new memory card for sure
Well i finally got it sorted i flashed the latest cwm recovery again using the internal memory and it worked i can now access the external sd card from recovery so im now running phoeniX v14 and sofar im impressed and glad to have s-pen functionality back again
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