[Q] Phone Won't Recognize SD Card After Moving Files Onto It - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

So I'm having a bit of trouble with my phone (Epic 4g Touch running Recaulked Jelly Bean v1.5) recognizing my external SD card.
So earlier today, I dropped my phone from about waist height onto a hardwood floor. Everything seemed fine (my case did it's job, there was no damage whatsoever to the phone) until I opened the music app and realized all the music on my SD card had literally disappeared. Everything else was still there (backups, photos, etc.), but my music was just gone. So I unmounted my SD card, put it in a card reader, plugged that into my computer, and copied my music back onto the SD card. After that was done I put the SD card back into my phone, but my phone wouldn't even recognize that there was an SD card plugged in. So I copied my backups and photos onto my computer and formatted the card. After I formatted it, I put the SD card back into the phone and my phone recognized it was there. Since my phone recognized it again, I moved my files back onto the SD card. But, to my surprise, when I put the SD card back into my phone my phone wouldn't recognize it again!
I'm at a loss right now because all I have on my SD card are CWM backups and music files. My computer always recognizes the SD card when I plug it in, so the card is still good. I just got this replacement from Sprint less than a week ago because the power button on my old one quit working, and I'd really hate to have to send this one in too. If anyone has any suggestions or solutions that would be greatly appreciated.

Did you try just a reboot? That usually fixes it for me.
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Have you tried formatting the card in the phone?
Do you have any backups you can restore to try also?
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Yes, I have rebooted it about a dozen times or so but the problem is still there.
After letting my phone sit overnight, my phone seems to recognizes that my SD card is plugged in, but when I open up any file manager there are no files on my SD card. My phone says that there are 13 gigabytes of free space on the card, and windows says all the files are still there. But, when I try to unmounts my SD card from the Storage menu, Settings just freezes up.
I'm going to wipe my phone and reflash later today after school and see if that fixes the problem.

Formatting my external SD card from recovery cleared it up for me when I had a similar problem
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So why is it that every android I have does this to my apps? Randomly they get "uninstalled" meaning the apps just don't work and don't show up and it says they're on my sd card but it won't let me move it back or forth. Also I have a class 10 16GB micro as card. Jmzonev Rom btw. Thanks guys
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Happens to me toooo..... Just dont move them on sd card.... Let them on fone memory.... They will be f9.... Also, go to manage apps and open the app... Force stop it and reboot... It will be back with no data loss and move it to phone.... Dont kno the reason why this happens... Maybe, someone would be able to tell...
rohov said:
Happens to me toooo..... Just dont move them on sd card.... Let them on fone memory.... They will be f9.... Also, go to manage apps and open the app... Force stop it and reboot... It will be back with no data loss and move it to phone.... Dont kno the reason why this happens... Maybe, someone would be able to tell...
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But I didn't put them on my ad card I don't do that my phone did it for me. In case my sd card messes up my apps stay on my phone but alright I'll give that a shot thanks maybe someone could figure it out its annoying lol
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I kno... It happens with big apps only.....my dictionary and games are automatically store on sd.... It automatically move them to sd card.... No problem... Jst force stop them even if they r on sd card....
PS: the moment i shifted from sense to cm..... It rarely happens....
unmount your external storage from setting for a while, then remount it again...
it should fix the problem
Do you use Sandisk or anther sd card?
Pny micro sd 16gb class 10
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I've had this, sort of behaviour happen before, but it was because the flash memory was corrupting. You may have a bad SD card, it does happen. I push many of my apps to my SD card, so I can tell very quickly if the card is at fault.
You should back up your SD card, and reformat it in FAT32, as the filesystem itself may be malformed.
I've also heard that PNY has fallen lately in their quality, so you may want to try another SD card, if the above doesn't work.
My app of choice for keeping apps on my SD card is Link2SD: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLmJ1YWsuTGluazJTRCJd
SaskFellow said:
I've had this, sort of behaviour happen before, but it was because the flash memory was corrupting. You may have a bad SD card, it does happen. I push many of my apps to my SD card, so I can tell very quickly if the card is at fault.
You should back up your SD card, and reformat it in FAT32, as the filesystem itself may be malformed.
I've also heard that PNY has fallen lately in their quality, so you may want to try another SD card, if the above doesn't work.
My app of choice for keeping apps on my SD card is Link2SD: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLmJ1YWsuTGluazJTRCJd
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Yea I'm backing it up right now and reformatting If that doesn't work I guess I gotta go with a new sd card thanks for the input though
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[Q] SD Card removed

So to make this as quick as possible, basically I didn't touch my phone for 3 hours and it was fine before that, I then checked my phone and I noticed it turned it self off, so I held the power button down and it reset itself. Then noticed that this message was being flashed in the notifications:
"Removed SD card.
SD card removed. Insert a new one"
I removed it and placed it back in but that didn't do anything, the message continued. So I rebooted my phone and that didn't help, so I then decided to wipe Cache+Dalvik in-case that might help, but that also didn't. (I am running on the latest AOKP build by task650).
I plugged the card into my PC and it doesn't appear anymore, so I placed it back into the phone and clicked the notification, it was to format the sd card, so I accepted it, the phone reset and the message still occurs and it won't appear on my pc.
Also, I downloaded SD Card monitor and I got this report in approximately 30 minutes.
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Does anyone know what is going on? Do I have a dead SD card? If so, is there anyway to fix that? Thanks!
Sounds dead to me. Happened to me once. I just replaced it instead of trying to recover it.
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So to make this as quick as possible, basically I didn't touch my phone for 3 hours and it was fine before that, I then checked my phone and I noticed it turned it self off, so I held the power button down and it reset itself. Then noticed that this message was being flashed in the notifications:
"Removed SD card.
SD card removed. Insert a new one"
I removed it and placed it back in but that didn't do anything, the message continued. So I rebooted my phone and that didn't help, so I then decided to wipe Cache+Dalvik in-case that might help, but that also didn't. (I am running on the latest AOKP build by task650).
I plugged the card into my PC and it doesn't appear anymore, so I placed it back into the phone and clicked the notification, it was to format the sd card, so I accepted it, the phone reset and the message still occurs and it won't appear on my pc.
Also, I downloaded SD Card monitor and I got this report in approximately 30 minutes.
Does anyone know what is going on? Do I have a dead SD card? If so, is there anyway to fix that? Thanks!
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try reformat your sd card, some time that works.
PhoenixBlitz said:
So to make this as quick as possible, basically I didn't touch my phone for 3 hours and it was fine before that, I then checked my phone and I noticed it turned it self off, so I held the power button down and it reset itself. Then noticed that this message was being flashed in the notifications:
"Removed SD card.
SD card removed. Insert a new one"
I removed it and placed it back in but that didn't do anything, the message continued. So I rebooted my phone and that didn't help, so I then decided to wipe Cache+Dalvik in-case that might help, but that also didn't. (I am running on the latest AOKP build by task650).
I plugged the card into my PC and it doesn't appear anymore, so I placed it back into the phone and clicked the notification, it was to format the sd card, so I accepted it, the phone reset and the message still occurs and it won't appear on my pc.
Also, I downloaded SD Card monitor and I got this report in approximately 30 minutes.
Does anyone know what is going on? Do I have a dead SD card? If so, is there anyway to fix that? Thanks!
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Happened to me also, but i fixed it. Heres what i did : 1. Pull the back off your phone
2. Press mount if you have the option and pull the card as fast as you can then put it back in and press mount again. It should then pop up but before you keep using it i would backup everything to your computer and format the ext sd or it will happen again. (i did this on my s3 and tab 2 with touchwiz custom roms) 3.

[Q] Cannot move one file to the phone!

Hello again XDA,
I picked up a friend's Galaxy SIII to root, and got to the place where you're supposed to transfer a solitary file to the SD card. However, when I try copying the file to either the phone or its SD card via a USB cable, it hangs for a minute here:
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Then it fails out.
What the heck is this? It appears I can delete files (there was a renegade one) but that's all I really want to test, as this is not my phone.
I'm just thanking God there's a removable microSD card and I have a reader right now...​
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Hello again XDA,
I picked up a friend's Galaxy SIII to root, and got to the place where you're supposed to transfer a solitary file to the SD card. However, when I try copying the file to either the phone or its SD card via a USB cable, it hangs for a minute here:
Then it fails out.
What the heck is this? It appears I can delete files (there was a renegade one) but that's all I really want to test, as this is not my phone.
I'm just thanking God there's a removable microSD card and I have a reader right now...​
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So the drivers are installed correctly? Meaning, the computer shows internal and external storage when connected. Have you tried copying a file such as a picture from the computer to the phone to see if it will transfer successfully?
joeyhdownsouth said:
So the drivers are installed correctly? Meaning, the computer shows internal and external storage when connected. Have you tried copying a file such as a picture from the computer to the phone to see if it will transfer successfully?
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Indeed the drivers are installed and working -- They were actually downloaded and installed from Samsung a few minutes before I noticed this problem. And indeed, I tried this on both internal and external storage with the very same result (it got stuck at the first image you see).
i would try a different cable,different usb port..make sure phone is in debug mode..reboot phone and pc and try again..those are the first things i would do if i was having that issue..also a workaround would be to take out the external card and insert it in the pc to transfer the file directly on it to bypass the phone for that process if you have to

KitKat MicroSD issues!!!!!

Ive had my tab 3 sprint model since day one and never had any issues. I recently got the ota for 4.4.2 KitKat and now my SD card has mad issues.
I've always used a 64gb micro SD card without any issues.
Now, after updating, I'm unable to copy or move media (docs, music, pics, videos or anything else for that matter) to and from my SD card. It reads as app storage only and I'm able to send apps to SD via applications menu and thru titanium back up as well.
I'm fine with app only storage as I have a premium Dropbox account and unlimited data from T-Mobile.
The real problem is - anytime my tablet sleeps or the screen locks, my SD card vanishes. Its not mounted anymore nor did I get a toast saying its has Ben unmounted.
After taking out the SD and putting it back in, my tablet reads it and tells there is an unsupported filesystem! Then immediately asks me to reformat.
I'm constanlty reformatting with the built in formatter on the tablet and it still happens at least 9 to 10 times a day.
Very frustrating when your using an app that located on the SD card and it unmounts and all my data, even the app dissapears and has to be reinstalled.
I'm rooted running clockworkmod on the sprint factory 4.4.2 firmware.
Any help with this will be much appreciated, my class 10 Samsung 64gb is useless when in my tablet now.
Works perfect on my S4 and S5!!!!
Happened as soon as I locked the screen after creating this thread! Why the hell is this happening?!?!?!?
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Jacob3o5 said:
Ive had my tab 3 sprint model since day one and never had any issues. I recently got the ota for 4.4.2 KitKat and now my SD card has mad issues.
I've always used a 64gb micro SD card without any issues.
Now, after updating, I'm unable to copy or move media (docs, music, pics, videos or anything else for that matter) to and from my SD card. It reads as app storage only and I'm able to send apps to SD via applications menu and thru titanium back up as well.
I'm fine with app only storage as I have a premium Dropbox account and unlimited data from T-Mobile.
The real problem is - anytime my tablet sleeps or the screen locks, my SD card vanishes. Its not mounted anymore nor did I get a toast saying its has Ben unmounted.
After taking out the SD and putting it back in, my tablet reads it and tells there is an unsupported filesystem! Then immediately asks me to reformat.
I'm constanlty reformatting with the built in formatter on the tablet and it still happens at least 9 to 10 times a day.
Very frustrating when your using an app that located on the SD card and it unmounts and all my data, even the app dissapears and has to be reinstalled.
I'm rooted running clockworkmod on the sprint factory 4.4.2 firmware.
Any help with this will be much appreciated, my class 10 Samsung 64gb is useless when in my tablet now.
Works perfect on my S4 and S5!!!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-3/general/xposed-fix-write-access-bug-kitkat-t2831653
check his out. Fixes Sd card bug in kitkat

Zenfone 2 SD Card not working

hey there xda peeps!
I know there are like a dozen of posts like this, but my problem seems to be slightly different from everyone else's.
when I insert the sd card into the phone, nothing happens, and the phone doesn't scan it. however, it seems to detect it, as I can still scan the sd card using sd insight.
when I go to settings>storage, the option to mount the sd card is available. however, when i click on it, a window pops up asking whether I would like to format the card or cancel the operation. if i click cancel, the window goes away, and I can click on the button once again. however, this causes the storage page to freeze, while displaying the notification"preparing external storage..." if i select format, it formats the card and...it goes back to square one, with it not being detected.
I have read other similar threads, all of which were resolved by pushing in the sd card slightly, formatting the cache from recovery mode and changing the card's storage system to fat32. I have tried all of them numerous times, but to no avail.
I am quite certain it is a software-based issue, as my other sd cards which I know to be readable could not be read as well.
my sd card is a sandisk ultra 32gb, while my phone is a zenfone 2 ze551ml. my phone's software version is in the attached picture.
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Does the card work in another phone or on the PC? You might have a bung sd card which is not unheard of...
You could try another sd card in the phone, might be a warranty fixable problem (unless you have fooled around with it)...
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Does the card work in another phone or on the PC? You might have a bung sd card which is not unheard of...
You could try another sd card in the phone, might be a warranty fixable problem (unless you have fooled around with it)...
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yep, the sd card works in a pc. tried other sd cards, they don't read either. and I think my warranty just expired, but I left the phone completely stock.
What makes you think it's a software issue? If no card is working with just that phone, you could very well have a bad card slot.
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What makes you think it's a software issue? If no card is working with just that phone, you could very well have a bad card slot.
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it seems like a software issue to me due to the problem arising after a software update quite some time back. my phone was functioning all well for about a year or so before this problem popped up. sorry for the extremely late reply.

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