Love hero to bits except for one thing- sometimes, there will be a notification claiming that the SD card has been unmounted. Sometimes it says this on boot, occasionally at just random times. Obv solution is to open the case, pull out the card and pop it back in, which always works BUT is a little annoying.
Is this happening to anyone else? Any possible causes to look out for?
Never happened to me... maybe a faulty SD card?
I got the same problem with the SDHC-cards i tried.
The HTC service wrote me:
"Sehr geehrter HTC Kunde,
das Geraet HTC Hero muss die Micro SDHC Speicherkarten ganz normal ohne Kapazitaetsbeschraenkung erkennen koennen, aber HTC empfelt die Transcend oder SanDisk Speicherkarten zu benutzen, dann muss es auch klappen.
Bei HTC sind keine Probleme bekannt, dass wegen Betriebssytem werden die Speicherkarten nicht funktionieren."
In english ... try cards from Transcend or SanDisk.
Since i use the stock SD-card delivered with my hero i had no problems and never thought to buy another card. (Im not interested to spend more money when it is not nessecary.)
But you can try it with the card mentioned above if you want. Please tell me your experience.
I'm just using the standard 2GB Sandisk which came with the phone. No idea what's the cause then, but its not happening often by any means. I've got a couple of other SD's lying around which i'll try if it happens much in the future, i guess. thanks though!
This just happened to me. It is an 8GB transcend Card. I brought my phone out of sleep and as I was flicking past the music player I noticed it claimed there was no SD card mounted, so I went to mount settings and it says there is no valid partition and only gives the option of formatting the card!
I rebooted... and thankfully all was fixed, but it certainly startled me.
once it happened to me also. What I did was remove sd card and put it back, like you did. I'm using 8gb a-data card
Not the same issue, and sorry if I'm hijacking this thread, but I've been having issues with the new SD card i got on ebay. It's unbranded.
When I try and add a lot of music, there seem to be a lot of errors when I disconnect from my pc, and it constantly says preparing sd card. When I restart the phone, it says I need to reformat the card. It is also a bit temperamental when dragging and dropping folders across.
Is this the result of a dodgy card, or common for 8gb class 6 sd cards?
Related
Hi all,
Had my XDAIIi for a month or so now... beside the odd lockup it's been more or less trouble-free.
However, I put the phone in the cradle today and got a strange message from WMP about sync settings... upon further investigation I found that my storage card is no longer recognised by my phone. It a Viking 512mb card.
I can't see it on File Explorer or via exploring on Active Sync. It's as if no card is plugged in... I tried another old 8mb card that I had and it works fine.
What should I do. Try to return the card, or is there a way I can reformat it? Any advice would be helpful...
Hi
I got the same problem, this is the second SD, I got the same weird msg.
Did you find a way to fix it?
The SD is not recognize neither in digitals cameras (tried only one) or other pocket pcs (other XDAlli and an HP).
I've heard form some friend that lot of people are getting this problem...
maybe vikings are troublesome..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=25433&highlight=viking
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=24546&highlight=viking
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=17636&highlight=viking
Yep my new XDAlli killed a dane-lec 512mb card after a couple of weeks.. Couldn't use it in anything. Got another 512mb card this time branded as PRT?? card has been OK for the last 4 weeks but I do get the "storage card detected - search for audio & video files" message every now and then.. I also find the XDA can't see the card sometimes but a quick removal & replacement fixes the issue. I have also notice xbackup now takes around 10 mins..It was taking over an hour with the dane-lec...
I'm sure there is a compatibility issue with somecards..
AMAZING
I just read this post out of interest, casually browsing through the forum waiting for 5 o'clock :roll:, went to my XDA 2 and guess what.... no storage card!!!
Forunately, a soft reset was all it needed but how spooky :shock:
odd my xda2 like all others take a few sec's to reinit the sd card when it wakes up
and if it's needing some batt it dont
i've used sandisk slow version 128MB
and now kingston ultra something something 512MB
never had any issues apart from the sandisk being superslow
So once it's toast, is it really toast or can I somehow reformat it?
I guess I'll try to return it...
Can anyone recommend a card that hasn't reported any issues?
I am having the same problem... I am using PNY cards and am now on my fourth card. I am going to try a new branded card when i get the chance. People seem satisfied with ScanDisk cards so am going to try them.
MMCdata not seen
My XDA II recognize my MMC but file explorer does not show all of the data. Even my card reader does not show the data in MMC. But memory shows that Card is in use and all of the data is there as shown by the memory used... Please help!
hey guys, just wondering if this is a known bug on universals or just several roms or if i have a dodgy universal or sd card in general:
It seems when i bring the device out of standby mode after a long period of inactivity, i enter my password and the device just freezes, locks up - Dead.
When I take the storage card out and repeat, the device is fine which lead me to believe the card was duffly formatted, so i stuck it in my card reader and formatted it into FAT32 and then put all my data back on... same problem!
So i then flashed my device from the QTEK rom to the o2 rom in corp mode to see if i still had the issue... was fine for a short while then earlier today i turned it back out of standby and same problem!
So i've narrowed it not to be the storage cards fault, since the card works fine in my xda 2s, and card reader and it seems to either be a subsequent issue in the o2 and qtek roms, or maybe ive got a duff universal with dodgy card slot?
Is this lockup issue a known bug?
Sometimes when i get lucky the device doesnt lock up but instead the card disappears from the system view, and only removing the battery and then rebooting solves it.
If anyone can shed any light i'd appreciate it!
had similar problem
On my compact and PRO (univsersal) I had 1 1gb SD card that always gave a message improperly removed when the device came out of standby.
Used the card that came with my PRO , a 512mb SANDISK no problem.
Put the 1gb in my panasonic camera its fine. the 16MB that came with my camera but branded panasonic works fine in my PRO, left the 512 in my compact for as MP3 with bluetooth headphones.
I think the compact had less problems after a recent T-mobile ROM update.
I think the Compact and PRO are both fussy what cards they use. My 1gb SD card is a generiic 66x. Also I think that there are some bugs to be ironed out with power management.
BTW should it be flashed in FAT or FAT32, some devices can only read FAT I believe.
If you use standby/suspend and you have media files (music/books/etc) on the SD card and the app in main memory you'll have problems when you re-start. I get this problem with MS Reader and eBooks all the time. Looks like another bug in WM5 to me.
jah said:
If you use standby/suspend and you have media files (music/books/etc) on the SD card and the app in main memory you'll have problems when you re-start. I get this problem with MS Reader and eBooks all the time. Looks like another bug in WM5 to me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Funny, I have all of my apps on the Main Memory, and my .prc's, .avi's, and .ogg's on the storage card, and I've never had this problem?
(I'm using a 1 Gig Jessops card that originally came with my camera, no idea what it "really" is though)
@sun69,
the problem only occurs if you use powersave/suspend and you leave a media file open, eg when reading an ebook.
this also happens when you have a 2577 folder on the sd card and do not have a start.exe in it. It will let the device hang.
Ive found the problem to be with the SD card itself, if i use the 128mb Sandisk from my Xda II s it's fine,but within ten minutes of sticking the 512 Lexitar card in, the whole device is ten feet under...
Looks like ill need another
MurphmanL
I reformatted my 2GB SD card and one problem I had with WM5 reporting a shortage or RAM went away. Not really sure why the Exec seems to be so sensitive about SD cards.
Actually this reminds me... I used a 1GB KINGMAX SD card in my XDA II Mini and it hangs randomly... Now I'm using a 1GB Sandisk SD Plus USB in my XDA Exec and it hangs randomly too...
I am reverting back to me Panasonic 128mb SD card to see if that helps... Although it's weird that on my Xda Exec it only SOMETIMES hangs when I receive an SMS... don't know whether this is two issues or one.
I have a 4GB Transcend SD Card. I can install and run any application on it but, the camera application can't seem to read or store any pictures on it. It states: "not enough memory"
I tried reformatting it using Pocket Mechanic on my Exec and still the same result. I tried reformatting it on my computer but it can't read the 4GB SD card from Transcend.
funny I have a 1Gb Sandisk card and even if I have no media files open sometimes it just hangs on resume. The only way to get around this problem is to leave the XDA switched on all the time and swithc only the backlight.
However, this way the battery life is shorter. I think this problem should be addressed to someone who is technical (not like me) maybe we get a plausable explanation of what shall we do.
It is very annoying since when the system hangs up the mobile does not have any coverage and in sales it means loosing potential customers!!!!
XDA EXEC
Same problem Here.
I had a 1 Gig card and I often had to take it out to solve the problem.
Now I have a 2 Gig card (Sandisk Ultra II) and the problem is solved.
I'm not that technical, but wasn't there an issue with dual voltage sd card's?
I too have a memory card problem. I have loaded some pictures and videos on the card but as soon as I try to open them in File Explorer the XD Exec freezes and will only work again if I remove the memory card or reset the Exec. Then it freezes again when I try and read the memory card again. I've tried loading stuff on using Active Sync and using a memory card reader and still the same. I've even formatted the card again. It is a cheap SD memory card will I need a new memory card or is it a software problem?
@jah, my wife has this same problem on her Wizard (vario), she got a 128Mb miniSD with her Vario. If she leaves the card in and allows the device to suspend then wakes it up she gets a white blank screen and has to soft reset to recover. With the card removed the problem goes away. She had her vario replaced because of this fault (tech support thought it was the vario at fault). It was only when the problem occured with the new vario that I had a play and found with the card removed the fault went away. We haven't taken the card back yet, but I am 99% sure it is a card fault.
I might try her card with the adaptor in my Exec and see if I get the same problems as you are getting?
Regards, Simon
It seems like Dopod900/Univeral is sharing the same problem, too sensitive toward particular SD brand/model. My Dopod900 also having a huge problem recognizing the Kingston 2G SD 133x but works fine with Transcent 2G SD 150x.
Hi Guys
Can you advise please?
I have been using the Touch HD for less than a week and this morning I went to try to load some stuff onto the SD Card and it can't be found.
Browsing the device from the Windows Mobile Device Centre shows only the Device storage, same thing from File Explorer within the phone.
I popped in a 2GB card I already had and that works fine.
I have tried the card in a couple of other devices and they can't see it either .... but I don't think they are HC compatible.
Is there anything else I can test or try .... or does it look like it's got to go back?
Thanks
Mal
had the same problem when i loaded a "crack" onto the sd-card and executed it : card couldnt be found anymore. i hava also a nokia 6210 slide with a 256mb microsd card, so i put that into it and the hd and it worked. so, the problem must be the card, i thought, so i tried an easy solution: i put the 8gb microsd card into the nokia (it recognises it !) and format it in there (dont know where, but its easy to find). takes a couple of seconds and you are happy again ;-)
good luck and be carefull what chunk you put on your sd, har har
Well I didn't have anything hookey that I knew of but a reformat seems to have made it visible again.
Mal
memory cards can become corrupt if your continuously moving data back and forth from it, and as you have figured, formatting most of the the times resolves this issue but not all the time as cards can become corrupt.
xdaman85 said:
memory cards can become corrupt if your continuously moving data back and forth from it, and as you have figured, formatting most of the the times resolves this issue but not all the time as cards can become corrupt.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks I didn't know that .... I have been shifting some data around testing these infernal video formats .... so that could have been the cause.
I'll stick with my Archos till Coreplayer do their magic, it seems
Mal
Picked up my DHD today and was pleased I did not have the proximity sensor problem firstly. However I have a different concerning problem.
Every now and then I get an error message "sd card unexpectedly removed" and the card has unmounted itself. It happens randomly even when the phone isn't doing anything. On a quick google of this it seems this is a problem for other brands of phones too and I vaguely remember it happening to an old HTC smartphone I had years back.
It's a major blow as I installed a lot of apps on the card. I am now trying a different make of SD card to see if it still occurs.
It's a stock unlocked/unbranded UK ROM. The apps installed on the card are all 'developer designed' to be moved there. The Samsung MicroSD card is a lame class 2 8gb card thaty HTC supply.
Any thoughts on this?
apprentice said:
The Samsung MicroSD card is a lame class 2 8gb card that HTC supply.
Any thoughts on this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry for hijacking this post, but HTC providing a Samsung microSDHC card makes laugh.
why? samsung is keen at memory making
apprentice said:
Picked up my DHD today and was pleased I did not have the proximity sensor problem firstly. However I have a different concerning problem.
Every now and then I get an error message "sd card unexpectedly removed" and the card has unmounted itself. It happens randomly even when the phone isn't doing anything. On a quick google of this it seems this is a problem for other brands of phones too and I vaguely remember it happening to an old HTC smartphone I had years back.
It's a major blow as I installed a lot of apps on the card. I am now trying a different make of SD card to see if it still occurs.
It's a stock unlocked/unbranded UK ROM. The apps installed on the card are all 'developer designed' to be moved there. The Samsung MicroSD card is a lame class 2 8gb card thaty HTC supply.
Any thoughts on this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried turning it on and off again? err.. I mean, take out the microsd card, blow on it, blow on the port, put it back in. Sounds like a loose connection to me.
Yes I did try the obvious things first like re-insert, blow, wipe, rub (oooh errr!)
However...
You may frown at the fact I said "lame Samsung class 2 MicroSD card" but in fact this is what was causing the problem. I replaced it with a Class 6 Transcend card and the problem went away.
The 'lame' part of the sentence was the fact it was a class 2 card. I don't think it's up to the job with HD video recording and more apps being run from the card.
Anyway touch wood (more inuendo's!) it seems to be ok for now.
Had a cheap integral 32gb card that I got free with my contract die after about a week so I replaced it with a 64gb Samsung which has been fine up till now. Came up with a sd card damaged notification tonight and it unmounted itself so I manually mounted it again and it seems ok so far
Anyone else had sd card issues?
kayomani said:
Had a cheap integral 32gb card that I got free with my contract die after about a week so I replaced it with a 64gb Samsung which has been fine up till now. Came up with a sd card damaged notification tonight and it unmounted itself so I manually mounted it again and it seems ok so far
Anyone else had sd card issues?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
64gb Sandisk routinely unmounts and reports being "damaged". Typically happens when writing lots of files to it or playing music from it.
A re-mount seems to fix it temporarily.
I was hoping it was because of the brand, but if your Samsung card is doing it too..
Did you format yours before using it?
Not yet, its just using the factory formatting it came with.
This is the one I have:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009HPFUGI/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers
I've got a semi-decent class 10 card and it had been fine until at the weekend when the phone seemed to "lose" the SD card. It was still mounted but the phone seemed to think there was no card in the slot. I took the card out, replaced it, rebooted the phone multiple times but nothing fixed it.
Then about 2 hours later it randomly found the SD card again. Its been fine since but I've no idea what happened or how to stop it happening again
I'm having issues with a Sandisk 64gb class 10 card. It randomly (at least once a day) says damaged sd card. If I restart the phone than everything goes back to normal..
I was thinking of trading to a samsung branded SD card, but since you're having the same issues I guess thats not the solution..
I already formated the card in windows (quick format unchecked) default exfat settings. The errors keep coming.
Maybe going to fat32 will help? I want to keep exfat for bigger files.
rellagher said:
I'm having issues with a Sandisk 64gb class 10 card. It randomly (at least once a day) says damaged sd card. If I restart the phone than everything goes back to normal..
I was thinking of trading to a samsung branded SD card, but since you're having the same issues I guess thats not the solution..
I already formated the card in windows (quick format unchecked) default exfat settings. The errors keep coming.
Maybe going to fat32 will help? I want to keep exfat for bigger files.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey use fat32 cards they are Damn useful u can use them to establish a dualboot and can extend it partition size of urged internal memory transcend or a branded samsung mmc will be useful
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda premium
I had probs with mine...worked for a day and now says "mount SD Card" and "Blank Card"....tried formatting it on the PC which took a while but worked. Can access it on PC, popped it back in phone and same messages as above....I was putting it down to being a cheap card (not sure on make, class 10, came with phone...probably an ebay special)
I had problems with a sandisk 64gig card. Was constantly getting "sd card unexpectedly removed" errors every few minutes and then remounted. Changed cards and all seems fine. It might just be bad cards that are at issue. But one error and then its fine is hardly worth worrying about.
I have exactly the same problem with Sandisk 64 GB SDXC class 10 card. I think it is a S4 firmware bug and hope it will be fixed in next releases. In other devices the card works perfect.
sbehring said:
I have exactly the same problem with Sandisk 64 GB SDXC class 10 card. I think it is a S4 firmware bug and hope it will be fixed in next releases. In other devices the card works perfect.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Exactly the same with me. Sandisk 64 GB SDXC class 10 card previously working perfect on SGS3, in SGS4 is driving me nuts!
Message "damaged SD card" pops up at boot, and even during usage.
Fixes unmounting and remounting the card, or spontaneously after a while. I hope to be a firmware issue, and be fixed soon! Very annoying for a phone of this price!
I think this issue is with all cards of all file formats... I have Samsung Class 10 32G .. same issue... does anyone know if any of the Custom Rom's have this prob?
I have the same issue I think it has something to do with exFat, anyways I just formatted to fat32 and now the card reads, mounts and unmounts just fine. I used a program called guiformat to format to fat32
Thanks raviraaj! Randomly came to this thread from a google search. Very helpful
Yep, same issue
I got a class 4 card free with the phone (from carphone warehouse) It died after about a month of use. Completely dead, isnt seen by the phone or laptop etc. I got a 64g class 10 scan disk card after this and am very worried that it will get killed also (and all my date with it). Ive seen one error message sdo far with the new card and am hoping that its not going to happen to it.
Sounds like its an issue with the phones rather than the cards.
I Have the same problem with my s4, it mount / dismount my 64 sd for a mounth about, and... Burned it.
This card has a 10 year warranty, (it's a 64 GB microSDXC UHS-I card PRO from Samsung) so i take en RMA number and send it to Nederland for repairing.
They send me a new card this week.
I think there is a bug in the firmware, it's worst went s4 is rooted, now in exfat / untooted, it's working for me.