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Soft Resets, Storage Card

Hey all! I'm new to the forums so first of all I'd like to thank you all for the nice community we have going on here.
That being said... My Wizard is having this weird issue w/ my Kingston mini SD 1gb card. It gets corrupted and everything but an Inbox.XXXXXX folder gets "erased" - the files still have their space allocated but they won't appear. I have to format the card so it goes back to full.
Has anyone here experienced something like that? This is starting to get annoying...

this just happend to me. I soft reset and all my my files are missing on the storage card, but its claiming i used 300mb

You probably need to get a new card. It does that when the fat table gets corrupted. It's fairly normal to happen once in a great while, most cards will do that at some point in their lifetime, but if it does it continuously it's time to get a new card.

very true. i have had tons of problems with kingston cards (lots of times it even forgets that it is a formatted card!) and finally decided to spend the extra bucks to get sandisk ones. haven't had any problems of that sort since then.

Same here: using kingston 1gb , files and folders get deleted and folders with weird symbols start showing up. But the weird thing is that i was using the same card with my original TMO rom. Everything was fine. I am having the problem since i have flashed to the TouchFlo .14 PDAVIET ROM. It may after all be the card (which was highly rated). What do you guys recommend SanDisk or PNY ?

miniSD card problems??

my miniSD card keeps crashing.. every time i reformat it.. (just bought it brand new 2 weeks ago.) but it keeps crashing after a little while..
so my girlfriends dad put tomtom 6 on mij sd card last night..
i look in the morning.. and 90% of my mp3 songs wont work anymore.. and my entire map with tomtom in it was gone?????? like wtf??
i got a wizard G3 with the underground edition.. and a 1 GB miniSD card..
reformated it on the computer and with more then 1 program on the phone..
(on the pc was my last time.. (like 2 hours ago...) did not crash so far..)
any1 has a solution for me??
thnx and greetz

where did you buy the card? what brand is it? how did you format it before it crash? is the card size displayed on the PC correct?

i bought it @ norrod in groningen/holland.. brand ... dunno... i used the phone to format it right after i bought it... and yes.. its being displayed normally.. unless it crashes.. cause even on the computer it wont copy things off.

even though.. it crashed again.. all the data was gone.. but at memory it still sees 50 mb used.. :\
god damn it.. i'm going to throw that *#&(#&%(&^)@)(!(@%$& phone out the window :S

I presume Norrod is a name of a shop. Anyway, it seems to be reputable. Unless you can confirm the brand, chances are it may be a faulty one (luck is not on your side). However, the good news is that, it may be a 1 off thing that it may not happen again. There are chances of SD card being wacky if you have your phone hanged and soft reset, which happened to be once when I was messing with my phone. But it never occurred again.
As for formatting on the phone, there are members reporting problems with card formatted on the phone. Since you have formatted on the PC, it ought to solve that problem. Hopefully it won't happen again.

well i had a 512 mb kingston before.. and it crashed 2.. so i threw it away.. cause it had bad sectors.. ( i had that 1 for about 1 year...)
and now this 1 crashes.. i thought mayby it had something to do with the underground edition and the omapclock.. from 180 to 228 or 240..
but it doesn't seem to be.. cause i've been running the last 2 days on normal 180...

I have a 2Gb unbranded memory card and have the same problem, I've managed to find that the memory gets corrupt when the card gets cold (3-4 Deg c), it's fine at room temp.
Got to replace it at some point.

Kingston cards usually have a lifetime guarantee... if you are able to find the package and the card, you may able to get yourself a new card.

hi
Try benchmark tools to evaluate the memory card..
before buying the memory cards..

SD carda
What is it about SD cards and Wizards. If mine takes a slight knock it cant see the card anymore - I have to re-insert it.
I recently got a cheap 2GB card from Hong Kong. Was a load of rubbish. Top tip, dont make the same mistake. Basically had a load of bad sectors and crc write errored all the time.
I have my old 1GB card in at the mo, and apart from the knocking issue (almost certainly a fault with the wizard) it works fine.
Anyone come across the issue where the SD card cant be seen by the phone anymore?

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Anyone come across the issue where the SD card cant be seen by the phone anymore?
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Hi everyone, I recently started having the same problem with my 1gb mem card, and its starting to annoy me now. Would'nt mind to much if I new what caused it. I havent knocked the phone or played around the the mini sd card.
Quick question, Just wondering whats the largest memory card you can put in a xda mini s.
Thanks
Mark

Strange HD2 SD Card Problems

My HD2 worked fine for the first few months I had it, but then one day my SD card unexpectedly crashed... completely... no reformatting, no salvaging, it wasn't recognized by the phone or my computer or any other device I tried it in.
No big deal, I thought, it happens.
I got a new SD card. Used the opportunity to try a new ROM (dZenkins 1.80.0515).
Started reinstalling stuff and after about 2 days, the new SD card started losing data, in less than a half a day it died too. Same thing, completely fried.
So I got another one. This one, in less than 6 hours, has started showing the same symptoms. I'm expecting it to die any minute.
All 3 cards were 8 GB, Micro SD. Seem legit (even if they're not 100% genuine cards, its unlikely all 3 would experience the same failure).
Also, it happened on my original ROM and now on the new ROM, so I think it's unlikely to be software related...?
With this last (3rd) card, I was very careful to always plug it in to the computer as a "hard drive" and to always eject it through Windows before taking the USB out.
So, I'm totally stumped. Any thoughts?
I did some research and it seems like from time-to-time HTC phones have had a problem with destroying their removable storage cards. Has anyone experienced this with the HD2?
Living in Kunming, China, its going to be tough to get an HTC repair on this thing...

Have you tried another MicroSD Brand?

Yep, tried different brands, still the exact same symptoms.

Same here. My card last only 2 days after purchased. Same problem, it just crashed, not even able to be reformatted or read by pc. It just "gone". Now I'm using 16G, and still working on the replacement. By the way, I'm in Jakarta.

same problem here
i use 16 gb micro sd
i started to have acces troubles to some of my folders
my firts card died 2 days ago
is not recogised anymore what so ever

Contacted HTC, they said try hard reset.
Of course I already did that, no change in the problem. I hard-reset after each failure, but the problem keeps recurring.
Other people who have experienced this problem: Did changing to a different size card help? Or changing how you synced your device?

Today I gave the HTC distributor a visit. They said that they HAD ALREADY WARN ALL THE SELLERS ABOUT SANDISK PROBLEM WITH HTC HD2!
Wow, that's quite a revelation!
So, maybe next time you better buy memorycard other than Sandisk.

I've had problems with the HD2 and microSDHCs. Decided to disable the storage card power saving features on a just in case basis and haven't had any problems since (touches his wood). Purely anecdotal but it worked for me.

Answer is here !!!
Hey Guys !!! I have HAd the same problem when i newly got my Leo ... three 8GB sandisk cards were ruined .. read only 30 MB ... i have changed to kingstone 8GB and now i have been working very good using my new card for more than two months !!

yep same thing happend to me last nite . i had a sandisk 8 gig card , and try to format it though my pc and still nowt .
i wont be buying a sandisk card again.

I'm using kingston 8Gb card since ever, no problem with it.

I been using a transcend sd card 8 gig and works fine, never though the cheap brand would be so good

Me too, Using free 8G scandisk .. 2 week gone, then change another 8G scandsk 1 mth gone, then downgrade to 4G scandisk .. 2mth usage gone, now change to 4G kinsgton, already 2mth old ...hope that fine ..
but my old Tytn II, from already 3 years old ..the 2gb kinsgton never let me down ...
Is it the phone structure cause the Sd card burn??? if I not wrong the HD2 processor is under the memory card ....

Reformatted card in my NIKON
Hi, I have had the same problem with my 16Gb SDHC card in HD2. Neither Windows or Linux could reformat/read/write the card correctly.
Tried my camera (nikon) which can reformat the card. Success!
Still the card failed when i copyed the old rescued /backup contents.
Then I removed the exchange sync to the card and moved the thousands of pictures and videos (Camera folder) (renamed folder).
And now the card seems to work again?!?
now I am able to take pictures and videos without getting a corrupted card...

hi,i'm from nanjing,china,maybe you got three 括容卡,i just buy two cards which were you described. Now i am using a real 8G kingston SDHC card and a 4G card

this problem also happen to me, twice ...sandisk and transcend 8G...now still looking the best SDHC for my HD2

SD card will not format
Hi -
I recently flashed my phone to the android market after i previously flashed windows7. The phone works great.. love it!!!
Only thing is it does not read my card?? I cannot format it or anything.
I have a micro sd 4gb (co4g).. am i using the wrong size sd card?
Thanks for any help!?

egates81 said:
Hi -
I recently flashed my phone to the android market after i previously flashed windows7. The phone works great.. love it!!!
Only thing is it does not read my card?? I cannot format it or anything.
I have a micro sd 4gb (co4g).. am i using the wrong size sd card?
Thanks for any help!?
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If you were using WP7 then switched to Android than the WP7 is the problem. WP7 formats your SD card with a funky format, I forget what it is called. You see WP7 uses the SD card as the internal memory, WP7 native devices also do this to as they use SD cards for internal memory. Anyway the easiest way to fix this is to SD card in a adapter and put it in a digital camera and formatting it then format it on your computer with Fat 32. The digital cameras can remove that funky format and you will not have to get special software to do it.

Stupid WP7!!!!
I destroyed 2 SD cards so far within 1 day. It happened when I installed that new updateable YukiXbmod Windows phone 7.5 ROM. It just RUINED my Stock 2GB Sandisk and my 8GB Transcend!
I really hope that it isn't the phone f*****g those Sds up! Otherwise I don't know what to do!
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Pls if ANYONE else has issues related to this ROM or WP7 in general tell me if you have a solution!
EDIT: I feel stupid... My SD cards are both functioning and they are NOT ruined. They are only locked by that WP7 ROM. I find it embarrasing I missed out on the part with the 1:1 chance of locking your SD.
EDIT2: And it's quite easy to retrive the cards

I had 2 8Gb cards 'killed' by Xbmod Yuki Mango + Gingerbread Android off SD. One card lasted a week before just dying. Had it formatted in Nokia N95 phone, but even though the format went ahead, the message read that the card is locked and demanded password. I formatted again, after which it was no longer functioning at all - nothing could be done. So I got it swapped for the same, which lasted 2 weeks - the same story - it just died. When I came to the shop to see if they'll swap it again, they questioned the chances of 2 cards just failing within a short period of time like that. Now on a third card, different brand, but if it goes, I say it's the ROMs, not the cards.

HD2 fried my 16GB card?

Ok, I have SPB backup to backup my device every morning at 2am. I have been doing this for the past few months, with no problems at all. Anyway this morning I woke up, and there was a message on the screen saying "backup unsuccessful" but the HD2 did soft reset, because I seen the splash screen for a few seconds.
Anyway I noticed that the wallpaper was not showing, and didn't think anything of it at first. But when I tried playing some music, my device didn't show the Micro SD card as being installed. So I popped the card out, and back in, and still the HD2 couldn't read it. Also under the "SD card & phone memory" it shows no SD card installed, even though the card it in the HD2.
Got home, and tried putting the Micro SD card in my PC, and even my PC won't read the card. Don't get any error messages, put it just shows nothing?
Bit gutted about this, as I had my last 3 backups on the SD card, along with other documents I need.
Suggestions please?

seems the hd2 is hard on memory cards. I scan and fix mine about 3x a week just to be sure. Since then I haven't had any problems.

My memory card would not allow me to add anything on to it.,.,pics I took wouldn't save and such.,I even tried it in a digital camera with the same results. I couldn't even format it on my PC.,just gave me an unsuccessful reply. One thing I did notice was I couldn't move certain stuff off the card (I think it was in opera) it would show me the file and when I tried to move it off the card it said the item no longer exists.,or something along those lines.,(sorry I'm at work and it's been a while since I have had this happen..,I could always reattempt and post results if you guys would like) I threw in an 8G card and everything has been fine.,but would really like my 16g card back

nrfitchett4 said:
seems the hd2 is hard on memory cards. I scan and fix mine about 3x a week just to be sure. Since then I haven't had any problems.
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Gonna keep that in mind. Purchased a new 8GB card, but had to restart my phone from SCRATCH!

Hi
There is a quick link to find out if you cards are real or not? I cannot post this link , but Google detecting usb counterfeit drives.
I know a lot of people buy cheap from ebay etc, and few are real good copys. Always remember to buy sealed branded makes with the class in the circle (2,4 or 6)
Living here in Thailand i know all about the copies!! I bought a few, and yes they were copies not 8gb, but 2gb. so at least with the link above it can keep you right.
Also when you get your new real card, erase it in you mobile, then format it before use.
I back up my SD to my D/Drive, but i unhide and show all files on the main computer to make sure all files are transfering over, including the hidden ones.
Just a few tips lads.
Russ

Hi, My 2 MicroSdHC 8GB Memory card experienced the same. 1st card only work for 1 and a half day and the 2nd card only work for 1 day!! It's showed NO SD CARD on my HTC HD2 Leo. I bought both card on Ebay. They sent me the replacement card. Unfortunately both card are same. They claimed that they are selling 100% Genuine Micro SD Card!! Lucky I am getting my full refund from them after open a dispute!! Now, I am trying to get other 16GB MicroSDHC for mh HD2 Leo. Hopefully the new 16GB card work well with my HD2 Leo.

Good and Bad Ext SDcards

Hi,
It's the 2nd time that my SDcard stops working. Overall using SDcards on my SGS3 and now SGS4 - I have lost 4 cards (in a period of 1.5 years).
I am making sure that I am buying a Class-10 cards and they are usuaully 16Gb or 32Gb (the one that I've just lost is a Polaroid 16Gb class-10 - not the cheapest one).
What I see right now is that some folders has files that seems to be corrupted. For example DCIM folder has a file that looks like uAMERA (instead of CAMERA) and its at a size of 0b (this is a folder obviously and I cannot modify that name anymore).
All the files under the Titanium backup has weird names now.
My questions are:
1. Is there any type of tool (something like an 'fsck', etc.) that can actually try to recover whatever got corrupted on this card?
2. Is there any recommendation, anyone who had a good experience using an SDcard over 6 months or so, What should I buy as the next SDcard?
3. Is there an application that will check the SDcard 'health' and will, hopefully alert, that something is starting to get wrong with the SDcard? (not sure if that is even possible).
Thanks,
Gil.

Positive experiences using Samsung class 10 cards. Used a 32GB-version for over two years in my SGS2 and now a 64GB one in the SGS4, all without any problems whatsoever :good:

Get Samsung microsd card. Been using it since I got my S4 and no problems so far.

After i had a few cheap memory cards fall apart, i now only buy Samsung as they are very durable, see below.
Samsung Memory cards can endure 24 hours submerged in water and survive being run over by a 1.6 ton vehicle (SDHC, SDXC), not to mention the perils of airport x-ray machines, magnetism and extreme temperatures.
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John.

I can recommend you an ADATA micro SD cards (as well as SD cards). It`s got great performance, stability and price. Now i`ve got my third one which is 32GB ADATA mSD card with 28Mb/s read and 18Mb/s write. (five or lifetime warranty depends on country)

I recommend Samsung microsd! I never had problems with my 32 GB microsd
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I've had 2 issues with my SanDisk 32GB Class 10.
First time it stopped mounting and kept trying to "repair itself." Brought it to pc.. the card had all my files but it was super laggy. I couldn't access anything, even though the files were there. I ended up formatting. Worked afterwards.
Second issue was it un-mounting and showing blank or unsupported files.. I was watching an episode of The Simpsons, the next file I opened was a Family Guy episode.. that's when it decided to stopped working. Restarting phone didn't work so I shut down and removed the sd card.. worked after reinserting.
None of my files were corrupted/virus
But so far..its working. Good thing I sync with Dropbox.. would have lost all my pictures and video's..

I'm using Transcend MicroSDXC 64GB UHS-I. At first i got bad memory, the card stop working or got error after copying 31GB of data or if i format the memory (non-quick format) it will give error after 51%.
After replacing the card, it looks ok now.

My G S4 just did the same thing... uAmera or the microAmera folder... All photos are gone. Tried recovering with no luck so far. Anyone else experience this?