As the title says, my SD card just died today. I have a sandisk 8 GB card and it had been working flawlessly and then all of a sudden, it just died. The biggest problem is i have pictures and music on there that I cant get back. the card is not recognized by my vibrant, my laptop, my desktop or my wife's cliq, but my G1 can read it. the problem is when I go to format it through the menu's option, it fails every time. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? I have recovery software, but it wont work because the card cant be read. PLEASE HELP!
Same thing happen to me when flashing froyo, I dont know how I manage to fix it, I thinl it was the.stock one, I keep switching roms trying to fix my recovery, another thing I did was add sd /sdcard
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is it possible that if i flash the phone with odin and leave the card in it could bring it back to being useful again? when you say you added sd/sdcard, what do you mean? that location is already on my vibrant
Well I lt worked for me, use my external sd for backups, before it wouldnt mount. And yea the location /sdcard/sd
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anyone else have any ideas. flashing with odin back to stock and leaving the external sd card in did not do anything
Try the repartion option in odin, keep trying the sd is not dead, mine wouldnt even mount
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i tried doing the repartition in odin, it brought it back to life again, and then 15 mins later it died again. I was able to pull some stuff off of it but it did in fact die again. i tried to format it to see if that would fix it, but it keeps failing to format every time, and if i delete anything off of the card, as soon as it reloads itself back onto the phone, all of the files are back on there again. Any ideas? I really dont want to have to buy another 8GB card, they are not cheap
8Gb cards are actually pretty cheap.. I think I have like 3 just laying around the house.. Haha
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upsman92 said:
8Gb cards are actually pretty cheap.. I think I have like 3 just laying around the house.. Haha
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i LOVE useless posts like the one above...
but seriously i would like to know aswell... i have a 8gb laying around that was less than 3 months old before it died..wish i could bring it back....
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8Gb cards are actually pretty cheap.. I think I have like 3 just laying around the house.. Haha
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well hey if you want to send one my way I'd appreciate it because i don't have the extra money right now to go blow $40-$70 on an 8GB Micro SD Card
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My phone says its not able to read my SD card?
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Format it... do u have important files on it?
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What does that mean
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It means it erases all the information off of the card
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Why would I wanna do that
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Why would I wanna do that
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maybe to fix it?
But I don't wanna lose my stuff
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Then maybe try the card on another device and see if u can connect it to your computer and backup all the files,then format it and try on ur shift again
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Mount your phone as a disk drive. When windows asks if you want to scan and repair go for it.
That doesn't work your sd card is hosed. Pick up a new one with a higher speed class off of new egg.
Copy everything from the sd to your computer and copy over to the new card.
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Mount your phone as a disk drive. When windows asks if you want to scan and repair go for it.
That doesn't work your sd card is hosed. Pick up a new one with a higher speed class off of new egg.
Copy everything from the sd to your computer and copy over to the new card.
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Well the same thing happened to me last night. SD Card left the party. But, gave what you said and a shot and it worked. Now, going to keep a working copy on the desktop. Plus going to pick up a new card today ( just in case ). Also an excuse to get a bigger card.
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Well the same thing happened to me last night. SD Card left the party. But, gave what you said and a shot and it worked. Now, going to keep a working copy on the desktop. Plus going to pick up a new card today ( just in case ). Also an excuse to get a bigger card.
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Check out the 16GB Class 10 Wintec on NewEgg. I've had mine since I picked up my shift and it's been great. I think it goes for about $25.
My phone started doing this yesterday. Its done it with 7 cards so far. 3 are new.
I went back to work today, on the inland waterways, stuck without sd access for a month. Now clockwork can't mount it half the time.
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Check out the 16GB Class 10 Wintec on NewEgg. I've had mine since I picked up my shift and it's been great. I think it goes for about $25.
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Thanks, will check it out.
Update: Definitely an internal problem. I thought it was just an error in MIUI but it's showing up in every rom now. I can format all of my cards and mount to flash. Within an hour I get the Damaged SD Card error.
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Do the sd cards wiggle around in the concave area it lays in? Before writing a dissertation about my guess of what it might be, I will ask this first.
When it's plugged into the computer, phone and cable, how do you disconnect the phone from the computer?
Does ruu back to 100% stock produce the same results?
Are you overclocked?
Are the cards all the same size and from the same manufacturer?
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Do the sd cards wiggle around in the concave area it lays in? Before writing a dissertation about my guess of what it might be, I will ask this first.
When it's plugged into the computer, phone and cable, how do you disconnect the phone from the computer?
Does ruu back to 100% stock produce the same results?
Are you overclocked?
Are the cards all the same size and from the same manufacturer?
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I've got three wintechs and four sandisks. Fit snug. I always unmount from comp side then unmount from phone side. Only time I mount at all is in recovery, actually.
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Edit: sizes range from 2gb to 16gb, and I have formatted all cards just to make sure they were the right file system and not ext2(3/4) reiser... so on.
Well if putting a piece of paper the size of the card on top of the card, then pushing the lock bar down doesn't help then I would take it to a sprint repair center. The paper needs to be thicker than sheet paper. Like one of the cards they have inside magazines for a subscription or maybe a post card. That should help keep the card stationary and better contact with the pins for the SD card. If that doesn't help then I would ruu back to complete stock, format a card in the phone and put some files on it. Nothing that could remotely be associated with roms or rooting or unlocking then find a sprint repair place. Take it there and try to make it corrupt the card in front of the tech. They might take it apart to see if something is loose or broken. If it can't be fixed quickly and easily, they will probably give or order a refurbished. If you are lucky you might get a new one. Don't give them a hard time when you are there or they can make life suck for you.
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Well if putting a piece of paper the size of the card on top of the card, then pushing the lock bar down doesn't help then I would take it to a sprint repair center. The paper needs to be thicker than sheet paper. Like one of the cards they have inside magazines for a subscription or maybe a post card. That should help keep the card stationary and better contact with the pins for the SD card. If that doesn't help then I would ruu back to complete stock, format a card in the phone and put some files on it. Nothing that could remotely be associated with roms or rooting or unlocking then find a sprint repair place. Take it there and try to make it corrupt the card in front of the tech. They might take it apart to see if something is loose or broken. If it can't be fixed quickly and easily, they will probably give or order a refurbished. If you are lucky you might get a new one. Don't give them a hard time when you are there or they can make life suck for you.
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Yeah, it'll be fun lol. I'm on a boat for a month anyways so I'm screwed.
At least I've got fastboot!
If you need to save or whatever a file, you could just send it as an email attachment to yourself. I don't know if there's such a program as something that makes a virtual drive online. I dunno. I'm just trying to think of ideas to use until you can get it fixed.
How about bluetooth file transfer to a computer or another phone...
Hi,
I'm really hoping someone might be able to give me some advice.
I've had my Desire HD for about eight months now, and counting the one I lost about 10 minutes ago, I've gone through a total of ten memory cards.
Each time I get a message saying it's been unexpectedly removed, or that it is blank or damaged. I've tried Sandisk and Samsung cards, all Class 2 / 8GB.
I hardly ever remove the memory card, but when I do I am always careful to unmount it. The same as when I connect it to my PC via USB.
After the 8th memory card died, the Gingerbread update had just been released, and I was hoping it was due to a software issue. However, as expected, my 9th memory card died shortly after. I contacted HTC who sent me ONE replacement SD card, to which I explained that I wanted my phone repaired. Courier picked it up, they said that it was being caused by a software issue and simply done a reset.
I knew it wouldn't work, and low and behold my 10th memory card has just died.
I am now contemplating going to Phones4U and asking for a replacement, as someone else has mentioned in the forum. However, there was one thing I wanted to check with people first.....
I connect my phone to my car stereo via Bluetooth, which I use as a handsfree and to listen to music that is stored on my phone. Now, normally I just turn my car stereo off. How likely is it that this could be causing the card failure? I don't see how, as the memory card isn't physically being removed, but I wanted to get people's thoughts on this before I start pushing Phones4U for a replacement!
I don't think your cards are physically damaged. They just need to be formatted.
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I don't think your cards are physically damaged. They just need to be formatted.
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I don't think it's my cards that are physically damaged, but it must be a hardware issue with the phone. Each of the memory cards either say it's been removed, or that it's blank or damaged. Some of them I can put into my PC and repair. Some of them worked again after I had formatted them, however 5 out of the 10 would not even be picked up by my PC.
I have now emailed Phones4U, so I shall see where I get (if anywhere) with them.
What HTC firmware are you using? There was an issue with 1.72 that caused symptoms such as yours. That is one of the issues that got the OTA pulled.
I have the phone number for Phones4U's written complaints team, the team that you always get told don't accept incoming calls. Should you need it, just let me know.
Sounds a very similar problem to mine mate........
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I don't think it's my cards that are physically damaged, but it must be a hardware issue with the phone. Each of the memory cards either say it's been removed, or that it's blank or damaged. Some of them I can put into my PC and repair. Some of them worked again after I had formatted them, however 5 out of the 10 would not even be picked up by my PC.
I have now emailed Phones4U, so I shall see where I get (if anywhere) with them.
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Hi there s32bauer,
I think i may have seen the same problem, although i have only tried 2 /sdcards and they BOTH work on the PC or lappy afterwards.
See this thread for more on my issue,
Hope you have a little more luck than myself.
I have had some great help off some great people on here at XDA though......Thanks guys...
P.S. Have you been running any custom ROM's? If so, what were they?
i had the same problem when on 1.72, i went through 3 16sdhc cards. i fixed this by rooting and using leedroids gingerbread.
all three cards which were broke i managed to fix and they are now in good use in my wifes wildfire and our galaxy tabs, the 32gb card i now have in my phone has been in there for about 4 months now with no more unexpected removals.
The only other time i had this problem was with my motorola milestone, it also ate cards - but the phone was next to useless as it was sig locked and never updated (got a full refund as flash never arrived in the 9 months i owned the pos).
Gone through 10 memory cards that's absolutely insane!! Even more insane that a OTA can be released that causes it.
I think your owed some replacements if the cards are screwed.
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The same has happened to me... I broke around 5 SDcards like that. Problem solved by rooting the phone and Gingerbread !
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What HTC firmware are you using? There was an issue with 1.72 that caused symptoms such as yours. That is one of the issues that got the OTA pulled.
I have the phone number for Phones4U's written complaints team, the team that you always get told don't accept incoming calls. Should you need it, just let me know.
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I've been through quite a lot. The first two died on 1.32 I believe. Then I lost SIX on the 1.72 firmware. Another one once I'd upgraded to Android 2.3, and then the final one the other once I'd received it back from HTC.
The number for Phones4U would be brilliant, thanks!
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Hi there s32bauer,
I think i may have seen the same problem, although i have only tried 2 /sdcards and they BOTH work on the PC or lappy afterwards.
See this thread for more on my issue,
Hope you have a little more luck than myself.
I have had some great help off some great people on here at XDA though......Thanks guys...
P.S. Have you been running any custom ROM's? If so, what were they?
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Hey, thanks for the link. I'll have a look through, although I'm going to continue to push for a brand new replacement I think.
Tried 1.32, then to 1.72, and then Android 2.3. One of them was a custom ROM, but had one die on that one too unfortunately, so I'm quite sure it's just my phone being a dud! lol
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Gone through 10 memory cards that's absolutely insane!! Even more insane that a OTA can be released that causes it.
I think your owed some replacements if the cards are screwed.
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Hmmm, HTC Support only feel that I'm entitled to ONE replacement card lol. Pathetic really. Still, hopefully Phones4U might be a bit more co-operative.
just to confirm...
s32bauer said:
Hmmm, HTC Support only feel that I'm entitled to ONE replacement card lol. Pathetic really. Still, hopefully Phones4U might be a bit more co-operative.
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i have bought another 4GB sd card and my DHD STILL wont recognise it......its a dud handset imo.
How old is yours out of interest? Ive had my DHD since January.
Good luck with Phones4U.
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Hmmm, HTC Support only feel that I'm entitled to ONE replacement card lol. Pathetic really. Still, hopefully Phones4U might be a bit more co-operative.
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Just been looking at the SanDisk warranty on faulty non working micro SD cards - you should be able to get replacements as long as you have proof of purchase.
Maybe spread them out over a few weeks each if you have a few
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Ive gone through 2 (ebay) 32gb sd cards in 2 months, both didnt last a reboot, and were fubar afterwards, can anyone else who is running a 32gb card confirm it works ok? Or have I just been unlucky with 2 bunk suppliers?
Sounds more like you got crap cards off eBay, my 32gb card works great
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kujoswrath said:
Sounds more like you got crap cards off eBay, my 32gb card works great
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Any pointers on which type of card yours is? I think it needs to be a sdhc card but dont know what class number it should be. I seem to see that they have different classes.
Or which seller you purchased from??
I just took apart my phone and pulled the sd card out. i need to get photos off of it. what options do i have? the phone wont get past white htc logo.
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I just took apart my phone and pulled the sd card out. i need to get photos off of it. what options do i have? the phone wont get past white htc logo.
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The SD card can't be read by very many devices. There was one other device that. Was told but I can't remember what it was. So you didn't have it auto-backup to SkyDrive or to your PC?
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hi there hd2 lovers.. i recently got a chance to buy this vivid phone hd2 ..but the owner says the memory card slot is not working..i just want to hear from you guys is it repairable? or whole if the main board needs to be replaced..it has been confirmed that the damage is physical.. i mean he has tried every other solution here like formatting via nokia phonez fat32 etc etc.. havent installed win7 ever..
so please reply and help should i buy this phone.. he is giving me cheap like 110$
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luciferps said:
he is giving me cheap like 110$
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110 US dollars? you can pick up a working one for about that or just a little more.
I wouldn't touch it, that's for sure. Without an sd card there's not a lot you can do, a new mainboard would cost about $110, and although im sure there are plenmty of skilled electronics engineers that can swap out teh sd card slot, its probably pretty tricky, and we all know how easy it is to accidentally destroy something else when opening them up. There are LOADS of threads that start 'i opened the case to fix X and ended up ripping the volume cable/button cables/gps antenna/and now wifi dopesnt work/touch screen has stopped responding', , even several cases where a repair shop hands teh unit back to teh customer worse than when they took it in to teh shop.
aww so its better to leave .. and my search continues...
TFYI.
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Hey everyone!
A week ago i bought a SanDisk MicroSDHC Ultra UHS-I - 32GB and installed it on my SGS4. It started right away telling me there was a problem. It said that the "SD card had been removed unexpectedly". It was installed right and I couldn't really move it around. After it was installed my phone began to become REALLY hot over the area where the SD card is and started to loose power just as fast. I have an old 8GB Samsung cad and it was in the phone before with no problem. No i can't use that card either as it also starts to overheat and even with no SD card in my phone i can't even get 10 hours of battery time on my phone. Even with little use.
Is there a fix for this or do i need to send my pride and joy in for repair??
Thanks in advance. Jakob
PS: Please tell me if you need more info about what happened.
No issues here, phone is idle for almost 2 days now with a 16 GB SD card mounted
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No issues here, phone is idle for almost 2 days now with a 16 GB SD card mounted
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As I said. I didn't have any problems with the old 8GB card i had in it before. It was only after i installed the new 32 GB card i got problems!
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As I said. I didn't have any problems with the old 8GB card i had in it before. It was only after i installed the new 32 GB card i got problems!
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A weird prob cud u give us photos of the prob and some battery analysis and find out when ur phone overheats its temp
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A weird prob cud u give us photos of the prob and some battery analysis and find out when ur phone overheats its temp
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I can't show you the error message as i don't have that card any more- I send it back and waiting for a new one. Thought my problem was with the card only....
The phone gets hot every time I use it. But REALLY hot if the SD card is in. By battery analysis do you mean under the settings menu or is there an app that can do that? (sorry for the dumb question)
Okay. Took a screen cap of the battery setting. I have now turned off all goggle "places" thing and i hope that will give me some battery life.
Anyway i can test the battery and see if it's okay?
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Hey everyone!
A week ago i bought a SanDisk MicroSDHC Ultra UHS-I - 32GB and installed it on my SGS4. It started right away telling me there was a problem. It said that the "SD card had been removed unexpectedly". It was installed right and I couldn't really move it around. After it was installed my phone began to become REALLY hot over the area where the SD card is and started to loose power just as fast. I have an old 8GB Samsung cad and it was in the phone before with no problem. No i can't use that card either as it also starts to overheat and even with no SD card in my phone i can't even get 10 hours of battery time on my phone. Even with little use.
Is there a fix for this or do i need to send my pride and joy in for repair??
Thanks in advance. Jakob
PS: Please tell me if you need more info about what happened.
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I have the exact same card and have no issues. Try to format the card from the phone itself first before using.
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I have the exact same card and have no issues. Try to format the card from the phone itself first before using.
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Tried that. Didn't work. Although i haven't tried it with the old Samsung card. Gonna give that a go!
It sounds like the card is faulty. Try using phone for a day with no SD card in it and it should be fine hopefully
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It sounds like the card is faulty. Try using phone for a day with no SD card in it and it should be fine hopefully
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That's what i have been doing, and it still gets hot and can't hole battery life. I am trying the formatted SD card (Samsung 8 GB) right now to see if it helps! Thanks thought!!
Malong said:
That's what i have been doing, and it still gets hot and can't hole battery life. I am trying the formatted SD card (Samsung 8 GB) right now to see if it helps! Thanks thought!!
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Which firmware is your phone currently running? I think the newer firmwares fixed the overheating issue due to memory cards.
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Which firmware is your phone currently running? I think the newer firmwares fixed the overheating issue due to memory cards.
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I just formate the card and it seems to have done the trick!! :fingers-crossed: YAY!
I'm running JDQ39.I9505XXUMBMF5.
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I just formate the card and it seems to have done the trick!! :fingers-crossed: YAY!
I'm running JDQ39.I9505XXUMBMF5.
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Thats great to hear. I don't now if any newer updates have been rolled out for your region yet but MF5 is an update or two old now. Do check for new updates in general.
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Thats great to hear. I don't now if any newer updates have been rolled out for your region yet but MF5 is an update or two old now. Do check for new updates in general.
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Thanks! Still crossing my fingers this was it. I still need to have a look at the battery. But right now it lasts a lot longer and it doesn't get hot any more!
I just did a check and the MF5 is the newest one for me here. I'll keep an eye out for future updates!