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new micro sd error!!!!

could be a very noob question but cant find any solution... i just purchased a 32 gb micro sd for my evo... evo reads all the files n everything on it but when i try to flash a rom or anything from that sd card it says "cant open /sdcard/.... (bad)" any idea what this error is n why am i getting it ??? what am i doing wrong ?? i simply formatted it n coppied a new rom to it so i could start fresh but seems like thats not happening.. help guys....

metallized said:
could be a very noob question but cant find any solution... i just purchased a 32 gb micro sd for my evo... evo reads all the files n everything on it but when i try to flash a rom or anything from that sd card it says "cant open /sdcard/.... (bad)" any idea what this error is n why am i getting it ??? what am i doing wrong ?? i simply formatted it n coppied a new rom to it so i could start fresh but seems like thats not happening.. help guys....
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Search google for a tool to format your card with. Most of the time you can format it normally as fat32 but youre actually supposed to format it them a special way
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i actually formatted my card from the fone itself... n i just realise that while i boot my fone to recovery it does not read anything like normally it reads all the images on ur sd card.... but when i open file explorer it does read all the fines on it..... just wont read while flashing...

What brand model card?
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spiicytuna said:
What brand model card?
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its sandisk 32gb micro sdhc
n everytime i use a card reader to put it on my computer it reads n does everything perfectly but give me a messege as soon as i put it in the computer sd card slot saying "please insert the last disk of the Multi-Volume set and click OK to continue" i don know if that has anything to do with it...

Where did you buy the card from?
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disastar said:
Where did you buy the card from?
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radio shack...

Do a google search for the multi volume error and see what pops up.
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disastar said:
Do a google search for the multi volume error and see what pops up.
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nothing so far.... doesn't hboot requires some files on sd card to boot onto recovery successfully ??? i tried copying those files from my old sd card but did not help.... and funny thing, when i search multi volume error on google the first link is this page rite here..... lol

metallized said:
nothing so far.... doesn't hboot requires some files on sd card to boot onto recovery successfully ??? i tried copying those files from my old sd card but did not help.... and funny thing, when i search multi volume error on google the first link is this page rite here..... lol
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Formatting it differently didn't help?
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xHausx said:
Formatting it differently didn't help?
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nop... formatted it from computer=no good, on the fone=no good, using a different software=no good....

Exchange the card it may be bad, I've held off buying a 32gb card because half of the reviews on Newegg for 32gb cards are negative and report failures or DOAs. Seems like the techs a little immature. Sandisk is the most reliable brand though.

metallized said:
nop... formatted it from computer=no good, on the fone=no good, using a different software=no good....
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Try scanning it from windows to see if it shows any bad sectors, you may have a bad card
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xHausx said:
Try scanning it from windows to see if it shows any bad sectors, you may have a bad card
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if it had any bad sectors why would it work with no problems on my computer... with sd reader or usb reader...... i think its not working coz it does not have those rsa keys on it n simply copying to the new sd does not work....

Sd card won't mount via phone or pc. Help?

So this morning I was deleteing files off my sd card from my phone. Then tried to mount it through my computer to put some files on. Wouldn't mount on the pc via the phone.
Disconnected it and it no longer was mounted on my phone.
Took out the card and used a card reader and it no longer was able to be read on my pc without the phone.
Anyone have any ideas to get my sd card back and working. Currently I had to resort to using a 2gb card that I could fill within seconds.
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InfDaMarvel said:
So this morning I was deleteing files off my sd card from my phone. Then tried to mount it through my computer to put some files on. Wouldn't mount on the pc via the phone.
Disconnected it and it no longer was mounted on my phone.
Took out the card and used a card reader and it no longer was able to be read on my pc without the phone.
Anyone have any ideas to get my sd card back and working. Currently I had to resort to using a 2gb card that I could fill within seconds.
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maybe the card magically stopped working? lol (no joking actually)

Had this happen to me once.
Had to reformat, then use recovery software to get my files back.

Lol its okay i really dont expect people to know the answer. Ill just try cleaning it.
@theguyabove
What software did you use?
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InfDaMarvel said:
Lol its okay i really dont expect people to know the answer. Ill just try cleaning it.
@theguyabove
What software did you use?
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how are u gonna clean it if u just said the pc wont read it at all? if it reads only thing u can do is format it

Clean the metal strips. It doesnt read at all. Its just found, as in my pc sees a storage device and so does my phone somewhat.
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Problem solved, just had to fight a dragon.
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InfDaMarvel said:
So this morning I was deleteing files off my sd card from my phone. Then tried to mount it through my computer to put some files on. Wouldn't mount on the pc via the phone.
Disconnected it and it no longer was mounted on my phone.
Took out the card and used a card reader and it no longer was able to be read on my pc without the phone.
Anyone have any ideas to get my sd card back and working. Currently I had to resort to using a 2gb card that I could fill within seconds.
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Mine did this yesterday after flashing a ROM. Lost everything. I was able to see things using CWM but not the phone itself or the PC. Formatted it with CWM and it wiped everything but still the phone or computer wouldnt read it. I waited a couple hours and loaded it back into my computer and just left it. A couple minutes later Windows popped up a box asking if I wanted to format it. I did a quick format and it read the card size. Previously it errored out saying it could not format it. I dont know what happened and why it all of a sudden worked

InfDaMarvel said:
Problem solved, just had to fight a dragon.
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what did you do to solve the problem? I've run into a similar issue, here is a link to a thread I created in Q&A
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218414
I still won't have access to a pc until tomorrow, hopefully ubuntu will be able to work some magic for me

I formatted after using the options under error checking failed. Everything moved exceptionalling slow while doing this however.
I did it under windws xp. Not much difference with win7 or vista I suppose. Ubuntu even.
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Everyone having SD card issues, before you format it or do other crazy stuff, try going into your gallery on the phone first. Works for me everytime my sd goes "invisible"
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SD Card constantly remounts as being "read-only"

It's has really been the pain in the arse. Really.
I use Lord's Ice Cold Sandwich. This happens occasionally, when I tried to download SD data for a game, the SD card remounts as being read-only.
I tried full-wipe flash, format SD card with Disk Utility of Ubuntu, then reflash it with Android's utility. I tried unmounting sdcard in CWM. I tried fix permission option in CWM. Nothing helps so far.
Thanks in advance!!! :angel:

There's an app on the Play Shop which claims to fix this, give it a try
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Would be nice if you can post the name of the app too, I can't find it.

hadobac said:
Would be nice if you can post the name of the app too, I can't find it.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.sdcardpermissionfix&hl=en

I guess the problem lies in permission thingy. Flash this zip file in here works: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458021
Gud luck!

i think your card is getting faulty ......
back up all data and then go for any experiments ....

commando0 said:
i think your card is getting faulty ......
back up all data and then go for any experiments ....
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I actually tried that. The other day I backed up stuff than formatted the thing with Disk Utility tool of Ubuntu. I then went extreme, formatted it again on Android.
I guess the app above might help. The thing is I'm still under 18 for a credit card, hence gotta wait another year to be eligible.... mannnnn
Apparently, the SD card is still in R/W mode, it isn't til I start download data for games, download music, use dolphin... that it becomes read only. The process usually goes for half the bar, than stop.
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Should I repartition the SD card with swap storage and ext4 and stuff?
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Just format the card with 4ext then reflash rom.
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Are you able to flash your SD card? If you are having the same files after the formatting which you had then I don't think anything will work rather than replacing your SD card

[Q] hudge problem with sd card

Hello. I have a hudge problem with my phone. Somehow it automatically unmounts and remounts my sd card for no reason no matter what rom I use. Sometimes it unmounts my sd card and don't mount for a month. Sometimes it gives damaged sd card error and asks to format it but when I insert my card to tablet and it detects no errors. What could be the problem? Can anyone help me fix this?

Repartition your SD card in recovery
But save your data first
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You must clearing ext partition in recovery and format sdcard. + set min cpu fraquancy on 245Mhz.

didn't help

If it does happen with all roms you've tested, including stock 2.1 then your SD card is propably faulty. You formatted it under Windows?

shadovraven said:
If it does happen with all roms you've tested, including stock 2.1 then your SD card is propably faulty. You formatted it under Windows?
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I can't try stock rom because it says that my recovery is to new. SD card can't be faulty because it is new. I had other sd card earlier but my phone didn't recognized it so I bought new. And i have formatted under Windows.

username_lt said:
I can't try stock rom because it says that my recovery is to new. SD card can't be faulty because it is new. I had other sd card earlier but my phone didn't recognized it so I bought new. And i have formatted under Windows.
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Check the SD card under different phone, most simple as it can get.

shadovraven said:
Check the SD card under different phone, most simple as it can get.
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sd card working fine on my android tablet

Which ROM are you using?

Now using cm9
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Then you have to check different roms and kernels to see under which your SD card works properly. I suggest trying newest AOSP / SDSL or CM 7.2 by Tejas build three.

Maybe is the slot of your SD Card, Why?:
Using every ROM, same device and same problem = device
Used other device and everything ok = the "other" device
So, definitely your slot on your device is bad. Good Luck!

leoposas said:
Maybe is the slot of your SD Card, Why?:
Using every ROM, same device and same problem = device
Used other device and everything ok = the "other" device
So, definitely your slot on your device is bad. Good Luck!
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Maybe. But I can only try other roms because warranty is over and I do not have funds for this right now... Some day I will fix it or maybe not:victory:
Thank you for all your help

Now I realy messed up my sd card. It shows 2.9gb free storage instead of 4gb. Phone can`t recognize it at all(in recovery I can see it) and I can`t transfer any files. How to fix this?
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username_lt said:
Now I realy messed up my sd card. It shows 2.9gb free storage instead of 4gb. Phone can`t recognize it at all(in recovery I can see it) and I can`t transfer any files. How to fix this?
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How did you partition it?
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andreas__ said:
How did you partition it?
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via recovery, not remember what options I selected:victory:

username_lt said:
via recovery, not remember what options I selected:victory:
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Which cwm version?
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Just delete all partitions and make new (FAT32) with some Live CD if U don't have Linux on PC (for best get gParted Live).
Next put it in Your phone and partition again with CWM 6.0, or just use fat32.
Some customized roms mess up sd card if it has /swap.
Noticed this in some 2.3 custom rom, but don't remember name of it.

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Vsx06 said:
Just delete all partitions and make new (FAT32) with some Live CD if U don't have Linux on PC (for best get gParted Live).
Next put it in Your phone and partition again with CWM 6.0, or just use fat32.
Some customized roms mess up sd card if it has /swap.
Noticed this in some 2.3 custom rom, but don't remember name of it.
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Not sure how to do that. Can you help me? Mini tutorial or sth? I am with windows7
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andreas__ said:
Which cwm version?
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Cmw 5.5.0.
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SD Card deleting files issue

Hi,
I have Omega v41 Lollipop rom. Whenever i delete anything on my sd card it appears again after the reboot. I am not sure what is causing this. Any suggestions?
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Does it work if you delete it from your pc?
It might be a dead sd card otherwise.

GDReaper said:
Does it work if you delete it from your pc?
It might be a dead sd card otherwise.
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Can you add files to it?
Is the card set up as being write protected?

I have tried pc formatted the card and also used the phone format method. 40gb worth of data keeps coming back in original format.
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I guess it has reached it write limit.

You can try another card to see if the problem persists. If it does your phone is screwy. If it doesn't the SD card is cooked.

Yeah guys it looks like card is becoming faulty. Tried another sd card phone has formatted it fine and using it now. Its a shame how these card break so easily.
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ronaldo9_r9 said:
Yeah guys it looks like card is becoming faulty. Tried another sd card phone has formatted it fine and using it now. Its a shame how these card break so easily.
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I had mine for 2 or 3 years and haven't had any problems.
Depends on what brand you get.