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SD card issue

So all of the sudden I get a notification that my memory card had a problem and that it's "read only".
It was totally fine then this. Is my card corrupted or is it a hardware thing?
I can get it to recognize it....then it goes right back to read only.
I've used the same card from my G2...to Nexus One...to Vibrant to my now MT4G.
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try formatting it with a card reader...

Probably messed up. Mine did it too and only thing I could do was format.
Vinsane said:
So all of the sudden I get a notification that my memory card had a problem and that it's "read only".
It was totally fine then this. Is my card corrupted or is it a hardware thing?
I can get it to recognize it....then it goes right back to read only.
I've used the same card from my G2...to Nexus One...to Vibrant to my now MT4G.
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Dang. What about all the apps that I mved to SD and folders? Ill lose all of that? It wont allow me to move them back to the phone
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Vinsane said:
Dang. What about all the apps that I mved to SD and folders? Ill lose all of that? It wont allow me to move them back to the phone
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I will tell you the truth. You will lose everything. After this you will learn to backup your sd card on your computer.
I wiped out mine too. Somehow, my card became corrupted and would not mount. I lost everything. Still pisses me off.
Good news is there is a stock 'ROM' here and you can just start over. I know it sucks, but think of it as a learning experience. What else can you do?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845756
One question I had is: Is there a way after it wont mount to get it to mount? Like... can you go into terminal and mount it at all?
Hope this eases you mind man.

jjlean said:
One question I had is: Is there a way after it wont mount to get it to mount? Like... can you go into terminal and mount it at all?
Hope this eases you mind man.
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You can put in into another android phone and it will work just fine (most likely). Has happened to me multiple times in G2 (part of a reason it went back to t-mo).
Alternatively, you can try USB mount option in ClockworkMod recovery and see if phone will recognize your card in recovery, you can then copy everything over to PC and re-format the card.

Wait! Before you reformat, plug it into a Windows machine and run checkdisk on it. I just had this problem yesterday and this fixed it for me. I didnt lose my data or anything because it wasnt reformatted. Just check both the boxes on the dialog box when you run checkdisk and hopefully itll work for you too.
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How to run Chkdsk from My Computer or from Windows Explorer
Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk that you want to check.
Click Properties, and then click Tools.
Under Error-checking, click Check Now. A dialog box that shows the Check disk options is displayed,
Select the Automatically fix file system errors check box.
Select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start.

I too have been experiencing this problem, and have tried almost everything to fix this crap! but no luck, I'm not sure what's causing this, but I've tried several SD cards already and even replaced my phone thinking it was the device card reader, but I still have the same problem... Hope someone can shed some light on this matter...
But to the OP before you go formatting it, you can try to save the files on your SD first by going to recovery > connect device > mounts and storage > mount USB storage. You should see your files from the SD card so you can back those up at least.
Good luck!

Had that happen to me when I popped in a new card. Put the old one back in, same thing happened.
Turned out that the restore didn't work correctly. Was able to restore the stock backup I made after rooting and haven't had issues since. I played around trying to get different kernels working, and had to restore a few times. The one time just didn't take fully.
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I got it fixed without loosing anything! Plugged it into a machine that I just updated to win 7..and it said there was a problem with my card and if I wanted windows to see if it could fix it. Yes. It worked!
Check disk is it!
Backed up all my card and plugged it back into the phone...and it works great again.
Thanks for the feedback and help guys
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Nice!
Vinsane said:
I got it fixed without loosing anything! Plugged it into a machine that I just updated to win 7..and it said there was a problem with my card and if I wanted windows to see if it could fix it. Yes. It worked!
Check disk is it!
Backed up all my card and plugged it back into the phone...and it works great again.
Thanks for the feedback and help guys
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Good to know, I suggest backin up often now though. I still get random sd corruption every few days after the first one. Its like my phone got devirginized or something lol.
Vinsane said:
I got it fixed without loosing anything! Plugged it into a machine that I just updated to win 7..and it said there was a problem with my card and if I wanted windows to see if it could fix it. Yes. It worked!
Check disk is it!
Backed up all my card and plugged it back into the phone...and it works great again.
Thanks for the feedback and help guys
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Glad I could help

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 blank or has unsupported file system

Hello all. I've read other threads about this before but none of them have a fix for me. My sdcard was working perfectly fine but i decided to wipe the sdcard. so i went to settings and pressed erase sd card. I then get "Blank sd card" in notification area and the error message "sdcard blank or has unsupported file system" when i try to mount sd card it gives me the same error. what do i do? please help. I'm running cm7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1206922
heres a thread of someone who's having the same exact problem.

milesjohnson said:
Hello all. I've read other threads about this before but none of them have a fix for me. My sdcard was working perfectly fine but i decided to wipe the sdcard. so i went to settings and pressed erase sd card. I then get "Blank sd card" in notification area and the error message "sdcard blank or has unsupported file system" when i try to mount sd card it gives me the same error. what do i do? please help. I'm running cm7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1206922
heres a thread of someone who's having the same exact problem.
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did u try put the sd card into pc and format to see if that worked?

Format should do the trick.
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Had this same problem. What kind of card are you using? Because I tried formating and all that didn't work. Popped in my friends from his droidx worked right away. Might be cm7 doesn't like your card like mine lol
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joshyy_rey said:
Had this same problem. What kind of card are you using? Because I tried formating and all that didn't work. Popped in my friends from his droidx worked right away. Might be cm7 doesn't like your card like mine lol
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Yeah I have a very good feeling that if I had another phone I could use that would work wonderful because thats wwhat the person in the other forum did and they had the same problem. But I don't. So idkwhat to do
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Ronaldo_9 said:
did u try put the sd card into pc and format to see if that worked?
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I don't have a SD card converter. I tried plugging my phone in but it didn't recognize it
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milesjohnson said:
I don't have a SD card converter. I tried plugging my phone in but it didn't recognize it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1207798 i used this.. no need for the sd card

joshyy_rey said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1207798 i used this.. no need for the sd card
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Wait so how will this help me? Sorry I'm confused lol
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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