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Tips on not losing minisd card

any suggestions on securely keeping the minisd card in place. i am on my 3rd card in 4 weeks and its getting kind of annoying at this point. the first time i lost the card was when i dropped the mda and didnt realize the card was missing until the following morning. i lost the 2nd card mysteriously during the night. any suggestions would be helpful, thanks.

Keep the MDA in its case? I haven't lost my MiniSD card and i've had my phone for about 4 weeks, but i keep it in the holster 80% of the time and almost always when i'm not home or it isn't in my hand directly...
How are you using your phone? How are you storing it? Etc.?

it usually in my holster, i just get clumsy at times...pretty sure that i lose the cards when i just drop my phone and forget to check if the card is still in... i was thinking of putting a layer of tape over it...
maybe i should just be more careful

nikegeo said:
maybe i should just be more careful
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....maybe? Tape also sounds like a good idea.

Tape may be tacky, but it sure beats purchasing a new card!!
I lost the fake mini sd card that came with my wizard, but have yet to loose my 1 gig card. I think I would cry...

I have my phone now since June or so and still haven't lost my card - I'd be devastated it it happened, I just realised I need to do a backup of that card !!!
Clear Tape sounds good to me.

double post, sorry.

Perhaps your locking mechanism for the minisd card is (semi)broken? You mentioned it had fallen the first time...?
I still have to push the card in pretty hard with my fingernail to get it to pop out, so for your cards to fall out so easily makes you think the minisd card(s) might not lock in correctly?

I have to say I've never had an issue with my card falling out of the slot. It locks in pretty firmly. I suspect a defective slot. Or perhaps you're not pushing it in quite far enough to enable to lock?

nikegeo said:
any suggestions on securely keeping the minisd card in place. i am on my 3rd card in 4 weeks and its getting kind of annoying at this point. the first time i lost the card was when i dropped the mda and didnt realize the card was missing until the following morning. i lost the 2nd card mysteriously during the night. any suggestions would be helpful, thanks.
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Dude after I read this my SD some how came out at a friends house and I didnt know until I tried to run some of my apps of my card. Some skater tape works well and it looks much cooler if you run it all around and cut out the spots for the various items.

Install NotifyMe.. it alerts when your MiniSD pops -out or deliberately removed from the phone.
Just execute the EXE anywhere on the phone and it automatically puts a shortcut on Start - Settings - Personal and configure from there..

peraltah said:
Dude after I read this my SD some how came out at a friends house and I didnt know until I tried to run some of my apps of my card. Some skater tape works well and it looks much cooler if you run it all around and cut out the spots for the various items.
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That's really an... interesting thought. Anyone have any luck with duct tape?

Mesh said:
Perhaps your locking mechanism for the minisd card is (semi)broken? You mentioned it had fallen the first time...?
I still have to push the card in pretty hard with my fingernail to get it to pop out, so for your cards to fall out so easily makes you think the minisd card(s) might not lock in correctly?
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It's also got something to do with the card itself. I have a 2 GB Apacer card which has never popped out, and even after I eject it I have to pull it out by hand, it won't drop out if I shake the phone or turn it upside down.
But I also have an older 512 or 1MB card (don't remember the brand name and can't find it any more). If I just push it in to eject it, it almost flies out of the slot. If I eject it and then hold the phone upside down it just drops out.
So I guess my tip is: If you've lost one, dont buy the same brand/size again without trying it in your phone

thanks for that app and advice guys

da_mayhem - thanks for that program - just tested it out and now at least when im drunk and lose the card ill know to look for it - going into my essential apps folder - thanks again

nikegeo said:
da_mayhem - thanks for that program - just tested it out and now at least when im drunk and lose the card ill know to look for it - going into my essential apps folder - thanks again
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No problem mate..now i'm thinking about how to make my mini sd glow in the dark lol

this may not be wat ur asking, but i always forget my mini sd in my mem card reader >.<

mini SD card not recognised and tired of WM crashes

Hello All,
My Vario is behaving weird. The mini SD card is not being recognised at all. I have tried:
Soft reset- nothing
Making a 20KB backup on the inserted card: works
Checking if anything else is on the card: no, card only lists the small backup file
thousends and thousands of times: inserting and removing the ^%%*&^$&^%#&-card- nothing
Hard reset (I saw no other solution)- to my horror: nothing (sys info states: no card is inserted)
After the hard reset, my options are very limited. I do not have a card reader to get to my backup file....
Anyone here has an idea on how to get my card being recognised again?
Anyone else also very tired of this WM **** crashing all the time or is it just me? (and my usage?

had the same problem on my hermes guys from a different forum gave me a solution is not the best but it works for me cut a little corner of a business card and insert it under your sd card to make a tighter fit and keep it making contact if everything was erased of your sd card you might have to reformat and reload your data this is a pretty common issue i guess i had to get a new sd card because the last one says I have a 4GB file in it but its only a 2 GB sd card crazy ****.

holy mozes!
edwincito0_1 said:
had the same problem on my hermes guys from a different forum gave me a solution is not the best but it works for me cut a little corner of a business card and insert it under your sd card to make a tighter fit and keep it making contact if everything was erased of your sd card you might have to reformat and reload your data this is a pretty common issue i guess i had to get a new sd card because the last one says I have a 4GB file in it but its only a 2 GB sd card crazy ****.
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thanks mate! That was quick! tried it and unfortunately it does not work. Even tried a different card: same deal. My card in someone else's device: whooohoo! my data (and backups) are still there!
So I checked with my provider just a minute ago and they told me it is still under warranty!!!
I guess I can close this post now...??? ...good, now where's that dutchie...

SD Card problems...

Hi all,
For some reason my Atrix has stopped recognising my external SD card - I've tried multiple cards, formatted them etc etc and still nothing. Has anyone else had this problem?
Cheers

No, are you sure its in all the way? Make sure its mounted too and if its plugged in set the USB mode to "none" and wait a minute - just covering the basics
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When you formatted make sure you re-mounted
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Thanks for the responses.
The card is all the way in, but it appears the phone doesn't recognise it at all. In the SD card settings it doesn't show anything is inserted, so I can't mount it. In the file explorer, when I choose SD Card it says 'Insert SD Card'.
It was previously working :/

Did you ever try and force it in or rip it out? In which case the sensors could have been damaged on the phone, try the sd's on a different phone, if it works then its deffinitely the atrix
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It could also be that the sd's. Are formatted incorrectly so that the system doesn't recognise them
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I had this problem with my Atrix, but it was a physical problem, not software.
You might need to bend two pins to make contact so that the Atrix can read the card.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola-Atrix-4G-Teardown/4964/1
At the very bottom is a picture of the phone with the back off. If you look at the SD card slot using the Huge View, you will see two small plates on the lower left of the picture (at the end of the SD card slot) that are slightly parted. When you put your card in, those two plates must touch for the SD card to be recognized.
Push them very slightly to make them closer and try again.

There's a lot of mounting, inserting, hardware and software going on in this thread.
Although I don't recommend forcing it in. It may not be accustomed to such force.
Ok all gutter thinking aside, is it just your SD cards? Maybe brand issues? If not, have you tried INSERTING someone else's....card to see if it makes a SOLID connection to the PORT? (Last one I promise).

Try it in a different phone, if it doesn't work its the sdcard if it does then its your atrix and you should either fix it or claim warranty
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Thanks again for the responses.
I have tried several cards in there now, to no avail. The phone did previously recognise the SD cards but it hasn't worked in about a week now. Unfortunately, I'm in the UK and I bought my Atrix from the US - I'm guessing Motorola will probably kick up a fuss regarding the warranty...
Cheers

SirMerkel said:
Thanks again for the responses.
I have tried several cards in there now, to no avail. The phone did previously recognise the SD cards but it hasn't worked in about a week now. Unfortunately, I'm in the UK and I bought my Atrix from the US - I'm guessing Motorola will probably kick up a fuss regarding the warranty...
Cheers
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Did you at least take a look at the pins to see if they're in contact when the SD card is inserted?

I had the exact same problem! It did appear to be the pins not making contact, however in my phone i didn't need to bend anything i just needed to slide the card a little unconventionally.
Basically if you are holding your phone with the battery facing you and the side with the sd card at the bottom left of the phone, place your finger on the card once it has already been inserted and slide it down as much as possible. In my phone it turned out there was a tiny little wiggle room in that direction, and when i pushed it it recognized right away and stayed that way. Maybe yours is the same!
Good luck!

It does appear to be the pins - Thanks guys!

SirMerkel said:
It does appear to be the pins - Thanks guys!
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Glad you resolved it!

(Guide/How-To) How to Fix a Non-functional microSD

This guide/how-to will show you how to fix your non-functional microSD card.
Things you need:​-Broken microSD
-Blackberry (tested with a Curve)
That's it!
How I came across this fix and some backstory:​Your microSD card might not really be broken. Just follow these easy steps to fix your "broken" microSD. The other day, I tried to flash a ROM from my external SD. In recovery, it said that there was no external SD mounted. I knew that wasn't true, so I took a deeper look in. I also tried to manually mount the SD card in the settings menu. I tried changing my ROM, trying putting the microSD into different devices, but no matter what I did, the microSD couldn't be read. I even considered returning to stock.
I was on Amazon, already looking at some new UHS-1 Sandisk cards. I figured I needed a faster and bigger card anyways. That was when I noticed a Blackberry Curve next to me. I hadn't tried putting the microSD in it yet, so I said to myself, "What do I have to lose? It's already not working. It can only make it better." I put in the microSD and voila! The BlackBerry recognized the card and asked if I wanted to format it. I hit yes and the BB formated the microSD with no issues. I put my microSD back in my T-Mobile Galaxy S2, and guess what? The phone recognized it! Another plus is the fact that with the BlackBerry format, there was only one folder. Normally, when you format a card in a phone, there are A LOT of folders. I just deleted the BlackBerry folder so basically, I had a completely empty card.
Formal Instructions on how to fix your microSD:​1. Put your not-functional microSD into a BlackBerry.
2. The BlackBerry should ask to format the card. Hit yes.
4. Connect your microSD to a computer. Open it up.
5. Delete the folder called "BlackBerry" (optional).
6. Your microSD card should now work fine.
If this thread helped revive your broken microSD and saved you money by not buying a new card, please click the thanks button.

Can't u just format it on a pc?
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fadownjoo said:
Can't u just format it on a pc?
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It might not show up. My microSD only showed up in the BB. This is just if nothing can read the card.

Oh hai man XD
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Tezlastorme said:
Oh hai man XD
Sent from my Baconator Over-9000
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Hey storm !
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android88 said:
This guide/how-to will show you how to fix your non-functional microSD card.
Things you need:​-Broken microSD
-Blackberry (tested with a Curve)
That's it!
How I came across this fix and some backstory:​Your microSD card might not really be broken. Just follow these easy steps to fix your "broken" microSD. The other day, I tried to flash a ROM from my external SD. In recovery, it said that there was no external SD mounted. I knew that wasn't true, so I took a deeper look in. I also tried to manually mount the SD card in the settings menu. I tried changing my ROM, trying putting the microSD into different devices, but no matter what I did, the microSD couldn't be read. I even considered returning to stock.
I was on Amazon, already looking at some new UHS-1 Sandisk cards. I figured I needed a faster and bigger card anyways. That was when I noticed a Blackberry Curve next to me. I hadn't tried putting the microSD in it yet, so I said to myself, "What do I have to lose? It's already not working. It can only make it better." I put in the microSD and voila! The BlackBerry recognized the card and asked if I wanted to format it. I hit yes and the BB formated the microSD with no issues. I put my microSD back in my T-Mobile Galaxy S2, and guess what? The phone recognized it! Another plus is the fact that with the BlackBerry format, there was only one folder. Normally, when you format a card in a phone, there are A LOT of folders. I just deleted the BlackBerry folder so basically, I had a completely empty card.
Formal Instructions on how to fix your microSD:​1. Put your not-functional microSD into a BlackBerry.
2. The BlackBerry should ask to format the card. Hit yes.
4. Connect your microSD to a computer. Open it up.
5. Delete the folder called "BlackBerry" (optional).
6. Your microSD card should now work fine.
If this thread helped revive your broken microSD and saved you money by not buying a new card, please click the thanks button.
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I'm sorry but does not work for my Sandisk 8GB formatted by curve 8520 =(

bckd00r said:
I'm sorry but does not work for my Sandisk 8GB formatted by curve 8520 =(
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I tried it on a Curve 8520 as well and it worked fine.

bckd00r said:
I'm sorry but does not work for my Sandisk 8GB formatted by curve 8520 =(
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This solution not for all cards If you card is password locked - it can help to format. If card totally dead - solution not applicable.

ildaris said:
This solution not for all cards If you card is password locked - it can help to format. If card totally dead - solution not applicable.
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My card wasn't being read by anything besides the Blackberry.

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Cool tip

Thanks this worked. I had an old card to and it wouldn't read in my epic 4g touch and it really worked tx.
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stereo386 said:
Thanks this worked. I had an old card to and it wouldn't read in my epic 4g touch and it really worked tx.
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That's good .

android88 said:
This guide/how-to will show you how to fix your non-functional microSD card.
Things you need:​-Broken microSD
-Blackberry (tested with a Curve)
That's it!
How I came across this fix and some backstory:​Your microSD card might not really be broken. Just follow these easy steps to fix your "broken" microSD. The other day, I tried to flash a ROM from my external SD. In recovery, it said that there was no external SD mounted. I knew that wasn't true, so I took a deeper look in. I also tried to manually mount the SD card in the settings menu. I tried changing my ROM, trying putting the microSD into different devices, but no matter what I did, the microSD couldn't be read. I even considered returning to stock.
I was on Amazon, already looking at some new UHS-1 Sandisk cards. I figured I needed a faster and bigger card anyways. That was when I noticed a Blackberry Curve next to me. I hadn't tried putting the microSD in it yet, so I said to myself, "What do I have to lose? It's already not working. It can only make it better." I put in the microSD and voila! The BlackBerry recognized the card and asked if I wanted to format it. I hit yes and the BB formated the microSD with no issues. I put my microSD back in my T-Mobile Galaxy S2, and guess what? The phone recognized it! Another plus is the fact that with the BlackBerry format, there was only one folder. Normally, when you format a card in a phone, there are A LOT of folders. I just deleted the BlackBerry folder so basically, I had a completely empty card.
Formal Instructions on how to fix your microSD:​1. Put your not-functional microSD into a BlackBerry.
2. The BlackBerry should ask to format the card. Hit yes.
4. Connect your microSD to a computer. Open it up.
5. Delete the folder called "BlackBerry" (optional).
6. Your microSD card should now work fine.
If this thread helped revive your broken microSD and saved you money by not buying a new card, please click the thanks button.
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Thanks man, was considering to buy a new one :beer:
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If you get *really* desperate, have stuff on it that can't be replaced, and have a few days to burn, you can also try to rip the bits from it using an Arduino (or any other microcontroller).
The easy part is pointing at address=0 and sequentially reading it a bit at a time, byte by byte, via SPI. The *hard* part is interpreting it as a filesystem. I know code exists for FAT32, but I'm not so confident about ext2/3/4 or NTFS. For those, you might have to come up with a way to get the raw data into a form DD can recognize.
The point is, a microSD card is pretty hard to physically destroy. It's one of the few devices we have left that can be low-level read by fairly simple means (in theory, you could probably read it with a 3v DC power source, a SPST toggle switch, two momentary buttons, a LED & resistor, a soldering iron, and some wire... one button for MOSI, one button for SCK, and the LED for MISO. Flip the switch to transition ~SS from high to low to reset the latch, and press away. Ok, maybe debounce it, too...
It wouldn't do you much good that way, but it's an example of just how easy it IS to rip raw bits from a microSD card. No real timing requirements (AFAIK, microSD timing is entirely static). Apparently, this is kind of how the first home computers worked, too...
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bitbang3r said:
If you get *really* desperate, have stuff on it that can't be replaced, and have a few days to burn, you can also try to rip the bits from it using an Arduino (or any other microcontroller).
The easy part is pointing at address=0 and sequentially reading it a bit at a time, byte by byte, via SPI. The *hard* part is interpreting it as a filesystem. I know code exists for FAT32, but I'm not so confident about ext2/3/4 or NTFS. For those, you might have to come up with a way to get the raw data into a form DD can recognize.
The point is, a microSD card is pretty hard to physically destroy. It's one of the few devices we have left that can be low-level read by fairly simple means (in theory, you could probably read it with a 3v DC power source, a SPST toggle switch, two momentary buttons, a LED & resistor, a soldering iron, and some wire... one button for MOSI, one button for SCK, and the LED for MISO. Flip the switch to transition ~SS from high to low to reset the latch, and press away. Ok, maybe debounce it, too...
It wouldn't do you much good that way, but it's an example of just how easy it IS to rip raw bits from a microSD card. No real timing requirements (AFAIK, microSD timing is entirely static). Apparently, this is kind of how the first home computers worked, too...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2
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I didn't really understand all of that but it sounds like it would work, lol.

StraTzHD said:
Thanks man, was considering to buy a new one :beer:
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Nice . I'm glad it worked.

Galan,233-7550 ancnsel
android88 said:
This guide/how-to will show you how to fix your non-functional microSD card.
Things you need:​-Broken microSD
-Blackberry (tested with a Curve)
That's it!
How I came across this fix and some backstory:​Your microSD card might not really be broken. Just follow these easy steps to fix your "broken" microSD. The other day, I tried to flash a ROM from my external SD. In recovery, it said that there was no external SD mounted. I knew that wasn't true, so I took a deeper look in. I also tried to manually mount the SD card in the settings menu. I tried changing my ROM, trying putting the microSD into different devices, but no matter what I did, the microSD couldn't be read. I even considered returning to stock.
I was on Amazon, already looking at some new UHS-1 Sandisk cards. I figured I needed a faster and bigger card anyways. That was when I noticed a Blackberry Curve next to me. I hadn't tried putting the microSD in it yet, so I said to myself, "What do I have to lose? It's already not working. It can only make it better." I put in the microSD and voila! The BlackBerry recognized the card and asked if I wanted to format it. I hit yes and the BB formated the microSD with no issues. I put my microSD back in my T-Mobile Galaxy S2, and guess what? The phone recognized it! Another plus is the fact that with the BlackBerry format, there was only one folder. Normally, when you format a card in a phone, there are A LOT of folders. I just deleted the BlackBerry folder so basically, I had a completely empty card.
Formal Instructions on how to fix your microSD:​1. Put your not-functional microSD into a BlackBerry.
2. The BlackBerry should ask to format the card. Hit yes.
4. Connect your microSD to a computer. Open it up.
5. Delete the folder called "BlackBerry" (optional).
6. Your microSD card should now work fine.
If this thread helped revive your broken microSD and saved you money by not buying a new card, please click the thanks button.
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hi sir.. how about if one doesn't have a blackberry?? what should they do?

kanor_ said:
hi sir.. how about if one doesn't have a blackberry?? what should they do?
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I don't know. This only applies to people who have a BlackBerry. I guess you could try sticking your microSD in different devices and see if something pops up asking you to format your card.

kanor_ said:
hi sir.. how about if one doesn't have a blackberry?? what should they do?
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android88 said:
I don't know. This only applies to people who have a BlackBerry. I guess you could try sticking your microSD in different devices and see if something pops up asking you to format your card.
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Well you could borrow someone else's blackberry. Just kidding!
Has anyone found out why only blackberry? Do they have a different algorithm to read flash memory?
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BabuMoshaaye said:
Well you could borrow someone else's blackberry. Just kidding!
Has anyone found out why only blackberry? Do they have a different algorithm to read flash memory?
Sent from my Micromax A110
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More to the point how about doing some basic fact-finding first and finding out what errors the kernel on the device is reporting when it tries to mount the sdcard, then steps can be taken to solve the real problem rather than relying on magic and what some people might term as beginners luck! A good place to start is
Code:
adb shell dmesg

phone will not start up after reset

hi I am useing 4.3 Stock(ish)v03 and then once I put all my programs on the memory card insted of the phone memory as soon as I restart my phone it is locked up on the boot animation screen and it will sit there for 20min just getting hot but not doing anything else. this also happened on a full stock roms too from here as well. if I hold down the power botton and reset it some time it will finaly make it back in to android but not to often it sometimes will go in to safe mode android as well. I know its not th e phone becuase this is the second phone to do the same thing. does anyone know whats going on hear.

Sounds like a bad SD card. Remove your SD card and see if it boots. You may need to format the card or replace it.
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cruise350 said:
Sounds like a bad SD card. Remove your SD card and see if it boots. You may need to format the card or replace it.
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thanks I will give that a try

linuxgod05 said:
thanks I will give that a try
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yep it was the memory card. odd it works fine in my linux compuer for storage. oh well it was an san disk ultra 64gb xc1 that did not work in my S4. I got a samsung 64gb and it works just fine now.