So ive been I having the problem for a few days. It was all good just a week ago. Then suddenly my music player and the gallery containg my photos were unable to find the media on the sd card. But I can play or view the media by manually looking thru file explorer. When it first started to happen i could power cycle my phone and it would go back normal. Does anyone know how to solve this problem with out either getting a new sd card or reformating. Its been sometime since i installed the android nand and dont have the patients to install it again....
I suspect the SD card, if you have a card reader, remove the sd card (remove the battery first of course) and then copy/past all your stuff from each partition to the computer.
Download EASEUS free version and note the partition types and sizes then delet all partitions format and readd the partitions and their contents
If it was me I would just delete all partitions after saving my important photos/music then reformat.
Task 29 and reinstall the rom, only takes a few minutes, if you have done it once or twice already
Then copy the stuff back
Thanks bruh! I thank ima do that. Or I just found my wife's old memory card. Ill just swap it out she wouldn't know the difference... but definitely going try your way first...
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Had to reformat my memory card and reinstall android. Wasn't so bad second time around. Now everything working as it should....
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I think i may have come across something of a program corrupting memory cards. Twice in less than a week , I have had an SD card get corrupted by the Eco. Both times I was running the program wardrive. Both times, the program was either running or had not completely shut down before I did a restart or shutdown. When the phone came back up, the card was reported being corrupted. This time, I have everything backed up at home.
Could someone verify this so I can make sure it isn't just me and I will tell the programmer of that app about that.
The test is very simple. FIRST, BACK UP ALL YOUR CONTENTS OF YOUR CARD TO A SAFE PLACE BECAUSE THIS COULD BORK YOUR CARD (A FORMAT WILL FIX IT I THINK). Install the app wardrive. Turn on your WiFi and go and fire up the program and go for a walk or drive with the program running. While its collecting data, shut down the phone or restart it if you have that app to reboot with. If what I suspect is true, the card will be corrupt when the phone is restarted. I tried rescuing the info on it but it didn't work. Post your findings here. I have a sandisk 16gb card BTW. If you format the card and copy your backed up stuff back to the card, everything "should" be okay then, although I am not promising any success. Try at your own risk, but I would appreciate if someone else could verify this.
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I don't know if it makes any difference but I'm running Damage Control 3.2.3 rom
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Testing now. Ive used wardrive several times without it affecting my sd card. but lets see......
Booting up now......
Nope. Everything is still working just fine on my SD card. Guess its just you. LOL
Im also on DC 3.2.3 FYI.
Another thing I forgot to mention that might make a difference is that before, I had maybe 6.5gb of stuff on the card. About 5.6 of that was around 4000 apk files. Maybe having that many files had something to do with it. What I'm thinking is that while the or a program was writing to the card, the system shut down before it finished writing the file(s) or updating the file allocation table/list on the card. Windows did that stuff all the time if power was lost while the harddrive was accessing. When you rebooted, you got the bsod or it wanted to run check disk. Any other theories?
I'm trying this experiment on the same card but empty and cannot recreate the problem. I will have to throw all the files back on when I get home later and see if that has something to do with it.
One last note:
Last night I spent well over an hour formatting this card with xp in fat32, just like the phone does. I did a full format, not quick. The phone seems to just be a quick format.
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How could it be possible I always used my 2gb micro SD but last night I made the decision to say bye to winmo n started using my 16gb. So I transfers the android folder to it used it n all was good then I wanted to back up all of my winmo files so i remove the SD card from my phone n place it in my card reader..n said to reformat the card..I HAVE NO ACCESS TO MY SD CARD.. I can't even format it some how it got protected...even my phone days to formatted but is never successful...ANY ADVISE THANK YOU
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ive got a sd problem too. i ever used the same 16gb class2 microsd card tu run android builds and store winmo and android data. last night ive tried to switch from darkstone to matcc android build. i reformatted the sd card, put the files on it (only android folder nothing else) and started android. everything was fine but i´ve got a bsod(radio 2.12.50_2 and german stock vodafone rom). then ive tried another android build but i got the same error(doesnt ever got bsod before). later android didn start at all(every build). then ive tried chuckys rom with matcc vers. 1.5 and ive got the bsod problem again. tried 2 other builds and now andriod doesnt start and i cant even connect my hd2 to my pc(bootloader doesnt connect too) but chucky rom boots correctly. everytime ive tried another build i reformatted my sd card to fat32. hope someone can help me, sorry for bad english.
i got this problem now too. android somehow writeprotected my sd card so i can't put files on or take files off anymore...it's basicallly made my 16gb card useless. can't format or anything. tried through windows mobile, pc, and android...nothing works. anybody know how to fix it?
Same thing happened to me. My class 2 16gb card is now locked and ive found no way to unlock it.
Not that I really liked that card anyway, but it was nice to have so much storage space.
thats no problem. On your adapter for your micro sd card, there is a lock on the side of it. Make sure that it is in the up position. Basically in the unlock position, then it wont be write protected.
No, your not understanding. Its not the physical lock on the adaptor, its a logical lock on the Micro SD itself.
The Micro SD card comes up as locked no matter what I use to try and format, or delete etc.
I've googled like mad trying to find a way to fix it even installing Ubuntu to see if another OS could do it, but everything fails.
Same here I came to a conclusion. That there are some files in the SD card....what was the last buid u were using before this happened...the best solution. For this should be with an android. Phone and astro file management explore the SD card...unlucky. me none of my friends have an android device
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put card in card reader ... format it from command prompt (win+R+cmd+enter)
format X:/fs:fat
X is your card drive letter dont mess up with this one.
Lol I spend hours searching for a solution. N nothing u kno thou theres always hope
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No, your not understanding. Its not the physical lock on the adaptor, its a logical lock on the Micro SD itself.
The Micro SD card comes up as locked no matter what I use to try and format, or delete etc.
I've googled like mad trying to find a way to fix it even installing Ubuntu to see if another OS could do it, but everything fails.
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also u can try something like this:
http://www.diskwipe.org/
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put card in card reader ... format it from command prompt (win+R+cmd+enter)
format X:/fs:fat
X is your card drive letter dont mess up with this one.
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lemme try that...i formatted it through my computer and unchecked "quick format" and after like 30 minutes it finished with an error.. hopefully this works.
gparted
ok..
whats wrong with just formating the card with ' GPARTED ' .. assumption of Linux usage !
or if you use that sloppy old microsoft O/S then use 'paragon partition manager '
job done yea?
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storage tool for wm
Ok
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Download " storage tool" for wm. Install it. Send shortcut to start up so that as soon as wm boots it ll find the sd card. When u get storage tool workin u ll have options choose formate or fix the sd then it ll work. It worked for me.
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well formatting it through cmd didn't work...everything was still there on the card. lemme try your method now... thanks.
delete file by file and see which one is locked on the card.
change permissions on the sd card.
try to delete files from the winmo
try to overwrite the android folder and start it with another build and then format after a sucessfull start.
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delete file by file and see which one is locked on the card.
change permissions on the sd card.
try to delete files from the winmo
try to overwrite the android folder and start it with another build and then format after a sucessfull start.
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None of this is possible cuz the card is written protected ..try using another device that runs android n try it with astro. Explorer
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malikadnanm said:
well formatting it through cmd didn't work...everything was still there on the card. lemme try your method now... thanks.
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Do u remember which build u were using??
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Do u remember which build u were using??
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yea.. i used mattcleo 1.6b. i can actually still boot up android...but even in android i can't delete anything using astro. I tried replacing android folder using a card reader but that didnt work either... i'm going to try that storage tools suggestion..but i doubt anything will work. CMD finished and said that the disk was unreadable after finishing 99%.
Ok
Sounds like corrupted sectors or damaged disk to me
Put the card into a windows pc and run scandisk on the card, make sure you check : fix errors automatically and scan for bad sectors
Hi guys and girls.
i switched to android a while back now and have been really impressed. so much so that i have just bought myself a new 16gb micro sd card as an upgrade to the stock 2gb i recieved......
.... however now i have a problem. i have managed to copy all the files from my old micro sd card over except for what i imagine is the main one.... the data.img file. without this file i basically have to start all over again, re downloading all my apps, re setting all the settings etc and i lose all my messages and emails.
when i try and copy data.img to my hard drive it doesnt like it it comes up with the error I/O device error (0x8007045D)
googleing this hasnt really helped.
has anyone else had a similar problem? also how did they fix it?
if i cant copy my data.img file are there any other ways around having to redownload my apps and program my files etc?
thanks loads
Have you booted in WinMo to transfer these files? USB Mass Storage in Android isn't 100% functional and stable...
hi there,
yeah tried in android, winmob and using a microsd to sd adaptor in my laptop..
....and other ideas?
did the card you bought come with micro SD to SD adapter? that's what I use to copy files to and from my micro SD to my computer.
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Try this.
Try this... Zip the file in the native microSD card then copy the file on the new card and at last but not least unzip the file.
thanks for your replys
masta - ive got one of those too and its the first thing i tried... sadly no luck
stanley - yeah i tried this to no avail it begins to zip it then freaks out half way through..... good idea tho
any other thoughts guys?
Boot back up with your old card, run Android, and back everything up with Titanium Backup. Copy the newly created backup folder over to the root of your new card. It's the long road, but it will get you there. Then let it create the new data image in your new card and redownload Titanium Backup and restore your files.
Good luck.
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i transfered all my data to my new sd card. shut the phone off and put the new card in. booted it. i got a text. tried to reply and wouldnt let me. phone shut off and wouldnt boot. i went into recovery to clear cache and dalvik cache. rebooted and now its like its on a fresh new rom no apps no nothin. but its EXTREMLY SLOW now. 5x slower than my htc hero. and its freaking out.
i tried nand back up.. nothin. i tried everything.. wont stay on long enough for ruu.
so any ideas to help me fix this.
I usually format the new sdcard with the phone. Then I copy onto it, except for lost.dir which does not get over written.
Use the settings to unmount the sdcard, then reformat it. Copy from the old sdcard on to the new. Hopefully that will do.
ok i will try that in a sec. thank you
Did you get one of those cheap memory cards from China? If so, that may be the problem. I tried one of those cheap SD cards when I first got my phone and it worked all kinda ways messed up while it was in there. Try putting the old card back in. If you see it works with no problems, then it's your SD card.
the phone is still glitched out even with the old card
EDITwilly900wonka after i did that process it worked. probably not a smart move copying the file over as well. i just did a exact copy with all the files. nand .androidsecure and everything else on the lines of movies music and photos
kyhassen said:
the phone is still glitched out even with the old card
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Weird. Try wiping cache and dalvik cache,. If not, hopefully you have a NAND backed up that you can restore to.
Once you get your EVO back up and running I would advise you to run AVG Anti-Virus to speed your phone back up. Also install a custom ROM, this will most defiantly speed up your EVO.
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Once you get your EVO back up and running I would advise you to run AVG Anti-Virus to speed your phone back up. Also install a custom ROM, this will most defiantly speed up your EVO.
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i been using custom roms. but i was on mikfroyo then myn warm. then MIUI which i loved but it wont accept it now. so im off to something new. i tried koin elite. but that sucked for me...
I made the mistake of putting a blank SD card into my phone then formatting it with the phone. I lost all my apps etc. Even transferring all the files back to the phone didn't fix it. What I found you should do is boot into recovery before you ever boot into the phone. Then format and create the needed partitions, then mount the SD card while in recovery and move the files to the card. Wipe cache and dalvik and reboot. Phone acts like you never changed the card. From my experience its the most problem free method
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Whats the best SD card for the EVO?
Say I want a 16GB card.
Does the evo support class 6 and 10?
Can I then use the MikFroyo A2sd? Or do I need to start with a wipe and a fresh install of MikFroyo?
ive had this happen during an sdcard switch as well. weird since I wasn't using apps2sd. i had to restore my nandroid.
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OneStepAhead said:
ive had this happen during an sdcard switch as well. weird since I wasn't using apps2sd. i had to restore my nandroid.
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it sucks. but oh well.
Nandroid FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
had that problem on my first 2 card switches the realized that what works for me is taking old card out, putting new one in(i do not open anything)just go to format the sd card then put the old one back in plug phone to pc in usb drive and opend my pc hit folder properties on my phones drive and select view hidden files. then copy all the info into my pc. then close all open windows on pc and change my phone back to charging only then unplug turn off the phone and remove and replace sd card with new one, turn on again plug to pc in usb drive and copy all the files i copied into the new sd card and hit replace on all the repeated folders. that method works flawlessly for me every time
I have this problem were the sd card will not take anything on it. If I place a new folder and a picture on it, it erases itself on its own. Or I'll put a album on there and maybe 5-8 songs might appear. I am running passion ics with a 32gb sd card. Just want to know if there is a zip that needs to be flashed or if this is a problem. Thanks for reading!
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I have this problem were the sd card will not take anything on it. If I place a new folder and a picture on it, it erases itself on its own. Or I'll put a album on there and maybe 5-8 songs might appear. I am running passion ics with a 32gb sd card. Just want to know if there is a zip that needs to be flashed or if this is a problem. Thanks for reading!
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i had a lot of issues with a sd card that i used with my computer or camera before using it on the phone. search for a program called SDFormatter and format your card. you should be ok after that
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i had a lot of issues with a sd card that i used with my computer or camera before using it on the phone. search for a program called SDFormatter and format your card. you should be ok after that
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At first I was a little worried about using this program, but I ran it and it worked for about 2 hours. Out of no where the music that I was moving over kept disappearing and stopped allowing me to copy files from the pc to the sd. I tried formatting the card after that and I was allowed to put the files that were on there before formatting but nothing after that. Is there any other solution to this fiasco that I am faced with!
I have a similar issue. I haven't tried writing anything to my SD card, but it looks like its empty in MIUI and ES file explorers. I can boot into recovery and see that the files are there. Any suggestions?
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