Sd card no writing issue - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there in the last week i had this problem twice all of the suden i get not being able to write in sd card and only by format this is fixed any help?
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alvespt said:
Hi there in the last week i had this problem twice all of the suden i get not being able to write in sd card and only by format this is fixed any help?
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I am having the exact same problem with my Sandisc 64GB card now only it will not format either. I can format it all day long but all the data remains intact. Anyways I am working with Sandisc now and they have determined it is faulty. Sounds like yours is failing too. I would get your info off it ASAP.

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[Q] Phone Write Protecting External SD Card

Let me start off I'm running NAE Stock Rooted with SD Card Fix and HotSpot Mod. Recently my phone has been write protecting all my sd cards, (Sandisk Ultra 64gb, Samsung 32gb, and Sandisk Ultra 32gb) I put into my phone. It's getting a bit annoying now that I can't transfer any files to my external card. I try to formatting all the cards on the computer its saying its write protected. Does anyone know what causing the phone to write protect the sd cards and is there way to fix this problem?
Try folder mount from.the play store.
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Thanks I'll see if this works and sticks. So far it let's me delete files and hope they don't come back . Before it would let me delete them then 10 minutes later they back.
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It went back to write protection, it work for a few minutes the files come back after I delete them. Then files I did add would write then disappear a few minutes later. Anything else I can try?
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DJSmoove said:
It went back to write protection, it work for a few minutes the files come back after I delete them. Then files I did add would write then disappear a few minutes later. Anything else I can try?
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Sounds like your SD card is no good. I had the same thing happen to me this weekend. I contacted Sandisk and mailed my card back to them yesterday for a replacement. I have only had mine since March. If you will go to their website their is a forum that discusses it and a place you can report it. Let me know if you have any problems.
Just curious what recovery were you running? I think you said you were stock rooted but no custom rom.
dyandell said:
Sounds like your SD card is no good. I had the same thing happen to me this weekend. I contacted Sandisk and mailed my card back to them yesterday for a replacement. I have only had mine since March. If you will go to their website their is a forum that discusses it and a place you can report it. Let me know if you have any problems.
Just curious what recovery were you running? I think you said you were stock rooted but no custom rom.
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Its not just one SD card it's 3 sd cards that are getting write protected when I put them into my phone. My Sandisk ones I'll contact them about that and let them know the situation I'm having. For my Samsung one I don't know what to on that one. I'm running Philz Recovery on my phone.

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.
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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.

SD car not recognized on my Verizon Galaxy Note 3????

I've got a Samsung 64 GB sd card that I've formatted and put in my Note 3, the problem is that its not recognizing it, any help would be appreciated. The problem I'm having is when I insert the card in my phone and go under Storage all the way at the bottom the Mount SD Card is greyed out so I cannot do anything with it
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Is it being detected in your pc ?
Which file system did you use when you format your card ?
Try a different file system.
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yes it is being recognized by my pc, its a 64 GB card so its formatted to exfat, still not doing anything, ive tried several ways and just not having any luck.
any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the reply
Check if you can mount it from recovery. If you can format it there and see.
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code10breaker said:
Check if you can mount it from recovery. If you can format it there and see.
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I am at work so getting into recovery on a stock phone for me is impossible, when I get home I will try that, my phone is stock so not much i can do with it here.
Thanks
Stock touchwiz have issue with exfat ... At least that's what I remember reading somewhere... (havent used tw for quiet a while now ) Try fat32 (I know 4 gig limit is a pain ... But just to clear things up ... ) and see of it reads before flashing a recovery.
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I will try that once I get home today and again thanks for all the replys.
Happy to help ... Keep me posted.
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I just noticed this in your post above, you say 4GB limit, what did you mean by that?
In a Fat32 file system ... A single file can't exceed 4gb ... In case you want to transfer a 8gig rar file to your mem card ... You can't do it with fat32.
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unfortunately no go so far, got home and reformatted several size SD cards but its not reading any of them. I had a few 8GB, a few 16GB and also the 64GB card I am trying to use but just no luck.
Taking it to a phone shop today to see if they clean the contacts on the phone itself and if that doesn't help I will return the phone.

Camera "unable to save file to sd card"

Just happen lately that when I took picture with my original samsung camera app, it pop message as "unable to save file to sd card. default storage is changed to device". The phone can still read or write the SD card as normal, only camera app is giving the issue.
I have try clear the app data as well as re-format my SD card, but the issue remains.
Are you sure the phone can write to the SD card still? I noticed this same issue with my new GS7 (regular, not Edge) today. I tried taking pictures and had the same message you reported pop up. I can't write to the SD card at all. If I put the card in my computer, it'll write to the card; but I've tried moving files on the SD with Samsung's "My Files" app and the attempt to move fails. I've tried getting several other apps to write to the card and they fail too. In my searches I can find other people reporting problems with writing to the card, and that maybe there's a problem with Samsung's latest software version. Anyway, I've just had my phone for 2 days, so I'm surfing around looking for a good answer.
EDIT: My problem turned out to be a failing SD card. The computer (WIndows 10) created the illusion that the file was moving, but didn't actually do it. The SD card was no longer writable. I picked up a new 200 GB SD card and it is working great.
kind of similar issue here with my s7 edge, when i take pictures it sometimes saves to the device storage without any warning randomly. though my settings is save to sd card.
Same issue here, only the camera app has trouble writing to SD card, but it works perfectly fine otherwise.
It seems to have started happening since the latest system update (G935FXXU1APEQ).
I've already tried many things : clear camera app cache, wipe system cache, reformat SD card...
Same issue too
I have reformatted SD card, no change ...
I think it's related to http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/micro-sd-problem-t3340251
bightf said:
Same issue here, only the camera app has trouble writing to SD card, but it works perfectly fine otherwise.
It seems to have started happening since the latest system update (G935FXXU1APEQ).
I've already tried many things : clear camera app cache, wipe system cache, reformat SD card...
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what the ****, updatet 2 hours ago to G935FXXU1APEQ now I have the same Problem. Yesterday all worked fine with the old firmware, now I have more problems than yesterday -.-
WTF Samsung
Did you guys flash a new firmware on top of another from a different region? I experienced this when I flashed a different firmware onto another. Wipe is the only fix.
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Rydah805 said:
Did you guys flash a new firmware on top of another from a different region? I experienced this when I flashed a different firmware onto another. Wipe is the only fix.
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Yes, i have flashed an XEF firmware over a FTM
Same problem after updating BTU to the APEQ firmware on my 930F. Tried new sdcard but that did not work.
Rydah805 said:
Did you guys flash a new firmware on top of another from a different region? I experienced this when I flashed a different firmware onto another. Wipe is the only fix.
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I finally found the courage to do a wipe data / factory reset, and you were right, it's the only thing that works after trying everything else I could. I can now fully enjoy my SD card through the camera !
bightf said:
I finally found the courage to do a wipe data / factory reset, and you were right, it's the only thing that works after trying everything else I could. I can now fully enjoy my SD card through the camera !
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Yeah, sucks. Glad it works now though.
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Maybe a permissions issue on camera app.
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Quincux said:
Maybe a permissions issue on camera app.
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I checked that and made sure all permissions were enabled. No luck.
I have the same problem since I updated to apeq btu.. I was on btu firmware before as well.. Anyone figured out any solution without having to factory reset?
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Any solution yet?
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Bump?
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I'm facing the same issue since upgrading firmware. My previous card became unreadable - even in my computer. Got a new SD card, and every other app is OK, except the camera. Seems ridiculous! Looking forward to a quick fix!
Guys I just updated to new firmware and still some problem. Anyone knows of any way to fix this?
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lowrider82 said:
Guys I just updated to new firmware and still some problem. Anyone knows of any way to fix this?
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Yes Same problem. I'm at a loss. Just got my new Samsung SD 128gb pro plus and its pretty worthless now.... I cannot create a folder in samsung file manager AND new photos cannot save to SD card and then reverts setting to DEVICE.
Blows
FYI, I flashed to XSG, but no idea if worked with stock
SovRoxx said:
Yes Same problem. I'm at a loss. Just got my new Samsung SD 128gb pro plus and its pretty worthless now.... I cannot create a folder in samsung file manager AND new photos cannot save to SD card and then reverts setting to DEVICE.
Blows
FYI, I flashed to XSG, but no idea if worked with stock
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I use the latest btu stock with root and it hasn't fixed the issue... Can someone confirm whether factory resetting fixes it if you had the issue and managed to solve?
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SD cards...

It's been a long time since I've had a phone with a micro SD card slot. I got this phone today and popped in a Samsung Evo Select 64gb microSDXC UHS-I card when I put the sim card in. What do I have to do to make the phone see the card? I expected to see it when I sent into "storage" in settings but it only shows the internal storage.
effluent said:
It's been a long time since I've had a phone with a micro SD card slot. I got this phone today and popped in a Samsung Evo Select 64gb microSDXC UHS-I card when I put the sim card in. What do I have to do to make the phone see the card? I expected to see it when I sent into "storage" in settings but it only shows the internal storage.
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i'll try formatting the card using a pc first then, give it another shot.
LifeSupportZ said:
i'll try formatting the card using a pc first then, give it another shot.
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I'll have to get a card reader for my PC then... And hope that works...
effluent said:
I'll have to get a card reader for my PC then... And hope that works...
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keep us updated and good luck
LifeSupportZ said:
keep us updated and good luck
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Popped the micro SD card into a PC and it didn't see it. Must be faulty so I'm getting a replacement.
effluent said:
Popped the micro SD card into a PC and it didn't see it. Must be faulty so I'm getting a replacement.
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that's good to know is not a phone problem but the sdcard instead. :highfive: , thanks for the update
effluent said:
Popped the micro SD card into a PC and it didn't see it. Must be faulty so I'm getting a replacement.
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Don't do that, just use a format SD card tool for your pc, like this one:
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
Can you see the SD in the disk management section? ( Assuming you are on a Windows PC)
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Altomugriento said:
Don't do that, just use a format SD card tool for your pc, like this one:
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
Can you see the SD in the disk management section? ( Assuming you are on a Windows PC)
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No. It's not listed in the disk management section.
I had the same problem with a similar Samsung SD. They sent a new one in about a week.
Got my replacement a couple days ago. Popped it in and blam it worked.
effluent said:
Got my replacement a couple days ago. Popped it in and blam it worked.
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Hope it's not too much to ask if I can know how you returned it. I've started to have this issue myself recently, and I tried two sdcards and it seems that it reads it as corrupted
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troy5890 said:
Hope it's not too much to ask if I can know how you returned it. I've started to have this issue myself recently, and I tried two sdcards and it seems that it reads it as corrupted
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I ordered it from Amazon and just submitted a return through their system.
effluent said:
I ordered it from Amazon and just submitted a return through their system.
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Thank you kindly sir
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troy5890 said:
Thank you kindly sir
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Set up an RMA and I'll send it in Sunday. Can't wait to get this fixed
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If the phone says the card is corrupted, just back up your data with a PC, put it back in the phone and format it trough the Storage menu. Happened with me and worked.
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thefiqs said:
If the phone says the card is corrupted, just back up your data with a PC, put it back in the phone and format it trough the Storage menu. Happened with me and worked.
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Well, i would try that, but unfortunately my laptop doesn't recognize it. Only the internal storage shows up.
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troy5890 said:
Well, i would try that, but unfortunately my laptop doesn't recognize it. Only the internal storage shows up.
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Actually, I've put it to my laptops card reader and it had no problem with it so I could save everything and then put back in the phone and format.
thefiqs said:
Actually, I've put it to my laptops card reader and it had no problem with it so I could save everything and then put back in the phone and format.
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Hmmmmmmmm, I'll try that so I can see if it will work. Thank you
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