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Blank External SD card

Hi there.
I have a 4GB sd card for my SGS SC-02b. Whenever i insert it into the phone the message at the notification area appears saying "sd blank or has unsupported file system". I tried formatting it and tried to mount it but its not working, i m not getting any error message while mounting or formatting, its just not working. I tried reinserting the sd card but still the same.
Looking for some kind suggestions
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Is your sdcard locked by that little plastic knob on your card?

what files system are you formatting with recommend you use this app to format externally in your computer with a card reader

lgkahn said:
what files system are you formatting with recommend you use this app to format externally in your computer with a card reader
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thanks for the tip, its working great now

Well, its not working again. It was working for a while, then i had to root my SGS so i removed SD card, rooted my SGS and then reinserted Sd card, now its saying Damaged SD card you have to format it, when i format it, no error message appears and nothing happens and notification area is still saying Damaged SD card.
Any suggestions??

What brand is it, dont tell me its a unbranded one, or a cheap ebay one, it could be a fake one, use you pc to format it fat or use the sd formatter, when you put it into the phone, unmount it then format again using the phone before use.
I have a 32gb adata class 2, 32gb lexar class 10, and many 8gb and 16gb from kingston, toshiba and sandisk in class 2 to class 6, all works.

Connect phone with USB cable in mass storage mode .
Format the SD card then run scandisk/error checking on the card .
jje

JJEgan said:
Connect phone with USB cable in mass storage mode .
Format the SD card then run scandisk/error checking on the card .
jje
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No its not working even after formatting.
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Got myself a new Sd card and its working great for now.
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CM7 Memory Loss?

I had 4.9GB and then I had installed CM7 Nighties 161 and now i have 596kb and i have checked my SD card and there is nothing on there but it is appearing empty now i have installed CM7

Is your sd card original?
try to format your SD card in your computer through card reader

Yes my SD card is original, what's the best way to format the SD card
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i think your SD card is corrupt when flash cyanogen
your phone wont detect your sd card,
format it on your computer through card reader

My phone does detect the SD card as all my files show up but its just the memory which has dissapeared.
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Cannot flash rom. Why??????

Hey guys, im trying to flash a rom into my tablet but when I get into CWM it say's that it canot mount the sd card. Any ideas??????
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format your micro SD card in another phone or one of the market apps or try a did card. Fat 32

Tried that, no luck. Anything else?
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troubleshoot
Use a different microSD card - does issue still happen? If so, it's probably not the MicroSD card. If not - problem solved, the card is the issue.

Does the other sd have to be inserted permanently or can it just be inserted for flashing only?
also if I format the sd card on CWM is it formating the internal card? or the external card???

shalomhr said:
Does the other sd have to be inserted permanently or can it just be inserted for flashing only?
also if I format the sd card on CWM is it formating the internal card? or the external card???
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You can use it for flashing a rom image only, no need to keep it in the system after applying a update/rom to the a500.

You can also flash a rom from USB key if you have one (FAT32 is a must).

shalomhr said:
Hey guys, im trying to flash a rom into my tablet but when I get into CWM it say's that it canot mount the sd card. Any ideas??????
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Are you using the mount option in CWM? If so, that's for mounting the SD card on to a connected PC as a disk drive...
If not, and no external SD cards are working for you, you can also use a USB memory stick as mentioned above.

I used another sd card all is well now, last question didnt get an answer for,
In CWM does formating sd card mean formating external or internal sd?
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sd card mont mount

so i just got a g2 that has had the screenrplaced and is on android version 2.3.4 and the sdcard says sdcard blank or unsupported filesystem i have formated te card in computer but wont format in phone help needed

It has to be formatted FAT32 I believe. You could have a bad SD card. Have you tried another SD card to make sure that it is indeed the phone and not the card?

I have the same problem. Tried with multiple cards.
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tinye99 said:
so i just got a g2 that has had the screenrplaced and is on android version 2.3.4 and the sdcard says sdcard blank or unsupported filesystem i have formated te card in computer but wont format in phone help needed
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What brand/size/type is the card? Is it SD or SDHC? The G2/DZ won't support SDXC cards (i.e.; >32GB), if you got an SDXC card it won't be supported.

[HELP]Can't read SD Card after formating

Guys help me please. I partition my sd card. few months ago. last night i formatted my SD card. after that. SD card can't mount. please help me. what to do ? also my computer can't read it please help me how to fix it . thanks in advanced.

first backup any data you have on your sd card
remove all partitions with minitool and create a new partition of fat32 and format it with minitool
next boot up your phone with the sd card in
goto
settings
storage
unmount sd card
erase/format sd card
now go into cwm - you sd card will now be mountable
for the 2nd partition create it in cwm
cant remember exactly where the option is from memory but its under something like partitions
just create a 2nd partition of 1024mb with 0 swap
you can then copy any backups back to sd card

marcussmith2626 said:
first backup any data you have on your sd card
remove all partitions with minitool and create a new partition of fat32 and format it with minitool
next boot up your phone with the sd card in
goto
settings
storage
unmount sd card
erase/format sd card
now go into cwm - you sd card will now be mountable
for the 2nd partition create it in cwm
cant remember exactly where the option is from memory but its under something like partitions
just create a 2nd partition of 1024mb with 0 swap
you can then copy any backups back to sd card
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i don't have any backups i format my sd card by using my phone. in the settings. after that. i put some files in my sd card. then a day after. my phone can't mount my sd card. even my computer can't read my sd card so minitool will not work on this what to do. my sd card is not readable.

ChristianMonteon said:
i don't have any backups i format my sd card by using my phone. in the settings. after that. i put some files in my sd card. then a day after. my phone can't mount my sd card. even my computer can't read my sd card so minitool will not work on this what to do. my sd card is not readable.
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if you are unable to read your sd card via a card reader on a pc (not via phone usb cable) in order to delete partitions and recreate them, its best you get a new sd card

marcussmith2626 said:
if you are unable to read your sd card via a card reader on a pc (not via phone usb cable) in order to delete partitions and recreate them, its best you get a new sd card
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how sad. btw. Thanks :good:

My computer also once was not able to read my sd card but minitool partition wizard detected it.... What i did then was that i deleted all the partitions and created a new one with
Label--Android-SD
Type - Primary
File type -- Fat32
After i did this .. My phone and computer both read the sd card...
Hope this helps for u too..
Press thanx if it helps you
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Tanuj Chandolia said:
My computer also once was not able to read my sd card but minitool partition wizard detected it.... What i did then was that i deleted all the partitions and created a new one with
Label--Android-SD
Type - Primary
File type -- Fat32
After i did this .. My phone and computer both read the sd card...
Hope this helps for u too..
Press thanx if it helps you
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minitool partition wizard cant read my memory card too

ChristianMonteon said:
minitool partition wizard cant read my memory card too
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You are using card reader or usb cable..?
U have to use card reader..
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Tanuj Chandolia said:
You are using card reader or usb cable..?
U have to use card reader..
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I think that's not the problem, i use a MP3 player with USB
If you plug your sdcard on linux-based using anything it should be /dev/sdc
Do a dd if=/dev/sdc of=/home/[your user]/Desktop/sdcard.img
After that install WinImage http://www.winimage.com/
Open the img with winimage it will tell you where to connect,
choose first primary fat32 partition open menu -> extract all with subdirectories, :good:
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Best way to recover files but for the sdcard i think it will be better to buy a new one