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[Q] How to set up a formatted sdcard

I am running the latest version of MIUI and have an unused stock sdcard that came with the phone. It had a few backups which I copied to my new sdcard, but otherwise I didn't need anything that was on it, so I formatted it. Now it will not allow me to mount the sdcard because it is not set up correctly, how could I set it up?

What did you format it as? NTFS? FAT32? EXT-2/3/4? Need more info. Ensure you format it as FAT32 and you should be fine; it has the best compatibility between ROMs and PCs.

I haven't been able to format it at all.
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Jacezo said:
I haven't been able to format it at all.
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You might consider connecting it to your PC using a card reader. From your PC you should be able to format it as FAT32. If you are on Windows, you can do this through Administrative Tools >> Computer Management >> Disk Management. In fact, sometimes Windows will just pop up and ask you if you want to format right when you plug it in.

Im on mac
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[Q] Transfering data between phone and A500 using USB?

I was interested in transfering files from my hone (Nexus s 4g) and my A500. I wanted to know if this is possible by simply plugging the phone into the tablet's usb port. If not, is there any drivers or apps i can download to let me do so? Basically, i want it to be like when i plug it into my computer. I want it to show up like a hard drive.
Also, i have a external harddrive and had a question on how to format it. When i right click hit format is comes up as NTFS being the default file system. The onl y other option is exFat. Is that the same as Fat32? I've heard Fat32 is the only file system that works.
Thanks for the help!

Spid3rman said:
I was interested in transfering files from my hone (Nexus s 4g) and my A500. I wanted to know if this is possible by simply plugging the phone into the tablet's usb port. If not, is there any drivers or apps i can download to let me do so? Basically, i want it to be like when i plug it into my computer. I want it to show up like a hard drive.
Also, i have a external harddrive and had a question on how to format it. When i right click hit format is comes up as NTFS being the default file system. The onl y other option is exFat. Is that the same as Fat32? I've heard Fat32 is the only file system that works.
Thanks for the help!
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Use gparted partition manager on puppy linux to format it into fat32.....
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Still not working
Ive converted the drive to fat32 but i still cant get it to be recognized by my a500, can someone please explain how i could do so?

Spid3rman said:
Ive converted the drive to fat32 but i still cant get it to be recognized by my a500, can someone please explain how i could do so?
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Try using a powered usb hub....or try using 'drive mount'.....search it in the market...
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i use nokia e71.
using the datacable ,connect the e71 to a500.
just like an u flash,i can see it in astro .

I CAN DO THIS AFTER UPDATE to 3.1 , and the mount with drive mount

[Q] Corrupted sd card.....sd card now 'raw' system

Salutations all;
My sd card became corrupted again and being as how I had no card reader with me at the time; only connected to the pc via usb, I googled how to use Terminal Emulator to fix it.
All my efforts to fix it that way have failed.
I had tried the fsck command from" http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/38745/check-and-fix-sd-card-errors-within-android-itself "
I fixed something I guess, because I can see it on the pc vs before when I couldn't. Using MiniTool today I discovered the system was RAW.
What I'm asking is, what did I do, How'd I do it, & most importantly; how do I fix it?

Can you format from the computer via the phone?
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Yes, but have about three gigs of data I was trying to save, aside from that yeah, I can Format.

Anybody care to share some light on this???
I understand I can format the card, what I would like to know is how did I change the file system to raw via terminal emulator???
Surely there are those who understand terminal better than I, would any of you out there mind giving a word?
Thnx

Probably got corrupted in the filesystem repair due to wrong format. As for your data try software like recuva
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Well, one of my hard disks had the same problem... I paid $80 to get my data back... and the hard disk, well, was trashed....
But you can try this-
http://www.easeus.com/resource/raw-usb-drive-recovery.htm

much appreciated , I used the Recuva & I was able to get the files back.
As for using terminal, any ideas on what I changed in the line format to change it over to a raw system?
I was using the cmnd lines from the link in my first post.

(Q) Write protect error

When i mount my ideos u8800x5 to the computer and try to copy a folder from the computer, i get this error msg "cannot copy search the web :The disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use another disk". I have tried another disk but the same error msg. When i use a card reader the sd card is working ok. I have tried formatting the sd using fat 32 , reseting factory setting and erasing the sd card same error. How do i remove the write protection from the phone. My phone is rooted and i am using cm7.
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kenwaweru said:
When i mount my ideos u8800x5 to the computer and try to copy a folder from the computer, i get this error msg "cannot copy search the web :The disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use another disk". I have tried another disk but the same error msg. When i use a card reader the sd card is working ok. I have tried formatting the sd using fat 32 , reseting factory setting and erasing the sd card same error. How do i remove the write protection from the phone. My phone is rooted and i am using cm7.
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i dont understand. is your sd card fully working when you connect it to the pc?

Yes i can copy folders from phone's sd card to computer but not from pc to phone. When using a card reader i can copy from sd card to pc and vice versus.
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Does any one know of a switch some where on phones sd card? I am sure the problem is within the phone for the same sd card is working okey when i use a different phone to copy from pc. Using a different sd card brings the same error msg. Please help.
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try this!
kenwaweru said:
Does any one know of a switch some where on phones sd card? I am sure the problem is within the phone for the same sd card is working okey when i use a different phone to copy from pc. Using a different sd card brings the same error msg. Please help.
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hey.. try this..
1) connect your phone to the computer.. unmount sd card.. then remount it again..
if that doesnt work ... you could try this..
use a cardreader
1) copy all your data to pc ...keep it safe
2) Use the windows built-in chkdsk utility.
3)Open up command prompt (start->run->cmd.exe) and type
4)chkdsk /X /F <SD card drive letter>
eg:- chkdsk /X /F D: (d is my sdcard drive)
hope i helped!

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is not with the sd card, the sd card is working fine using card reader. I have tried using the same card with a different phone,and is also working fine. I might have triped a switch within the sd card slot or a program in the phone is preventing writing on the card. I have even tried to reflash the rom with no success. Any other idea?
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kenwaweru said:
Thank you for trying to help. The problem is not with the sd card, the sd card is working fine using card reader. I have tried using the same card with a different phone,and is also working fine. I might have triped a switch within the sd card slot or a program in the phone is preventing writing on the card. I have even tried to reflash the rom with no success. Any other idea?
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did you try the chkdsk? just give it a try and see..

Yes i have tried the cmd.exe .The results-- "File and folder verification is complete. windows has checked the file system and found no problems
Total disk space 15,199,972kb
Hiden files 4
11,432kb in 1,289 folders" and so on.
Thanks again for trying to help. I will press your thank button, you deserve it.
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kenwaweru said:
Yes i have tried the cmd.exe .The results-- "File and folder verification is complete. windows has checked the file system and found no problems
Total disk space 15,199,972kb
Hiden files 4
11,432kb in 1,289 folders" and so on.
Thanks again for trying to help. I will press your thank button, you deserve it.
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don't give up yet!... try method 3 from this link.. again.. please backup your data before attempting this..
http://blog.card-data-recovery.com/tag/remove-android-sd-card-write-protection

I have tried both 2 and 3,have not succeeded. I have noticed that when I mount the phone,it mounts as CD drive instead of Removable Disk.
Device type : CD-ROM drives
Manufacturer : standard CD-ROMdrive
Location: on USB Mass Storage Device .
I have installed the (Huawei u8800 ICS ADB & MTP Drivers) . I can synch and copy using phone explorer but not directly to ( drive f: ). I believe if I can be able to format the drive when mounted to PC, my problem will be solved. Any idea how to go about it? Am using window XP and window 7.
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kenwaweru said:
I have tried both 2 and 3,have not succeeded. I have noticed that when I mount the phone,it mounts as CD drive instead of Removable Disk.
Device type : CD-ROM drives
Manufacturer : standard CD-ROMdrive
Location: on USB Mass Storage Device .
I have installed the (Huawei u8800 ICS ADB & MTP Drivers) . I can synch and copy using phone explorer but not directly to ( drive f: ). I believe if I can be able to format the drive when mounted to PC, my problem will be solved. Any idea how to go about it? Am using window XP and window 7.
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you could format it from the phone.. in storage settings.. or you could use a cardreader.. connect to pc..and format it that way.. and cd drive is how the pc would show your phone.. if it isn't in usb storage mode.. so thats normal.. try the two things above.. but backup your data before you do

Then I'm back to square one. I had already tried formatting using factory settings, and phone explorer but the write-protect is still there. I will have to flash back the original rom and return the phone. Thanks for your help.
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kenwaweru said:
Then I'm back to square one. I had already tried formatting using factory settings, and phone explorer but the write-protect is still there. I will have to flash back the original rom and return the phone. Thanks for your help.
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dude i doubt if its a problem with your phone!.. i think it maybe your sdcard!.. seriously.. did you try a card reader?? try a card reader.. and if you cant format the card then.. then its ur sdcard.. not the phone!

I have restored the original rom B138 which i had bucked up, the write protect error has vanished. When i mount the phone, two drives are detected (sd & internal mem) as removable disk, unlike before only one was detected as CD rom. Every thing is working fine. BUT When i flash back CM7 after full wipe and replacing the image folder, my problem returns. What am i doing wrong?
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kenwaweru said:
I have restored the original rom B138 which i had bucked up, the write protect error has vanished. When i mount the phone, two drives are detected (sd & internal mem) as removable disk, unlike before only one was detected as CD rom. Every thing is working fine. BUT When i flash back CM7 after full wipe and replacing the image folder, my problem returns. What am i doing wrong?
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replacing image folder? means just replacing recovery or are you replacing something else?

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replacing image folder? means just replacing recovery or are you replacing something else?
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bro try this.. i hope this does..
on your official ROM B138..
Go to following directory via a root explorer app:
Root/system /bin
Find this file:
Fsck_msdos
copy that..
flash cm7 with all three wipes and format,
check for sd card error... if it is still there.. then
Go to
Root/system /bin
Find this file:
Fsck_msdos
Delete & Replace with fsck_msdos from your official B138
reboot your phone

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bro try this.. i hope this does..
on your official ROM B138..
Go to following directory via a root explorer app:
Root/system /bin
Find this file:
Fsck_msdos
copy that..
flash cm7 with all three wipes and format,
check for sd card error... if it is still there.. then
Go to
Root/system /bin
Find this file:
Fsck_msdos
Delete & Replace with fsck_msdos from your official B138
reboot your phone
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No it did not work. I went back to official B138 which i had bucked up, Been using it for the past week with a few force close. I thought of trying
some different roms and flashed this U8800V100R001C00B138SP04CUSTESTC205D001(Esthonia Elisa) . Which WIPED MY IMEI.
IMEI =0
IMEI SV=38
WI-FI MAC address=unavailable.
Now I can't use the phone because of the imei.
I have never bucked up my imei only roms, when i restore the bucked up roms; CM7, Oxygen or the B138 the imei reads 0.
Any help in restoring the imei will be greatly appreciated .

IMEI restore SOLVED
kenwaweru said:
No it did not work. I went back to official B138 which i had bucked up, Been using it for the past week with a few force close. I thought of trying
some different roms and flashed this U8800V100R001C00B138SP04CUSTESTC205D001(Esthonia Elisa) . Which WIPED MY IMEI.
IMEI =0
IMEI SV=38
WI-FI MAC address=unavailable.
Now I can't use the phone because of the imei.
I have never bucked up my imei only roms, when i restore the bucked up roms; CM7, Oxygen or the B138 the imei reads 0.
Any help in restoring the imei will be greatly appreciated .
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My imei issue has been solved after reading and doing as per this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45618257#post45618257
Now i have the WI-FI MAC address issue ,how to restore the address.

I have noticed the error msg is gone after installing CM10.2 By ilyaaa. The disc is now being recognized as removable not as CD ROM. I can now write on the disk without the error msg,though i haven't figured out why the other ROMs oxygen, miu, and CM7 had issue .
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[Q] Note 3 dead and 64gb card damaged. any chance to save data?

my note 3 is dead. samsung told me the motherboard needs replacement. and on the same day my 64gb micro sd card stopped working. it says its damaged and needs formatting when inserted in a different phone. its doesn't even show up on the laptop when connected. so basically im trying not to lose ~90gb data. its heartbreaking. is there any way i can at-least try to save some of it

What happens if you insert the SD-card into your laptop and check for it via Disk Manager?
To do so: Go to your desktop and right click on Computer>Manage>Storage>Disk Management and check if you can find it there. Look at the lower part of the window (gray background) and see if you can see the storage there.
If you can see your SD-card's storage there you might have some hope. Though I can't really help you any further from this point but I can assure you that if you see your storage unit there you can save some data from it.

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What happens if you insert the SD-card into your laptop and check for it via Disk Manager?
To do so: Go to your desktop and right click on Computer>Manage>Storage>Disk Management and check if you can find it there. Look at the lower part of the window (gray background) and see if you can see the storage there.
If you can see your SD-card's storage there you might have some hope. Though I can't really help you any further from this point but I can assure you that if you see your storage unit there you can save some data from it.
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If the sdcard shows up in disk manager you can use GetBackData to restore your files. The software is not free but can be If you google. After you have restored the files you needed you can then format the sdcard.
I have only used this software to restore deleted files on NTFS formated harddrives but there is a FAT version of GetBackData.

you need to put in a sdcard reader on you computer and use testdisk to restore your mbr
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
I used many times and it's very efficient

Do not do any writr accesses to the card from niw on as it may destroy your data
to restore the filesystem ( error 'sd must be formatted') use the windows tool chkdsk | type into cmd 'chkdsk /?' and read the you will need
for data recovery use "recuva" its freeware
for both you will need windows and a card reader, also make sure the card is not in locked status
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BunnyPig said:
What happens if you insert the SD-card into your laptop and check for it via Disk Manager?
To do so: Go to your desktop and right click on Computer>Manage>Storage>Disk Management and check if you can find it there. Look at the lower part of the window (gray background) and see if you can see the storage there.
If you can see your SD-card's storage there you might have some hope. Though I can't really help you any further from this point but I can assure you that if you see your storage unit there you can save some data from it.
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at first it showed up under disk management, now it doesn't.. now it just shows up on my computer and it freezes when I try to open
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you need to put in a sdcard reader on you computer and use testdisk to restore tour mbr
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
I used many times and it's very efficient
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Killberty said:
Do not do any writr accesses to the card from niw on as it may destroy your data
to restore the filesystem ( error 'sd must be formatted') use the windows tool chkdsk | type into cmd 'chkdsk /?' and read the you will need
for data recovery use "recuva" its freeware
for both you will need windows and a card reader, also make sure the card is not in locked status
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recuva wont open when my sd card is plugged in, but it opens as soon as I eject it. and then when I re insert it , it doesn't find the memory card.. CMD has so many options. if I select F, then it says its in use by other program

moinsheriff said:
recuva wont open when my sd card is plugged in, but it opens as soon as I eject it. and then when I re insert it , it doesn't find the memory card.. CMD has so many options. if I select F, then it says its in use by other program
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reboot your computer and use chkdsk /f /r
EDIT: recuva will only work when you have a working filesystem, cann you properly acces the file system on your sd, or does it tell you you have to format the card first (which you shd not do ofc)
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Killberty said:
reboot your computer and use chkdsk /f /r
EDIT: recuva will only work when you have a working filesystem, cann you properly acces the file system on your sd, or does it tell you you have to format the card first (which you shd not do ofc)
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Ok so I entered chkdsk e: /r It's been an hour but there's no progress. Cmd not showing anything either. Is it supposed to be like this.

moinsheriff said:
Ok so I entered chkdsk e: /r It's been an hour but there's no progress. Cmd not showing anything either. Is it supposed to be like this.
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i repeat
you need to put in a sdcard reader on you computer and use testdisk to restore your mbr
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
I used many times and it's very efficient