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Damaged SD card!!

I don't know when did this started happening actually, I flashed a number of roms in the past couple of days, but I can't get rid of this stupid notification and its really driving me crazy!
When I mount my SD card so I can transfer files from PC and the unmount I get the error "Damaged SD Card - SD card damaged you may have to reformat it"
The thing is reformatting does not solve it, and when I have this notification nothing that accesses the card works (music, photos, astro..)
I tried reflashing my rom again which made the error go away for a while but after some mount-unmount I have it again!
I have a non-branded HTC magic (32A) with Cyanogen 4.2.3 and Enoch theme and RA's recovery image and NO apps2sd
Any help?
Thanks

fixed it
Okay I got it to go away, I formatted from the recovery menu (fat32 only)
and I turned off the swap file and uninstalled the swapper app.
No problems so far!

i've found that rebooting the phone makes the sd card damaged error message go away
and that rebooting my pc actually solved the problem of the pc not seeing the sdcard
but that may just be temporary, i dont know

Strange SD Card!
When I mounted my SD Card I was receiving an error and was asked to Scan or Continue. I chose scan and then it looks like it mounted fine. I can view all the folders and files but if I try to copy any files to the card or try to create a folder I get an error saying the Drive is not available and it is no longer mounted. I put the card in a card reader and I received the Scan option again and I scanned it to fix any errors but it doesn't find any. I then can copy, delete and modify anything on the card. I put the card back in the phone and mount the card. No issues until I try to copy, delete or modify and it unmounts and will not work. I have the original T-Mobile Rom and I have not rooted it.
Any ideas?
Thanks,

Android installer can't read SD card

Hey everyone,
Today I mistakingly tried to update a Froyo ROM with an Eclair, and it messed up my phone. So I flashed the default Bell ROM and went to install the Eclair, only this time I kept getting an error that /sdcard/andboot/androidinstall.tar can't be read.
I've checked over and over and: 1) the folder location is right (in the root of the SD Card, all lower case), 2) the .tar file is not corrupt, and 3) the SD Card is formated in FAT32.
I have no idea what is going on, and I'm stuck with the default Windows Mobile 6.1 now.
Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks

same here
I'm actually having the same thing. Clean FAT32 card. 1 directory 'andboot' all lowercase, 1 file in that dir 'androidinstall.tar' all lowercase.
I see android detecting the insert of the SD card, but apparently it wont read it...

solved
After reformatting [and repartitioning] the sd card, what worked for me in the end, was reformatting it [yes, again] to fat32, making the directory, putting in the file, and then resetting the phone. My guess: even though it detected the insert of an sd card, it did not really mount the filesystem until after the reboot.

SD card mounts as read-only

The problem started a few weeks ago, and I can't remember if it's related to any update I might have done.
I first noticed there was a problem when the camera app couldn't save my pictures/videos to the SD card and reverted to using internal memory. Then I started having issues with some applications who wouldn't update claiming they were unable to install to USB storage or SD card. I was able to circumvent that by temporary unmounting the card then performing the update.
It's when I tried to copy some media onto the card from my computer that I realized I no longer had writing privilege on the card. I popeed it out and added the files without any issue from a microSD card reader so at least I knew the card was OK. After a little bit of fiddling, I was able re re-mount the card as read-write when trying to write on it from within Total Commander. It offered to remount as read-write and I said yes. Problem is, it stays that way for a little while and a few hours later, I can no longer write anything on the card, again.
Does anyone knows how to permanently fix this issue?
I'm currently using stock Samsung firmware build number JDQ39.I337MVLUAMG1 and the phone is rooted.

If you take it out and put on your (Windows) PC, how does it perform?
If you have Windows, does a scan disk report anything wrong?

I could read and write to the card without any issue from Windows when using it through an USB reader.
Scanning the card found a bunch of file system errors. Once corrected, the card mounted back correctly on the phone.
Thanks for the tip!

KitKat SD Card Issue

I have the infamous issue RE: SD Cards in KitKat (read: can't write to it). I am running Hyperdrive. I have downloaded and run all of the fixes available at https://play.google.com/store/search?q=KitKat SD Fix and while they report that it is fixed, I am unable to transfer files from my PC to my SD Card.
This is really starting to piss me off ...
UPDATE: The xposed fix resolved the issue! WOOHOO!

Move files to External SD card

Hello, I'm new to the Note 4 and new to a phone with an SD card slot in general. I've found that I'm unable to move files from internal storage to the SD card. Is there a way to do this without rooting? I'm on a Verizon model on lollipop. If there is no way to do this without rooting, what is the advantage to having an SD card slot if the only thing I can put on it is pictures?

It should be fixed in Lollipop. It works for me.
Look for "com.speedsoftware.explorer" in Play Store and try again, but the default file manager should do just fine.