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Flashed JPM via odin... It has formatted my SD card twice! WTF!

Hi guys,
Don't know if this is a known issue. I flashed jpm with odin, everything was working fine. But suddenly I couldn't play a music file, I checked if the file was still there on the SD but it was gone. In fact all there was on the SD, was: a dcim, a lost.dir and a .androidsecure directory. WTF! I decided to format the card and to just fill it up again with some music. And now it deleted everything AGAIN! WTF!
Really really annoyed here, anyone the same problem? Regards
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DaanJordaan said:
Hi guys,
Don't know if this is a known issue. I flashed jpm with odin, everything was working fine. But suddenly I couldn't play a music file, I checked if the file was still there on the SD but it was gone. In fact all there was on the SD, was: a dcim, a lost.dir and a .androidsecure directory. WTF! I decided to format the card and to just fill it up again with some music. And now it deleted everything AGAIN! WTF!
Really really annoyed here, anyone the same problem? Regards
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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Umm, I'm not an expert here, but don't you usually remove both your sim and sd card before flashing via Odin?

Never did that before,
I flashed jm8 exactly the same way and never experienced any issues.

Maybe your card is dying... Try using a different SDcard and see if the issue remains. Good luck

almi88 said:
Maybe your card is dying... Try using a different SDcard and see if the issue remains. Good luck
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If the card was dying why would there still be folders in them.
And it is a little strange that it happens shortly after flashing

DaanJordaan said:
If the card was dying why would there still be folders in them.
And it is a little strange that it happens shortly after flashing
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I've said that because I've had a Xperia X1 before and a 4GB Sandisk and I had the same issue... After I've changed the SD card nothing happened anymore...

almi88 said:
I've said that because I've had a Xperia X1 before and a 4GB Sandisk and I had the same issue... After I've changed the SD card nothing happened anymore...
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cool will try, did it place some standard android folders on the card again as well?

Factory reset for no reason

My phone reset itself for no reason. It was laggy so I restarted. When it rebooted, all the apps I had installed wod force close (samsung default apps worked fine) and all my personal info was gone (phone nos, contacts, settings, etc).
When this happened first two times, i replaced my phone. Now it happened on the replacemwnt SGS.
I am thinking it may be the sd card (I am using an 8gb external sd I have from my previous Moto Mestone). I've been running for about a week with no reset since I took the card out from the phone. I would however like to use the sd card for the additional storage.
Anybody know if the sd card could have been the problem and maybe how to fix it?
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mars0212 said:
Anybody know if the sd card could have been the problem and maybe how to fix it?
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Yes, it sounds like this
Did you already try to boot the phone without the external-SD-Card being plugged in? Or just tried booting with another external SD-Card?
If not, copy over your data form ext. SD-Card to your PC and reformat the external SD-Cardwithin the system settings.
Maybe there are some system files from your Milestone left which SGS doesn't like

Installed Darky's rom. Do not seem to have that problem anymore.
Thanks
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Custom System Status with no Root?

How is it possible to have a custom system status if I did not root my phone? I tried to do a check for a software update, and it says "your device has been modified. Software updates are not available." I have not rooted my phone, so I'm not sure how the system could be "custom". I checked the Knox kernel and warranty void, both are 0x0. Any ideas?
UPDATE: I unmounted and removed my sd card, restarted the phone and it's fine. This is the same sd card that I used in my rooted Note2. I wonder if there's something left over that's making the Note 3 think it's rooted....

ggblake said:
How is it possible to have a custom system status if I did not root my phone? I tried to do a check for a software update, and it says "your device has been modified. Software updates are not available." I have not rooted my phone, so I'm not sure how the system could be "custom". I checked the Knox kernel and warranty void, both are 0x0. Any ideas?
UPDATE: I unmounted and removed my sd card, restarted the phone and it's fine. This is the same sd card that I used in my rooted Note2. I wonder if there's something left over that's making the Note 3 think it's rooted....
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yeah friend, this also happen to me..
edit: but i didnt try to remove the sdkad like u mention...i'll give it a try friend..thx!

micmaccc said:
yeah friend, this also happen to me..
edit: but i didnt try to remove the sdkad like u mention...i'll give it a try friend..thx!
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It works until you reinsert the sd card and reboot. I'm not sure what on the sd card is making it think it's rooted. I think I will try wiping my sd card. Will report back.
UPDATE: Ok, wiping the sd card works.

its because you have a 64GB SD card...note sure why, but i had this issue since my S4 and still have it today on my note 3. It sucks but it will come back whenever you start putting stuff back on your SD, there is no way around this, i've been working on a thread in the S4 section and have over 300 replies but no one was able to fix this

ggblake said:
It works until you reinsert the sd card and reboot. I'm not sure what on the sd card is making it think it's rooted. I think I will try wiping my sd card. Will report back.
UPDATE: Ok, wiping the sd card works.
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maybe something(app/leftovers) inside is causing this..I will try to find out what
The Beast

You wont be able. I have tried so many times with help from dozens and it seems to be a 64gd specific problem
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polish_pat said:
You wont be able. I have tried so many times with help from dozens and it seems to be a 64gd specific problem
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yes it looks like to be specific to a 64GB card...
but I've done a few tests one year ago on my S3 that also had the same problem...
it was working fine with a newly formatted card.
it was also working fine with a small amount of music file... but as soon as I filled my card (with at 5GB space left), it started to show custom status.
Today I found out that I had the same problem with my Note 3 when trying to detect/install the latest update. Sad to see that Samsung did not fix this problem.
it looks like that that process that scans the SD card at boot is causing some type of false identification...
I'm sure it would be an easy fix for Samsung... but you have to find someone to first understand this problem and work on it.
I've contacted Samsung support in the past and the only thing they told me was to use a 32GB card max.

I found something interesting today...
I synched around 50GB of music files today... And after a reboot, I got the custom device status. My sync folder had a few hundreds of files and subfolders.
I moved all the files in one unique folder and rebooted my device.
Boot was faster... Media scanner finished a lot faster... And device status was back to normal.
It's not a fix... But at least it's a work around that might help someone.
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You're lucky because my music folder was always one folder on the SD and i always got custom status
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polish_pat said:
You're lucky because my music folder was always one folder on the SD and i always got custom status
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How many files did you have in this single folder?
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Thousands. About 40gb worth of music. And i cant do anything about it because its isyncr that manages that
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zadigre said:
I found something interesting today...
I synched around 50GB of music files today... And after a reboot, I got the custom device status. My sync folder had a few hundreds of files and subfolders.
I moved all the files in one unique folder and rebooted my device.
Boot was faster... Media scanner finished a lot faster... And device status was back to normal.
It's not a fix... But at least it's a work around that might help someone.
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I'll give a try later thx!
The Beast

I have note 3 and my device status is custom I read the comments and removed the sd card which is only 16GB but the device status is custom
Should I format the sd card or what?

Flash stock rom via Odin .
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Cant move to SDCard after a restart

Ok, so a strange thing has happened. Immediately after a reatart I now can't move apps to my SDCard.. and apps that i had previously move have now disappeared from the app drawer. And are grayed out on the home screen with a little sdcard symbol. The SDcard is working fine in all other respects i can read and write to it just fine..
Has anybody else experienced this or can suggest a reason as to why this may have happened.
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I've had this before on a previous sd card, just before it died, what model sd Card and where did you purchase it from?
Sent from my S7 Edge

Its an actual Samsung EVO 64Gb. I bought it from Harvey Norman - where i bought the phone from... not even a week old.
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Can you access other files on the card? Try ejecting it (in Settings / Storage), popping out the SIM card holder to make sure the SD card is seated properly, then reinstall it.

Yep, i can read and write to the card fine.. all my files are there. The strange thing is the ability to move to SD card was there prior to restart... now its gone.. but for all other things the card is fine..
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Can you see any items in the LOST. DIR folder?

Same thing, I just ejected and re mounted it. it fixed it

How much are you able to move? Is it still a small part of an app?
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS7/comments/491djq/appsgames_on_sd_card/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3337811

There is nothing in the LOST.DIR folder.
At the moment i cant move any part of an app to the SD card. The option to do it has disappeared...
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If I was you, i would back up the sd Card and then use an sd Card checker to run a test to make sure nothing is wrong with it,

peter7769 said:
If I was you, i would back up the sd Card and then use an sd Card checker to run a test to make sure nothing is wrong with it,
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Probably a good idea. Do you have any recommendations on a good SD Card checker..
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Put this into Google as you may have to use Google Translate, but the program is in English, great program. It may take a while but let it go all the way to the end.
http://www.heise.de/download/h2testw.html

Disappearing microSD

Hi, I recently stumbled upon an unpleasant issue. I got xt1562 (stock 6.0.1 EU, no root, no cwm) and sandisk ultra 64gb. Sometimes (I fail to identify the source of issue) the memory card just disappears and the phone doesn't see it. Since the card is formatted as internal, i cannot take even pictures or download anything via browser. SolidExplorer doesn't see it in the list of storage as well. Restarting the phone or replugging the tray helps for an uncertain amount of time, the card becomes visible and then disappears again. I looked for obvious answers, but it is something special (not mentioned here or in google to my best knowledge).
Does anyone know how to solve the issue? I would appreciate any comments as well.
Thanks.

I had this same problem, but it solved by itself.

for this particular reason I stopped using the memory card as internal storage.

pijes said:
for this particular reason I stopped using the memory card as internal storage.
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Seems your solutions is the easiest. Thanks

pijes said:
for this particular reason I stopped using the memory card as internal storage.
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I'm already using sdCard as a portable storage & this issue still persists.
I have upgraded my sdcard as well from 16GB Sandisk Ultra Class-10 to 32GB Ultra UHS-1
but in couple of days sdcard disappears & after that i have to restart my phone to make my card accessible to gallery

AakashGarg said:
I'm already using sdCard as a portable storage & this issue still persists.
I have upgraded my sdcard as well from 16GB Sandisk Ultra Class-10 to 32GB Ultra UHS-1
but in couple of days sdcard disappears & after that i have to restart my phone to make my card accessible to gallery
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I had the same disappearing issues before but since I did a slow format in Windows, the problem seems to go away. Never had any disconnect or disappearing issues again until now.
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I'm getting exactly the same issue. I'm using a 128gb card formatted as portable storage (exFAT ). I know when the issue starts because taking a picture with the stock camera app causes it to crash, and spotify complains about there being no access to storage. The card is being detected by other apps and Androids built in file explorer. I have to restart the device to cure the issue.

I have the same issue since updating from 6.0 stock to 6.0.1 stock.
What changed? There must be a reason for this behaviour.

Same issue here too after updating to 6.0.1 ota. Have to restart for it to fix itself. I'm beginning to think it might be linked with charging but not certain yet.

Searching the net it seems that Samsung users are on 6.0.1 are having the same issues. Google must be aware by now.

I fixed it with a different kernel.
Phoenix --> permanent dismounts
Optimus --> works

apokolok said:
I fixed it with a different kernel.
Phoenix --> permanent dismounts
Optimus --> works
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What is the stock Kernel for 6.0.1??

_jay_uk_ said:
What is the stock Kernel for 6.0.1??
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Well, stock ist stock.
After updating to 6.0.1 I had no dismounts with stock kernel, but I didn't use it very long.
I flashed Phoenix kernel which resulted in lots of dismounts, this was fixed by Optimus Kernel for me.

I used to be have the same problem with a Sandisk Ultra 128GB.
I need to backup all files in windows and format it to back to normal.
This problem appears every 30-40 days after formatted.
The problem was finally solved by buying a new sd card (samsung pro).

Well, I was too fast reporting it fixed.
I still get unmounts. Not that often but it ain't fixed.
Never had a single unmount with 6.0.
Actually thinking of going back as this sucks balls.

apokolok said:
Well, I was too fast reporting it fixed.
I still get unmounts. Not that often but it ain't fixed.
Never had a single unmount with 6.0.
Actually thinking of going back as this sucks balls.
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I tried formatting my card back to exFAT. The dismounts were as much as every 10 minutes. I have now formatted the card back to FAT32, of which i had more stability, but this time I have started fresh with a completely empty card. Formatted in gparted then straight into the Moto. See how this goes.!!

Me too had similar issue after the latest ota update.
Everytime When I connect phn to PC via cable SD card disappears. SD card will not show in PC and phn. I need to restart phn to get it back. I'm using SD card as portable.
1st I formated the phn. But still the problem occurs
2nd I formated SD through PC. Result was successful. Now the card is OK not disappears while connecting to pc

This is the exact same issue I had since stock lollipop. I updated it to 6.0 since I though that this was the reason, It worked for half a day before it stopped and even on 6.1 it doesn't work.
For the record I also have Sandisk 128 gbs class 10. The only message I get is "Corrupted SanDisk SD Card”.

Some solved this problem with slow format option on PC.
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Still no progress in resolving the issue
SInce my last post, I have formatted the card as external. It worked fine until i filled it up to 10gb (out of 64gb). Now I have exactly the same issue. Does anyone know how to let Google, Morotola know about it? Is it covered by any guarantee? I start thinking that I am back to 2007 with first android versions