Related
After using my phone for sometime, the SD card becomes read only.. I can't modify anything on the card. Apps like Zedge don't start because it says SD not detected. The camera clicks pictures but nothing gets saved. However i can watch videos and play songs but cant write anything on the card. Remounting the SD solves the problem temporarily.
Running stock GB rom, rooted. Does anyone else have this problem? How do i fix it?
Boot the phone w/o SD once and see if help if not u might need to reformat ur sd
Sent from my MB525 using xda premium
Booted without SD, and re-inserted it again. Lets see if it happens anytime soon
Still happens. It happens when phone isnt in use for long time(while im sleeping). Help anyone?
Sent from my MB526 using XDA App
formatting the card didn't help..the problem still exists..can anyone please help?
Sent from my MB526 using XDA App
I faced a similar problem with my defy
Try to install MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition (google it, its free)
use external card reader to mount sd card and select the memory card
select wipe the select the last choice (phases) the select apply, it will take more than 8 hours to finish
then insert to your mobile
also it is better to install CM7.1
I made that it and it worked for me
In custom ROMS this has never happened to me.. when i reverted back to stock i found this issue
8 hours? really?
Me too facing the same problem!!!
oSandmaNo said:
After using my phone for sometime, the SD card becomes read only.. I can't modify anything on the card. Apps like Zedge don't start because it says SD not detected. The camera clicks pictures but nothing gets saved. However i can watch videos and play songs but cant write anything on the card. Remounting the SD solves the problem temporarily.
Running stock GB rom, rooted. Does anyone else have this problem? How do i fix it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use 4 GB class 4 SD card on my Micromax Canvas 2 Plus A110q....after a month or so, my SD card turned read only...I tried to format it and was successful..but when I remounted it, the files were back!! I changed my mmc and got a new 4 GB class 4 SD Card....but after some time, it also turned read only!! I have also googled it and found no results!! If u anywhere get the solution, plz tell me also..
DarkSJ1998 said:
I use 4 GB class 4 SD card on my Micromax Canvas 2 Plus A110q....after a month or so, my SD card turned read only...I tried to format it and was successful..but when I remounted it, the files were back!! I changed my mmc and got a new 4 GB class 4 SD Card....but after some time, it also turned read only!! I have also googled it and found no results!! If u anywhere get the solution, plz tell me also..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use external card reader and use HDD low level format tool.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
Solution!
oSandmaNo said:
After using my phone for sometime, the SD card becomes read only.. I can't modify anything on the card. Apps like Zedge don't start because it says SD not detected. The camera clicks pictures but nothing gets saved. However i can watch videos and play songs but cant write anything on the card. Remounting the SD solves the problem temporarily.
Running stock GB rom, rooted. Does anyone else have this problem? How do i fix it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your adapter at mobile is locked ???
Can be it...
Hi XDA Family.
I recently flashed Omega Rom on my Galaxy S4 and everything went well. The next day I played my music from my SD card then there was an error "cant play this music file or something like this" after that my S4 was displaying that my SD card is blank or has unsupported files. The phone recommended that I need to format it using the phone. I formatted it like my phone said but it did nothing. Phone still displaying that SD card is blank or has unsupported files.
The next day bought a new SD card (8gb Scandisk) and the phone read it no problem. I transferred all my music to my new SD card and after playing my music the error appeared again and now both SD cards are showing that the SD cards are blank or has unsupported files.
Re flashed stock rom and stock kernel but still has the same errors on my SD card
Borrowed a memory card reader from a friend and formatted the SD card using my PC formatted it with all know file system. FAT32, exfat and NTFS but everything is not working.
Lastly I tried my SD cards with another Galaxy s4 and they worked without problems, formatted it using the phones formatting capability inserted it on my S4 but still has the same errors.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated guys.
Thanks in advance.
Any help would be greatly appriciated.
I have The same problem.
Pls help
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium
did you try any rescan sdcard application from playstore?
samersh72 said:
did you try any rescan sdcard application from playstore?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi! Thanks for replying, I was beginning to lose hope that anybody would reply. Tried your suggestion. Downloaded 3 scanning SD card apps on Playstore but none of them worked. Both of my SD card still shows up as blank in my S4.
This only happened after i flashed a ROM, anything I still need to do to go back to stock? Already flashed an official softwas and kernel.
carlo06 said:
Hi! Thanks for replying, I was beginning to lose hope that anybody would reply. Tried your suggestion. Downloaded 3 scanning SD card apps on Playstore but none of them worked. Both of my SD card still shows up as blank in my S4.
This only happened after i flashed a ROM, anything I still need to do to go back to stock? Already flashed an official softwas and kernel.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
take a look here
samersh72 said:
take a look here
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi Good Morning!
Tried that last night still the same problem. Tried the chkdsk on CMD still the same problem. I can buy another SD card but I am just afraid that maybe a week or two the sd card will mulfunction again and I cant forget the fact that my PC and other S4 can read my SD cards.
Two possible reasons. Sandisk SD cards supposedly fail easily but yours is 8gb so it should be ok.
Next reason is Omega Rom bug, I personally don't have this issue but I have a similar one. My Sdcard does not mount as r/w automatically.
lambstone said:
Two possible reasons. Sandisk SD cards supposedly fail easily but yours is 8gb so it should be ok.
Next reason is Omega Rom bug, I personally don't have this issue but I have a similar one. My Sdcard does not mount as r/w automatically.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the reply lamstone, I have read somewhere that disabling the automount helps. Can you help me on how to disable automount? and can I do it if I am on stock firmware?
Thanks
Just use the card reader and adapter and attach it to your computer and format the card using exFAT file system. Then use it in phone. AFAIK the current custom recoveries already support exFAT. So you should be fine for anything. I had similar issue with my 32GB Sandisk Ultra card when I formated it using phone. No issues since I formated it as exFAT on PC.
Funkym0nkey said:
Just use the card reader and adapter and attach it to your computer and format the card using exFAT file system. Then use it in phone. AFAIK the current custom recoveries already support exFAT. So you should be fine for anything. I had similar issue with my 32GB Sandisk Ultra card when I formated it using phone. No issues since I formated it as exFAT on PC.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi thanks for the reply.
Tried Fat32, Exfat and ntfs and all of the still has the same error. Actually bought a new 16gb sd card earlier I popped it in my s4 and still has the same problem.
This started happening when I flashed Omega rom. Is there anyhow I can check if I have a stock everything? My kernel, recovery and firmware?
thanks for the patience.
BUMP!!!
Anybody who can help me??
Another update is that I installed CWM recovery Philz Edition and tried hooking it up on the UBS cable and mount usb storage. My computer can now see my sd card inserted on my phone. Tried reformat while my phone is on CWM and connected thru USB cable and formatting goes thru but phone still says SD Card is blank or has unsupported files.
One thing that is strange though is that when I try to copy things to my SD card while my phone is attached to the USB cable my PC freezes like it cant copy any files to my SD card.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Same problem
carlo06 said:
BUMP!!!
Anybody who can help me??
Another update is that I installed CWM recovery Philz Edition and tried hooking it up on the UBS cable and mount usb storage. My computer can now see my sd card inserted on my phone. Tried reformat while my phone is on CWM and connected thru USB cable and formatting goes thru but phone still says SD Card is blank or has unsupported files.
One thing that is strange though is that when I try to copy things to my SD card while my phone is attached to the USB cable my PC freezes like it cant copy any files to my SD card.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same problem. I bought an 16GB class 10 Kingston SD Card and inserted in my phone . Nothing. THen I disabled Developer options and it appeared. Then I though I will reformat it using directly the phone. Ok. Tried to use it bam "unexpectedly removed " and nothing. Then I tried another SD Card and the same happend first good then removed and so the third one.
Any updates on this thread ? Did you manage to make it work ?
This phone is pissing me off. I am having same problems with stock music player and Goohle Play Music app giving errors on any tracks in my Sandisc 32 gb class 6 micro SD. I have started to wonder if it is related to me using the Samsung Smart dock with a 500 gb external HDD to watch movies on HDTV. It mounts the drive and works great but following day I was try to play music that worked day before and now I get unsupported file type error and other error.
I tried avg to check for a virus(which is unlikely imo) and it shows no virus. I just tried this SD on another android device (Nabi 2 tablet running 4.0.4 and all songs play PERFECT without error. This must be my At&t galaxy S4. Any ideas anyone? I really dont feel like reformatting the sd since it seems to work fine on tablet. Also: I already wiped both music player apps in settings and eventually uninstalled and reinstalled the apps (and another musiv player also) to see if it was cache related. This made no difference.
Edit* oops. After rereading OP... I think I posted this in wrong thread.lol. But my issue with S4 and SD card error with music playback is similar so Ill leave my post unless mod wants to remove it. FYI I fixed my issue(somewhat). Ths SD card is fine as I suspected. The phone has an issue having stock music app, play music and mx player. Either one of the apps was running in background or the system was running sound in background. Hope to not have problem repeat itself. I bet custom rom would fix this if AT&T hadnt locked phone with sneaky update.
You can try flash Rom Cook MH8.
I think your problem will resolve.
Thanks
i think you need to try this.. Get your SD card and try to put in another phone example Blackberry (im not sure if it will work on HTC, alcatel etc. except samsung).
then format using other phone. after formatting ffrom other phone. reinsert the sd card on your samsung unit. then check the storage and try reformatting again using your Samsung.
still nothing
Well. I still do not know how to fix this and I searched and tried almost everything. Only thing that I think might be wrong that somehow the "auto mount SD " does not work.
Because the card is there. The phone cannot see it . Other phones do fine. And in CWM even I can see that there is indeed an SD card but cannot acces the files.
So... I really do not know
i am also having this problem but nothing seems to help have tried alot of thing but yeah :/ sp i have given up on it ! it is a 32 gb sd card loved it.. now i almost got anxiety cus i have so little storage xD hehe well well might buy a new sd soon
My class 4 32gb sdcard too stoped working properly these days.Sometimes it gets unmounted randomly or it doesn't get detected or it shows blank sdcard.I don't know what cause that but the best I could have done is to backup my data and buy a sammy 32gb class10 micro sd.I heard that S4 has problems with sandisk ones.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 4
UPDATE:
My SD Card problems has not been fixed until now!
I just flashed the leaked 4.3 firmware and I tried to insert an SD Card just to try it and BAM! it worked!!! I am now afraid of rooting my phone because maybe the SD Card will not be working again but as long as my SD Card is working I am good!
Anybody who has problems with their SD Card should try to flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2465713
hope this helps!
I am running MM (stock, unrooted, w/ unlocked BL) and have and SD card installed as portable storage (i had tried using it as internal a month or so ago and got completely screwed up for a few weeks, so am back to leaving it as portable).
In the past - before i formatted it as internal - i believe I had the option to move apps to the sdcard. I definitely had that option after formatting as internal. Now, I am not seeing that option at all. Do I need to do something special to allow moving of apps to the SD Card?
I am going to storage--> internal storage --> apps and scrolling down the list. When I select an app, i am expecting to see the option to move it to sd card. It's not there for any of the apps on the phone.
Don't think you can use move to SD on moto. Use something like link2sd or adaptive storage.
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
patt2k said:
Don't think you can use move to SD on moto. Use something like link2sd or adaptive storage.
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks- so, you're saying that i probably am just remembering things incorrectly and likely the only time i previously moved the apps to SD on my XPE was when i had the SD card formatted as internal storage?
chuck-fu said:
Thanks- so, you're saying that i probably am just remembering things incorrectly and likely the only time i previously moved the apps to SD on my XPE was when i had the SD card formatted as internal storage?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not sure what you had but I tried that myself and got error that I can't move to SD on this phone. Forgot what the error was though.
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
Its a change from lollipop to marshmallow. Lollipop allows the moving of some apps to the SD card natively, marshmallow does not. Every app I've tried for app2sd doesn't work in marshmallow either.
Sent from my SM-P600 using XDA Premium HD app
I've had some SD Card problems as well, does that mean Migrate Data only moves personal non-app files to the other storage?
Using AppMgrIII to move apps to SD card
Running MM stock, not rooted. Using AppMgrIII and formatting the SD card as internal (really key here), I have moved many apps to the SD card. AppMgrIII tells you which can be moved, and then you go to the app, click on storage and move the app to the SD card. Some work on the first try, and some take two tries for some reason. I must have about 40 apps on my SD card. The only one that didn't work after moving was the Amazon Shopping app. It worked, but took forever to come up. Moved it back to internal and it's fine.
davekaye said:
Running MM stock, not rooted. Using AppMgrIII and formatting the SD card as internal (really key here), I have moved many apps to the SD card. AppMgrIII tells you which can be moved, and then you go to the app, click on storage and move the app to the SD card. Some work on the first try, and some take two tries for some reason. I must have about 40 apps on my SD card. The only one that didn't work after moving was the Amazon Shopping app. It worked, but took forever to come up. Moved it back to internal and it's fine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
While this is a good work around, this breaks basic functionality of the SD card by itself. When you format it as internal, you cannot put it in a card reader and use it in your pc, which for me, is essential, especially when copying 20+ gigs at a time (128GB card). Also, if rooted and custom recovery, recovery will not read the card either.
Sent from my XT1575 using XDA Premium HD app
Hello, Now I don't really know what's going on cause i'm going crazy with this phone, eveytime I inserted sd card it asked the partition card and internal sd card and when I chose the external ones I have no idea why it doesn't read my sd card like for example I wanna transfer my file via airdroid or wanna restore an app via Titanium backup or play an NDS game it just read only the internal storage even though it shows on ES file explore (I tried the internal ones and it format my SD card, and S did put all the files back in place but it didn't help, the es file explore in photo was before I put my files back, by the way), my phone just doesn't read my sd card, it's like it just work as a one way storage, when I was using a Sony, this doesn't happens what so ever.
Does anyone knows how to fix this problem of mine, please help me. I took some pictures to make proves :crying::crying:
I'm terribly sorry for my English, English is not my primary language.
HerySean said:
Hello, Now I don't really know what's going on cause i'm going crazy with this phone, eveytime I inserted sd card it asked the partition card and internal sd card and when I chose the external ones I have no idea why it doesn't read my sd card like for example I wanna transfer my file via airdroid or wanna restore an app via Titanium backup or play an NDS game it just read only the internal storage even though it shows on ES file explore (I tried the internal ones and it format my SD card, and S did put all the files back in place but it didn't help, the es file explore in photo was before I put my files back, by the way), my phone just doesn't read my sd card, it's like it just work as a one way storage, when I was using a Sony, this doesn't happens what so ever.
Does anyone knows how to fix this problem of mine, please help me. I took some pictures to make proves :crying::crying:
I'm terribly sorry for my English, English is not my primary language.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In titanium backup, open the preferences menu then choose backup folder location. Choose Storage provider (click to change). Then pick DocumentProvider storage, select the SD card on the left menu then press Select at the bottom right corner
go to settings>>storage>>click on external sdcard>>top corner 3dots>>settings>> format
then move media to sdcard.
Your SD card is showing in the file manager. You've 32gb sd card right? "FD89-1CE6" is your sd card. For titanium backup you need go to TB settings and set the backup directory to SD CARD ( FD89-1CE6)
Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk
Thank you so much for your assist, you guys just saved me from a bunch of problem, MAN! android marshmallow is complicated... and I have to install Xposed as well... this should be tough...
pijes said:
In titanium backup, open the preferences menu then choose backup folder location. Choose Storage provider (click to change). Then pick DocumentProvider storage, select the SD card on the left menu then press Select at the bottom right corner
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
bablu048 said:
go to settings>>storage>>click on external sdcard>>top corner 3dots>>settings>> format
then move media to sdcard.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
live4speed said:
Your SD card is showing in the file manager. You've 32gb sd card right? "FD89-1CE6" is your sd card. For titanium backup you need go to TB settings and set the backup directory to SD CARD ( FD89-1CE6)
Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you so much for your assist, you guys just saved me from a bunch of problem, MAN! android marshmallow is complicated... and I have to install Xposed as well... this should be tough...
HerySean said:
Thank you so much for your assist, you guys just saved me from a bunch of problem, MAN! android marshmallow is complicated... and I have to install Xposed as well... this should be tough...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No it's not tough. U just need to flash the right version of xposed through TWRP recovery and then Install the xposed app n you're good to go.
Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk
live4speed said:
No it's not tough. U just need to flash the right version of xposed through TWRP recovery and then Install the xposed app n you're good to go.
Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, Thank you very much, i just did it last night, kinda having trouble with the superSU at first though, I tried to patched Titanium Backup on lucky patcher and it kept saying that I need to root my device, so i had to reflash superSU again. Thank god it went through. Now I having trouble with the internal SD card, I couldn't get it my play store to install app to my sd card or to re-direct my app to read file in my Sd card, for example I installed Chaos ring 3, I had to move all the file from my sd card to internal, it's knilling my internal storage TT^TT . Does anyone have a solution for that, please let me know.... I think everybody have the same problem though, does anyone know how to fix this solution? :crying::crying:
Thank you
HerySean said:
Yeah, Thank you very much, i just did it last night, kinda having trouble with the superSU at first though, I tried to patched Titanium Backup on lucky patcher and it kept saying that I need to root my device, so i had to reflash superSU again. Thank god it went through. Now I having trouble with the internal SD card, I couldn't get it my play store to install app to my sd card or to re-direct my app to read file in my Sd card, for example I installed Chaos ring 3, I had to move all the file from my sd card to internal, it's knilling my internal storage TT^TT . Does anyone have a solution for that, please let me know.... I think everybody have the same problem though, does anyone know how to fix this solution? :crying::crying:
Thank you
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In Android 6.0, once you format ur external sd card as internal it becomes a part of ur internal memory and functions as internal one(the external SD card won't show up in file managers). Hence the phone decides where your app is installed either the real internal memory or the now formatted SD card working as internal memory.
If you don't format it as internal memory. The apps won't install on external SD card and you can't move the apps to external SD card.
Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk
K.khiladi said:
In Android 6.0, once you format ur external sd card as internal it becomes a part of ur internal memory and functions as internal one(the external SD card won't show up in file managers). Hence the phone decides where your app is installed either the real internal memory or the now formatted SD card working as internal memory.
If you don't format it as internal memory. The apps won't install on external SD card and you can't move the apps to external SD card.
Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So can i unplug my sd card in my phone and transfer file from my computer to my sd card via card reader?
HerySean said:
So can i unplug my sd card in my phone and transfer file from my computer to my sd card via card reader?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes u can transfer to your using card reader to SD card but it should not be formatted as internal storage.
Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk
K.khiladi said:
Yes u can transfer to your using card reader to SD card but it should not be formatted as internal storage.
Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sooooooo I can't transfer files via card reader after it's being formatted as internal storage?
HerySean said:
sooooooo I can't transfer files via card reader after it's being formatted as internal storage?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No you can't coz the data on your sd card will be encripted n you won't be able to read it on your computer via card reader. I'd suggest you to keep your sd card as "portable device" if you want to transfer data via card reader.
Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk
Hi guys..
My brother recently updated his x play to marshmallow and used his sd card (sandisk 32 gb) as internal storage. Few days back he did a factory reset after which the phone is not recognising sd card (it shows the sd card as 'unsupported') and asks to format it, to use . he'll lose all the data, if he formats it.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Super_Commando said:
Hi guys..
My brother recently updated his x play to marshmallow and used his sd card (sandisk 32 gb) as internal storage. Few days back he did a factory reset after which the phone is not recognising sd card (it shows the sd card as 'unsupported') and asks to format it, to use . he'll lose all the data, if he formats it.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I guess that's the only way as the card is encrypted.
Automated reply by JARVIS
Though the card is encrypted, it should be usable in the same phone.
Isn't there any way to recover data from the card (mainly photos)?
Super_Commando said:
Though the card is encrypted, it should be usable in the same phone.
Isn't there any way to recover data from the card (mainly photos)?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can try some recovery apps available over the Internet.
Same thing happened with my friend also. He had his external formatted as internal and factory resetted his device. When restarted, the phone said to format the external card. ?
Automated reply by JARVIS
K.khiladi said:
You can try some recovery apps available over the Internet.
Same thing happened with my friend also. He had his external formatted as internal and factory resetted his device. When restarted, the phone said to format the external card. ?
Automated reply by JARVIS
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did anything work for him?
Super_Commando said:
Did anything work for him?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope
Automated reply by JARVIS