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[Q] sd card read only

hey im a little new to droids. i have rooted my mytouch 4g and was installing iced glacier for the rom and it was successful. but now get an error message saying sd card read only. any ideas o how to fix?

Can you still access the sdcard rw through recovery?
BTW, make sure you post questions in the q&a section. I'm sure when a mod sees this they will tell you the same and move the thread.
My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!

Had same issue, card probably had a sector corrupt. Plug into pc and right click select check card for errors and fix. It will say it found and fixed errors, you will be good after that. Thats what I get when I buy a 8gb class 6 card for $7.99
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i had to pull everything off of it onto my computer then reformat the sd card then put everything back on it. i guess i had a corrupt file on it

I was in the process of pulling, reformatting, etc. But, as Johnowa stated, the option to "scan and fix", which I usually ignore, popped up, I thought, "Why not?", and it actually fixed the problem. As was mentioned, it was likely a bad sector. Hope this helps.

As the others have said, see if you can "scan and fix" or pull everything off it and reformat it. BTW, its Android. Droid is Verizons line of Android phones.

Kienz said:
I was in the process of pulling, reformatting, etc. But, as Johnowa stated, the option to "scan and fix", which I usually ignore, popped up, I thought, "Why not?", and it actually fixed the problem. As was mentioned, it was likely a bad sector. Hope this helps.
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I would add one thing here.
Make sure you copy everything off the card BEFORE you "scan and fix" I had done that before without loosing anything. This time (on a 16 GB card I had used in another device previously), after it did the scan and fix, it generated a very long list of bad sectors, etc. and the result was an effective loss of most of the contents.
After the "fix", I reformatted and copied everything back without a problem.

Also... is this when its plugged in? I have noticed that mine likes to go into DISK MODE everytime I plug in the USB to charge. After I chnaged that in settings, I found my cable is slightly bad because if it moves the wrong direction, it pops it into disk mode again.

my apologies for posting in the wrong section i wont let it happen again. so ive tried pluging the phone into the pc to clear or format and my pc wont recognize it tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling it and tried removing it ftom the phone and putting it in a reader directly into pc and still nothing. most likley i will go buy another today. i can access format sd card from clockwork mod but it stood idle for about 10 minutes saying formatting sd card is that normal i just removed the battery and stopped it

tbigtone210 said:
my apologies for posting in the wrong section i wont let it happen again. so ive tried pluging the phone into the pc to clear or format and my pc wont recognize it tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling it and tried removing it ftom the phone and putting it in a reader directly into pc and still nothing. most likley i will go buy another today. i can access format sd card from clockwork mod but it stood idle for about 10 minutes saying formatting sd card is that normal i just removed the battery and stopped it
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Sounds like you got a lemon. If this is the one you got with the phone I would call t-mo.

just got off the phone with tmobile they are gonna credit the cost of a new sd card to my account due to htc has no parts available. thanks guys for all the help. Happy Holidays!!

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[Q] Won't connect to my computer?

So I got an error message a while back on my phone telling me that my SD card was damaged. It would not dock or anything with my phone, so I put it in an SD card reader, and plugged it into my PC that way. I then had to re-format it seeing as how I could not get it to do ANYTHING when plugged into the phone. Even when in clockwork recovery, it would not let me do anything with the SD card. However, after formatting the card through my PC, my phone no longer opens anything on my PC once plugging it in. It will charge, but nothing else. It makes it a bit annoying, as every time I want to load something onto the card, I have to take the battery cover off, take the card out, put it into a card reader, etc etc etc..... Yes the phone is rooted, running RoyalGinger 1.3 ROM. Any help would be great. Thank you!

mcasper26 said:
So I got an error message a while back on my phone telling me that my SD card was damaged. It would not dock or anything with my phone, so I put it in an SD card reader, and plugged it into my PC that way. I then had to re-format it seeing as how I could not get it to do ANYTHING when plugged into the phone. Even when in clockwork recovery, it would not let me do anything with the SD card. However, after formatting the card through my PC, my phone no longer opens anything on my PC once plugging it in. It will charge, but nothing else. It makes it a bit annoying, as every time I want to load something onto the card, I have to take the battery cover off, take the card out, put it into a card reader, etc etc etc..... Yes the phone is rooted, running RoyalGinger 1.3 ROM. Any help would be great. Thank you!
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try reinstalling the drivers for your phone.... here is a link to dl them
http://www.mediafire.com/?wzdjcmowziw

michaelmcelveen913 said:
try reinstalling the drivers for your phone.... here is a link to dl them
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I have the driver on my PC, is this the driver I need to install on the phone?

mcasper26 said:
I have the driver on my PC, is this the driver I need to install on the phone?
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no, these are the drivers for the computer... i would recomend reinstalling the drivers on your computer as something may be missing there already... i will link a thread on this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897368

Mmk I did this, still nothing. Whats wierd is my computer is recognizing the phone, just not the SD card. When I try going into it under my computer, it just tells me to please insert a disk?

Reboot your phone while plugged in... mine needs a fresh reboot each time I want to connect. My wife's doesn't.... it should work for yiu

nlarge said:
Reboot your phone while plugged in... mine needs a fresh reboot each time I want to connect. My wife's doesn't.... it should work for yiu
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Ok I did this, still nothing. I am fairly certain it is because when I formated the SD card, it was a clean wipe. So I am sure it is something I deleted off the SD card that I needed. If anyone has any idea of what driver/file it is let me know. Maybe I will learn from this whole experience lol. Thanks again!

[Q] Nook freezes After boot if sd card is inserted?

I am running cm7 nightlies 120 and Dals 6/30 kernel, but I've had this problem for a while now with previous nightlies. Everytime I boot up my nook I have to remove memory card or else it will freeze after boot. Any ideas?

Yes. You're card has something hosed on it, and for whatever reason the NC is trying to boot from it (when it should not). I had this happen to my first mircoSD, and I wonder if it wasn't something to do with reimaging it several times to flash various nightlys/updates/whatever. I never bothered to track it down as I upgraded to a higher capacity card.

OK. I thought it was something with the card. I will try to reformat it and start from scratch. Thnx for your help.

I am having a similar problem, my nook freezes on startup and shows a little SD card icon that looks like it is exploding then it changes to a exclamation point. It will also do this even after I remove the SD card and try to boot it.
It will eventually boot up and function if I keep restarting it.
Running cm 7.1.0-rc1-encore
Anyone experience this before?

Clean format your SD-Cards or try changing them.

gurs2323 said:
I am running cm7 nightlies 120 and Dals 6/30 kernel, but I've had this problem for a while now with previous nightlies. Everytime I boot up my nook I have to remove memory card or else it will freeze after boot. Any ideas?
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Next time, do indicate you boot off uSD card itself or from eMMC.
Assuming you did boot from eMMC, then remove your uSD, reformat it (FAT32)

siddhantfriends said:
Clean format your SD-Cards or try changing them.
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I have tried formatting the card, this happens even if there is no SD card inserted. I wonder if it is something I have installed that is causing this issue.

w0nker said:
I have tried formatting the card, this happens even if there is no SD card inserted. I wonder if it is something I have installed that is causing this issue.
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Re-format your eMMC partition

votinh said:
Re-format your eMMC partition
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Alright, I think I completed this, I booted up with the clockwork mod and went to /format emmc....is that what you were talking about?
Anyway, the issue still exists, any other ideas? I appreciate your help so far.

Try that first, if still don't work then re-install OS, do a clean installation.

So I think Beautiful Widgets was causing the freezing, I uninstalled it and now when it boots, the little SD card symbol shows up for a few seconds and it does not freeze.
So who knows lol...anyway, thanks for the help

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So I think Beautiful Widgets was causing the freezing, I uninstalled it and now when it boots, the little SD card symbol shows up for a few seconds and it does not freeze.
So who knows lol...anyway, thanks for the help
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Sorry I was out of station, so couldn't reply. and good u figured it out

I thought I was going nuts...god damn beautiful widgets!

I too have the same problem for past 3 days. my phone freeze after loading icons of the apps from the memory card
I tried formating the card twice, uninstalled the recent apps , but it didnt help
Without card the phone doesnt freeze, the few minutes after the card is inserted the app icons load and freezes my phone n i have to pull out battery again
I dont want to go through process of reinstalling all apps again .. could someone please help how to find which particular app freezes , if u have already met with dis type of prob
thanks in advance

[Q] Phone won't recognize SD Card apps or install/uninstall new apps

Is this the right forum for support questions?
I have a MT4G running 2.2.1 rooted
I have been having this problem for a long, long time. I'm at my wits end.
If I remove the SD card, plug the phone in to the PC, shut down, or restart then the phone seems to forget how to access apps that are on the SD card. They show up on my home screen as the generic android icon(all of them the same) and don't appear at all in the app drawer. Apps not on SD work fine. I can go into Astro and see the files, all of them. I can open videos, music, pictures, etc. that are on it. But if I try to click on an app that is installed to it, it says "Could not launch the requested activity." App Manager shows the apps, but with generic icons and no info and all apps show computing instead of sizes. Settings>SD Card shows the card & the sizes but won't unmount.
On top of that, it won't let me install or uninstall any apps unless I remove the SD Card. Sometimes even when the SD card apps are showing up, I still can't install apps.
I've been at this for months now. I have tried EVERYTHING every single responder to previous posts has suggested. Pull the battery, pull the SD card, pull the sim card, unmount(would freeze and not do anything), reset, format, different SD cards in this phone(found those apps fine that I also had), this SD card in other phones(found it fine, but only the apps that that phone also had), This SD card in the PC with no phone(found it fine), mounting it through recovery, fixing permissions, deleting and reinstalling things, EVERYTHING! I am so far beyond frustrated at this point I'm going insane.
I can get the apps back after dozens of tries of pulling the battery, pulling the SD, rebooting, shutting down, etc in various orders and sometimes it takes days to get them back. But to then say, "OK they are back I'm never restarting again," is unrealistic and then of course apps stop installing/uninstalling and I have to reboot. And poof, gone again! :-/
I have everything thoroughly backed up with Titanium Pro and I did a Nandroid backup before doing a factory reset, but my god was that annoying having to redo everything, and it didn't even work. I've uninstalled apps individually to see if it was a specific app. I've done the reverse and uninstalled everything and reinstalled one at a time to see if one triggered it, and it kept happening randomly, never twice after the same app.
So the only conclusions I have been able to form are that it's not any of the apps, and it's not the SD card itself. Someone please, please put me out of misery and give me a new solution!

Try new SD card.If it is still happening, try flash anther Rom.

Thanks for the reply.
Tried new SD Cards already. Will see what new ROMs are out to try.

Out of curiosity, did you format the card to FAT 32?

ronin178 said:
Out of curiosity, did you format the card to FAT 32?
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Yes. I formatted it on the pc and also tried a format in the phone the one time I was able to get it to unmount.

custom recovery
if you have a custome recovery try format the sd by this way try mount and unmount by recovery and say what happens

Apps disappear after reboot?

I have a strange problem with my note3 n9005 that is running omega v.16
Lately when I install an app from play store it works great until I reboot the device.. After I reboot the app I just installed is gone and I have to install it again..
My old apps that I have installed before this problem started occurring are just fine, and does not disappear after a reboot.
Does anyone know why this is happening, and if there is a way to fix it?
Thanks in advance

Are your apps installed on your external SD card?

djnoicatse said:
Are your apps installed on your external SD card?
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Good question, I have a 64gb SanDisk card in the phone, but as far as I know I never choose to install anything on the external card.. Where and how do I check that?
Thanks in advance

branko.savic said:
Good question, I have a 64gb SanDisk card in the phone, but as far as I know I never choose to install anything on the external card.. Where and how do I check that?
Thanks in advance
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Settings/General/Application Manager/scroll to SD card.

djnoicatse said:
Are your apps installed on your external SD card?
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I just checked, and you where right.. Some apps seems to automatically install on the external SD card, I moved it to device storage and it was still there after a reboot..
Many thanks my friend.
Now that leads me to my next question..
Sense many apps are installed to external SD and seems to work just fine even after a reboot, why doesn't any new apps stay there anymore?
I don't remember changing anything..
Is there a way to make it work again?
Thanks again

To be honest with you I'm not sure. I do know android has made some changes in KitKat in regards to the external SD card not being able to write/read for 3rd party apps. There was a fix for this somewhere on XDA. Now the question is, if this is related? Couldn't tell you. Only advice I can give is, leave your apps installed in your internal memory. Keep everything else for your external SD. Glad I could help!!

djnoicatse said:
To be honest with you I'm not sure. I do know android has made some changes in KitKat in regards to the external SD card not being able to write/read for 3rd party apps. There was a fix for this somewhere on XDA. Now the question is, if this is related? Couldn't tell you. Only advice I can give is, leave your apps installed in your internal memory. Keep everything else for your external SD. Glad I could help!!
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I appreciate your help, and perhaps someone else can shed some light on this.. But for now I will have to check and manually move the apps that installs to external SD..
Again many thanks!

branko.savic said:
I appreciate your help, and perhaps someone else can shed some light on this.. But for now I will have to check and manually move the apps that installs to external SD..
Again many thanks!
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Yo. I may shed some light in this situation.
Get a new external SD card - 'tis what I did.
I had this 64GB SanDisk UHS-1 Class 10 - exactly what you have: http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/ultra-class10-for-android/
One day when I took out my MicroSD from my phone and put it back in. I thought everything was fine. During transfer it transferred things to my computer, but then it kept freezing up. My ROM file (250mb) was transferred somehow into my MicroSD along with the Google Apps zip. When I turned off my phone, preparing the ROM flash, I only saw my ROM file and not my Google Apps file. I thought "that was strange" and I did it again, by deleting both files just in case of MD5 mismatch. This time both files confirmed inside the MicroSD, I rebooted. No Gapps showed but my ROM showed, so I tried to install it (note I deleted this file already) and it said ERROR. I plugged it back into my computer, Google Apps was not there, but my other files like photos, music, app data still remained. One peculiar file popped up, was my ROM file. It was 20kb. I deleted it. Rebooted my phone, plugged it in. It appeared again.
Seems like my microSD entered a stage of read-only but it isn't actually read-only. Like it doesn't retain any information AT ALL. My MicroSD can't be touched, I tried deleting 13gb. Windows showed the data actually getting deleted with the bar (and it fluctuates in data I/O speeds!). Unplugged. Rebooted. Plugged back in. 13gb worth of files still there, in tact. Like a visual storage to fool people you can delete files but in fact you can't.
I tried it on my Note 1 (FAIL), Note 3 (FAIL). The only way I could read the extSD was to plug it in a microSD adapter and transfer files out of it. At least Sandisk thought of a failsafe read-only phase to back up files. Instead of breaking down completely.

nicholaschum said:
Yo. I may shed some light in this situation.
Get a new external SD card - 'tis what I did.
I had this 64GB SanDisk UHS-1 Class 10 - exactly what you have: http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/ultra-class10-for-android/
One day when I took out my MicroSD from my phone and put it back in. I thought everything was fine. During transfer it transferred things to my computer, but then it kept freezing up. My ROM file (250mb) was transferred somehow into my MicroSD along with the Google Apps zip. When I turned off my phone, preparing the ROM flash, I only saw my ROM file and not my Google Apps file. I thought "that was strange" and I did it again, by deleting both files just in case of MD5 mismatch. This time both files confirmed inside the MicroSD, I rebooted. No Gapps showed but my ROM showed, so I tried to install it (note I deleted this file already) and it said ERROR. I plugged it back into my computer, Google Apps was not there, but my other files like photos, music, app data still remained. One peculiar file popped up, was my ROM file. It was 20kb. I deleted it. Rebooted my phone, plugged it in. It appeared again.
Seems like my microSD entered a stage of read-only but it isn't actually read-only. Like it doesn't retain any information AT ALL. My MicroSD can't be touched, I tried deleting 13gb. Windows showed the data actually getting deleted with the bar (and it fluctuates in data I/O speeds!). Unplugged. Rebooted. Plugged back in. 13gb worth of files still there, in tact. Like a visual storage to fool people you can delete files but in fact you can't.
I tried it on my Note 1 (FAIL), Note 3 (FAIL). The only way I could read the extSD was to plug it in a microSD adapter and transfer files out of it. At least Sandisk thought of a failsafe read-only phase to back up files. Instead of breaking down completely.
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You are absolutely right.. I checked the card buy putting it in my computer, and it was as you said in a read only state..
I was able to copy my things from the card, but I could not put anything on it.. I could not even delete anything or format it!
So I went to the store where I purchased it, and now I have a brand new Samsung UHS-I 64 GB.. Hopefully this one will last me longer.
Buy the way, it turned out that I purchased the card on July 17 last year, so had I been waiting for just 6 more days, I would not have been able to have it replaced.. So I owe you many thanks.

branko.savic said:
You are absolutely right.. I checked the card buy putting it in my computer, and it was as you said in a read only state..
I was able to copy my things from the card, but I could not put anything on it.. I could not even delete anything or format it!
So I went to the store where I purchased it, and now I have a brand new Samsung UHS-I 64 GB.. Hopefully this one will last me longer.
Buy the way, it turned out that I purchased the card on July 17 last year, so had I been waiting for just 6 more days, I would not have been able to have it replaced.. So I owe you many thanks.
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I'm using a Samsung card at the moment as well, it's quite good too.. The Samsung PRO UHS-1 64GB and it has yet to break down.. [emoji4]
Glad I helped!! If you need anything else don't hesitate to ask!

branko.savic said:
You are absolutely right.. I checked the card buy putting it in my computer, and it was as you said in a read only state..
I was able to copy my things from the card, but I could not put anything on it.. I could not even delete anything or format it!
So I went to the store where I purchased it, and now I have a brand new Samsung UHS-I 64 GB.. Hopefully this one will last me longer.
Buy the way, it turned out that I purchased the card on July 17 last year, so had I been waiting for just 6 more days, I would not have been able to have it replaced.. So I owe you many thanks.
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1 year warranty ?
AFAIK it is a lifetime warranty if from sandisk. hehehe. I might be wrong.
but the Samsung SD card is good. I have it, and works well.
The 64gb sandisk yes got problem. I have it as well with the problem