My phone is asking me to format my sd card out of the blue. I have a 32gb Kingtson, I have a lot of crucial data. I have not yet formatted the sd card. I've tried conventional ways of getting my data like using GETDATABACK FAT32 but it did not work. I have used other but no to avail.
Does anyone know what is the best method to recover files from a sd card that was working but now it is not?
Go to settings>storage and unmount microsd. Remove the microsd feom ur phone. Use a microSD card adapter ... a full size sd card that u can put ur microsd card into and will fit into your pc. Click and drag important data from microsd onto desktop. Then fat32 format the microsd and reload the data onto it. Done.
Or u can upload all data to dropbox and then format amnd reinstall... but it may take a while.
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My hero isn't letting me format my 2gb microSD card.
I've unmounted the card, pressed format and nothing appears to happen.
I can mount the card to my pc and see all the files on the card, so it's not corrupt.
Is there an app that will allow me to format my card?
I've been trying to format my SD card for most of the day. I simply can not get the card to be formatted in my phone/usb card reader.
I can write to the card but it's refusing to format. This seems strange to me? Does anybody know of a work around?
do i have to do it in a computer or can i do it in the flyer itself?
Either works fine, . . . or neither. Most all Micro-SD cards (as well as SD, thumb drives, and other portable flash memory) come already pre-formatted to FAT32 out of the box, which is what the Flyer uses. You don't need to format it, unless this is a Micro-SD that you have been using for something else, and either want to wipe it, or you have previously formatted to something other than FAT32.
Well I got a 16Gb Micro SDHC card from Office Depot...brick and mortar... stuck it my Flyer and the flyer wont recognize it. I have formatted it 3 times... fat 32, 32 and it still wont see it. Just soft reset the flyer with the card in side, still dosent see it. Could I have a bad card?
I had your same problem.then i solved with a format(ms-dos) from a mac OS.
Ok... I tried formatting with a mac os. Didnt work. I insert my sdhc card. The flyer says preparing for use, card mounted, then it is safe to remove the card. The card never shows up under total storage or available space.
Now the funny thing is when I go to applications...it says that there are programs installed on the SD card. But I am now trying to put the first sd card into it. So why is it thinking that it already had a SD card?
But what is the brand of this micro sd?
sandisk micro sdhc
mhm..i have a sandisk also!are you sure that it is a genuine sandisk?Look for in internet h2testw.exe and try to test your microsd..
It works on my laptop. it just won't work in the flyer.....
I got it to work. Had to hard reset it first, but it works
vilasman said:
Ok... I tried formatting with a mac os. Didnt work. I insert my sdhc card. The flyer says preparing for use, card mounted, then it is safe to remove the card. The card never shows up under total storage or available space.
Now the funny thing is when I go to applications...it says that there are programs installed on the SD card. But I am now trying to put the first sd card into it. So why is it thinking that it already had a SD card?
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For some reason, the Flyer reads some of its internal memory as SD, and the Micro-SD card as "ext-SD" or a second SD card.
Hi this is how i do :
With the memory card in your Flyer,
click on Settings -> SD and Phone storage -> Unmount SD card.
Once it unmounts, click Format SD card.
sd card issues in htc flyer
I'm in "settings" on my htc flyer.
SD Card says: 1) total space/unavail, 2)Available/unavail, 3) Mount SD Card/Insert an SD card for mounting, 4) Erase SD Card/Erase music,pictures.....
1) & 2) - shouldn't it say how much space I have avail?
3) I had Best Buy insert the card (didn't want to be the one to tear up the cover!) & they said nothing about "mounting" or "formatting" it prior to use.
4) I've tried to erase the card & nothing happens when I touch the "erase" line
I can't remember how I got to this point but I've gotten the message, "SD card full", before. Why?
I'd like to put all of my movies, & maybe my books, on my sd card so they're not on the htc in case it fails. I'm looking @ the htc flyer manual online but I can't see how to load data (movies, books, pics, etc) directly to the sd card.
I wish there was some kind of "training" avail to learn how to use my new toys <sigh>.
TIA for any help or suggestions!!
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used the directions immediately above my initial inquiry & got it to format/mount THANKS!!!!!
but... still need to know how to send data to the sd card directly. I went into my computer & dragged the movie from the htc to the sd card & it shows up in my computer. how do I access it on the htc? how do I get the htc to look on the sd card instead of internal memory? when I upload a book/movie/picture/etc, how do I get it to directly to the sd card instead of internal memory? TIA!!!!
redpoint73 said:
For some reason, the Flyer reads some of its internal memory as SD, and the Micro-SD card as "ext-SD" or a second SD card.
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Because there really is an internal micro-SD card in the Flyer. It has DDR2 RAM for the internal memory, plus an internal micro-SD, plus the external slot for an additional micro-SD card. That's why you see two "sdcard"s listed. When you move some applications to SD, you're moving them to the internal card. The external SD will only contain whatever you copy to it in whatever folder arrangement you set up.
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Because there really is an internal micro-SD card in the Flyer. It has DDR2 RAM for the internal memory, plus an internal micro-SD, plus the external slot for an additional micro-SD card. That's why you see two "sdcard"s listed. When you move some applications to SD, you're moving them to the internal card. The external SD will only contain whatever you copy to it in whatever folder arrangement you set up.
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No internal micro-sd on this. Probably just onboard memory used for storage as "sd-card".
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FunnyHorseLady said:
I'm in "settings" on my htc flyer.
SD Card says: 1) total space/unavail, 2)Available/unavail, 3) Mount SD Card/Insert an SD card for mounting, 4) Erase SD Card/Erase music,pictures.....
1) & 2) - shouldn't it say how much space I have avail?
3) I had Best Buy insert the card (didn't want to be the one to tear up the cover!) & they said nothing about "mounting" or "formatting" it prior to use.
4) I've tried to erase the card & nothing happens when I touch the "erase" line
I can't remember how I got to this point but I've gotten the message, "SD card full", before. Why?
I'd like to put all of my movies, & maybe my books, on my sd card so they're not on the htc in case it fails. I'm looking @ the htc flyer manual online but I can't see how to load data (movies, books, pics, etc) directly to the sd card.
I wish there was some kind of "training" avail to learn how to use my new toys <sigh>.
TIA for any help or suggestions!!
---------- Post added at 12:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:40 PM ----------
used the directions immediately above my initial inquiry & got it to format/mount THANKS!!!!!
but... still need to know how to send data to the sd card directly. I went into my computer & dragged the movie from the htc to the sd card & it shows up in my computer. how do I access it on the htc? how do I get the htc to look on the sd card instead of internal memory? when I upload a book/movie/picture/etc, how do I get it to directly to the sd card instead of internal memory? TIA!!!!
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When you connect the tablet via USB you should now have two additional drives show up. One of mine is called HTCVIEW which is the tablet storage. The other one is the SD card, but I am not sure what it was labeled originally since I renamed it. Anyway put your media there.
To have your android apps access them, they need to look in either of two directories /sdcard2/... or /sdcard/ext_sd/...
Both of the above directories point to the exernal sdcard. So for me, my videos are in /sdcard/ext_sd/Videos, and books in /sdcard/ext_sd/Books, etc. You just need to tell your apps to look in the appropriate place.
If your android app requires a specific directory on /sdcard for it to work you can use an app called directorybind (only if you are rooted) to have the files on the external sdcard but have the internal sdcard point to them to make the app happy. directorybind can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
So my S3 Pebble Blue is on it's way & I want to put all music & stuff on to my 64Gb Micro sd card.
Do I....
1: Format on the pc, if so which format & would the S3 still want to format when I put it in.
2: Format it in the phone & then remove & insert in to PC to transfer all my music & stuff?
I am familiar with android & formatting micro sd cards. I just wondered if being a 64Gb would be a different matter.
Ta
Just format in phone.
Michael_P said:
Just format in phone.
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Cheers Matey
I also just received my SGS3 and inserted the SanDisk 64gb micro sdxc card.
I didnt format it, because it just seemed to work fine without formatting. Now I put all my data on it, but after a restart of the phone the card is suddenly corrupted...
In my phone it recognizes the card, but says its corrupted and needs to formatted. It then ejects the cards for safe removal. In my pc it doesn't recognise the card at all.
Does anyone have an idea on how to recover the data on it?
And what is otherwise the best way to format it?
Thx
RE:- 64GB MicroSDXC errors
I would use a external compatible Micro SDXC reader and connected it to your computer and try and recover the card on the PC. (first)
i) what operating system are you using on the PC.
ex-fat format problem in windows xp. If you have windows 7 it should be able to read ex-fat cards natively.
If you have xp you can try and install the
search for the knowledge base article 955704 on Microsoft Technet support package to enable xp to read ex-fat cards.
In the past I have used my external 9 in one reader to fix corrupted cards to recover the files from them using recuva or similar software it will restore the files onto your pc hard disk.
let me know how you get on.
Thanks a lot for the quick advice.
I don't have an external reader yet, so I ordered one just now. I have win7 on my pc, so I guess that will be ok. I'll try it later this week when I have the reader in.
Once I have it recovered (or not), what is the best practice for setting up the card? What's the best way to format it?
MrHans said:
I also just received my SGS3 and inserted the SanDisk 64gb micro sdxc card.
I didnt format it, because it just seemed to work fine without formatting. Now I put all my data on it, but after a restart of the phone the card is suddenly corrupted...
In my phone it recognizes the card, but says its corrupted and needs to formatted. It then ejects the cards for safe removal. In my pc it doesn't recognise the card at all.
Does anyone have an idea on how to recover the data on it?
And what is otherwise the best way to format it?
Thx
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Free PC program Recuva http://www.piriform.com/recuva mount via USB or scard adapter.
Or even try Hexamob (need root) our some other file recovery app
When done, best and easiest to format through phone.
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I want to replace the stock microSD card with a 16GB one I bought. Can someone tell me the correct process for doing this? Is it as simple as copy and pasting everything on the old card to the new card and popping the new one in?
Yes, this will be enough. But I advice to reformat Your new card in PC using FAT32 2kb or 4kb cluster size, this can save lot of space, if card was formatted with 32kb clusters.
That's what I did with my new card. Format fat32, copy and paste all old files, you should be good to go.
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1) First you need card reader for easy copy_paste ....insert new card in your device go to setting > unmount sd card and erase/format...it will format your card in default and correct format...
then connect your old card to pc and copy data from old to new
if you have no card reader then ..copy your mobile data from device to pc via usb connection..then remove old card and insert new card ....format new card in mobile ...then copy your data from pc to your new sd card
Thank Me If I Helped You :good:
S-trace said:
Yes, this will be enough. But I advice to reformat Your new card in PC using FAT32 2kb or 4kb cluster size, this can save lot of space, if card was formatted with 32kb clusters.
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Is there a downside to formatting with smaller cluster sizes?
ipsuvedi said:
1) First you need card reader for easy copy_paste ....insert new card in your device go to setting > unmount sd card and erase/format...it will format your card in default and correct format...
then connect your old card to pc and copy data from old to new
if you have no card reader then ..copy your mobile data from device to pc via usb connection..then remove old card and insert new card ....format new card in mobile ...then copy your data from pc to your new sd card
Thank Me If I Helped You :good:
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Is it better to format the card with my phone rather than with my PC?
Hello, what I would do is before formatting the MicroSD. I would put it into your device and let your device set it up. If it doesn't mount right away, go into your settings and then to Storage and find the MicroSD card then format it that way if you are not experienced. Then it would be safe to copy and paste all the data from the old MicroSD card.
OK, so these are the steps I plan on following. Please let me know if I'm missing anything or doing something wrong.
1) Copy contents of old sd card onto my PC via USB
2) Insert new sd card into my PC card reader and format using FAT32 2kb or 4kb cluster size
3) Insert new sd card into Evo and format
4) Transfer contents of old sd card from PC to new card via USB
clankfu said:
Is there a downside to formatting with smaller cluster sizes?
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There is no downside on flash memory, because it has very fast seek time. The only downside may be is performance drop in very low-end devices because FAT tables become larger and may not fit in memory completely.
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There is no downside on flash memory, because it has very fast seek time. The only downside may be is performance drop in very low-end devices because FAT tables become larger and may not fit in memory completely.
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So when you say "very low-end devices", that doesn't apply to our Evos right?
clankfu said:
So when you say "very low-end devices", that doesn't apply to our Evos right?
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Yes, our Evo's is hi-end device with 800mb of RAM. This is more than enough to serve even 0.5kb clusters, but because SD operates 2k sectors it will be not optimal.
But make sure that Your new sdcard have sector-aligned partitions, using for example 4EXT Recovery touch.
clankfu said:
Is it better to format the card with my phone rather than with my PC?
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Obiously....if you are going to use this card in mobile device then it is best to format the card with that mobile device...better security and fast speed :laugh:
I have a 32 GB card in my device. I copied the data from the old card into a new folder on my desktop on PC.
- After this, I formatted the new card in my phone using the option in 4ext recovery.
- Then i putted the new card in my card reader (PC) and copied the data from my old card (stored in new folder on my desktop) back to my new card
- After all this steps, i putted the new card back to my phone.
Voila, all works well as before...:good:
Hello everyone,
My sd card suddenly formatted by itself, and now it's doing me some trouble... It's a SanDisk Ultra 32GB microSDHC and now some apps can't write to it.
What can I do to fix this?
Format it with the SD tool you can download, check the real capacity as there are many fakes sold.
If it's genuine and format doesn't solve the problem then throw it away (or return to seller for warranty).
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A known issue of s3 with Sandisk sd. I suggest using the built-in Windows Disk Management tool to completelly delete card's volume (notice that there is a hidden partition of 10Mb in the card, separated from storage partition that should also be deleted- the partision manager should show them both).
After deleting and merging both partitions as one unalocated space, format it all by using exfat method.
A word of procution- I recommend to do this when the micro sd is connected directly to your pc using a sd card reader- just to make sure you won't delete phone's internal sd by accident...