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Storage Card not showing up

Hi guys
Had problems yesterday with my Storage Card being renamed to Storage Card2 etc and could not figure out what was up. Renamed it back as described in various places (By deleting the Storage Card folder created and resetting).
Today however the Storage Card is not showing up at all. Have tried the following:
- Remove storage card, copy contents onto PC using card reader and formatting. Copy contents back and put in phone. -> No luck.
- Hard reset. -> No luck.
Never had any other roms than the standard. Have not upgraded to 6.1 yet.
Could the contents stop it from showing up?
Cheers
Louis

One thing i could think of is a corrupt file.
Try formatting it again (with all your files backed up in your PC) and just insert the card with nothing on it. If it shows up and your phone reads it, a good bet that one or more of your files from your backup is corrupt and the phone is unable to read the card.

yes i suppose that is a logical step to do. lets hope it is. but luckily it is still under warranty if it is hardware...

Reformated the card (FAT32 is this right?) and loaded into HTC TyTN II without restoring files onto it (i.e. completely blank).
Still not showing up...
Any ideas?

ur storage card reader might have become faulty. i would recommend a warranty exchange for ur device.

Installing WM6.1 sorted this out...

I have the exact same problem as you had.. But I already have WM 6.1 and the storage card still doesn't show up..
Tried formating, etc and still nothing.. I can see all the contents if i use a card reader on my PC, but once I insert de card on my kaiser it doesn't show up..
Any ideas?

Have you hard reset? It didn't help me until I installed the WM6.1. Otherwise is it still under warranty. I was actually on the way to take mine in when I installed 6.1. Actually I should have taken it in as I have a scratch on my screen and I suspect they would have replaced the phone...

This problem usually happens if you are using a third party file explorer like Resco etc. and make non visible areas such as your ROM visible.
It then treats the new area as Storage card and the SD card becomes Storage card2.
Just check if you have any other memory areas set as viewable and undo this.

My storage card completely disapeared but came back when I installed WM6.1. Didn't use 3rd party explorers etc. But this might be Baretto's problem.

This problem also occurs when running Card Export II. The Storage Card is renamed as Storage Card2. The only solution is to remove the card and re-insert it.
This solved the problem for me.
Regards,
MAC

The problem I originally described here was the Storage Card disappearing completely. Not renamed etc. I.e. there is no Storage Card2. Baretto may have a similar problem to mine or his may also just be renamed.

Yes, I have the exact same prob as lrossouw did. My mem card wasn't renamed. It just disapeared..
I've already did hard-reset, and I don't use any third party explorer.. I already formated the card.
My only hope is to flash another rom.
I'm using the official HTC 6.1 portuguese rom and i'de like to stick with this rom..
If I was the only one with this problem, I would think it would be a hardware prob, but lrossouw solved his prob by flashing another ROM, so I'm hoping there will be another solution..
EDIT: Just tried to flash another ROM and still no success.. Still Can't find my mem card

I got one better for you. I had to wind up formatting mine because of this. Here's the deal. I go to open up my storage card and the folder is there but none of my files are showing. Then I go to the memory to check the space available and it was still showing that I had half of the card full. So I popped out the card and plugged it into my computer with the same results, nothing. So then I soft reset twice, nothing. I pim backed up my phone and hard reset, nothing. The pim back up was on my card but nothing else. Then I made another my documents folder and for a split second it showed the files that use to be in the old my documents. So seeing that all was lost I formatted my card and I haven't had any problems yet. I started a thread about this but no one responded so I assumed no one else had this problem.
P.S. I have an 8gig sdhc card

cragordon said:
I started a thread about this but no one responded so I assumed no one else had this problem.
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No one has answered you, because there are already other threads about that problem.. Search and you will find them..
This thread is not about empty mem cards.. It's about the device not recognizing the card, so pls refer to other threads..
Thanks

Baretto is it possible to reflash it with the wm6.1 rom? It might fix it.

lrossouw said:
Hi guys
Had problems yesterday with my Storage Card being renamed to Storage Card2 etc and could not figure out what was up. Renamed it back as described in various places (By deleting the Storage Card folder created and resetting).
Today however the Storage Card is not showing up at all. Have tried the following:
- Remove storage card, copy contents onto PC using card reader and formatting. Copy contents back and put in phone. -> No luck.
- Hard reset. -> No luck.
Never had any other roms than the standard. Have not upgraded to 6.1 yet.
Could the contents stop it from showing up?
Cheers
Louis
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LOL,
Guy this is the easiest fix ever.
All you do is delete the folder that says "Storage Card" then remove & reinsert the SD card. SD 2 will disappear & be corrected upon reinsertion.
This issue happens because of the Unload delay & sometimes because of SD Power management issues.
Always best to make sure SD Card Power Management is DISABLED.

GSLEON3 said:
LOL,
Guy this is the easiest fix ever.
All you do is delete the folder that says "Storage Card" then remove & reinsert the SD card. SD 2 will disappear & be corrected upon reinsertion.
This issue happens because of the Unload delay & sometimes because of SD Power management issues.
Always best to make sure SD Card Power Management is DISABLED.
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As I & Baretto posted before (read the bit you quoted) there is no *spoon* (edit:storage card folder). It is not there. Can't delete it if it is not there. There is no Storage Card 1,2 or any number either. The storage card is not showing up anywhere and not as SD2 either.
Mine was fixed by upgrading to wm6.1. Baretto is on wm6.1 already.

@ lrossouw
I already tried to reflash it with HTC original 6.1 rom and other 6.1 cooked roms and nothing..
I'm getting desperate..
I'm thinking about sending it to the warranty, but I'm predicting 1 or 2 months without my Kaiser if I do so
@ GSLEON3
What do you mean by "SD Power management issues"? As lrossouw said, I don't have the SD card rename problem, but maybe my Kaiser ins't recognizing the SD card because of something related with power mangement..

It might be power related. My phone was on very very low battery power just before this happened for me. In fact had to reset itself a couple of time due to low battery. The next day the storage card was gone.
Anythign similar for you Baretto?

xperia camera wont save to card

when i tried taking a picture using the main camera yesterday it said something like "camera failed to capture image" i finally got it to take a picture by selected the internal memory so it looks like its something to do with the external card. i can save other files (such as mp3s) and use them fine. is there a special folder that needs to be made on the external card or has someone heard of this problem before? ive got the R2A generic rom that recently came out. thanks

usually the phone creates a folder /Storage Card/DCIM/100XPRIA. Try to create it manually if it doesn't happen.

yeh ive got that folder. actually, ill try deleting it, possibly its got corrupted or something. ive never tried taking a picture before so dont know if its something thats happened after i put on the new rom
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lol that seemed to of done the trick! i deleted it and now it works.

have the same problem using the R2 rom .... could somebody help? tried the above

it's only happen to me after changing from 4gb to 16gb card. I think something to do with memory card.

i have a 16gb card too. i set the camera to save to the internal memory, then deleted the folder from the memory card, then set the camera to save to the memory card and let it create a new folder. it then worked fine.

anothadave said:
i have a 16gb card too. i set the camera to save to the internal memory, then deleted the folder from the memory card, then set the camera to save to the memory card and let it create a new folder. it then worked fine.
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Try to do the way you do it. Not working

is there any way to change the save-location for taken pictures ?

anothadave said:
i have a 16gb card too. i set the camera to save to the internal memory, then deleted the folder from the memory card, then set the camera to save to the memory card and let it create a new folder. it then worked fine.
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How can you change it to save to the memory card?
Kind regards

Just look in the settings of the camera itself. It is ajustable to storage card among other options.

I had the same problem - fixed it by formatting the card something must of got corrupt

Sd Card Problem

Memory had my card data is really important but now I can not see this data.Shedding can be so much rom?Waiting for your suggestions.How do I bring this data back?Especially bring pictures back.Thank you in advance.

CriminaL / AllegrO said:
Memory had my card data is really important but now I can not see this data.Shedding can be so much rom?Waiting for your suggestions.How do I bring this data back?Especially bring pictures back.Thank you in advance.
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you mean that, your sd card has some data (images/music/etc) and you cant see them ON THE PHONE? Mounting the SD card should be a good idea but its just to simple to be an error. maybe giving more deatils could help...

As I said before, I can see no pictures on the SD card now.I tried several data recovery program, but did not succeed.

Mmm it seems like your sd card is broken, can you see any other files in it? Because it happened to me with a 2008 4GB SD card that had just a few months ago, it simply stopped working and that's it... But if in your case your sd card WORKS then ive got no idea how to restore data. Anyway I dont find it quite possible if it was erased, then for me its gone forever (except for the recycle bin maybe)
a PRO is needed.. lol

can see other files that I need some pictures, but I can not see in pictures.Do not have a way to it?

Not really idk ANYTHING in this matter, i'm sorry bcz I know why they break, but your case is different. So, you got some pics which were stored in you SD card and somehow got deleted and now you cannot see them in the phone nor the pc. I'm going to search for your problem from friday onwards, not so much time to help you now, sorry, I'll come back as soon as possible

Use SDCARD to USB Adapter then. You can backup all the SDCARD files to your computer
Then reboot to recovery mode, try to wipe all data

[Q] Trouble swapping SD cards on Lumia 520

Recently been issued Lumia 520s at work but only had 2gig sdcards in..
Have played around with it and moved apps to sdcard etc.
Now I copied everything including the hidden folders to an 8gig sdcard and swapped over to in on the 520... Everything seems ok but all apps moved to sdcard now say they are unavailable!!!! Any ideas what am doing wrong and how to over come the issue?
Regards
Lohtse

lohtse said:
Recently been issued Lumia 520s at work but only had 2gig sdcards in..
Have played around with it and moved apps to sdcard etc.
Now I copied everything including the hidden folders to an 8gig sdcard and swapped over to in on the 520... Everything seems ok but all apps moved to sdcard now say they are unavailable!!!! Any ideas what am doing wrong and how to over come the issue?
Regards
Lohtse
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you need to reinstall them again because you can't swap app's from one sd card to another. (its encrypted with the sd card ID )
so just reinstall your app's and all is ok.

ceesheim said:
you need to reinstall them again because you can't swap app's from one sd card to another. (its encrypted with the sd card ID )
so just reinstall your app's and all is ok.
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thats flippin stupid!!!!!!
and I can't even reinstall as there's no option as it says that is one the sdcard even though its unavailable..
any ideas how to over come this?

ceesheim said:
you need to reinstall them again because you can't swap app's from one sd card to another. (its encrypted with the sd card ID )
so just reinstall your app's and all is ok.
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thats flippin stupid!!!!!!
and I can't even reinstall as there's no option as it says that is on the sdcard even though its unavailable..
any ideas how to over come this?

lohtse said:
thats flippin stupid!!!!!!
and I can't even reinstall as there's no option as it says that is on the sdcard even though its unavailable..
any ideas how to over come this?
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just remove it from the sd card ( laptop is the more easy way)

doesn't work lumia still thinks they are installed !!!!!

It's to prevent cheating (or piracy) by copying/modifying the app data; it's not "flippin stupid" at all.
1) Put the old card back in your phone.
2) Move the apps from the card to the phone (if you have to, just uninstall the apps instead).
3) Eject the old card and put in the newer, larger one.
4) Move the apps back to the card (or re-install them to the card).
Yeah, it'll take a few minutes and it would be nice if there was an easier way to do it, but the solution shouldn't be difficult.

I have no issues with the locking down of swapping cards but should at least give us the option to reinstall or reinstall like they do after an update of the os! Thats why its flippin stupid!.
As to moving back to internal its not possible as have moved 60% of apps to cards tonsave space on phone...

Question Gallery SD Card permission access.

Hello brothers.
After recent update to media editor, the gallery needs sd card access, every time I try to edit any photo even though I went through the process already. Is there any fix. ? Plz help..

I solved my problems with the external SD-Card by doing a clean format of the Card within the phone on MIUI.
Before I saved all the contend to the pc.

opg2000 said:
I solved my problems with the external SD-Card by doing a clean format of the Card within the phone on MIUI.
Before I saved all the contend to the pc.
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I did not have this problem untill I updated the Media editor.