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File Corruption on MINI SD CARD

back then i have always been getting file corruption on my sd card and i have read up a lot on it but nothing really works. After i switched to Open Touch v3.0 it was fine until yesterday my sd card got corrupted again and i lost a lot of pictures.. Anyone have any solution?

porkch0p said:
back then i have always been getting file corruption on my sd card and i have read up a lot on it but nothing really works. After i switched to Open Touch v3.0 it was fine until yesterday my sd card got corrupted again and i lost a lot of pictures.. Anyone have any solution?
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sounds like you have a bad micro sd card. Corruption was common problem with the stock T-Mobile rom but not usually a problem with other roms.
Maybe you can take it out and format it. Hard Reset the phone and try it again.
You can format your card with Windows and that should work fine. Also I've had this program for awhile which is supposed to be far superior to any other program for formatting Micro SD Cards, but I've never used it. Here it is if you'd like it.

any special way to format it or should i just right click and then format?

porkch0p said:
any special way to format it or should i just right click and then format?
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It might be best to take the card out of the phone. Put it in a card reader and format it on your PC, then put it back in the phone. Making sure you hear it Click in.

SD-Card
porkch0p said:
Anyone have any solution?
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I think there are some possible reasons causing troubles like this.
- Files where not cleanly closed at poweroff.
Alway make sure, all programms and applications are terminated before you shut down.
- Incompatible SD-Card
Always refrain from cheap and/or unbranded Cards. I use a Toshiba 2GB SDCard. Never had any problems. Even with the orginal stock ROM with WM5.
- defective SD-Card
Kinda hard to detect if you have just one card. Plug the SDCard into your PC and do a "surfacescan" on the virtual Drive.
- unstable SD-Card connectors
Try to clean the connection-pads on the card and inside your device with a small brush or paper tissue. Never use any other fluits than water to clean connection-pads on the card and just a little drop of it. Make sure everything is dry before you turn your device back on or some parts could get seriously damaged!
I think its also a good advice to see your SD-Card and Systemmemory as a very unsafe and unstable place for critical data. Always do backups as often as you can.
Sorry, for my bad english. Its late and I already had some drinks PLUS I am not very used to speak english anymore..

Monarch73 said:
I think there are some possible reasons causing troubles like this.
- Files where not cleanly closed at poweroff.
Alway make sure, all programms and applications are terminated before you shut down.
- Incompatible SD-Card
Always refrain from cheap and/or unbranded Cards. I use a Toshiba 2GB SDCard. Never had any problems. Even with the orginal stock ROM with WM5.
- defective SD-Card
Kinda hard to detect if you have just one card. Plug the SDCard into your PC and do a "surfacescan" on the virtual Drive.
- unstable SD-Card connectors
Try to clean the connection-pads on the card and inside your device with a small brush or paper tissue. Never use any other fluits than water to clean connection-pads on the card and just a little drop of it. Make sure everything is dry before you turn your device back on or some parts could get seriously damaged!
I think its also a good advice to see your SD-Card and Systemmemory as a very unsafe and unstable place for critical data. Always do backups as often as you can.
Sorry, for my bad english. Its late and I already had some drinks PLUS I am not very used to speak english anymore..
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Thanks for your help don't worry about the english, i still understand you and thats all that matters. i am using Sandisk 2gb.
BTW, zcink
the file you gave me doesn't work, it doesn't even let me extract it

Don't install any programs that may be running at any given time on your SD card. If you have a program running (that's installed on the SD card) and you phone hibernates/shuts down after not being used ... will cause SD corruption.
Nothing with a Today plugin that you use ... nothing that you may accidently leave running.

duprade said:
Don't install any programs that may be running at any given time on your SD card. If you have a program running (that's installed on the SD card) and you phone hibernates/shuts down after not being used ... will cause SD corruption.
Nothing with a Today plugin that you use ... nothing that you may accidently leave running.
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and still every benchmark test shows...
... reading main memory = FASTER
... reading storage card = SLOWER
even with SDHC card!!
So I install all apps to mainmemory...

porkch0p said:
BTW, zcink
the file you gave me doesn't work, it doesn't even let me extract it
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You are right. It was not zipped right. I took it down. Zipped it correctly, tested it and reuploaded it. The one thats there now is the new one. This is supposed to be Professional software. The guy I got it from said it was the Best thing on the Market. I had never used it before, but I tested it today and it works fine.
Cheers!

Mine corrupted too
Hi, just few minutes back I was trying to copy some files from external harddisk to my wing's stock supplied Sandisk 1 gb memory card and looks like it got corrupted. All I see is some junk characters and boxes as file name. I lost all my (memorable)photos and softwares . I was trying to copy directly from my external disk to phones storage card and I am not sure whether this caused this issue. I have Open touch 2.7 biggy.
I have two questions.
a. Where does active sync stores all the files, contacts, calendar entries in computer (the directory path). I tried searching in the computer but could not find it.
b. Does active sync saves my storage cards file too? I dont believe so. Is there a way to ask active sync to backup files from SD card too?
Thanks in advance

micro sd problem!! help urgent

hello all
i need help because all of my file from sandisk micro sd 8gb are disappear. 3 day before i use the files from microsd without any problem. today i open file explorer to open a doc and all my files are deleted. but when i go to setting/memory the card is use 5gb/8gb like before !!! i unplug the card from kaiser and i insert it to my laptop with usb adaptor and the same ****. the files are not here only the camera folder DCIM and one file called EncFiltLog with security icon.
i have a lot of file that i want but i dont have backup
what happend? my PDA encrypt the micro without my right?
the problems now start with my micro????\
can i recover files?
the file system of the card is FAT32.

A common experience
Ozone said:
i have a lot of file that i want but i dont have backup
what happend? my PDA encrypt the micro without my right?
the problems now start with my micro????\
can i recover files?
the file system of the card is FAT32.
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Sorry to read of your 'possible' loss. There are freeware programs out there that attempt file recovery on flash memory drives but when a similar thing happened to me out of the blue, I couldn't find one that worked well with my Sandisk 6 GB MicroSDHC and all I got were 'bits and pieces' of the files that were once there. Perhaps someone else has had a good experience of recovery software that worked well in this situation?
After you recover what you can of your files, before using the memory card again, I suggest you wipe/zero fill it to completely remove all data from it and then partition/reformat it. Sandisk offer a utility to do this but they expect you to pay for it so having lost my files on their memory card they then add salt to the wound expecting payment for a tool used in the process to get things back to normal again, what a cheek
I complained to them, mentioning that most hard disk drive manufacturers provide such a tool for free but they don't seem keen to do that. Instead I used the free HDD Wipe Tool at hddguru.com and then Win XPs own disk management function to partition and format it back to FAT32.
This is an important lesson for anyone else reading with a TyTN II - if you have anything of importance on your TyTN IIs microSD card, ensure it is backed up because there are now quite a few cases here on xda-dev like this. Personally I use Win XPs own backup utility in conjunction with the USB card reader, once I've put all my music/maps etc on the card. It's quick, simple and most importantly, free. Since I lost some (but not many) of my files on the first occasion, I've even needed to restore from backup once so don't count on your files staying there as they should.

try file scavenger 2.1 it worked well for me
good luck

Flying Kiwi said:
Sorry to read of your 'possible' loss. There are freeware programs out there that attempt file recovery on flash memory drives but when a similar thing happened to me out of the blue, I couldn't find one that worked well with my Sandisk 6 GB MicroSDHC and all I got were 'bits and pieces' of the files that were once there. Perhaps someone else has had a good experience of recovery software that worked well in this situation?
After you recover what you can of your files, before using the memory card again, I suggest you wipe/zero fill it to completely remove all data from it and then partition/reformat it. Sandisk offer a utility to do this but they expect you to pay for it so having lost my files on their memory card they then add salt to the wound expecting payment for a tool used in the process to get things back to normal again, what a cheek
I complained to them, mentioning that most hard disk drive manufacturers provide such a tool for free but they don't seem keen to do that. Instead I used the free HDD Wipe Tool at hddguru.com and then Win XPs own disk management function to partition and format it back to FAT32.
This is an important lesson for anyone else reading with a TyTN II - if you have anything of importance on your TyTN IIs microSD card, ensure it is backed up because there are now quite a few cases here on xda-dev like this. Personally I use Win XPs own backup utility in conjunction with the USB card reader, once I've put all my music/maps etc on the card. It's quick, simple and most importantly, free. Since I lost some (but not many) of my files on the first occasion, I've even needed to restore from backup once so don't count on your files staying there as they should.
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thanks man for the reply!
i use many recovery programms but it found all files FILE0012.CHK thats mean nothing!
the problem is if is possible to recover then i know what to do... format etc..
and this time i WILL KEEP BACKUP!!!
pxbpxb: it doesnt do anythink!

try....
Hi,
Try RecoverMyFiles
or
GetBackData (for NTFS or FAT)
Good Luck!

borov5 said:
Hi,
Try RecoverMyFiles
or
GetBackData (for NTFS or FAT)
Good Luck!
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thanks getdataback works but i need to play a litle with the application to find all the files!!!

[Help Please] Micro SD Card

Hi
I have 2 gb micro sd card and I want to format it using Resco file explorer. But it keeps telling me to check to see if its unlocked.
I use to be able to format without a problem. But i have recently started to flash roms. I can put stop and take stuff without a problem. Just won't let me format.
I also tried formatting using my laptop, but won't work.
EDIT: Sorry, wrong place. Wanted to post this in general Kaiser forum.

Is the little write protect tab on the side of the sd card in the right position??

i moved it off the lock position and nothing? my comp won't even let me right click it. when I click to open it, says needs to be formatted and when i click format PC says it can't be formatted.
I searched on here, but no thread about this type of problem. card isn't ruined because i can still add and delete stuff.

I never experience this issue .. quite confusing.
However, this should be posted in General forum, not ROM Development. Mod, please move as such ..

tilt4life2 said:
Hi
I have 2 gb micro sd card and I want to format it using Resco file explorer. But it keeps telling me to check to see if its unlocked.
I use to be able to format without a problem. But i have recently started to flash roms. I can put stop and take stuff without a problem. Just won't let me format.
I also tried formatting using my laptop, but won't work.
EDIT: Sorry, wrong place. Wanted to post this in general Kaiser forum.
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Could be a problem with the card / slot connectors. Try with some other card reader.

I had an issue once where I couldn't format my card - I had no lock errors though, just couldn't format through the PC or with PPC programs.
Eventually I installed 'Flash Format' by CNetX (google it) - it formatted first time on the free evaluation version.
Worth a try if you're about to bin it!
Good luck.

brandall said:
I had an issue once where I couldn't format my card - I had no lock errors though, just couldn't format through the PC or with PPC programs.
Eventually I installed 'Flash Format' by CNetX (google it) - it formatted first time on the free evaluation version.
Worth a try if you're about to bin it!
Good luck.
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You sir are a genius and a life-saver!
This product is a magical potion for the microSD card. I tried so many different things online, on the laptop, and the Kaiser and none worked. This thing took less than a minute and formatted with the click of one button.
Mods, please move this thread. Hopefully it can help others who might have this problem in the future.
Thank you very much sir!

Glad it worked - it's very strange that this little program seems to be able to sort the issues that even the premium programs can't....

SD CARD won't FORMAT

Okay well this is my first time on this forum better yet my second day having the G1 and I've already seemed to get in trouble with this phone. Okay well I was attempting to jailbreak a G1 with no data plan. After I had put the Dreaimg file in my F drive I had to go to that rainbow screen and all. After that the phone was locked again so I activated my phone VIA WIFI using Jesus Freaks thread. Then after I got back in the phone I continued to attempt to jailbreak/root my phone so I tried to put the recovery.img and upload zip file in my F drive but it said something about an I/O error. I kept messing with it trying to think of solutions now when I try to click the F drive it says, "The disk in drive F is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?" when I press yes and check "Quick Format" it crashes my computer. I am on an XP computer. PLEASE HELP! ):

Well your first problem is that you are using windows.
Just playing, you could always try a card reader. Your card needs to be fat32. If your phone still reads the card, try going into sd in settings and format it through your phone, then retry it on your computer

Its in FAT32 thus I was trying to jailbreak it. Although my phone can't read it, as it seems. When I go to SD in settings all I see is "Total Space", "Available Space", "Unmount/eject SD card". And they are all dark so that I can not press it. And I'm sure I have an SD card in there.

Ok your card is possibely corrupted, since you do not have a recovery image we can't go that way to reformat, hmmmm, card reader, I know reboot your phone, it will pull up a notice that your card is not formatted and it will ask you to format it now right there on the phone

I just rebooted it nothing happened. Also another piece of info, the problem was happening yesterday as I woke up today my phone popped up a message saying Upload now? or something like that and I pressed yes and it fixed but I did the same thing, and tried to jailbreak it, and now I'm back to the same problem. ): Got AIM to help me faster?

Don't got aim. So nothing popped up, you updated by what the ota update if so you are back to your previous build, if you are having serious problems with formating, my best suggestion is a card reader, you can get one for like $15 at walmart. Or try a different sdcard
If you are feeling froggy and are broke, you can try downloading a linux distro and burn a live cd or use unetbootin to make it on a thumb drive. Ubuntu linux has a partion editor that would be able to read it no problem and format it and even partion it for you since you will prob want apps2sd and a linux swap

Ugh I'm a big noob at G1's as I've only had it for one day now. Do you have MSN? Yahoo? something please. I need live help I don't want to brick my phone.

I don't use any of the messaginers, sorry, but the only way you can really brick you phone is to mess up installing the danger spl, anything else you can come back from, the most I can offer is my # and walk you through that way but your easiest option would be the card reader

Eh, can you message me your number?

I'll pm it to you in a sec

[Q] Need help, trying to flash without active sync

For whatever reason, my T2 will not connect to my Win 7 machine running mobile device center. Have gone to the extent of wiping both and starting from scratch, is there a way to flash a ROM without connecting it to a pc or another alternative?
THANKS!

Yes, you can flash from the SD card. There are instruction on how in the n00b guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550540
But basically just use a USB card reader to put the .nbh on the SD card. Put the Sd back in the phone and go into bootloader.

Thanks! I'll give it a shot.

Didn't work, error and failure of transfer of files to SD card connected as external storage. I just wish I knew why I can't connect to WMDC....it doesn't make sense....

Try re-formatting the card, FAT32 as indicated in the n00b instructions.

It's already in FAT 32. I've been flashing roms since my first htc 3 years ago. I've never had a problem until this rom/issue with my computer. I've always synced through the PC and I can't get the damned thing to connect. It's frustrating the hell out of me because this rom keeps hanging and freezing.

Are you using the phone or a card reader to put the .nbh file on theSD card?

I've tried both. I think it's getting to the point where it's the PC i'm using. Which is a problem as all my other computers are Mac or Linux. If WMDC would work I wouldn't be having this problem which is an issue with this PC, I can't get the file over which at this point has to be a problem with this PC. Guess I'm screwed until I can get my hands on someone else's PC... aren't I? I do really appreciate the help!

If you're getting an error using a card reader, the SD card might need to be reformatted. Yes, it might be the PC. But if you don't have any valuable data on the card, I'd try to format it and see if that helps. Also try different USB ports, they can be finnicky sometimes.

There's too much on it to wipe the card until I can get back to one of my Macs over the weekend. This is the first real issue i've had and none of it makes any sense as to why the pc/wmdc won't see or set up a partnership with the phone. I'll try wiping the card when I can, was hoping there was a way to get rid of this rom as it really sucks.

Do you have "Enable faster data synchronization" unchecked under Start>Settings>Connections>USB to PC? Some people have had success getting ActiveSync to connect after disabling this, especially with Vista and Windows 7.
What ROM is giving you the headaches, if I may ask?