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[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....

[solved] Card "Preparing SD card; Checking for errors"

Hi all,
I have a problem with my G1, running on latest Cyanogen mod. After restarting the card cannot be read and it is seems to be checking the sd card, if it really happens I dunno. What is weird is that I can access the card from recovery mode (shell), and it is not damaged (at least the windows doesn't detect damage while it is in the card reader. So that implies that the problem might be in the Android system.. anybody has a clue how to solve this? Thanks a lot.
Edit: solved it, deleted fsck_msdos from bin and it works flawlessly again

Can always wipe and reflash. Or if you have another sd card laying around and put that in to see if it recognizes it.

I'm having the same problem How did you delete the fsck_msdos from the bin?

theinstagator said:
I'm having the same problem How did you delete the fsck_msdos from the bin?
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your phone should rooted
then download and install root explorer
in the root explorer go to
system /bin
and delete fsck_msdos
now reboot your phone

I was having this same issue..it would typically take up to 5 minutes or more to "check for errors" after a boot.
To fix this I backed up my sdcard, reformatted, copied everything back, then reflashed. Everything was fine after that.

i have somewhat the same problem but in my case it sometimes say blank sdcard or damged sd card it read fine when plugged into an sd card reader any help

Thanks. It worked by simply deleting fsck-msdos but it keeps giving SwiftKey3 error " unable to load language packs". Keyboard still OK. I have xperia x10 mini rooted running android 2.1 E10i.

hmaxos said:
Thanks. It worked by simply deleting fsck-msdos but it keeps giving SwiftKey3 error " unable to load language packs". Keyboard still OK. I have xperia x10 mini rooted running android 2.1 E10i.
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Well, after getting other errors such as "no enough space" from Platinum Backup (there was a space on SD Card), I had to go to Format the SD after copying everything. Then I copied back the important folder the SD. I also had to reinstall SwiftKey. Now everything is fine and no data loss.

SD card Checking for errors
sajjji said:
your phone should rooted
then download and install root explorer
in the root explorer go to
system /bin
and delete fsck_msdos
now reboot your phone
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Well I will try to backup and format it.... If it works then good if not then I will have to root my LG P880 .

My Problem is "preparing external sd card checking for errors" now that error is not showing while following above steps but now when i click my memory card that is not opening and after opened my memory card my internal device memory also not opening .

baka.yarou said:
Hi all,
I have a problem with my G1, running on latest Cyanogen mod. After restarting the card cannot be read and it is seems to be checking the sd card, if it really happens I dunno. What is weird is that I can access the card from recovery mode (shell), and it is not damaged (at least the windows doesn't detect damage while it is in the card reader. So that implies that the problem might be in the Android system.. anybody has a clue how to solve this? Thanks a lot.
Edit: solved it, deleted fsck_msdos from bin and it works flawlessly again
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Simple fix, Difficult decision. Remove SD Card from slot then Factory reset phone. Once it comes too just go through all steps to setting up device then reinsert the SD Card into the slot. BOOM!

thank you very very much it worked for me
baka.yarou said:
Hi all,
I have a problem with my G1, running on latest Cyanogen mod. After restarting the card cannot be read and it is seems to be checking the sd card, if it really happens I dunno. What is weird is that I can access the card from recovery mode (shell), and it is not damaged (at least the windows doesn't detect damage while it is in the card reader. So that implies that the problem might be in the Android system.. anybody has a clue how to solve this? Thanks a lot.
Edit: solved it, deleted fsck_msdos from bin and it works flawlessly again
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thank you so much but it is read only please help

yeah...
supremeteam256 said:
Can always wipe and reflash. Or if you have another sd card laying around and put that in to see if it recognizes it.
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i am having same issue i always changes roms please can you halp me..

still not working mine is lenovo K3 Note And my Phone is rooted. It is showing Preparing SD card checking for errors

Didn't work for me.
Hard reset don't work.
Delete the fsck.msdos but don't work.
The fsck.msdos file comes on every wipe back.
I think this is a cm issue.
On stock no problems with my external sd card on my HTC One M8.
I'm going crazy...

No need to go to bin.. just put ur SD card in other mobile.. it will show fcsk files when u open the SD card.. just delete those files. Then remove the SD card and put it back in Ur mobile.. Then restart it mobile.. problem solved..,,,

Anitha Sivakumar said:
No need to go to bin.. just put ur SD card in other mobile.. it will show fcsk files when u open the SD card.. just delete those files. Then remove the SD card and put it back in Ur mobile.. Then restart it mobile.. problem solved..,,,
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ive deleted the fcsk file on bin
the notif "preparing sd card" was gone but another problem occured, i cant even open my storage, ext sd card and even internal card ive tried your solution, ive put my sd card on another device, i cant find any fcsk files that you mention i cant even delete any file from my card using another mobile :crying::crying::crying:

It worked.... Thanks bro..
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sajjji said:
your phone should rooted
then download and install root explorer
in the root explorer go to
system /bin
and delete fsck_msdos
now reboot your phone
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sajjji said:
your phone should rooted
then download and install root explorer
in the root explorer go to
system /bin
and delete fsck_msdos
now reboot your phone
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Bloody Brilliant. I have no idea why I could not find this solution two years ago. I have spent several hours searching for this solution, several times. In my case, I needed to remove the fsck.exfat file in the /system/bin folder.
My attention span is extremely short. I have been living with a 3 to 4-minute card scan for a 256GB microSD in my Samsung Note 3 for two and a half years. For all of the reboots I have done (which must be near a thousand, if that's not severely underestimated) I have had to deal with waiting to use my phone. I can't tell you how discouraging it has been to have such a powerful, useful device crippled by such a stupid flaw: that of checking the SD card that you rarely remove, for errors, every single time the phone is rebooted, even after graceful reboots called by the "proper" methods.
I can't tell you how many times I have rebooted my phone, only to forget the reason I rebooted it, because my phone took 4 minutes to reboot.
Productivity to the cubed-root.​Pisses me off.
Someone who has more voice than me please get the Android People to change this. As of Nougat, this is still the default behavior. How can an organization be so stupid...? I have no doubt that just this flaw has sent many people to the Apple camps. Who the cuff in their right mind would want to deal with such a hassle?? Are they seriously unaware of the trend for people to actually believe that their devices, machines and technology ought to be doing things faster than previous generations?
(Please just take the following cynicism with a grain of salt. I just learned the above fix, something I really should have figured out a long time ago/kicking myself!!) :crying:
For the anally-inverted who might bring up the obvious argument that your phone will no longer be able to detect or fix corruption, all that needs to be done is the following:
1) move the fsck.exfat (or whatever the formatting) file to a different folder. In my case I moved it to the /data folder
2) use some delay scripting program that will symlink the fsck.exfat file to a tmpfs location say, 30 seconds after boot; or longer if needed. This intermediary step is necessary in order to create a temporary symlink, which will be nonexistent upon reboot.. If we didn't create a temporary symlink, the fsck.exfat command would be immediately available after each reboot (which we don't want) because symlinks are normally permanent. Therefore, this step will need to be run after every reboot (but again, time-delayed).
3) the last command is to create another symlink, linking the tmpfs fsck.exfat symlink created in the last step back to the /system/bin folder (or wherever it originally resided). So this is a symlink of another symlink. This step actually should only need to be done once, since this symlink should remain after reboot, even though it is initially broken upon reboot until the previous command recreates the intermediary symlink. It should become effective again when the previous step is run by the time-delayed scripting program.
Now your phone has the ability to check the card upon you calling the fsck.exfat routine through normal means, one of which can just be a simple unmount -> mount request from the Android system settings . Your card won't be needlessly fsck-checked to death every bloody time you reboot your phone.
(If you found this tutorial helpful and desire to quote or improve upon it, please cite/credit me for the inspiration! It came through much effort and learning!)

Problem for my N1 with CM 6

Don't why happen from last week, my N1 can't do update in market, it can download it but can't setup....
When i go to "Applications"-->"Manage Applications"--> all information are show "Computing"
I can't setup and uninstall all the apps.....Anyone help me
also when i plugin the usb cable, still not have notice on the status bar.....
Please HELP.....i'm so sad now

terrywai said:
Don't why happen from last week, my N1 can't do update in market, it can download it but can't setup....
When i go to "Applications"-->"Manage Applications"--> all information are show "Computing"
I can't setup and uninstall all the apps.....Anyone help me
also when i plugin the usb cable, still not have notice on the status bar.....
Please HELP.....i'm so sad now
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Me too. Please somebody help us.

LEF32 said:
Me too. Please somebody help us.
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Seems something crash but don't which part, somebody help us

I recently have experienced the same problem and I spent nearly 3 days to get my phone back to work.
The issue is probably caused by broken app file on SD card.
I'm sure there's one way to replay the issue: get more than 100 apps on SD card, then use Titanium Backup to move all apps from internal storage to SD card, before it finishes (near the end) force close Titanium Backup. On next boot, Android won't be able to load all apps on SD card anymore.
My solution was:
Connect the sd card onto a computer using a card reader. Go to .android_secure folder, then sort by modifying date. Delete few latest apps then put the SD back to your phone but you have to re-install the apps which you deleted.
Good luck!

If you use apps to ext, you can just restore your nandroid...
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

Thanks! I did what you said only I deleted all the apps in the android secure folder to be sure. And so far is working well for a couple of days. Thank you again.
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[Solution] Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card.

Here is the most easy one to solve these problem ...
when you see this message while install application on your device
"Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card."
JUST..
Go to Settings >> Storage >> and Select Unmount SD card
That's it
Try to install again
...After finish install you can mount it back ~
:victory:

Thank you! Thank you!
Have tried other ways, which involved deleting files, but just didn't work. Can finally get xda to install again! Thanks!

unmount don't work because i dont have an sd card i usually just install apps into my phone storage. this only happen to when i try to install certain apps not all.

"Couldn't Install On USB Storage Or SD Card"
"Couldn't Install On USB Storage Or SD Card"
the only thing I can say about this solution is oh my God I have tried so many ways to fix this problem I have a Samsung galaxy S2 and I was getting this error message as well I searched the Internet I even purchased software to hunt this one solution that everybody keeps telling me to do is to look for this so-called temp file then I found this wonderful solution I am mounted my SD card installed the software like the instructions said and it worked it "fín worked thank you thank you thank you so much for this simple solution.:victory:
Frank

Htc hd mini
jongz.travelmate said:
Here is the most easy one to solve these problem ...
when you see this message while install application on your device
"Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card."
JUST..
Go to Settings >> Storage >> and Select Unmount SD card
That's it
Try to install again
...After finish install you can mount it back ~
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Hi,
I tried to install some apps from Play Store to my HTC HD Mini Android and i get this error: 'Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card', no matter how many times i try to install it.
Since i cannot unmount the sd card because the android setup is residing in the root of the sd, what can I do?
Thanks,
Daniel

Thank YOU!!!!
Originally Posted by jongz.travelmate
Here is the most easy one to solve these problem ...
when you see this message while install application on your device
"Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card."
JUST..
Go to Settings >> Storage >> and Select Unmount SD card
That's it
Try to install again
...After finish install you can mount it back ~
Thank you so very much for this easy fix!!!!!!
T-Mobile couldn't help, and I have googled this before but now the issue is over and I was able to get Words With Friends back on my phone!
Woot woot.
Thanks a million.

Thanks buddy, you are a lifesaver....was going nuts over this for an hour...finally saved by you. Thanks again.

shasta65 said:
Originally Posted by jongz.travelmate
Here is the most easy one to solve these problem ...
when you see this message while install application on your device
"Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card."
JUST..
Go to Settings >> Storage >> and Select Unmount SD card
That's it
Try to install again
...After finish install you can mount it back ~
Thank you so very much for this easy fix!!!!!!
T-Mobile couldn't help, and I have googled this before but now the issue is over and I was able to get Words With Friends back on my phone!
Woot woot.
Thanks a million.
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I justed starting getting this error today, I have tried to your suggestion and nothing I was also reading that I needed to remove the "smdl2tmp1" but I can't find it anywhere. I also tried clearing data on the play store app and nothing any other suggestions. I can not install anything at all from the play store, please help!!

tico8 said:
I justed starting getting this error today, I have tried to your suggestion and nothing I was also reading that I needed to remove the "smdl2tmp1" but I can't find it anywhere. I also tried clearing data on the play store app and nothing any other suggestions. I can not install anything at all from the play store, please help!!
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Try to format your SD card, it worked for me on my Samsung Galaxy S Advance.

Couldn't install on USB or SD card
Alastair007 said:
Try to format your SD card, it worked for me on my Samsung Galaxy S Advance.
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When I had this problem, none of the above solutions worked. I finally discovered this problem seems to occur with some apps after I have installed a Custom Recovery. So, I fixed it by installing these "certain apps" before installing the Custom Recovery.

Is there any diffferent way for mobiles with no SD card? Like my HTC one

trksab said:
Is there any diffferent way for mobiles with no SD card? Like my HTC one
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I have the same phone same issue, trying to install key for titaniu mbackup pro.

fackamato said:
I have the same phone same issue, trying to install key for titaniu mbackup pro.
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Any news on this? I'm having the same issue, though it only seems to affect the two paid apps I'm trying to install: Apex Launcher Pro and Doggcatcher. Using an HTC One as well, so no unmounting SD.

breakbread said:
Any news on this? I'm having the same issue, though it only seems to affect the two paid apps I'm trying to install: Apex Launcher Pro and Doggcatcher. Using an HTC One as well, so no unmounting SD.
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It's working for me now. Not sure if it was a couple of reboots or something else.

Many, many thanks...been stumped a few times, thought maybe a rom issue. 1 forum search later, all resolved

Thanks a lot! It works :good:

jongz.travelmate said:
Here is the most easy one to solve these problem ...
when you see this message while install application on your device
"Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card."
JUST..
Go to Settings >> Storage >> and Select Unmount SD card
That's it
Try to install again
...After finish install you can mount it back ~
:victory:
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Thanks, had to use this today. If I may add to your solution just a bit, in my case a bunch of apps had been uninstalled by something, not sure what, but I was not even able to restore them from TB, so, after re-installing app you can go into TB and restore the data from the lost apps. Thanks again :good::good:

It Worked Like a Charm!
Thank you so much for this solution!! I just could not figure out why eBay's app and Facebook's Page Manager would not update and you just made my day with this simple solution. For those having this problem, after you unmount the SD card and try to update, it will appear as if you are doing a complete new installation. Just proceed and them remount the SD card as @jongz.travelmate suggested

It worked dude
Thanks a lot ...
But I wanted to ask that all my softwares are on my sd card and after I unmount it ofcourse I can't access them.
So I have to download ALL of them again if I want to install any :crying:
So is there any other solution with no unmounting of sd card?
Plzzzz I need your help seriously as I am in a lot of trouble because of this :crying:
I want some permanant solution if you can provide
Plzzzzz help!

Can not unmount SD card
Hi, I have an Xperia P phone with in built storage. And there is no option to unmount the SD card. I also tried to unmount it from the recovery menu but even there there is no option for that.
Kindly let me know how do I deal with this
jongz.travelmate said:
Here is the most easy one to solve these problem ...
when you see this message while install application on your device
"Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card."
JUST..
Go to Settings >> Storage >> and Select Unmount SD card
That's it
Try to install again
...After finish install you can mount it back ~
:victory:
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[Q] “Couldn’t install on USB storage or SD card” problem

Hello All,
Suddenly have the “Couldn’t install on USB storage or SD card” problem. Quite a bit of information on the net on how to solve it, but it isnt doing it for this tablet.
I can not unmount the sdcard prior to installing/updating apps, theres simply no option for that in the setting->storage.
Second solution is to delete a file called "smdl2tmp1.asec" from one of two paths, but that file is not there.
I attached the tablet to the PC, but just see the "sdcard", not the internal memory.
I have CM10, from this forum.
Hope anyone can help me... Slowly my apps are being killed of by this problem, swiftkey and officesuite pro tried to update today, and can not even be opened anymore since...
Thanks,
Jeroen

Not sure what tab you have, but dies it have an external sd card? Internal is probably the same as sd card. It is on the i957.
God promised men that he'd put beautiful women in all corners of the world. Then he laughed and laughed and made the world round

I have the samsung 8.9 wifi tab. No external sdcard I can take out, just one that shows up as sdcard under /mnt/.
The tab is not dying on me, justn some apps show mthe error on updating them.Then afterwards those apps are not just updated, they're gone completely. I tried deleteing all dirs that I could find that seems associated with them, but the error still exists, I still get that same error on installing the app.
Thanks for replying, hope this clears up my poor description of the problem

OK, I did a full wipe and flashed CM10 and gapps, but the problem still exist. Installing apps gives me this problem... Anyone an idea?
Maybe the internal sdcard or memory is simply broke? But if so, why would the system install without problems?
Aww, my loved tab 8.9....

JeroenKl said:
OK, I did a full wipe and flashed CM10 and gapps, but the problem still exist. Installing apps gives me this problem... Anyone an idea?
Maybe the internal sdcard or memory is simply broke? But if so, why would the system install without problems?
Aww, my loved tab 8.9....
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for whoever this is going to be useful, it turned out to be a kernel issue. Some developer confirmed it for me. so I fixed it in the end by installing a stock rom, the problem kept returning with non stock Roms...