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SD Card mysteriously erased

I had a number of files on my SD card and suddenly today they are all gone.
I put in in the PC card reader and it shows blank with the full amount of free space. I formatted it again as a precaution and it seems to be working fine.
Anyone seen this happen before? what could have caused it?
cheers.

some happens with my hp hw6515

This happened to me before I have my SD card died...

SubZero5 said:
This happened to me before I have my SD card died...
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Oh dear, that worries me since theres a whole thread about Alpine killing SD cards.
I'll look at that thread again, hoping that there's a solution!
cheers

no storage memory card.

Help me from you!
This happens from time to time my phone is not visible the memory card!
After restart everything is ok.
Sory my English !!!

Card is possibly going bad.
I just lost my 16gb San Disk and had to replace it with a Kingston.
I can always format it and get it back, only to have it fail again within a week.
Back it up and reformat it Fat32.
Also check for clean connections and damage to the card or device.

Thanks for the information, I will replace cards

demsky said:
Thanks for the information, I will replace cards
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was your problem solved?
I'm probably having the same problem - cant get to memory card, but after i take it out and insert again it works ok for some time and again disappear.

I had the same problem. I format the card, changed my roms many times, but they did not solve the problem. finally I have changed the memory card and the phone works fine with the new card

jeffy_rf said:
I had the same problem. I format the card, changed my roms many times, but they did not solve the problem. finally I have changed the memory card and the phone works fine with the new card
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Tnx for the tip.
I will try changing the card,
it is a 8Gb card i took out of my htc kaiser loaded with useful cabs, I will try a new 4gb card and see if it makes a difference.

I also have the same problem, does changing the memosry card helped?

Yes. Apparently they get corrupt after a time and reformatting does not help.

thanks a lot sir, i'll try to change my card, hoping it'll get better.

PLEASE help with sd card

Ok so i bought this verbatim microSD 16gb class4...at first it worked fine on my xperia x8...but today it just decided to not be located at all...
On my pc the card is working properly with the card reader and i tried another sd on my x8, and it worked too..but the 16gb still wont be located...i tried everything from formating it to reboot etc...i tried the 16gb one on a x10mini but no luck either...
any recommendations?
oh and the shop said that they cant do anything cause this maybe my fault
Please help...

I had the same problem with 8gb class 4.
I did like what you did.
Finally it didn't work, I returnd it back to the store.
What I understood is: class 4 sd cards are not working on our x8.
because I asked the guys here and they were answering that they have a working sd cards on x8 but with classes like 2,8,10 not 4!
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1Fawwaz thnx for your reply
but i could use it for about 2-3 days...and the same happened with an 8gb card but i dont remember of what class..
any ideas anyone?

[UPDATE]
After many experiments i found out that my card was working with thsd card adapter that SE provided once...the one that is like a usb stick...but with a MicroSD to SD adapter,my card wont be located by my pc...

[UPDATE 2]
The card is working fine on my sony ericsson yari.
also i read through the forum that others are using class 4 and its fine..so i cant see why mine wont work...come on guys..you have fixed far more complicated issues...

bakas666 said:
but with a MicroSD to SD adapter,my card wont be located by my pc
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If the adapter you refer to is really a mSD to SD adapter then your PC would do the right thing(TM). To read a mSD you need a MicroSD to SDHC (<--!!!!) adapter.
SD, SDHC and SDXC are three totally different standards not really compatible to each other.
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[UPDATE 2]
The card is working fine on my sony ericsson yari.
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Then there you have your confirmation that the card is actually working.
If the X8 and X10 is refusing the card, then you may have hit a incompatibility (EDIT: that's why it is important to either straighten it out with the dealership that you can return the card in case it doesn't work or that you can try the card right there in front of the eyes of the shop dude). The only way would be to swap the card with one of another brand (like Kingston or SanDisk ... I wouldn't buy Verbatim crap).
In theory the X8 should be able to accept mSD's up to 32GB.
bakas666 said:
also i read through the forum that others are using class 4 and its fine..so i cant see why mine wont work...
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True, I used a 8GB Kingston Class 4 mSD with my X8 - worked flawlessly.

thnx for your reply..
my card was working in the begining..so im not sure if this is really an incompatibility...

bakas666 said:
thnx for your reply..
my card was working in the begining..so im not sure if this is really an incompatibility...
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Question is ...
- If you're running a custom ROM ... you tried another one?
- If you're running Stock ... you tried a custom ROM?
Also ... try putting the card into a _working_ mSD adapter and ERASE the partition that's on it. Then "Safely remove" the card reader / card from your PC and put the EMPTY (unpartitioned) card back into the phone. From there you have two options you can try ...
1. Try to partition and format (FAT32) the card in ClockworkMod recovery and see if it works now.
2. Boot up Android and format the card through Android (I think it's "Memory and Storage" in "Settings")

I tried with both stock and GingerDX...same result...im going to try this and post reply in some minutes..

nothing....i tried to partition with CWM..no luck....
I partitioned it with Partition Wizard..no luck again...
pfff...why it just denies to locate it?i was working just fine :S

I take CWM actually recognized the card even at its correct size.
The last thing you can do now is to look through logcat to see if the log holds any hints about why the card isn't recognized/mounted.
You better do that through adb as it's a medium pain in the rear to do that in the Terminal Emulator on the phone.
If you find something that could be related to the issue at hand post it here; maybe the error message carries something that would give a clue.

My sd card is killing me !!!t.t

hi all ,when i 1st used a rom (any rom )there must be a friggin ton of problem ..so when i updated to GDX v21 i expected trouble, so yes it's a little buggy but i fixed / the problem just went away ..so theres just one problem which is a true , but then this problem is just presistant and i can't fix it ...=( so heres's the problem , the sd(8GB class 10 ) in my phone will say it's damage please format , so i did , but then the whole phone restarts without fixing the problem , so i tried 2 more sd card a 2gb class 6 and a 8gb class 10(?) micro SD card they all started fine but then it encountered the same problem , i faced this problem a week ago and i cant fix it , yesterday the memory was abler to be read and then today it says SD card error again.WTF??? i tried factory reset but it's still there use CWM and wipe dalvik and battery stats , no resolve i cant flash cause my sd card is dead , imma using PCC to flash my phone later but is it cause of SD card problem or isit my phone sd card reader is buggy?
details
-SE w8
-GDX v21
-MIcro SD 8GB class 10
-problem -SD card unable to read (says SD card is damaged) tried 3 diff sd card but all same
-well maybe a little off topic but my DSP manager seems to lags the phone badly when i turn on equalizer for speaker

Is your sd card kingston? I have the same problem, and found out that there is a compatibility problem with kingston 8gb.
SE claims to have solved it with an update but this is for stock rom users. So not me. I don't know if anything can be done and if any of our fantastic (slurp slurp) developers could help.
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mine is apacer 8GB ...it's so dam annoying i flash back to stock but still have problem i flashed like 6 times now and it's finally ok...can read sd card so far...but still going to the retailer and asking for a refund if the problem occurs

tohno said:
MIcro SD 8GB class 10
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sonik_5 said:
Is your sd card kingston? I have the same problem, and found out that there is a compatibility problem with kingston 8gb.
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Not able to confirm again ...
There's a 8GB Kingston Class 4 in my X8 which is working perfectly fine since the last 7 months (GDX v021 on Stock Kernel).
However, as there's been another one posting about SD card problems who also has a Class 10 mSD ... I would rather say the phone seems to have a problem with Class 10 Micro SD cards ... given my Class 4 and some Class 6 (if you search the X8 section) work flawlessly.
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so i tried 2 more sd card a 2gb class 6 and a 8gb class 10(?)
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The 2GB Class 6 _should_ work, given we have some posts around where people use a Class 6 mSD successfully.
But, as I said above, I would be cautious with Class 10 mSD's as there not only yours which gives trouble.

for some reason my phone is a magnet for trouble ...

I spoke to the guy that sold me the card and he told me to go by the store and try with either a kingston 8gb class 4 or an apacer 16gb class10 (that's what he has in store). I guess i'll try the kingston but i'll be away for a week so I'll have answers next week.
tohno said:
for some reason my phone is a magnet for trouble ...
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Same here mate. Perhaps we shouls start a club.

haha yea...we are really poor souls =(
damn it i tried my sister's sd card ( just to confirm my problem ) i connect it to pc and all is fine ...then i click turn off usb storage and it says blank sd card ...i guess i cant confirm it's the hardware problem

Just as a related note now that I checked back...
The other guy who had about the same SD card problems was using a Verbatim 16GB Class 4. Seems as the X8/W8 is somewhat picky when it comes to the brand (manufacturer) of a SD card and the related class.
As I wrote in that post - either try the card in your phone right there in the shop (if the clerk agrees to it) or strike a deal that you can return the card in case you have severe troubles due to compatibility issues.

as always thanks BJ! you helped me so many times! so yeah i called my dad to send it to the repairman but i doubt it's the sd card problem since the other 2 i tried also failed to read ...it could initially until i restart the phone or connect it to usb then it will get the warning..i suspect its the hardware problem

My sd card is 8 gb . after make a partition it goes to 3.25 gb ..help

polar bear! said:
My sd card is 8 gb . after make a partition it goes to 3.25 gb ..help
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u r making a partition by which way? if u made it ext2 so rest of them will be available as a sd memory and other memory reserve for apps. install link2sd that will show u if u r in GDX install root browser and find sdext u will know everything

[Q] switching to 32gb sd help

hi, im a phone newbie first off. I just bought a 32gb sd card to replace the 8gb HTC gave me.
Do i just copy and paste all the files on the 8gb to the fresh 32gb?
And do i need to format the 32gb sd card...or make any new files?
Thanks alot.

Hey there, I'm doing the exact same thing at the moment!
I checked and both the 8GB card and the new 32GB are partitioned with FAT32. I'm copying over exactly what was on my old one onto the new one as I'm writing and I'm expecting it to work.
I'll report back in a few minutes with a confirmation.
UPDATE:
I've successfully copied over the contents from one micro SD card to the other and can confirm that everything works fine! No special formatting needs to be done either. Transfer your data away and you should be good to go!

System92 said:
Hey there, I'm doing the exact same thing at the moment!
I checked and both the 8GB card and the new 32GB are partitioned with FAT32. I'm copying over exactly what was on my old one onto the new one as I'm writing and I'm expecting it to work.
I'll report back in a few minutes with a confirmation.
UPDATE:
I've successfully copied over the contents from one micro SD card to the other and can confirm that everything works fine! No special formatting needs to be done either. Transfer your data away and you should be good to go!
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THanks alot for that mate, trying now.

Last week i got a new 32 GB card, and i first copy'ed all data form the old card to my PC.
Then i put the new Card in the phone and format it and then copy the data form the PC to the new Card.
After a reboot everything was just fine.

and what abt apps installed in sd card will they work normally aft copying to new one ?

Wat class of sd-card do you have/use?

Dheemanth10 said:
and what abt apps installed in sd card will they work normally aft copying to new one ?
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Everything will work just fine.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S

wietse1988 said:
Wat class of sd-card do you have/use?
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The one that came with the phone was a class 4 and the new 32GB I'm now using is a class 10. Works just fine on CM7 as well as on Virtuous Quattro

That's good to know. Waiting for my new sd card to come.