SD Card not reading

FlyingsCool · 05-13-2011, 10:40 AM

Hi,
So, my phone got run over by a car, cracked the glass, but, otherwise it was ok and worked fine. Those little glass shards I kept getting in my fingers were a pain. Plus, I was about to send it in for repair anyway because the power button was failing. So I sent it to HTC for repair.

I sent it in Monday, and got it back today. Only $55, and free shipping. HTC is AWESOME!

But.... when I boot it up, it tells me I have no SD card. It is an AData 16GB Class 6 MicroSD. The Nexus wants to reformat it. My computer reads it fine, so I'm backing it up as we speak so I'm not that upset.

Any thoughts on what's going on? Do I really have to reformat it?
Pain in the butt, cause I've got over 8 GB of stuff on it.

I am kicking myself cause I might know what's wrong. T-Mobile gave me a Samsung Gravity as a free loaner while my phone was gone (thank you), and, without thinking, I slipped the MicroSD card into the phone. Later on I read that the Gravity uses a proprietary format or something, but it supposedly can't read 16GB cards anyway, and it didn't ask me if I wanted to format it when I put it in, so I don't think anything happened. But it is possible Samsung put something into the boot record that Windows XP is ignoring. Could this be the issue?

**danger-rat** · 05-13-2011, 10:54 AM

Try a different card first...

FlyingsCool · 05-13-2011, 04:08 PM

Ok, got home, tried a 2GB card from my motorola phone. It worked fine.

When I put my 16GB card in, go to settings/storage it says
Total Storage - Unavailable
Available Space - Unavailable
Mount SD card - grayed out
Erase SD card is available, I've erased the card 3 times. I was hoping I would see the format command light up. I can't figure out how to format it. The Nexus doesn't seem to be able to see it.

When I mounted it in a Windows Vista laptop after I had erased it, it said it couldn't see it and asked if I wanted to format it, but my only choices were FAT and NTFS. I'm assuming that's not necessarily a good idea in this case, since Android is Linux. How do I get the Nexus to be able to format the card?

Did the Samsung mess it up?
Should I format it as FAT and then maybe the Nexus will be able to see it and I can reformat it again?

Am I screwed?

**danger-rat** · 05-13-2011, 05:18 PM

FAT is perfect. Just reformat with your PC then try it in the phone...

05-13-2011, 10:40 AM	#1
FlyingsCool Senior Member Member #3575 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Littleton, MA Posts: 369 Phone: Nexus One Carrier: T-Mobile	SD Card not reading Hi, So, my phone got run over by a car, cracked the glass, but, otherwise it was ok and worked fine. Those little glass shards I kept getting in my fingers were a pain. Plus, I was about to send it in for repair anyway because the power button was failing. So I sent it to HTC for repair. I sent it in Monday, and got it back today. Only $55, and free shipping. HTC is AWESOME! But.... when I boot it up, it tells me I have no SD card. It is an AData 16GB Class 6 MicroSD. The Nexus wants to reformat it. My computer reads it fine, so I'm backing it up as we speak so I'm not that upset. Any thoughts on what's going on? Do I really have to reformat it? Pain in the butt, cause I've got over 8 GB of stuff on it. I am kicking myself cause I might know what's wrong. T-Mobile gave me a Samsung Gravity as a free loaner while my phone was gone (thank you), and, without thinking, I slipped the MicroSD card into the phone. Later on I read that the Gravity uses a proprietary format or something, but it supposedly can't read 16GB cards anyway, and it didn't ask me if I wanted to format it when I put it in, so I don't think anything happened. But it is possible Samsung put something into the boot record that Windows XP is ignoring. Could this be the issue?

05-13-2011, 10:54 AM	#2
danger-rat Super Moderator Member #12109 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,961 Phone: Nexus One-point-three Carrier: Not Listed	Try a different card first... __________________ "There is no charge for awesomeness"

05-13-2011, 05:18 PM	#4
danger-rat Super Moderator Member #12109 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,961 Phone: Nexus One-point-three Carrier: Not Listed	FAT is perfect. Just reformat with your PC then try it in the phone... __________________ "There is no charge for awesomeness"

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05-13-2011, 04:08 PM	#3
FlyingsCool Senior Member Member #3575 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Littleton, MA Posts: 369 Phone: Nexus One Carrier: T-Mobile	Ok, got home, tried a 2GB card from my motorola phone. It worked fine. When I put my 16GB card in, go to settings/storage it says Total Storage - Unavailable Available Space - Unavailable Mount SD card - grayed out Erase SD card is available, I've erased the card 3 times. I was hoping I would see the format command light up. I can't figure out how to format it. The Nexus doesn't seem to be able to see it. When I mounted it in a Windows Vista laptop after I had erased it, it said it couldn't see it and asked if I wanted to format it, but my only choices were FAT and NTFS. I'm assuming that's not necessarily a good idea in this case, since Android is Linux. How do I get the Nexus to be able to format the card? Did the Samsung mess it up? Should I format it as FAT and then maybe the Nexus will be able to see it and I can reformat it again? Am I screwed?

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