My GT540 won't recognise my SD card after during copying a file to the SD via PC the PC crashed, and now it won't recognise it! I can't mount USB either! It is either corrupted or it was also dropped during the PC crash, could the reader be broken? Any ideas to fix it?
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have you tried to format sd card on comp. ?
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slidingpimp said:
have you tried to format sd card on comp. ?
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I've bought a new one and formatted it, says blank when it has pic on it. About to try sdcard.org's SD formatter
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That didn't work and after a reflash (twice, first one crashed phone completely) it still says blank. It turns out that my sd reader on the phone (in the back is broken, as it has to be in a certain place to read it. I shall try and flash back to 2.1 and take it back to CPW
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That didn't work and after a reflash (twice, first one crashed phone completely) it still says blank. It turns out that my sd reader on the phone (in the back is broken, as it has to be in a certain place to read it. I shall try and flash back to 2.1 and take it back to CPW
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Not necessarily...
I had same problems (actually not in 2.3.3, and 2.3.4, then in older versions), and I was really crazy...i formatted my SD a million times, on a million different ways! The biggest stupidity is that I don't know what combination actually worked...
But I've noticed some things: never format, or copy larger amount of data from computer over the phones card reader! Put the card in PC-s card reader and use MiniTool Partition wizard, or something similar (I use Acronis Disk Director, and for me it's incomparably better then anything else), and then copy same data for your phone on that card (just that is not blank).
Another thing that might helped me (I'm not sure if it was coincidence, or it really helped): After format, I went first to recovery>mounts and storage>mount /sdcard(and mount /sd-ext if you have it). Then you can try mount USB storage in recovery and try to trasfer some data (to find out if it's really problem in phones card reader). If you transfer data successfully, reboot system and find out if you are pressing the thanks button, or throwing the phone directly into the wall!
(And have you tried to use another PC/card reader)
It's not scientifically nor empirically proved...but I don't know, you can try! I hope you'll succeed!
Thanks for your help but it turned out that the reader had a slightly bent joint. Bend it back and it works now!
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Thanks everyone!
Thank you everyone for your help! The method above didn't work for long, so I found that it was a combination of position of reader on chip (back of phone, just move the whole reader, BE CAREFUL), the pins (as above) and the SD itself. I found that it was sometimes telling the TRUTH (WHAT???) when it was saying "SD Card damaged", what you do is copy the files to a PC using a sd reader and then format it, then put it back in again. Worked for me, although I had to format before copying files, so it was good that I had backed up my sd to pc just 1/2 a day before it all went wrong.
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So I see today that using XDArit to write the rom image to sd disk erases the disk, harrumph! I wondered where all my stuff went! No problem however because everything is backed up, I've been here before. I had a lot of trouble writing from my computer to the disk, and this may be of some use to a few of you, my laptop is a toshiba satellite 5200 801 with an internal sd card socket, it doesn't work with XDArit (either version) I had to get an adapter and stick it in a usb port before it was recognised.
So, all hunky-dory? No, somehow I'd got hold of a chinese rom!! (ppc20003) now I know what ch means! I think 'duh' is the word I'm looking for. Still, I'm a trier, finally got the right rom on the right card into my xda and working, start to load all my apps, tom tom city maps, route-planner etc. This takes some time I'm sure you know, five minutes later everything has gone! Blank disk! This has happened twice now and I'm starting to lose interest. The card is a SanDisk 256meg, any clues folks?
When you insert a non-formatted SD Card into your XDA, you usually get a 'Should the SD Card be formatted' message. Did you see this message? Or did you use a pre-formatted SD Card.
You could try formatting the card from Windows before inserting it into the XDA.
It was preformatted in windows, I've only had this problem since updating to ppc2003, I think I'll go back to the xda devs rom.
Why not try to format the card using the XDA? This may be a long and retarted way, but the best way I know to get an unformatted card is to write RAW data onto it. Write an already backed up NBx ROM file onto your SD Card using XDArit. Then put it in your XDA and you should get a prompt asking you if the card should be formatted. Click 'Yes' and have the XDA format the card. Then try installing your software and see if it works.
hello i got the same problem
now i wanne go back to the xda developers versie 1.2
and i try to run the exe but i got the messeges (can not open a com/usb port use device maneger on pc to make sure that the com/usb port is available and working)
when i put the xda in the cradle i can normaly sync whit outlook ect
somebody help please
sorry for my engliche
How could it be possible I always used my 2gb micro SD but last night I made the decision to say bye to winmo n started using my 16gb. So I transfers the android folder to it used it n all was good then I wanted to back up all of my winmo files so i remove the SD card from my phone n place it in my card reader..n said to reformat the card..I HAVE NO ACCESS TO MY SD CARD.. I can't even format it some how it got protected...even my phone days to formatted but is never successful...ANY ADVISE THANK YOU
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ive got a sd problem too. i ever used the same 16gb class2 microsd card tu run android builds and store winmo and android data. last night ive tried to switch from darkstone to matcc android build. i reformatted the sd card, put the files on it (only android folder nothing else) and started android. everything was fine but i´ve got a bsod(radio 2.12.50_2 and german stock vodafone rom). then ive tried another android build but i got the same error(doesnt ever got bsod before). later android didn start at all(every build). then ive tried chuckys rom with matcc vers. 1.5 and ive got the bsod problem again. tried 2 other builds and now andriod doesnt start and i cant even connect my hd2 to my pc(bootloader doesnt connect too) but chucky rom boots correctly. everytime ive tried another build i reformatted my sd card to fat32. hope someone can help me, sorry for bad english.
i got this problem now too. android somehow writeprotected my sd card so i can't put files on or take files off anymore...it's basicallly made my 16gb card useless. can't format or anything. tried through windows mobile, pc, and android...nothing works. anybody know how to fix it?
Same thing happened to me. My class 2 16gb card is now locked and ive found no way to unlock it.
Not that I really liked that card anyway, but it was nice to have so much storage space.
thats no problem. On your adapter for your micro sd card, there is a lock on the side of it. Make sure that it is in the up position. Basically in the unlock position, then it wont be write protected.
No, your not understanding. Its not the physical lock on the adaptor, its a logical lock on the Micro SD itself.
The Micro SD card comes up as locked no matter what I use to try and format, or delete etc.
I've googled like mad trying to find a way to fix it even installing Ubuntu to see if another OS could do it, but everything fails.
Same here I came to a conclusion. That there are some files in the SD card....what was the last buid u were using before this happened...the best solution. For this should be with an android. Phone and astro file management explore the SD card...unlucky. me none of my friends have an android device
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put card in card reader ... format it from command prompt (win+R+cmd+enter)
format X:/fs:fat
X is your card drive letter dont mess up with this one.
Lol I spend hours searching for a solution. N nothing u kno thou theres always hope
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No, your not understanding. Its not the physical lock on the adaptor, its a logical lock on the Micro SD itself.
The Micro SD card comes up as locked no matter what I use to try and format, or delete etc.
I've googled like mad trying to find a way to fix it even installing Ubuntu to see if another OS could do it, but everything fails.
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also u can try something like this:
http://www.diskwipe.org/
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put card in card reader ... format it from command prompt (win+R+cmd+enter)
format X:/fs:fat
X is your card drive letter dont mess up with this one.
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lemme try that...i formatted it through my computer and unchecked "quick format" and after like 30 minutes it finished with an error.. hopefully this works.
gparted
ok..
whats wrong with just formating the card with ' GPARTED ' .. assumption of Linux usage !
or if you use that sloppy old microsoft O/S then use 'paragon partition manager '
job done yea?
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storage tool for wm
Ok
dr_derqami said:
Download " storage tool" for wm. Install it. Send shortcut to start up so that as soon as wm boots it ll find the sd card. When u get storage tool workin u ll have options choose formate or fix the sd then it ll work. It worked for me.
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well formatting it through cmd didn't work...everything was still there on the card. lemme try your method now... thanks.
delete file by file and see which one is locked on the card.
change permissions on the sd card.
try to delete files from the winmo
try to overwrite the android folder and start it with another build and then format after a sucessfull start.
fuzzysig said:
delete file by file and see which one is locked on the card.
change permissions on the sd card.
try to delete files from the winmo
try to overwrite the android folder and start it with another build and then format after a sucessfull start.
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None of this is possible cuz the card is written protected ..try using another device that runs android n try it with astro. Explorer
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malikadnanm said:
well formatting it through cmd didn't work...everything was still there on the card. lemme try your method now... thanks.
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Do u remember which build u were using??
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Do u remember which build u were using??
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yea.. i used mattcleo 1.6b. i can actually still boot up android...but even in android i can't delete anything using astro. I tried replacing android folder using a card reader but that didnt work either... i'm going to try that storage tools suggestion..but i doubt anything will work. CMD finished and said that the disk was unreadable after finishing 99%.
Ok
Sounds like corrupted sectors or damaged disk to me
Put the card into a windows pc and run scandisk on the card, make sure you check : fix errors automatically and scan for bad sectors
hey guys, just got g2 this afternoon. i was swapping some files back and forth from computer to phone and i got an error in my taskbar.
""sdcard mounted readonly""
any1 else getting this? is says sdcard has a problem. tap here to...
i tap, it tries to reread sdcard, and error pops back up.
Sounds like you have an app on ur phone that is trying to read the sd card while its mounted to to pc
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i was swapping some files back and forth from computer to phone
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I've lost the SD card contents a half-dozen times. The dismount process is fragile, turning off the USB storage on the phone before unmounting on the computer seems to leave the SD card in the "unmounted" state. Recovery has meant pulling the card from the phone, sticking it in an adapter, then formatting on a PC.
Havikx,
I had a similar issue with my first g2. Ended up doing a repair on the sdcard in my laptop and that fixed it.
Hope this helps you out.
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yes, i ended up formatting it in my g1 with amon ra. worked after that. it definatly has something to do with an app tryin to read the sd while mounted to pc.
This might not be the correct way to fix it but I had the same problem as you and I thought it'd be a try to stick the SD card into my Vibrant and long behold it worked just fine. Took it out and put it back in my G2 to find that the problem was gone.
Sd card error....
yeah... save yourself some time and just get another card...
i just got off the phone with tmobile who nicely passed the buck to htc.
my call to htc was short and sweet.." the g2 is so new that they do not have
any parts for wty replacement " ?????????????????????? wtf?????
anyway.. newegg here i come.
when i connect my phone to pc. then turn on usb mount allow pc to read SD card. all good.
but after completed copying data to/from. dissconect GS2 from pc. then SD card crashed. i need to format it again.
it happen to my twice.
did you have this issues?
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Format card in Windows FAT 32 for starters .
jje
never.
and my sd card is 9 months old,
used with a galaxy s1 and now with an s2.
I did.
it seem to me the firmware prolem.
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No problems here... Cognition 1.51 + Ninph 2.1.3
I had that a lot until I moved to KH3 (stock odex) with Speedmod.
All good now.
blackspp said:
I had that a lot until I moved to KH3 (stock odex) with Speedmod.
All good now.
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Will give a try. Thanks
my problem is a little different~
sometimes i restarted my phone but the it could not read my SD. i had to reinstall the SD and then restarted again.
i doubt it was my SD problem.
sophiemith said:
my problem is a little different~
sometimes i restarted my phone but the it could not read my SD. i had to reinstall the SD and then restarted again.
i doubt it was my SD problem.
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I get this problem too... I find that it also has a read error when I shake the device aggresively... requiring me to remove the SD and reinsert it... it probably wouldn't be too bad if the SD & Sim card had swapped places, at least then you wouldn't need to power down your device to remove & reinsert the SD card...
For Guys who have issues with SD Cards (Formatting,Mounting,Errors,Corruption or even Death of Card) :
A full format (uncheck quick format)running HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is recommended.
Moreover,never ever use SD card Adapters for formatting.Always USB card readers as they are more efficient.
Generic operating system formatters don’t provide the optimum performance.And,sometimes,can result into SD card death and less picture-saving space.
Full format once in awhile is recommended to prevent possible corrupt files, lengthen the life of the card and achieve the most available space possible.
This tool is compatible with Windows XP and vista however Windows 7 users can run this tool in Compatibility mode for Windows 7 by going through :
Properties>Compatibility>Compatibility mode>Check(Run this program in compatibility mode for)>Select Windows 7 from dropdown menu>Apply>OK
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Cheers!!!:good:
1 question man. One of my sd card doesnt even read when i insert it to pc. Will this software solve the problem? I think the sd card is corrupt.
Sent from Hell!!
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1 question man. One of my sd card doesnt even read when i insert it to pc. Will this software solve the problem? I think the sd card is corrupt. Sent from Hell!!
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Yep,a full format(uncheck quick format) using this tool should solve your problem.I was facing the same issue with one of my cards.
Don't used SD card Adapter for formatting,use a USB card reader.Hope it will get your card back in action.
You can also run surface test using MiniTool Partition Wizard to check any read error in your SD card's memory blocks.
(Right click on your card>surface test)
Good luck:good:
optimusodd said:
For Guys who have issues with SD Cards (Formatting,Mounting,Errors,Corruption or even Death of Card) :
A full format (uncheck quick format)running HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is recommended.
Moreover,never ever use SD card Adapters for formatting.Always USB card readers as they are more efficient.
Generic operating system formatters don’t provide the optimum performance.And,sometimes,can result into SD card death and less picture-saving space.
Full format once in awhile is recommended to prevent possible corrupt files, lengthen the life of the card and achieve the most available space possible.
This tool is compatible with Windows XP and vista however Windows 7 users can run this tool in Compatibility mode for Windows 7 by going through :
Cheers!!!:good:
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Can we foormat or reinstall an death usb micro sd adapter ?
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Pator57 said:
Can we foormat or reinstall an death usb micro sd adapter ?Sent from my HTC Wildfire using xda premium
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Sorry,I didn't get you.
SD adapter is used to make your micro SD usable on normal SD slot devices.It is not any type of memory.
If you are reffering to a dead micro SD card,a full format (uncheck quick format) using this tool might fix your problem.
Always use USB card readers for the formatting process.
optimusodd said:
Sorry,I didn't get you.
SD adapter is used to make your micro SD usable on normal SD slot devices.It is not any type of memory.
If you are reffering to a dead micro SD card,a full format (uncheck quick format) using this tool might fix your problem.
Always use USB card readers for the formatting process.
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I don't want to be a smart-ass here but seriously... Initially I thought you'd mean a card reader with "SD adapter"... if you're speaking about micro sd adapters: nothing wrong to use those as it's just a kind of "connector extension" - the only thing that might go wrong is that the slot has a mechanical problem. That usually would end up in getting nothing formatted
Anyway thx for the hint with the application - could become useful some time
optimusodd said:
Sorry,I didn't get you.
SD adapter is used to make your micro SD usable on normal SD slot devices.It is not any type of memory.
If you are reffering to a dead micro SD card,a full format (uncheck quick format) using this tool might fix your problem.
Always use USB card readers for the formatting process.
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ho ****.And yes i was talking about an micro sd adaptater who died..
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After an update of the play store my phone registered my card as being "not recognized"
Is this likely to fix the problem? - My computer recognizes the micro sd...
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THE-M1GHTY-BUKO said:
After an update of the play store my phone registered my card as being "not recognized"
Is this likely to fix the problem? - My computer recognizes the micro sd...
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What is the size of your SD card ?Probably,it's running out of space.
Format your card from within the phone settings first(Settings > Storage).
You will need this tool if that doesn't help.
Pator57 said:
ho ****.And yes i was talking about an micro sd adaptater who died..Sent from my HTC Wildfire using xda premium
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LOL,this tool can't fix your dead adapter.:silly:You need a new adapter.
eventcom said:
I don't want to be a smart-ass here but seriously... Initially I thought you'd mean a card reader with "SD adapter"... if you're speaking about micro sd adapters: nothing wrong to use those as it's just a kind of "connector extension" - the only thing that might go wrong is that the slot has a mechanical problem. That usually would end up in getting nothing formatted Anyway thx for the hint with the application - could become useful some time
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Yeah,of course,you can transfer files using adapters but USB card reader is recommended for the formatting process.
This tool was created specifically for HP USB devices so only a USB SD card reader can be used as interface device.
The most amazing thing about this tool is ,it does a very deep cleansing.While other formatting tools take 3-4 mints to format an 8GB SD card,this tool takes 4-5 hours to ensure most efficient formatting.I have used and verified this tool personally.Using generic formatting utilities don’t provide optimal performance for your SD cards.
I just thought it might be good to list a tip that might help others with their SD card issues.
I wonder :S
Hi I have a 8GB MicroSD card, suddenly it went slow down.. I formatted it using various applications but it doesn't affect it takes so long to paste a file(s) I dunno but it ask around 25 minutes to paste a 250MB file and sometimes it increases to hours.. I didn't even found any bad sectors.. every sector is ok but it's useless without fast data writing.. anyone ever faced this type of matter? :crying:
I NEED HELP!!! I have a 32gb micro sd card and the above process does not work.
Why is this here? Shouldn't it be somewhere like hardware and software hacking or something...
Anyway dont use adapters makes no sense, like that one guy just said: Its just ... ...
However im not on sense rom so i may make no sense myself
Hi
I need some help. I think my 2gb sdcard got corrupted and my willy doesnot reads it anymore although i have tried another sdcard and it works.
So problem is with sdcard. My computer wont recognise it too ( i tried it with my wildfire not with any card reader or adaptor )
I download that hp exe file but how can it work if my pc doesn't reads sdcard ?
Is there a way that i can use any software and plug sdcard in an adaptor ? And format it etc ?
Because i dont own an adaptor or a usb card reader. I'll probably lend an adaptor today but for usb card reader i'll have to wait for a day or two
I really need my sdcard working
Now i have 2 corrupted sdcards.
2gb card and 4 gb card.
Btw will my pc read the sdcard or show it if i use an adaptor ? Coz i've never used it before.
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alamgirqazi said:
Hi
I need some help. I think my 2gb sdcard got corrupted and my willy doesnot reads it anymore although i have tried another sdcard and it works.
So problem is with sdcard. My computer wont recognise it too ( i tried it with my wildfire not with any card reader or adaptor )
I download that hp exe file but how can it work if my pc doesn't reads sdcard ?
Is there a way that i can use any software and plug sdcard in an adaptor ? And format it etc ?
Because i dont own an adaptor or a usb card reader. I'll probably lend an adaptor today but for usb card reader i'll have to wait for a day or two
I really need my sdcard working
Now i have 2 corrupted sdcards.
2gb card and 4 gb card.
Btw will my pc read the sdcard or show it if i use an adaptor ? Coz i've never used it before.
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I doubt it'll help!
This tool was designed to format flash drives and it does a deep format,which is helpful in removing problematic partitions from those drives(sd cards).
I have been using this tool for good 2 years now,it has helped me curing pen drives,sd cards which were already readable on windows.(cured issues like i/o errors,cyclic redundancy issue,etc.).But if windows doesnt read it then I doubt it'll help.
Try with some linux system if you have.But,you can consider your card to be dead sadly.
Wasimk32 said:
I doubt it'll help!
This tool was designed to format flash drives and it does a deep format,which is helpful in removing problematic partitions from those drives(sd cards).
I have been using this tool for good 2 years now,it has helped me curing pen drives,sd cards which were already readable on windows.(cured issues like i/o errors,cyclic redundancy issue,etc.).But if windows doesnt read it then I doubt it'll help.
Try with some linux system if you have.But,you can consider your card to be dead sadly.
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Nooooo
I cant just let go 2 sd cards go away easily and also i've no extra sdcard at the moment. And i doubt i'll get another one soon.
I dont have a Linux OS but i think there's gotta be a way. I searched alot so far but had no luck uptill now.
My suggestion to everyone: PLEASE TAKE SOMETIME OUT OF YOUR LIFE AND ALWAYS REMOVE THE SDCARD SAFELY.
Please some more suggestions guyz.
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alamgirqazi said:
Nooooo
I cant just let go 2 sd cards go away easily and also i've no extra sdcard at the moment. And i doubt i'll get another one soon.
I dont have a Linux OS but i think there's gotta be a way. I searched alot so far but had no luck uptill now.
My suggestion to everyone: PLEASE TAKE SOMETIME OUT OF YOUR LIFE AND ALWAYS REMOVE THE SDCARD SAFELY.
Please some more suggestions guyz.
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Exactly!
This shows you the importance of spending those 2-3 seconds in removing it safely and also having backups of your stuff!
Wasimk32 said:
Exactly!
This shows you the importance of spending those 2-3 seconds in removing it safely and also having backups of your stuff!
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Yeah
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I cant do that , when using that tool it says "Failed to format the device". Plzzzz helllpppp