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memory card not recognized

Today my x started saying the memory card was blank. It will not let me format it or anything. Anyone else have this happen yet?

I have gotten a not recognized mesage before. I took the battery out and pulled the sd card out then booted the phone. Then turn the phone back off and try re-inserting the card.
Do you have another sdcard reader that you can test it in?
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I just got a Droid X used. It didn't come with a memory card. I tried the 4gb card out of my Incredible but it wasn't recognized. I tried an old 1gb card. Not recognized. I bought a new 8gb card from Sam's Club. Not recognized.
I did a search here and this post is the closest to what I am experiencing.
I tried to format the new 8gb card to FAT32 just to see what happens. No success.
I have rebooted the phone several times, removed and reinserted the card, and made sure it is seated properly.
The Settings>Storage screen states the following:
Total space - Unavailable
Available space - Unavailable
Mount SD card - Insert an SD card for mounting <grayed out>
Format SD card - Format (erase) SD card <grayed out>
Any suggestions?
If this is a software glitch and rooting is an option, I can do that. I am familiar with rooting from my Incredible. I am hesitant to root with this issue lingering.
Thanks.

Oldtymehockey said:
I just got a Droid X used. It didn't come with a memory card. I tried the 4gb card out of my Incredible but it wasn't recognized. I tried an old 1gb card. Not recognized. I bought a new 8gb card from Sam's Club. Not recognized.
I did a search here and this post is the closest to what I am experiencing.
I tried to format the new 8gb card to FAT32 just to see what happens. No success.
I have rebooted the phone several times, removed and reinserted the card, and made sure it is seated properly.
The Settings>Storage screen states the following:
Total space - Unavailable
Available space - Unavailable
Mount SD card - Insert an SD card for mounting <grayed out>
Format SD card - Format (erase) SD card <grayed out>
Any suggestions?
If this is a software glitch and rooting is an option, I can do that. I am familiar with rooting from my Incredible. I am hesitant to root with this issue lingering.
Thanks.
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have you tried cleaning the sdcard slot? just a thought. if that does not work then its possibly a defective slot.

Blank External SD card

Hi there.
I have a 4GB sd card for my SGS SC-02b. Whenever i insert it into the phone the message at the notification area appears saying "sd blank or has unsupported file system". I tried formatting it and tried to mount it but its not working, i m not getting any error message while mounting or formatting, its just not working. I tried reinserting the sd card but still the same.
Looking for some kind suggestions
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Is your sdcard locked by that little plastic knob on your card?

what files system are you formatting with recommend you use this app to format externally in your computer with a card reader

lgkahn said:
what files system are you formatting with recommend you use this app to format externally in your computer with a card reader
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thanks for the tip, its working great now

Well, its not working again. It was working for a while, then i had to root my SGS so i removed SD card, rooted my SGS and then reinserted Sd card, now its saying Damaged SD card you have to format it, when i format it, no error message appears and nothing happens and notification area is still saying Damaged SD card.
Any suggestions??

What brand is it, dont tell me its a unbranded one, or a cheap ebay one, it could be a fake one, use you pc to format it fat or use the sd formatter, when you put it into the phone, unmount it then format again using the phone before use.
I have a 32gb adata class 2, 32gb lexar class 10, and many 8gb and 16gb from kingston, toshiba and sandisk in class 2 to class 6, all works.

Connect phone with USB cable in mass storage mode .
Format the SD card then run scandisk/error checking on the card .
jje

JJEgan said:
Connect phone with USB cable in mass storage mode .
Format the SD card then run scandisk/error checking on the card .
jje
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No its not working even after formatting.
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Got myself a new Sd card and its working great for now.
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DHD SD card blank or unsupported?

Hello everyone, i have encountered with one problem, after formatting my sd card from my macbook using Fat format, now when it was done, when i eject my memcard from PC it refreshes and the error came like sd card blank or has an unsupported format, i have tried formatting sd card from that popup but no response i have also used sd formatter from the market still no benefit.

Can you try another SD card?

have you tried formatting the card in your DHD?

What kind of SD card are you formatting? Model/size etc. Can you use it with your computer? Have you tried formatting it with your phone, Settings > SD & phone storage, unmount then format.

Hey thanks for everyone kind attention, i am using 8gb card, actually i have corrupted my card during formatting from my PC, and i have tried formatting from my cell phone but it didn't solve the problem accept ok popup and error again, what i did to resolve this issue is to put my sd card into my another phone which is BB, as i even can't connect it from my MAC, and formatted my sd card from BB than i put that card again into my HTC DHD and now it is working perfectly fine. =)

yea. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[Q] Can 16GB internal memory Galaxy S5 use 128GB SD card?

The title pretty much says it all.
My wife has a Galaxy S5 with 16GB internal memory. When I put a 128GB miroSDHX card in it, the phone says the SD card is blank and refuses to mount it.
If I go into Settings>Storage, the only option under SD Card is Mount SD Card. If I tap that, it asks if I want to format the SD Card, If I tap that, I get a message like "preparing SD card" and a couple of seconds later, there is a notification in the title bar of the phone saying either "Blank SD Card" or "Damaged SD Card".
Smaller cards are mounted automatically.
The 128GB card is read just fine by a PC.
Is there something I am missing in getting the phone to recognize the large SD card?

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Ed Zachary said:
The title pretty much says it all.
My wife has a Galaxy S5 with 16GB internal memory. When I put a 128GB miroSDHX card in it, the phone says the SD card is blank and refuses to mount it.
If I go into Settings>Storage, the only option under SD Card is Mount SD Card. If I tap that, it asks if I want to format the SD Card, If I tap that, I get a message like "preparing SD card" and a couple of seconds later, there is a notification in the title bar of the phone saying either "Blank SD Card" or "Damaged SD Card".
Smaller cards are mounted automatically.
The 128GB card is read just fine by a PC.
Is there something I am missing in getting the phone to recognize the large SD card?
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According to gsmarena, the answer is Yes.
Memory
Card slot: microSD, up to 128 GB
Internal: 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM

fffft said:
Yes.
It just sounds like your card isn't formatted properly. Probably an unrecognized or corrupt filesystem. Or less likely, out of spec or damaged card. Unfortunately you didn't give any details as to the card model or verbatim error messages so we have nothing to go on.
The card should be formatted as FAT32, not NTFS or exFAT. Try formatting the card as FAT32 on your PC. Mount it on your phone, then reformat again it from the phone Settings menu. If you have ongoing difficulties, check the card for corruption with the chkdsk utility.
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I will try formatting on my PC as FAT32, then.
There is no model number on the SD card or its packaging. Just SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-1. 128GB. Speed up to 48MB/s** 320X.
No error messages, either. Just what I quoted from the notifications bar about "Blank SD Card". And in Settings>Storage, there is just one entry for the SD Card: Mount SD Card. Tapping that launches a couple of quick notifications about the SD Card being prepared. Then the notification that the SD Card is blank.
If I pull down the notification bar and tap the Blank SD Card notification, I get a popup to format the card, with OK, Cancel, and a warning that all data will be erased. Tapping OK yields another quick notification about the SD Card being prepared and that is all. And the Blank SD Card notification returns.
*Edit* Just noticed that the PC reports the file system as exFAT. But my PC (Win 8 Pro) offers only exFAT and NTFS as format options.

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Exfat should work no problem, I've got 64 GB class 10 that's formatted exfat and I've never had issues

thatsupnow said:
Exfat should work no problem, I've got 64 GB class 10 that's formatted exfat and I've never had issues
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Gave up on the 128GB.
A Samsung rep said that the problem was that I was using a Sandisk card and they are problematic with Samsung phones.
So I got a Samsung 64GB Class 10 card.
Same results. The phone reports that the card is blank or has an invalid filesystem. Tried to format on the phone. But no joy. The Samsung card is exfat.

So your phone might have problem with the card reader.
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Reader itself is fine. Can mount a 16GB card, FAT32 (aha!).
Went to a VZW store last night.
They could not get the 64 or 128 card to mount. One of them had a Galaxy S5 and the 64 mounted on his phone, no problems whatsoever.
I had him format the card on his phone and tried it again on ours. Same story.
So, after a half hour on hold, I spoke with someone in VZW tech support who at first was adamant that the problem was with the card. I pointed out that the odds of getting two defective cards are extremely small. And asked if the card is defected, how did the card mount in the employee's phone?
His "solution": Factory reset and if the card still does not mount, call tech support back.

Wife said she is tired of the jerkaround.
She will use the 16GB FAT32 card.

SD card not working

Hello, I'm new here.
I'm using Moto X Style Indian version with Android Marshmallow from last 5 months. I'm using "SANDISK ULTRA microSD UHS-I CARD" with format as internal storage without any problem, but now suddenly a notification show up that "Insert your SD card", I even didn't remove my card since I put it once. I tried to insert my SD card to HTC phone, saying "Damaged SD card" with only option for format it. (I'm not able to take screenshots or click any pic)(SD card is still in my moto x style but in setting it shows "Not Inserted".)

sharan1 said:
Hello, I'm new here.
I'm using Moto X Style Indian version with Android Marshmallow from last 5 months. I'm using "SANDISK ULTRA microSD UHS-I CARD" with format as internal storage without any problem, but now suddenly a notification show up that "Insert your SD card", I even didn't remove my card since I put it once. I tried to insert my SD card to HTC phone, saying "Damaged SD card" with only option for format it. (I'm not able to take screenshots or click any pic)(SD card is still in my moto x style but in setting it shows "Not Inserted".)
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Welcome to the world of adopted storage...
Try to power off the device, remove the card and reinsert it, then power back up. If that fails, either the card has failed or the encryption key has gotten corrupted or "lost". There isn't a lot you can do to save or resurrect it if your device doesn't see the card and unencrypt the data.
When a card is adopted as internal storage, it is encrypted and uses the ext4 filesystem, it will only work in the same device with the same key and cannot be read in any other device without formatting it back to FAT32 and wiping out all the data. There is some information here about reading the data with a Linux computer, if you have the appropriate card reader and can access the encryption key on the device.

Thanks for your reply @acejavelin,
I tried everything turn my phone off, eject card then reinsert it, still same error. Now what to do? Will I format my card with FAT32 by attach my card with PC? I know my data will not save... but I have no option.

sharan1 said:
Thanks for your reply @acejavelin,
I tried everything turn my phone off, eject card then reinsert it, still same error. Now what to do? Will I format my card with FAT32 by attach my card with PC? I know my data will not save... but I have no option.
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Yes... Reformat it in a PC or in another device. Personally, I would not reuse the card, especially as adopted storage, since it can no longer be trusted.
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Ok, I will also not use this card again with adopted storage. Thanks for your suggestion @acejavelin .
Seems my problem will be solved , but all my data will loss :crying:

Sounds like the problem is with your phone's SD card reader, not with the card itself. Other computers / phones will tell you the SD card is damaged/corrupted because they cannot read it (the card is encrypted), but that doesn't mean the card is actually damaged or corrupted.
You won't be able to extract your data from it unless you can get it to read the card again. I would try popping out the sim /sd card tray and shoving it back in many times, to see if eventually it will read (mine takes 2-3 tries before it will read)
If you can't get it to work you may need to contact Moto support to get a replacement under warranty (assuming you haven't unlocked the bootloader / voided the warranty)
Definitely try another card though if you have access to one, just to check and see if it will read a different card.