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[Q] Bell i9000m -- WHY DOES MY SD CARD DISAPPEAR ?

anyone know how to stop this SD card from disappearing

Funkadelick said:
anyone know how to stop this SD card from disappearing
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no one knows ????

you're going to have to be a little more specific..........how do you mean disappear? and when does it happen? any other side affects (have to reboot to "make it reappear") ?

wang1chung said:
you're going to have to be a little more specific..........how do you mean disappear? and when does it happen? any other side affects (have to reboot to "make it reappear") ?
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I mean sometimes I can change wallpapers through gallery and i see my stuff... then like an hour or two later there's nothing there -- it doesn't detect my SD card hence it "disappears"
I have to reboot about 5 times a day to get it back

what does it say when you open up gallery? when i had an issue with mine, it would say "no sd card" or something to that affect.
or does yours just not show any pictures?
edit: is this your external sdcard or your internal one?

wang1chung said:
what does it say when you open up gallery? when i had an issue with mine, it would say "no sd card" or something to that affect.
or does yours just not show any pictures?
edit: is this your external sdcard or your internal one?
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Internal SD
It says "no items" when I open up gallery

have you tried flashing a new rom? or possibly do you have a app killer that might be killing some services?

Funkadelick said:
Internal SD
It says "no items" when I open up gallery
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install this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8174375&postcount=60
next time you get the error
run that app
if that still doesn't help
make sure you have no file called .nomedia in the gallery folder or the root of your internal SD

wang1chung said:
have you tried flashing a new rom? or possibly do you have a app killer that might be killing some services?
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No im not the flasher sorta type, still new to this -- haven't even rooted yet.
No app killer either.

AllGamer said:
install this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8174375&postcount=60
next time you get the error
run that app
if that still doesn't help
make sure you have no file called .nomedia in the gallery folder or the root of your internal SD
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I can't use astro to search b/c it says nothing is there.
I am not rooted -- what's the easiest way to root a bell i9000m ? I recall reading you need a special update.zip -- anyone know ? or perhaps a good app?

Funkadelick said:
I can't use astro to search b/c it says nothing is there.
I am not rooted -- what's the easiest way to root a bell i9000m ? I recall reading you need a special update.zip -- anyone know ? or perhaps a good app?
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goto the market and search
OCLF
it stands for ONE CLICK LAG FIX, from there you can click ROOT,
your device will reboot, and it should be rooted.

Funkadelick said:
I can't use astro to search b/c it says nothing is there.
I am not rooted -- what's the easiest way to root a bell i9000m ? I recall reading you need a special update.zip -- anyone know ? or perhaps a good app?
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woah.. no need for any of that
just what you said already answered another question without asking.
just find your invoice, take it back to the store, and have them replace the phone, that phone obviously have a defective internal SD

AllGamer said:
woah.. no need for any of that
just what you said already answered another question without asking.
just find your invoice, take it back to the store, and have them replace the phone, that phone obviously have a defective internal SD
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Won't I lose all my apps and contacts and stuff ? this is getting annoying this is the 2nd time i've taken it back

Funkadelick said:
Won't I lose all my apps and contacts and stuff ? this is getting annoying this is the 2nd time i've taken it back
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ok I just figured something out
when i plug in the USB cord -- the SD card goes missing
is this normal ?

Funkadelick said:
ok I just figured something out
when i plug in the USB cord -- the SD card goes missing
is this normal ?
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I think I figured out your issue. Go to Settings, About Phone, USB Settings and what tell me what setting is selected....

Electroz said:
I think I figured out your issue. Go to Settings, About Phone, USB Settings and what tell me what setting is selected....
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Samsung Kies

Funkadelick said:
Samsung Kies
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Same here. Strange.
Do you have USB debugging turned on? If not, try it.
It's in >settings>applications>development

Funkadelick said:
Samsung Kies
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if i plug in my phone usb cable in Kies mode
i can still access the Internal and External SD cards in the phone
also in the PC
i find this the most convenient
when using it with the USB Debugging method ON, then i have to manually MOUNT the SD cards for them to work on the PC
but i lose access to the internal SD and External SD when i do that.
that is the NORMAL behavior

Electroz said:
Same here. Strange.
Do you have USB debugging turned on? If not, try it.
It's in >settings>applications>development
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it's off
ill put it on - tried gallery again and no items -- gonna try rebooting and see if this did anything brb

[Q] Dell Streak 7 Keeps Resetting

I just bought a used Dell Streak 7 off of eBay and I'm about to return it. But before I do, I wanted to see if anyone could help me with a problem.
EVERY TIME I reboot the tablet, it resets itself. Brings up the Android screen where I have to press on the Android then continue to setup the tablet which is very annoying. Can anyone help?
The tablet is on 2.2. T-Mobile version with the slot for SIM card and WiFi.

eb121209 said:
I just bought a used Dell Streak 7 off of eBay and I'm about to return it. But before I do, I wanted to see if anyone could help me with a problem.
EVERY TIME I reboot the tablet, it resets itself. Brings up the Android screen where I have to press on the Android then continue to setup the tablet which is very annoying. Can anyone help?
The tablet is on 2.2. T-Mobile version with the slot for SIM card and WiFi.
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Try updating to Honeycomb

giveen said:
Try updating to Honeycomb
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I did. I tried every single update I could find. The US 4G ones weren't working so I tried the other ones just in case and none of them worked.

eb121209 said:
I did. I tried every single update I could find. The US 4G ones weren't working so I tried the other ones just in case and none of them worked.
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How are you flashing it and which ones did you get, be specific and where you got it.

giveen said:
How are you flashing it and which ones did you get, be specific and where you got it.
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I downloaded the updates from the first post on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431797.
One at a time I transferred them onto the root of my SD card and changed the names to "Update.pkg", also tried "update.pkg". Then I entered recovery holding volume up and the power button. Used volume down to scroll to the option to update from SD card. Pressed power to run the update, it ran for about 30 seconds to a minute but then would come up with a FOTA name mismatch error and reboot.
I tried downloading updates from another website but I can't remember where it was exactly.
EDIT: I just tried all the PKG files at http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_7#Official. Almost all of them come up with a FOTA name mismatch, even the US 4G one. The only one that doesn't come up with that error is version 336. But that one comes up with another error, "Install modem error. System will upgrade again."

eb121209 said:
I downloaded the updates from the first post on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431797.
One at a time I transferred them onto the root of my SD card and changed the names to "Update.pkg", also tried "update.pkg". Then I entered recovery holding volume up and the power button. Used volume down to scroll to the option to update from SD card. Pressed power to run the update, it ran for about 30 seconds to a minute but then would come up with a FOTA name mismatch error and reboot.
I tried downloading updates from another website but I can't remember where it was exactly.
EDIT: I just tried all the PKG files at http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_7#Official. Almost all of them come up with a FOTA name mismatch, even the US 4G one. The only one that doesn't come up with that error is version 336. But that one comes up with another error, "Install modem error. System will upgrade again."
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You are using an External SD Card, correct? Maybe you wouldn't get a FOTA error if you weren't anyway.

wptski said:
You are using an External SD Card, correct? Maybe you wouldn't get a FOTA error if you weren't anyway.
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On post number 5 I already stated "One at a time I transferred them onto the root of my SD card".

I'm starting to think you may be read only.
Not certain yet.

giveen said:
I'm starting to think you may be read only.
Not certain yet.
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Are you talking about the tablet itself or the SD card?

eb121209 said:
Are you talking about the tablet itself or the SD card?
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I just opened a case with eBay so I should be getting a refund for this crappy tablet.

eb121209 said:
I just opened a case with eBay so I should be getting a refund for this crappy tablet.
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Its not that bad of a tablet, just has its quirks.

giveen said:
Its not that bad of a tablet, just has its quirks.
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I don't mean all Dell Streak 7's, I meant THIS tablet.

eb121209 said:
On post number 5 I already stated "One at a time I transferred them onto the root of my SD card".
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In Androidspeak, the internal memory is called sdcard and the physical SD Card is called external_sd or sdcard1.

wptski said:
In Androidspeak, the internal memory is called sdcard and the physical SD Card is called external_sd or sdcard1.
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I don't care what the "internal storage" is called.

eb121209 said:
I don't care what the "internal storage" is called.
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But we kinda do.
For example, I work in tech support field. I get calls about "yeah I'm out of memory", and I"m thinking RAM (Random Access Memory) but what they mean is Hard drive storage.
Lingo is important

giveen said:
But we kinda do.
For example, I work in tech support field. I get calls about "yeah I'm out of memory", and I"m thinking RAM (Random Access Memory) but what they mean is Hard drive storage.
Lingo is important
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The first problem I ran into being new to Android was thinking exactly that SD Card meant internal memory because that's what a file manager calls it.

wptski said:
The first problem I ran into being new to Android was thinking exactly that SD Card meant internal memory because that's what a file manager calls it.
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internal storage:cyclops:

giveen said:
internal storage:cyclops:
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Whoops! Yeah, internal storage.

[Q] SD card become read only

I am using Samsung 64G with FAT32 formatting, it's very normal before. But I found it will become read only mode now and need to reboot mobile everytime. Unfortunately, same problem occur again after few days and need to reboot again.
I just wondering it's device or SD card issue? Thanks!

smallchi said:
I am using Samsung 64G with FAT32 formatting, it's very normal before. But I found it will become read only mode now and need to reboot mobile everytime. Unfortunately, same problem occur again after few days and need to reboot again.
I just wondering it's device or SD card issue? Thanks!
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Did you tried that SDcard on another device?

androidfreak70 said:
Did you tried that SDcard on another device?
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I can use it in computer, and as the problem didn't occur immediately, so it's hard to test with other device.

I had a similar problem with my SanDisk 64GB. Unfortunately, the thing was borked. I could still read from it, but couldn't write anything to it. These symptoms appeared on both the phone and computers (via SD adapter and via phone's USB).
Just sharing my experience.

m0oskk said:
I had a similar problem with my SanDisk 64GB. Unfortunately, the thing was borked. I could still read from it, but couldn't write anything to it. These symptoms appeared on both the phone and computers (via SD adapter and via phone's USB).
Just sharing my experience.
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are you able to write after reboot mobile?

smallchi said:
are you able to write after reboot mobile?
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Well, the sd card is long gone now. But no, I wasn't able to. I would be able to move files onto it, via a file browser, but it would disappear on reboot or if I stuck the SD card into a computer. Which meant that nothing was written to the card itself.

smallchi said:
I can use it in computer, and as the problem didn't occur immediately, so it's hard to test with other device.
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i think it's the device issue. because you saying the problem didn"t occur immediately. if the SDcard issue you most see it read only in PC. and whats you android version in your device? if 4.1.2 you most change it to 4.2.2 or 4.3 because 4.1.2 don't support 64GB SDcards

androidfreak70 said:
i think it's the device issue. because you saying the problem didn"t occur immediately. if the SDcard issue you most see it read only in PC. and whats you android version in your device? if 4.1.2 you most change it to 4.2.2 or 4.3 because 4.1.2 don't support 64GB SDcards
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I am using eXistenZ v6.6 which is 4.3 now.
May be I will try to re-format the card and new flash the ROM again.

smallchi said:
I am using eXistenZ v6.6 which is 4.3 now.
May be I will try to re-format the card and new flash the ROM again.
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ok. good luck with it:good:

After backup the files from SD to hard disk, and format the SD card, it show failed with write protected error. Tried different card reader / adapter also the same!!!
This is second SD card "dead" with my Xperia Z!!!

[Q] Screenshot not saving

I'm having issues while attempting to capture a screenshot.
Each time I try to take a screenshot, I get a message in my notification saying "Couldn't capture screenshot. Storage may be in use."
Has anyone had this issue?
Can anyone help me sort out this problem?
Also, I'm on ViperOne M8.

It will save automatically please check your internal storage.

andrewnelson said:
It will save automatically please check your internal storage.
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I've checked. I've even tried switching the save destination to the external SD card. No luck

just a bird xo said:
I've checked. I've even tried switching the save destination to the external SD card. No luck
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Did you ever get this figured out, I just got this error too....I think it's because i reformated my Internal Sd card...not sure what caused it...flashing a new Rom clean didn't fix it either...Gonna try to Ruu and if that don't work i'll be lost....
Edit: I was able to get it working by going into recovery and wiping internal storage and fixing permissions...

Verizon HTC One M8 Same Issue
EVOuser94 said:
Did you ever get this figured out, I just got this error too....I think it's because i reformated my Internal Sd card...not sure what caused it...flashing a new Rom clean didn't fix it either...Gonna try to Ruu and if that don't work i'll be lost....
Edit: I was able to get it working by going into recovery and wiping internal storage and fixing permissions...
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Documenting that I also have just begun having the same issue. Sometimes a reboot will clear it, but not always.
FYI... looking for resolution.
It appears to be related to KitKat and access (or lack thereof) to the external SD card (or other storage locations). I CAN take some snapshots (Rooted Stock). Apparently, the UP24 app doesn't have 'permission' and I am guessing that is why I have what now appears to be an isolated occurrence.
I don't want to "break any rules" so please forgive me if this is a 'no-no'. This link explains what is going on better than I...
Evidently I am not allowed to post outside links, but I bet a search for "kitkat-sdcard-changes" will get you close.
HTH, Bill

EVOuser94 said:
Did you ever get this figured out, I just got this error too....I think it's because i reformated my Internal Sd card...not sure what caused it...flashing a new Rom clean didn't fix it either...Gonna try to Ruu and if that don't work i'll be lost....
Edit: I was able to get it working by going into recovery and wiping internal storage and fixing permissions...
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I'm not sure if anyone else has this issue, or still has this phone, but I was able to fix it by renaming the sdcard\Pictures\Screenshots directory to "Screenshots1" and creating a new directory named "Screenshots".
It looks like there were some hung broken image files in the old directory that still registered as saving.
Hope this helps - a year after the fact.

I recently had this problem as well, and used this exact solution.
Sprint M8 Converted HK 4.25.654.14

Internal SD suddenly became r/o only

Hi,Running on AllianceROM 4.1.2
Was running well when this problem came after my phone crashed and restarted after using phone cam to take a pic.
So when browsing gallery,a notification kept saying "not an error (code 0) could not open the database in read/write mode"
So I realized that my internal SD became r/o.I mounted back to r/w and the notification went away.
However,everytime I take a picture,the internal SD will be back to r/o! But the strange thing is..I have set pictures taken to be saved to external SD card...
Any solutions?
Thanks!

JxXxn said:
Hi,Running on AllianceROM 4.1.2
Was running well when this problem came after my phone crashed and restarted after using phone cam to take a pic.
So when browsing gallery,a notification kept saying "not an error (code 0) could not open the database in read/write mode"
So I realized that my internal SD became r/o.I mounted back to r/w and the notification went away.
However,everytime I take a picture,the internal SD will be back to r/o! But the strange thing is..I have set pictures taken to be saved to external SD card...
Any solutions?
Thanks!
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try to install in a proper way.

Have you tried fix permissions in recovery?

Hi,
I will try to fix permissions in twrp recovery and monitor..thx for the input!

Hi,
Looks like trying to fix permissions in recovery did not help to solve this problem.
However,the internal SD reverting to read only seems to be event triggered,like taking a photo..but strangely my settings are to store photos taken into ext SD.I have searched around XDA with almost similar problems on this and saw some posts on using su commands to fix it.However,I am unsure on which command to use..can someone point me to the right one?
Thanks!

JxXxn said:
Hi,
Looks like trying to fix permissions in recovery did not help to solve this problem.
However,the internal SD reverting to read only seems to be event triggered,like taking a photo..but strangely my settings are to store photos taken into ext SD.I have searched around XDA with almost similar problems on this and saw some posts on using su commands to fix it.However,I am unsure on which command to use..can someone point me to the right one?
Thanks!
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What camera app you using? Have you tried changing settings to store photos in internal memory?? Maybe to store photos on ext SD, the app prevents writing to internal SD and doesnt revert back to r/w?

The Dork Knight Rises said:
What camera app you using? Have you tried changing settings to store photos in internal memory?? Maybe to store photos on ext SD, the app prevents writing to internal SD and doesnt revert back to r/w?
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I am using the default stock camera.This happened after I was taking a photo and suddenly the screen flickered and shut down(found out was bloated battery issue).Since then,every time I take a picture,the internal SD will change to r/o.

JxXxn said:
I am using the default stock camera.This happened after I was taking a photo and suddenly the screen flickered and shut down(found out was bloated battery issue).Since then,every time I take a picture,the internal SD will change to r/o.
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Maybe something broke when the phone suddenly died in the middle of writing to memory...have you tried reformatting your sdcard since the incident? I suggest you give it a try (after backing up, of course, formatting will wipe EVERYTHING on memory!!)

The Dork Knight Rises said:
Maybe something broke when the phone suddenly died in the middle of writing to memory...have you tried reformatting your sdcard since the incident? I suggest you give it a try (after backing up, of course, formatting will wipe EVERYTHING on memory!!)
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Hmmm,my last resort is to reformat the phone.I see there is a number of su commands,but I am unsure if it works?Can anyone recommend me any?

JxXxn said:
Hmmm,my last resort is to reformat the phone.I see there is a number of su commands,but I am unsure if it works?Can anyone recommend me any?
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For what, formatting? Use your custom recovery (CWM, TWRP etc.), that's easiest...
You can first try a factory reset, if that doesn't solve it, go advanced and format/wipe your partitions...then flash a new ROM.
(<---Remember to thank me if this helps! :good

The Dork Knight Rises said:
For what, formatting? Use your custom recovery (CWM, TWRP etc.), that's easiest...
You can first try a factory reset, if that doesn't solve it, go advanced and format/wipe your partitions...then flash a new ROM.
(<---Remember to thank me if this helps! :good
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Command to repair SD card?
I really hope to use reformat as a last resort:

JxXxn said:
Command to repair SD card?
I really hope to use reformat as a last resort:
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Personally, i would reboot into recovery, hook it up to your pc, mount your sd card, and use some real tools.

Azeazezar said:
Personally, i would reboot into recovery, hook it up to your pc, mount your sd card, and use some real tools.
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Hi,
Can you tell me the name of the tool?

Start with CHKDSK

Azeazezar said:
Start with CHKDSK
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Chkdsk seems to fix it..so far no error msg for the past 2 days.Thanks!will continue to monitor:good: