SD card damaged.. Try reformatting it

Search This thread

saiyanajay

Member
Jul 9, 2011
20
2
Hi guys,*My phone shows SD card is damaged, try reformatting it. It is a transcend class 10 16 gb card. It was fine when I switched it off at night, but at morning it showed this. I tried re inserting, did not work. I was on jelly bean 4.2.1.(I9300XXUFMB3_I9300OJKFMB3_ILO).I wiped the whole thing and installed 4.1.2.(I9300XXEMB5_I9300OXAEMB5_BTU).Still the same. PC also do not recognize external sd card on connecting the phone via cable. About to try to connect via adapter. Should buy one..So guys why did this happen? I dont have any backup of my external sd card so I dont want to reformat it.
 

Glebun

Senior Member
Jun 6, 2010
5,041
1,087
Kyiv
well, if the pc doesn't recognize it with the adapter, you'll have to format it
 

slaphead20

Senior Member
Feb 13, 2011
11,309
4,718
Out there somewhere
Personally I always format it in the phone, it is what the facility is there for, and remember to always unmount your card before removing, whether it be from phone/pc/card reader, ditto, if connected to pc via mtp/ptp.....Always unmount from the pc
 

boomboomer

Senior Member
Jun 30, 2010
3,904
828
Google the SD formatting tool, download it and format the card. If that doesn't work then the card is toast and you'll need a new one.
 

saiyanajay

Member
Jul 9, 2011
20
2
Try recuvva (Google it) if that doesn't have any luck there are specialists who might be able to salvage something for you but it's gonna cost mega bucks.

Always backup discs fail or can be lost.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

I used recuva but it didnt find much. Remo recover helped me a lot, recovered many photos. Brought new sandisk sd card anyway.
 

ghostofcain

Senior Member
Nov 25, 2009
3,132
909
Birkenhead
Google Pixel 8
I used recuva but it didnt find much. Remo recover helped me a lot, recovered many photos. Brought new sandisk sd card anyway.

Oh dear, known issue with SanDisk ultra cards, causing them to fail. SanDisk have implemented a fix but are remaining tight lipped about details or when it was implemented so best of luck.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
 

slaphead20

Senior Member
Feb 13, 2011
11,309
4,718
Out there somewhere
Oh dear, known issue with SanDisk ultra cards, causing them to fail. SanDisk have implemented a fix but are remaining tight lipped about details or when it was implemented so best of luck.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

I have heard that they are accepting returns for faulty cards...I hope this is the case because my one has just started being problematic, un mounting every time the screen goes off, really annoyed with them over this
 

ghostofcain

Senior Member
Nov 25, 2009
3,132
909
Birkenhead
Google Pixel 8
Mine was transcend.. Said SD card damaged, try reformatting it

It was your replacement card I was oh dearing at.

Slaphead20, yeah SanDisk are replacing the cards no questions asked. But they are steadfastly ignoring calls for information on when this manufacturing fix was implemented, and replacement cards appear to be the same hardware revision as those that have been failing which doesn't instill confidence.
 
  • Like
Reactions: slaphead20

Top Liked Posts

  • There are no posts matching your filters.
  • 1
    Mine was transcend.. Said SD card damaged, try reformatting it

    It was your replacement card I was oh dearing at.

    Slaphead20, yeah SanDisk are replacing the cards no questions asked. But they are steadfastly ignoring calls for information on when this manufacturing fix was implemented, and replacement cards appear to be the same hardware revision as those that have been failing which doesn't instill confidence.