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SD card problems

trivedi_shyam — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:23:36 GMT

I have xperia pro running ICS 4.1.B.0.587 buld.Previously i was on 4.1.B.0.431.

I am facing the issue of SD card becoming "FReezed" or "removed suddenly"

The music player starts to make crackling sound 'trr' 'trr' while playing and then there are too many failed files.The problem gets solved when i restart the phone but still the same issue reappers after a while. I have to keep restating the phone if i want to listen to music for long duration..I am really frustated by this.Also if i use camera for long duration then sometimes "memory error" comes up and sd card doesnt respond (need to restart again) I am using sandisk 32gb class 10 ULTRA card which is about 75% filled (having about 20GB+ songs). The android log shows lots of W/system.err and i think it is unable to handle cache of the sd card and the conncection b/w card and system gets broken creating LOST.DIR file.

My phone is rooted.I have done a clean install of firmware, tried full 'slow' SD card format with 64Kb allocation size. I also tried using SD Booster to increase cache to 2048 4096 8192 etc etc.. but still the issue remains..I am tired doing firmware installations again and again using SUS/PC companion or flashtool...This issue was present on both .431 and .587 builds. I have not used GB beacause when i received the phone i updated it immediately to ICS. Also i have tried clearing cache from recovery mode but the issue reappers after a while.

I mainly purchased this sony phone for listening to music and i think i have made a mistake!! Android has lot of bugs and cant handle a sd card properly!!

btw my sd card is NOT FAULTY and it is working properly on my PC..

Re: SD card problems

Dr_Chris — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:44:04 GMT

Did you format the card on the PC in FAT 32 mode?

Re: SD card problems

trivedi_shyam — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:08:23 GMT

YES i formatted using FAT 32 by unchecking the quick format option.

Re: SD card problems

Sam — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:43:40 GMT

Have you tried formatting the card with the phone itself rather than via a PC?

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Re: SD card problems

trivedi_shyam — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:17:07 GMT

there is no option to format the sd card in settings-->storage, it just says erase sd card i have done that .. put the card back on pc still.. 5GB was remaining.. so i reformatted (quick) on pc (using default allocation size) and put the sd card back in.....the phone still there is no option to format in the phone. after mounting.it again just have "erase " sd card option