SD card corrupted upon reboot

[anil]

I have a 128gb sd card “SanDisk - Extreme PLUS 128GB microSDXC UHS-I Memory Card”
and I formatted it to be internal storage.

I’ve been trying to transfer my files (music + photos) to the phone using the android file transfer app. My problem is that when I reboot the phone, the SD card gets corrupted in some way.

Symptoms: When rebooting, it says the SD card is unrecognized (I think this is expected until I unlock it the first time).
Then, it says there are ~ some # of GB used on the SD card, but if I click on the files, it says there are no files. All of the folders (e.g. music) are locked as read-only so that if I try to take a new picture using the camera app, it says it can’t write to the folder.

I’ve reformatted the card, and again the symptoms appear after reboot. Any ideas?

[piero]

Internal storage is for extending phone internal storage for installing applications

To use the SDcard as a standard storage volume ( or on many devices ), you have to choose external storage.

[spktkpkt]

I have the same problem after reboots…

@piero

Internal storage is for extending phone internal storage for installing applications

…and i need the SD card to be internal storage, so apps can access the files and folders.

I removed the SD card from the phone (GS290), reformatted it as FAT32, put it back into the phone and set it up as internal storage again. After a reboot of the phone, i got the same SD card missing message again, but after some seconds the phone mounted the SD card and it worked. I’m not sure what the problem is, maybe it takes to long to mount the SD card and scan the files or it mounts the SD card only after unlocking?

I install all apps on internal shared storage (app properties > Storage), this way at least the app will start if the SD card isn’t accessible.

If you mess with reformatting, please backup your files first!!!

[ljahn]

@spktkpkt

…and i need the SD card to be internal storage, so apps can access the files and folders.

Don’t worry
Apps can access files and folders even if you format as external storage.
What would the extra storage be good for, if you had no access to it?

What “format as internal storage” really means is that Android will format the SD in such a way, that Applications can not figure out that a part of the storage available on the phone is located on an SD card. It just looks as if you have one (potentially really massive ) internal storage. This helps if you have apps that can only be installed in internal memory, but your internal memory is small (or full) and you want to install more apps.
When you format as external drive, Apps can see that you have internal and external memory and decide where to save what data and therefore also refuse to be installed in external memory.

[ljahn]

See this Thread:

"SD card missing" notification upon starting FP3+

Hello and a happy new year, upon starting my new FP3+ with /e/ preinstalled, I always get the notification that the SD card is missing. It’s a SanDisk 32 GB. The message disappears on its own as soon as I unlock the screen for the first time, so this is no major issue. But maybe there is a way of getting rid of this notification altogether? Regain your privacy! Adopt /e/ the unGoogled mobile OS and online services[phone]

[spktkpkt]

@ljahn

Apps can access files and folders even if you format as external storage.

No, not every app. Syncthing cannot access files and folders if it not internal storage. I also had problems with Camera apps.

PS: I also like that the files on the SD card are crypted.

[spktkpkt]

Thank you for the thread hint:

FP3 Encryption - How works?

Hi The encryption key was created before you set a PIN code because your phone has encryption by default (even if you set no PIN/password). This key is stored in a secure component of the phone. When you set the PIN, the encryption/decryption key has been encrypted thanks to the PIN code. So to decrypt the phone, you need to enter your PIN code. When you replaced the PIN by a password, the encryption key has been decrypted thanks to the PIN code and encrypted again thanks to yo…

Which makes sense.

[VinK3645]

Hi guys !

I have the same sd card as you, but used as an external storage. I store my pictures and video on it. I was recording a video when my phone suddenly rebooted, and my sd card got corrupted. It already happened in the past, and i’m pretty sure it’s due to the update i made on my s7 from android 10 to 11 with the sd card inside.

What should i do ? How do I get my sd card back ?

[MaMaTT88]

Hi, my wife had the same issue with her SD card set as an external storage on her FP3. After a reboot the card was not recognized anymore.

After backing up the content of the SD card on a PC, she replaced the SD card by another one, put back the broken one, formatted it… And the SD card was there again, with all its data.