I have a 32gb sandisk ultra micro SD card. Have been using it fine for months. Then yesterday all of a sudden I went to look at the photos in my phone and it is saying the card is blank or has unsupported files. I was using it 5 minutes previously without any issues to take photos. It has been working fine since the say I got it. Have tried using my card reader on my laptop to see what’s what with it and its not even acknowledging that it is in the reader.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as I don’t want to lose the photos that is on there.
1- Please, clean the pins of the card and the phone slot, with isopropyl alcohol (or if not, medicinal).
2- Try another card, also, in the phone.
3- Test your card, microSDHC of 32 GB, in a laptop, directly to its port-card, with a good adapter (NOT a card-reader).
4- If still bad, in Start / My Computer, on the card icon, click the right mouse button, and then click in Properties / Tools / Error Checking and Repair.
Luck, and then you tell us , what happened, please.
1- Please, clean the pins of the card and the phone slot, with isopropyl alcohol (or if not, medicinal).
2- Try another card, also, in the phone.
3- Test your card, microSDHC of 32 GB, in a laptop, directly to its port-card, with a good adapter (NOT a card-reader).
4- If still bad, in Start / My Computer , on the card icon, click the right mouse button, and then click in Properties / Tools / Error Checking and Repair.
Luck, and then you tell us , what happened, please.
Hi, have tried that and nothing works. I have a different cards in the phone and that is working fine. The card doesn’t show up when plugged into the card reader port on my laptop.
Hi
I bought a micro memory card and a regular card and for some reason both are locked.
I was able to take a few pictures on one of them and then it locked
Both are new and the contacts are fine and the lock switch is not activated either.
I have used these cards in the past and they worked great. (Other cards work fine now too)
What could cause such a problem?
I would be happy to help!
I would suggest using a different card reader or adapter—sometimes the adapter itself causes the lock. You can also check for write protection using Diskpart on Windows. If that doesn’t help, the card might be faulty. Contacting SanDisk support would be the next step.
If you have tried any measurement or steps you can tell us so that it would help others.
First, you can try using a different card reader or device to see if it’s detected. If it still doesn’t show up, don’t format it yet, as that could make things worse. This guide explains how to repair a corrupted SD card step by step. Hopefully it’s just a minor corruption and your photos can be recovered.
Don’t format your microSD card and remove it from your phone. You’ll need a Mac or Windows computer to fix the corruption.
It’s better to try the CHKDSK command.
Don’t forget to check the card condition in the Disk Management. If the card becomes RAW, you may try some data recovery software to access files on the microSD card directly.
Watch and follow this video.
Hi Tanyatmf,
