On my Galaxy A40 phone I’ve been using this SD no problem for over 12 months… Now I started getting an error message that the SD card can’t be used properly so is being used ‘read only’. I put it into my PC to see if scanning it for errors would help. It said “you don’t need to scan it” (as it’s working OK) but gave the option to scan anyway, so I did.
The ‘progress bar’ of the scan quickly proceeds to the end, but then apparently freezes.
Please advise.
Thanks
[See below - what my phone shows.]
Did you back it up?
If yes, you can try unlocking the writing protection and see if it works then.
But really back up your data on the SD card. You may lose it if you do not do it.
and how do i do that?
by the way, i’m not sure that’s gonna help.
I tried unmounting the card on the phone, then re-mounting it. It started working again fine without any complaints, so obviously the write-protection was then removed for a while… but then after several days the same error message as above appeared again.
So if i manually switch off the write-protection as you advise, i think the phone’s soon gonna get suspicious again and turn it back on.
i think the next thing to try would be to reformat i guess… unless anyone can suggest something else?
Ohh, sis, understand you. I’ve been using the same model of Android for three years and also had problems with SD and not only. My advice is lil bit rude, but better look for another phone. Really, I mean it. I decided never to use Androids again after it started saying it had no storage space, while it theoretically had. I was angry but I couldn’t do anything to improve the situation, I even deleted almost all of the photos and music. Never worked. So, I found a perfect alternative, a privacy phone which is simple to use, highly confidential and has all apps available. I’ve been using it for two years and I plan to do this much longer.
If your SD card isn’t working, you can try formatting it, it is not hard at all, but by formatting your card, you will lose everything you had on it, and you won’t be able to restore anything. Before that process, I recommend you store your data in the cloud. If you don’t know how to do it, you can find an article on that topic at ข่าวไอที อัพเดตข่าว วงการ IT เปิดตัว Gadget มือถือ และเทคโนโลยี. Take a look for yourself; you can also find many interesting articles on this website. Also, you can post your own articles on zumroad.
