gallery states: no external storage available - I cannot access photos?

[Martin Wood]

when I try to access gallery to see my photos I get the above message. it does not let me see my photos - what can I do to fix it? thanks

 

[Jason Althoff]

Press the power button and hold it for 8 to 10 seconds to do a soft restart. This should clear the "no external storage available" message.

 

[sosefina venasio]

i have a CORE DIGITAL TABLET i just got it for christmas and it use to save my pictures when i take them but now they dont show up in my gallery now !
and now it says NO EXTERNAL STORAGE AVAILABLE ! please help !

 

[Linda McLawhorn]

Thank you so much, it helped me to turn my phone off. You are so smart!

 

[Rahul Rajput1]

thankyou sooooooooo much...
it helped me and my phone workes properly now
thankss a lot..
i was soo worried and was going to return my phone back..

 

[phan salazar]

my son's tab is not working. everytime we tried to access camera it says no "NO EXTERNAL STORAGE AVAILABLE". we already reset it and did the soft restart but nothing happened. We bought his tab in a mall and the name is ITECHIE... please help me. Thanks