not reading micro SDHC cards correctly?

[bgstewar]

Hey all-

I've been having trouble with my DI telling me my SDHC cards are "broken". I've tried an 8 GB class 6 and the 2 GB micro SD that came with it. I've formatted the cards, still no luck. The weird thing is, once the phone is on and I put in the card, it seems to think it's OK. But randomly when I turn on the phone, it says the card is broken.

Anyone else having trouble with this?

 

[twentysided]

I was getting this until I formatted the card using the phone itself. Then it stopped.

 

[howarmat]

you need to format the cards first

settings>sd crad and phone storage> format SD card

 

[Mitch R.]

I find it strange that it does not wipe data off the card when you format the card on the phone. I had to go in And delete the previous data using an explored app.

 

[howarmat]

hmm, mine was blank but i thought it stated it WOULD erase the entire card. interesting

 

[Mitch R.]

I got the same message, that it would erase the contents of the card. Was not the case in my situation.

 

[XXXdc5]

has anyone had any troubles playing music directly off an sd card or does it work alright??

 

[howarmat]

mine has worked fine on my 16 GB card

 

[XXXdc5]

mine has worked fine on my 16 GB card

sweet that's what i was wondering. rather than storing music using the on device memory. thanks

 

[Raptor007]

I formatted the my 16GB card and now it says 200MB. Clearly something was messed up when I had used it on my windows 7 laptop any suggestions on how to restore the card back to normal and then reformat?

 

[Cory Streater]

Yes, stick it in the phone and format it per the instructions above.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

I cannot format the card.
It reads it, but the option to format it is greyed out. Should I format it in the pc first?

had to unmount it first....sorry android newbie mistake.