SD Card Notification keeps popping up - Help !

[wxman2003]

I have no apps on my card. Just music and picture. No popups.

 

[svtcobra]

128gb EVO+ And mine works flawlessly. Believe it or not, formatting doesn't fix everything. Using a Windows PC, use check disk, let it automatically fix any errors, and reformat. You should be good to go.

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[billyjoebob007]

I tried puttin scotch tape across the sd card and sim card and the mount unmounting issue went away for about a day and a half but came back. I had a 128gb pny card that worked great in my note3 but evidently not in the s7e. I swapped in a 64gb kingston card and no more issues. I think the s7 is very picky about what sd cards it likes. I ordered a samsung 128gb evo card, i hopes it likes that one.

 

[happy2000hk]

Ok, I fixed it by doing a factory reset. Not only did I have this sd card notification issue, but I could not get the fingerprint to read my 3rd or 4th fingerprints. I deleted them all, and # 1 and 2 will always work. But 3 and 4 saved, but did not work when trying to unlock phone. Tried it with multiple fingers, so it seems like a software bug.

Factory reset last night, and all fingerprints working now from #1 - #4, and no more sd card notification.

I also think it's because I used Samsung switch to restore my phone. I always do fresh installs, but wanted to try it out since I just returned my JOD phone and was a good use case.

For those that have this sd card notification issue, did you restore from backup/samsung switch, or did you start from scratch?

 

[Dws51]

Yes, I did a factory reset and the problem has gone away. It started by me reading an article that told me to go to storage and tap on......that was a mistake!!!! It not only popped up all the time but it would not allow me to download music to it. So I tried a different Sd card, same thing happened. So, bit the bullet, did the factory reset( wiped SD card so lost all previous music, movies, etc) and all is well so far.... ( 3 days).
So just my opinion it is a software issue, not hardware.

 

[happy2000hk]

Cool, everyone in the reddit and xda forums thinking it's a hardware issue might want to factory reset first. maybe it's the first thing you should do when you get the phone to start? who knows what samsung, tmobile, at&t, verizon did with it?!! I think we found a resolution for this bug!

 

[felloffthetruck]

I'll pass on factory resetting my phone over this notification. :-\

 

[Vinegaria]

Hi there!

I had this same issue and tried many different strategies (factory reset, changing out the SD card, formatting the SD card, etc.), but it kept unmounting itself and/or displaying the notification.

The common thread in these notifications was that they only occurred when booting up the phone or waking it up, which made me think about Android M's new Doze feature and whether it was affecting the System UI, which is the app that produces these SD card notifications (to confirm this, long press the SD card notification and click the settings icon and it will take you to the System UI app information).

As such, I tried the following:

-Go to Settings and select Battery
-Tap More on the top right side and select Optimize Battery Usage
-Change the dropdown menu to All apps
-Scroll down to System UI and deselect it to de-optimize it
-Once you've de-optimized the System UI, take a photo with the phone (that goes onto the SD card) or move an app to the SD card to ensure that it is engaged with the new System UI setting

Since following these steps yesterday, the only time I see the SD card notification is when I restart the phone. I have yet to see it appear at all between restarts.

I hope this works for you!

 

[mikef91]

I made a back-up of my SD card, formatted it, re-installed the back up and inserted back into the phone. I have not seen the problem since. I did not do a factory reset as I was trying to avoid that. FYI...my issue was happening all the time regardless of whether it was just tired on or not. Fingers crossed that this fixed the issue.

 

[SROhlms]

Swiped it away after seeing it under my pulldown menu and it never came back.

 

[Vlad K]

Hi there!

I had this same issue and tried many different strategies (factory reset, changing out the SD card, formatting the SD card, etc.), but it kept unmounting itself and/or displaying the notification.

The common thread in these notifications was that they only occurred when booting up the phone or waking it up, which made me think about Android M's new Doze feature and whether it was affecting the System UI, which is the app that produces these SD card notifications (to confirm this, long press the SD card notification and click the settings icon and it will take you to the System UI app information).

As such, I tried the following:

-Go to Settings and select Battery
-Tap More on the top right side and select Optimize Battery Usage
-Change the dropdown menu to All apps
-Scroll down to System UI and deselect it to de-optimize it
-Once you've de-optimized the System UI, take a photo with the phone (that goes onto the SD card) or move an app to the SD card to ensure that it is engaged with the new System UI setting

Since following these steps yesterday, the only time I see the SD card notification is when I restart the phone. I have yet to see it appear at all between restarts.

I hope this works for you!

Tried your way
I was good for like 5 hrs or so
Then it happened again, pop up message and media scanner running for like 5 min. So this is definitely a hardware problem. Card getting unmounted and recounted, probably loosing connection with phone.

 

[felloffthetruck]

Have not seen it since getting the software update from Verizon yesterday, Fingers Crossed. :-\

 

[Knowledge10111]

Also having the same issue. More annoying for me is Malwarebytes will run a scan every time because it thinks I put in a new card. Definitely an issue as this also eats up my battery life a bit with the scan (can't disable this unfortunately)

 

[Dws51]

Just wanted to update my earlier post , I now on my 5th day without the pop up occurring. I think(???) my pop ups started after I went into storage settings and tried to follow directions from a post I read...after that the pop ups happened continuously . I tried reformatting , a new SD card, but nothing worked. I then did the factory reset and the problem went away. I will let you know if they start again.

 

[torbach1]

I haven't seen this issue since formatting my SD card. It does still come up after reboot, but once I swipe it away, it stays hidden until my next reboot. Seems like it could be based on the type or compatibility of the SD card if only some people are seeing it after both the format and the system settings changes. I wonder if it makes sense for us to start mentioning network carrier, make, model and class of SD card we're using to see if there is a pattern amongst those who were able to solve it and those who were not.

In my case. I'm on T-Mobile. My SD card is a Samsung Pro+ 64GB, Class 10 U3.

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[NuMotiv]

This popped up and wouldn't go away for me until I went and actually formatted the thing on the phone.

 

[xgman]

I exchanged my S7E Verizon at Best Buy today and so far it hasn't popped up once except a notice on reboot which was a different notice than before. Fingers crossed.

 

[TitanSK1]

I have been dealing with this issue since inserting my Kingston 64gb sd card 6 days ago. I was receiving the sd card notification seemingly almost every time the phone would sleep (anywhere between every 5 mins - 20 mins). I suspected doze/touchwiz not playing nice or perhaps a hardware issue. I went through all the troubleshooting suggestions including formatting the sd card, reseating the card many times, and a factory reset on the phone to no avail. Upon swapping in a 64gb Sandisk card the notifications have now ceased for 4 1/2 hours so far and I am optimistic that this has solved my issue. I will report back if it returns but I am relieved to not have to go through the troubles of swapping out phones, worry about rebates, etc.

Absolutely love this phone!

 

[dizzll]

I got that with Sandisk sd card. I swapped to evo Samung card and zero issues...

 

[TitanSK1]

Hope to be just as fortunate with my incoming Samsung Pro+ card.