Questions tagged [micro-sd-card]

A memory card format that is like the SD card format, but in a smaller form factor.

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Why does my microSD card have a second row of contacts?

I bought a Lexar microSDXC card for my GoPro. It has a second row of contacts that other microSD cards don't have. The card came with a USB reader that uses those extra contacts, but it also works fine in other readers and devices like the…
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Are microSD cards lockable?

I have a .Net Micro Framework app that is failing to write bytes to a microSD card. When I take the card out of the device and look at it on my PC using a microSD to SD adapter the PC cannot write to the device as it appears to be locked. I'm trying…
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SD card LBA not starting with zero

I have a 16 GB SD card. I created two partitions on it to use it with my rooted phone, one FAT32 and one ext4 (possibly ext3 – I don't remember). Now I've changed the SD card in my phone and I want to recreate the original state of this one. The…
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How fragile are microSD cards?

Especially when compared to USB flash drives My parents tell me to be REALLY cautious with them. But I'm not sure if any convenience costs are warranted
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paste text from Notepad app into 16_GByte micro SD Card

My 16_GByte SD Card is formatted FAT32. However, I have not found a way to simply copy text from a URL (How to make your RPi3 computer an Alarm Clock) and then paste this text into the SanDisk card. After I try to paste this text, the only thing…
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Formatting microSD card for half capacity

Some devices have limitations for microSD card size (e.g. 8GB or 16GB). Is it possible to format a 16GB microSD card so that it appears to have 8GB on the device?
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Memory card not detected

TL;DR My microSD card is not been recognised/ detected by the GoPro 4, tablet or any pc and there's no sign of damage caused to the card. Is there a way to recover the data? I was using a class 6 microSD card on my gopro 4 and kept on saying sd…
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Mounting MicroSDXC to PC causes drive icon to light up, but no card is detected

As the title states, plugging in a MicroSDXC card directly into the MicroSDCX slot on my PC's card reader causes that drive's icon to light up, but no card is actually detected. Here's some additional info: Plugging a different MicroSD card into…
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how do i reformat an unrecognized microSD card

i have tried to change my microSD card to a bootable nanoDLP for my pi. but the card reader i used moved or something, and the process stop in an error, trying to reformat i put the microSD back to the PC, but it was not recognized and i got the…
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Unable to format a encrypted micro sdxc card

I have an encrypted 128GB micro sd card. I reinserted it into my phone and went into settings, storage where it shows sd card under it, it says "corrupt" I tap it and it tells me I have to set it up in order to use it. So I proceeded it got to about…
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