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Re: SD Card corrupt error - Moto G5, Android 7

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On 20/01/2018 13:58, daargles@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, 12 June 2017 17:55:43 UTC+1, Biggles  wrote:
>> We have two Moto G5 phones, both with 64GB micro SD cards for additional
>> storage, formatted to store files (i.e. so that the cards can be read in
>> a PC or another device. Several times now, on both phones, on starting
>> the phone from OFF, Android reports the SD card as corrupt and says "tap
>> to fix". Well the "fix" is to reformat the card, so hardly a fix.
>> Anyhow, the "corrupt" cards read OK in Windows 10 on laptop, and copying
>> the data in Windows then reformatting the card in Android seems to fix
>> the problem, then a couple of restarts later the card is reported again
>> as "corrupt". In frustration I have tried switching the phone off and on
>> again, and this usually clears the error, not always on the first power
>> cycle, but usually by the third.
>>
>> We don't tend to switch our phones off very often, but it is very
>> irritating to have to power cycle the phone several times to get the
>> card recognised. Has anyone else had this problem - I'm trying to figure
>> out whether it is Moto hardware, Android software, SD card or a
>> combination which is causing the problem. We are using two SD cards from
>> the same manufacturer, and I have tried one from a different
>> manufacturer which "seems" to not suffer from the same issue, but as it
>> is intermittent it's difficult to be sure.
>>
>> Never had a problem with my previous phone which was Android 5 but only
>> 16GB SD card.
>>
>> Has anyone else had this problem with SD cards in phones?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Biggles
>
> It's an Android 7.0 problem.

I'm not so sure! I've had a very similar problem with a Moto G2 running 
Android 6. I use a 16GB micro-SD card, configured as system memory. I've 
had no less than THREE of these go bad!

Typically, this is what happens. You need to re-start Android for some 
reason; either it's run out of juice and shut down, or you decide that a 
reset would be a good idea. You input the password when requested, and 
it says "Checking". [When everything is normal, after a few seconds it 
says "Starting Android"]. Under fault conditions, it displays "checking" 
for *ages* and then eventually says that there is an error. Although the 
password is correct, it has been unable to decrypt the memory, and it is 
necessary to reset it to factory conditions. DOOM!

If you ignore that, and shut it down and start it again, it *may* be ok 
next time - but most likely it will say that it cannot access the SD 
card. The phone will work, but any apps on the card won't run, of 
course. A card configured as system memory can't be read by a computer, 
so has to be replaced.

I was hoping that if I replaced the G2 with a later model, I wouldn't 
get this problem any more - but it seems like I'm wrong!
-- 
Cheers,
Roger
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Re: SD Card corrupt error - Moto G5, Android 7 daargles@gmail.com - 2018-01-20 05:58 -0800
  Re: SD Card corrupt error - Moto G5, Android 7 Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2018-01-20 22:17 +0000
  Re: SD Card corrupt error - Moto G5, Android 7 VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2018-01-21 01:10 -0600
    Re: SD Card corrupt error - Moto G5, Android 7 The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-01-20 23:21 -0800

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