SDCard Erased - A reminder to backup

[SabreCEO]

I had the same issue with Slacker deleting all my files, and the free Recuva program for the PC does work to restore all your files. Also, once you scan for files, if you click on "Advanced Options" > "Options" > "Actions" you can check off the restore all the files in their correct folder (keeping the folder directory intact)

-Mark

 

[PetiePal]

As an IT manager the #1 thing I recommend to all my employees is to back up! Save EARLY and save OFTEN!

People need to realize that just because you back up the contents of anything to an external hard drive or a USB flash drive, dual redundancy is not sufficient! You are not really backed up in that manner. The best thing you can do is keep 2 separate backups! I'm lucky enough to own a Drobo which is basically a RAID storage solution for people who don't want to configure and maintain. Should up to 3 of the 4 hard drives fail I just pop in a new one and no data lost. I've got one at work and one at home. I keep a full backup of my music, movies and photos on each so that I'm TRULY backed up.

There are online solutions as well but who wants to deal with trickle-uploads and all that. For the layman it may suffice to back up the contents of your SD card to a folder on your computer, but keep it in 2 places just to be safe!

 

[Gunner]

This is obviously a deliberate move by Slacker to force people to pay for their subscription service! 'Just subscribe to our pay service and never have to worry about those pesky disappearing MP3's again!' *wink wink*!

 

[brettlewis]

I have seen this issue happen again and again with magnets. If strong magnets get close to electronic data on cards, nand, or flash drive, they can be erased, or more likely scrambled to death. also happens to mag strip items such as credit cards and room keys. stron magnets = death

 

[knuckledragger]

Credit cards and hard drives, for sure, because they're magnetic devices but it's pretty unlikely to happen with nand flash because the storage cells are transistors that are changed electrically, not magnetically. Maybe if it was a really strong magnet and it was moving or spinning and was able to create an inductive charge on the flash card/drive.

 

[messenger13]

Credit cards and hard drives, for sure, because they're magnetic devices but it's pretty unlikely to happen with nand flash because the storage cells are transistors that are changed electrically, not magnetically. Maybe if it was a really strong magnet and it was moving or spinning and was able to create an inductive charge on the flash card/drive.

Yea, I second that. The fact that the car dock and the multimedia dock use magnets to activate different home screens tells you that it is OK to have magnets near the sdcard.

By the way, did you ever remove the magnet that's inside a harddrive? Those are some POWERFUL magnets.

 

[knuckledragger]

Yeah, those rare earth magnets are fun when they're small. Bigger ones are great until you get pinched by them.

 

[messenger13]

I love the nickname "knuckledragger"! Awesome!

 

[chefboyardee]

By the way, did you ever remove the magnet that's inside a harddrive? Those are some POWERFUL magnets.

Those things are great! A friend showed me a great use for those - one on the front of the cabinet door above our stove, another on the back of it. Perfect place to hang recipes while you cook!

 

[PetiePal]

Yeah big magnets are cool but be careful. Some guy had these huge ones and shattered his finger. (Article on Digg recently with graphic gross pictures)

I have a ton of the small and mediums at work though to play with

 

[barry99705]

Yeah, those rare earth magnets are fun when they're small. Bigger ones are great until you get pinched by them.

I've got a couple 1" diameter 52gaus magnets at home. Stuck a usb flash drive to them for a couple days to see what would happen. Now staples will stick to the shield, but that's all.

 

[knuckledragger]

Sorry to continue the threadjacking, but...

Thanks. I'm a mechanical engineer at a company that manufactures DRAM, Flash, Imaging sensors, etc. Actually, the division I'm in designs and builds equipment to handle and test the memory and imagers. Anyway, I always feel like a Neanderthal when I'm in project meetings with all the EE guys talking about the electronics hardware and software.

I love the nickname "knuckledragger"! Awesome!

 

[Kazakaz]

I reported the issue on the Slacker forums, and someone from the Slacker staff said he'd forward the info to the Slacker team.

 

[knuckledragger]

This was posted on their forum this afternoon. Looks like they found and fixed the issue...

Official Slacker Forums • New Android Build - 1.0.386

 

[Romee]

If you had any problems with files on your SD card and running Slacker, please make sure you update to 1.0.386 version of the Application for Android.

This should resolve any issues you may have experienced.

Best regards,
Rome E
Slacker Support

 

[nmchristoban]

Sarcasm: Thanks alot Slacker... My SD card was just fine UNTIL I updated to the new version 1.0.386. Now, my SD card has been erased and I have lost music, videos, and photos. My fault for not backing up, but, seriously?? Better go back to the drawing borad on that "update" cause it blew my card away.
Again...(sarcasm) "Thanks!!"

 

[knuckledragger]

That's a helluva deal.

Make sure and take a look at your SD card with a data recovery program, like Recuva, as other people here have mentioned.

Sarcasm: Thanks alot Slacker... My SD card was just fine UNTIL I updated to the new version 1.0.386. Now, my SD card has been erased and I have lost music, videos, and photos. My fault for not backing up, but, seriously?? Better go back to the drawing borad on that "update" cause it blew my card away.
Again...(sarcasm) "Thanks!!"

 

[nmchristoban]

Yeah, I will try Recuva when I get home tonight, unfortunately I have already re-written onto the blank card, which is how I realized it had been erased. I went to post a picture I had saved and when I went to my gallery it had only one picture. So, I have probably already overwritten some data, but I'll give it a shot anyway.