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Help SD Card Access/Unmount Issues

tacullen

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Sep 1, 2010
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My phone shows SD card "read-only or not mounted" but it seems to be mounted b/c I can see files in Astro, but apps can't access the SD to write or play audiobooks, music, etc. I also cannot "unmount" using the phone, and running myBackup fails. I took the card to my pc and the card mounts fine as a disk drive and I backed it up, thinking I would format the SD, but the phone won't format because it is mounted and won't unmount. Should I format in the PC and what if so what file system do I choose?
 
My phone shows the SD card as "read-only or not mounted" and it seems to be mounted b/c I can see files in Astro, but apps can't access the SD to write or play audiobooks, music, etc. But I also cannot "unmount" using the phone, and running myBackup fails. I took the card to my pc and the card mounts fine as a disk drive and I backed up the files, but since the phone won't format it because it is mounted and it won't unmount, should I format in the PC and if so what file system do I use?
 
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