Micro SD Card Gone Read-Only

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allan

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#303477 13-Feb-2023 10:21

I've got a Samsung EvoPlus MicroSD Card in my Galaxy A8 mobile that has suddenly gone read-only. Removing it and popping it into a laptop also shows it as read-only. I've tried using Windows diskpart and the "attributes disk clear readonly" command to clear the read-only state. It tells me it's been successful, but actually it hasn't and remains read-only.

I'm at the point of thinking the card has irretrievably failed unless anyone has any other ideas I could try?

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#3035799 13-Feb-2023 10:44

The card has failed. Just grab whatever you can off it and snap / bin it.

SD Cards are cheap so just pop into a reputable store and grab a new one.

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boosacnoodle

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#3035826 13-Feb-2023 11:17

Have you checked the SD card physically that there isn't a switch on it that has moved?

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#3035835 13-Feb-2023 11:34

boosacnoodle:
Have you checked the SD card physically that there isn't a switch on it that has moved?

No switch on a MicroSD card that I can see and now reinserting card into phone it's not recognised at all, so yeah it's dead.

Managed to get all the files off when card in laptop, although there's not much that wasn't already backed up anyway. Off to get new card.

Wombat1

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#3036006 13-Feb-2023 14:38

Count your blessings you did not lose your data. I have had bad experiences with these things over the years.

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#3036019 13-Feb-2023 14:56

It's not well known, but I understand that modern Nand Flash TLC etc,
may not like being unpowered for extended periods.

SSD if you have old SSD with data from your past upgrade may not be best left as cold storage.

I have noticed that odd old , but new enough for be TLC Nand Thumb Drives and uSd playing up.
The odd really old Thumb drives on earlier tech level seem to just keep going if limited use due to limited size.

That's my understanding, which many might not expect ?
For consumer grade stuff anyway.