Hacking HELP!!!I think my Micro SD card is bricked!

[kevenka]

OK, I recently dled the DSbible and put it on my DS aswell as a few other roms. Next thing I knew, I can't load anything more onto it. I was like...ok maybe it is the card reader...so I took out the SD and put it in my cyclod to check if it was the SD. It said I had to reformat it. Now as I try to click into my SD card...it just says there's nothing there...Anyone had this problem and have a solution?

P.S. My computer does not recognize a disk if there is in there.

 

[wilddenim]

All I think of what to do is to try and format it and test it by adding one or two games to see if it works.

 

[kevenka]

I consider that but it won't let me reformat b/c it doesn't read anything there. It recognize there is a G drive being in use, but no file to reformat or anything. I can't open it.

 

[Sephi]

Maybe a different card reader would work.

 

[kevenka]

I thought that would be the case, but I am near positive it is the SD card b/c my ds can't read it.*And I currently have no other card reader to check*

I used another card reader, it can't seem to read it.

 

[kevenka]

I really need help please...*I think I may have posted in the wrong forum which may explain why people aren't reading it?* but yes, anyone who knows anything about why this is happening please explain...

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

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As an Athiest I think you can guess what i'm about to say.



However, ITS THE CARD... methinks

 

[Chrono_Tata]

DSBible, eh? Try praying.

Seriously though, try formatting the card in another device, such as a phone or a camera.

 

[asuri]

It got scratched to the point it cant read, from taking it out and putting it in all those times. I have no idea how you can fix it though happened to me, now i keep backup data.

 

[jeklnoo]

I had a SD card die once. Couldn't be read or formatted in any reader or device. I had to send it in (usually they have lifetime warranty I think? It was a Corsair.) Got a free replacement in like a week, so not too bad.

 

[Destructobot]

A memory card that can't be accessed in a computer anymore can sometimes be recovered by formatting it in a phone or a camera.

 

[kevenka]

interesting feedbacks guys...I would think that is possible that it may be b/c of all the scratches...but why hasn't anyone else had this problem? I mean, i had mine less than a year and others more...so yea, not sure how accurate the scratching thing is but still possible. As for reformatting it, I can't b/c there is nothing to reformat. My computer does not read a micro sd inside the g drive. It recgonizes something is there, but can't access it or read it.

 

[Destructobot]

As for reformatting it, I can't b/c there is nothing to reformat. My computer does not read a micro sd inside the g drive. It recgonizes something is there, but can't access it or read it.

That's why you try it in a camera or a phone. It's not a guaranteed fix, but it does sometimes work for cards with the symptoms you described.

 

[kevenka]

I didn't know you could reformat a sd card on a phone...Can you go into further details bot?(and thanks

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[754boy]

I didn't know you could reformat a sd card on a phone...Can you go into further details bot?(and thanks

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Lol further details? It,s simple. You put the card in, the phone detects it. Then you go to whatever settings and format it. Thats how it works on my phone.

 

[Destructobot]

What 754boy said. I don't have a cell phone or a camera that takes SD cards so I've never done this myself, but I've seen quite a few reports of it working.

Obviously, you'll need access to a phone or camera that takes SD cards (or SDHC cards, if that's what you've got), and an adapter if it takes full size or miniSD cards.

 

[kevenka]

thanks you guys,
I'll try it when I get home. I am currently at UT Austin for orientation...so my sd card isn't with me...So yea, Thanks and I'll post the updates on what happens.