SD Card Shows Blank in Android
Blank SD Card Error
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"My Samsung galaxy mobile is showing sd card blank error after the sd card was taken out of the phone and used on another mobile Motorola triumph for several days and was used on computer later and then when I got the memory card back inserted into Samsung it showed this 'SD card is blank or has unsupported filesystem' error. The memory card is no longer reading on my phone but it worked before. Is there any way to get the error removed without formatting?"
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Video - 3 ways to fix blank sd card free
3 efficient ways to fix sd card is blank unsupported file system error
Before any operation, we would strongly recommend you back data on your sd card to another device. You may backup blank sd card with free tool iCare Recovery Pro.
Here are the steps for backup for such blank memory card. First of all, you need to take the blank sd card out of the phone, and then connect it with a card reader/adaptor to a Windows computer.
Connect sd card to pc with a card reader
1. Run iCare Data Recovery pro on your computer, enter "Deep Scan Recovery" mode.
Recover data from damaged sd card
2. Select your blank memory card for backup
Recover data from blank sd card
3. After scanning, select images from the sd card to backup them to another device instead of the card.
Recover data from sd card
Note: If your memory card could be read well in computer with all files on the sd card, you may ignore the above step since all you have to do is just copying and pasting the files onto computer for backup. The above blank sd card backup program is free to recover 1GB data from blank sd card.
What type of file system does mobile phone supports?
Usually it supports the following file systems
- FAT32, most mobile phones are compatible with file system FAT32
- FAT, some early phones does format memory card to be fat if you format card with it.
- EXFAT, for large memory card, android phones format memory card file system type to be exfat (old phones do not support this file type)
Here are the top 4 ways that you could fix the blank memory card for free
Way 1 - Repair blank sd card without formatting in Windows SD Card Property Check Tool
Step 1: Connect memory card to Windows computer, and then when your see your memory card, right click it -> Properties
Step 2: Click 'Tools' and then 'Check'
repair blank sd card file system
Step 3: Check both options to repair the blank memory card.
repair not supported file system 2
More information about how to repair unsupported filesystem: how to repair sd card raw file system
Also read: how to recover sd card without formatting
Way 2 - Format blank sd card inside of mobile
No matter whatever file system your phone requests, just format your memory card inside of the phone and it would automatically change the file system to a compatible format.
Format sd card in android phone
If the formatting sd card in phone did not work, then you need to get it formatted to be fat32 inside of Windows computer.
Way 2 - format SD card fat32 in Windows 10
Format your sd fat32
format memory card in Windows
format memory card fat32 in Windows
Way 2 - format blank SD card with command prompt
Preparations: open cmd by going to the very left corner of your computer, Start -> Run -> type "diskpart" to start it
- 1 - type "list volume"
- 2- type "select volue *" (you need to replace * with the volume number that your blank sd card shows up in the list)
- 3 - type "format fs=fat32 quick" to repair the blank sd card.
- 4 - type "exit"
Fix blank sd card with cmd
If the above methods did not work for you, here are over another 7 free ways to try: how to repair blank memory card error
Solution update on Jan 14, 2020
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