Sd Card Is in Read Only Mode

1. 

   INTRO

   This info may help you if the following is truthful:
   - upwards until now you�ve had no issues when using your sd card
   - all of a sudden you tin no longer write to the card, possibly along with an error message existence reported that indicates the sd carte is mounted read-simply

   This is some other one of those situations where it is not necessary to take extreme measures such as doing a complete reformat, or outright replacing the card�as suggested in the many threads on this bailiwick.

   Hither are the facts. Your sd carte du jour�s file allocation table (FAT) has some kind of error. It�s an android-thing that crops up once in a while. Because of this FAT mistake, the carte automatically gets mounted read-only, and no matter how many times you get into settings and try to unmount/remount the card, information technology is to no avail.

   SOLUTION

   Fix the Fat
   - connect device to your PC (USB connectedness) and make sure it�south set and then that you tin copy files to/from your computer (on my device in the notification panel there�southward an selection to do this under �USB connected�)
   - on your pc, open windows explorer (or click on start->figurer), and then correct click on the mapped drive to your sd menu � you lot may have to wait a minute or two for the mapping to accept event
   - select Properties
   - select Tools
   - select Check now� (for mistake checking) to automatically ready file system errors (no need to bargain with bad sectors at this time)
   - when completed (takes a minute or so), the FAT will be in working club once once more. No files are deleted during the procedure, so no need to worry nearly that.
   - safely disconnect the device from your pc, at which bespeak the sd menu volition now be mounted read-write and yous�re good to go

   02-25-2013 12:08 PM

2. 

   Hello sir ,
   I tried to prepare the problem post-obit all steps but it didn't work cause it couldn't open back up center ..don't know the trouble is in my pc or in my device .
   please respond

   05-xvi-2013 04:49 PM

3. 

   Omg cheers sooooo much i rlly capeesh this i had this prob for a while u fixed it thank you you lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   - - - Updated - - -

   what? your doing somthing wrong, what support center? y'all don't accept to open up any back up eye?

   09-12-2013 07:53 PM

4. 

   My SD card is on a photographic camera. I tried your technique, in addition to reformatting the card via computer, file sharing with "anybody", and none of these techniques work. I click off the grayed out protection and it comes dorsum. File sharing with "everyone" appears to stick but does not. Interestingly enough, even though the card is a grayed out "read-only", I can still manipulate the disk directories and files on the estimator. The sharing info shows the computer name.

   11-11-2013 10:02 AM

5. 

   If you have the Fat problem more than than once, information technology could be an indication that the carte du jour is going bad. (The Fatty is one of the most written-to areas on the carte du jour.) At that point, make sure that you have every single file that you may ever want backed up onto your computer. And so when the Fat finally goes bad (and if it'southward a good manufacturer, they may even replace the card for free), you won't lose your data.

   Recall, fifty-fifty though SD cards have a huge number of write cycles, it IS a finite number, and every SD menu will eventually go bad. You can replace the card, but you can never replace the flick of your granddaughter'southward kickoff step. Data yous don't have backed up to at least 2 independent places is information that yous really don't need.

   11-xi-2013 08:32 PM

7. 

   Thanks a ton...I was scratching my head of because of this trouble. I have rooted my android phone northward had recovered apps through Titanium backup. Only recently I couldnt download watsapp files to my phone and neither could install any apps on my phone. I was getting the fault Could not install on sdcard or usb. That problem is solved at present by following the sdcard permission problem. All my probs are solved for the moment.

   02-20-2014 03:41 AM

8. 

   Originally Posted by 9671111

   INTRO

   This info may assist you if the post-obit is truthful:
   - upwardly until at present yous�ve had no issues when using your sd carte
   - all of a sudden you tin can no longer write to the card, perhaps along with an fault message being reported that indicates the sd card is mounted read-only

   This is another one of those situations where it is not necessary to accept extreme measures such every bit doing a complete reformat, or outright replacing the card�as suggested in the many threads on this subject.

   Here are the facts. Your sd card�south file resource allotment tabular array (Fatty) has some kind of error. It�s an android-thing that crops upwardly once in a while. Considering of this FAT error, the card automatically gets mounted read-only, and no matter how many times you get into settings and try to unmount/remount the bill of fare, it is to no avail.

   SOLUTION

   Fix the FAT
   - connect device to your PC (USB connectedness) and brand sure it�s set so that yous can copy files to/from your computer (on my device in the notification console there�s an choice to do this under �USB connected�)
   - on your pc, open up windows explorer (or click on showtime->computer), then right click on the mapped drive to your sd card � you may take to look a infinitesimal or ii for the mapping to accept upshot
   - select Backdrop
   - select Tools
   - select Cheque now� (for error checking) to automatically gear up file system errors (no need to deal with bad sectors at this fourth dimension)
   - when completed (takes a minute or so), the FAT will exist in working order in one case again. No files are deleted during the process, so no need to worry about that.
   - safely disconnect the device from your pc, at which point the sd bill of fare will at present be mounted read-write and you�re adept to go

   butnot certain where to startHi i was hoping y'all could help with the sd menu read error y'all spoke nigh on here and might know how to prepare it but using Windows eight would like to follow the steps. simply not sure where to start. Cheers

   02-21-2014 01:28 PM

9. 

   piece of work perfectly thanks for that info.....even though i wasn't the i that ask

   04-06-2014 12:03 AM

10. 

    Originally Posted by motazabualeme

    Hello sir ,
    I tried to gear up the problem following all steps but it didn't work cause information technology couldn't open support center ..don't know the problem is in my pc or in my device .
    please respond

    What Android version are yous running?

    04-06-2014 12:eighteen AM

11. 

    yous said
    so correct click on the mapped drive to your sd card � you lot may take to await a minute or ii for the mapping to accept effect

    but my prob is i cant specify my device letter. and so i deceit able to offset mapping, my device alphabetic character was not in the drive choosing box
    what tin i exercise, assist me

    05-16-2014 12:46 PM

12. 

    Thanks,
    I had camera saying Non plenty space left on device ...
    And then I searched in forums for a solution ====> I was drived into Unlocking root access ....
    Today i made a search .... landed on this solution ... it was great.

    Thank you a lot.

    06-24-2014 04:47 AM

13. 

    Originally Posted by Akshay Raibagkar

    unfortunately
    this is to a higher place technique not working
    how to repair this
    whatsoever other trick what tin I do plz help bro....

    Try putting the card into a carte du jour reader and plugging that into the computer. It should come up up as a drive letter. Follow the instructions from at that place.

    If the card doesn't come up (but other cards in the aforementioned card reader exercise), or the card shows an mistake and doesn't come, the card itself may exist bad. (There's a whole computer in that little card.) In that case, contact the carte manufacturer. (In cases similar that, it pays to buy SanDisk cards - they're very easy to deal with when a card goes bad [which is rare].)

    06-29-2014 06:10 PM

14. 

    Thanks! This worked for me (Samsung Milky way S4 with 64GB Sandisk SD card). The fault cheque said it found errors that it couldn't fix, but I tin salvage apps to the SD card again. It looks like some of the photos on the SD card are now corrupted, but fortunately I had made backups.

    07-08-2014 01:04 PM

15. 

    Thanks! The solution worked for me.

    08-05-2014 08:24 AM

16. 

    Non And so Hands! I bought a new SD Bill of fare and re-installed all my music files. It, of form, still said "read only" and created a trouble with apps that desire to access it similar camera. Then I tried your suggestion on my win 8 calculator. The phone showed up every bit a CD Rom then no fix option. I put the SD card in a usb holder and that showed up as Drive E: I then ran chkdsk and fixed information technology. NO BENEFIT. I and so put the sd card dorsum and Reformatted it and reinstalled my music files. NO Benefit. Nonetheless Read Only on the phone. I then downloaded "SDFormatter" and let that format the deejay and again installed my music files. "NO BENEFIT still read only and creating errors.

    Any other ideas? It is Not Likely the new carte and I take formatted information technology enough. Information technology seems it has got to exist the phone. However without the sd card the phone works flawlessly! BTW, when the SD Card is installed the phone reports in the notification box "686%" every bit processing state of the mounted SD Menu! That and the Read Only are the notable errors.

    Joe

    08-25-2014 08:03 PM

17. 

    Prissy idea, but there's a problem. when you lot press "Check" to error cheque - you become the aforementioned mistake "The disk is write protected". haha

    08-28-2014 01:01 PM

18. 

    Perchance it is the os? Look at this screen capture?
    

    09-07-2014 01:35 PM

19. 

    That didn't work for me, I believe my problem is beyond weird

    I can access my phone'southward sd card from PC, tin read the file. I tin can besides format my SD card from PC and inside phone both, but the thing is , although PC and Phone both successfully formatted but really didn't have whatever outcome. After the formatting, I refresh, then, all those previous folder and file announced agian. It'due south really making my head ache...

    I don't think information technology's my PC's problem, cuz I tin can use my phone's retention as normal, but the external SD card has this weird thing.

    At present I'm really confused and don't know where to look for a solution. Maybe I should just change other one SD menu. gosh.

    09-17-2014 12:35 PM

20. 

    Originally Posted by 9671111

    INTRO

    This info may assistance you if the following is truthful:
    - up until at present you�ve had no bug when using your sd card
    - all suddenly y'all tin can no longer write to the card, perhaps along with an error message beingness reported that indicates the sd card is mounted read-simply

    This is another one of those situations where information technology is not necessary to take extreme measures such every bit doing a complete reformat, or outright replacing the bill of fare�as suggested in the many threads on this subject.

    Hither are the facts. Your sd card�s file allotment table (Fatty) has some kind of mistake. Information technology�s an android-affair that crops upwards once in a while. Considering of this Fat error, the card automatically gets mounted read-only, and no matter how many times you lot become into settings and endeavour to unmount/remount the card, it is to no avail.

    SOLUTION

    Fix the FAT
    - connect device to your PC (USB connection) and brand certain it�s set so that yous can copy files to/from your computer (on my device in the notification console in that location�s an option to do this nether �USB connected�)
    - on your pc, open up windows explorer (or click on start->computer), so correct click on the mapped drive to your sd menu � y'all may have to wait a minute or two for the mapping to have effect
    - select Properties
    - select Tools
    - select Check now� (for error checking) to automatically fix file arrangement errors (no demand to bargain with bad sectors at this time)
    - when completed (takes a infinitesimal or so), the Fatty will be in working club once again. No files are deleted during the procedure, so no need to worry about that.
    - safely disconnect the device from your pc, at which point the sd carte will now be mounted read-write and you�re skilful to go

    Thanks for the helpful write-upwards! .

    09-xix-2014 11:42 AM

21. 

    Cheers and so much for sharing the tip and my problem is solved.

    xi-xix-2014 x:xi PM

22. 

    Hello,
    sadly your postal service didn't work as once i select the drive in windows explorer, i tin can exercise "properties", but "tools" is non available.
    now, i can encounter the files in my download folder from my PC and from my phone. even admission them (they are downloaded movies: .mp4 and .flv). in the past (with KK and lollipop) i could download, delete, move, etc... my files via my phone or via my figurer. now it seems that i tin download the file, merely i cannot delete information technology (neither via telephone or via desktop).
    on telephone it says: "check to make certain it's non mounted every bit read only", but in one case i bank check information technology via PC, it's not checked every bit read-only. if i try to delete via PC, information technology just says it couldn't and to either skip file or terminate. something i never had earlier.
    i checked with ConnectBot to see that i am indeed rooted. "quickboot" doesn't work, although that may exist because of lollipop, as i hadn't tested information technology before i had the read-only consequence.

    in other words, i can download files, just i cannot delete them. eventually i volition run out of storage.
    i can as well not find the "tools" option, as it's just not available.

    any other suggestions?
    thanks a bunch
    - Lorenz

    - Nexus 5
    - Lollipop 5.0
    - Franco kernel r68
    - Rooted and unlocked

    11-24-2014 10:07 PM

23. 

    Thank u four ur info sir....

    12-15-2014 02:13 AM

24. 

    It is aforementioned with me also, did y'all get any solution to this?

    01-31-2015 03:31 AM

25. 

    My micro SD card is on exfat format and write protected. I use a Samsung 64GB and there are some files that I can neither delete or save something on information technology. Please help me to fix that.

    02-13-2015 06:52 AM

26. 

    If information technology's a SanDisk card, go to SanDisk microSD Tech Support and open a alive conversation (box at the upper right). They'll supersede lacking cards.

    Samsung probably will too, but getting to them isn't equally easy as getting to SanDisk.

    Other manufacturers? Since they're using Samsung or SanDisk chips in their cards (there are no others), who knows?

    02-14-2015 x:l PM

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