Files on My Sd Card Are Read Only Android

1. 

   INTRO

   This info may assist yous if the following is true:
   - up until now you�ve had no problems when using your sd carte
   - suddenly you can no longer write to the carte, perhaps along with an error message being reported that indicates the sd carte du jour is mounted read-only

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

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

   SOLUTION

   Fix the Fat
   - connect device to your PC (USB connection) and make sure it�s set then that you lot can copy files to/from your computer (on my device in the notification panel there�s an pick to do this under �USB connected�)
   - on your pc, open windows explorer (or click on get-go->computer), and then right click on the mapped bulldoze to your sd card � you may have to wait a minute or 2 for the mapping to take effect
   - select Properties
   - select Tools
   - select Cheque now� (for fault checking) to automatically prepare file organization errors (no need to deal with bad sectors at this time)
   - when completed (takes a infinitesimal or so), the FAT will be in working gild one time once more. No files are deleted during the process, so no need to worry nearly that.
   - safely disconnect the device from your pc, at which point the sd menu volition at present exist mounted read-write and you�re good to go

   02-25-2013 12:08 PM

2. 

   Hello sir ,
   I tried to set up the problem following all steps but it didn't piece of work cause it couldn't open up support middle ..don't know the problem is in my pc or in my device .
   please reply

   05-16-2013 04:49 PM

3. 

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

   - - - Updated - - -

   what? your doing somthing incorrect, what back up middle? y'all don't have to open up any back up center?

   09-12-2013 07:53 PM

4. 

   My SD card is on a camera. I tried your technique, in addition to reformatting the card via computer, file sharing with "everyone", and none of these techniques piece of work. I click off the grayed out protection and it comes back. File sharing with "everyone" appears to stick but does non. Interestingly enough, even though the card is a grayed out "read-only", I tin can still dispense the disk directories and files on the computer. The sharing info shows the reckoner name.

   11-xi-2013 10:02 AM

5. 

   If you have the FAT trouble more than than one time, it could be an indication that the card is going bad. (The Fat is 1 of the near written-to areas on the card.) At that betoken, make sure that you have every single file that you lot may ever want backed up onto your computer. Then when the Fat finally goes bad (and if it'southward a good manufacturer, they may even replace the menu for free), you won't lose your information.

   Remember, even though SD cards have a huge number of write cycles, information technology IS a finite number, and every SD card will eventually go bad. Yous can supersede the bill of fare, but you can never replace the picture of your granddaughter's kickoff step. Information you don't have backed up to at least 2 independent places is data that you actually don't need.

   11-xi-2013 08:32 PM

7. 

   Thanks a ton...I was scratching my head of considering of this problem. I take rooted my android phone northward had recovered apps through Titanium fill-in. But recently I couldnt download watsapp files to my telephone and neither could install any apps on my phone. I was getting the fault Could not install on sdcard or usb. That trouble is solved at present past post-obit 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 assistance you if the following is true:
   - upwardly until now you�ve had no problems when using your sd card
   - all of a sudden y'all can no longer write to the card, perchance along with an error message being reported that indicates the sd carte is mounted read-only

   This is some other one of those situations where it is not necessary to take farthermost measures such as 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 allocation table (FAT) has some kind of fault. It�s an android-thing that crops upwards once in a while. Because of this Fatty error, the card automatically gets mounted read-only, and no matter how many times yous go into settings and attempt to unmount/remount the card, it is to no avail.

   SOLUTION

   Prepare the FAT
   - connect device to your PC (USB connectedness) and make sure information technology�south set so that you tin copy files to/from your computer (on my device in the notification panel there�southward an selection to do this nether �USB connected�)
   - on your pc, open windows explorer (or click on start->computer), then right click on the mapped bulldoze to your sd card � you may have to wait a infinitesimal or 2 for the mapping to take effect
   - select Properties
   - select Tools
   - select Cheque now� (for fault checking) to automatically fix file system errors (no demand to deal with bad sectors at this time)
   - when completed (takes a minute or and so), the FAT will exist in working guild one time again. No files are deleted during the process, then no need to worry about that.
   - safely disconnect the device from your pc, at which signal the sd card will now be mounted read-write and yous�re good to go

   butnot sure where to startHi i was hoping you could help with the sd card read error you spoke near on hither and might know how to fix it but using Windows 8 would like to follow the steps. but not sure where to start. Thanks

   02-21-2014 01:28 PM

9. 

   work perfectly cheers for that info.....even though i wasn't the ane that inquire

   04-06-2014 12:03 AM

10. 

    Originally Posted by motazabualeme

    Hello sir ,
    I tried to fix the problem following all steps only it didn't work crusade it couldn't open back up center ..don't know the problem is in my pc or in my device .
    please reply

    What Android version are you running?

    04-06-2014 12:18 AM

11. 

    y'all said
    and so right click on the mapped drive to your sd card � you may have to wait a minute or two for the mapping to have result

    just my prob is i cant specify my device letter of the alphabet. so i deceit able to get-go mapping, my device letter was not in the drive choosing box
    what can i do, help me

    05-16-2014 12:46 PM

12. 

    Thanks,
    I had camera maxim Not plenty space left on device ...
    And then I searched in forums for a solution ====> I was drived into Unlocking root admission ....
    Today i made a search .... landed on this solution ... it was great.

    Thanks a lot.

    06-24-2014 04:47 AM

13. 

    Originally Posted by Akshay Raibagkar

    unfortunately
    this is higher up technique not working
    how to repair this
    whatsoever other pull a fast one on what tin I practise plz assistance bro....

    Try putting the card into a card reader and plugging that into the figurer. It should come up as a bulldoze letter. Follow the instructions from in that location.

    If the card doesn't come up (merely other cards in the same card reader do), or the card shows an error and doesn't come up, the carte du jour itself may be bad. (In that location's a whole estimator in that little carte du jour.) In that instance, contact the card manufacturer. (In cases like that, it pays to buy SanDisk cards - they're very easy to bargain with when a card goes bad [which is rare].)

    06-29-2014 06:x PM

14. 

    Thanks! This worked for me (Samsung Galaxy S4 with 64GB Sandisk SD card). The fault cheque said information technology establish errors that information technology couldn't fix, just I can relieve apps to the SD bill of fare once more. It looks like some of the photos on the SD menu 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. 

    Not So Easily! I bought a new SD Card and re-installed all my music files. It, of course, still said "read only" and created a problem with apps that want to access it like photographic camera. So I tried your suggestion on my win viii calculator. The phone showed upwards equally a CD Rom so no set up selection. I put the SD card in a usb holder and that showed up as Bulldoze E: I then ran chkdsk and fixed it. NO BENEFIT. I then put the sd card back and Reformatted it and reinstalled my music files. NO Do good. Still Read Only on the phone. I then downloaded "SDFormatter" and let that format the deejay and once more installed my music files. "NO Benefit however read only and creating errors.

    Any other ideas? It is Not Probable the new card and I have formatted information technology enough. Information technology seems it has got to be the phone. However without the sd card the phone works flawlessly! BTW, when the SD Carte is installed the phone reports in the notification box "686%" equally processing country of the mounted SD Card! That and the Read Only are the notable errors.

    Joe

    08-25-2014 08:03 PM

17. 

    Nice thought, but there's a problem. when yous printing "Check" to error check - you get the same mistake "The disk is write protected". haha

    08-28-2014 01:01 PM

18. 

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

    09-07-2014 01:35 PM

19. 

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

    I tin access my phone'south sd bill of fare from PC, can read the file. I can besides format my SD card from PC and inside phone both, but the affair is , although PC and Phone both successfully formatted but actually didn't have any issue. Afterward the formatting, I refresh, and then, all those previous binder and file announced agian. Information technology's really making my head ache...

    I don't think it'due south my PC's problem, cuz I can use my phone's retention equally normal, merely the external SD card has this weird affair.

    Now I'm really confused and don't know where to look for a solution. Maybe I should merely change other one SD card. gosh.

    09-17-2014 12:35 PM

20. 

    Originally Posted by 9671111

    INTRO

    This info may help yous if the following is truthful:
    - up until at present you�ve had no problems when using your sd card
    - all all of a sudden you can no longer write to the card, perhaps along with an error message being reported that indicates the sd card is mounted read-only

    This is another one of those situations where it is non necessary to take farthermost measures such as doing a complete reformat, or outright replacing the card�as suggested in the many threads on this subject.

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

    SOLUTION

    Fix the FAT
    - connect device to your PC (USB connection) and make sure it�s gear up so that you can copy files to/from your computer (on my device in the notification panel in that location�s an choice to do this under �USB continued�)
    - on your pc, open windows explorer (or click on get-go->computer), then right click on the mapped drive to your sd menu � you lot may have to await a infinitesimal or two for the mapping to take result
    - select Properties
    - select Tools
    - select Check at present� (for mistake checking) to automatically fix file system errors (no need to bargain with bad sectors at this fourth dimension)
    - when completed (takes a minute or so), the FAT will be in working club once again. No files are deleted during the process, so no need to worry almost that.
    - safely disconnect the device from your pc, at which indicate the sd card will now be mounted read-write and y'all�re expert to go

    Thanks for the helpful write-up! .

    09-19-2014 xi:42 AM

21. 

    Give thanks YOU so much for sharing the tip and my problem is solved.

    11-19-2014 ten:xi PM

22. 

    How-do-you-do,
    sadly your post didn't piece of work every bit once i select the drive in windows explorer, i tin can exercise "properties", but "tools" is not available.
    now, i tin can see the files in my download folder from my PC and from my telephone. even access 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 computer. at present it seems that i tin can download the file, but i cannot delete it (neither via telephone or via desktop).
    on telephone it says: "cheque to make sure it's not mounted every bit read only", merely once i check information technology via PC, it's not checked as read-simply. if i endeavour to delete via PC, it just says information technology couldn't and to either skip file or terminate. something i never had before.
    i checked with ConnectBot to come across that i am indeed rooted. "quickboot" doesn't piece of work, although that may be because of lollipop, as i hadn't tested information technology before i had the read-only outcome.

    in other words, i can download files, but i cannot delete them. eventually i will run out of storage.
    i can also not find the "tools" option, as it's merely non available.

    whatever other suggestions?
    thanks a bunch
    - Lorenz

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

    11-24-2014 10:07 PM

23. 

    Give thanks u iv ur info sir....

    12-15-2014 02:13 AM

24. 

    Information technology is same with me besides, did you get whatsoever solution to this?

    01-31-2015 03:31 AM

25. 

    My micro SD carte du jour is on exfat format and write protected. I use a Samsung 64GB and there are some files that I can neither delete or relieve something on it. Delight help me to fix that.

    02-13-2015 06:52 AM

26. 

    If it's a SanDisk bill of fare, go to SanDisk microSD Tech Back up and open a live conversation (box at the upper correct). They'll replace defective cards.

    Samsung probably volition too, just getting to them isn't as 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 ten:50 PM

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