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2012/05/30
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Hi
I am having great difficultly in getting the external SD card to mount.
I have recently updated to the custom firmware from this forum.
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Even before updating the the firmware I was having some issues with the tablet recognizing the sd card, but now I can get it to mount maybe once in every 30 attempts to insert / mount.
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First I thought it was a corrupted card, but my Windows XP can read and write to it fine. I have even tried another SD card. Both are good cards, and can be read / written to by Windows.
1. 32GB Samsung Class 10
2. 16GB Transcend Class 4
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I am wondering whether if this is a firmware issue, or a hardware issue.
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Has anyone have any experience in getting external sd cards to be recognised by the Arnova?
Many thanks
Yan
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2010/09/11
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Yan,
I should be able to check on a 9 G3 next week, I'll let you know.
Cheers.
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2012/05/30
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Hi Admin
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One more thing to note. If I Unmount the Arnova 9G3 internal sd card and then reboot with the extenal SD card in the slot, on start up the alert bar (next the to the time) in the lower right corner says:
"Preparing SD Card: Checking for errors."
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Under Settings > Storage the Arnova 9GE internal sd card says 'Mount SD card" - but the external SD card status is showing "Mount SD card - Insert an SD card for mounting". This is not true as the card is housed correctly.
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If I now press the "Mount SD Card" for the Arnova 9GE internal sd card nothing happens.....UNTIL.... IÂ physically remove the external SD card from the slot. On removal the Arnova 9G3 internal sd card suddenly mounts correctly!!
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The alert bar now states "Removed SD card - SD card removed. Insert a new one."
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It strongly suggests that something is not only preventing the mounting external SD card itself, but there must be a conflict that interfere's with the mounting of the internal sd card normally under the above circumstances.
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If I now re-insert the external SD card nothing happens. The alert bar still now states "Removed SD card - SD card removed. Insert a new one."
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I have Restart or Reboot with the external SD card removed, the tablet starts up with no errors with the Arnova 9GE internal sd mounted correctly.
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Hope this helps
Yan
2012/05/30
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Hi,
Here is a little update.
I managed (once in the last of many attempts) to get the external SD card mounted. Eventually I succeeded an was happily ftp'ing files over very wi-fi from my NAS.
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I was checking the progress of the file copying using an 'ls -l' command in a terminal program (can't remember the name of the app), but then I opened up a new terminal wiindow and performed another operation on the directory '/mnt/sdcard/external_sd' and got for my troubles an 'I/O exception', with the ftp'ing progress halting and the external sd card had unmounted itself again.
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I'd be interested to know I am the only one getting external sd card issues?
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In the meantime I using a 16gb USB drive, with no trouble.
Cheers
Yan
2012/06/27
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Hi all,
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I seem to be having the same problem (with a Arnova 9 G2 - upgraded to Ice Cream).
The device is new (1week) SD card (Samsung - 1day old, Empty and Fat32 16GB).
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When I insert the card the device does not report it, and in settings it confirms that the Card and Usb are both not mounted.
When I Reboot with the card in I get a message that the SD Card is checked for errors. (Card works fine on my laptop - HP Win7)
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Never been able to access card in file manager or settings.
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I am new to the Android, love it, better than IPad by miles, need to be able to use the SD Card for images and Backup.
Anyone know what is wrong?Â
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Cheers, Dex
2012/05/30
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Hi all,
Thought I'd let you know that it must have been a hardware issue after all.
I returned the 9 G3 to Maplins who in turn sent it to their returns department for repair or replacement.
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Last week I received a replacement unit.
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I have since re-flashed with the custom firmware, and hey presto - the external SD card slot works like a charm.
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Cheers
Yan
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2010/09/11
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Thanks for the update, let's see if there are other users with the hardware same issue...
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2012/12/29
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I'm experienceing a similar issue with a 9 g3 I bought from maplin about a month ago the sd card sometimes mounts fine but sometimes does the same thing you described, the work around I found was to boot it up with no sd card inserted then insert the sd card. However I now have to take it back as the touchscreen has stopped working and the charger port is playing up. Did they have any problems with the fact you had installed custom firmware on it"??
2012/05/30
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As is normal with Maplin, no problem taking it back.
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