Memory Allocation Bug

razi21992

Hi Umidigi!
I'm thrilled to have my new device. But I have discovered a bug when I format my SanDisk 128GB microSD card. Hope this will get fixed in the next ota!

dunn0w

Did u try to format the card with your PC or only with your phone?

razi21992

When I formatted with pc, it says the microSD is corrupted when put in the phone. So I formatted on the phone, to be able to use it. Now that you mentioned pc, I tried to read the card again on pc, but the pc is now asking for it to be reformatted. So maybe umidigi can fix this too. I can only use my card on one device

dunn0w

razi21992 replied at 2017-3-23 00:53
When I formatted with pc, it says the microSD is corrupted when put in the phone. So I formatted on  ...

Maybe you can try this out?
http://forums.androidcentral.com ... rupted-sd-card.html

razi21992

Thanks dunn0w, but that did nothing as my card is not actually corrupted. It just reads as corrupted when I tried using it on my phone after formatting on pc. In actuality, it's 100% usable after I formatted on my phone. I even could install apps on it. The only problem now is I can't use it on my pc anymore.

bencebacsi

Hi,
If you bought it online, could you please share the link of the micro SD card you've purchased?
Attach it to a USB card reader, and try to use MiniTool Partition Wizard to create a working partition on your memory card.

chooks06

razi21992 replied at 2017-3-24 04:17
Thanks dunn0w, but that did nothing as my card is not actually corrupted. It just reads as corrupted ...

I suppose you are aware that if the card was formatted for adaptive storage, it is in ext4 while for use as external memory it is (usually already pre formatted) in exFAT format. Hence the "corrupted" warning because Windows can't read ext formats, and I think neither can it format it to ext4.

Also, the same card cannot be read by another phone because it becomes sort of "dedicated" to the device it was configured originally. If the card is removed, some apps may not run properly. The card would need to be re-formatted as external storage before it can be re-used (data stored here would also be lost).

But what was shown on your screen shot is indeed weird.

Still waiting for my Z Pro to arrive to try out the adaptive storage as my other phones had it blocked when upgrading to M.

razi21992

chooks06 replied at 2017-3-25 17:23
I suppose you are aware that if the card was formatted for adaptive storage, it is in ext4 while f ...

Thanks for the clarification. Btw, Umidigi had already fixed the bug in the latest ota! Now the screen looks like this. Thanks for the quick patch Umidigi

chooks06

razi21992 replied at 2017-3-26 12:02
Thanks for the clarification. Btw, Umidigi had already fixed the bug in the latest ota! Now the sc ...

No problem bro. Happy to share.
Glad that the problem is fixed.
When Asus upgraded their ZenFone 2 to M, the external memory card showed a string of characters for the name. Changing language to Australian side stepped the problem. Eventually fixed. It was due to poor coding when they updated the FW.

chooks06

\n\nUPDATE....edited at 1430 GMT+8

Received my Z Pro late yesterday.

My conclusion -
All SD cards inserted need to be re-formatted. The Z Pro formats in vFAT if for use as external memory. while the cards are exFAT by default. It will flag "corrupted" if exFAT is detected.
After formatting by Z Pro, the cards can still be read on PC but on any other devices will need to be re-formatted to exFAT again, losing data as it will detected as "corrupted".