"SD card is Blank or has Unsupported Files" Help!

My family and I went out all together the other night and took a few pictures... When I got home and checked my phone there was an icon at the top that looked like my SD card with a question mark on it. I looked at it and it says "SD card is blank or has unsupported files" and my pictures that I took using my phone are no where to be found. I still have pictures that have been sent to me via text message or pictures I have downloaded from the internet. I have tried restarting my phone, connecting my phone to the computer, inserting my SD card into a usb adapter then inserting that into my computer, and taking the battery out of my phone for a few seconds. None of which have helped. When I plugged my phone into the computer it brought up only the pictures I can see already on my phone but none of the ones I took myself. I downloaded a recovery program... free trial, and when I plug my phone into the computer the program doesnt sense the device for me to recover anything from. My parents live in California and I really really want to get those pictures back... Someone please HELP!

Alas I have a question, did the photos save to the internal memory? You have ti change the settings in the camera mode to save to sd card.
Secondly, did you format the card in your settings for the sd card? It has to be formatted to your device to really work well.
Third there is a app called Astro File Viewer Browser from the Google Play Store that you can view the sd card files, photos, documents etc. With ease. It also lets you view and transfer from internal memory to the sd card. You can also search for the photos within each internal and external storage.
The photos may be in internal memory.
Good Luck

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I recommend backing up your media (specially pictures) on a regular basis to your computer or to an online service to protect those special memories, I personally have my phone setup to automatically save the pictures I take to my Google account and even if lost my phone I have a copy of all my pictures online. There are several website that allow you to sync your phone to upload pictures automatically. Please consider a similar option going forward.
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SD card blank or has unsupported filesystem error Help!?!?!

While taking pics yesterday I got a notification that stated "Blank SD card (SD card blank or has unsupported filesystem)". This SD card is in my Motorola Droid X (which I have only had for 8mnths). I am not able to take pics, lost all photos and music that was on my phone.
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I have not done a format on the card yet incase there is a chance to recover the missing data.
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stacnpa wrote:
While taking pics yesterday I got a notification that stated "Blank SD card (SD card blank or has unsupported filesystem)". This SD card is in my Motorola Droid X (which I have only had for 8mnths). I am not able to take pics, lost all photos and music that was on my phone.
SanDisk 16gb Micro SD HC
I tried 3 different computers and none of them will recognize the SD card. (with adapter and usb cord)
I have not done a format on the card yet incase there is a chance to recover the missing data.
If you have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks!
Don't expect Verizon to do anything about it. I tried last week on both the 800# and in the corporate store across from work and they both pretty much told me it's not their problem and I was SOL.
best thing you can do is just shell out a little money to get your own card and not deal with VZW about it. They don't care as they consider the card a 'freebie' and will do everything in their power to avoid having to replace it (some stores will actually do the right thing, but very few and far between). Amazing how a card that is worth to Verizon about $5 at the most will have lost them a customer becuase they can't be bothered to replace something that the phone came with, yet they say is Motorola's problem
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Im going crazy. Ive just bought a Mac, installed the Nokia Mulitmedia Transfer and have loaded my mp3s onto my Nokia n73 phone. The audio files are all there in my music folder on the n73, artist names and everything are correct, but when I try and play them I get an "unsupported file. Unable to play" message. Ive tried everything I can think of to get them to play but cant get them to work.
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deddy wrote:
Im going crazy. Ive just bought a Mac, installed the Nokia Mulitmedia Transfer and have loaded my mp3s onto my Nokia n73 phone.
[...snip...]
I keep all my mp3s on a an external hard drive and used to use Nokia PC Suite to load my mp3s onto my n73 when I had the Toshiba. The mp3s used to play fine on my n73 and there were no issues.
[...snip...]
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I am a user of Aperture 2.1, and I have grown to love the program except for one major issue. Large files that are imported into the program are simply unsupported.
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From Aperture's Webpage: "See how Aperture lets you import, manage, and enhance your photos in one simple, integrated workflow." It says photos, not Raw photos. In fact, I'll take it one step further, in the tutorial CD that came with 1.5, the narrator mentions the 16-bit workflow in Aperture with Tiffs, more than once.
I purchased Aperture for management and integrated workflow. Apple states: "Now it’s even easier to cull through shoots, enhance images, manage massive libraries, and deliver stunning photos." No where does it say that the functionality of the program is limited to RAW files. Ie. Apple never mentions that Large .tif files are not supported.
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