topic Re: unsupported SD card in The Lounge

unsupported SD card

ShelleyA — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:35:40 GMT

I bought a brand new phone, moved sim card from old phone to new one and getting unsupported Sd card message. What does that mean?

Re: unsupported SD card

softech — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:38:18 GMT

@ShelleyA Unsupported SIM card or SD card?

you sure you put the sim card correctly in the correct sim slot? some phone have the SD and sim card on the same tray and make sure you put it in correctly

And what exact phone you have?

Re: unsupported SD card

ShelleyA — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:44:43 GMT

galaxy A13. Put in by a tech at a fixit shop

Re: unsupported SD card

hairbag1 — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:51:37 GMT

Remove sim tray and make sure your sim is in sim slot 1.

EZ to do...

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=sim+slot+on+galaxy+a13#kpvalbx=_aOxRY7n4Gf_k0PEP24e0mAw_33

OR...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEnJEOmfkh8

Re: unsupported SD card

softech — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:55:40 GMT

@ShelleyA wrote:
galaxy A13. Put in by a tech at a fixit shop

@ShelleyA The fixit shop should have fixed it for you

Samsung A13 is one of those with SD card and sim card on the same tray, there is a chance that either the SD card was really not put in properly or the sim card was put in wrong. Also, Some A13 support Dual sim card and I am not sure if the sim card was put in the correct one and the Sim manager setup properly if you have one of those

can you remove the sim tray and confirm:

1. do you have just an sim card there?

2. was the sim card put in correct ?

Maybe post a picture of what it is now

Re: unsupported SD card

ShelleyA — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 01:03:53 GMT

not a sim card a SD card

Re: unsupported SD card

softech — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 01:08:20 GMT

@ShelleyA if it is really a SD card, the SD could could have formatted as an internal storage on the old phone. That kind of format cannot be used on the new phone unless you re-format it

you might want to put it back to the old phone, move all content away. Then take the SD card back to the new phone and format the SD card again for it to be used on the new phone.

Re: unsupported SD card

ShelleyA — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 01:18:19 GMT

will have to take it to someone who understands how to do it. thanks for trying to help

Re: unsupported SD card

BKNS27 — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:55:47 GMT

@ShelleyA

Chances are that the flimsy plastic SIM tray is cracked and misaligned as a result not reading the micro SD card.

Also it needs to be format for the Samsung phone.

Re: unsupported SD card

texwood — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:11:54 GMT

Could be the SD card is bad; buy another one and see if that works.

Re: unsupported SD card

warzouing — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:42:35 GMT

Are you talking about "SIM" card or "SD" card? Your message mentions "SIM" card while the title says "SD" card! Note that they are 2 completely different things, each has ít own slot and one is for mobile communication and the other for storage. . If it is really an SD card for storage then the different causes can be :

card too big in size (64, 128, 256GB)
card was formatted using NTFS (Windows PC format) which is not universally recognized

Re: unsupported SD card

CountyDownIeUk — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:33:25 GMT

On the left side of the SD card there is a sliding switch, usually white, to lock/unlock it. Make sure it is unlocked. See pic below, switch is pushed up to the unlock position. It is easy to inadvertently move it.

Re: unsupported SD card

CountyDownIeUk — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:36:07 GMT

This is a duplicate posting.

@computergeek541

Re: unsupported SD card

BKNS27 — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:02:36 GMT

@CountyDownIeUk

It is a standard SD card. This micro SD card does not have a lock feature on it…too tiny to have one.

Re: unsupported SD card

CountyDownIeUk — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:13:45 GMT

@BKNS27 wrote:
@CountyDownIeUk
It is a standard SD card. This micro SD card does not have a lock feature on it…too tiny to have one.

Good point.....should have thought that one out first.