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Memory card not working? Press this button and it will be fixed

Memory card not working? Press this button and it will be fixed

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You are trying to use a memory card in your mobile and suddenly you see that it does not detect it, that nothing happens. The problems to recognize the microSD card of a mobile are much more common than they seem, and if your phone is not able to read it correctly, it may not save anything on it or it will have less storage. Therefore, it is important to know what to do in these cases.
Assuming that this is new or that it is in good condition, that it works if you have tried it on other sites, but not on your mobile, you can fix it very easily with a button on your mobile. You don’t have to remove it, go through a lot of steps on a computer, or even download an external app to solve your problem.

We tell you what you owe make it work any memory card compatible with your mobile in less than a minute.

Reset the card from the settings

The button we are talking about is the reset or format the memory card from the same smartphone. Thus, you will not have to remove it from your mobile and do it from your computer, but you will be able to do it from this function that is somewhat hiddenbut you will find it easily by following the steps that we indicate below.

 Of course, before doing anything you have to be clear that with it all data will be erased, including your file system, photos and videos that you have there, and it will remain as factory, with a format that is fully compatible with your mobile and without settings that prevent it from working correctly. That’s why, if you want to keep something yes, you must enter it in a device that recognizes it correctly and save its data in another place, such as an external hard drive or in the memory of your computer.
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How reset SD or microSD card Step by Step:

  1. Insert the new card
  2. Go to your mobile settings
  3. Then enter Storage (in Xiaomi you will have to go to About the phone first)
  4. Select SD card and your file manager will open
  5. Press on the 3 points to go to the Storage settings
  6. It will take you to another section where you will find the formatting options
  7. Click on Format
  8. Confirm Format SD card
  9. Give ready when finished
  10. turn off your smartphone
  11. Remove the microSD
  12. put it back
  13. Turn on the mobile

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Now you can start use your card in a totally normal way. Try it and you will see that it should work correctly.

One of the main reasons your card didn’t work until then is that it had a format different from the one compatible with your mobile, so it is convenient to pass it to a new compatible format. You can do it with this action. Most Android devices are compatible with FAT32, although some may recognize other formats. It may also be that there was some setting or file that prevented it.

Usually it will be solved like thisand although it may seem like several steps, it will be completed in a few minutes if you restart the mobile, but if you have not succeeded, check that it is not damaged, dirty or defective.

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