sdcard-ext starts giving 'read only' errors until reboot

[vertigoelectric]

A few weeks ago I had a problem saving anything to the external SD card or renaming/deleting anything on it. All attempts resulted in error messages saying it's a read-only file system. After a reboot, the problem went away.

I didn't notice it again until the past couple of days. Now it seems to be happening more frequently.

It's a hassle to have to wait for the phone to reboot each time I need to fix this, so I'm looking for either a permanent fix or a way to quickly remount sdcard-ext. (removing and reinserting the physical card itself is also too much hassle because I would have to remove my otterbox case, and if you have one of those you know it's not easy to remove).

Any ideas?

 

[94lt1]

Backup all if your SD card files and then reformat your SD card. That's your best bet. If that fails, I would probably consider another SD card. But I bet a reformat will do the trick. Had this issue with my bionic.

DROID RAZR MAXXAMIZED!!!

 

[94lt1]

I should've asked first... are you rooted or stock??
My suggestion worked for my stock at the time bionic

DROID RAZR MAXXAMIZED!!!

 

[FoxKat]

Backup all if your SD card files and then reformat your SD card. That's your best bet. If that fails, I would probably consider another SD card. But I bet a reformat will do the trick. Had this issue with my bionic.

DROID RAZR MAXXAMIZED!!!

+1 on this, but make sure the formatting of the card is done by the PHONE, NOT the PC!

 

[vertigoelectric]

I am rooted, and reformatting sounds like a perfectly reasonable solution. Also, yes I know to reformat with the phone.

Thanks.

I just have to make absolutely sure that I'm reformatting SDCARD-EXT and not SDCARD.