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Solved! SD Card won't detect on phone or computer

hargiesangha

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Jan 4, 2018
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I've been using a 32 GB Samsung micro SD card as storage on my Android phone. It worked fine until my phone crashed, and I held the power button down to turn it off. Now, my phone gives me a notification to reinsert the "Samsung SD Card". When I go to Settings -> Storage and USB, the SD card is listed as "Not inserted". If I try pulling it out and putting it back in, it becomes listed as "Checking" for a few minutes, before going right back to "Not inserted'. I have a USB device that I can insert SD cards into in order to read them on my computer, but when I try putting the Samsung one in, it doesn't show up on my computer.

I'm wondering now if there's any way I can get the SD card to work again? It would be nice to save the data stored on it, but it doesn't really matter too much to me if it's lost, just as long as the card works again.

Additional info:

I was playing Fire Emblem Heroes when my phone crashed.
My phone is the Moto G (3rd generation).
The SD card reader is a green USB that has "IOGEAR" printed on it.
I've tried restarting my phone with and without the SD card inserted several times, to see if that does anything, but it just results in the same "Not inserted".