Solve : microSD won't show on Ubuntu?

1.	Solve : microSD won't show on Ubuntu?
Answer» hello, I have bought a microSD card for my cell phone . so that I can listen to some audio BOOKS on my phone. The card came with two adapters: one adapter fits into the SD/MMC slot of my machine: http://l.westfalia.eu/medien/scaled_pix/600/600/000/000/000/000/001/562/89.jpg on inserting this a diode starts blinking next to the slot. The other adapter is a USB one although sort of weird looking: http://tnm.scene7.com/is/image/TNM/template_335x300?$plus_335x300$&$image=is{TNM/8600261800_89002_prod_002}. Both are not recognized on my computer . A regular USB stick is no problem, it's recognized at once. I've alread did some internet research but it really hasn't helped so far. Quote Both are not recognized on my computer . Are you sure? Does the computer never acknowledges that you put in a new device? What about the disk manager in administrator tools? Uhh. no.. not in Linux. You have to mount it. I have several micro SD cards and adapter. A few were bad. Most of them work. Check you camera documentation to see if that is an alternative format for the card. Also, make sure you send the pictures to the removable SD card, not just leave them in the cell phone internal memory. A 2GB micro SD card is very cheap. But they are slow. Don't be surprised that it TAKES a bit for the OS to recognize it. The fact the a regular stick can be READ by Ubuntu would indicate that the adapters may be flaky LIKE I said, I got some of them. Adapters now are DIRT cheap, but if you buy a dozen, most should work. Buy it from a major vendor and RMA if it don't work. http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=2GB+micro+SD+with+USB&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=17157109873614143400&sa=X&ei=cHWKTr3jHaqFsgKeqbmWBA&ved=0CIsBEPMCMAM Well, I've never had any problems on Ubuntu, even with "chinese" memory cards that I bought from the net. Maybe you should get/borrow an alternative card reader and see if that works. Also, which version of Ubuntu are you currently using?james64k, Come to think abut it, your are right. It is almost always the card reader that is flaky. You jogged my memory. About a quarter of the darers I have bought are unreliable. Goat them on eBay from Hong Kong. Old men tend to forget bad memories.I had them adapters replaced and bought a data cable and a loose MicroSD instead. And this seems to work . I use Ubuntu 11.04. I does recognisze my "old" USB memory stick (1 GB) but not the USB card adapter. And the adpater worked fine at the laptop of the guy in the shop when I brought it back to have it replaced.

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hello,

I have bought a microSD card for my cell phone . so that I can listen to some audio BOOKS on my phone. The card came with two adapters: one adapter fits into the SD/MMC slot of my machine: http://l.westfalia.eu/medien/scaled_pix/600/600/000/000/000/000/001/562/89.jpg on inserting this a diode starts blinking next to the slot.

The other adapter is a USB one although sort of weird looking: http://tnm.scene7.com/is/image/TNM/template_335x300?$plus_335x300$&$image=is{TNM/8600261800_89002_prod_002}.

Both are not recognized on my computer .

A regular USB stick is no problem, it's recognized at once.

I've alread did some internet research but it really hasn't helped so far.

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Both are not recognized on my computer .

Are you sure? Does the computer never acknowledges that you put in a new device? What about the disk manager in administrator tools? Uhh. no.. not in Linux. You have to mount it.

I have several micro SD cards and adapter. A few were bad. Most of them work. Check you camera documentation to see if that is an alternative format for the card. Also, make sure you send the pictures to the removable SD card, not just leave them in the cell phone internal memory.

A 2GB micro SD card is very cheap. But they are slow. Don't be surprised that it TAKES a bit for the OS to recognize it.

The fact the a regular stick can be READ by Ubuntu would indicate that the adapters may be flaky LIKE I said, I got some of them. Adapters now are DIRT cheap, but if you buy a dozen, most should work. Buy it from a major vendor and RMA if it don't work.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=2GB+micro+SD+with+USB&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=17157109873614143400&sa=X&ei=cHWKTr3jHaqFsgKeqbmWBA&ved=0CIsBEPMCMAM

Well, I've never had any problems on Ubuntu, even with "chinese" memory cards that I bought from the net.
Maybe you should get/borrow an alternative card reader and see if that works. Also, which version of Ubuntu are you currently using?james64k, Come to think abut it, your are right. It is almost always the card reader that is flaky. You jogged my memory. About a quarter of the darers I have bought are unreliable. Goat them on eBay from Hong Kong. Old men tend to forget bad memories.I had them adapters replaced and bought a data cable and a loose MicroSD instead.
And this seems to work .

I use Ubuntu 11.04. I does recognisze my "old" USB memory stick (1 GB) but not the USB card adapter. And the adpater worked fine at the laptop of the guy in the shop when I brought it back to have it replaced.

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