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27 December 2021  Ashley S. Miller  Specialist of Customer Service Dept.
 

Summary
Sometimes, the SD card files are not showing up on Android. How can we solve the problem? In this essay, we will list the reasons and the related solution. Besides, we will talk about how to use SD card well.



CONTENTS

editing data recoveryPart 1: Reasons & Solutions of SD Card Files Not Showing up on Android
editing data recoveryPart 2: Recover Deleted SD Card Files with Renee Undeleter
editing data recoveryPart 3: Notes of Using SD Card
why the sd card files are not showing up on android

Part 1: Reasons & Solutions of SD Card Files Not Showing up on Android

1. The SD card is not connected well

If the SD card is not connected well to the Android phone, the SD card files will not be shown. You can follow these steps to check the SD card connection.
● Go to [Settings] to select [Unmount SD card]. Take the SD card out of the phone after shutting it down.
● Insert the dismounted SD card into another phone, and then check whether the SD card files are showing up on this Android phone.
● Use a soft cloth to clean and then insert the SD card into the Android phone again.
● Get the Android phone restarted and check whether the SD card files are showing up.

2. Files with suffix .nomedia files appear

The .nomedia files tell the media apps to skip the folder when scanning for media files. When the .nomedia file is stored in the SD card, all the SD card files, such as images, videos and the other media files, is not showing up on the Android phone.
To remove the NOMEDIA file, you should connect the SD card to o the computer and delete the target files.
why the sd card files are not showing up on android

3. Android doesn’t support the SD card file system

If the SD card files can be viewed in the computer, not on Android, the SD card may have a file system that the Android phone is not compatible with. You can check the file system in [Properties] within the computer. Android phone does not support the NTFS system. Under this situation, you should format the SD card to FAT32 or exFAT.
Steps:
Step 1: Insert the SD card into the card reader and then connect it to the computer.
Step 2: Copy the SD card files to the other disks for data backup.
Step 3: Open File Explorer and then right click at the SD card. Select [Format].
sd card formatted in this pc
Step 4: Select a file system. If the SD card is not over 32 GB, FAT32 will be the suitable file system while exFAT is used for the SD card over 32 GB. Click here to know more about the file systems.
Step 5: Click on [Start] to format the SD card.
how to format the SD card or reformat a hard drive

4. The SD card is attacked by virus

If the SD card is attacked by virus and malware, this kind of programs will hide or delete the inside data. Under this situation, you should scan the anti-virus software to check the SD card and remove the malware.
During this process, some of the data may be removed. To retrieve the lost data, you should stop using the SD card and follow the next part to recover data.

Part 2: Recover Deleted SD Card Files with Renee Undeleter

1. What is Renee Undeleter?

Renee Undeleter is the software specializing in data recovery. It can recover the deleted files, the emptied Recycle Bin and the formatted disk. The software includes 4 scan modes, Fast Partition Scan, Whole Partition Scan, Whole Disk Scan and Image Creation, which provides comprehensive solutions to data loss. Besides, its fingerprint technology and the file system rebuilding technology can skip the damaged blocks of the SD card to rebuild the file system. That can help us retrieve the lost data as much as possible.
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2. How to Use Renee Undeleter?

It is easy to use Renee Undeleter to recover the deleted data from a SD card. Here are the steps:
Step 1: Insert the SD card into the card reader and then connect the reader to the computer. Download and install Renee Undeleter. Open the software and select [Fast Partition Scan].
Note: Please do not install Renee Undeleter in the disk where you lost data from.
data recovery in renee undeleter
Functions of different recovery modes:

Fast partition scan: Recover the files after emptying Recycle Bin or deleted by mistake without data backup.

Whole partition scan: Scan the whole partition and list all files, especially for the formatted partition or inaccessible issue.

Whole disk scan: Scan entire disk to find out all partitions’ information and simulate the partition table.

Image creation: Create a partition image which can be used in case that reading partition is slow or need a backup.

Step 2: Select the SD card and click on [Next] to go on.
select target disk to process fast partition scan in renee undeleter to try sd card recovery for android
Step 3: Select [Fast Scan] or [Deep Scan].
Fast scan: It searches for the accidentally deleted, corrupted, and overwritten files.
Deep scan: This is a far more thorough method, but it takes a long time to scan the disk. This mode can be used when the fast scan mode cannot find out the target files.
select fast scan mode in renee undeleter
Step 4: After that, select the file types and click on [Next] to go on.
select the file types in fast partition scan
Step 5: Next, preview and select the files. Click on [Recover] to retrieve the files.
select the target files to recover in fast partition scan
Step 6: Finally, select a destination to save the files. Note: select the other disk instead of the SD card. Click on [Recover] to save the recovered files.
select the destination to save the recovered files in renee undeleter to restore sd card to full capacity
Attention: Please save the recovered SD card photos to other storage devices instead of the SD card. Besides, if [Fast Partition Scan] cannot find the target photos, please try [Whole Partition Scan] and [Whole Disk Scan].

Part 3: Notes of Using SD Card

1. If you want to delete some useless photos from SD card in camera, please remove the SD card from camera after turning off. Then connect the SD card to computer and export the photos to computer for further management. If you delete the photos on camera directly, deleted photos will be overwritten by the new token photos. Finally, you cannot find back the lost photos from SD card.
2. Don’t save or delete photos in SD card when the power of the device is not sufficient. Suddenly power off will lead to data lost.
3. Leave some empty space when using the SD card, which will get a better performance of the SD card. Besides, please backup the data in the SD card to computer or other external memory device regularly. Even you lost them, you still get a backup.