A corrupted SD card can be a headache; it can cause your phone or PC to not even detect it. You can format the SD card from the recovery menu and your PC. If you have partitioned your SD card or your SD card is not working correctly, then maybe it’s time to format the SD card; it will fix the issues. If your PC is undetected, you can format the SD card from the recovery menu.
There is no option to format SDcard in stock recovery. To format, you must have a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP. Use this guide to install a custom recovery on your Android phone. Find the proper TWRP recovery for your phone, and then flash it using the link’s step-by-step guide.
How to format an SD card from the Recovery Menu:
Don’t lose hope if you cannot access your SD card and it is corrupted. In the following steps, I will cover how to format an SD card from your Android phone’s recovery menu phone.
- First of all, turn off your phone.
- Go to the Recovery Menu. Press the Volume Up + Home button + Power button at a time, and keep holding until you see the Android logo and recovery menu on your phone’s screen.
- Now, use the volume buttons to navigate to mounts and storage. Press the power button to select.
- Now move to format /storage/sdcard1. Use the power button to select this option.
Note: storage/sdcard0 is the internal storage of your Android phone. Formatting it will delete all the data present in your phone. But an external card, or you may also call it SDcard1, is external storage; formatting it will only delete the data current inside the external card. - After pressing the power button, it will ask you for the File system you want for your SD card. If you know about your phone’s file system, select it. Otherwise, if you don’t see the file system of your phone, then just go for the default.
- Now, you will get a confirmation message. Select Yes – Format device.
- Now, your SD card will be formatted. It will take some time. And when it’s done, you will see a message in the log, as in the screenshot below.
If you want to know more about the Android File Storage system, see this comprehensive post. It will eliminate all of your confusion.
That’s all from my side. If you have any issues formatting the SD card from the Recovery Menu, let me know in the comments. You can also give us your feedback in the comments. If you know a better solution for fixing a corrupt SD card, you should share it with all of us. Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss any guides or news on Android.
