Thread: Glo Ejecting SD Card
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Old 01-07-2014, 03:21 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
In theory, SD and uSD cards are designed to be hot swappable. After a few bad experiences with smartphones, I developed the habit of powering off the device before removing or inserting the card. While I had a couple of cards decide that they were 32MB unformattable devices before I made a habit of powering off, I haven't had that happen since. Other sources have stated this was an issue unrelated to removing the card with power on. Check for 31/32mb SD card issues for more on this failure mode.

So in theory, I can pop the card in and out without power cycling but in practice, bad experiences tell me not powering off is not a good idea.

Regards,
David
Agreed, I have also have a couple of bad cards develop this way as well. Bottom line though, regardless of what you do its your call on how to handle things like this!

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Jack
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