SDCard used as internal storage can fail

• /e/ version: q
• Device model(s): ~"FP3/FP3+"

Summary

At some point, a SDCard used as internal storage on a FP3 with Android Q can fail

The problem

Steps to reproduce

Use a SDCard as internal storage

What is the current behavior?

At some point (why, when how?), the SDCard is not working anymore and the content lost.

What is the expected correct behavior?

SDCard work reliably

Technical informations

Problem is not specific to /e/:

• https://forum.fairphone.com/t/a-little-guide-to-using-sd-cards/37297
• https://forum.fairphone.com/t/android-10-microsd-as-phone-storage/64806/2

Relevant logs (adb logcat)

Relevant screenshots

Solutions

Workaround

It seems SDCard used as external storage are not affected.

Waiting for a fix, we can only advise all users not to use SDCard as Internal Storage on FP3.

https://4gbritain.org/sd-card-format-as-internal-storage-not-showing-on-android-solutions/ Found this , in case someone want to recover data from a formatted SD card

Possible fixes