LG G3 not recognizing SD Card After Lollipop Update

So I updated my LG G3 to Android 5.0.1 23C and it won't recognize my SD card anymore. Plugged the phone into my mac via android file transfer, SD card doesn't show up. Can't located my minisd to sd card slot so that's not an option right now. This is the same card I've been using for years now, what can I do to fix this?

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Verizon_Support

Hello thezman51,

I'm terribly sorry to hear that you are experiencing issues with your device since the update! Let's work to determine how we may resolve this problem. Do you have another device you can put your SD card into? If so, please try your SD card in another device to ensure that it is readable.

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thezman51

I unfortunately don’t have anything else that has a micro-sd slot. It was readable prior to the update though. Is there anything else I can do?

jayare

Try turning the phone off, pull the card, power the phone on and let it be on for at least 30 minutes. Then, power the phone off and reinsert the card. Power the phone on and wait 5-10 minutes. Check to see if it recognizes it then.

fish82

I am having the same issue with my G3 and as card works in old phones

Verizon_Support

fish82,

Let's make sure we get your SD card working again. What device was able to read the card properly? You may need to navigate to your Storage settings and format or erase the SD card. Please be advised that you'll want to back your information up to Verizon Cloud (http://vz.to/1rVG0ux) or another device before doing so. Let us know if you still need any assistance!

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Hennessy1970

I have the same issue on my LG3. Just updated today.. man does it suck. Main thing.. is my SD card will not mount. I have taken out the SD card...restarted... waited 30 min.. powered off reinserted the SD card. Still not finding it. SD card with all the pics worked before update. Put the SD card in a micro converter sleeve and found everything on my card just fine. Card is not corrupt. Took a second Micro SD card that I use... and put that in the phone.... Still not finding it.

So what Now?

thezman51

Yes mine does the same exact thing, found my micro SD adapter and plugged it into my computer and all my stuff is there. At this point would prefer to just revert my OS back to what it was before Lollipop

fish82

If you transfer everything off the card and reformat the card transfer everything back it will work. Its a pain but it's nice to have my sd card back

Snn5

You can also plug the phone into a PC and right click on the SD and format it there as well.

pherson

DDid any of you perform a factory data reset of your device prior to and or after the software update? Also this is a prime reason why phone manufacturers are moving from sd cards.

thezman51

I didn’t realize there was a movement away from them and what cloud storage instead? I’m trying to do whatever I can to prevent factory reset as I have custom icons and launcher that’s somewhat of a pain in the ass to reformat

pherson

TThe new galaxy s6, a few other androids and all iphones have no external card support. Most likely though you will need to do the reset.