Chuwi Hi8 sd card not showing in either os

[Stephen]

your micro sd works in other device? what type of format you use?

[Vayoru]

Hello, same happend to me yesterday. I bought Good SD Card, from Kingston 64gb and everything was working fine, then just stop detecting it. Like card was gone but its, inside. I have Adapter and i put this card on my pc and everything is working, same when i put it in my phone, but Chuwi does not see it, both os. Please help, i rly need that space.

[Miguel Ángel Fernández Mateos]

my sister bought the same tablet but a few months later and it works perfectly, but I have your same problem, the problem these if you’re in android and switch to windows in the administrator code devices Error 10, the only solution I found was turn off the tablet and boot up directly into windows, sorry my bad English

[Vayoru]

It’s good mate, but i have to check this out. So you turn off android and then by clicking power and volume button you switch to windows ? And then it works? I will test it when i’ll back home, but i think i know what could happend to it. When i play some games or apps the device heat up rly nice, i can warm my hands with it, and when i pluged out sd card, it was very hot, i think the contact unsolder cuz of heat and some pin s dont connect.

[Vayoru]

Yea i’v restarted a few times but shit happend. I rly start thinking that somethings melted there.

 

[Columbo]

I had this problem. Every time I leave Android and switch OS back to Windows, the microSD card reader disappears.

I found a workaround on Reddit. It was for the Vi8, but it seems the Hi8 has the same issue.

To get it back, do the following:

When Windows boots up, immediately shut down Windows (not restart.) This can be done from the login screen. It isn’t necessary to log in to Windows.

Turn the device back on using the power button, wait for Windows to boot up again and then log in as normal.

You should see your SD card again.

Basically, you need to do a cold reboot of Windows, not just a restart.

It’s an annoyance, but it seems to work.

It only seems to be a problem when switching from Android back to Windows. Switching from Windows to Android seems fine.

Credit goes to Reddit user zrikz for this workaround.

[Columbo]

I’ve just worked out a slightly quicker workaround.

When switching from Android back to Windows, don’t use the switch OS button.

Instead, power off the device (press and hold the power button until you see the Power Off menu. Tap ‘Power Off.’).

Then when the device is off, hold the volume-down button and (while holding that) press the power button. You should see two icons, one Windows icon, and one Android icon. Press the volume-up button to choose Windows (the chosen icon will be flashing) and then press the power button. Windows should boot without a problem and when you log in, the microSD card should be working.

It’s still not ideal, but it’s less time consuming an extra cold reboot.

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