Im having sd card problems....

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  1. ernmcburn

    ernmcburn Weekend Warrior

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    So twice in a row I checked my camera. No pics. So today I put some more corn out and waved my hand in front of the camera when I turned it back on. It said sd card locked, and it wasn't. So I slid the lock down and then it gave me the same thing. I tried with several other cards and same thing happened? Can someone help me? I want to see these dang pictures!
     
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    Not sure I can help but I will offer some insight into what happened to me this year. I have a Stealthcam and wanted a viewer I could take into the field. Me being the cheap person I am purchased a Wildgame card viewer and used it with the SD card in my Stealthcam. Well. the same thing happened t me. No pcs on my camera after one week. Checked my camera an t would not turn on. Calle the company. They told me I should not have used the WG viewer as it is formatted differently an shut trailcam down. Could t had happened to you?
     
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    remmett70 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    did you try another SD card.
     
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    ernmcburn Weekend Warrior

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    Yeah like 3 others
     
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    Sota Legendary Woodsman

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    Do you format the cards?
     
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    SharpEyeSam Legendary Woodsman

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    What brand of SD cards are you using?
     
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    ernmcburn Weekend Warrior

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    Moultrie, PNY, SanDisk, and WGI
     
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    cart3r_hunt3r Weekend Warrior

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    I have around 15 cameras and that has happend to me once but all that happend was that it said sd card locked. What I did was turn the camera off and take the sd card out and switch the lock unlock button on and off. When I put it back in the camera it worked just fine, but that's just my experience.
     
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    smitty88 Weekend Warrior

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    Take them home and format them on your computer.
     
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    SharpEyeSam Legendary Woodsman

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    Take the camera home. Take a SanDisk SD card and format it. Set the camera up at home and test it out.
     
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    early in Grizzled Veteran

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    This is great advice. I do this often anymore. It saves a lot of heartache when you've left a cam for a week or two, only to find somethings wrong, and you got zero pics. Much precious time wasted!
     

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