Phone Lost All Apps on SD Card

[scambro]

I'm cross-posting this from the Epic 4G Touch forums:

I have no idea what happened, but I looked down at my phone at some point today and noticed that most of the apps on my home screen where just he Android icon. I go to my app folder and it lists most apps in gray and says SD Card next to them. Including Play Store, or whatever it's called.

I pulled the SD Card out, loaded it into my computer and I can still see the files, so I don't think the card's corrupted. I can't just install the apps over again though, because Android Market is also gone.

The phone left me stranded as I rely on it for Google Navigation all the time... Ideas? Thanks!

 

[AlvarezLuis]

So there looks to be nothing wrong with your SDcard but your Android does not display its contents correctly?
Reboot Android.

 

[scambro]

So there looks to be nothing wrong with your SDcard but your Android does not display its contents correctly?
Reboot Android.

Correct. I power cycled the phone, unseated and reseated the sd card, swapped batteries, and no changes.

Can i install Google Play anywhere? I can't seem to even get that to reinstall the basic apps. Thanks!

 

[AlvarezLuis]

Correct. I power cycled the phone, unseated and reseated the sd card, swapped batteries, and no changes.

Can i install Google Play anywhere? I can't seem to even get that to reinstall the basic apps. Thanks!

Hmm! At this point I would consider resetting to factory settings. I hope you have solid backup data set.
If that doesn't work either I would take it in for service.