A method and an apparatus for data reception error
recovery in a mobile terminal are provided. When a mobile terminal detects an error in data received from a memory card, the method and the apparatus enable the mobile terminal to re-receive the data from the memory card for error
recovery. The data reception error
recovery method, for a mobile terminal connected with a memory card, includes sending a
data request command to the memory card, determining whether data corresponding to the
data request command is received from the memory card, and sending, when corresponding data is not received from the memory card, a state transition command, which forces the memory card to transition to a transfer state so that the memory card is able to send data to the mobile terminal, to the memory card.