can anyone please tell me how to format mmc card for xda...there's 3 options in win xp ...fat32....fat...ntfs....i cant format it from the xda , keep getting error code 31.....an error occurred while formatting the storage card folder...........thanks
Try formatting to Fat or Fat 32, however if the xda wont format it there may be a problem, make sure the "lock" switch is in the off position. I have had a problem with sd cards before, what I did was a sd backup from the xda, it then seemed to work ok, just deleted the backup and it worked ever after.
theres no lock switch on the mmc card...i've tried storage tools and flash format...the card must be buggered
i have a different problem, but im sure its connected to the formatting somehow! my card only fills up HALF way!
there is 40% more room availble, all scans prooves this, yet i cant add anything to it, im thinking, its the way its formated, was there a 'directory' limit to how many files that can exist in root?
and wasnt it related to the type of formatting? so my question is...
which format/cluster/ect... is best to fully use a 256 card? and 512/1G.?
Hello,
I actually started a topic last week concerning the same thing. i'm copying bits and pieces of it here; it also helps address your concern about which format to use and the sd card limitations. the first point below address which format you should use for the sd card; in this case use FAT. by the way, i use an sd-card reader (usb plugged) to format the card; it shows up as "removable disk e" in my laptop's window's explorer.
1) i'm using a 512 mb card; i was having some difficulty because the memory of the card would only go up to around 300. at first i thought there was a problem with the card itself so i had to constantly erase the contents to make mp3s, files, pics, mpegs, etc fit. then i stumbled upon the pc command for formatting disks; there were 3 options to format the sd card: FAT, NTFS and FAT32. when i used fat32; the behavior was the same and the memory usage would only go up to 300 max. when using ntfs; my xda2 refused to recognie the card (it wouldn't show up in the explorer app). when i formatted using FAT, everything was great. i can now use the sd card to it's limits and am no longer restricted to the 300-mb trouble i was having.
question: what's the difference in the 3 formats? i don't really know but obviously using FAT format was the best thing to do, but what's with the other formats?
2 cents worth.
cheers mates
robson
thanks Robson...but i have sent to back for a replacement....i tried it in my reader but the pc could not see the sd card...so i went out and bought a 128mb card while i wait for the new one to come....had no problems with the 128 worked straight away
thanks for the tip - from now on FAT is to be my solution
one more thing to add, I do have 256MB SD card on my XDA I and WM2003, ver 4.0.21
I can use my 256MB card to the full limit, the card has been formatted with CnetX format utility (www.cnetx.com) with FAT16 and FAT32 and apart from the fact that content has been missing from time to time, so I had to re-load the files ... when I locked the card, everything is fine now
regards,
monika
today I have tested sandisk 512MB SD card ....
I am allowed to fill it up to the full limit of roughly 484MB
I am curious about the other thing .... buying 512MB SD card for its prce it's almost a rip-off and you get only 484MB in return, I remember old times back with IPAQ + PCMCIA sleeve with inserted flash card 1280MB of sandisk - the size written on the back of the card WAS EXACTLY matching what PPC2002 was showing .... 1280MB
to me it seems like either different "disk geometry" or disk format - can anyone explain it to me pls
regards,
monika
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Hi. I have just bought an mmc card for my nokia 6230. I tried it and it worked perfectly then i tried it in my XDA and it will not work. Does the XDA 1 support mmc? If so could anyone please tell me how i can set up my XDA to use my 256mb mmc card
cheers
Biggy
Hi Biggy,
The XDA 1 supports MMC and SD cards, but I'm not sure if it supports the high-speed variants such as the 'Ultra' products.
Is your MMC card of a high speed variety?
Codenix.
seem to recall the org mmc std max was 128MB or something
so if the 256MB card is the new and faster mmc then i dont know if it's supported
Hi, i think it might not be working because the card is not formatted. Does anyone know how to format the card. I have not got a seperate card reader.
thanks
Akif
you could use storagetools or pocketmechanics to format if in the pda if it works
I also think its because you put the card in the nokia first then the nokia formatted it for itsself? You can use RESCO file explorer to format a card.
I'm not using MMC card, but i have a high-speed (66X) 1GB Ridata SD card and it works fine in m XDA I.
Hope this helps
I have downloaded resco but cannot see the card when i go to "my device", It is like the card does not exist.
when i click on "memory" in "settings" and then click on "storage card" a message is there displaying "Total storage card not installed"
Any ideas
soz dunno then man... maybe try formatting the card using a card-reader on your pc? gd luck!
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soz dunno then man... maybe try formatting the card using a card-reader on your pc? gd luck!
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He has mentioned in the beginning,that he hasn´t got a seperate card reader. But normally the device is trying itself to format the card. If i insert a sd-card with wron format, i got an popup that asks me, if i want to format the card.
So i would say it´s like Codenix told, that this card woulödn´t work in the XDA....
Stefan
Biggy, do you know anyone else with either another PocketPC with an SD slot, or perhaps a digital camera with one? Many digital camers (I have a Canon) can format cards in FAT format too, so that might work.
Codenix.
I don't know whats wrong with it but previous owner said that they tried a 32mb, 256mb and 512mb card in there before and it worked perfectly. He also stated that card might require formatting but i cannot find an app that can recognise my mmc card. When i insert the card i do not get any sign indicating that the card is working or not working. Is this normal? or is it that the XDA1 does not support 256mb mmc card like some of you said earlier?
Please help - i have just bought tomtom 3 and want to install the maps on the mmc card
Biggy
Biggy, I feel your pain mate; There's nothing worse than money spent on a cool tech item that doesn't work out
I suspect you may have an MMC which simply isn't compatible with the XDA. The XDA definitely supports MMC & SD cards up to and possibly over 1GB, however as I mentioned previously, many current-model cards are of the 'Ultra' variety, which are faster, but also draw more power. It is possible this particular card wants more juice than the trusty old XDA can supply.
I doubt your problem is format-related. As someone said earlier, the card should be detected anyway, and you should be offered the chance to format it - at least that's what is meant to happen.
Is you SD/MMC slot known to be working? Can you get your hands on another card to see if that works?
Worst-case, you should at least be able to try some different cards (I always use SD personally) at a retailer - find one who is agreeable to allowing you to try-before-you-buy, and you'll soon know if the XDA is at fault.
Codenix.
While on the subject, Twinmos mmc cards are also problematic with XDA.
Strange, I had about 450 MB of TomTom N5 maps (BNL, D) on my 1GB SD. All used to work fine until I decided to write an additional 350 MB of France map material onto the SD.
Suddenly my TTN5 said it had no maps found. When looking into the
SD card with WM 2003 explorer it showed empty (!!).
But putting the card into the USB SD reader attached to my notebook I could see all files and directories.
Strange. Could it be that WM 2003 cannot cope with +512 MB amounts of data in files and directories. Hard to believe but I'm clueless.
Try to run chkdsk on the SD card (from the PC). Maybe the filesystem got corrupted somehow. If it doesn't work, try reformatting it. If this happens regularly, you could try FAT16 and FAT32, and maybe NTFS (no idea if it supports that).
I've had that on my Magician as well, chkdisk fixed it. It's quite certainly not related to file/directory size (at least on WM2003se), as I've had mp3 dirs way bigger than 512mb and also tried the image version of wikipedia once, which at that time was about 750mb.
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Try to run chkdsk on the SD card (from the PC). Maybe the filesystem got corrupted somehow. If it doesn't work, try reformatting it. If this happens regularly, you could try FAT16 and FAT32, and maybe NTFS (no idea if it supports that).
I've had that on my Magician as well, chkdisk fixed it. It's quite certainly not related to file/directory size (at least on WM2003se), as I've had mp3 dirs way bigger than 512mb and also tried the image version of wikipedia once, which at that time was about 750mb.
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Thanks. That was indeed the culprit. I did a chkdsk /F J: and voila, all files and dirs are magically there again.
It is a good idea when copying files to the sd card on your pc via card reader/writer, to right click on the drive/card letter when finished and choose "eject". This flushes the buffers and makes sure that no files are left open and that the FAT is updated.
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It is a good idea when copying files to the sd card on your pc via card reader/writer, to right click on the drive/card letter when finished and choose "eject". This flushes the buffers and makes sure that no files are left open and that the FAT is updated.
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Yes, that's what I'm usually doing in cases where I write to the SD card when
it is a drive on my card reader.
But in this case I was installing via the USB cradle through the TomTom
CD installer which possibly ill behaves.
Or would I have to "eject" the USB cradle after writing also?
I had the same problem - my SD 512 suddenly becomes empty! No files, but only about 100 Mb free space.
I've format this card and now from time to time make backup by card reader. But still i don't understand why does it happened!
I have this problem on my Wallaby with WM2003SE at least once a month. It's driving me nuts.
Hi all, I bought yesterday 32Gb Kingston Class 4 microSDHC card. Now my phone is very unstable with this memory. I mean, sometimes it can't mount it, sometimes it shows its empty, formatting almost hangs phone, some apps hang phone (apps on sd). Looks like the phone doesn't want to eat this big memory too well.
I already tried soft reset, and dalvik cache deleting. Didn't help.
microSD is formatted into Fat32 and 32Kb clusters in windows with HP Formatting tool.
If I try to reformat with phone, nothing seems to happen....
It can work perfectly for a 20min, but if I try to turn many apps on and off, it will reboot. After what it doesn't see apps on SD card. wtf? But after complete reboot, it'll work again for a some time.
I have 2.2 Android from elelinux.
If I use my old 2Gb card, everything works just great.
Any ideas?
P.S
What does this recovery mode SD card formatting? Maybe I should try this one?
I have ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.0.7. There are some interesting options like..
What ARE these?
1. Format Cache
2. Format SD card
3. Format sd-ext
4. Wipe Cache Partition
P.P.S LOL I can't turn off phone. It is rebooting always. Wtf?
32gb SD cards are not supported by the HTC Hero.
16gb max.
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32gb SD cards are not supported by the HTC Hero.
16gb max.
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According to the HTC website, our Hero's should support 32GB.
But that's as far as my knowledge on your issue goes. Just ordered a 32GB Class 4 SanDisk card myself, so when its delivered (hopefully Friday) I'll let you know how it performs.
Just an update for you, mine came in the post yesterday and it seems to work fine with my phone. Loaded it with 20gb of music and it runs fine.
Yep should run fine with 32gb sd cart
i'm having many of the same issues with my 32gb. had a 16gb before, and all was well.
now the phone randomly goes back to charge only when i have it plugged into PC as disk drive. i'm having trouble making backups in recovery too as it says its randomly unreadable in the middle of backing up. also, and seemingly most frustrating, is it is refusing to actually transfer files from PC to SD. i will plug in as disk drive and move all files without issue. however, when i eject disk drive and switch back to charge only mode (or simply unplug), none of the files have actually been moved to my device. they are simply missing entirely when i open any file manager.
i've tried everything. formatting on device, formatting through W7 (quick and full), and formatting through the official sdcard.org tool. nothing helps.
Try this
If u have a linux PC, u will know about gparted, I guess.
Do this: boot to ur favourite linux distro. plug the sd card to ur pc using a card reader. open gparted. click tools and then click new partition table. it will wipe everything from the card.
once done, just setup the partitions as u want for fat, ext or whatever. i was having a htc tattoo troubling me with a 16GB card but now its okay.
hi,
i am using htc incredible s.some days ago i tried to make folders in my 8 gb kingston like for movies,songs etc.but to my surprise when i changed from disk drive option to charge only,i culdnot find any video or could play previous videos using mx video player.i again changed the option to disk drive and saw that there was no folder there and lost dir had all the files.any how i changed the card and bought 32gb kingston.but the problem is same.and once this problem araises,i cannot play any video file except which i have made from its camera.i am so depressed here that i am thinking of selling my phone
i am using the stock rom 2.3.5 gingerbread.plz help me out.
no help from any 1
i figured out the problem.but again a little confused.my sd caed doesnt seem to work properly.how to check and fix the sd card?
I think corrupted or "lost" files go in that folder. Did you unmount the card on the PC before switching from disk storage to charge only on android?
Sent from my Sensation using XDA
I think You may try to use formating tool from this site www.sdcard.org It usually helps with bigger SD cards.
Worth to try I think.
Connect your phone to your computer in mass storage mode, or preferably use a card reader and copy all your data from SD card to a backup folder. Format your SD card to FAT32 with 32kB cluster size. You can use the normal right click>format option in Windows/Linux/Mac. Uncheck Quick Format (in Windows) and let it do a full format. It'll take around 20-30 minutes for a 16GB card. This will fix any filesystem errors that are causing data loss. Once that's done, copy back all your data as it is back to the SD card. Now your card should work fine for a long time. SD cards tend to get corrupted over time, especially with Android, so doing this once in a while is helpful, whenever your card gives you any problem. I have had this same problem a few times and this fixed it for me.
I have data corruption on sd too but it happens often to data of any type/size and I believe that the corrupted data are moved to LOST.DIR They have no extension and cannot be opened or recognized. So I'm losing apps, photos, videos, anything. My device is an LG P500 and the sd card is a Transcend 4gb class 6.
What cluster size do you recommend for a 4 gb sd? 4kb is the default for its size and I believe that 32kb is too much for such a small card.
I had had a SanDisc 32 GB class 10 and everything was ok, until the time in which I needed more than 30GB in my HTC Desire X. So, I decided to buy the Kingston microSD 64 GB class 10. Even though our phone has official limit at 32 GB, after googling I noticed that I would not have problem with this card. So I bought it.
From the begin I had a few problems. Very often, about 2-3 times every day, it was required to unmount - mount the card for reading some files or for renaming them.
... it was not big problem for me. But from yesterday, I cannot have access to the sd. I see a message Damaged SD card, SD card is damaged, try reformatting it. And if I try reformatting it, nothing happens. Also in settings - storage I cannot mount the card, and I just see that SD card is unavailable...
What I have to do now? To try a format from windows 7? If so, what format? Fat32, ntfs or something else?
Maybe it is better to use the warranty?
Thank you in advance...
For sdcard, try to format to fat32 (should work either using gparted or windows format tools).
try to format your sdcard with the offical tool from the sdcard association:
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
if you wanna format your sdcard the right way, THIS IS THE TOOL TO GO!
The SD Formatter was created specifically for memory cards using the SD/SDHC/SDXC standards
if you still have problems, try to get a replacement from your dealer or sandisk directly.
if that doesnt help, try a different brand like kingston, samsung, etc....