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hey all..nywayz i just wanted to bring to all ur attention that while on my flight from dubai to usa...my microdrive crashed....suddenly while using and there was just noo trace...it just wouldnt show up on file explorer or any application...i HARD-RESETED MY DEVICE and then even it didnt show up...i even formatted it b4 but no chance..THEN...i did the RECOVER HARD DRIVE option and then it showed up...BUT MY HOLE HOLIDAYZ WERE SPOILED SINCE I HAD 4 GB'S WORTH OF STUFF LIKE MUSIC MOVIES MUSIK VIDEOS...ETC ETC...anyone noo Y this happened!!!
My Ameo got a bit moist and now my microdrive is gone!!
WM5storage won't bring it back..
Is there any way to get this thing back to work?
bilalperwaiz said:
hey all..nywayz i just wanted to bring to all ur attention that while on my flight from dubai to usa...my microdrive crashed....suddenly while using and there was just noo trace...it just wouldnt show up on file explorer or any application...i HARD-RESETED MY DEVICE and then even it didnt show up...i even formatted it b4 but no chance..THEN...i did the RECOVER HARD DRIVE option and then it showed up...BUT MY HOLE HOLIDAYZ WERE SPOILED SINCE I HAD 4 GB'S WORTH OF STUFF LIKE MUSIC MOVIES MUSIK VIDEOS...ETC ETC...anyone noo Y this happened!!!
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MicroDrives are sensitive to presuure; when you were rising or descending, the change in pressure could have caused the damage.
recommendation: turn off the device for take-off and landing.
My buddy had a similar problem with his. His MicroDrive stopped working. WMStorage didn't fix the issue either. He was running the original ROM that came with the device and some software, nothing more. The only thing that brought back the drive was to do a hard reset, then flash the factory ROM back onto the device. I've had issues with the drive myself so run everything off of my SD Card and only use the MicroDrive for temporary storage or backups of my SD Card. This sucks that we can't trust the drive. Just makes me nervous using it.
agreed! I'd rather prefer 4gig flash memory to a 8gig unsafe microdrive.
but it's all about marketing issues
very true..all my data was lost...i guess it ISS becuz of the rise in pressure and all that,..but my microdrive izz up and working again..!
My microdrive had corrupted twice before, and I had thought that using the miniSD would completely solve the problem. I was wrong.
Yesterday, my genuine Toshiba miniSDHC lost everything on it. I could not recover it with Pocket Mechanics Professional. Soft reset does not help, as it did previously. I don't know if this was caused my the repeated removal and insertion if card which performed in attempting to fix my SIP selection problem.
The lessen for me is, do a regular backup to PC and do not take out and put in the card without switching off the device.
I still have not reinstalled my applications and data yet because today is the day to upgrade my Dopod to WM6. I'm really looking forward to the upgrade. I expect some of my applications to be dumped for compatibility reason, not in the end I'd have a transformed and better computer.
Htc Advantage Microdrive Failure
I want to add my voice to the concerns raised regarding the much sung about MicroDrive with 8GB.
I have lost all the data I installed and stored on the MicroDrive. I had photos, documents - some of them work related and do not have them anywhere at all.
Does anyone have any idea how I can undelete or recover these?
By the way, I did not delete them, they were simply gone!
Please help.
YOSEFE said:
I want to add my voice to the concerns raised regarding the much sung about MicroDrive with 8GB.
I have lost all the data I installed and stored on the MicroDrive. I had photos, documents - some of them work related and do not have them anywhere at all.
Does anyone have any idea how I can undelete or recover these?
By the way, I did not delete them, they were simply gone!
Please help.
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Try to use WMStorage which will allow the drive/s to be recognized under Windows as an external storage drive. Then get yourself a copy of Ontrack Easy Recovery and use that to recover the lost files. I've never had to recover files from my MD or SD yet on my phone but my cousin had a camera that did something like this....all pictures just dissappeared and I used the program and got back stuff he forgot about that had been looooong gone. Works well. Hope this helps
curious?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321201
Thanks ltxda, I will try your advice right away.
YOSEFE.
Thanks ltxda for pointing me to WMStorage. I downloaded and installed the software. My Devive and the Microdrive are recognised as you stated.
However, the only hitch I hit is the cost of Ontrack Easy Recovery, is there no free reliable recovery software somewhere?
Thanks in anticipation.
YOSEFE said:
Thanks ltxda for pointing me to WMStorage. I downloaded and installed the software. My Devive and the Microdrive are recognised as you stated.
However, the only hitch I hit is the cost of Ontrack Easy Recovery, is there no free reliable recovery software somewhere?
Thanks in anticipation.
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Not sure if there is a free trial available or not. You may want to check their site. I just have a copy since I purchased one for work. You can also go to www.download.com and try one of the other recovery software trials from there. I'm sure there are a few there that may help or you could try alternate resources.
micro drive not recognised
hi all just trying to copy some pics tom my microdrive and then sudddenly says no device attached. checked my advantage and there is no microdrive present, tried formatting the microdrive but same error no md present.
can anyone help?
do i have to flash to an original htc advantage rom?
finally got it fXXXXing working I cant flip believe it an expensive device like this and we are getting simple prblems with the built in md drive. Im so pee off.
i will call htc tomorrow to explain my frustrations.
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finally got it fXXXXing working I cant flip believe it an expensive device like this and we are getting simple prblems with the built in md drive. Im so pee off.
i will call htc tomorrow to explain my frustrations.
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I agree with you. Makes me sick that I have this EXPENSIVE device and don't have enough trust in the one feature they pushed because of the constant problems.
Have some questions for you:
- How were you transferring files to the MD? ActiveSync, Vista or WMStorage?
- Would you mind posting the resolution here in case others have the same problem?
duttythroy said:
finally got it fXXXXing working I cant flip believe it an expensive device like this and we are getting simple prblems with the built in md drive. Im so pee off.
i will call htc tomorrow to explain my frustrations.
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Care to share your solution mate.
just use the
sorry guys been busy at work, i didnt really fix it without losing my data. i just used the restore microdrive option and then re-format it, lost all my data but at least its working. lol. still pissed off though.
i fiqured some bits out though, wether your using active sync or wm5torage 1.75 and your transfering huge amount of data at once windows then give an error cant complete , cant find drive source.
So I had to do all the restore microdrive thing again but was just testing why it happen the first time.
good thing to do is to use wm5torage 1.75 to transfer but only transfer some amount and wait for awhile and continue.
File Scavenger
File Scavenger is much cheaper for recovering files. It works perfectly for me. The demo is a teaser. It works but doesnot let you recover files. It shows that it can recover the files.
http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm
THANKS MATE i just tried it.
Dear All
recently, without any warnings, I lost the internal MicroDrive! I mean, it is no more detected. I am only capable of using my SD mini now.
settings > memory>pnly Storage Card (SD MINI) appears.
What can it be? Hardware failure?
What shall I do, since my athena is out of warranty and probably repairing this hard drive is even more expensive than buying a new unit.
If I launch "Format MicroDrive" I get: "The Microdrive cannot be accessed"
Will upgrade my ROM provide any help?
Details:
ROM: 2.19.707.4
Rom date: 07/06/07
rdio: 1.45.00.10
protocol: 32.78.7020
ExtROM: 2.19.707.101
Thanks a lot
Saulo866
added details
I forgot to mention hardware details:
CPU: PXA270
Speed: 624MHz
RAM: 128MB
Flash: 256MB
Thanks and waiting
Saulo
Have you tried a <hardreset> ?
take a look in the wiki to make a hardreset. please test and report ...
btw: make a backup first...
Hi
I have had the same problem and I had to replace my x7500.
But soon there will be microsdhc card with 16gb. I think this will be cheaper than buying a new device. Hans
Hard Reset?
Hallo Palmchen
Yes I did a hard reset, by using: settings > system > clear Storage...
Did I do the right thing? Or can you suggest me a different type "hard-reset" a more deep one?
Thanks and waiting
Saulo
saulo866 said:
Hallo Palmchen
Yes I did a hard reset, by using: settings > system > clear Storage...
Did I do the right thing? Or can you suggest me a different type "hard-reset" a more deep one?
Thanks and waiting
Saulo
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Pull down the volume button, and while keeping it pulled down, poke your stylus into the reset hole.
Then press action button. Then follow the prompt..
after hard reset...
Thanks Eaglesteve
I have the hard reset, as per your instructions.
During the process, I was asked to Format MicroDrive...I accepted and I got NO error messages.
Now I have a clean unit.
I go to settings > system > memory and the MicroDrive is NOT there!
What shall I do more to make it "reappear"?
Thanks a lot
Saulo
could be the today plugins installed
The same happened to me.
iLauncher was installed so I tried the option to restart in safe mode that appears when you soft-reset twice in less than 1 minute. That gave access to the microdrive and I backed up everything to a folder in the pc via WM5 just in case. Then soft-reseted again and everything was fine again.
Don't hold your breath. Your MicroDrive will get f*cked up AGAIN!!!! It's as sure as death and taxes. It's a never-ending cycle of hard-resetting, recovering, reusing, getting f*cked up AGAIN!!!, hard-resetting, recovering, etc... I have given up on using the stupid MicroDrive long ago. Sending your Athena back for repair will end up with a refurbished piece of junk getting sent back to you. Do yourself a big favor, avoid the pending aggrevation, go buy an 8GB MiniSD (on sale at Fry's Electronics for around $45) and forget about the MicroDrive!!!
saulo866 said:
Thanks Eaglesteve
I have the hard reset, as per your instructions.
During the process, I was asked to Format MicroDrive...I accepted and I got NO error messages.
Now I have a clean unit.
I go to settings > system > memory and the MicroDrive is NOT there!
What shall I do more to make it "reappear"?
Thanks a lot
Saulo
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This is an annoying limitation and searching finds many threads and I put an entry into the wiki about this as well.
You can refind the microdrive by going to Settings/system/format microdrive and use the dropdown menu to "Recover Microdrive"
You will of course lose all your data.
I dont store any data from applications on the microdrive and recently forgot why.
I had the camera store photos on it and it crashed several times till i remembered and changed this
hth
sumtingwong said:
Don't hold your breath. Your MicroDrive will get f*cked up AGAIN!!!! It's as sure as death and taxes. It's a never-ending cycle of hard-resetting, recovering, reusing, getting f*cked up AGAIN!!!, hard-resetting, recovering, etc... I have given up on using the stupid MicroDrive long ago. Sending your Athena back for repair will end up with a refurbished piece of junk getting sent back to you. Do yourself a big favor, avoid the pending aggrevation, go buy an 8GB MiniSD (on sale at Fry's Electronics for around $45) and forget about the MicroDrive!!!
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I don't think storage card is any better. In my case my microdrive and storage card failed twice each in 16 months. I install all my applications on my microdrive without any issue. My storage card is only for movies, videos, pictures, and musics. In that way I can have unlimited memory by just swapping the cards.
In all my laptops, it took them only 2-3 years... tops, and the first thing that had to be fixed and replaced was the hard drive. It does not matter what brand. I guess, I just don't trust them. So just go get the Micro SD card, never had any problems with all of mine. I still have my VERY FIRST 256 MB SD card, back when it was still considered as BIG already, and it still works like brand new.
Similarly I have notebook which is even more than 10 years old with harddisk still running fine. It is not always the first thing to go. In some of my computers, it is the video card that goes first. In others, it is the DVD-drive.
If you search the net, you will find many people having problem with SD cards. Such as reported here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=346301
http://www.hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5907&posts=4
I have also twice lost everything on my SD card.
Just goes to show that you need to have a procedure to recover.
For me, if I lose my microdrive, it is not a big deal, as I have a copy of that on my PC. I simply reformat and copy the programs (My microdrive contains mainly the programs, and some selected data files) back there. I also am able to recover by the procedure below:
When I do backup, I have two schedule. One will backup to my microdrive and another will back up to my storage card. It is not likely that I encounter problem with BOTH at the same time. So, I'm ALWAYS able to recover a day or two old's data depending on which one I'm recovering from.
In addition, I have another storage card which is the backup of my microdrive. This I do occasionally as it takes quite a while to write to SD card. But if I'm going for a extended trip without any other means of recovery, I'd bring along that backup SD card.
Like I said, installing programs in microdrive allows me unlimited space as I can swap in and out storage cards without affecting the working of any programs. It is faster than the storage card too, and to me, there is no extra risk of losing files wherever you install your programs.
Bottom line is: while there is no guarantee that the drive will work all the time, there is no need to stay far away from it. With some usual backup procedures, there is really no need to worry at all.
a trick to solve the problem
Dear Friend:
If you saw my old topic in this forum i had this problem for about 6 mounth ago, finally i sent my athena X7500 to the registered service center and after 1 moth they sent it back to me with more and more physical and hardware fault and hits !( I live in IRAN )
and this problem occured again for about one mounth later,
one day I install the "Card Export 3.12" on my device and connect my device as a usb mass storage device, and i saw that my microdrive is re-appeared again! I advice you that test this way , I lost my Microdrive again and I recovered it with this trick , I think this problem is occurred because of a driver problem or somthing non-harware error like this .
do it and inform me the result, if this problem solved , please someone that is fluent in english write a letter of this problem that i can send it to HTC support to tell them do a official way for cover this problem,excuse me because of my very bad english.
rezam said:
Dear Friend:
If you saw my old topic in this forum i had this problem for about 6 mounth ago, finally i sent my athena X7500 to the registered service center and after 1 moth they sent it back to me with more and more physical and hardware fault and hits !( I live in IRAN )
and this problem occured again for about one mounth later,
one day I install the "Card Export 3.12" on my device and connect my device as a usb mass storage device, and i saw that my microdrive is re-appeared again! I advice you that test this way , I lost my Microdrive again and I recovered it with this trick , I think this problem is occurred because of a driver problem or somthing non-harware error like this .
do it and inform me the result, if this problem solved , please someone that is fluent in english write a letter of this problem that i can send it to HTC support to tell them do a official way for cover this problem,excuse me because of my very bad english.
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Sounds like the problem comes from the microdrive driver. I think it makes sense. Wu posted long time ago that before HTC acquire dopod the microdrive in Htc athena was not as good as that of dopod u1000. May be that's why my dopod u1000 is so much problem free.
eaglesteve said:
Sounds like the problem comes from the microdrive driver. I think it makes sense. Wu posted long time ago that before HTC acquire dopod the microdrive in Htc athena was not as good as that of dopod u1000. May be that's why my dopod u1000 is so much problem free.
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thank you dear eaglesteve
And so Is there any way to solve this problem more offical than my trick?for example a new driver?or sth like that
hello
we looking for way to make recognize SSD instead Microdrive
do you identify the Microdrive Driver ?
Hiya,
sorry to intrude - new user.
Is there a way to completely de-brand my xda2?
just successfully run the unlocking tool, but want to update windows, and ge rid of the o2 crap.
thamks 4 ur help, i'm a bit of a noob, but we all started sumwhere eh?
To get rid of the O2 software you need to do a hard reset, which will wipe everything you have installed so make sure it is all backed up first, and then when it restarts and says "Applying customisation in 3 secs" or something similar you need to soft reset.
Alternatively just flash it with a completely new ROM and upgrade to WM5 or WM6. Just make sure you have a Himalaya, XDA II, and not an Alpine, XDA IIi, as despite looking very similar they are competely different internally.
If you want to remove the physical o2 logo's on your device i have a great tip (my device was orange by default).
If you want to remove the logo's printed on the device, use a sugar cube and rub over the logo with it. it will look as if you are scratching the device but you aren't. Afterwards, cleen it with a wet tissue and voila. it's removed and the silver shine is still intact.
I did this a while ago, i think there are some tutorials about it online too.
Problem there as the O2 ones are more than just a transfer/sticker, they are a physical embossing on the case. Removal is damn near impossible without wrecking the case.
Hello everyone,
first-timer, so I hope I won't screw up!
My Samsung Galaxy SII I9100 is broken. And I don't just mean the screen (which is what I found threads on aplenty on here), I mean really broken.
It won't turn on at all. No Recovery/Download-mode, either. The only reaction it shows at all is when I plug it into a computer via USB, the area around the camera starts heating up slightly. That's it.
The last thing I did with it was visiting facebook when my phone froze up, I turned it off and it didn't start back again. It might have been exposed to a certain high temperature from the sun when I had it in my pocket but it's unlikely it reached any temperature above 40°C/104°F.
I was running the latest Cyanogen Mod 9 for SGSII.
Anyway, this thread is less about trying to find a fix for my phone (though if you can help me with that –*cool) but instead I'd like to know if there's a way to recover the data on my phone. That includes photos and music, possibly contacts, messages and Whatsapp-content.
If there is any way to do that, no matter what, I'd like to hear about it. I'm thinking about sending it in to get it repaired but before I do, I'd like to hear about my other options.
Thank you very much in advance.
Almost zero chance. The fix is replacing the motherboard, which has the internal storage on it. A company that specialises in recovery of data from dead HDD's might (but it's a very remote chance, and expect it to be very expensive if it is possible) be able to help, but you really don't have any options (shoulda/coulda/woulda backed it up).
MistahBungle said:
Almost zero chance. The fix is replacing the motherboard, which has the internal storage on it. A company that specialises in recovery of data from dead HDD's might (but it's a very remote chance) be able to help, but you really don't have any options (shoulda/coulda/woulda backed it up).
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Figured as much... I guess I'll cross my fingers when I send the little bastard in for repair/data-recovery.
I did a back-up on a whim some months ago so at least some stuff is saved but I got some new data on it since then, so that would have been nice.
Anyway, thank you very much. I just ordered a USB-jig as a last resort but I'm not having high hopes.
Hi ,
I had a Oneplus 7 which got stolen after i left it in the cab. The cab driver initially refused, however i had Life 360 tracking on and with evidence when i reached out to the police they confronted him and got the phone back (Just India things). Now coming to my main issue
The photos on the phone were extremely precious , it had photos of a family trip and my parents anniversary celebrations among other things. The cab driver had Factory reset the phone through recovery.
I was hopeful of recovering my files using Dumpster or Undeleter , however even on a rooted phone i could find Zilch. Which was very surprising. Can someone help me with a reliable software to restore the photos.
Paid /Unpaid both are fine
I have made a conscious effort to not overwrite the Drive.