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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
I just got a 512 Sd card and my XDA doesn't recognise it.
I also have a 256 card which works fine.
I am thinking maybe I need to flash the ROM but am a little scared of doing so.
The card is working in other devices.
TIA
Jamie
Same result here. Anybody know what's wrong?
does a flash reader for pc work with the sd ?
format as fat16 or fat32 ?
The Billionton 512mb SD card works fine everywhere else (my desktop, laptops, camera, ipaq 1940 pda, eten p300 pocketpc phone).
re: "does a flash reader for pc work with the sd ? format as fat16 or fat32 ?"
hey mate,
normally i reformat my 512 sd card via the sd-card reader (usb) through my laptop. i once formatted using fat16 and fat 32; i found out that the sd card's memory seemd to be restricted; i could only save files or use up to 300-plus mb. i then tried formatting using the ntfs format and my xda2 didn't recognize the card. i then tried using FAT format and the memory usage went up to 480-plus. i use sandisk by the way, not sure if this is the same as the sd card you have. but i do know that you can't use the entire 512 mb; something to do with the security or the card's internal program to retain files.
2 cents worth
robson
have you tried using one of these via XDA ??
http://www.cnetx.com/Format/download.asp
or
StorageTools frmo there
http://www.softwinter.com/download.html
it shall do the job, i.e. recover your SD card
regards, monika
is there a maximum size for sd cards in xda's... im having problems with my 4gb sd... is this a common problem?
Its the speed that is the key.
Hi, I had similar probs with Magician and 1gb,2gb, 4gb cards.
Seems that certain devices can't handle SD cards with speeds more than 60X. Most high end cards are 150X.
Finally I got this Kingmax 4gb SD40X card from Dabs.com under £50 and it works in my Magician ,Universal and Himalaya. Hope this helps
PS; If you can try your card in another device at least you can check if the card is faulty.I had one faulty card .I also had a faulty device which had backlight probs and had to go back under warranty for repair !!!!
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=447h
Official answer from Qtek
After i had problems with TomTom:
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Had the same error {map not found} thought it was TomTom error so i bought Destinator (excellent software) but the problem was identical.
So bought a new storage card Contacted Qtek about it:
"Thank you for your E-mail. Regarding your query, please note that the SD card standard is limited to 2 GB and our devices are fully compliant to the standard. Cards with the capacity greater than 2 GB are not compliant to the standard and we cannot guarantee that they will function correctly. As to transferring speed, we recommend not using ultra speed SD cards with the speed more than 64x as they either will not work or may pose problems later. Also we would like to inform you that some SD cards need to be formatted using any PC / Laptop (supporting SD cards) before using with our devices.".
So put in a 45x speed 2GB SD card and still the same problems.
Contacted Microsoft and they gave me a hint:
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q277/7/42.ASP
Finaly all works perfect now running Destinator 6 & Navigon 5.2.6
SO ALLWAYS CREATE FOLLOWING FOLDER ON STORAGE CARD
Storage Card\My Documents
You do not have to have any files in this folder (mine is empty)
Tuurtje
please let me know if this solved your problem
tried a 4gb transcend 150x speed SD on it and no problem encountered at all.
skodadave said:
is there a maximum size for sd cards in xda's... im having problems with my 4gb sd... is this a common problem?
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How about XDA II? I heard it is only support 512Mb
Can anyone tried SD card bigger than 512Mb?
i think it depends on the OS
Hi guys
don't quote me on this but i think the supported size by enlarge depends on the version of ppc/wm you are running...form what i read people with wm5 on their himalayas were happily running 4 gig cards (i think someone may have evn been using an 8gig) but 2003 i think only really likes up to 2 gig.
if someone can confirm this it would be appreciated as i'm looking to get a new card for mine...i'm stuck down in 2k3 so i have full backpack functionality but i'm hoping i can get a 4gig working in there
if anyone is using the 2k3 and has a 4gig working all fine and dandy please let me know which rom ver you are using and which card you are using so i at least have some idea what is possible.
Tim
TomTom Navigator v6.01
rvs97 said:
How about XDA II? I heard it is only support 512Mb
Can anyone tried SD card bigger than 512Mb?
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Hi, Flakey software from TomTom. I have XDA IIs with 1GB and 4GB SD cards. TomTom v6, Western Europe maps, two voices, GB postcodes and satellite images sneaks into 1GB card.
TomTom wouldn't install to 4GB card, using 1GB SD card and TomTom Home software product I performed a backup. Then restored backup to 4GB card. Yes TomTom and maps work with the 4GB SD card.
However, when attempting TomTom Home back up from 4GB card software message says "No data to backup". Thats what I call flakey software and where are software updates for v6.01?
Using a 4GB SD Card in an XDA IIs
rvs97 said:
How about XDA II? I heard it is only support 512Mb
Can anyone tried SD card bigger than 512Mb?
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TomTom Navigator 6 - TomTom - Home software product doesn't like the 4GB SD memory card very much. Then again TomTom navigator 6 doesn't like the 2GB SD micro memory card either oh what fun
2GB cards DO WORK with Xda IIs and XDA II mini
The issue posted on the Microsoft Site isn't really related to the size of the SD card inserted - here's the updated URL by the way: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/277742
I've found that my XDAIIs does support a 2GB card - the main problem that I had was formatting it. The trick is that the card has to be formatted as 2GB (or max capacity) BEFORE inserted into the device, otherwise problems will occur. When I formtted the 2GB SD card in my device, it indicated that the card was a 2GB card, but 1GB of the sectors on the SD card were marked as bad (just run a DOS chkdsk command on the card following such an operation on the PC). To format the card properly, you'll need a SD card reader/writer that copes with cards > 1GB. I've also got a SD card reader in my Fujitsu latop (built in), but it only supports up to 1GB. Most of the latest USB multi-format card readers should work with the large capacity. So, to get it to work:
1) Ensure that you have a SD card reader on the PC that supports >1GB capacity
2) Format the card on the PC in the reader/writer
3) Validate that the format was successful by running the DOS chkdsk command on the SD Card - ensure there are no bad sectors
4) Then insert the SD Card in your PPC
I know for a FACT that a 2GB card works in both an XDA IIs card, and an Xda II mini device, as I've had both working.
rvs97 said:
How about XDA II? I heard it is only support 512Mb
Can anyone tried SD card bigger than 512Mb?
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4gb working fine on my xdaII w/ wm5 ROM buzzlightyear virgy 3.33a
if 4 gb can be used.i wanna grab it by tomorrow.currently i'm using 2gb.Thks bro.. U the Man !!
4gb RiData card in O2 Xda IIs
I can confirm that a RiData 150x 4gb card is working correctly in my O2 Xda IIs, but unfortunately, I can not get an Adata 8GB card to work.
Does anybody know the difference between SD and SDHC cards?
My 4GB card is an SD (and that works); but my 8GB card is an SDHC, and that does not..................
hi to all
i test 4GB 150 x transcend SD card on
1 Himalaya 2003 se
2 Himalaya 2005 2.01a.64wwe
3 BlueAngel 2003 se
4 universal o2 exec
and work good on these devices
and sdhc mean SECURE DATA HIGH CAPACITY
ATANTION:SDHC dont work on thes divicees
becuese the sdhc have new technology for store data and most another product such as camera and ...
dont suport it
cryptonomicon said:
I can confirm that a RiData 150x 4gb card is working correctly in my O2 Xda IIs, but unfortunately, I can not get an Adata 8GB card to work.
Does anybody know the difference between SD and SDHC cards?
My 4GB card is an SD (and that works); but my 8GB card is an SDHC, and that does not..................
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you can not compare 4G and 8G,they are completely different
Tuurtje said:
After i had problems with TomTom:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Had the same error {map not found} thought it was TomTom error so i bought Destinator (excellent software) but the problem was identical.
So bought a new storage card Contacted Qtek about it:
"Thank you for your E-mail. Regarding your query, please note that the SD card standard is limited to 2 GB and our devices are fully compliant to the standard. Cards with the capacity greater than 2 GB are not compliant to the standard and we cannot guarantee that they will function correctly. As to transferring speed, we recommend not using ultra speed SD cards with the speed more than 64x as they either will not work or may pose problems later. Also we would like to inform you that some SD cards need to be formatted using any PC / Laptop (supporting SD cards) before using with our devices.".
So put in a 45x speed 2GB SD card and still the same problems.
Contacted Microsoft and they gave me a hint:
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q277/7/42.ASP
Finaly all works perfect now running Destinator 6 & Navigon 5.2.6
SO ALLWAYS CREATE FOLLOWING FOLDER ON STORAGE CARD
Storage Card\My Documents
You do not have to have any files in this folder (mine is empty)
Tuurtje
please let me know if this solved your problem
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Thank you, and yes, your solution worked for me
im using the XDA II WM 5 and have a problem with the Sandisk 4gb sd card.. it can be read from device, but it cannot be used. it cannot open the MP3 song that i have copy to it via PC. Can somebody help me please?? thanx...
have drivers SDHC for Himalaya ?!
Storage Card Problems & Windows Media Player
erdond said:
im using the XDA II WM 5 and have a problem with the Sandisk 4gb sd card.. it can be read from device, but it cannot be used. it cannot open the MP3 song that i have copy to it via PC. Can somebody help me please?? thanx...
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To the forum,
Lately I've been having an intermittent problem where Windows Media Player Mobile doesn't "see" the storage card anymore [where the songs are stored]. All other apps on the card run fine. Pocket Mechanic Pro v2.50.199 shows no problem with card. A friend stuck in his storage card & media Player "saw" the card??? I reformatted the SD card using Pocket Mechanic Pro and checked that Media Player could see the card. I have a /My Documents folder on Sd card.
Three weeks later, the same problem is occuring, Media Player can't see the storage card. If I remove the SD Card and reinsert it, a media player dialog box comes saying a SD card was inserted, do you want to search the card for music and video. I say yes and it finds the 45 songs but hangs in trying to build a library of them. It finally returns with no songs and unable to see the SD card.
The SD Card is a 1GB SanDisk micro SD card about 8 months old.
Any thoughts out there?
Storage Card Recommended FAT & Cluster Size
cshields1 said:
To the forum,
Lately I've been having an intermittent problem where Windows Media Player Mobile doesn't "see" the storage card anymore [where the songs are stored]. All other apps on the card run fine. Pocket Mechanic Pro v2.50.199 shows no problem with card. A friend stuck in his storage card & media Player "saw" the card??? I reformatted the SD card using Pocket Mechanic Pro and checked that Media Player could see the card. I have a /My Documents folder on Sd card.
Three weeks later, the same problem is occuring, Media Player can't see the storage card. If I remove the SD Card and reinsert it, a media player dialog box comes saying a SD card was inserted, do you want to search the card for music and video. I say yes and it finds the 45 songs but hangs in trying to build a library of them. It finally returns with no songs and unable to see the SD card.
The SD Card is a 1GB SanDisk micro SD card about 8 months old.
Any thoughts out there?
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Another question for the group: Pocket Mechnic Pro (PMP) has the ability to set the FAT and Cluster size when formatting the storage card. Could it be I have the wrong FAT-cluster combination? PMP supports formating a fat of FAT12, FAT16 & FAT32 and cluster sizes from 1 sector, 512B up to 128 sectors, 64K.
Any recommendation on FAT/Cluster combination to use for my SanDisk 1GB micro SD Card?
Thanks Craig
hi all
i haven't use my xda2 for long time, and recent wm6 bring my interest back on.
The stoneage sd card i'm using is 256m, and all in suddent i found a tool which says support the SDHC with XDAII. and can someone have SDHC plz try this tool on the device. The tool is harmless I swear, and only designed for the SDHC, NORMAL SD CARD WILL DISPPEAR from the device after installation as I tried on my 256 card, after uninstallation and it works again.
Please post reply if it works(with your device) and i'm gonna grab a SDHC for my XDAII. Thank you very much in advance!
Please always run virus check after download for your own safety.
Hi,
I just bought a class 10 16gb off ebay. do class 10's not work? Or do I have to put certain files on the microsd to work? When I put it in the phone it just says there is no microsd but it works fine in my computer.
thanks
same thing happened with me as well. i had 8 gb micro sd card that came up with the phone.
yesterday i used it to install windows 7 on my acer aspire one d250 netbook. after that i formatted it and inserted into phone, it said "memory card removed, insert new one" though the computer was able to read it.
i reformatted it with fat32 and again inserted into myphone, same result
again with ntfs and same result(using mini tool partition wizard)
today also i kept playing with my sd card
just a couple of minutes ago i formatted my sd card with fat32
and then i right clicked my sd card in mini tool partition wizard>>>>> then i clicked "modify">>>>>>then clicked on "change partition type id"
>>>>>> i changed it to "0*06 fat16,greater than 32 mb" >>>>>>>and then yes
and guess what now my phone can read my sd card
and don't forget to apply changes on the left hand side on mini tool partition wizard
hope it helps
cheers
Yes .... i am not crazy.... both my 8gb and 2gb are not being recognized on x10i with baseband 54 or is it ... the xrecovery mod [Cyanogen6.1.3]gingerbread[v01]
either way i am going to downgrade to baseband 46 and do a full SEUS repair...
I would rather a working phone over the prettiest... left baseband 54 and did the SEUS repair tingy... and voila... it recognizes the card again ...HIP HIP HORRAY
fr3nlysmil3 said:
same thing happened with me as well. i had 8 gb micro sd card that came up with the phone.
yesterday i used it to install windows 7 on my acer aspire one d250 netbook. after that i formatted it and inserted into phone, it said "memory card removed, insert new one" though the computer was able to read it.
i reformatted it with fat32 and again inserted into myphone, same result
again with ntfs and same result(using mini tool partition wizard)
today also i kept playing with my sd card
just a couple of minutes ago i formatted my sd card with fat32
and then i right clicked my sd card in mini tool partition wizard>>>>> then i clicked "modify">>>>>>then clicked on "change partition type id"
>>>>>> i changed it to "0*06 fat16,greater than 32 mb" >>>>>>>and then yes
and guess what now my phone can read my sd card
don't know if its the same case with you, but you can at least give it a try
hope it helps
cheers
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this method worked for me!
Class 10 works fine X10a stock or Bitsnacker. Problems recognising in CM ROMs. Used MiniTool (freeware; http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html) to copy MicroSD to HDD (or empty USB) then Formatted Micro ON THE PHONE (Settings-SDcard...-unmount-Format) Mount on PC, then copy everything back to SD gets me recogn. and no data loss.....
gfraizer said:
Class 10 works fine X10a stock or Bitsnacker. Problems recognising in CM ROMs. Used MiniTool to copy MicroSD to HDD (or empty USB) then Formatted Micro ON THE PHONE (Settings-SDcard...-unmount-Format) Mount on PC, then copy everything back to SD gets me recogn. and no data loss.....
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I did that but the microSD card still not recognized. When I turned on my phone, it said that I had to format my card. But when I pressed OK, it said that "Formatting failed".
What should I do next?
try the second method posted. worked for me. He forgot you have to hit APPLY after all the steps though :S
GoPDemon said:
try the second method posted. worked for me. He forgot you have to hit APPLY after all the steps though :S
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ah yeah sorry ----- thanx for pointing that out !!!! i was so happy to get my sd card working that i forgot to mention that !!!!! lol
fr3nlysmil3 said:
today also i kept playing with my sd card
just a couple of minutes ago i formatted my sd card with fat32
and then i right clicked my sd card in mini tool partition wizard>>>>> then i clicked "modify">>>>>>then clicked on "change partition type id"
>>>>>> i changed it to "0*06 fat16,greater than 32 mb" >>>>>>>and then yes
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GoPDemon said:
try the second method posted. worked for me. He forgot you have to hit APPLY after all the steps though :S
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Thanks in advance, I did it.
gfraizer said:
Class 10 works fine X10a stock or Bitsnacker. Problems recognising in CM ROMs. Used MiniTool (freeware; http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html) to copy MicroSD to HDD (or empty USB) then Formatted Micro ON THE PHONE (Settings-SDcard...-unmount-Format) Mount on PC, then copy everything back to SD gets me recogn. and no data loss.....
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one question that i really cant understand..
how wud you hit the format button on your phone when it cant detect any sd card.. i really dont understand.. please be specific.. thanks..
reflash 2.1
i used other sdcard then i reflash my phone back to 2.1 using update service.. and it works.. and yehey, it reads my old sdcard.. tnx to all
in some case the problem of the sdcard that no appear or not can be readed is a problem of the manufacturer, in my casi I'm using a Patriot 32 GB Class 10, the only problem may be in one time the sd locked and i can't write or do anything on it but i format it and that fixed
fr3nlysmil3 said:
same thing happened with me as well. i had 8 gb micro sd card that came up with the phone.
yesterday i used it to install windows 7 on my acer aspire one d250 netbook. after that i formatted it and inserted into phone, it said "memory card removed, insert new one" though the computer was able to read it.
i reformatted it with fat32 and again inserted into myphone, same result
again with ntfs and same result(using mini tool partition wizard)
today also i kept playing with my sd card
just a couple of minutes ago i formatted my sd card with fat32
and then i right clicked my sd card in mini tool partition wizard>>>>> then i clicked "modify">>>>>>then clicked on "change partition type id"
>>>>>> i changed it to "0*06 fat16,greater than 32 mb" >>>>>>>and then yes
and guess what now my phone can read my sd card
and don't forget to apply changes on the left hand side on mini tool partition wizard
hope it helps
cheers
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Nice work bro! thank you!! worked for me!!!! yey!! ^_^
I'm using CM7 + S2E, in order to make applications even faster, I've bought a new Sandisk original 8GB card from the mobile ultra line, which suppose to be fast.
even when I tried to install s2e, I had some problems, but it all finally worked out. Now there is a different problem, it seems that if I need to download a big file the card shows it unexpectedly removed. for example I've tried to install Sygic navigation software and it needs to download about 180MB of data and after 40MB the card shows this error.
It happens also when transferring large files to the card though USB cable.
can the card be defect? is it time for a new ROM (would love CM9, but waiting for a stable version), is it a setting I could change? would love to hear any idea.
I've tried different SD card (kingston 4GB), try to copy in root, and formatted the phone and try to copy without s2e installed , increased cache read SD to 8M with SD booster - same results. any ideas?!
Problem solved with replacing the current 8GB mobile ultra Sandisk card (class 6) with an ADATA 16GB card Class 10. Everything works perfectly.
I had the same problem. I solved it by reformatting the fat partition with a smaller allocation unit size I believe. Don't remember what the magic number was off the top of my head though.
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