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.
My new SD card should arrive tomorrow. After I insert the new SD card, is there anything I need to do in terms of formatting the card etc? Or is it a case of just inserting it and then adding my files?
Also does anyone know what class the supplied SD card is?
Thanks,
S.
Procedure is:
1. Copy existing files to your PC, preferably using a card reader.
2. Copy the same files, in the same structure, to your new card.
3. Done!
I didn't need to format mine (8Gb class 6 Sandisk). Not sure what speed the original was, probably class 2, possibly 4.
I am thinking of getting a 64gb micro sd card (which I believe will work in the GS2), how easy is it to transfer the apps and content that are already on my 32gb card? I is it as easy as just copying the content from the current card to my pc then copy it back to the new 64gb card?
Spewy1 said:
I am thinking of getting a 64gb micro sd card (which I believe will work in the GS2), how easy is it to transfer the apps and content that are already on my 32gb card? I is it as easy as just copying the content from the current card to my pc then copy it back to the new 64gb card?
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wait.... are 64GB micro SD cards out yet???
I have to go check.
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can't find any, where are you buying it.?
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Also, yes. It should be as easy as copying the content from one card to another.
Goes on sale tomorrow on Amazon UK for £99.
The SanDisk 64GB microSDXC does work in the SGS2 -- I've been using it for about a month now. If you're transferring stuff from an old memory card, I'd recommend the following procedure.
Remove the old card from your SGS2 and put in the new 64GB card.
Power up the SGS2; it'll say something like "external SD card is damaged. Do you want to reformat?" Say yes, and let the SGS2 reformat the card from exFAT to FAT32.
Remove the 64GB card from the SGS2.
Mount both the old & new memory cards on a PC, and do the copy there. Use your PC's SD card slot or a USB reader.
Once everything's copied to the 64GB card, put it in your SGS2 and you're done.
Isnt only up to 48gb sd card supported on our S2?
A couple of people have tried the SanDisk microSDXC 64GB , and it appears to work fine , after a format in the phone , 48gb is just the official max.
See thread in link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274789&highlight=64gb
I have bought a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC (Class 10, UHS-I) and put it into my new S3 (16 GB, black):
In "Settings" the Card gets detected and shows its correct size (59GB)
When plugging the SD Card into my Notebook, it's shown as 64 GB device, also
When pluggin the Phone with inserted SD card to the PC via USB, two new drives are shown for the internal and the external space of my phone. They contain different files, but have both the same size (11GB)
Therefore, i am unable to use the 64GB of my external card. I guess it does not get mounted properly. Instead the extSdCard folder seems to be located at the internal space.
Do you need more detailed information for helping me to solve this issue?
(Link to SD card: cyberport.de/notebook-und-tablet/zubehoer-notebooks/speichermedien/microsd/4H02-02V/sandisk-ultra-64-gb-microsdxc-class-10-uhs-i-speicherkarte-inkl-sd-adapter.html)
/edit: I forgot to mention that after not being able to solve this, i rooted my phone. But nothing changed.
Search their is an answer already posted .
jje
Hi,
because my phones memory is just to slow for everday use (rocking i9000 and my internel memory only reads with 2mb/s and writes with 1 ...) I wanted to install CM11 on my externel sd card and maybe use the internel sd card and memory as data storage. I allready bought a 32 gb class 10 sd card which can do 20 read and 16 write in the phone.
I went looking ony the internet and found a bit but all was assuming that the internal storage is broken and/or ended in dead links.
This was the best I could find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881143
I would be very happy if someone could give me instructions on how to install CM11 (or any custom rom, should be the same right ?) on a externel sd card.
I thought I post it her in the general section cause this should be similar across most devices out there.
Thanks in advance
MfG Eleanor1967
Eleanor1967 said:
Hi,
because my phones memory is just to slow for everday use (rocking i9000 and my internel memory only reads with 2mb/s and writes with 1 ...) I wanted to install CM11 on my externel sd card and maybe use the internel sd card and memory as data storage. I allready bought a 32 gb class 10 sd card which can do 20 read and 16 write in the phone.
I went looking ony the internet and found a bit but all was assuming that the internal storage is broken and/or ended in dead links.
This was the best I could find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881143
I would be very happy if someone could give me instructions on how to install CM11 (or any custom rom, should be the same right ?) on a externel sd card.
I thought I post it her in the general section cause this should be similar across most devices out there.
Thanks in advance
MfG Eleanor1967
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There is a way of swapping your internal and external sd cards for use as storage using a script in the internal phone memory but I think that runs after android is loaded using script manager. This sounds like he's done it in a similar way by seeing the external sd card as his internal.
jazzzy786 said:
There is a way of swapping your internal and external sd cards for use as storage using a script in the internal phone memory but I think that runs after android is loaded using script manager. This sounds like he's done it in a similar way by seeing the external sd card as his internal.
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Yeah, figured that by now isn't there a way install the actual OS on the externel sd card ? reasoning for doing this that also the OS gets the speed boost of the faster storage.
MfG Eleanor1967
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