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HELP SD Card error

I can't read my SD card anymore...I also can't format it... i try format it with my digital camera but still not working.... what else i can do...??? :x :?: :?: :?: :?:

tried storage tools or pocket mechanic ?
tried more then 1 sd card reader ?
if nothing helps RMA the sd card if it's still under warrenty

I have had the same problem ever since I bought a 1GB Viking Card... I´ve posted about this before on the Wallaby pages. My 512 Mb Card is completely stable, but the "one gigger" refuses all the time, I'm on the 3rd now... My only comfort is that I have the same supplier on XDAII and SD Cards :?
The problem is that it seems to be no possible way to rescue the card, I've tried a number of softwares and a couple of different readers, it just doesn´t work, I don´t know if the FAT gets hacked in pieces or what it might be i´m getting quite bored of it now. At first I thought I did wrong when inserting a card on which I copied files before initializing it in the device, but that only had impact on the time that went before crashing: Bad initialization - crash within 1-3 days, Good initialization - crash after after 6 weeks.
One more sad thing about this is that it seems that upgrading to WM5 doesn´t solve it...
I tried to install a minor regkey fix that was told to solve the problem (in the Wallaby forum), but the only thing I got from that was sudden frequent needs of hard resetting... :evil:
I don´t really know what to do, but the question is important to try to solve I think. Let´s see what comes out here in a while shall we ???

Rudegar said:
tried storage tools or pocket mechanic ?
tried more then 1 sd card reader ?
if nothing helps RMA the sd card if it's still under warrenty
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i have try it but unfortunately still not detected...

Has anyone made any progress on this?
So far, my XDA has destroyed a 1GB Toshiba card, and a 512MB Toshiba card.
My 256MB Kingston card is fine...
The 1GB, Amazon replaced for free.
When I say dead, I MEAN dead!
Linux reports "block read error" when trying to access either of them - it's like the FAT descriptor block is being worn out!
Nothing (PDA / Linux / Windoze) can format these things.
A RAW read on the card returns nothing (block read error under linux, hang under Windoze!)
I think my next step is a pointless e-mail to O2 asking what they are going to do - their phone has destroyed two of my cards!
:evil:

SD Card Problem
I currently work for Islington Council in London, and i am heading up a project where all the Directors/managers are recieving an XDA IIi.
I am currently speaking to someone at O2 who handles the corperate side of their orders. Im sure i will have more sway with them to sort this problem, as we are experiencing a lot of SD card problems and i have multiple orders to be completed. Ive done 60 so far with the intention of doing around 400 within the next year.
Anyone who has been having this VERY annoying problem and going through SD cards like theres no tomorrow please post here as i will be sending him this link so that he can see how common the problem really is.
Cheers for your help guys, im sure we can sort something out ! even if it is only a reason for why its happening !

dead SD card reader

somehow my SD card reader has died. Is there anything I can do to identify the cause of the problem, or do I just need to take it into an O2 shop?
I was hoping there was something in software I might be able to do? is there some process I can check to see if it's running? or a hardware debug routine that can be accessed?
thanks,
Joe

Same problem or at least a similar one here, my Exec reads but not writes. I don't think you'll get an answer in this forum, but please post how much it will cost the repair when you find out.
Good luck!

fixed!
I managed to get mine fixed under warranty. It disappeared into the O2 shop for a week and came back good as new.
I think there are places that will do it for money, but I was lucky enough to not have to look at that option!
Joe

SD locked, no matter what

I have a problem with the SD card reader on my I-Mate Pocket PC. It sees every SD card I put in as locked. I have checked this with several cards of various sizes from 8m to 2g. It will read them all just fine, but says the card is locked when I try to save anything on it, or delete anything from it. All the cards work properly in everything else I use them in, so I know the cards are good. I have also tried several ROM versions and every software fix I could find both here and everywhere else, including the one on I-Mate's web site, so I am pretty sure it is not a software Issue either. This leaves us with only a hardware issue as far as I can tell. Does anyone know of any software or registry hacks to prevent the phone from checking if the card is locked? Is there anyway I can do something with the hardware, maybe either jump or split the connectors going to the lock to fool it into always showing unlocked?

Not going to fix your problem but i had a similar issue a while back.
One of my SD cards had a slightly larger than usual write protect tab, it stuck out slightly too far, and every time i inserted it the tab would get pushed to the write protect place. So i thought i would take the smart arse approach and trim a wee bit off the tab, unfortunately i trimmed too much off and now my PDA won't see it as anything other than write protect. My PC card reader is just fine with it.
Makes me think that your issue may be that the wee switch in your Himalaya has got stuck. Wouldn't know where to start looking myself but it may give you a starting place.

[Q] Seriously, has anyone found a decent fix for the sim card issue?

S4. Sim card issue. You know of it. If you don`t have it, you know someone who does (and you just don`t have it "yet").
I put the ear plug inside the case. I put tape under the back cover. I`ve reset and rebooted, yet it persists. In fact, it`s getting worse. I contacted Samsung about it and they basically said "yeah..umm....well....we have no idea what`s causing it. Sorry. You`re **** out of luck." Nice. A recognized, widespread issue that is definitely device related and they won`t recall it, nor make a warranty provision for it.
So have any of you done anything that genuinely helped? I`ve spent so much time investigating and I`m pretty sure we`ve all tried the same crap. Here`s to hoping for the best.

recover files with no power?

Ok so i have a crazy question. Im sure its a lost cause but Ill ask anyways. I have a G2 that i used a few years ago and one day it just turned off and never would turn back on. I opened it and installed a new battery if that was the issue, no luck. Left it on chargers for a week, no luck. Im not sure if it just shorted out or what. BUT my question is this. That was the phone i had when me and my wife first met, so theres pictures still on the phones storage. Is there any possible way to access that without the phone getting power? No its not detected by the PC or anything but is it possible to find the chip from the phone that holds the storage and in some way solder that to a new component and get the files? Like i said i know its a long shot, but honestly I dont care if they phone gets destroyed, i would love to recover those photos. If anyone has ANY ideas from the strange to the downright bat**** crazy feel free to let me know.
Thank you!!