Since last week my MDAII doesn't recognize my own 512 Toshiba card anymore nor other sd cards. There is just nothing.
If I look in Settings-Memory-Storage card, it just says:
"Total storage card memory: Not installed"
Different programs Pocket Mechanic included, don't find the storage cards. Soft resets, hard resets , reinstallation of the latest ROM and cleaning of the SD card didn't help. The problem seems not the the card itself (I can reach it on another PDA) but my own MDA. What can I do? Help!
I learned that restoring an "old" sprite backup directly after the upgrade to 1.72 removed the sd card entrance! So I reinstalled 1.72 and will not use the old sprite backup anymore.
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I have a prophet with a 2gb sandisk SD card. I did the ROM upgrade a week or so ago and everything was working fine.
Today I went to run an app from the SD card and got an error that the app couldn't be found. When I explore the card with Resco or file explorer, I don't see any of the files on the card. When I look at the memory usage however, it would indicate that the file are still there (only 800mb free indicated).
I've tried a few soft resets with the card out and then with the card inserted with no luck.
Any ideas short of reinstalling everything back on the card?
HOW ABOUT RUNING A DISK CHECK IN YOU PC TO FIX ERRORS OR USE POCKET MECHANIC ON YOUR DEVICE http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?associateid=373&id=12178
YOU WILL FIND THAT WILL FIX YOUR PROBLEM.
After using my vario 2 for a while the mem card becomes unusable.
It's shows no free space at all. I have a 1 gb memory that came with my t-mob vario 2.
My mp3 ring tone doesn't work anymore. I have to remove and reinsert the memory card or soft reset the device.
Radio 1.20.31.10
Rom: 1.21.114.3
Any idea's what could be the problem?
Thanks
The smilar problem occured with one of my XDA-II (Himaliya), Even though I have hard reseted the device. Finnaly I have backuped the card through the pc and format the card (on PC) and it wasn't working, even though I have tried 3 other cards and they were working absolutely fine with the device. What I did was to leave the card inside the device for overnight and it was recognisable in the morning, then I took out the card from the device to put the data back from the PC and once I have put the card back in the device the card wasn't recognisable again, So finaly I left the card again in the device overnight and it was recognisable again, then I left the card in the device and put the data back through the syncronisation.
I haven't taken out the card since then because I know there is some recognising problem between the device & the card, its working since then.
My Advice is : To check another card and if that would work then try to sell your current card and buy another.
My advice 02: Try to backup your device, leave the card inside the device and HARD Reset the device & once the device will install newly it should configure the card as well.
I have got very usefull software "storagetools" (trial) by which you can scan, format & defrag the card, you can try it.
GoodLuck
Sidd
Use chkdsk on the PC to check your storage card (instead of any PPC-based software, including Storage Tools). I also recommend the thread at http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=39583 on all these q's.
On a related issue concerning problems with microSD cards and the TyTn, I have a problem which I hope you can help me with:
I have a new TyTn (ROM Ver. 1.18.255.3) with a 512mb miniSD card. In the course of my usual usage, the device hanged and after a few minutes of unresponsiveness, I reset the device using the reset button. When it rebooted, the card is no longer recognized by the phone. I used a card reader and WinXP and Mac OSX cannot also recognize it. If I try to format it (XP), XP says that the card cannot be formatted. I tried using it in my Samsung D820 and it cannot also be formatted. I then concluded that the card was defective and bought a new one (512mb).
After using the new card for a week, my TyTn hanged while accessing a program installed in the card. Again after a few minutes of unresponsiveness, I rebooted the phone using the reboot button. When the device booted-- Bam!!! the card can no longer be recognized by my phone! Windows and Mac OSX cannot mount it. I tried the unrecognized card in my Samsung D820 and it is recognized! I inserted the miniSD card (128mb) originally in my D820 in my TyTn and it is recognized/read by the TyTn. I formatted the defective card in the D820 and copied a few files in it and the D820 can read those files but my TyTn can't! I tried the other 128mb card on my TyTn, formatted it and copied files into it and everything's fine.
How come then that the 512mb card can be read by my Samsung phone and not by the TyTn? My TyTn is certainly not defective because It can access the 128mb card that was originally in my D820. As I stated earlier, I have already formatted the 512mb card in my Samsung phone and have transferred files into it (The Samsung phone can read the files written on it).
I have re-inserted the 512mb card numerous times in my TyTn to no avail. I have also rebooted my TyTn several times and still it cannot recognize/read the 512mb card. I am now using the 128mb card that I originally use in my Samsung D820.
If it can help, I have enabled and unlocked my TyTn's extended ROM. I have a few programs that are installed in my Ext ROM.
Thanks!
Similar card problem
I recently purchased the T Mobile MDA Vario2 with the CoPilot 6 software. worked fine for about a week and then the CoPilot software which was running from the memory card started to hang intermittently. The first couple of times a soft reset cured it. Then after about the third soft reset, the memory card was no longer recognised. Tried reading the card via my pc and that couldn't recognise it either.
Took both the phone and card back to T Mobile where a new card was tried, this was recognised immediately so I now have to take the whole CoPilot package back to be replaced.
I have also just orderd a new 1GB sandisk card from Amazon and am now concerned that this is going to be a repeating issue. I wonder how many other owners have had this problem and if it is actually a fault with the Vario2 or wether I have just been unlucky with a dodgy memory card.
Would appreciate other thoughts on this.
Cheers
Matt
I think that enabling the "Advance network functionality" causes the corruption of memory cards.
amf said:
I think that enabling the "Advance network functionality" causes the corruption of memory cards.
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How did you work that one out?
Elwyn M3100 said:
How did you work that one out?
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Because when I enabled it, the corruption started.
amf said:
Because when I enabled it, the corruption started.
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Hmm, yes, I can see where you worked that one out
Hi
Very strange problem!
I recently upgraded to a 2mb minisd as my Trinity currently only has a 512mb card installed.
I copied everything from my current card to a folder on my pc, then copied everything from there to the new card. Both cards have no label and are formatted in FAT.
However, when I put the new minisd card in, all programs installed on the card no longer work as the phone lists the new card as 'storage card2'.
What's worse is that when I put my old card back in, that is now also storage card 2!
I tried a soft reset but it didn't help.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Matt.
Sorted! Restored a recent backup and now it likes the new card!
Hi,
I've had a 1GB SD card in my wizard for months with no problems at all. I had some software installed on the card and the other day I wanted to free up some space so I uninstalled the apps that were on the card (SPB time, SPB shell and Brain school)...Since then, my phone does not recognise the SD card. There are no errors or anything it just doesn't register that the card is there. I've done a factory reset but this has not helped.
I'm running WM5 with a moleski updated ROM that has been on the phone probably a year or so
Any ideas?
I guess the card must be knackered, I tried it in my camera and the camera wouldn't work either. weird how just removing software could kill the SD card...
Run the card in a card reader on a computer. There, you should be able to do a long format/bad sector search. This will tell you once and for all if it's dead. It's the only way to be sure.
i have exactly the same problem and its happened twice now. the data is fine on the card just wm5 doesnt recognise its existence any more... if you wipe your phone and start again it pops back to life
I've tried a factory reset (hold the four buttons then press send) but this hasn't fixed the problem....I need to buy a card reader I guess to check for sure
Hello everybody, I'm new here and I'm having a strange problem with my Hermes.
Sometime ago I downloaded the slide2unlock cab and installed it. Then I removed it for some reason. Last week I inserted my sd in the computer and it asked me to format the card. There was no way to get into the sd and I lost all my data.
Now, after having formatted my sd, the device is continually hanging and when I put it in standby it always turns on automatically. Most of the times it also doesn't recognize the sd card and I have to reboot.
Can anyone help me, please?
Did you reformat the sd card FAT32? Its the preferred format but they seem to come formatted FAT by default.
Check to see if the sd card is still being detected by the PC, if it isn't then its time to get a new sd card.
Had you installed any apps on the sd card that might be causing problems.
Not from the sd card but I have had apps that, though I'd installed to the sd card, had installed the exe file onto my Hermes and a heap of data files onto the card.
Otherwise, might be time for a Hard reset...
Tanks for the fast answer. The sd card is formatted to FAT (not FAT32) and now is working in the computer.
Regarding programs installed in the sd, the problem could be exactly the slide2unlock, but I've removed it sometimes ago.
Only other thing to do wopuld be to do a hard reset. !st backup up your contacts to the sd card with spb backup(has a demo of 5 backup/re-installs). Needs to registered but you can at least backup contacts and messages then re-install after HR.
Hard reset should fix all your problems.
Cheers...