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Hi folks, my first post here so be gentle!
I received a new MDA Compact yesterday and have been playing with it today, loading on my favourite PPC apps (I'm hoping this will replace my trusty iPAQ h2210). However, I've had a few problems along the way.
Is it normal to see a soft reset if you insert or remove an SD card while the MDA is on? Somehow I think not but I can live with turning it off whenever I need to swap SD cards.
Can anyone tell me if this is normal behaviour for a Magician or specifically an MDA compact?
Please? :?
It's not with mine.
Mmmm, didn't think so. Will do some more experimentation with different cards and applications.
Thanks for the reply!
Mine also never soft reset when you insert or take out the SD card.
I no need to turn off the o2 mini first in order to take or insert the SD card. If o2 mini off, when I take out or insert the SD card, o2 mini turn on itself.
Regards,
Arto
I think because one of the application you use give the soft reset, I had also face the same problem with software which is not suitable with wm2003se.
Same as @artosoft said,
If the device is off while removing / inserting the card, it switches on by itself. But my device never rebooted .
Hi.
I have tried to make two different WiFi SDIO cards work in my Qtek S100 now with no success despite following all advice on these forums and trying many different drivers etc.
My suspicion is that my S100 has a hardware fault and cannot read from the SDIO slot (although MMC cards work fine).
Does anyone know whether there is a way of checking this hypothesis?
Cheers,
Tom
Solved it!
The extra pin that SDIO uses had got pushed down. Use of cocktail stick to bend it back again solved the problem...
The answer to "is there an SDIO test" is yes - insert the card when the device is on standby. If the screen lights up, it's seeing the card.
Tom
Hmm... I sort of have the same problem. I got my new Wifi card today (PocketGear, or Spected mini card) and used it for 10 minutes. I took it out to replace my SD card, the screen lit up but nothing is recognising. Storage card doesn't appear and phone things nothing's connected when the Wifi card is in. Not good!
I'll check the pins when I get home, but since the screen is lighting up I'm not sure about that,
Any ideas, people?
Ok, well it seems it's fixed. 3 hard resets in 10 minutes fixed the issue! Good ole Microsoft, making nice and sturdy operating systems!
I have a Sandisk 1GB Mini SD (as a lot of people do...).
1) Sometime the system lose sight of the mini sd for no reason.
I just have to take the card out and in again so that it recognize it.
2) I noticed that with TomTom when you pull out the card while it is connected to GPS the Wizard crashes and I have to Soft Reset.
It is not very good behavior from TomTom but the maps are stored on the MiniSd so it is certainly a problem for him.
The problem arise when you combine 1&2.
The result is TomTom crashing every half hour.
It is not very handy to reboot while driving...
Did someone noticed the same and found solutions?
I use the O2 Xda mini S with TOM TOM 5.2 and a 512MB twin Mos card and dont really see issues of crashing when the program is running. I have seen the error where the "no maps found" message is displayed when starting the program, only very occasionally. I have also seen this on all my devices at one time or another, using the supplied TOM TOMcards or other cards with the maps copied on to them. The only real problem card I had was a Sandisk 512MB card which crashed all the time with TT5 on my Xda2s
on my previous ipaq also lots of problems with TT5 and Sandisk SD card.......even one time after the crash and automatic soft reset, the whole Benelux map directory was empty! So no more navigation possible, only after I re-installed with the original CDs at home :-(
The same Sandisk after that only used for digital photo camera, and after a week or 2, lots of problems...........bad sectors, etc, ..............
Conclusion: never a Sandisk mem card for me anymore (search the web and you find similar experiences).
I used to get this, not now (so far...)
I used to get this on my XDA II, I had a faulty SD card from TomTom which they offeredf to change, but I just bought a HUGE Kingston high speed one instead. I still used to get no maps, but a soft reset sorted that out. Yes it is s pain when you are driving, but ... I think it's to do with the SD car being powered from the battery. Sometimes the battery doesn't have the power for the card and when the battery hits sufficient charge level it suddenly gets recognised. It also used to lock up my XDA II and need a hard reset if TT kicked in because the card beacme recognised and then powered off whilst TT was running.
With my XDA Mini S (Wizard) and a Moby Memory 1Gb card I haven't had that probmlem yet. <fingers crossed>
I have the same problem with my 1gb SanDisk miniSD.
Sometimes my Wizard loses signal with my miniSD card and I have to reinsert the card before it will work again.
Spoke too soon
Wouldn't you just know it. As soon as I open my big mouth, my XDA Mini decides that it doesn't know the mini SD card is there. I needed to remove and reinsert the card to get it to recognise.
Pants!
OK I found another 1 GB Sandisk Mini SD.
I will be able to check if mine was faulty.
Or maybe just find out the same bug.
Pfff too bad I cannot find another brand.
Any news ?
Hi all,
I bought my Vario from T-Mobile with Co-Pilot which came on a 256mb mini-sd card. I then bought a 2GB Mini-sd card to swap into the phone for storage. This card worked for a short while - 1 day then stopped showing in file explorer etc. It also wouldn't show when using a card adapter on the pc whereas it had been working. I sent it back to where I bought it from and received a replacement. This card then did the same, worked fine for a day on both pc and in the phone then stopped being found by both. Could my phone be zapping the cards? I've just retried the original 256mb card and that is failing now too.
Disapearing minSD-card
Hi,
I've got the same, but it is gone since I updated the ROM. Maybe it is worth a try!
Best regards, Sebastian
Hi,
What Rom are you on? I'm on the I-Mate one at the moment, just downloaded the new T-Mobile AKU2 one today. Will try that one later I think. Thanks.
Snoop.
Well I updated the ROM to the new T-Mobile AKU2 one and my storage card now works fine. I formated it as FAT to make sure and so far, all is looking good. It also seems a bit quicker that when I had the I-Mate ROM loaded.
Snoop.
my 1gb card does this quite often too, if i push it in and out 10/15 times it seems to reconise it again, i gave it a good blow out with an airline and it was better for a while
Yeah I tried that too. Didn't work for me. It also wasn't working in the card reader on the pc so I suspected the phone was corrupting the card. Happened to 3 different cards. I was loathed to take it out of the phone for fear of it not working when I put it back in. Had it in and out now and works every time.
Seems to be quite common (might go as far as to say everyone will have this problem at one point or another). I noticed it first, when I pulled out the mini SD to show to a buddy what it looked like. When I put it back, it wouldn't show on my today-screen monitor. I pulled it out, put it back in a lot of times and after a while it came back.
Never ever had this problem with the S100, so this must just be a typical problem for the 9100. I too have a 2gig sandisk.
It could also be a design flaw with mini SD -cards, if you experience the same problem with memory card readers.
-JJ
Me too!
I also had this problem. I had 2 1 gig mini-SD cards, one is now dead and the other started exhibiting the same problems on my Vario. Hopefully the new UK rom I updated it to will have fixed these probs.
I did some searching, but couldn't find a related post, so here goes ...
I have started to have an issue where I lose connectivity to my storage card ... my wizard just simply stops recognizing the card. Ejecting and re-inserting the card has mixed results, but after enough attempts it finally starts recognizing the card again.
It had worked fine for several months and now it is fairly regular problem. Is anyone else having this issue?
Cingular 8125
TopRam 2GB miniSD
My wizard is certainly passed warranty and all the ejecting/inserting can't be a good thing for the phone. Thought I would check with the community before purchasing a different miniSD to determine if the problem lies there.
Thoughts?
Thanks, Greg
I had this problem with the cheap miniSD card I bought, I replaced it for a Sandisk one, and the problem went away.
Have you tried the card in a computer via card reader?
Thanks for the confirmation ... I will pursue a new miniSD.
I ad tried it in a card reader awhile back and it worked fine. Maybe I will try a more exhaustive test to see if I can reproduce.
Thanks again, G
i am having the same problem with my 2gb sandisk. sometimes it doesnt recognize it and i have to eject/reinsert the card again. its a pain in the ass!
i have this problem once every month and it makes me feel like tossing my phone against the wall. just when u break into the phone and like it, everything ****s up.
today, just today, my memory card stops working, nothing will read the card anymore.
brand doesn't mean anything, my card was as 2gb Sandisk.
WOW .. maybe this is more of an issue than I suspected. What could be causing this issue ...
- Obviously it could be a wizard hardware issue, although I would suspect that lots of people would be having the problem.
- Could be a card problem, either lemons or specific brands/sizes
- Could it be ROM related?
- Other possible causes?
Maybe we need to gather some information on those that are having the problem.
My data is as follows:
- Cingular 8125
- TopRam 2GB miniSD
- Submitter 2.24 ROM
ROM Version 2.24.10.1 WWE
Radio Version 02.25.11
Protocol Version 4.1.13.12
ExtROM Version 2.25.11.102
I get this problem with my 2GB Sandisk as well.
It's starting to look like a brand issue isn't it?
I'm not sure about brand, i've looked around and this happens for every brand.
my Rom is a Tmo 2.17
and im usig a 8125 with tmo-rom
i think this is a hardware issue.
I have the same issue. Brand new MDA Vario and cheap 2GB card.
It usually works if I stick the card in the PC card reader then back in the Vario again, but I shouldn't really have to keep doing that.
I'm not sure what the deal is with these MiniSD's, but maybe they're just not ready for prime time. I recently purchased two 2gb Kingstons and one was bad, not being recognized by two computers, two card readers, nor the MDA. The second was received and ditto, same problem. Keep in mind that the first card was okay and has worked without issues.
I then called Newegg, attentive as always, and they agreed to refund the Kingston and take my order for a Transcend, which was $15 cheaper anyway. The Transcend worked fine.
This trouble is odd because Kingston is a major supplier of memory modules, and I've installed their RAM in a number of computers, including this one, with no problems. I'm obviously not the only one who's experienced problems with these tiny MiniSD's, and I suspect maybe they've overdone the size-reduction trend to a point where reliability is jeoporized. Or, perhaps it is just the 2gb modules. I have two Ridata 1gb MiniSD's, the first I bought for the MDA, and they have performed flawlessly.
My 1GB sandisk works 100% fine never fails at all until i remove it.
I then have to insert it 5-10 times to get it recognised again by the wizard.
I'm having a somewhat similar problem
I use my XDAII mini as an ebook reader on the train, which is fantastic, but storing the ebooks on the storage card is all but useless. I'll get x number of pages into the book, then Microsoft reader will tell me that the book is no longer readable. I can still access the storage card fine, but the only way to continue reading the ebook is to move the ebook file from the storage card to the main memory, which sucks.
Anyone else have similar problems, or know a solution?
Cheers
Chris.