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SD Card problem?

Anyone experiencing problems with SD Card on the prophet?
On mine, WMP10 thinks I'm inserting a new SD card almost everytime I switch on from standby. It comes up with the usual message "A new card has been inserted ..." and then it searches for the media on the card.

Yep, unfortunately...
Similar to this...
I think we need a ROM update on this. Alternative is to use a different music player, that seems to solve the problem.

I haven't experienced that issue, but occasionally the device sees the card as corrupted. A soft reset will take care of that. I'm only had it happen twice and it could have been related to some software incompatibilities as well.

I do facing the same problem here sometimes
I do facing the same problem here sometimes, i think is just the same problem as SD card occasionally cannot be detected.. which i'm so sick of it..
HOPE THE NEW ROM REALEASE WOULD HELP!

Simple solution, don't use the crappy Windows Media Player.
Try Mortplayer for Mp3s and TCPMP for videos.

Hello everyone, I have problems too with the SD card recognition plus with the COM Manager:
Overnight (or when not using the Jamin for a couple of hours) the SD card would no longer be recognised, only a soft reset helps. Also the Wifi does not work and I cannot switch it on from the Com Manager. This issue happens regularly.
What I noticed is that when the SD card is removed, the "About" in the System Tab says that the SD is in use, although it is not there!!
This is annoying and strange. Does anyone know why this happens and how it could possible be fixed?
Thanks!

Please check this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=41191

This seems to be fixed for me by just not installing the extended rom. There is still something quirky where my the shortcuts to my progs won't show up on the start menu correctly. But, no big deal as I use ilauncher anyway. They show up fine there and I have no sd card detection problems. Hope that helps

Strange Memory Leak

hi everyone, i would like to know why the hell everytime i insert my SD card i lose about... 10MB of RAM? and when i remove it, they come back, this is really annoying, and no i don't have anything running @ startup from the storage card.
Thanks in advance everyone

I too have been experiencing a memory leak but didn't know whats causing it. Now that you mentioned this, i pulled out my Mini Sd and Ram to 15mb free, i plug it back in now there is 5.7mb free. I just hard reset this morning
What rom are you using? I'm on Summiter's customized 2.17 w/a2dp
and the apps installed on device mem is as follows:
Opera Browser
SPB Pocket +
Resco Explorer V5.40
Skype
Micro. Voice Command
and a bunch of reg edits.
Now i just got some error with "relprog.exe" and i sent the error report and now its down to 4.9MB free..
---------update-----------
I just soft reset and when it turned on it reported 10mb free, took out mini sd and now its at 18 free....

Nothing strange about that. It simply memory reserved for running the SD. card data, working space etc. It's the same thing on your PC. Though you might not notice it since you probably have about 2GB of RAM like me

like someone said i guess we are still beta testing this windblows mobile 5, and alabij, that makes sense but since i have a nokia 6630 too which is on a symbian platform and that does not happen, i really thought this was very strange

we are beta testing(and paying 500bucks)
for wm5
this things gonna happen

double post...

the problem is i don't remember this happening on my Jam(magician) sp3, sp3i or sp5... started recently(within this month) on my kjam(wizard) and i don't think its normal for a storage card to take 10mb of ram to be accessible. My device is basicly crippled with this BS! i can't run anything with 4mb of ram. I think i'm gonna hard reset next week and run my device barebone(nothing installed) and see if it does it just to prove taht 10mb ram is not needed to read a miniSD card.
I've had a lot of headaches over wm devices but this is by far the worst because for every other problem there is a solution. there may be a solution for this, but so far no ones reported one yet.

yes, no way should it take that much to run a memory card. i just tested mine and it takes less than a third of a megabyte. not sure if this helps, but i had a bad card which often brought my mda to its knees trying to cope with it and all its bad sectors. maybe try formating it or trying another.

so is it really just devilboy1488 and I that are experiencing this?

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fone_fanatic said:
so is it really just devilboy1488 and I that are experiencing this?
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i upgraded to Cingular Official AKU 2.2 ROM and this stopped happening
Thanks All

Normal load - card in - 13.7 free
Normal load - card out - 17.9 free
Using the newest summiter rom.

try using the official rom

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fone_fanatic said:
so is it really just devilboy1488 and I that are experiencing this?
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i upgraded to Cingular Official AKU 2.2 ROM and this stopped happening
Thanks All
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mine did not it uses 4/5 mb.

cinguler 2.2?
where did you get the Cingular Official AKU 2.2 ROM? I have the Cingular 1.8.11.1 right now, I got my phone off of ebay and it was unlocked. If I install the official Cingular ROM will it relock the phone?

What is a normal memory? I was running close to 20, before but I had to hard reset, and now I am down to 14-15. Is that OK? I am using the 2.17 rom, havent updated to the latest yet. It is so much hassle, to keep upgrading.

I'm running the 2.21 ROM and use a 512Mb miniSD. When I eject it my program RAM drops from 17.74Mb to 17.50Mb. It is consistant with every eject and insert. The storage RAM doesn't change at all.

i think i found the problem. Last night i reflashed my device with the official imate rom and after installing all my regular apps and all the reg edits, i was back to square one. From 21mb free to around 10mb after i insterted my memory card. so i undid a few reg edits such as increase font cache, glyph cache, and the 2 enhanced perfomance reg edits which increase storage manager cache sizes. So basicly all the cache increase reg edits were causing this, or so i noticed from my little test. Now i've got 21.95 free without card and 19.65 free with the card in which is a lot better than before

Slow Wake-up

Ever since I put in a 2gig memory card my 8525 has gotten very slow to wake up. Without the card it comes out of sleep almost instantly. With the card installed it takes 2-3 seconds. Any ideas on what might be causing this issue?
I'm running the vp3G v2.0 WM6 ROM and the memory card is a SanDisk 2.0gb MicroSD.
Also I have to reboot the 8525 after inserting the card to get it to recognize it. Is this normal?
Clear Skies,
Dave

Seems like something you have installed needs to access it on the card first. Check what programs you have that is most likely to run in the background and it's probably installed on the card and not the device.

I am getting the exact same problem except all i did was move my pictures and videos to my sd card... I have no other programs etc on my phone. please help

Same problem (solved)
I had the same problem and found that the advice of ThaiM was correct.
The offending application in my case was Garmin Q that seem to need to access the micro SD before allowing the phone to wake up.
Now wake up is quick but the unistalled Garmin Q is complaining that it can't find the garmin.exe. probably something in the startup folder of registry, should be able to sort that out.
Thanks for the solution

X2 beware it CORRUPUTS memory card content!

People beware!!!
This failure X2 corrupts memory cards!
Completely corrputs the content!
Sooner or later you’ll also encounter this –
confirmed by many other users!
So if you still decide to use this unreliable piece of failure,
be sure to make backups!!!!

doministry said:
People beware!!!
This failure X2 corrupts memory cards!
Completely corrputs the content!
Sooner or later you’ll also encounter this –
confirmed by many other users!
So if you still decide to use this unreliable piece of failure,
be sure to make backups!!!!
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Indeed,
I lost 7Gb aprox of very valuable stuff, like source code, documentation, photos, charts, music, software, video, backups, and so on..
I think i may found the pattern (kind of) because after the first corrupted memory it happend to me seeeeeveral times...
Its like if i start an app (lets say a game) that uses a lot of resources, the game is laggy and somehow it closes OR you use another app on the same time that is installed on the SD, like they crash by sharing some kind of resource... im not quite sure but at least two times after "playing" (i quote it because its mega laggy) i saw my Program Files folder EMPTY...
At least this time it doesnt f*** the whole card..

i wonder why OP hasnt posted a single good thing bout x2
i owe it and im quite satisfied with it it hass some things that need to be fixed but otherwise i like it
the only problem i have with it is that loses the sd card sometimes but as i read its the card problem (default one that came with it) its class2 (cheap $#"$#!%%&Z&#&"%%""% provider)

indycar: You are terrible wrong! The card problem issue is the X2 problem NOT card! I try a lot of cards (differents manufacturer, size, class). The point is, that X2 automatically turn off card when you stand by device and it turn on when you wake up X2 again. I´m thinking, that this should be a "feature" to increase power managing capabilities...

indycar said:
i wonder why OP hasnt posted a single good thing bout x2
i owe it and im quite satisfied with it it hass some things that need to be fixed but otherwise i like it
the only problem i have with it is that loses the sd card sometimes but as i read its the card problem (default one that came with it) its class2 (cheap $#"$#!%%&Z&#&"%%""% provider)
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Well I wrote many good things about it before.
With a decent firmware it'a decent device and the best choice!!!!!!
But current firmware is a massacre confirmed by all users so no reason for good words....
The memory card problem is completely independent from the card, happened to me with both cards!!!

Another victim of memory card corruption. the whole content of the memory card just dissappear like*poof*. and the symtoms looks the same. system became incredably laggy all of the sudden. reboot the device and "watch your past disappear" (adapted from STFirst Contact when Borg Queen says "Watch your future ends")...
Ben

the weird thing about my card is that only SOME things disappeared, i had several folders on my card little by little they disappeared but the files that werent in folders stayed and never got deleted, thought the card itself did not gain/lose any memory.

my card is fine .. nothing happened

You corrupted people should try some file recovery software to recover your card content. There are plenty of free recovery programs on the internet. You'd have to stick your card into your computer and run the software on the disk. Report back if you get it to work because if could help others.

ring-bearer said:
You corrupted people should try some file recovery software to recover your card content. There are plenty of free recovery programs on the internet. You'd have to stick your card into your computer and run the software on the disk. Report back if you get it to work because if could help others.
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Most of my content was backed up so I will not hassle with this.
However I would love to know how to eventually format the card to
to not to slow it down...

This whole X2 case reminds me of N97 when it was introduced. Truly 'spooky' phone

My card is also from today one of those who messes up. My files does not get deleted but when browsing the card from the phone it sometimes contains perhaps two out of the folders, sometimes the files is there (i guess) but folder and file names seams renamed. A look at the card on my computer shows every file/folder/file name intact.

Guys,
You who had the SD-card corrupted, did you install any applications on it that you use frequently?

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Guys,
You who had the SD-card corrupted, did you install any applications on it that you use frequently?
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As you might have read, my card only looked corrupted in the phone file explorer but yes, I installed every application on the card. Most used is S2P and Pocket player and of course all my music used by the apps mentioned.
If running S2P listening to music,the app suddenly halts. I then shuts S2P down and starts file explorer to see what happened the card looks partially deleted or all folder and file names corrupted (mounting the card on PC shows no errors at all).
In the beginning I had Outlook save incoming mail on card but as the card disconnects outlook creates a folder, Storage Card in root of phone. That creates a problem when the phone mounts the card again since it gets named Storage Card2 instead. That messes up all short cuts created by me or phone to the applications installed at the card.
I use card pre packed with phone and I see no reason to try another since others here reports no difference when replacing card.

hertell said:
Guys,
You who had the SD-card corrupted, did you install any applications on it that you use frequently?
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The moment my card got corrputed
I quit using X2 completely.
I've seen no sense in further struggling and
I also have no time for that.
Why the question?
MR2 also screws it?!

TLDR: Don't install programs or attachments on your storage card.
I am now 100% certain that power management is behind the disappearing storage card issue, and is a culprit in a number of other bugs. It looks like when you put the device into standby, it switches off power to a number of components.
It's easy to see what happens with the storage card if you use SPB Mobile Shell. There's a handy shortcut under Tools - Browse Files - Storage Card. If you put that shortcut on your home screen and come out of standby, you'll usually see the icon return to the default unassigned shortcut. After anywhere between a fraction of and many seconds, the SD card icon will reappear.
Seems like some genius engineer at Foxconn, not knowing much about WinMo or stuff in general thought he was being very clever by saving what, 10mA? in shutting it off. Think of all those extra minutes of standby time saved.
I too suffered from a corrupted FAT, but thankfully all I really lost was MP3s I already had elsewhere. Since I figured out what's going on, I've had no trouble whatsoever. It does of course mean that I've had to make yet more compromises in the functionality of the device. The key is to make sure not to install programs on the storage card, or if you must, make sure the phone doesn't go into standby while running them. Also, don't choose to store email and MMS attachments on the card, or you'll get the Storage Card2 problem.
Stupid power management also explains these other things that have been bothering me, and many of you:
Notification sounds and lights not working properly.
Sporadic checking of email.
Custom ringtones disappearing (Hint: put them on main memory).
The phone randomly freezing when trying to work with Bluetooth car kits.
Presumably Sony engineers are aware of this, because if they aren't, God help us. I'm guessing that power management is such a low level issue that it's very difficult to fix with firmware if at all. That being the case, I'm not confident this phone will ever work properly and has most likely sounded the death knell for me for both Sony Ericsson and WinMo.

@bedlam_au
You may be right about power management.
That may be the answer.
Before my card corruption when I was entering SlideView
I always saw it REFRESHING media content,
like looking for it again and again....

have you tried it?
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Suspend]
"shc1:"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Resuming]
"shc1:"=dword:00000000
We have been testing it with my friend for a while (since 24th of april) and he hasn't got any storage card problems after applying this *.reg. He had them every time before that.

@ultrashot: I think you've done it! Changed those keys and didn't even need to soft reset. I've been checking all day and haven't seen the storage card disappear once. Presumably it's going to stay that way.
Does someone feel like making up a cab for this? It'd make many people's day.

bedlam_au,

MR2 memory card

Ok guys.
Some of you are lucky and finally upgraded while the rest
is still waiting for that.
As I was extremely annoyed by the MR1 flaw,
I just stopped using X2 until successful upgrade will be out.
I also decided that if SE will not fix basic issues of X2,
I will just give back X2 to SE shop and require my money back.
So now I would love to finally know
if X2 STILL performs memory card issues?
Loosing connection? Card corrupting?
Please answer anybody can,
I will really appreciate this.
I won't accept flawed product,
even if there will be fix for this....

doministry said:
Ok guys.
Some of you are lucky and finally upgraded while the rest
is still waiting for that.
As I was extremely annoyed by the MR1 flaw,
I just stopped using X2 until successful upgrade will be out.
I also decided that if SE will not fix basic issues of X2,
I will just give back X2 to SE shop and require my money back.
So now I would love to finally know
if X2 STILL performs memory card issues?
Loosing connection? Card corrupting?
Please answer anybody can,
I will really appreciate this.
I won't accept flawed product,
even if there will be fix for this....
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I have not experienced the SDCard getting corrupted issue since I have installed the new R3A release but i read somewhere in this forum that there were some still experiencing the same problem. Loosing connection...never happen. The issue now is the battery, drains fast as reported here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=684651

with mr1, i did not have any card corruption AFTER formatting my card with SD Card formatter found at this site: sdcard(dot)org/consumers/formatter/
formatting my card using normal windows formatter didn't work, i know because my card got corrupted after a while.
but i have not gotten any card corruption at all after formatting with the SD Card formatter. it's been a month already and i did not use the registry fix.
though on occasions memory card tends to disappear on wake, in which i had to remove and reinsert the memory card. data still intact though. but other phones do have that problem as well.
it's just been a few days since upgrade but so far my memory card does not disappear on wake. still, it's early to say...

@doministry
Why did you not update your phone? After i have use the MR2 for a month, I had no problems with the SD-card. It could also be a problem with the original windows-version that caused this problem.
If I would be you, i would upgrade the phone, and don't wait for the any reports about how good or bad the MR2 is.
So , just upgrade the phone, and start using it!

hertell said:
@doministry
Why did you not update your phone? After i have use the MR2 for a month, I had no problems with the SD-card. It could also be a problem with the original windows-version that caused this problem.
If I would be you, i would upgrade the phone, and don't wait for the any reports about how good or bad the MR2 is.
So , just upgrade the phone, and start using it!
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How the fu..ck I can upgrade since the firmware is available
only for few countries?!
It's not out for my region.
So I ask
and research if this is worth my time and effort
or I should just give it back!
I was awfully tired of this.

After the upgrade, i checked the registry key that is about the alimentation of microsd and it was the same of before mr2 (and without SDFix). So SDFix.cab works also for this upgrade.

Memory disconnect
it's now about a week after i updated to R3AA035
and now, i noticed that my memory was disconnected 2days ago i think.
because i installed slick 2 days ago, and now that i restarte the phone isee a "storage card" and "storage card2" in my device, which "storage card" contains the slick in prog files.
really funny
but i'm sure that the battery usage on standby and in work is fixed.
yesterday morning i started to use a full charge and i had a busy day yesterday on most calling and having a BTooth connected for talking.
after all i'm hoping they fix these problems, cause i'm reallyu getting tired.

Lol so SonyEricsson didn't deal with the device!
X2 still has basic problems!
Lol! Memory card disconnection is unnacceptable...
I'm getting close to give it back.

Just install the SDfix.cab and the sd card will no longer be dissconected. The MR2 makes the X2 a new phone, fast, resposive and really nice layouts. This is the phone I was dreaming about Some small bugs are still there, but no one that will stop me from loving my device.

I have a question, i lost a lot of data from my sd card, cus the bug that comes with the MR3 i think, but, my memory is still full, then, there is no way to get it back?
now i will try the sdfix.cab, where can i find it?

Hi guys, my dcim file on my sdcard was suddenly corrupted.. 200 pictures taken all disappeared.. The folder and files cannot be decoded.. Any help??

zzen,
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Suspend]
"shc1:"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Resuming]
"shc1:"=dword:00000000
But this action does not restore lost photo

-GAMER- said:
zzen,
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Suspend]
"shc1:"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Resuming]
"shc1:"=dword:00000000
But this action does not restore lost photo
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omg, but i would want my lost photos back... wad does it do then??

some people who had corrupt cards on mr1 got all their stuff back when upgrading to mr2. so might be worth reinstalling mr2 to see if it restores yours. whatever happens install the sdcard fix straight away. its listed on plenty of threads on here.

I got three memory card connection losses already.
But no data corruption...
So ****ing SE did not remove this problem definitely.
I just installed SD Card fix. So now I will see if this works.

Hi! Have you tried to insert the SD-card into the USB adapter that came with your Xperia, and read the card from a PC?
I was able to rescue my files that way...
The card was readable on the PC when it could not be read in the phone.

the folder and files appeared to be an unreader format, i.e no format at all... cant be converted wadsoever...