...To be modified to accept FAT32 formatting?
It could be the key for making them compatible with higher capacity SD cards, and maybe SDHC as well (which use the same reader, but different drivers...).
I might be wrong but as far as I know PDAs *do* support FAT32.
However, there are/can be problems with (mini/micro)SD cards over 2 GB.
Both the Wizard and Blue Angel support FAT32 -- I format the SD/miniSDs using PocketMechanic. You can download a demo version from Handango.
If you have a PC with a card reader that supports the cards in question, you can also format on the PC using standard Windows format utilities.
So I promise I searched around for this exact scenario before posting - if anyone has seen another thread exactly like this please link it
I have an 8525 that does not recognize the MicroSD in file explorer, there is no application that sees it, and the computer does not see it in WMDC. The MicroSD works in another Hermes, so it's not the card itself. Is it common for the MicroSD hardware to stop working and is there anything to do with it?
Greetings Greygabe. You may want to try a couple of troubleshooting steps to determine whether the card and/or the Hermes are at fault here.
You should try to format the card in your Hermes. Take a look at the program that I've attached called Storage Tools. It's a handy application capable of defragmentation, storage card repair and formatting of your microSD card. Give the format a whirl and let us know how ya do (the file system and cluster size won't make a difference since we're just trying to determine if the card can be seen and it's contents manipulated by the machine).
If the program fails to recognize the card, then you may want to try another SD card so as to pinpoint the potential cause of failure which in this case may be the microsd card reader in your Hermes.
It's also possible that the version of the Windows Mobile OS that you're running doesn't have the patch applied to it to allow the reading of high capacity Micro SDHC. If this is the scenario that we're in, then you may want to consider upgrading so as to take advantage of that feature.
Please let us know what rom you are currently running (Settings -> About -> OS version & Settings -> Device Information -> ROM Version) and the make/model and capacity of the card itself.
I've read a lot around and I do not come to conclusion what type miniSD card is most appropriate for my Trinity.
Currently I have 4GB Albatron x60 card which cause me a certain amount of troubles -- sometimes after soft reset some of the contents are missing.
However I want to buy new card (4, 6 or 8 GB) and I don't know which one to choose.
I've read some articles for SDHC cards and I've come across several SDHC patches for WM6, but I'm not sure which one to pick. I even don't know whether SDHC is appropriate at all for my device.
Please ... give me some advise for this matter.
SanDisk
I'm using a Sandisk 8gb micro SDHC card with an adapter Micro/Mi,i from Kingston.
At first runnig under WM5 only recognised 4gb , made an upgrade to WM6 and... card is working perfectly.
So good luck.
No issues at all ? I'm using WM6 too.
What is your ROM version and vendor ... if it is cooked it may be patched for SDHC.
I'm still using the stock Dopod WM6 ROM.
Hi!
Just got my first memory card ever - put it in but can't see or access it, not appearing in storage device.
its an 8gb mini used through an mini s adapter..
please help!!
Hi.
I had simillar problem with my card. Wizard is not like the other phones, it can't read cards which are damaged or not formatted. Obviously, yours is not damaged. Simply just access the card through your PC, format it, insert the card into the wizard (you will see no change at all so far), reset your phone and after windows mobile loads, it will ask you if you want to fomat the card - yes, format it. And there you go, you have yourself a storage device
Hope it works.
P.S.
There's also one other option, your card is too big to be handled by your device.
but it seems to be formatted
Hi. seems its formatted, although I did not format it.
I Put it into (vista) computer and it just worked. When I did a "show properties" on the card it was FAT 32 formatted.
Is there a Max limit to the size of card?
8gig mini or micro?
If it is a 8 gig micro your phone will not read it. Sorry will only ready mini sd's
not micros or mini sdhc.
even...
Hi!
even though I'm using a MicroSD adapter??
thanx
On my wiz, my card is running FatFS , not Fat32. It could make the difference, i am not sure. Since you are in a zero position, you have nothing to lose with one more format, so just format the card in your pc and restart your wizard with the card inserted. If this doesn't help, then greasemuntney is prolly right and you can't use this card.
fatfs
Hi so right
Whats FatFS??
thanx
as mentioned above the wizard does not support SDHC standard and your 8GB happens to be SDHC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_Memory_Card
awwwwwwwwwww c rap
damn... so is there a firmware upgrade? or something that I can do to upgrade the phone to use sdhc??
I got this card as a present so can't swap it?
Nope, you're bagged. Phone cannot read SDHC, no matter what kind of adapters, ROMs or firmware you attempt to employ. Try selling the chip on Craigslist and use the money to buy a bunch of 2GB cards.
SDHC
ok before a final verdict that wizard wouldn't read an sd that is in sdhc format (fat32 reliant) do note that i had the same problem but googled to find two solutions that didn't work alone yet combined did !
first of all you need to change the latency of the card read in registray as follows:
[HKLM\System\StorageManager]
“PNPUnloadDelay“=dword:8196
[HKLM\System\StorageManager]
“PNPWaitIODelay“=dword:8196
Note that the 8196 should be entered as a DECIMAL value. The HEXADECIMAL (HEX) equivalent is 0×00002004.
now attached are two sdhc drivers that require (acording to uploader) to be installed cab file first for registry tweaks and then replace both files installed in windows directory with others included in driver bundle. (through instruction guide in a txt file is included within zip file)
finally reboot , yet as a disclamer do note the following your device will not be backward compatible with regular sds . (not untill you hard reset it so it would restore original dlls and setting)
Interesting. If this works for anyone besides night-mayor, please post your hardware(G3/G4)/IPL/SPL...tracking successes and failures with this method will be valuable to other users.
In fact, you can only use standard SD cards (mini or micro with mini adapter) and the maximum capacity for standard SD protocol is 4GB, but it's difficult to find 4GB Standard SD cards (micor or mini).
Most of manufacturer actually sells HC card for 4GB size, and on web stores, it's often not very precise about HC or none HC.
Good luck...
List of working 4GB Mini SD cards.
If it ain't here, it ain't working, generally speaking (it is not comprehensive). As you can see, they do make 4GB cards that aren't using the HC configuration, but they are rare. One of the replies on the thread I linked to above even mentions an 8GB kit, but it did not work.
can some one please tell me step wise from where and how can i install sdhc drivers into my gene p3400 currently running original wm5 factory rom......
thanks in advance....
If you install wm6 rom (the official one) or any custom rom you'll have the sdhc drivers.
hi
thx for replying...
but cant i use those drivers in my wm5 rom...
and also tell me waht are these sdhc cards....
are they the same micro sd 4 gb cards or something different....
These drivers are for you can use SDHC (SDHC are cards with high capacity and speed) cards with gene. If your card is not SDHC then you not need it. btw I think in General section you'll find it.
SDHC stands for Secure Digital High Capacity cards. Cards >= 4 GB storage come in this format. MicroSD cannot support that much storage. SDHC cards are also available in both MicroSD form factor (small card) as well as the SD form factor (full size card). To use these cards a driver file called OMAP850_SDHC.dll is needed to be in your phone, plus some registry settings.
Better way to get it is to use a WM 6.1 ROM, official or cutom, as per your choice. Otherwise, you'll have to search for these as i dont know about that. My P3400i came with WM 6 so never needed these.
Good luck!