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Can't Access SD CARD

Hi,
I'm new to this so please be gentle with me.
I have brought a Kingston 256mb SD Card and put it into my XDA II but the problem is I dont seem to be able to access it.
Can anyone please help.
Regards

Hm...i think you made a bad choice of using kingston 256 mb sd card. I use the same card as you do...but until now nothing happens with my card. My friend encounters the same problem with you. Maybe your card is defected like my friend's ? He changed to another brand though

you could try formatting it in a sdreader or in the xda using storage tools or pocket mechanics

do you have link for pocket mechanic.
tried doing a search on here but it returns too many unrelated threads.
thanks in advance

http://www.omegaone.com/PocketPC/PM.html
brougth to you by rudegar in assioation with google

Rudegar
Thanks for the link but the program only recognises a 14mb card, which i didnt think i had???? or is that inbuilt into the xda II.
It still doesn't recognise my kingston 256 card.....
Any other suggestions guy!!!!

Try to format the card with a digital camera.

storage is the name of the backup
storagecard is the name of the sd card
if it cant see the storagecard then you can try with storage tool
http://www.softwinter.com/storagetools.html
if that also dont want to see the card then you can try formatting with a cam like was said
or maybe the card is just defect

Thanks again Rudegar
Tried that but that also didnt work. Only recognises 16Mb of Extended ROM and 16MB of storage memory.
Like I said before I am new to this and now I also a bit thick. Can you confirm to me the following;
1. XDA II come with 128 MB of memory
2. They come with 16 MB of RROM
3. They also come with 16 MB of memory
I didnt think point 3 was valid.
Anyway i'll just have to try the Kingston 256MB on a camera and see if it works. If that fails, I'll just have to get another one.
Also can anyone connfirm to me that when you put a SD Card into the memory slot at the top does the XDA II automatically recognise it?
Thanks you all for keeping up with my stupidity.

Go to settings
then to system
then memory
then to storage card
and then on the drop down does it show the two mediums
Storage card AND
storage this is normally 14.57 or depending how much you have assinged to it
The storage card is the external medium like by me a 512 gives about 488 free space

nmiah said:
Hi,
I'm new to this so please be gentle with me.
I have brought a Kingston 256mb SD Card and put it into my XDA II but the problem is I dont seem to be able to access it.
Can anyone please help.
Regards
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I have the same problem. Storage Tools isn't recognizing my card either...
Did you found any solution to this?

Yes. The solution was to replace the card. The card itself was fualty. I now have 1GB Kingmax SD card which works briliantly

nmiah said:
Yes. The solution was to replace the card. The card itself was fualty. I now have 1GB Kingmax SD card which works briliantly
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In my case by restoring an old sprite backup after the upgrade to Rom 1.72 the access to my SD card was removed; so I reinstalled 1.72 and will not use the old backup anymore.

I've tried all of the above
My XDA II doesn't recognize SD cards..I changed the cards (although working in card reader with my PC), I hard rest the XDA II, re downlaod the new ROM, and nothing happining ..My problem started after downlaoding the new ROM and unlocking my XDAII with the tool in this site!! at the same time I don't know if this is related!! please help meeeeeeeeeeee!!! I tried every thing ..urgent help needed please

mini sd help

hi everyone,
i've just bought a m3100 and wanted to by an mini SD card for it. just needed some advice. will a 4gb mini sd card work? can i use a micro sd card?
thanks

uklarka said:
hi everyone,
i've just bought a m3100 and wanted to by an mini SD card for it. just needed some advice. will a 4gb mini sd card work? can i use a micro sd card?
thanks
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Hermes devices only use micro sd cards
Mike

Thanks for that Mike. Can you just clear one more thing for me please. I can only use a 2gb micro sd card with the M3100 or will these new 4gb micro sd HC cards work?

uklarka said:
Thanks for that Mike. Can you just clear one more thing for me please. I can only use a 2gb micro sd card with the M3100 or will these new 4gb micro sd HC cards work?
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They are not long out and I have not heard any feedback yet. You could have a look around in the Hermes Accessories board it was being discussed there.
Mike

Thanks for that mike

4GB Micro !!
I just tried one in my Cingular 8525. The device reads 1 GB only. I thought I had a defective card, so I replaced it with another but still it read 1GB. Then I placed a 2GB. It read it as 2 GB. ( 1.93 GB ). Not sure why it couldn't read the 4 though.

asfoor said:
I just tried one in my Cingular 8525. The device reads 1 GB only. I thought I had a defective card, so I replaced it with another but still it read 1GB. Then I placed a 2GB. It read it as 2 GB. ( 1.93 GB ). Not sure why it couldn't read the 4 though.
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This could be because of the way the card is formatted.
I would format using a card reader in a PC to:
FAT32 using 512k sectors size.
if problems remain I have seen a suggestion that you could partition the disk to have 2 X 2Gb partitions.
Mike

Memory card

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.

Flashing with SD Card

Hey guys!
I have a question about flashing with SD-Card:
Do I have to use 1GB/2GB Cards which are none "SDHC" cards?
Or does our Blackstone support High Capacitiy in Bootloader Mode?
greetz
playdo

I flashed mine using the 8GB card that came with the phone. I would of thought as long as the phone can read the memory card you'll be able to flash from it.

Ok, if you did it with the 8GB card then it should work. Thanks
I would of thought as long as the phone can read the memory card you'll be able to flash from it.
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That's wrong, as far as I know. My old device was a Hermes which I could NOT flash with SDHC cards. But it was also able to read SDHC cards like my 4GB SDHC card.
That's why I asked

i tried with 2 different 8gb cards one of which came with the phone and both didnt work ,
but my 2gb and 16gb both work

AltF4me said:
I flashed mine using the 8GB card that came with the phone. I would of thought as long as the phone can read the memory card you'll be able to flash from it.
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I can confirm this too - and I nearly always flash my HTC's from the card.
But you need make sure that card is first formatted to the correct FAT (cant remember which now, its in the Wiki), and obviously that the phone can see the card. Then all should work fine!
LoopyLoo

16 Gb SD card problem

Hi all,
I just got my HTC HD 2 yesterday and I also ordered a 16Gb mini SD card with it. But I have a problem with the card.
When I go into memory statut it only show a 2gb card, should I format it into FAT 32 system or so ?
This morning I have updated the phone with the lastest ROM 1.66.406.1 but it doesn't help. Event when I connect it wia USB to my computer I only see 2gb of storage capacity.
Someone can help me please ?
Thank.

karnalta said:
Hi all,
I just got my HTC HD 2 yesterday and I also ordered a 16Gb mini SD card with it. But I have a problem with the card.
When I go into memory statut it only show a 2gb card, should I format it into FAT 32 system or so ?
This morning I have updated the phone with the lastest ROM 1.66.406.1 but it doesn't help. Event when I connect it wia USB to my computer I only see 2gb of storage capacity.
Someone can help me please ?
Thank.
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It's a 2GB card mate. Get in touch with your supplier and send it back for a replacement.

No I got a 2gb card in the package like everyone, but I have buy another 16gb card to have more space. I am using the 16 gb card in my phone, not the 2 gb one.

yeah, the 16GB card is probably a 2GB one

karnalta said:
No I got a 2gb card in the package like everyone, but I have buy another 16gb card to have more space. I am using the 16 gb card in my phone, not the 2 gb one.
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But you only have 2GB on it, so it's a 2GB card. Ignore what's printed on the card. If it reads as 2GB then it is 2GB. Whoever you got the card off has sold you a duff card. You'll need to get them to replace it.

Check the front of the card, in my case it says 16GB.. so that would be easy to figure out if it's the wrong size delivered what I doubt
FAT only goes till 2 or 4GB not sure, try formatting it to FAT32
@johncmolyneux: If I format my 1TB HDD with FAT, my disc will come out as 2/4GB. So that means the vendor has given me the wrong HDD, despite the fact the label says 1TB? () That is my logic if I follow your logic

Damn you are right, it's writted 2gb on it ...
EDIT :
I am a noob I have confused both of them lol. The 16 gb card is in my room at home lol.
Sorry and thank to you.