storage card help - Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General

hi all,
i have a problem with my memory card such tht whenevr i put in any files in tht after sumtime they disappear from there but my memory used is the same and i cant seem to find them anywhere. how can i resolve this problem. it is irritating me a lot. plz help

That's usually caused by the fat table corrupting. About the only thing you can do about that is to reformat the card and start over. Formatting the card in a card reader on your computer is usually the best option.

yea thts wat i didnt try..i formatted my card using my ppc only bt it didnt help....i jst hope this does.... thnx xeno

run a scandisk on your PC and it should find some files. There should be a folder called found.000. Search the web and you'll find some utilities that can search the contents of those files to see what they are if you need to find them. Or just delete that folder and you'll have ur space back.
jv

thnx johnny will try ur suggesstion and get bk to u...thnx

hi...wel i tried formatting the card thru my PC...bt the darn thing is not recognised by my pc...as in if i try openin the card thru my pc...then i wait n wait n wait n there's no response...plz help

ur card is corrupted..and as far as i know..u will have to replace ur Card..but u can try MMCMEDIC..or other repairng softwares...
GTG to skkool

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switichin on / miniSD card problem!

hi, i have problem with switiching on my wizard. my device just freezed and every time i try to soft reste it starts but dosnt responso/dosnt work. the only way to make it work again is to remove miniSD(2gb) and reste it againn. my wizard dosnt see what is on the card and even if it does i still cannot open any files. why is that ?? what can i do ??
in addition i can say that it has been ok so far it started to happen just like that.
help please !
cheers, matt
Freezing
Sounds like your card needs re-formatting.
Re-format is as FAT.
Unfortunately you'll loose data that you had on it. Back it up from a PC if you need to first..
Charlie Grillo
thank u for ur advice but how do u do that ? i have no card reader..can i do it while card in the wizard ??
wondering too
yeah i also wonder how to format mini sd without card reader. Is there any program (ppc) for backup and formating card?
Download trial versions of storage tools or sktools (google them) and you will be able to format the card on your device.

can't read my SD card

hi everyone..can anyone pls tell me why i can't read my Sd card? i already format it n i thought it will be ok,but now,the phone doesn't even read it..i restart my phone few times now n still it is not readable.
can someone give me some tips? ur help is much appereciate.thankss.. htc love,
Raul9954 said:
hi everyone..can anyone pls tell me why i can't read my Sd card? i already format it n i thought it will be ok,but now,the phone doesn't even read it..i restart my phone few times now n still it is not readable.
can someone give me some tips? ur help is much appereciate.thankss.. htc love,
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Are you able to read it from your PC? Use a card reader and read it through your PC.
If you formatted the card in NTFS then the phone will not be able to read it. You'll need to format it in FAT32 with atleast an 8KB allocation unit size (this will help a little bit with speed)
still
hi,thank u for replying my previous post..
i still cant read my sd card..i've tried to format it using pc and using fat32 but still it wont work.. is there anymore posibilities?
i tried many ways til my mind is empty to think abt it.
Raul9954 said:
hi,thank u for replying my previous post..
i still cant read my sd card..i've tried to format it using pc and using fat32 but still it wont work.. is there anymore posibilities?
i tried many ways til my mind is empty to think abt it.
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it might be a duff sd card. i had this problem last week. all of a sudden my sandisk 8gig sd card wouldnt work , my phone wouldnt read it and nor could my pc. i tryed formatting it on my pc. but my phone still woundnt read it. i have heard that the hd2 sometimes does this to sd cards .
i bought mine from carphone warehouse so i rang them and they said i could get a replacement so that has saved me 20 quid.
i would probaly get a new sd card.
thanks mate..appreciate it
having similar problems with my 2g sandisk card that came with the phone. except somwtimes it doesnt get recognised then out of the blue starts working. ahen its not recognised the phone knows a card is inserted. with file explorer open if i plug it in it jumps to the bottom of the file list but no sdcard shpws.
its weird as it just starts workibg again. no apparent data loss. gonna get a better card
My SD card drains the battery on the HD2.
Any suggestions??

Problem problem problem Android lock my micro SD class 2 16gb

How could it be possible I always used my 2gb micro SD but last night I made the decision to say bye to winmo n started using my 16gb. So I transfers the android folder to it used it n all was good then I wanted to back up all of my winmo files so i remove the SD card from my phone n place it in my card reader..n said to reformat the card..I HAVE NO ACCESS TO MY SD CARD.. I can't even format it some how it got protected...even my phone days to formatted but is never successful...ANY ADVISE THANK YOU
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ive got a sd problem too. i ever used the same 16gb class2 microsd card tu run android builds and store winmo and android data. last night ive tried to switch from darkstone to matcc android build. i reformatted the sd card, put the files on it (only android folder nothing else) and started android. everything was fine but i´ve got a bsod(radio 2.12.50_2 and german stock vodafone rom). then ive tried another android build but i got the same error(doesnt ever got bsod before). later android didn start at all(every build). then ive tried chuckys rom with matcc vers. 1.5 and ive got the bsod problem again. tried 2 other builds and now andriod doesnt start and i cant even connect my hd2 to my pc(bootloader doesnt connect too) but chucky rom boots correctly. everytime ive tried another build i reformatted my sd card to fat32. hope someone can help me, sorry for bad english.
i got this problem now too. android somehow writeprotected my sd card so i can't put files on or take files off anymore...it's basicallly made my 16gb card useless. can't format or anything. tried through windows mobile, pc, and android...nothing works. anybody know how to fix it?
Same thing happened to me. My class 2 16gb card is now locked and ive found no way to unlock it.
Not that I really liked that card anyway, but it was nice to have so much storage space.
thats no problem. On your adapter for your micro sd card, there is a lock on the side of it. Make sure that it is in the up position. Basically in the unlock position, then it wont be write protected.
No, your not understanding. Its not the physical lock on the adaptor, its a logical lock on the Micro SD itself.
The Micro SD card comes up as locked no matter what I use to try and format, or delete etc.
I've googled like mad trying to find a way to fix it even installing Ubuntu to see if another OS could do it, but everything fails.
Same here I came to a conclusion. That there are some files in the SD card....what was the last buid u were using before this happened...the best solution. For this should be with an android. Phone and astro file management explore the SD card...unlucky. me none of my friends have an android device
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put card in card reader ... format it from command prompt (win+R+cmd+enter)
format X:/fs:fat
X is your card drive letter dont mess up with this one.
Lol I spend hours searching for a solution. N nothing u kno thou theres always hope
tuck4x4 said:
No, your not understanding. Its not the physical lock on the adaptor, its a logical lock on the Micro SD itself.
The Micro SD card comes up as locked no matter what I use to try and format, or delete etc.
I've googled like mad trying to find a way to fix it even installing Ubuntu to see if another OS could do it, but everything fails.
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also u can try something like this:
http://www.diskwipe.org/
_X_ said:
put card in card reader ... format it from command prompt (win+R+cmd+enter)
format X:/fs:fat
X is your card drive letter dont mess up with this one.
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lemme try that...i formatted it through my computer and unchecked "quick format" and after like 30 minutes it finished with an error.. hopefully this works.
gparted
ok..
whats wrong with just formating the card with ' GPARTED ' .. assumption of Linux usage !
or if you use that sloppy old microsoft O/S then use 'paragon partition manager '
job done yea?
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storage tool for wm
Ok
dr_derqami said:
Download " storage tool" for wm. Install it. Send shortcut to start up so that as soon as wm boots it ll find the sd card. When u get storage tool workin u ll have options choose formate or fix the sd then it ll work. It worked for me.
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well formatting it through cmd didn't work...everything was still there on the card. lemme try your method now... thanks.
delete file by file and see which one is locked on the card.
change permissions on the sd card.
try to delete files from the winmo
try to overwrite the android folder and start it with another build and then format after a sucessfull start.
fuzzysig said:
delete file by file and see which one is locked on the card.
change permissions on the sd card.
try to delete files from the winmo
try to overwrite the android folder and start it with another build and then format after a sucessfull start.
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None of this is possible cuz the card is written protected ..try using another device that runs android n try it with astro. Explorer
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malikadnanm said:
well formatting it through cmd didn't work...everything was still there on the card. lemme try your method now... thanks.
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Do u remember which build u were using??
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nieves53 said:
Do u remember which build u were using??
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yea.. i used mattcleo 1.6b. i can actually still boot up android...but even in android i can't delete anything using astro. I tried replacing android folder using a card reader but that didnt work either... i'm going to try that storage tools suggestion..but i doubt anything will work. CMD finished and said that the disk was unreadable after finishing 99%.
Ok
Sounds like corrupted sectors or damaged disk to me
Put the card into a windows pc and run scandisk on the card, make sure you check : fix errors automatically and scan for bad sectors

[Q] please help :(

hi im trying to install miui nd now in MAGLDR113 i attach my hd2 with pc and i formetted my card ( my bad ) and now im trying to copy rom in card but its not working its always says bad path happing many times but still same now how i copy my rom in card .... and now my card is empty with no file inside what i do next please someone help and one more now when i start my mobile everytime this MAGLDR come nothing else not my omega rom just coming always this MAGLDR please somehlep thanks alot in advance
only chance to get it work is to use an cardreader.
if haven´t one you can reinstall an wm6.5 rom.
then copy android.zip on sd card and reinstall magldr.
What you can do is, flash the official windows mobile rom. It should solve the problem.
If not , try using with new sd card or without sd card.
if that don't solve the problem, well then there went something significantly wrong!.
Flash clockwork, mount usb storage in that
sd card
Format (32) ur card, if u cant do it with Gparted (live cd).
ninjablade said:
hi im trying to install miui nd now in MAGLDR113 i attach my hd2 with pc and i formetted my card ( my bad ) and now im trying to copy rom in card but its not working its always says bad path happing many times but still same now how i copy my rom in card .... and now my card is empty with no file inside what i do next please someone help and one more now when i start my mobile everytime this MAGLDR come nothing else not my omega rom just coming always this MAGLDR please somehlep thanks alot in advance
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Hi,
Did you format your card with windows 7 ?
Phone will not work with that.
Use a card reader and try formatting the card with g-parted(google)
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[Q] SD card formatting after WP7

I have problems formatting my SD card back to FAT after WP7 install. I have tried multiple solutions which were posted here but nothing helps. Things I've tried:
Boot into MAGLDR, select USB MassStrg, format with Panasonics SD formatter.
sd card don't even appear as a disk in my computer, so i can't select it in SD formatter. (i've installed HTC sync and android api in case there were problems with drivers, but no luck)
I've tried to format using Clockwork Mod via AD Recovery.
No luck here as well (Error could not mount sdcard). However an extra drive appeared in My Computer, thou it was faded out and sayon that no media present
Installed Windows Mobile, it couln't format the car as well, and it didn't appear as a drive in My Computer.
After all that i assumed that the card is toast. But after installing WP7 back, it did recognize the card and could use it without any problems. Is there anything else i can do, or should I just by a new card?
The SD Card is locked and somebody (at least the ROM creator) should have warned you...
You can only unlock it with a Nokia E-Series Phone or N95 as they can format it without to look if its locked or not.
A cheaper solution is available at Ebay, but be warned I haven´t tested it so far
Search for "ezSD Ghost Unlock Clip for MicroSD / SDHC unlock", sorry I am not allowed to post the direct link due to the newbie restrictions.
search some more, there are a lot of guides on how to "fix" your sd card after you've used WP7 on the HD2. believe me there are a LOT of such threads!
also, i think there is an option somewhere in MAGLDR, something like "fix sd card MBR"...try that.
finally, if you want to use any desktop software to try to fix the sd card, it is better to remove the sd card from the HD2 and insert it into a card reader. i am saying this because i noticed you mentioned that you tried to use the panasonic formatter while the sd card was mounted via usb cable via MAGLDR's usb disk mode.
EDIT: i used google keywords "xda hd2 sd card after wp7" and clicked first result to get to this lively discussion:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912528
The easiest and quickest way is to use "MiniTool Partition Wizard", the home edition works perfectly fine. Put your SD card into your reader, open the program, you will see the SD card there. Delete the partitions that are on there and click apply, it will empty the card, and will have no partitions/data, just blank. Then install your android build partition scheme through CWM.
JavaKrypt said:
The easiest and quickest way is to use "MiniTool Partition Wizard", the home edition works perfectly fine. Put your SD card into your reader, open the program, you will see the SD card there. Delete the partitions that are on there and click apply, it will empty the card, and will have no partitions/data, just blank. Then install your android build partition scheme through CWM.
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Are you sure?
Because I've tried it and my pc(running XP) doesn't even see my microSD?!
bib*oops said:
Are you sure?
Because I've tried it and my pc(running XP) doesn't even see my microSD?!
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WP7 locks the SD card and makes it totally unusable. If you had installed XBMOD ROM for WP7, then you will have to reinstall wp7 again and use storage unlock cab. Else, simpler is to use Nokia smartphones (E63) works too, to format the card.
It for sure does not show in any other program.
Sal.
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SalJav said:
Else, simpler is to use Nokia smartphones (E63) works too, to format the card.
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I confirm I've got back in use my microSD card by formating it with an E series Nokia(I don't remember which model, I'm not familiar with)!
from wht i can understand is tht ur card is not detected at all d reason is clear d filesystem tht wp7 makes on sd card is not recognised by d windows n hence it doesnt recognise one way to sort out dis prob is by using GParted its a partition manager n if u hav ever used ubuntu(linux) u can get it thru d same. Just go to gaprted slect ur sc card frm d drop down (as it ll show ur hdd n sdcard as 2 diff. storage) wen u select it u ll c a black partition(unknown) just delete it(also if der r any other parition delete it) after that right click on unallocated space n select new partition select d filesystem as fat32 n ur done reboot d pc n ur card ll b detected back in windows
lihkin said:
from wht i can understand is tht ur card is not detected at all d reason is clear d filesystem tht wp7 makes on sd card is not recognised by d windows n hence it doesnt recognise one way to sort out dis prob is by using GParted its a partition manager n if u hav ever used ubuntu(linux) u can get it thru d same. Just go to gaprted slect ur sc card frm d drop down (as it ll show ur hdd n sdcard as 2 diff. storage) wen u select it u ll c a black partition(unknown) just delete it(also if der r any other parition delete it) after that right click on unallocated space n select new partition select d filesystem as fat32 n ur done reboot d pc n ur card ll b detected back in windows
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Nice advice, but would be nicer using common english?!
lihkin said:
from wht i can understand is tht ur card is not detected at all d reason is clear d filesystem tht wp7 makes on sd card is not recognised by d windows n hence it doesnt recognise one way to sort out dis prob is by using GParted its a partition manager n if u hav ever used ubuntu(linux) u can get it thru d same. Just go to gaprted slect ur sc card frm d drop down (as it ll show ur hdd n sdcard as 2 diff. storage) wen u select it u ll c a black partition(unknown) just delete it(also if der r any other parition delete it) after that right click on unallocated space n select new partition select d filesystem as fat32 n ur done reboot d pc n ur card ll b detected back in windows
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didnt work....it shows as unrecognised
Magpir said:
didnt work....it shows as unrecognised
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Try formatting your card with a E series Nokia, it worked for me!
bib*oops said:
Try formatting your card with a E series Nokia, it worked for me!
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i tied it in the xpressmusic nokia , still doesnt work
maybe it works on cards that ran nodo OS and before, and not the new mango /tango OS?
Hm, I had the Problem only after i broke up the first boot... Normal Minitool sees two Partitions, but after this only unusable Space...
I used this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1510444
Here the way i fixed it:
1. Go to Services and Clear SD MBR.
2. Boot Windows, but hold vol down at the 1234 Message.
3. confirm the Factory Reset.
4. Let it boot
5. No you can delete or creat Partitions with Minitool, or simply format it with SD Formater, that makes one big Partition.
If don´t work with your rom, try the ROM in the Link...
I hope it works for you too...
Partitionator said:
Hm, I had the Problem only after i broke up the first boot... Normal Minitool sees two Partitions, but after this only unusable Space...
I used this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1510444
Here the way i fixed it:
1. Go to Services and Clear SD MBR.
2. Boot Windows, but hold vol down at the 1234 Message.
3. confirm the Factory Reset.
4. Let it boot
5. No you can delete or creat Partitions with Minitool, or simply format it with SD Formater, that makes one big Partition.
If don´t work with your rom, try the ROM in the Link...
I hope it works for you too...
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dun understand what u are talking about.
PC , or phone or what?
in eause or mini tool partition those hidden partition shows up & you can delete/ format them from there :fingers-crossed:
mengfei said:
in eause or mini tool partition those hidden partition shows up & you can delete/ format them from there :fingers-crossed:
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it doesnt seem to work .. it shows up as a large black "segment" and when i try to format, it gives an error or does not do anything
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bib*oops said:
Try formatting your card with a E series Nokia, it worked for me!
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i may be afraid my sdcard may be defective in addition to being locked by wp7.
i tried in a variety of nokia devices, none is working
if that's the case your card "might" be really defective or there are some serious encryption on that thing :silly:
mengfei said:
if that's the case your card "might" be really defective or there are some serious encryption on that thing :silly:
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though i read in another wp7 forum with an obscure topic on it.
its was stated that the formatting technique only worked on the card on NODO.
It seesm that it doesnt work on sdcards which have mango installed.

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