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Cut and paste file, timer spins forever.

On my M1000 if I copy a file then paste it to the memory card or vice versa, the timer just keeps spinning. If I reset it then the file has been copied. Any idea whats going on here. I am using the standard Orange rom 1.66.00wwe.
Radio 1.10.00
ext rom: 1.66.200
Also deleting files do the same thing. My extended rom is visible, could this be the problem.

Has anybody else experienced this problem? I am thinking of reflashing the device. It is explorer that is hanging up becuase if I go to memory and look at running programs then click stop, it says explorer is not responding.

Its ok I worked it out myself. I removed the sd card, rebooted and then it worked ok, I could delete, paste, copy etc . I just wonder why an sd card would prevent deletion of files not on the card but in main memory or storage area. :?: :?:

i have this problem before but after i use PESuite2003 it won't happen again.

Formatting ExtROM

I encountered a unique problem:
When I wanted to format my JAM's ExtROM (I used ExtROM hack 1.12.00), it did not let me.
How can I override this problem?
ROM version 1.12.00
Radio version: 1.13.00
ExtROM version: [None]

If you look at my site, there's a magician bigstorage mod tutorial in the tutorials section.
http://thanatos.nu

Formatting ROM storage
I know how to use ExtROM, i did it already.
The problem is, when I want to format the ROM storage (there are leftovers from earlier usage) my JAM won't let me.
All I recieve is "Can't format selected storage card. Check if your card is unlocked".
I WANT to format the ROM storage. Can it be done?
Thanks..

The Ext_Rom is read only. You can only modify the System-Rom (often called Bigstorage here) in that way that you erase the contents of the Ext_Rom and increase the size of your internal storage (27 MB). Use the search for more information.

Re-define my question
I shall try to re-define my question:
How can I format the internal storage?

I think - there is no way. This is exact answer on your question.

Resco Explorer has an option to format the storage, but i dont want to try whether it works :wink:

Re: Re-define my question
danr said:
I shall try to re-define my question:
How can I format the internal storage?
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Well, Pocket Mechanic can format internal storage disks, but it seems to have a problem seeing my Imate JAM. I think it is because of the name "Storage", which is close to "Storage Card". But there could be some other reason. The last phone I had (HP 6315) the Pocket Mechanic could format the File Store.

izaah said:
Resco Explorer has an option to format the storage, but i dont want to try whether it works :wink:
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Rest assure - you cannot format i-Mate JAM storage using Resco Explorer. I tried - no success.
Still - is there any software which can format internal storage of trhe JAM?

danr said:
izaah said:
Resco Explorer has an option to format the storage, but i dont want to try whether it works :wink:
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Rest assure - you cannot format i-Mate JAM storage using Resco Explorer. I tried - no success.
Still - is there any software which can format internal storage of trhe JAM?
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Pocket mechanic has the capability to change the name of the Storage card, in which case it might see the internal "Storage" drive. But I haven't wanted to modify my system this way, since I would have to re-install all my files.

Formatting internal storage
Changing names does not guaranty formatting capabilities.
I can tell you that under other name the internal storage will not be formatted. I tried, using Pocket mechanic..

I faced the same problem the other day, I was unable to access my internal storage ... I couldnt even launch some applications.. the ppc would just hang.
I solved the issue by running this file 'psmformat' IT wiped out my internal storage and I couldnt access it, restarted my ppc and it took a long time to boot (indicating a low level format on a newly partitioned space).
When it booted up my internal storage was all good again.

how to download a file in PIE to storage card ?

How to download a file in PIE to storage card instead of main memory?
Has anyone figured out how to do this as if the download is larger than internal memory, I have a problem.

You can fin it here
http://wiki.howardforums.com/pocket...,_History_and_Cookies_to_Storage_Card_(WM5.0)
and more WM5 hacks here
http://wiki.howardforums.com/pocketpc/index.php/HTC_Universal_Registry_Hacks

Thanks for those, but thats not what I meant.
I have no need to move cookies etc.
I am downloading a file. eg z ZIP file from lakeridgesoftware and I want the downloaded file to be saved into Storage Card.
I have no option to change the location. Can you change yours?

Cannot delete file with question mark in it

Somehow an installation file became named PocketPuTTY_WM2k3_release_?007-02-28.zip I don't know how the question mark got there, but now it won't let me delete it. What do I do? Won't let me rename it, either. Total Commander doesn't work either.

Sounds like it is corrupt. Have you tried a soft reset?

wassup said:
Sounds like it is corrupt. Have you tried a soft reset?
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If you mean holding down the power button and restarting it, then yes.
When I try to rename it to remove the question mark, it says "A file name cannot contain any of the following characters: \/:*?"<>|"

Can anyone help me with this? The file is named PocketPuTTY_WM2k3_release_?007-02-28.zip

Hi endolith,
Is the file on the device or on the memory card, if it's on the memory card then copy everything onto your PC and format the card then copy it all back.
Just a thought.

dav3ywrx said:
Is the file on the device or on the memory card, if it's on the memory card then copy everything onto your PC and format the card then copy it all back.
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Yeah it's on the device. I downloaded a thing that turns the device memory into a USB storage device, and I can access it in Linux and see the bytes, but can't mount it as a drive. I think it's not formatted with a normal file system.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=803050

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That's a good idea to use WM5torage to try and delete it.
You could try deleting it with Total Commander for Pocket PC but if that fails it may be hard reset time. Perhaps that would be the best thing anyway as I had a problem similar to this on the MiniSD card and never trusted it again until I formatted it but it seems like a drastic measure just to remove one file.
Good luck.

dav3ywrx said:
You could try deleting it with Total Commander for Pocket PC
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Tried that too. I wonder if there's another file manager that can do lower-level things.
but if that fails it may be hard reset time. Perhaps that would be the best thing anyway as I had a problem similar to this on the MiniSD card and never trusted it again until I formatted it but it seems like a drastic measure just to remove one file.
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Maybe I can use WM5torage read/write and use a byte editor? Or maybe there's a low-level memory editor available for WM5.

Yes, indeed, if you can find something that will alter the file allocation table then perhaps you could replace the dodgy character in the file name, leave the hard reset as a last resort.

Use a MiniSD card reader or WM5Storage and use the MSDOS commandline interface to delete the file by using wildcards.
e.g., from start/run/cmd.exe
Code:
z: (or whatever drive your SD card is in)
cd "\directory name\with quotations\if you use spaces"
del PocketPutty*.zip

_Alex_ said:
Use a MiniSD card reader or WM5Storage and use the MSDOS commandline interface to delete the file by using wildcards.
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WM5torage doesn't seem to be able to turn the main memory into a drive, though. It creates 3 partitions, but none of them seem to be mountable.

Missing Directories on Memory Card

Hi @ all,
since a few days most of my memory card directories disapperaed. There are only the My Documents folder (which is empty, too) and a TEMP folder I created left on the card.
Although I searched for some threads like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=294324 all attempts failed.
The space on the card is still occupied and when re-installing programms a new Program directory is created with the same name as the dissapeared one. I have one program when the installer claimed to remove the previous version first before re-installation. So it seems to find something (but I assume in Windows directory or registry).
How will I get the dissappeared folders back? Is there any other chance than formating the SD card and re-installing all programs?
I'm using bepe's cooked German WM6 V0.96 (the last one) and a 2 GB miniSD-Card. It worked quite well since a year now...
Thanks for help,
TC

TC25FFM said:
Hi @ all,
since a few days most of my memory card directories disapperaed... when re-installing programms a new Program directory is created
TC
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... y lo cagaste, me temo.
trinity, for some reason, spoils the FAT and reestablishes it with new data. the FAT is like a directory of "where to find what on disk".
as yout fat doesn't work properly, especially it doesn't show off the used sectors or clusters, all new storage will overwrite and destroy this way part of your old data.
so if this happens, remove inmediately the sd-card, put it into your PC card reader and pass it trough file appropiate rescue programs and you'll mostly find almoust all files.
so take a breath, download file rescue pgm's to your PC (some work better, others have many options, others ...) and have a try.
after the rescue, format the SD in your PC.
mine is just passing the rescue :-( and it's rescueing about 1600 files yet
regards