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Changing Shift HDD to CF Card Disk

Check out this site, it's the guys from Mobile01 again trying to replace the existing HDD to CF card disk, you will see the RAM and HDD in closer view.
Result......? it doesn't work, because after install the CF disk, it needs to proceed to re-install the OS, and the OS is store in the original HDD, guess this guy didn't find a solution into this. However i do believe we will be able to sort this out in the near future.
Also replacing the RAM is currently not possible, there are no 2G module out there for sell yet, I guess we need to wait for the Hardware to catch up.
Go and check out the pic in this link:
http://www.mobile01.com/newsdetail.php?id=5414

how about cloning the disk to CF first ?
Maybe use a clone proggy to clone the actual HDD to the CF card first, then mount / solder it ?
Maybe i'm too dumbed down by windows OS'es, but if you clone the HDD bit for bit to the CF card, my guess is that it will boot straight away.
Maybe one needs to fiddle a little with the MBR, or the device ID, but that should be it really.
Please keep us posted.

Are the installation files on the harddisk?
I read in another thread that the installation files are in ROM soldered to the motherboard and that all you need to do after installing a new harddisk is to press FN F3 at bootup to restore Vista. This might be wrong and I'd actually wonder what the hidden HD partition would be for if it should be true.
Anyway, if they didn't make any mistakes installing the CF card, they should be able to install Windows from a USB drive.
However, have you seen what they installed instead of the 40GB HD? A 8GB CF card. This will never be enough to hold Vista, so I wouldn't be surprised if that was the cause for their problems, the installation routine might just balk at "insufficient space".
As the linked website is using Chinese (I guess, or is it Japanese, Korean, ...) characters and language, somebody able to read this would have to evaluate what they are doing.

Swop hdd
The problem with swopping the hard drive is it has since been discovered that the drive is artificially sized down to protect a HIDDEN partition using special features of IDE drives in conjunction with the BIOS.
I'm aware of no program on windows that will clone this special hidden area as the drive removes it and it is only visible on boot. However linux can see there is a hidden partition but i'm unsure not knowing much about linux whether it can clone it.
If you simply swop out the hard drive you will lose the ability to FN+F3 on boot to restore the image.
I would suggest therefore you do the following before the swop out.
1. Boot Shift
2. FN+F3
3. Do a full factory restore
4. Switch off when directed
5. Attached external USB CDROM/DVD drive
6. Use BartPE
7. Power on Shift and boot immediately to BartPe
8. Once booted insert a usb hard drive / key using the 3-way hub, so you have the cd and hdd connected via USB
8. Ghost / clone the drive from C: to your external hard drive / pen
You now have ghost image that you can restore to on the new hard drive (ie. not a FN+F3 restore process but a CLEAN ready to initial boot installation of Vista).
Regards
Blitz

The vista installation files are in a hidden partition on the hard drive.
This is why the 40gb drive shows as a 34.2Gb drive.

mw65719 said:
I read in another thread that the installation files are in ROM soldered to the motherboard and that all you need to do after installing a new harddisk is to press FN F3 at bootup to restore Vista. This might be wrong and I'd actually wonder what the hidden HD partition would be for if it should be true.
Anyway, if they didn't make any mistakes installing the CF card, they should be able to install Windows from a USB drive.
However, have you seen what they installed instead of the 40GB HD? A 8GB CF card. This will never be enough to hold Vista, so I wouldn't be surprised if that was the cause for their problems, the installation routine might just balk at "insufficient space".
As the linked website is using Chinese (I guess, or is it Japanese, Korean, ...) characters and language, somebody able to read this would have to evaluate what they are doing.
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The reason why they install 8G CF card is for faster read/write speed, and i guess it will also decrease battery usage since it's not mechanic moving like the original HDD.

Thanks very much wu5262 - I fully understand why they want to use a CF card instead of the harddisk .
I was pointing at the meager 8GB size they picked.
If you want to install Vista, use at least a 16GB card. If you can get your hands on one, use a 32GB card (admittedly not so cheap). For an example: http://www.amazon.de/Components-32GB-CompactFlash-HighSpeed-Karte/dp/B00162ZOPW.

16GB SanDisk MicroSD write/format fail, reverts to previous state on write.

Vibration stopped working the other day so it wanted to return to factory software + SPL for warranty service.
Plugged in the phone via activesync, copied Kovsimg.nbh, there is not enough space...?
Disc mode, scandisc and it writed out just fine. Restart into SPL, no file found...?
Tried to format it in different ways but format gives "Invalid media or Track 0 bad" at cmd and different can't complete errors with other Windows tools (diskpart, disc management, graphical format).
Writing to card (new data, delete old data, even using File Exporer from phone) works fine, but when i plug it back in, it reverts to previous state.
Plugged in old 4GB card, works just fine. Used it to revert to Generic UK R2A, plugged in 16GB card, no luck.
Is there some strange software write-lock (there seems to be no hardware lock) or has the card just died?

I had a similar problem had to format card with Disk manager
see http://kb.sandisk.com/cgi-bin/sandisk_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=107&p_created=1221590578&p_sid=v28bLavj&p_brand=&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD00MTUsNDE1JnBfcHJvZHM9JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1
If that fails try HP format tool

HP tool failed as well.
Gotta find another Xperia/PC combination testing first to be sure, and then back to warranty.

Vario II won't flash...

Hi,
I have a Vario II that i have flashed many's a ROM on to. However i can no longer do so.
I can get as far as the confirmation screen, click Next, the progress bar appears but remains at zero then a few seconds later activesync crashes.
Flashing the ROM then fails (obviously)
Any idea's?
I have tried searching but found nothing helpful.
p.s. i am flashing via USB

I have expirienced this on the PC at my work. Our PC there has a restriction for USB Drives. The ActiveSync detects my device but when starts to flash the connection is cut. Having an error on the RRU that my USB is disconnected or remove.
Maybe you can check your PC if it can detect your device even without ActiveSync. You can go to your control panel and check if there is no undetected hardwares.
BTW, what is the OS of your PC.?

i'm using XP.
I will try to flash my Kaiser... see if that works.

i can flash my Kaiser so no issues with detection etc.
Still the same issue with my Hermes tho.
Any help appreciated.

Use the SD card flashing method. No need activesync/cable. Read wiki : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_SDCardFlashing

i had considered that but don't have a card reader. They cost pennies these days so i guess, no excuses!
Cheers.

ZootHornRollo said:
i had considered that but don't have a card reader. They cost pennies these days so i guess, no excuses!
Cheers.
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If you still have a working WM, you can install WM5storage and make your phone act as a card reader/usb thumbdrive. You can then format and copy files normally like using a usb card reader/thumbdrive

Thats odd. Do you use the same connector on your kaiser?
Also may i ask what's your HardSPL Version..?

[Q] Recover defect SD-Card (Micro) accessing nand flash direct?

Situation:
- My HD2 with WP7(7004) no longer recognize my micro sd-card. I know the best friend is the the backup, but some new picture are not included in the last backup.
- Accessing the micro with a adapter and pc failed. win7 aborting after a while and no drive appears.
- I think the controller on the sd-card is defect. So no accessing with recovery tools.
Idea:
- After some time and investigation i found a special service. The reason for defect cards are to 80% defect controller not memory. They offer to read the nand flash with a direct interface to the chip.
- I Know the sd-card(my) is encrypted, and as far as i know, the key is saved on the HD2 after first install with the sd-card or factory reset.
Behavior:
- Sporadically my HD2 reboots, sometime 2-3 times, but then it boots correctly with saved settings.
Question:
- Whats your opinion to rescue the raw data this way, make a copy to a not defect card and accessing with the HD2 and the key in it.
Of course any other suggestions are welcome.

digital-native said:
Situation:
- My HD2 with WP7(7004) no longer recognize my micro sd-card. I know the best friend is the the backup, but some new picture are not included in the last backup.
- Accessing the micro with a adapter and pc failed. win7 aborting after a while and no drive appears.
- I think the controller on the sd-card is defect. So no accessing with recovery tools.
Idea:
- After some time and investigation i found a special service. The reason for defect cards are to 80% defect controller not memory. They offer to read the nand flash with a direct interface to the chip.
- I Know the sd-card(my) is encrypted, and as far as i know, the key is saved on the HD2 after first install with the sd-card or factory reset.
Behavior:
- Sporadically my HD2 reboots, sometime 2-3 times, but then it boots correctly with saved settings.
Question:
- Whats your opinion to rescue the raw data this way, make a copy to a not defect card and accessing with the HD2 and the key in it.
Of course any other suggestions are welcome.
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Are you sure that your photos weren't uploaded to skydrive?
Check using pc and log-in to skydrive using your windows live id

Hi Robbie,
no way, because SkyDrive was not activated. I have made some videos that were to large for my 500 mb volume rate.
dn

Its going to be difficult to copy the card because of the encryption you mentioned.
Its difficult enough to format it! Most OS don't recognise it.
The link you mentioned would only return to you a load of stuff.
Not sure what you can do, sorry.

Px6 for BMW 7 Serie E65 E66 8,8 zoll Android 9

Hi @All,
i hope you guys can help me. I just bought and asembled the android radio into my car. Everything worked fine besides bluetooth (lost connection everytime after 5 seconds)
Anyhow, i changed a (bluetooth) setting in the advanced settings menu after that the android screen where frozen. After pressing the hardware reset botton for 15sec. , the android gui disapeared.
Just the orgioninal (old BMW gui works), touchsreen without function
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/32959391140.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.e6844c4dtWjQvc
The supplier send me the image of the firmware to fix the issue, but the device dosent boot from USB nor from SD. Do i need to try to boot from a bootable Android 9 SD (USB) first and then choose factory defaults
and use the image from the supplier for that? USB /SD format FAT32, ore does NTFS also work?
Many thanks for your help
Best Regards
Sven

Hello,
The usb drive /SDCard has to be formatted FAT32 and the partition should not be larger than 32 GB.
On some models the devices do not boot from both USB ports (red and yellow) only one does work, try both.
Maybe it also helps do disconnect the car, and boot the device only from Power without the car.
Did you only get an OTA Update file or a complete OS image, can you upload it somwhere for check ?
sincerely Chri

Chrisu02 said:
Hello,
The usb drive /SDCard has to be formatted FAT32 and the partition should not be larger than 32 GB.
On some models the devices do not boot from both USB ports (red and yellow) only one does work, try both.
Maybe it also helps do disconnect the car, and boot the device only from Power without the car.
Did you only get an OTA Update file or a complete OS image, can you upload it somwhere for check ?
sincerely Chri
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Hi Chri,
thanks for your reply, i tried both usb cables, i used fat32 and the USB stick has 16GB the sd card 32gb, i also disconnected the battery.
i havent tried, if the device will boot when i disconnect the battery and put it back on without turning on the ignition. I will try this now.
Best Regards
Sven
I have both the PX6 image aprox. 800MB and the MCU as well
Edit: also dident work

maybe i wrote a little bit misunderstanding ^^"
i with disconnecting the car, i meant it different.
what i wanted to say is to only have power from the car or a powersupply connected to, normally the Unit does as soon as it got power.
another thing you can try it to disconnect the original navigation cable that goes to the android display, to enshure it will only have it`s own source.
does it show no image at all anymore ?
Do you have an USB A-A Cable to connect it to a computer to see if it will be found at all ?
Did you maybe have activated USB Debugging some time ?
i would be interrested in getting the files
sincerely Chri

Just to give you a feedback on this issue, i got a new PCB from the supplier.
My failure was, that i pressed intuitiv the false botton. "Update Config" instead of simply reboot