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1GB card detected as 135MB-Problem Solved

I have a problem, the SD card works, the device asked me to format it, but after the format my S100 detects it as a 135 MB card. I don't have a card reader to try formating the card in it , but while in the phone i tried to format it from my PC - no change - after the formating it's still detected as 135MB. How can I fix this?
I've tried Resco Explorer, Softick CardExport II<both format on the device and from my PC in card export mode> and Pocket Mechanic<both in FAT16 and FAT32> - all the three of them detect it as 135 MB card. The card is working great with Universal, and in camera the card is working too, so it's OK and it's realy 1 GB....
the brand is 1GB PQI hi-speed 133
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Subject: 1GB card detected as 135MB????? HELP ME PLEASE
Hi use this app inside the windows with a card reader,
CompuApps SwissKnife V3 3.22
link: http://software-files.download.com/...48&siteId=4&edId=3&pid=10485574&psid=10070864
good lock , [/quote]

10x, pal, as soon as i 've tried i'll write what's the result.

There's some kind of problem- Swissknife gives me an error when I try to run it under Windows XP SP2. During the install there were no errors. But the program crashes everytime I start it up... I've downloaded again from the developers site reinstlled it and - nothing - it gives me the same error again. everytime I run it I end up witjh the MS error reporting tool...

Problem Solved
IT WORKED. I've just needed to restart my PC. The card is shown now as 955MB card. Great tool. I've even succeded without the card reader-used Softik Card Export II and formated the card via the USB directly on my Qtek
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Credits and thanks go to ronald11
10x buddy
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【Urgent】SD card become read only under android

Urgent!!!
I don't know if this is a bug or not. I used to copy files by selecting the disk drive mode. After that I will safely remove the device under windows before disconnecting the usb cable.
The problem is sometimes after copying files to sdcard, the SD card will become read only under android. For example I cannot copy or create files using file explorer. When using camera app it says "Unable to save file to SD card due to insufficient file permissions". When using album it says "SD card unmounted or not present".
After the problem occurs I cannot access the SD card via disk drive mode anymore, unless I physically removed and reinsert back the SD card.
The strange thing is I can still access the SD card in PC via card reader with no problem. I can also view the existing files in the SD card under android (eg opening .apk in SD card)
I tried flashing the ROM for 2 times and with a different SD card. Also I formatted the SD using Panasonic SD formatter and partitioned properly. The problem still appear after several access under disk drive mode. Million thanks!!!

I've noticed the same thing in the DL DesireZ v3.3 nand ROM...
But now since I've switched to skink_Clean_Desire_v1.0 I don't have the problem any more...
No problem solver I know... but just to confirm the issue!
It was also read-only when I had disk drive mode chosen and connected to my win xp pc!
so when I deleted files over the computer they still existed...
I always remove the sd card securely!...
hope this helps a little bit!

Memory cards get weak after awhile...Had d same issue with a Memory card...it works well on WinMo but messes up just as u described in android after a format n a few read & writes...Froyo has also been reported to ruin memory cards...Summary, there's no real solution as i've googled all over....My advice is for you 2 get a new memory card, capacity & class (d higher d number, d better its read & write speed) is up to you...I'm using a class (4) 8GB card n its been alright.
P.S. Stop transferring files via d disk drive option in android..stick to using memory card readers or d MAGDLR function (though some also report file errors with dis).

voncrane said:
Memory cards get weak after awhile...Had d same issue with a Memory card...it works well on WinMo but messes up just as u described in android after a format n a few read & writes...Froyo has also been reported to ruin memory cards...Summary, there's no real solution as i've googled all over....My advice is for you 2 get a new memory card, capacity & class (d higher d number, d better its read & write speed) is up to you...I'm using a class (4) 8GB card n its been alright.
P.S. Stop transferring files via d disk drive option in android..stick to using memory card readers or d MAGDLR function (though some also report file errors with dis).
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Thanks for your reply
But how come windows and wm can read and write normally but it doesn't work in android?
Also, I have been using NAND and its disk drive option to transfer file in Cotulla's desire stock Rom and there is no problem at all. Would the problem be related to app2sd since the card has a ext4 partition?

do a chkdsk on your micro-sd card. let it repair and then don't delete the LOST folder in your sd card. ^^ you will be able to mount as read/write after this

victortan001 said:
do a chkdsk on your micro-sd card. let it repair and then don't delete the LOST folder in your sd card. ^^ you will be able to mount as read/write after this
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Try a chkdsk as well...But in my experience, i did it several times & it only acted as a band-aid...As it reverts to read only ltr on...

voncrane said:
Try a chkdsk as well...But in my experience, i did it several times & it only acted as a band-aid...As it reverts to read only ltr on...
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So is this a SD card problem or ROM problem?
Previously I had been using Cotulla Desire stock Rom for a month and the problem didn't exist.
I don't mind buying a new SD card if it can completely solve the problem. Thanks

SD card unavailable

hi,
i have htc h2 with android platform, last night i install win7 and my SD card 8GB also inside the mobile, after installation finish i cant see any option abt memory in win7 mobile also when i remove mem card my mobile switch offed and my android OS totally gone i can't send d receive any files via bluetooth
Now i want dual operating system and memory card must be work in win7 and android i have two 8Gb cards.
Any suggestion would me great appreciat

On win7 -settings -about should show memory
When you install win7 on any sd card, this will encrpyt the sd card, so it will not be readable unless you recover it using, for example a nokia device there is a thread on this forum listing all the devices that can recover sd card..
Your android oS will be not be available because Win7 will be installed as Nand (over android on the phone) but for dual boot android must run from sd card
What you need to do
Maybe use the same sd card or different sd card
Install win7 - when successfull
Install dev_lock cab by cab sender
Install partition_cab (less than 8gb) and reset your phone from about
Turn on storage lock..turn phone off
Put sd card in sd adapter and transfer android sd rom onto it
Go through the magdlr options( on this forum)
Dual boot should be set up

Hi, thanks for your reply.I'm not comfort with windows 7 because some features very annoying, bluetooth nt working and when i press green button to atten are dial call camera opening always its really very silly, i need to install only android what i hav to do for installing android and my SD card showing only 200mb in pc i nt format yet if i format i cant use my mobile. plz slove my problem

you have to recover your sd card first so if you can, reformat using nokia devices or use the unlock cab followed by partition cab then easeus mini tool to fully reformat then install android through magdlr

i recover my SD card and Now i installed Android version 2.2 everything working fine except internal memory i can't use internal memory its show Available internal storage space 614MB.when i transfer any photos r mp3 via blue-tooth it asking memory card. where is my internal memory gone

SD card locked and i can't fix it anyhow

Hello,
i got my memory card locked on hd2, when i launch hd2 with memory card in it sayes: Storage card not working;
I tried installing "back to the future" rom - installed unlocker - tried unlocking but it sayes it's not locked(probably not recognizing sd), hard reset/reset you phone - result in: instead of showing it not locked - it sayes no sd card found.
All the time in "about" settings the free memory is not more then 30mb(depending on rom) - memory card is 2gb, so it's deffinatelly not recognized.
When i do mass storage via magldr/use adapter for microSD and connect it to pc via card reader - pc states that card needs format, but gives error that it's write-protected(with both protected/not modes on sd) - doesn't allows to format, disk manager/partition magic/partition wizard - show various results, but they cannot format the sd card, eventhough partition wizard shows 1partition only on sd and it's 1,3gb.
Tried formatting with nokia n97 mini - formats successfully, but shows 30mb total and makes it free - after plugging to a pc/hd2 - same results as previously happen.
My thoughts: i have 3 partitioned sd card(dk how this happened) with 30mb/1,3gb/rest partitions, and wp7 sd card unlocker doesn't recognize all partitions and cannot unlock it for me, but i dk why n97 does not format it successfully then :/
Looking forward to hear your thoughts,
Paul
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and yes, forgot to mention, i have tried mbrclean from both magldr/partition wizard - same result

did you try a program called SDFormatter
there are a few overwrite settings that maybe will work for you.
otherwise i'm wondering if linux would see and correctly reformat the disk for you.
you could run a livecd linux distro that wouldn't even have to be installed on your computer.
good luck

use easus partition manager and delete partitions and use format again

SDformatter - i have been using it all the time, same results with diff settings, easus partition master - same results as with other partition apps - it sees only 30mb partition(as same as n97 mini), currently i'm downloading ubuntu distro and will try partitioning sd card over ubuntu, hopefully it works, gonna post results soon
Ubuntu 11.10 - disk manager shows only 1partition of 32mb - it can't be formatted successfully, mbr partitioning system cannot be applied successfully - only non partition applied - but it still 32mb and hd2 doesn't recognize that 32mb partition, gonna go use hirens boot cd partition apps - if i wont have success with them - probably sd card broken :/

did you try gparted in ubuntu??
sorry this stuff isn't working out

i formated my sd card with nokia n97... everything was ok... Just find some partition manager and format the sd card with it...

eXtremeLT said:
SDformatter - i have been using it all the time, same results with diff settings, easus partition master - same results as with other partition apps - it sees only 30mb partition(as same as n97 mini), currently i'm downloading ubuntu distro and will try partitioning sd card over ubuntu, hopefully it works, gonna post results soon
Ubuntu 11.10 - disk manager shows only 1partition of 32mb - it can't be formatted successfully, mbr partitioning system cannot be applied successfully - only non partition applied - but it still 32mb and hd2 doesn't recognize that 32mb partition, gonna go use hirens boot cd partition apps - if i wont have success with them - probably sd card broken :/
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i'm having a similar problem...
my 4gb sandisk has been corrupted. it shows as a 30mb in raw format. no tool can format it. i;ve tried gparted, sdfomatter 3.1, hdd low level formatting tool, easus. nothing works.

defy + sd card problem

I have accidentally formatted my SD card in ext3 file system mode and now my phone cannot read it.Even when i connect the phone to the computer in usb memory card mode...the sd card is not shown in the computer. So i am not being able to format it again.Please tell me how to reformat it back to fat32 ....

Use EASEUS Partition Master, it will read your SD card in EXT3 format and will allow you to manage / format it!

open disk management (start->run->diskmgmt.msc) and erase your ext3 partition (doable in windows)

If you have any trouble doing this while the card is in your phone, you can also remove it and use an USB Card Reader.
But as said before, you just have to change the unit type to get it working again.
Good luck.

Lorenard said:
If you have any trouble doing this while the card is in your phone, you can also remove it and use an USB Card Reader.
But as said before, you just have to change the unit type to get it working again.
Good luck.
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You can use a USB Card reader and this software: "hp disk storage format tool".