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Lost files on SD card in XDA2

I just did a backup to SD and files are missing (Pix Mp3 etc...) now the only folders are the recycle bin (advanced explorer) Backup file 20Mb and "ignore mydocs" which is 0kb. The properties still says the space is taken up with stuff on the card but i can't get at the files. Any ideas or do i have to format the card.
I know SD card erasures has been thread before but I didn't know if the XDA2 problem was new. I'm using windows default theme, no-name 256Mb SD card.
Thanks

This is the first that hear about lost SD files on the XDAII. This has been bothering me a lot on XDA1 and WM2003 and there is no OS documentation on the Phone Edition of WM2003.
The interesting thing is that you do have some folders remaining in the card. Is the backup functional(Were you able to restore from it?) Most erasures completely erase the card and all the directories therein.
I did some research on the Radio Interface layer and the specific DLL's interaction with the OS. As a continuation to the following:
http://xda-developers.com/RIL/
I feel the problem lies in how the Radio Stack conflicts programatically with how SD cards are recognized by the device. So I wrote a few apps to trace how files are written to the card and when there is a new card ID generated by the device.
The erasures coincide with the new SD card ID in the OS and port/ layer. However, since the RIL and stack are built in and not documented I have not been able to isolate and resolve the problem.
How long have you had this card?
what apps do you have installed in the XDA II?
Has the erasure occurred before?

I've had this happen once and only once after uninstalling some software. I have a "viking 512MB" sd card.
I ejected it then put it back in then pointed the file explorer to it and all was back to normal.

once..
:twisted:
It happened to me once (i had xda 2 now for a month)...
I lost data which has no backups.. since I had this 512MB panasonic on all my Ipaq 3970,5450,550,2210,1910, and 4150 and it never fails ...
Now this xda 2 erased it all ... been 2 weeks now and still holding... but I am backung up my SD now once for while..
- my new problem, if my phone portion hangs, and softreset, I got stuck on O2 blue screen and need to hard reset.. last night it happened again and the pda portion still working , so backed up and hard reset...
I still has the 13Q protocol version, I heard someone fix this problem upgarding to 14 ?

xdaer said:
I just did a backup to SD and files are missing (Pix Mp3 etc...) now the only folders are the recycle bin (advanced explorer) Backup file 20Mb and "ignore mydocs" which is 0kb. The properties still says the space is taken up with stuff on the card but i can't get at the files. Any ideas or do i have to format the card.
I know SD card erasures has been thread before but I didn't know if the XDA2 problem was new. I'm using windows default theme, no-name 256Mb SD card.
Thanks
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I suggest if you can place the card in a Laptop or PC and run Scandisk.
There may even be a Pocket PC program that can do the same thing so you might try doing a web search for one.
Flash Format comes to mind:
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=851
HTH

tried all..
:x
I tried all in my laptop, even Norton etc... really nothing left !!
I had the PCMCIA adpter for MS/SD/MMC/Smartmedia..

the FILES ARE there!!
Hi all, please be carefull the files are not ERASED they are there but somehow hidden!!! :!: :?: :!: , it happened to me on my Sandisk 256MB and after a week, things went back to normal and i had all my files accessable, i copied them to my PC and now after a month , the files disapeared again on my SD Card but if you check the CARD you can see that some files are taking space which mean again they are there but not accessable.

a week ??
I dont think I can last a week to wait until my sd files come up again ...
DO you have any quick fix on this issue like rewriting the FAT thru norton or other SW ?
I had checked with my laptop last time and my files really disappeared..

HI
the files are there on the card and they are hidden. They appear to be broken up into 12k chunks... is there any way to recover them?? I'm using a no name 256k sd card and the problem occured after doing a full back up. Incidentally the recovery file is faulty and will no work. I'm not too bothered but i lost loads of photos....
thanks

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.

2gb sandisk micro, limited file size?

Hey guys, i have a problem...
there is no one, who can help me in german boards, so i hope you can help me.
I wanted to install the german version of wikipedia on my hermes (980 mb)
I tryed to put the file via activesync on my sd card, there the error (by 50%) that the file is in use... that cant be true, cause there is no programm witch is using the file...
When i try to put the file on the card via cardreader, there is the error "the sector cant be find" (bad translation )
the funny thing is:
When i place 1.5 gb music on the card, it works... but with a 950 mb file it doent work... is there any file-size-limit or something?
I formated the card with the rescon fileexplorer, because when i format it with windows, the card only shows the space of 1 gb...
Do you have any suggestions what to do?

ive seen certain card readers than can only read SD bassed media up to 1GB in size.
anythign bigger gives odd results... (often warning the card needs a format)
i'd try a diff card reader, or beter still use w5torage and keep the card in the hermes...
(my card read i had problems with was an Icy Box variant)

i dont know if this would help but if you have vista you can see your card as an external USB drive... i have put 1.8G files on my card and taken them off with no issue i have a 2G sandisk

thanks for answering!
@acuum,
what do you mean with "w5torage"?
Is this an other programm like acticesync?
I tryed everything... transfer the file via wlan... and so on...
@austinsnyc,
no, i don't have vista i dont like it
any other suggestions ?

breytex said:
thanks for answering!
@acuum,
what do you mean with "w5torage"?
Is this an other programm like acticesync?
I tryed everything... transfer the file via wlan... and so on...
@austinsnyc,
no, i don't have vista i dont like it
any other suggestions ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=273748
Mike

okay, i will try it

I doesnt work...
Because, to make it work, i have to disable the usb advanced function...
but when i want to start "pogram > connection > usb to pc" the app opens and closes after a second...
Do anyone have an other suggestion for my mainproblem?
or a suggestion for my problem with the wm5s?
btw: i am using wm6, but in the board, there are people, who are using wm6 too, and they can use the wm5s propaly

noone can help me ?
I tryed the plugin winCE for the windows totalcommander...
35%, and the upload crashed

worked ok for me, on latest Elf, and worked on a Dutty rom i used...
one thing. If you have previosuly made any bluetooth GPS com ports you can't then disable the USB function. (no idea why this is....)
go to bluetooth and delete ANY com ports.
then go back to disable the advanced USB function. it should now be changable.
then try WM5torage
(sorry i typo'd in my previous post... (forgot the T)

Format type
Hi,
I've had problem too copying big files to my sd. I had LVSW 19.05. I imagine that my problems was one of this 2 choice:
- issue with the LVSW release ... I've tried black and all goes without problems;
- but first I've reformatted my microsd with 2 copy of fat (normal behavior in hd, not so normal in sd cards) - I've used Pocket Mechanic.
One of this 2 operations had resolved my issue ...
Don't know if useful ... but ...
bye

okay, thanks at all, the tool "card export" worked for me with the safemode tool together
thanks again!

Big problem with storage on Trinity.....help !!!

i'm using Mary 3.3.5 SL with almost nothing software as espect !!! (just wow)
But recently, i found out, my software which i install on miniSD card has lost suddently...with no reason.
I 've tried to format or ever hard reset...(with same Mary3.3.5SL)
but it still remain problem. Normally, the evening yesterday,i plug to charge as usual,and then today morning...I found nothing on my card mini SD, ...instead of some file such as mail...iecache...cache....or something really @sshole....
I wonder it cause of some bug or else ??? Anyone catch the bug like me ???
It's not one time....it happen 3 time recently after i install and reinstall again again...i fell really bad about what happen.
p/s : not only my program, but also my picture which i shoot from camera, and video i store on miniSD...???
It's problem of miniSD or bug of Mary3.3.5???
Please answer me quickly...i luv Mary3.x.x SL....cause it nearly empty but empty by this way is very bad.......

hi
if you look around ?the problem is not from Mary 3.3.5 SL ?? its from the minisd card....many of them is not stable especially those which is not original
if you have card reader try to fromat it by fat32 ? or change the card to another kind like kingstone or toshiba ?i think those good ones

no this is not just a card problem itself, it's a htc problem. search "sd card corruption". it's widely reported.

uhm, i ask some of my friends, and there is a problem too with kingston SD card too... but with another OS ,i mean another wm5.....i bought my trinity and miniSD card at Fnac (cause i'm had lived in france for a long time).
Then now...i think this card is origine or original as you say...
Any experience ???

oh,dear, thank you for give me advice "sd card corruption" but
It seem not in this case,cause if "sd card corruption" happen, it's always show the message " SD card corrupted" and also can't open card, except re-format it.
In my case, i got 2 or 3 folder after "corrupt". I mean yesterday evening, i install 4 or 5 game, play as usual...i plug charge into my Trinity.
Ok,then,i sleep......until morning, i check i got nothing on miniSD card.
except 3 folder "cookies" + "History" + "Mail" .
If you got corrupt card, you can't see such 3 folder...
Remember that : yesterday,everything just fine, until this morning...
It happen 3 or 4 times...Someone know it's become from what ???

my card got status on properties "RAW" instead of FAT or FAT32...
wth ???

just try to change your card ?? and see if this problem is still exist ....i have same problem before.....

try doing this:
once u find that your storage card data disappears, use the file explorer from Trinity.
open and see... you'll find that u have 'storage card' AND 'storage card2'
delete 'storage card' which contains a folder called mail
after deleting 'storage card', soft reset... you should get back everything.
i've faced the problem twice.

Problem with applications

Hi guys,
I've got problem with my elf. I've got some cabs on my storage card and when I'm trying to install them, there's a question about localization for this applications. When I'm checking box at 'storage card' my elf's trying to install it on phone (it's trying to install it on phone, no matter what I've checked), where's only 11 mb free. Why I can't install aplications on storage card?
Card is free in 63%.
Btw. I don't know or is it important, but my OS is 5.2.1620
Thanks in advance
Sabtuz
Sorry for my bad English

Have you tried a hard reset?
Sometimes Windows Mobile..
You know.

I even change soft (onyx ultimate) and still same problem...

Try Onyx Micro, see how it goes.

Still same. Maybe sth in registry?

Have you tried changing microSD cards?
Make sure they are not write protected.

Hellow
Dose this occur with all (or some) programs because some programes are designed to run from main memory and not sd card