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[Q] How to fix SD card issue with files?

Hello everyone. I tried to search answer to this question, but so far found nothing.
This is known issue, when using Android SD build.
When I transfer files to my phone, the apps do not see the files. I have to restart my phone in order to see them. Does anyone knows how to fix it? I found ROM that I love, and it turns out to be such frustrating.
PS: I am also a noob, just got HD2 this afternoon.

Do you mean that you transfer them from your PC? If that the case it's worth checking if you not connecting to PC through Disk Drive, as this making "sd card" inaccsesible from phone apps. When you disconnect from PC, your files should be visible to the apps again.
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You can install SDRescan.

marasp said:
Do you mean that you transfer them from your PC? If that the case it's worth checking if you not connecting to PC through Disk Drive, as this making "sd card" inaccsesible from phone apps. When you disconnect from PC, your files should be visible to the apps again.
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Im noob, but not that much
Lets see how brainmaster's app will work

brainmaster said:
You can install SDRescan.
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Sadly it doesn't work as well. I have to reboot the phone in order to get my files.

Some builds on sd dont fully support mass storage.

mattfmartin said:
Some builds on sd dont fully support mass storage.
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Alrighty then. Ill try another build

AntonJart said:
Hello everyone. I tried to search answer to this question, but so far found nothing.
This is known issue, when using Android SD build.
When I transfer files to my phone, the apps do not see the files. I have to restart my phone in order to see them. Does anyone knows how to fix it? I found ROM that I love, and it turns out to be such frustrating.
PS: I am also a noob, just got HD2 this afternoon.
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Download MULTI MOUNT from market, and use it to enable the SD to the PC (not the android built in function) This is a must for all SD builds! cause with the standard method you can corrupt your data.Multi Mount allos the phone and the pc to access the card at the same time with no risk

[Q] Upgraded fro 6.5 to 7. Cant see my SD

Need some help. I've upgraded from 6.5 to 7 on my HD2. Works fine except that it cant see my SD card. I have 2 of them but none works. I've try them on other devices and it works so its not a memory card problem.
I tried to connect to HD2 via Windows Mobile Device Center but it wont recognize the device. What am I missing? Please help

bombolini2000 said:
Need some help. I've upgraded from 6.5 to 7 on my HD2. Works fine except that it cant see my SD card. I have 2 of them but none works. I've try them on other devices and it works so its not a memory card problem.
I tried to connect to HD2 via Windows Mobile Device Center but it wont recognize the device. What am I missing? Please help
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Ok, firstly you'll need to browse thru the FAQ.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=923997
WP7 is a new OS, COMPLETELY unrelated to WinMo6.x
Keep in mind WP7 is not an "upgrade" from winmo6.5...
No winmo6.5 apps/games work with WP7
The SD wont be seen by your PC (feature of WP7)
WP7 may not even recognise your sd card.
to check on WP7 goto:
Settings/About
Total Storage should be approx < xxGB (your SD card size...)
You need Zune installed instead of Windows Mobile Device Centre to sync stuff.

Thanks for your reply. What I meant to say is that 6.5 is history and I managed to install Win7. In checking Settings/About it only shows 15.73 MB of space. If thats the case then the 16GB os memory card that came with the phone its...useless? Or do I need a diff SD?

bombolini2000 said:
Thanks for your reply. What I meant to say is that 6.5 is history and I managed to install Win7. In checking Settings/About it only shows 15.73 MB of space. If thats the case then the 16GB os memory card that came with the phone its...useless? Or do I need a diff SD?
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Try a hardreset, Hold Vol Up&Down when you see the 1,2,3,4 on MAGLDR.
This happens sometimes where windows doesnt correctly format/see your card. It could also be that your card isnt compatible.

I'll be damned. Doing a hard reset and holding Volume Up at 1234 on MAGLDR......gave me back my SD card. Sweet. You are the man. Thanks for all your help.

SD Card Not Formatted / Recognised

Hi,
I've flashed WP7 on HD2, but for some reason WP7 will not recognise my SD card. I have hard-reset it many times, but still the data remains on it. I've tried different cards, re-flashing WP7, hard reset etc. Any advice?
Thanks,
Bugger... sorry, posted in wrong forum.

jimhaddon said:
Hi,
I've flashed WP7 on HD2, but for some reason WP7 will not recognise my SD card. I have hard-reset it many times, but still the data remains on it. I've tried different cards, re-flashing WP7, hard reset etc. Any advice?
Thanks,
Bugger... sorry, posted in wrong forum.
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cant believe you even voted your own thread as 5 stars, utter fail.

jimhaddon said:
Hi,
I've flashed WP7 on HD2, but for some reason WP7 will not recognise my SD card. I have hard-reset it many times, but still the data remains on it. I've tried different cards, re-flashing WP7, hard reset etc. Any advice?
Thanks,
Bugger... sorry, posted in wrong forum.
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Which version of WP7/ROM are you trying to use? Also, what are the brands of your SD cards?

i m also facing same prob after updating to back to the future xbmod...

Mee tooooo
I installed all, and It was all fine. After 10 hours of use I wanted to change the language (English->German). After restarting the phone, the card was not recognized anymore. I could fixed by taking the card out, soft reset and starting the phone, then after the initial configuration I went to Settings->About, did a Factory Reset, and while restarting I put the card back in. And it worked again. But then (again) after changing the language and restarting it does not recognize the card anymore.
Any idea how to fix this?

RE: Questions and Answers
Hello Guys...I believe this belongs in the questions and answers forum...you want answers...post them in the correct area

- To decrypt sdcard after use in WP7 the only method is the Nokia N97,e71.... tweak..

Or use wm 6.5 to format card
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WM 6.5 doesn't recognise card after new 7712-7720..

lukmakachi said:
- To decrypt sdcard after use in WP7 the only method is the Nokia N97,e71.... tweak..
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There will likley be an app to emulate this function sooner or later. (hopefully).

lukmakachi said:
- To decrypt sdcard after use in WP7 the only method is the Nokia N97,e71.... tweak..
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Apparently Ubuntu Linux also allows the formatting, I will test now!

FelipeMR said:
Apparently Ubuntu Linux also allows the formatting, I will test now!
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Did it work? Got a "dead" sd which needs to be fixed.

FelipeMR said:
Apparently Ubuntu Linux also allows the formatting, I will test now!
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I tried on Mageia Linux both with Magldr mass storage and with card reader, it didn't see card..

Tried a Hirens boot CD with GParted Magic rescue environment, but doesn't work either
But the Nokia trick does, its just a pain that I don't have a nokia, so I must borrow one when im at work

I too have this sd problem. Card that used to work with WP7 is not working anymore. I did the trick with Nokia C6 but it did not help anything. DT Windows recognaises card but WP7 doesen't. I have done factory reset multiple times, flashed rom again and again but nothing works.
Is there something that i missed?

This worked for me and only took ~20 mins

Ok. Have to try that too. Thanks.

[Q] How to fix my problem...

Hi, I'm having problem to flash my HTC HD2 back to android after flashing my HD2 to Windows Phone. The error that I'm having right now is to unable to mount SD Card. Everytime i've tried to mount /SDcard, an error Unable to mount /sdcard occured.
I've tried so many options but still no avail. Tried to use adb shell command but still unable to mount. So, I've tried to run android using SD Card, my phone stuck at port-a-droid screen and keep rebooting. At first, I though it was the SD card but when I tried on my friends HD2, the SD Android can boot and no problem.
I can't think what is the main problem as when I've load back to WP7, my sdcard can be detected and use as a storage and even in Magldr.
Hope someone could shed some light to my problem as i really love this phone.

wakaru_ken said:
Hi, I'm having problem to flash my HTC HD2 back to android after flashing my HD2 to Windows Phone. The error that I'm having right now is to unable to mount SD Card. Everytime i've tried to mount /SDcard, an error Unable to mount /sdcard occured.
I've tried so many options but still no avail. Tried to use adb shell command but still unable to mount. So, I've tried to run android using SD Card, my phone stuck at port-a-droid screen and keep rebooting. At first, I though it was the SD card but when I tried on my friends HD2, the SD Android can boot and no problem.
I can't think what is the main problem as when I've load back to WP7, my sdcard can be detected and use as a storage and even in Magldr.
Hope someone could shed some light to my problem as i really love this phone.
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Ok, follow these steps and you should be fine:
1. Flash task29 by placing task29.nbh onto root of SD card and holding volume down and power button while phone is OFF
2. Flash magldr or CLk
3. Flash recovery
I highly recommend HD2 Toolkit for this if you are not experienced. just google HD2 Toolkit and you will see the xda thread
Goodluck!

Thanks for your reply.
I will try it and hopefully it will solve my problem.
I will post again for the result. Thanks again.
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wakaru_ken said:
Thanks for your reply.
I will try it and hopefully it will solve my problem.
I will post again for the result. Thanks again.
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It should fix everything. Can't wait to hear the results!
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elesbb said:
It should fix everything. Can't wait to hear the results!
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Hi again.
I've tried the step that you suggested using the toolkit but still the same problem.
I'm still unable to boot android from the SD as it keeps reboot after showing the port to droid ultimate screen.
Try to install rom via sdcard still giving me the same can't mount error.
Any other suggestion?
I quit confuse on what reason this is happening as when installing WP7, sdcard can be detected. But when I've flash to Stock Desire HD using DFT (as is the only method that I cn use to install android) my sdcard can be detected by the android os.
It's kinda weird actually...
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Have you tried simply formatting your SD card to FAT32? This often solves issues involving the SD card

wakaru_ken said:
Hi again.
I've tried the step that you suggested using the toolkit but still the same problem.
I'm still unable to boot android from the SD as it keeps reboot after showing the port to droid ultimate screen.
Try to install rom via sdcard still giving me the same can't mount error.
Any other suggestion?
I quit confuse on what reason this is happening as when installing WP7, sdcard can be detected. But when I've flash to Stock Desire HD using DFT (as is the only method that I cn use to install android) my sdcard can be detected by the android os.
It's kinda weird actually...
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Oh my bad i thought you were trying to reinstall nand after coming from windows phone.
But yes try what nigeldg suggested, also, make sure your setup (SD card folders, startup.txt etc) is correct as well, thats honestly where it seems like its failing. But without the device its hard to try myself

elesbb said:
Oh my bad i thought you were trying to reinstall nand after coming from windows phone.
But yes try what nigeldg suggested, also, make sure your setup (SD card folders, startup.txt etc) is correct as well, thats honestly where it seems like its failing. But without the device its hard to try myself
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Hi, thanks for your reply.
Actually I did want to reinstall android from WP7 however when i enter recovery mode and choose install from the zip file, I get can't mount sdcard.
I've been trying a lot of things, format using sd formatter, format to FAT32, swap with another sdcard and even purchase new sdcard also gave me the same error. Even trying to fix using adb also fail or maybe I'm not expert enough to fix using adb. Found a topic in the forum by modifying initrd.rc (if i'm not mistaken) my knowledge is still shallow, so I dare not to try such attempt yet.
Do you think using Clk would solve my problem rather using Magldr? Maybe I should give it a try.
As for the boot android from sd is an effort for me to run android as a temporary solution while trying to figure out NAND installation problem but that method also fail.
I've already format my card using FAT32 (but will try to reformat again later), but copy all the android file into the folder and try to reboot from sdcard. Only got to loading screen of port-a-droid ultimate and then my phone reboot. But when I insert the same sdcard into my friends HD2, it boot into the android without a problem as I'm facing right now.
So I don't know what's the different between his HD2 and mine.
Hopefully someone could help me.
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wakaru_ken said:
Hi, thanks for your reply.
Actually I did want to reinstall android from WP7 however when i enter recovery mode and choose install from the zip file, I get can't mount sdcard.
I've been trying a lot of things, format using sd formatter, format to FAT32, swap with another sdcard and even purchase new sdcard also gave me the same error. Even trying to fix using adb also fail or maybe I'm not expert enough to fix using adb. Found a topic in the forum by modifying initrd.rc (if i'm not mistaken) my knowledge is still shallow, so I dare not to try such attempt yet.
Do you think using Clk would solve my problem rather using Magldr? Maybe I should give it a try.
As for the boot android from sd is an effort for me to run android as a temporary solution while trying to figure out NAND installation problem but that method also fail.
I've already format my card using FAT32 (but will try to reformat again later), but copy all the android file into the folder and try to reboot from sdcard. Only got to loading screen of port-a-droid ultimate and then my phone reboot. But when I insert the same sdcard into my friends HD2, it boot into the android without a problem as I'm facing right now.
So I don't know what's the different between his HD2 and mine.
Hopefully someone could help me.
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After reading this, and thinking about it for awhile, to eliminate ALL software issues, i would flash stock TMOUS or your carrier's stock Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM and try the sd card there. It almost sounds like youre having a hardware issue. Or wait a minute, what programs did you use to format your SD card? there might be a partition still on it that recovery isnt liking, download mIni tool partition wizard and delete all partitions then create a fat32 partition set as primary. Or use HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool that takes forever but it does an excelent job at erasing completely the contents (master boot records, paritions, data, everything) and restores it to a fresh state. every time i get any sort of external media i use this tool to completely wipe it clean. if problems still persist we may need to move to a google talk chat session or something so i can talk to you as you move through some steps.

elesbb said:
After reading this, and thinking about it for awhile, to eliminate ALL software issues, i would flash stock TMOUS or your carrier's stock Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM and try the sd card there. It almost sounds like youre having a hardware issue. Or wait a minute, what programs did you use to format your SD card? there might be a partition still on it that recovery isnt liking, download mIni tool partition wizard and delete all partitions then create a fat32 partition set as primary. Or use HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool that takes forever but it does an excelent job at erasing completely the contents (master boot records, paritions, data, everything) and restores it to a fresh state. every time i get any sort of external media i use this tool to completely wipe it clean. if problems still persist we may need to move to a google talk chat session or something so i can talk to you as you move through some steps.
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Hi again.
Thats what I'm affraid off. But if there's no other options, then I have to try to see if it would solve my issue.
BTW, where can i get and download stock WM6.5 ROM. I'm using 512MB version of HD2 and not TMOUS.
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wakaru_ken said:
Hi again.
Thats what I'm affraid off. But if there's no other options, then I have to try to see if it would solve my issue.
BTW, where can i get and download stock WM6.5 ROM. I'm using 512MB version of HD2 and not TMOUS.
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Good question lol i have the stock TMOUS ROM, and a custom ROM. The only problem with those is the radio will most likely brick the device.
What carrier do you have? im pretty good at tracking down files on the net. I would start with the carriers website, then go to HTC's website. its 100% out there, just gotta get the blood hounds out and sniff it down i found a 12 year old program (simple .exe file) that would compare two folder directories and output there results to a text file so its definately out there
And i say it might be a hardware issue since you claimed it booted on your friends HD2, thus ruling out a bad SD card, or bad software setup. These devices arent that hard to pull apart, ive had mine a apart more times than i change my underwear xP
So if it is hardware related, prolly a pin thats not connecting 100% (Hopefully) you can easily rip it apart and bend the pin to make contact.
Well the best to ya if you need help finding the stock ROM just post your specs of the carrier and what not and i'll try to help ya. Also if you need anything else you know wher to find me

elesbb said:
Good question lol i have the stock TMOUS ROM, and a custom ROM. The only problem with those is the radio will most likely brick the device.
What carrier do you have? im pretty good at tracking down files on the net. I would start with the carriers website, then go to HTC's website. its 100% out there, just gotta get the blood hounds out and sniff it down i found a 12 year old program (simple .exe file) that would compare two folder directories and output there results to a text file so its definately out there
And i say it might be a hardware issue since you claimed it booted on your friends HD2, thus ruling out a bad SD card, or bad software setup. These devices arent that hard to pull apart, ive had mine a apart more times than i change my underwear xP
So if it is hardware related, prolly a pin thats not connecting 100% (Hopefully) you can easily rip it apart and bend the pin to make contact.
Well the best to ya if you need help finding the stock ROM just post your specs of the carrier and what not and i'll try to help ya. Also if you need anything else you know wher to find me
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Thanks again. I will try to find stock rom first. If not, I will post again.
Btw, is it possible for me to pull out (or create an image) of the stock ROM as my brother had a friend that ask me to convert his HD2 to Android. But just to be save, I want to extract the original stock rom first just in case and at the same time i could use it to restore my HD2.
Do you think it is caused by the hware. Because if it is, would it also effecting WP7 rom also. A bit weird as WP7 could access my sdcard without an issue. I don't know as i'm no expert in mobile device.
If my device is bricked either because of the radio or others, is it possible to un-brick it.
Anyway, thanks. Will be posting again soon.
If still couldn't solve, then i will just stick to WP7 and sold the unit instead.
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I forgot to ask. If my device came from WM6.5, should I flash the radio first or HSPL?
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wakaru_ken said:
Thanks again. I will try to find stock rom first. If not, I will post again.
Btw, is it possible for me to pull out (or create an image) of the stock ROM as my brother had a friend that ask me to convert his HD2 to Android. But just to be save, I want to extract the original stock rom first just in case and at the same time i could use it to restore my HD2.
Do you think it is caused by the hware. Because if it is, would it also effecting WP7 rom also. A bit weird as WP7 could access my sdcard without an issue. I don't know as i'm no expert in mobile device.
If my device is bricked either because of the radio or others, is it possible to un-brick it.
Anyway, thanks. Will be posting again soon.
If still couldn't solve, then i will just stick to WP7 and sold the unit instead.
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Here are the stock ROMs for the UK, so the ones for your carrier are probably on the HTC website somewhere Try searching through your country's branch of the htc website (i.e. rather than htc.com/uk try your country's code) and you will most probably find the ROM you're looking for. If you're flashing from WinMo you flash HSPL>Radio>MAGLDR/cLK>CWM>ROM (in response to your second post)

Nigeldg said:
Here are the stock ROMs for the UK, so the ones for your carrier are probably on the HTC website somewhere Try searching through your country's branch of the htc website (i.e. rather than htc.com/uk try your country's code) and you will most probably find the ROM you're looking for. If you're flashing from WinMo you flash HSPL>Radio>MAGLDR/cLK>CWM>ROM (in response to your second post)
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Hi and i'm here again to ask a question as i'm quite noob regarding this stuff and i don't want to end up brick my phone.
I've found this ROM upgrade for HTC HD2 at:
www.htc.com/sea/help/htc-hd2/#download
Can i use this rom to flash back to stock rom?
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wakaru_ken said:
Hi and i'm here again to ask a question as i'm quite noob regarding this stuff and i don't want to end up brick my phone.
I've found this ROM upgrade for HTC HD2 at:
www.htc.com/sea/help/htc-hd2/#download
Can i use this rom to flash back to stock rom?
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I'm reasonably sure you can, as that says it's just a generic software update. Try it out and see if it helps your SD issue and report back

Nigeldg said:
Here are the stock ROMs for the UK, so the ones for your carrier are probably on the HTC website somewhere Try searching through your country's branch of the htc website (i.e. rather than htc.com/uk try your country's code) and you will most probably find the ROM you're looking for. If you're flashing from WinMo you flash HSPL>Radio>MAGLDR/cLK>CWM>ROM (in response to your second post)
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Nigeldg said:
I'm reasonably sure you can, as that says it's just a generic software update. Try it out and see if it helps your SD issue and report back
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Way to steal my thunder lol haha thanks for the added information! i found the same things by browsing HTC's website. Hopefully its not a hardware fault!

elesbb said:
Way to steal my thunder lol haha thanks for the added information! i found the same things by browsing HTC's website. Hopefully its not a hardware fault!
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Trololol

Nigeldg said:
Trololol
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*cough*clears throat* loser *cough* mmm sorry about that had a scratch in my throat

:O meanie
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[Q] HSPL & MAGLDR while SD card in phone.. Now card won't work.

Hello..
I'm preparing this friend's phone for Android installation (used to run W 6.5).. I upgraded the SPL to HSPL 2.08, and installed MAGLDR... all of that while the SD Card inside the phone. now the card is not recognizable.. I tried choosing USB MassSTG through MAGLDR, I got nothing.. I tried connecting the card to the computer directly, same thing.. no disk shows in computer or disk manager, and when I try to refresh, it just keeps searching forever.
I installed CWM after that, and nothing new. I have both Windows sync and HTC sync installed on my PC.
Anyone had this problem before? Anyone ever did these steps while the card was in the phone?
I read that WP7 locks the SD card and you can use it only by inserting it into the phone and connecting the phone.. is that also the case with W 6.5? could the card be simply locked? the owner wasn't much of a help since he can't remember ever taking the card out of the phone.
Any help would be much appreciated.

hunted22 said:
I read that WP7 locks the SD card and you can use it only by inserting it into the phone and connecting the phone.. is that also the case with W 6.5?
could the card be simply locked?
the owner wasn't much of a help since he can't remember ever taking the card out of the phone.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Since you said any help is appreciated, then I'll just answer the latter question.
No, Windows Mobile doesn't lock SD cards. And never use mass storage of magldr, it can corrupt (large) files.
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Marvlesz said:
Since you said any help is appreciated, then I'll just answer the latter question.
No, Windows Mobile doesn't lock SD cards. And never use mass storage of magldr, it can corrupt (large) files.
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Thank you for your response.. I do appreciate it.. it looks like magldr has corrupted the whole card instead of just one file
I hope there is a way to save the card out there..