Does your SD card work perfectly with Windows Phone 7?
If so, which capacity, brand, model and where did you buy it?
If not, what problem did you run in to, and which capacity, brand, model and where did you buy it?
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Play.com 32gb SDHC (Unbranded / White label) here.
It seems to be incompatible with MAGLDR - it does not function in Mass Storage mode or in the SD boot mode.
When booting WP7, the phone just reboots after the Dark Forces logo is shown.
RickAstley said:
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Play.com 32gb SDHC (Unbranded / White label) here.
It seems to be incompatible with MAGLDR - it does not function in Mass Storage mode or in the SD boot mode.
When booting WP7, the phone just reboots after the Dark Forces logo is shown.
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doesnt even work with magldr?? try formatting it on pc using panasonic sd formatter..
when it starts working on mass storage mode then perform the test on whether it will work on wp7 or not
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and to OP, transcend 2gb has issues for me.. sometimes wifi doesnt work.. sometimes it does but then wp7 gets really laggy and sooner or later just turns off (sometimes even hardresets)
multiple hardreset retries and it always ends up with the above issues.
Got mine with my HD2 TMobile usa, Scandisk 16 GB HC , WORKS EXCELLENT
Kingston 16gb, class 4 works fine. No problems... At least, not yet...
kingston sdhc 8gb class(4) - capacity avaible but phone have lags. reflashing wp7 nothing change
kingston sd 1gb - work fine
Kingston 8 Gb SDHC (Class 6) - Works great.
SanDisk 2 Gb - Works Ok.
Kingston 4 Gb SDHC (Class 6) - Works but is laggy when installing and running apps
jjblaster3 said:
doesnt even work with magldr?? try formatting it on pc using panasonic sd formatter..
when it starts working on mass storage mode then perform the test on whether it will work on wp7 or not.
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I've tried that. It seems that there is an issue with MAGLDR - android, windows (PC) both see the card and read from it fine.
Perhaps MAGLDR doesn't like 32gb cards?
let me tell you..
I formatted my sd card in a thousand ways with all sorts of programs
NOTHING WORKED
you must have your SD card inside the phone when installing WP7,
then WP7 customises it and you are on.
Really strange though, I can sync in Zune but I can't view my SD card when I get it out of the phone.
Sd not working
I have the replacement SD from Samsung Class 2 16GB
It works with WM and Android, but not WP7
Honestly, I cant even find the location where I see the SD in WP7.
I keep getting the "Out of Space" message and I have to reboot to even get text.
Any ideas for some of this?
[UPDATE]
Fixed after reformatting the SD using my Camera, Then putting in the phone, and Re-flashing WP7
If your SD card was inserted when you first installed WM, then it's simply incompatible.
On the first boot, WM will format the card and initialise it for use. If it's not compatible, no go.
sandisk ultra 16GB (class 4), working fine
Sandisk 32GB class 2, working perfectly on phone
Sandisk 2GB class 2 did not work
Sandisk 1GB class 2 did not work either....
???
ultramag69 said:
Kingston 16gb, class 4 works fine. No problems... At least, not yet...
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I have one of these, when used to for WP7 i crashes and reboots at DFT screen
Could you provide format information, Fat16/32 & Cluster size
Tested SD cards
Working:
Kingston 4GB SDHC Class 4
Not working:
Kingston 8GB SDHC Class 4
Transcend 8GB SDHC Class 6
Verbatim 8GB SDHC Class 4
mario221975 said:
Got mine with my HD2 TMobile usa, Scandisk 16 GB HC , WORKS EXCELLENT
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Same here. Works great!
WORKING
Sandisk Class 2 1gb
Sandisk Class 2 2gb-had some issues while shutdown
Sandisk Class 2 8gb
Sandisk Class 2 16gb
tested myself on 2 diff hd2(7)
hope it helps some one!
There is no pattern here.
Opening up this 2nd thread about SD cards is pointless and serves to do nothing but confuse, as it has been shown that two people with exactly the same cards can get very different results.
Suggest people just buy through trial and error/returning incompatible cards while waiting for some WP7 certified cards to come on the market. The fact that they havnt yet says alot.
Not working:
Transcend 8GB SDHC Class 6
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I am about to buy a 4 GB 150x Class 2 SDHC Secure Digital Card for my recently bought O2 Neo handset. I would like to know if anyone has tried this earlier and knows if it works.
Umesh
O2 Neo
i have a-data 4gb turbo sd 150x and it works well
Thanks Speeed. Do you know if that is a Class 2 SDHC. I remember reading some post here which said a SDHC 2.0 format might not be compatible with HTC Prophet.
is SDHC working in a prophet?
Hey Umesh, I do have exactly the same question. I already have a 1 GB SD card. But now I need to upgrade and I am wondering if I can buy a SDHC class 2 or even SDHC class 6 card. Can you please post your experiences.
ADVAthanksNCE, Peter
umesh said:
I am about to buy a 4 GB 150x Class 2 SDHC Secure Digital Card for my recently bought O2 Neo handset. I would like to know if anyone has tried this earlier and knows if it works.
Umesh
O2 Neo
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I have the Transcend 150x 4gb SD working in my Prophet for almost a year. The only issue is one that applies to all SD cards and not just the 4gb, that is today plugins sometimes don't like to be on the SD card, otherwise everything works perfectly. It seems to me I remember at the time I bought my 4gb SD card there were some models that had issues with the Prophet. I guess you could just get one of the cards that has already been proven to be compatible.
transcend card
I also have a 4gB transcend card that works perfectly....
gujjuman said:
I also have a 4gB transcend card that works perfectly....
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You can order one here, they have others for sale too, but you might want to get one that works for sure.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820163159
Topram 4Gb
I have a Topram 4Gb 150x sd card and have had no problems. I got it from Ebay.
please note it uses SD 1.1, which is the maximum the Prophet supports.
check it out here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOPRAM-150X-4...ryZ18871QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Hi,
I have a samsung oem 4go 150x, bought on ebay from fastmemoryman, and it is also working perfectly on my prophet.
Topram and Soho failed. Still looking for a good 4GB card!
Hello guys,
Here's my experience with 4GB SD card dilemma using a Qtek s200:
1) Topram 150X:
*Works ok till 2GB but data written beyond 2GB can not read back.
*Surprisingly there's no error after chkdsk, xp-scan.
*No error when writing beyond 2GB but data is not really written.
*Original content of the sectors do not change at all.
*Deep analysis under WinHex states defect starting at sector #3964927 of about 8 million sectors.
* FAT16 and FAT32 all formatting combinations possible on Qtek as well as XP which is surprising. No error using Panasonic SD Formatter as well. This card doest not react to any write operation, even if it fails !!!
SOLUTION: Created a 2GB partition using WM5torage + XP and bypass defected area.
2) SOHO 150X:
*Looks horrible with 5th class sticker misaligned.
*Comes with 90MB of defected sectors already marked bad in FAT.
*Healty reformatting impossible.
*All sectors beyond 1GB are unreadable & unwritable.
SOLUTION: Sent it back to the seller.
QUESTION TO ALL POSTS CLAIMING TRANSCEND & A-DATA WORKS WITH NO PROBLEM:
Of course the 4GB SD's are recognized well when insterted in Prophet. But did you go beyond 2GB and up to 4GB? I strongly need someone who would confirm having written full 4GB and able to read it back with no data loss !!!
I think just inserting the card and seeing 3800MB something free means NOTHING and you should load the card completely without no data loss to be sure everything is OK.
Many posts claim problem with camera not saving to card. No sense anymore, it's not related to the cards but the cam.app as the free space calculation issue is well known now.
Waiting for some good news about Trancend and A-Data which i want to try asap...
SHHC not compatible with Prophet
Not yet tried but given all the information on various sources, Prophet has no chance to recognize any SDHC card. When inserted we will probably won't see anything. Like a RAW card.
The most logical explanation is that the CSD layer of SD2.0 is organized diffently than SD1.1.
Didn't see yet any opportunity to use them with a future ROM update. The hardware limitations of the reader on prophet may be the cause.
g3k said:
Hello guys,
Here's my experience with 4GB SD card dilemma using a Qtek s200:
1) Topram 150X:
*Works ok till 2GB but data written beyond 2GB can not read back.
*Surprisingly there's no error after chkdsk, xp-scan.
*No error when writing beyond 2GB but data is not really written.
*Original content of the sectors do not change at all.
*Deep analysis under WinHex states defect starting at sector #3964927 of about 8 million sectors.
* FAT16 and FAT32 all formatting combinations possible on Qtek as well as XP which is surprising. No error using Panasonic SD Formatter as well. This card doest not react to any write operation, even if it fails !!!
SOLUTION: Created a 2GB partition using WM5torage + XP and bypass defected area.
2) SOHO 150X:
*Looks horrible with 5th class sticker misaligned.
*Comes with 90MB of defected sectors already marked bad in FAT.
*Healty reformatting impossible.
*All sectors beyond 1GB are unreadable & unwritable.
SOLUTION: Sent it back to the seller.
QUESTION TO ALL POSTS CLAIMING TRANSCEND & A-DATA WORKS WITH NO PROBLEM:
Of course the 4GB SD's are recognized well when insterted in Prophet. But did you go beyond 2GB and up to 4GB? I strongly need someone who would confirm having written full 4GB and able to read it back with no data loss !!!
I think just inserting the card and seeing 3800MB something free means NOTHING and you should load the card completely without no data loss to be sure everything is OK.
Many posts claim problem with camera not saving to card. No sense anymore, it's not related to the cards but the cam.app as the free space calculation issue is well known now.
Waiting for some good news about Trancend and A-Data which i want to try asap...
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Friend. I have been using the Transcend 4gb 150X with my prophet for almost a year and let me tell you that baby is full!!! I have my GPS maps, a few videos, some big apps, and the rest filled with as much music as I can cram into the thing. It works without any problems at all, I also specify images to be saved directly to the card with no problems. I am not the only one that has reported compatibility with the Transcend.
g3k said:
QUESTION TO ALL POSTS CLAIMING TRANSCEND & A-DATA WORKS WITH NO PROBLEM:
Of course the 4GB SD's are recognized well when insterted in Prophet. But did you go beyond 2GB and up to 4GB? I strongly need someone who would confirm having written full 4GB and able to read it back with no data loss !!!
I think just inserting the card and seeing 3800MB something free means NOTHING and you should load the card completely without no data loss to be sure everything is OK.
Many posts claim problem with camera not saving to card. No sense anymore, it's not related to the cards but the cam.app as the free space calculation issue is well known now.
Waiting for some good news about Trancend and A-Data which i want to try asap...
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I'm using 4go SD card for more than a month... it is almost full and no problem with any kind of data...
So, it work perfectly.
For those than can't save photos on SD card, this has nothing to do with the SD card format. It depends on if you've unlocked Ext rom or not. It depends also of the rom you've installed on your prophet, some home cooked rom than have native unlocked ext rom will show the same issue.
4GB SD cards on Prophet
Thanks matterhorn for making it more precise. It's very nice to hear such clear feedback.
...and Cedric, are you also talking'bout a Transcend?
I guess you both use your cards on the PC using regular card readers. 2GB and FAT32 compatibility should be enough o cope with 4GB. If the card is healty, i see no reason why a recent, non-SDHC reader would not work with 4GB SD.
I also guess you didn't have any problem using full capacity after re-formatting. Reformatting should not be a problem for a good 4GB card to become bad.
I think i'll give another try with Transcend which is a reliable company and registered to sdcard.org while SOHO and TOPRAM are not. In my language, we call them MANUFACTURERS WORKING UNDER THE STAIRS.
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Thanks matterhorn for making it more precise. It's very nice to hear such clear feedback.
...and Cedric, are you also talking'bout a Transcend?
I guess you both use your cards on the PC using regular card readers. 2GB and FAT32 compatibility should be enough o cope with 4GB. If the card is healty, i see no reason why a recent, non-SDHC reader would not work with 4GB SD.
I also guess you didn't have any problem using full capacity after re-formatting. Reformatting should not be a problem for a good 4GB card to become bad.
I think i'll give another try with Transcend which is a reliable company and registered to sdcard.org while SOHO and TOPRAM are not. In my language, we call them MANUFACTURERS WORKING UNDER THE STAIRS.
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I use an normal SD card reader to format my card in FAT32 using XP every time I change my ROM, just to make sure there are no hidden nasties to cause problems. Newegg.com has good prices on the Transcend .
Also that tip about the unlocked extended ROM is a good one. When you can have 4gb, who cares about a few megabytes.
So can I assume to confirm the usability of a 4 GB card on my Neo -
If I slide in the 4 GB Card and it shows full memory (4 GB) as available in Memory Status --> Storage Card - that would imply that the full card is (read/write) compatible in the device?
Matterhorn, is your working 4 GB card SDHC 2.0 format ?
Practically, at best I would have only about a couple of minutes to test the 4 GB card at the store where I buy.
I did a full reset on my HD2 today, and shortly after my 16gb sandisk ceased to work. I cant even get it to register on my pc... its dead...
Anyone else have this issue?
I'm thinking about trying a kingston card next time...
i have a 16gb sandisk sd and have performed several softreset with no problem for the card.
i don't think your problem is hd2 fault.
I've used many SanDisk cards (including the 16GB) and have not had any problems.
On the other hand Kingston cards have let me down several times.
How long have you had the card?
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Have you read this Topic? Pay particular attention to Post 6.
cheetah2k said:
I did a full reset on my HD2 today, and shortly after my 16gb sandisk ceased to work. I cant even get it to register on my pc... its dead...
Anyone else have this issue?
I'm thinking about trying a kingston card next time...
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the same thing happened to me on my old touch pro.that card was one of the first ones out and wasn't very good.Sandisc btw.
cheetah2k said:
I did a full reset on my HD2 today, and shortly after my 16gb sandisk ceased to work. I cant even get it to register on my pc... its dead...
Anyone else have this issue?
I'm thinking about trying a kingston card next time...
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Yes I have had this happen to me - 16Gb Sandisk - all the same problems as yourself - it's now in the bin.
I got a 16Gb Toshiba & so far so good.
i've got the same problem in my HD2. Mine is 8GB from Sandisk too. But I'd rather think it was the SD's problem, 'cause I bought it at a very low price, it seems like a fake one. lol
I had problems with Kingston, but with SanDisk 16 gb everything is fine. I did soft resets with card in phone, but when I performed hard reset always moved card from phone, and after that restored settings and programs from SPB Backup from sd card. Dont performed hard reset with sd card.
Why not try and repair the corrupt or missing boot sector?
You can find software that will try to repair such problems.
One trick I have used with normal SD Cards that can't be seen on a PC is to insert the card into a Camera and Format it in there.....
I have rectified many a problem disk this way.
Try to reformat the card in a digital camera. I have had cards failing to mount on PCs and Macs but could be formated from a camera. Sandisk in my opinion is the best but it does happen. Safer to remove card before a Hard Reset.
strange.. maybe it's only a case.I'm using adata class6 8gb MicroSDHCs and all works even better as expected!
..or you hd2 is faulty
Yeah i have had this too, Sandisk 16gb failed, would not format, Then my Kingston did it too, formatted in camera and its fine again for now.
Didnt do it in the HD2 though, it corrupted on the pc.
I think the 16gb cards are twitchy.
cheetah2k said:
I did a full reset on my HD2 today, and shortly after my 16gb sandisk ceased to work. I cant even get it to register on my pc... its dead...
Anyone else have this issue?
I'm thinking about trying a kingston card next time...
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Same happened with my 16GB sandisk card
same here!!!I have a sandisk 16 gb class 2,I used before in my xperia for many many mons and was fine,and in HD2 is craching all the time,maked formatering and same,Sandisk 2gb works well,maybe HD2 have some problem to support diferents cards,not so funny
SD format tool
Sometimes sd cards get fritzed and your pc can't format them, but it still gives it an extension, you can repair them using a different tool to format them. This one's quite popular for that and is used by the guys in some sat nav forums..
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/download/sd_formatter.html
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Sometimes sd cards get fritzed and your pc can't format them, but it still gives it an extension, you can repair them using a different tool to format them. This one's quite popular for that and is used by the guys in some sat nav forums..
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/download/sd_formatter.html
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Agreed Terry.... It's better known as a corrupt or missing boot sector.
A problem someone may come up against though using this program is that SD formatting is not possible on unrecognizable "removable drives".
So the card may not even be seen.... depending on the level of the problem that is.
Ok.
Same problem here 16gb Sandisk died.
Only thing i did 'special' is connect the hd2 as a removable storage device instead of activesync.
After that the card is dead.
I'm trying to recover the card (i don't think the data is still there)
Hello,
i use Sandisk 8GB class2 memory card on my Tattoo. It is a nightmare. I got serveral error messages like "SD card damaged, need to format, cannot save photo's etc." I have formatted the card but without any luck.....! Can somebody advise what card or classes are compatible with the HTC Tattoo?
Thanks a lot,
Mark
Have same problem with sandisk 4gb tried almost everything but no luck
I've got a Sandisk Mobile Ultra 8Gb Class 2.
Had it in my Tattoo for six months and its been perfect, never a fault.
- Mark
I have a question: a SanDisk 4GB Class 2 can work on wp7 hd2?
Yes, I have one and it works just fine. My everyday sd card, though is a 16 gig class 2 no reboot problems or sleep of death
If you look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912904
and here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912904
you'll find massive lists of compatible sd cards
If I helped please hit the thanks button!
I have two. One was not recognised at all, the other one worked fine, although I only used it to set up an 8 gb card for dual booting, so not sure how it would have performed with WP7.
Thanks now i am going to flash my hd2 to wp7. I hope this works for me
Hi, I have been having problems with my Class 10 Micro SD, sometimes it would appear as corrupted, not detected, etc... Most of the time all I have to do is reboot and it would work ok again.
I'm using the latest MIUI ROM by langthang with this Class 10 Micro SD. I tried to reformat and partition (for A2SD) the card several times at PC using some utilities, tried also as well with the Recovery and still, same bahavior.
I have no problems using my 16GB Class 2 Micro SD, makes me think Class 10 Micro SD's aren't really compatible with Android, I tried "Googling" and some were also having issues.
Inputs anyone? Thanks!
da_mayhem said:
Hi, I have been having problems with my Class 10 Micro SD, sometimes it would appear as corrupted, not detected, etc... Most of the time all I have to do is reboot and it would work ok again.
I'm using the latest MIUI ROM by langthang with this Class 10 Micro SD. I tried to reformat and partition (for A2SD) the card several times at PC using some utilities, tried also as well with the Recovery and still, same bahavior.
I have no problems using my 16GB Class 2 Micro SD, makes me think Class 10 Micro SD's aren't really compatible with Android, I tried "Googling" and some were also having issues.
Inputs anyone? Thanks!
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Hi,
What is the make of sd card?
Generally brand names like Sandisk and Samsung make the best Micro SD cards, Lexar too are decent enough too, cheaper versions are tempting but ultimately wont last as long.
malybru said:
Hi,
What is the make of sd card?
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It has a local branding of a popular store here in our country. But hey, I think it works ok with PC, I got no problems with it when inserted in a card reader on a PC, even tried watching HD movies just to stress test this micro sd, and never gave me problems.
da_mayhem said:
It has a local branding of a popular store here in our country. But hey, I think it works ok with PC, I got no problems with it when inserted in a card reader on a PC, even tried watching HD movies just to stress test this micro sd, and never gave me problems.
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Hi,
The reason I ask is that there are known issues with unbranded cards in Android.
Sandisk and Kingston are ok.
So,therein may lie your problem.
As far as I understand it ,class does not come into it either.It's all about READ speed.
malybru said:
Hi,
The reason I ask is that there are known issues with unbranded cards in Android.
Sandisk and Kingston are ok.
So,therein may lie your problem.
As far as I understand it ,class does not come into it either.It's all about READ speed.
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Thanks for the input bro, appreciate it!
Format the disk to default 4k, single partition config... that should work fine...
Of course stuffs from good brands will always be better and will have longer warranty and reliability. But as I faced similar kind of issues where I re-formatted my sd card with 32kb file allocation size, my android was unable to detect it. The reason I later realised is that android has stripped down version of everything including the underlying linux, so I formatted my sd card with standard(4kb) allocation and its working flawlessly now! So I would suggest to remove the partition and other complex configuration for the sd and format it to plain default config and its should work fine! All the best....