I tried to install the hero rom and went to format the sd card with paragon but for some reason it shows my whole sd card as ext2 and I try to delete the partition and format it but it never works. Is there anyway to bring my sd back to life?
right click on the partition and resize then reclick on the unallocated side and create partion fat32
HOGWILD said:
right click on the partition and resize then reclick on the unallocated side and create partion fat32
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I can't do that when I try to it doesn't list the sd as an option. I just have the delete partition ioption but when I remove and re insert my sd it still reads as ext2. idk if I fried the card this sux tho it was only like 3 months old..
Download gparted and boot into that.
Was having similar problems with my sd card. In order to get it to work I used the recovery cd in paragon and it finally read it correctly which allowed me to format it. The recovery cd is provided in paragon. Just go to the "Boot and Rescue" section and follow the steps to create one. Then just restart your computer with it in your dvd drive and it wil automatically boot to it, unless you have that changed for some odd reason.
And the sd card must be in a card reader other than the g1 (a usb reader will work). It just won't mount correctly through the recovery disc of you use your phone
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Was having similar problems with my sd card. In order to get it to work I used the recovery cd in paragon and it finally read it correctly which allowed me to format it. The recovery cd is provided in paragon. Just go to the "Boot and Rescue" section and follow the steps to create one. Then just restart your computer with it in your dvd drive and it wil automatically boot to it, unless you have that changed for some odd reason.
And the sd card must be in a card reader other than the g1 (a usb reader will work). It just won't mount correctly through the recovery disc of you use your phone
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Ok I will try that now and yes I've only used the sd card reader so hopefully that will work.thank you..will report back if it works.thank you
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If your having trouble trying to Format your Micro SD after flashing to Windows Phone 7,
Example: You have a 16GB card; However it reports you only have 199MB
I have attached Panasonic SD Card Formatter -
You Must Choose Full Format
Supported Operating System:
(1) For SD/SDHC Cards
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
(2) For SDXC Card
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista (SP1 or later)
- Windows XP (SP2 or later) with the exFAT file system update (KB955704)
Information:
Current formatter is beta version.
Final version will be completed around the end of March.
I have read a number of articles about not being able to reuse a sd card after it was used by windows phone 7. Does that also applied to those of us HD2 owners who are running WP7?
I have a 16gb card that is only using 4gb for WP7 because I formatted the other 12gb as fat 32 for Android.
Is there a way I can unformat the 12gb so that WP7 can use it. Or can I use the card and start all over by reinstalling WP7 and let it partition the card to use all but 200mb of the 16gb card?
Here is one of the articles I read about the sd card not being swappable:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372732,00.asp
This is the HD2 Forum
Do a Full Format using the Utility I have attached.
Ok i downloaded the file and installed it. but when i choose format it tells me that the lock switch is on. Iv checked and rechecked but there is no lock switch on my sd card adapter.
Please help?
Hmm
I have the specific problem addressed (199Mb partition on a 16GB drive)
this program does not address it, it just allows me to reformat the 199Mb drive :-(
I will use fdisk or similar to resolve myself - but it doen't look as if this app "does what it says on the tin" ?
Try HP Low Level format tool, it always deleted my partitions on every device without problems
Hi
Thanks for this wonderfull tool, I downloaded this tool, installed in on Windows Vista, it formated my SD card wonderfully and even displayed the total space available, however now Windows refuses to recognise my SD card, and when I reconnected the SD card, neither your app nor Windows recognises the device.
Any suggestions.
thanks you just downloaded.
same issue happening to me after earase the sd card and wp7 will not save my user data anymore, any suggestions?
c1363 said:
same issue happening to me after earase the sd card and wp7 will not save my user data anymore, any suggestions?
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Windows Phone 7 uses the SDCard and the NAND memory together as internal storage, in a unique partition (like RAID for PCs, something similiar).
If you format your SD Card, you have to reset your phone.
You don't have to use any special tool, just use diskpart tool within Windows from command line (diskpart -> list disk -> select disk X -> select partition X -> delete -> select partition X -> delete -> create partition fs=ntfs -> DONE).
I have a 16 gb card, came with my HD2. I have run XBMod rom since it all came out months ago, no issues with the rom or the card.
When nodo came out, I tried another rom, phone started rebooting. I tried diskpart, cleaned the drive, recreated the partition as fat32. Let WP7 format, no help. Any ideas?
Successfully formatted my MicroSD
Just popped it in my Nikon D90 and it asked me do you wish to format. I said yes. Done in few seconds.
For others who see this, if you have used your card with WP7 mango you need a newer Nokia to format the card, as it will be encrypted, and Windows woun't recognize it!
/cry
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For others who see this, if you have used your card with WP7 mango you need a newer Nokia to format the card, as it will be encrypted, and Windows woun't recognize it!
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This seems to be the only way to format the card once Mango is flashed. I have a 16GB card, but it didn't get any fat32 partitions, and it isn't recognized in any OS I try it on (Win7, Linux, OSX, Winmo 6.5, and now a new installation of WP7 doesn't see it either). If anyone finds another way, that would be awesome.
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This seems to be the only way to format the card once Mango is flashed. I have a 16GB card, but it didn't get any fat32 partitions, and it isn't recognized in any OS I try it on (Win7, Linux, OSX, Winmo 6.5, and now a new installation of WP7 doesn't see it either). If anyone finds another way, that would be awesome.
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I am having the same issue.. can't format my 16GB after coming from Mango. Tried a bunch of software and no luck. Tried from different android phones with no luck. I guess the nokia d90 is one way to format the 16gb.
There has to be another way!
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I am having the same issue.. can't format my 16GB after coming from Mango. Tried a bunch of software and no luck. Tried from different android phones with no luck. I guess the nokia d90 is one way to format the 16gb.
There has to be another way!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242071 these devices have been confirmed to format sd card
Or use the storage_unlock.cab from xbmod
whilst you have wp7 installed send the storage unlock.cab to phone then send 1gb partition cab reset the phone from about..check if partition took effect first..press storage unlock on homepage tile .turn phone off your pc should recognise the sd card in sd card adapter for example it should read 7gb instead of 8gb use easeus partition tool to fully reformat
"download easeus partition master
find your sd on the screen by plugging it in and clicking refresh (arrows), your sd should show up as disk 2 or 3 and should have two sections FAT32 and unformatted.
right click on the unformatted section and choose delete then click on "apply"(or tick) button above
right click on your 1 gb FAT32 partition and chose resize
move the slider(click and hold on the separating bar between the two partitions) to increase the size to the whole volume then click apply
right click on the volume again and choose format primary,FAT32, 32kb sectors then apply.
That should do it.". Thanks to robbie p
Good luck
where can i download the 1gb partition cab?
hi,
i couldnt find it?
Kind Regards
Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the first time my question is being answered directly and clearly
Setup,dowload, format... All took about 2 minutes and Im very greatful that I can use my 16gb to the full potential! Thank You Thank You Thank You
Moschino02 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242071 these devices have been confirmed to format sd card
Or use the storage_unlock.cab from xbmod
whilst you have wp7 installed send the storage unlock.cab to phone then send 1gb partition cab reset the phone from about..check if partition took effect first..press storage unlock on homepage tile .turn phone off your pc should recognise the sd card in sd card adapter for example it should read 7gb instead of 8gb use easeus partition tool to fully reformat
"download easeus partition master
find your sd on the screen by plugging it in and clicking refresh (arrows), your sd should show up as disk 2 or 3 and should have two sections FAT32 and unformatted.
right click on the unformatted section and choose delete then click on "apply"(or tick) button above
right click on your 1 gb FAT32 partition and chose resize
move the slider(click and hold on the separating bar between the two partitions) to increase the size to the whole volume then click apply
right click on the volume again and choose format primary,FAT32, 32kb sectors then apply.
That should do it.". Thanks to robbie p
Good luck
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Could you be more specific ?
I'm trying to get my sdcard back after many failed attempts to reach Mango. Just want to go back to Android where everything is so much simpler...
How should I use the locker.cab exactly to get my 8gb sd card back ? I tried several times but always failed.
I have to push the cab while running WP7 wait for reboot then what ? I read that booting again in WP7 from there will lock it again. What should I do ??
hi everyone,
yesterday i've installed window phone 7 on my HD2 (my current OS is NAND android). After few hours try it, i'm really disappointed b/c it's too boring. i've formatted my SD card by mini tool partition 5.2 to back to android. When i format complete, i copy file from my laptop to sd card normally. after that, i boot my phone and try to copy a new file and it's done. But the problem is when i plus my sd card into phone, the phone see the card but my new file is not enable. I've formatted the card and my phone but nothing appear. Please help me
I don't know "mini tool partition" and I'm too lazy to search so I will take your words.
You just format your SD? Did you notice that it's just a 200Mo SD now?
You copied files to your SD "normally"... what do you mean by "Normally" (via card reader, in WM7, in MAGLDR... there's so many "normally" so it's difficult to know which one is yours).
You format the card and your phone... what do you mean by formating your phone? You put it in the card reader of your laptop, right clic on it and choose "format"??? And after format it's still booting?
I would like to help... help me to understand your problem.
(maybe English is not easy for you, I can understand but the result make it very difficult to understand... if this is the case, try again please).
I use this litle apps, its for free and works perfect
1. minitool partition wizard
2. panasonic sd formater
So u already got partition wizard than use panasonic formater after.
Should help u.
And also if u have digital camera with SD slot u can try to format in that camera. I have read about it somewhere.
i have WP7 in NAND and installed RAFDROID in SD card. my card is 16gb. 7 gb partitioned as FAT32 for ANDROID use.. now i successfully booted up android RAFDROID ROM. but whe i go to the setting inside android i only see 800MB around of internal free space and no SD card space. i am wondering where is the rest of the space fro 7 GB gone.
because of this i cant store music and files and use in Android booting off from SD
hI M8...
The first thing to check is your sd card fat32 part for errors...
If there are file/dir errors the android cannot read the sd...
Get this tool http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
and check your card and fix the errors...
Also the android to see the partition you must do the partioning in a way like in this guide...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944288
Watch those video and if you still have probs let me know
cheers
colossus
download something like acronis disk manager.
partitions are going into something like ext 3 and windows wont see them.
with acronis it can see it and give you the chance to reformat back to fat32 or whatever you desire!
i actually used the mnitool partition tool to partition my SD card. and followed that video. still i m not sure why i m not able to see the rest of the SD card space. i m using RAFDROID ROM
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hI M8...
The first thing to check is your sd card fat32 part for errors...
If there are file/dir errors the android cannot read the sd...
Get this tool http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
and check your card and fix the errors...
Also the android to see the partition you must do the partioning in a way like in this guide...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944288
Watch those video and if you still have probs let me know
cheers
colossus
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checked there r no errors. i had followed the video guide you mentioned to put android in SD card.
solved
i did two things..
1. changed the wp7 partition to PRIMARY ( i think this was the key to the solution)
2. from the video tutorial.. copied the startup.txt and the rootfs.img files in the "Android" folder..
i am not sure which step actually made it work.. i can verify it tomorrow.
hem.acharya said:
i did two things..
1. changed the wp7 partition to PRIMARY ( i think this was the key to the solution)
2. from the video tutorial.. copied the startup.txt and the rootfs.img files in the "Android" folder..
i am not sure which step actually made it work.. i can verify it tomorrow.
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The #1 step is the one....
Its mandatory to have primary partition in the sd card ...i thing is noted on the howto video
Hi all,
To make a long story short:
I figured out that i had to install a ext2/3 or 4 part on my SD card to install imilka's GB rom.
I launced Minitool Partition Wizard and followed a video on youtube with instructions. I created a FAT32 partition and a ext3 partition and pressed "apply"
Then the program freezed at 33%... Couldn't do anything else then close it.
From that moment, i can't mount my SD card anywhere... not on my pc, laptop and not on my Desire HD... it doesn't show up anywhere
This is my mom's HD2, so i'm afraid that i ruined her SD card...
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks!
Possible Fix
Hello 1st of all get a SD adapter and plug it in to your pc / plug your SD card / use this tool to format the SD card (it will erase all partitions) : SDFormatterv3.0.zip/ then create the partition you want using CWM recovery ( easiest way IMPO ) .
thanks for your reply, but the drive doesn't show up when i use the mass storage function in magdlr... do i really need a USB reader? Because i dont really have one here.
yes you probably need to get an SD adapter ( its really cheap and it usually comes with the SD card when you buy it ) . If its not mounting through recovery and i guess u already tried it in another cell phone (any brand) then you need the SD adapter.
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yes you probably need to get an SD adapter ( its really cheap and it usually comes with the SD card when you buy it ) . If its not mounting through recovery and i guess u already tried it in another cell phone (any brand) then you need the SD adapter.
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It's fixed now
I could format it in CWM (i just formatted everything i could) and then put the card in my Desire HD which loaded it, but I couldn't use it. Then I used your program and the card showed up, formatted and i made partitions
thanks for your help!