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Sim Card ??

Hi All
Have searched to see if this has been covered before ! but a bit of help for a newbie please
Is it possible to remove & replace the sim card without the unit losing all data etc ??
Only had the XDA11 for a couple of weeks,,all set up ok ?? with tom-tom etc, The other day had to remove the sim card for the day, so disconnected the battery for under 30 sec's, to remove the card, and replaced later that day, also within 30 sec etc, on powering up again,
all data was lost and the unit started to reload as a new unit again, is this correct,
Hope this makes sense
Best Regards TJ

I have a number of devices that I swap sims with regularly and have no problems as you describe.
Changing the SIM shouldn't cause it to hard reset only soft reset.
I have had a device that had the main battery flat but still kept its settings over a weekend on the backup battery.
Have you checked the level of the backup battery in the Power screen to see if there is any charge in it?

Thanks tyfy
Yep checked the batt levels before taking the card out, about 80% and 100 on backup etc,, but as you say, it did a hard start
Regards TJ

I can confirm the hard reset thing when I swapped SIM cards. Annoying at the time, but provided an impulse to update to 'latest' ROM. Haven't removed the SIM since, for fear of the same thing happening. If I could ever get home PC, work PC and home iMac properly synched and backed up, I'd remove it again to see what happens. Occured to me at the time that T-Mobile might have been up to some software tricks, then the paranoia left as suddenly as it arrived

Thanks Guys
I need to remove the sim card, so to fit the inbuilt carphone, O2 do not do 2 cards on the same number as yet !!
So !! is it possible to swap them around without having to do a hard start every time ??
Regards TJ

http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=10673&highlight=twin+sim

Hi cruisin-thru
Thanks for the link, not quite what i am looking for,
I need 2 cards ?? with the same number, or a way of moving the card from the XDA to the car and back again without doing a hard start every time ???
Regards TJ

Did a full back up to my SD last night, then checked the battery levels, = all OK, pull the battery and SIM, counted to 42 reinserted the SIM, battery and catch for battery, and everything normal. ALL data intact.

If you have a sim that is a few years old it is possible to clone it, the modern sims however will not work as the protection has yet to be cracked, if you do search on sim clone in google you will get lots of info. If you do manage to clone your sim make sure that only one phone is switched at at any one time or you may find that the security system on your network will zap the sim if it sees 2 identical numbers logged on.

Hi Guys
Thanks for the help,, been away over the weekend,
Took the card out Fri night, (took less the 20 secs) to put into the car system,,,,guess what, another hard start,, now sat here reloading all the stuff again (ie Tomtom ) etc
Had about 80% batt power with 100% backup,, i must be doing something wrong somewhere, can not belive this happens every time the card is removed !!
Regards TJ

Are you turning the PHONE off as well as the PDA? ie: set to flight mode before you turn it off. Maybe that's the problem?

Hi All
I think GaZ,s suggestion might have cracked it !!
Remove the tom tom chip, did a back up to storage card, and put the phone into flight mode, then removed the sim card within about 15 secs,
all OK !!,, have tried a couple of time and so far all ok
Many thanks to you all for the help, appreciated
Regards Tim

Card problems with I-mate JASJAR

I recently purchased an I-mate JASJAR almost 2 weeks ago.I have rarely had to do soft resets(2 a day @ the most).Well i purchased a PNY SD 1gb card.I had a good amount of software on the card.This morning i wake up to the JASJAR asking me if i wanted to boot up in safe mode.I let the phone boot normally.I then attempted to connect the phone to the pc for active sync(newest version 4.1)nothing!!!Well alot of my applications that were stored on the card were showing me white blocks within the applications window.Then it tells me no card is inserted.I did the dreaded hard reset.The card is still not verified.Should i take the card back or what could cause this problem?Any help would be thankful.
Regards

southernint3l said:
I recently purchased an I-mate JASJAR almost 2 weeks ago.I have rarely had to do soft resets(2 a day @ the most).Well i purchased a PNY SD 1gb card.I had a good amount of software on the card.This morning i wake up to the JASJAR asking me if i wanted to boot up in safe mode.I let the phone boot normally.I then attempted to connect the phone to the pc for active sync(newest version 4.1)nothing!!!Well alot of my applications that were stored on the card were showing me white blocks within the applications window.Then it tells me no card is inserted.I did the dreaded hard reset.The card is still not verified.Should i take the card back or what could cause this problem?Any help would be thankful.
Regards
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This problem was fixed thanks to JORGEE who told me that i needed to re-format the card.All is well now

Problem with MiniSD card

Anyone ever had a problem with their O2 XDA Mini S not recognising a mini SD card?
I got a 512MB one on Thursday (not a cheapo one, a SanDisk bought from the O2 shop), and when I put it in (with the device on), nothing happened. If I went to Settings > System > Storage Card, it said "Not inserted".
Ok, I thought, maybe it needs formatted somehow. Couldn't find an option for that. So I thought maybe reseting the device, but that didn't work either. I took the card out and put it back in, and it instantly showed up this time.
Anyway, all was fine over the next 2 days, till last night - I was messing about with TomTom 6 (which is on my SD card) before I went to bed last night, and all was ok. I exited the app, I put the phone on charge and when I got up this morning and started TomTom I got "No maps found". This was because when I checked Memory > Storage Card, it said "Not inserted". Popped the card out, put it back in, works fine.
Any seen this behaviour before, and do you think it's more likely to be a problem with the device or the card?
Cheers

I had the same problem with a 2GB MiniSD after checking with varius programs I just removed and re-inserted the card. It was detected immediately and has worked fine since (if it has not I've just done the remove and re-insert thing).

Was it an expensive one or a cheap one? I've read on here people have had issues with really chep Mini SD cards. My O2 was a little unstable for a bit when I got my 2GB card. But then I paid £45 for 2 of the blighters from eBay so it wasn't surprising. Currently it seems OK though.

2nd line of my post:
"not a cheapo one, a SanDisk bought from the O2 shop"

markmcrobie said:
2nd line of my post:
"not a cheapo one, a SanDisk bought from the O2 shop"
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I had this same problem. I fixed it by removing the miniSD card from the wizard. Then soft reset the device. THen turn it back on. Wait for it to fully boot back up and re-insert the card. Also, do you have a card reader you can test the card on to make sure its the phone, not the card?

Seems ok in my card reader, but then it was only in it for 5 mins.

miniSD card problems??

my miniSD card keeps crashing.. every time i reformat it.. (just bought it brand new 2 weeks ago.) but it keeps crashing after a little while..
so my girlfriends dad put tomtom 6 on mij sd card last night..
i look in the morning.. and 90% of my mp3 songs wont work anymore.. and my entire map with tomtom in it was gone?????? like wtf??
i got a wizard G3 with the underground edition.. and a 1 GB miniSD card..
reformated it on the computer and with more then 1 program on the phone..
(on the pc was my last time.. (like 2 hours ago...) did not crash so far..)
any1 has a solution for me??
thnx and greetz

where did you buy the card? what brand is it? how did you format it before it crash? is the card size displayed on the PC correct?

i bought it @ norrod in groningen/holland.. brand ... dunno... i used the phone to format it right after i bought it... and yes.. its being displayed normally.. unless it crashes.. cause even on the computer it wont copy things off.

even though.. it crashed again.. all the data was gone.. but at memory it still sees 50 mb used.. :\
god damn it.. i'm going to throw that *#&(#&%(&^)@)(!(@%$& phone out the window :S

I presume Norrod is a name of a shop. Anyway, it seems to be reputable. Unless you can confirm the brand, chances are it may be a faulty one (luck is not on your side). However, the good news is that, it may be a 1 off thing that it may not happen again. There are chances of SD card being wacky if you have your phone hanged and soft reset, which happened to be once when I was messing with my phone. But it never occurred again.
As for formatting on the phone, there are members reporting problems with card formatted on the phone. Since you have formatted on the PC, it ought to solve that problem. Hopefully it won't happen again.

well i had a 512 mb kingston before.. and it crashed 2.. so i threw it away.. cause it had bad sectors.. ( i had that 1 for about 1 year...)
and now this 1 crashes.. i thought mayby it had something to do with the underground edition and the omapclock.. from 180 to 228 or 240..
but it doesn't seem to be.. cause i've been running the last 2 days on normal 180...

I have a 2Gb unbranded memory card and have the same problem, I've managed to find that the memory gets corrupt when the card gets cold (3-4 Deg c), it's fine at room temp.
Got to replace it at some point.

Kingston cards usually have a lifetime guarantee... if you are able to find the package and the card, you may able to get yourself a new card.

hi
Try benchmark tools to evaluate the memory card..
before buying the memory cards..

SD carda
What is it about SD cards and Wizards. If mine takes a slight knock it cant see the card anymore - I have to re-insert it.
I recently got a cheap 2GB card from Hong Kong. Was a load of rubbish. Top tip, dont make the same mistake. Basically had a load of bad sectors and crc write errored all the time.
I have my old 1GB card in at the mo, and apart from the knocking issue (almost certainly a fault with the wizard) it works fine.
Anyone come across the issue where the SD card cant be seen by the phone anymore?

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Anyone come across the issue where the SD card cant be seen by the phone anymore?
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Hi everyone, I recently started having the same problem with my 1gb mem card, and its starting to annoy me now. Would'nt mind to much if I new what caused it. I havent knocked the phone or played around the the mini sd card.
Quick question, Just wondering whats the largest memory card you can put in a xda mini s.
Thanks
Mark

SD card suddenly died?

Hi,
yesterday evening, just when I wanted to set the alarm and go to bed, I suddenly noticed an alarming sign on top of my display. The message that came along with it was that my sd card has been removed which definitely wasn't the case. I tried several thing to let the device know that the card is still there but none of them worked:
- re-entering the card
- rebooting the device (with and without card inserted)
Afterwards I inserted an old 2gb card and the device noticed it at once. Then I tried to use the probably one with an SanDisk Card Reader on my Computer but it didn't either - it didn't show up.
Is there anyone who experienced the same or has a clue what may have happened? The phone is vodafone branded an bought in early August. I never updated the ROM nor did I try any risky tasks ;-)