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[Q]How to make SD card ready for WP7?

Hi,
I have Sandisk 2gb SD card which comes with hd2, i installed WP7 but it seems that WP7 can not recognize my SD because when i put SD in my computer nothing is changed in my SD even i tested it, I put some files in SD and reinstall WP7 so as far as i understand wp7 has to format my SD put its specific partition but guess what nothing is changed in my SD even that files remain in the same place...
So i tried to format SD my self with FAT32 and FAT and even i delete my SD partition and none of them make WP7 format and make partitions on my SD card...
P.S-1 My SD card is working i tested it wit my computer by formatting copy some files there so read and write is ok.
P.S-2 WP7 booted correctly in this situation i mean when SD is in device the only problem i have is WIFI can not find any router when SD is in device, when i took it out wifi start working, why i'm saying this because i aware of compatibility issue of WP7 with some SD cards where it reboots if it is not compatible .

same thing happens to me, I am now trying to reinstall (again) wp7, and it seems it got stuck at the DFT screen..... previously it booted almost inmediately. maybe it is partitioning it?, for those of you guys that sd card works, wp7 boots inmidiately?

Yeah SD cards makes crash wifi !
And i cannot use it... Flash WP7 with formated SD cards NTFS but still doesn't works !

First time i istalled WP7 without SD card and when i afterward inserted card nothing was changed. Then i made Factory Reset from Settings menu and my phone started to restart over and over from point where DFT banner shws first time after loader. Then i went to the loader and as i can remember then i re-selected preferred boot source and then for me all was good. Now it show 1.6GB free space with my original HD2 SD card.

i am having axactly the same trouble. i have a san disk 2 gb too. it'll be enough for me but wp7 does not recognize it. i installed both sd-card inserted and sd-card not inserted. i booted with sd-cad and without sd-card. i tried every posibility but no result
reserved space is %95 on zune and it tells me there is no disk space. so i cant start using it full functionally and it makes me really sad
any help is appreciated. thanks.

Pisisuli said:
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and my phone started to restart over and over from point where DFT banner shws first time after loader.
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that's exactly what mine did!
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Then i went to the loader and as i can remember then i re-selected preferred boot source and then for me all was good.
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how did you do that? can you provide a short 1,2,3 step- tut to me? thx in adv.!

Same here my 2Gb card is only showing 15 mb of available space and I cant even transfer music or install any apps. can some pls help me
thanks

I just went to
setting and then soft reset ... and I couldn't go to loader I don;t know why !!
then I lost every thing even the unlock ...
and in the finally i found just 997 mb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jessesam said:
Same here my 2Gb card is only showing 15 mb of available space and I cant even transfer music or install any apps. can some pls help me
thanks
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I have exact the same problem.. i found some sort of "solution". but it is a bit strange. when I pull out the sd card, boot my phone in magldr, insert my sd card and boot wp7, It shows the normal storage instead of the 15 mb.
but when I try a normal reboot without going to magldr, its going back to the 15 mb. and when I try to sync my phone with zune,(with the put-sdcard-in-phone-when-in-magldr-solution) everything goes slow.
Dont know if you (or someone else) already found a "good" solution?
greetz

all of you guys have an incompatible SD card, sorry guys, will need to buy a new one, its a bit of a lottery as that too might not work and dispite what some on here say its impossible to recomend anything.
only advice i can give is get a card that class 2 or 4 and dont spend money on a card that you may end up using for a tiny paperwight

is my sd card gone?
After I successfully flash WM7, I juz realize that my pc not recognize my sd card when i connect my phone to d computer. First, i thought becoz of some bug of wm7 so i try to flash android back. I took my sd card put into a card reader but it still not recognize my sd card. Is it gone?

What about the sd unlock tool that xbmod released ? try a few nokia devices or a device which takes sd card to see if you can unlock... Check out 96edwy video on YouTube on how to unlock after wp7

I have the same problem like arrirang .
When I put my SdCard to CardReader, windows 7 does not recognize SD Card in reader. If I try proces mentioned in video tutorial -> result is the same. Device USB Mass Storage is displayed in device manager with error code.
I was trying it in three computers (two with windows 7 x64 and one with Windows XP) - the result was allways the same.
Any one help me?
EDIT:
I have found this solution:
1. Connect USB cable from PC to phone.
2. At PC, enter WP7-Update-Cab-Sender folder.
3. Go to ‘if needed install this tool’ folder.
4. Install Setup-UpdateWP (x64 for 64 bits Windows and x86 for 32 bits Windows).
5. Copy DEV_STORAGELOCK.cab to WP7-Update-Cab-Sender folder.
6. Run WP7 Update Cab Sender.bat.
7. Then type S – (S)end Cabs to device.
8. After finished installation, close WP7 Update Cab Sender.
9. Disconnect USB cable from phone.
10. At WP7, launch StorageLock.
11. Click yes to unlock SD card.
12. Shutdown your phone.
13. Put your SD card into card reader.
14. Launch Partition Wizard Home Edition (download it here)
15. You should see 2 partitions on SD card.
16. Delete both of them.
17. Create a primary FAT32 file type partition.
18. Click ‘Apply’ to begin the process.
19. That’s all.
It works! I kid you not!!

mmajor said:
I have the same problem like arrirang .
When I put my SdCard to CardReader, windows 7 does not recognize SD Card in reader. If I try proces mentioned in video tutorial -> result is the same. Device USB Mass Storage is displayed in device manager with error code.
I was trying it in three computers (two with windows 7 x64 and one with Windows XP) - the result was allways the same.
Any one help me?
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You should know that Installing wp7 locks your card so thats why it is not recognised by your pc..
Have you installed mango or another wp7 version on this sd card or succesfully on another?? I take it, you have no nokia devices that can format your card?
If you have mango installed transfer the storageunlock.cab to the phone followed by partition cab (got to be less than your total capacity) Reset your phone check if partition has taken effect..unlock using storage lock.turn off phone ..take sd card out into adapter into your pc now it should be readable (not full capacity bear in mind) you have to use easeus partition tool to format to full..
If you have mango on a different sd card and want to recover the corrupt one
Check this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286511
Or if your using just the same sd card you have to start over again and reflash from task 29 stock magdlr radio ie then storage unlock tool
Good luck

hey my problem is that wp7 in my hd2 shows internal memory of 175mb only even though my 8gb sd card is inserted in it..i cant seem to find a sloution to make my phone show the sd card memory..any solution please?

I have the same problem

it's probably because you installed wp7 without the sd card in it and you did not hard reset after installing rom...if so, you need to do a hard reset with the sd card in it for wp7 to recognize the card. or you have a bad card to begin with and the wp7 install had problems.

[fix] !!!!sdcard is not ruined after flashing wp7!!!!

I flashed Windows Phone 7 earlier and decided to go back to NAND Android but like others thought my SD Card was ruined. But it is not I figured out how to see the SD Card and Reformat it.... I will gladly post step by step TUT if this hasnt been figured out yet or if there's enough interest. Atleast this is what worked for me. This you will lose WP7 using this guide but your SD Card will be usable once again and you'll be back to the start line. This will only work if your SD Card is atleast visible to your PC.
KEEP PHONE PLUGGED INTO YOUR PC THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
1. Reboot Phone and HOLD VOLUME DOWN KEY to enter BootLoader Screen (multicolor screen).
2. Download and flash MAGLDR 1.12. Reboot Phone. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7S80S74D
3. When phone is rebooting HOLD POWER BUTTON to enter MAGLDR Screen.
4. Go to OPTION 4. USB MassStg in MAGLDR.
5. Now Download SD Formatter 3.0 Beta from here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K8502IMN and install it.
*If your PC is not recognizing your SD Card go back to MAGLDR Main Menu by pressing the Power Button once and go to OPTION 10. RESET with phone still plugged in, and hold Power Button down while rebooting to get back to MAGLDR screen and select option 4. USB MassStg again. It should recognize it.
6. Open SD Formatter 3 and make sure your SD Card is being shown in the Drive Dropdown Box.
7. You can enter whatever Volume Label you like. Then click the OPTION BOX.
8. Select Format Type - Full Erase, and select Format Size Adjustment - On.
9. Then click Format and your SD Card should be reformatted and ready for use again.
It worked for me and I hope it works for others.
PLEASE HIT THE THANK YOU BUTTON IF THIS HELPS YOU OUT

Fire away !! I've got a useless 2gb here

Yeah, please share!
I've ruined my sdcard

Just format the card in a photo camera.
Or do it like me, and format it in Windows Mobile 6.5.3.
Simple.

dude post the tut already.
Many people would appreciate this and not just HD2 users.
GG

I inserted my card in an external card reader and formatted it with SD formatter.
Worked perfectly.

Ok cool. Glad it worked. To each his own I guess lol...I myself do not own a digital card reader nor a digital camera or any apparatus to read Micro SD CARDs so this guide is what worked for me and I posted it to help people who may find themselves in my shoes.

tampaboy1984 said:
I flashed Windows Phone 7 earlier and decided to go back to NAND Android but like others thought my SD Card was ruined. But it is not I figured out how to see the SD Card and Reformat it.... I will gladly post step by step TUT if this hasnt been figured out yet or if there's enough interest. Atleast this is what worked for me. This you will lose WP7 using this guide but your SD Card will be usable once again and you'll be back to the start line. This will only work if your SD Card is atleast visible to your PC.
KEEP PHONE PLUGGED INTO YOUR PC THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
1. Reboot Phone and HOLD VOLUME DOWN KEY to enter BootLoader Screen (multicolor screen).
2. Download and flash MAGLDR 1.12. Reboot Phone. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7S80S74D
3. When phone is rebooting HOLD POWER BUTTON to enter MAGLDR Screen.
4. Go to OPTION 4. USB MassStg in MAGLDR.
5. Now Download SD Formatter 3.0 Beta from here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K8502IMN and install it.
*If your PC is not recognizing your SD Card go back to MAGLDR Main Menu by pressing the Power Button once and go to OPTION 10. RESET with phone still plugged in, and hold Power Button down while rebooting to get back to MAGLDR screen and select option 4. USB MassStg again. It should recognize it.
6. Open SD Formatter 3 and make sure your SD Card is being shown in the Drive Dropdown Box.
7. You can enter whatever Volume Label you like. Then click the OPTION BOX.
8. Select Format Type - Full Erase, and select Format Size Adjustment - On.
9. Then click Format and your SD Card should be reformatted and ready for use again.
It worked for me and I hope it works for others.
PLEASE HIT THE THANK YOU BUTTON IF THIS HELPS YOU OUT
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I used Gpart and booting via MAGLDR --> USB Storage --> partitioned SD into a FAT32 and EXT3, so you're directly ready for Android NAND ROM

joooe said:
Just format the card in a photo camera.
Or do it like me, and format it in Windows Mobile 6.5.3.
Simple.
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Genius! worked great! Thanks!

question: what do you mean by "ruined"? Other devices not recognizing the card or something else??
I have a 4GB card but my PC and Android read it as it has 200mb memory total... is that what happens???
I have WP7 now, so it means that its using the rest of my memory rite??
EDIT: Zune software says that i have 2gb free, so im guessing yea

it works!!
Genius, it works!!! thanks man.

To those who reflash back to an android nand
If you go back to an Android Nand build, and you have reflashed android back onto your phone, all you have to do to reformat your card is:
1) Make sure card is inserted in the phone
2) Go to SD card and phone storage under settings
3) Erase SD card data
I had a 32G card. After flashing WP7 all other devices could only read 200megs.
After following steps above, the SD card was reformatted back to 32G being readable by all devices.
No need to download any software, or use a Nokia. Anyway this worked for me, hope this helps

just worked perfect, thanks a lot!!

thank you, worked on both my micro sdhc cards

Is this a solution for a HTC HD2 Windows pHone 7 .... ? to get it work

works perfectly!!!! thanx a million

It just reorganize partitions in SDcard.
Alternativly you can just use any partitioning tool to fix the problem.

Fortunately,one of my SD cards came with a small Lexar card reader so i just used that in my usb port. I did notice that WP7 had used up just about all my memory on the card but the reader actually has an option to format,so i did that and now i have a clean 16GB card again. I saw a tutorial explaining how to put WP7 (well,the memory it uses on SD anyway) and Android from SD on the same card and i really want to try that but...with WP7,it keeps resetting itself after it recovers from sleep mode. if they can fix that,imma try it !!

Sweet! SD formatter is much faster than any Partition Manager! Thanks.

Exactly, I just get to the bootscreen, installed a new rom. Bye bye WP7, then in phone extra's SD Format and ready

[Q] sd card

please help. i have installed WP7 on my HD2 but cant get to my sd card (photos,music etc.). anyone know what the problem is? thank you

What make is your SD card? Was it in the phone when you flashed WP7?

its a kingston 8gb sd card. and card wasnt been in phone whenever i flashed WP7.

wp7 was never designed to support ejectable memory like sd cards. Of course there is a internal (beacaus you have to open the back cover) sd card. So you have to insert the sd card at the first reboot or make a hard reset. wp7 will integrate the sd card to its memory. If you change the card, you have to do the same procedure.

you need to put SD card in BEFORE you flash it or plug in the SD card and do a hard reset
also copy everything of your SD card as windows will format it
to be clear
Installing Windows phone 7 WILL delete everything on that card so back it up before!!

thank you all guys. that was very helpful

dazza9075 said:
you need to put SD card in BEFORE you flash it or plug in the SD card and do a hard reset
also copy everything of your SD card as windows will format it
to be clear
Installing Windows phone 7 WILL delete everything on that card so back it up before!!
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How can i hard reset the phone ? from the settings or somewhere else ?

Thanks for the tipd
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vikramdhani said:
How can i hard reset the phone ? from the settings or somewhere else ?
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turn off the device, hold down the buttons - vol up and vol down, then tap the power button, keep holding the vol up and down and you will get the a message to reset your phone. i believe its vol down to clear and vol down again once its finished.
The phone will reboot, and should install windows again, if it doesnt the go in to magldr and reflash the ROM
oh and keep the SD card in this time!

[Q] wp7 (nand) + Android (sd)

I have 2 sd cards, one 4gb and other 8gb. First I installed wp7 on nand and put in 4gb card, everything worked fine... Now I wanted Android on another sc card and to boot it with MAGLDR.
I put Android folder in root of 8gb sd card and after I go in MAGLDR to "Boot AD SD" it throws me error "can't load Kernel" or something simillar.
Than I went in mgldr services options to the option where I choose dir. And I haven't found Android folder, only the <.> sign.
What am I doing wrong? Do I have to format my sd card in some other way or something?
Help appreciated!

u got to put kernel on ur card

It is, I placed Android folder on the root of sd card. Does wp7 somehow affect it? Tried with another sd 1gb sd card but still unable to boot

Magldr and SD card

Hi guys !
I've a strange problem, i've bought an Kingston 16Gb SDHC card for my HD2 phone and i want to make a dual boot of WP7 and Android.
The problem is when i start my phone with the SD card it's boot in strange mod same as defaut configuration.
But when i plug my card after screen of magldr it's start normaly and in about i see the space of my SD card.
Other things when i want to start Android, in magldr service when i select ad sd dir it's will be back to home screen.
Magldr possibly have a bug with my card ? or it's my sd card it's wrong ?
I've magldr 1.13 and Xboxmod WP7 rom.
Thks for reply and sorry to my bad english.
Morphos

" Hi guys !
I've a strange problem, i've bought an Kingston 16Gb SDHC card for my HD2 phone and i want to make a dual boot of WP7 and Android.
The problem is when i start my phone with the SD card it's boot in strange mod same as defaut configuration.
But when i plug my card after screen of magldr it's start normaly and in about i see the space of my SD card.
Other things when i want to start Android, in magldr service when i select ad sd dir it's will be back to home screen.
Magldr possibly have a bug with my card ? or it's my sd card it's wrong ?
I've magldr 1.13 and Xboxmod WP7 rom."
Hi
If the sd-card is in device you must start windows phone 7 and make reset,
Settings,Info,Reset your device.
After that windows phone 7 write a 200 mb 16 bit partition on sd.
You can only see it in partition managers. There you can see although an unformatted partition. This is the windows 7 partition.
Follow this tutorial here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944288
to install both operating system on your card .
That works for me and i have the 16 GB Kingston too.
greetz
pego2007

Thanks to your reply.
But i use this tutorial for my dual boot.
that is my procedure :
- Going to setting, about and reset my phone
- Plug my SD Card to my device
- WP7 boot in english mod without tell me setting operation
To have 200Mb fat16 and the rest of SD card in unformated partion i will plug my SD card after Magldr boot screen.
If i plug after i've the setting operation what i request before and when i go to setting, about i see 15,...GB
When i plug my SD card to my computer i see 200Mb fat16 partition and unformatted partition.
If i plug my SD card before Magldr boot screen, when i go to setting about i see 15.14Mb total and 10Mb ok...
Morphos
Edit :
I've also an 2Gb SD card (so little for dual boot) and i've no prblm for WP7 boot. SD card can be already plug to my HD2 device and i can setting my hd2 as i want.
In setting, about i see all my SD card
Total : 1.64Go
Dispo : 1.52Go
Morphos