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Hi, I recently purchased a Dell Venue Pro and I am going to get it some time this weekend. The main concern I have with this phone is the small amount of storage. 8gb is simply not enough for me. Perhaps I missed something, but I've been reading through this forum and haven't found a very good explanation for newbies on how to replace the SD Card. I have actually seen some posts that say that they managed to exchange their 8gb SD Card for a Sandisk 32GB micro SD card Class 2. However, I would like to have some guidance and instruction from someone experienced doing this; I wouldn't want a bricked Dell Venue Pro.
Therefore, could anyone please instruct me with a step by step guide on how to replace my SD card without crashing my system and which sd cards are compatible? Thank you.
Believe me when I tell you this will not work. What you will end up with is a bricked phone that needs to be replaced.
If you have a device that was shipped between December and now you don't have an engineering sample, those are the only devices that can actually format the sd card to the proper filesystem and lock the card down in way you'd expect it to.
If you'd like to test that theory, simply replace the card while it's off. Perform a hard reset on the device (the CAM + VOL DN combination does not work), shut it down and put the card back in an SD reader. It won't be formatted and won't be locked down.
You might be able to format the card on a Windows CE machine with storage manager, but the most I've been able to do is get the SD card test to show a 114 not ok instead of a 115 not ok.
After that, if you're lucky, you'll be able to simply throw the old card back in the device and proceed with enjoying your phone with the original SD card. If you're unlucky your phone will not boot.
Food for thought:
In the diagnostics application there is a button for "Service Center" which displays two boxes: Zune and Composite.
When you press the CAM key during boot this puts the device into a "restore" mode that Zune is supposed to work with at some point in the future.
I'm guessing if we can figure out a way to flip the mode to Composite (currently requires a password) that the "test/debug" bootloader will allow us to format the cards properly.
It's also entirely possible that the reason the engineering samples work and the retail devices don't is that the eng samples are in this mode already.
Wow thanks a lot for the very thorough answer. Do you think we will see memory expansion as a possibility in the near future?
Ok, without trying to insult anyone, 'm gonna call Bullshxt. I now have 3 VP's in my possession. Ok....1 I dropped and it doesn't start any more. But that still leaves 2. On both of them I have removed the SD card, replaced hte card with bigger and smaller SD cards and have even left the SD card slot empty. I have NEVER bricked my phone.
Let's leave performance behind first...and not consider it. Lets just talk about changing cards.
The key to changing cards is process. Take the card out and restart your device, it won't boot. there is no external keys for hard reset. Place that same card back in your device, it will start.
To change out a card, do this:
1. Hard reset your device
2. On the reboot portion, remove the battery and then remove the card
3. Put the battery back in and let the device start up
4. Walk through startup and your phone is ready to use.
Keep this same process each time. You cannot remove a card, without first going through the hard reset process. You cannot add a card with out first going through the hard reset process. The hard reset process initializes the card to the device.
I've done this at least a dozen times, with cards ranging from 2,4, 8 and 16g. I've done it with cards pulled out of Google phones and an HD2. I've done it with cards that have never been used before. Its 1, 2, 3, 4. No matter what combination of removal and add....1,2, 3, 4. Remove a card, its 1,2 ,3, 4. Add a card, 1,2,3,4. Simple.
Now...if you want to talk about Performance....thats another conversation....
Again....no insult intended with the BS call.
Sorry...forgot to add 1 thing.....this has been described on this forum several weeks ago...so...what I'm saying is not a huge discovery from me...but rather from the guy that posted this around christmas.....I just repeated it is all !!!
Oh OK, sweet thanks for the thorough step by step guide! This is exactly what I needed.
A few questions though.
On step 2. you mention a reboot portion. What does that mean? After hard resetting what is my "queue" to remomving my battery and SD Card
Also, you never state in the 4 step process when exactly I put my alternative SD Card in. Would I put it in step 3 when I put my battery in?
Finally, you say Performance is a different story. Are you saying that replacing SD Cards will make the phone slower or more prone to crashing or working less stably?
Thank you.
I think once the phone is ready to use again, you then start the process over again at Step 1, except instead of removing the SD card in Step 2, you put the new one in.
What I want to know is, if taking out the provided SD card voids the warranty, how do you get a new phone without paying for it? Or does the warranty not cover that specification?
none taken, but your claim about the device not booting if you remove the card is false.
It will boot, sans card, with ~15mb of free storage space with no customizations. It's also likely though that if your device does boot into this state, you will never be able to get another SD card to work in it ever again.
Even if it boots into the "no storage" state it's still possible to put in the old card (in most cases) and have it work. I'm just saying that has not been the case for everyone.
Looks like I've found quite a good amount of posts from people stating that they have swapped SD cards succcessfully so might try this if I feel like I require more storage. Would anyone happen to know if there are certain types of SD Cards I should use to make this work? Also, alodar1, you have stated something about performance being another story? Would I be sacrificing performance by swapping cards? What kinds of issues would I be having?
1) Open settings-> about menu in phone
2) Press "reset"
3) Press "yes" twice. The phone will start to reboot.
4) Wait until the phone shuts down and begins to reboot, and take the battery out. NOTE: If you take out the battery too early, it will not work correctly. I waited until I first saw the Dell logo pop up and then pulled the battery, and that worked.
5) Remove the old SD card (I used a very small eyeglass screwdriver to gently pry it out since it isn't spring loaded)
6) Put in new card, replace battery, restart phone
7) Go through the setup process
That should do it. My phone hasn't crashed since I replaced the card on Sunday, so its been a success for me. I have not had any performance issues with my new card - but I suppose that really depends on your card. Granted, I actually downgraded - I went to a Sandisk Class 4 8GB card. Soon enough I'll be getting a 32GB card and trying that one out.
Ah things are much clearer now thank you very much, will try this. I'll pray my phone doesn't go bad... gulp.
Also, are you saying you were a victim of the crashes and replacing the SD Card fixed it?
OK so I'm going to buy an SD Card, a 16gb, so should I go for a class 2 or class 4? What's the difference between the two and is any one of those two incompatible with the venue pro?
Erchino said:
Ah things are much clearer now thank you very much, will try this. I'll pray my phone doesn't go bad... gulp.
Also, are you saying you were a victim of the crashes and replacing the SD Card fixed it?
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Yes - my phone crashed very frequently with the 16GB card. Many times a day. I've now gone a full week without a crash with the new card.
Erchino said:
OK so I'm going to buy an SD Card, a 16gb, so should I go for a class 2 or class 4? What's the difference between the two and is any one of those two incompatible with the venue pro?
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Mine is class 4. The problem here is that there is no official specification. The class rating refers to data transfer speed - but the requirement for Windows Phone 7 is random access speed, which the card manufacturers don't advertise. Early reports actually showed that higher class (6+ cards) actually perform worse in WP7.
I don't have the DVP yet. Will the warranty be void when the SD card is replaced/removed? Thanks.
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I don't have the DVP yet. Will the warranty be void when the SD card is replaced/removed? Thanks.
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Yes, the black tape shows "VOID" after you remove it. A prior warning would be nice, since the tape doesn't say that on the outside.
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Yes, the black tape shows "VOID" after you remove it. A prior warning would be nice, since the tape doesn't say that on the outside.
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Does it really say "VOID"? I removed the tape but I can't discern any letters left on the device. However, I can see an "O" on the tape.
yep, it says VOID and the black VOID letters are left behind when you remove the sticker.
So for those who have replaced their cards, how is the phone holding up? Able to use wifi and the marketplace and IE with no crashes?
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Looks like I've found quite a good amount of posts from people stating that they have swapped SD cards succcessfully so might try this if I feel like I require more storage. Would anyone happen to know if there are certain types of SD Cards I should use to make this work? Also, alodar1, you have stated something about performance being another story? Would I be sacrificing performance by swapping cards? What kinds of issues would I be having?
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sorry for the delay in replying. No, not necessarily. Personally I believe there is an issue with the specific cards Dell used. But what do I know for sure. I swapped to another 16g card...nothing fancy...just directly out of the HD2.....it worked and performance was better. A couple of friends of mine did a similar swap, looking at specific R/W speeds, class types, etc. They had mixed results. So, my guess is, there is something else that is a trigger that no one has hit on yet. I know my 16g performance is not as good as the 8g performance....in smoothness of card access. If I swap down to an 8g card...or even a 4g card....I can see the difference.....the performance is smoother.
Now, this doesn't say that those people with the 32g cards are NOT seeing that smoothness. I'm saying that I tried this as a test because I had cards laying around....and noticed a difference. The difference strongly indicates the shipped 16g cards are not what they should be. But, this does not mean the 32g cards on the market right now are the answer.
HELP !!!
I tried changing my 8GB SD card to a 16GB SD card. it booted up fine everything seemed ok, but when I restart the phone it loses all settings. So I put the original card back in, followed the same steps. Now my phone only sees 16 MEGABYTES of storage, I've tried multiple factory resets, after a reset it doesnt even go through the normal setup process. All it does is go back to the homescreen with only the normal tiles accept all the newsroom, tmobile family room and stuff isn't there either. If I pin an app to the start screen then restart the phone the pinned app is gone from the start up screen can someone PLEASE help, I'd be happy just to get it back to normal, with the original SD card in it
Ive tried several WP7 NAND builds in this forum but everyone seem to give the same issue far as it randomly freezing and rebooting especially when the screen is off, Is anyone else having this issue and if so is there a solution?
Phone: TmoUS Leo
Radio: 2.15.50.40
Build: Frantic HD WP7
Yes ive had this same problem...would also like to know if there are any solutions...thanks
Try another SD card. Go for a SanDisk one as they are more compatible. WP7 doesn't accept many SD cards and you both have the typical symptoms of an incompatible card
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Ive tried several WP7 NAND builds in this forum but everyone seem to give the same issue far as it randomly freezing and rebooting especially when the screen is off, Is anyone else having this issue and if so is there a solution?
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Yes, and yes.
Random reboots are most likely caused by your MicroSD-card (WP7 will not work well with some cards). The only solution: try a different card.
There's a thread where people report which cards worked for them here.
ignore that thread
There is absoluetly no way of know what card will work.
statistically you have a better chance with a sandisk class 2 or 4 BUT that is not always the case, you may have a generic home brand class 10 that works but more likely you'll have better luck with those class 2 and 4 cards
No one is really sure why WP7 is having issues, the best idea so far is that its random read/write speeds that are the key, some class 10 cards have massive sequential write speeds but slower random reads which is where WP7 comes unstuck
Also, just because some one has a sandisk 8GB class 6 that works fine doesnt mean you will have the same luck with the exact same model because different cards use different components, even within the same make and model.
For example i have two 4GB sandisk class 6 cards, purchased on the same day at the same shop, both cards are model identical, one works fine the other has issues such as restarting, wifi not working and lagging
and to throw another spanner in the works i have a card that works perfectly, up until i fill the card to a certain point, then it starts all this restart business, if i dump a few hundred MB of music on the card taking it past that point it works fine . The card was been tested on the PC and i cant see anything wrong with it.
So, that leave me to think that for some reason when WP7 was trying to access that portion of the card for SYSTEM usage it was perhaps too slow to use or had some other issue, i can play music from that area however.
I just installed WP7 on my HD2 earlier today, was running fine for about.. 3-4 hours, I guess I was on it a good bit, not really letting it go to sleep for an extended period of time, but after I stopped messing with it, I noticed it rebooted itself, then it got froze on the lock screen, until it rebooted itself randomly again,, and then it did a complete wipe of my data on another random reboot?
Is this due to the SD card?
And can I just remove the SD card to fix this until theres some guarenteed cards that work with WP7?
or will it not boot without the SD card in?
Thanks alot.
it will work without SD but laggy and you will only have about 150MB of space.
good luck waiting for a card, its supposed to be unremovable so i doubt you will see over the counter products, im afraid its take a guess or buy an HD7
oop! yeah probably your SD
It is your sd card, sorry. Try a new one.
so nothing to do with how you format the sd card?
The guidelines
Welcome to the club!! u will soon get an error message umm in few weeks! then u will search.. u will undo hspl and all the things(sd card method even u will buy a new sd).. atlast it will kepp freezing.. the search and search... same omitted answers!! one fine day reboots then says!!!
ARM11 FATAL ERROR
FLASH_OS_WM.C LINE 582
or some other line ur search and search will end with 2 result and redfly..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11515140
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8838597
after this what i did
I LOGGED ON TO WWW.HTC.COM
SEARCHED FOR HTC AUTHORIZED SHOP IN MY TOWN
PLACED IT FOR REPAIR
Good thing :THEY JUST TOOK MY PHONE..U WILL GET BATTERY,SIM AND SD BACK!!
STILL WAITING TO GET IT REPAIRED!!!!
The best thing: u can use the phone without repairing.. but if ur chatting with ur GF ON FONE more than 3 min or recording a video it jusT reboots and hangs!!never boots back still its cold.. solution: buy an Air conditioning unit remove the battery cool it.. it will boot!!
the WP7 doesn't format the SD in options menu.
I tried this soluction and the phone appears more stable:
1- go in the
(caution----your data will be eraser)
settings -> about -> reset your phone
2- then the phone reset and after the MALGRD screeen push VOL UP and VOL DOWN
to appears the screen when you press the VOLUP to eraser all data and recovery the phone in factory status.
3- after this the phone start with the SD clear.
my phone don't freeze more after this steps.
hi!
I've installed on hd2 wp7 everything works fine, but not the zune program and photo and music clips and software, and ... Throw in the phone memory and does not know you please help me. Thanks!
I've installed on hd2 wp7 everything works fine, but the zune program will not install anything on the phone and my memory does not help please help me. Thanks!
please!
please! please! please!
Can you please explain your problem more clear?
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HoomanHana said:
please! please! please!
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I installed WP7 on my HTC HD2 and I have only 158 MB of the memory. The SD is inserted. How I can make my WP7 recognize my SD card?
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I installed WP7 on my HTC HD2 and I have only 158 MB of the memory. The SD is inserted. How I can make my WP7 recognize my SD card?
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In simple terms you can't.
One of the reasons most WinPhone 7 manufactures hid there SD cards deep inside the units was because MS have some very specific requirements for the performance and specification of SD(HC) cards that the OS will use to combine with the on device NAND storage.
This mostly comes down to the speed of 4k block read/writes (so it seems) but also seems to require some card features that not all cards have (so there is some definite 'blacklisting/testing' going on during that 1st boot it would seem).
In simple terms, if after installing your SD card and doing a reset of the phone (via settings, about, reset or holding VolUp and VolDown during and after the 1234 GO GO... from Magldr) you don't see the SD card as usable space it is safe to say that it does not meet the requirements laid down in the WinPhone 7 SD driver and is not going to work, go and try another card .
If your card IS recognised but the device seems exceptionally 'laggy' (hanging on the installing apps screen for a long time after the 1st reset is a big clue) then the chances are your card is no where near quick enough in the 4k read/writes to be used correctly by the OS (even though it detects it), again, time to try another card.
There is anecdotal suggestions that removing all existing partitions and on the card before you install it in a WinPhone 7 device helps with it being detected but then even if that is the case those same cards seem to then exhibit the very poor performance as above and that tends to imply they got blacklisted for a good reason .
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In simple terms you can't.
One of the reasons most WinPhone 7 manufactures hid there SD cards deep inside the units was because MS have some very specific requirements for the performance and specification of SD(HC) cards that the OS will use to combine with the on device NAND storage.
This mostly comes down to the speed of 4k block read/writes (so it seems) but also seems to require some card features that not all cards have (so there is some definite 'blacklisting/testing' going on during that 1st boot it would seem).
In simple terms, if after installing your SD card and doing a reset of the phone (via settings, about, reset or holding VolUp and VolDown during and after the 1234 GO GO... from Magldr) you don't see the SD card as usable space it is safe to say that it does not meet the requirements laid down in the WinPhone 7 SD driver and is not going to work, go and try another card .
If your card IS recognised but the device seems exceptionally 'laggy' (hanging on the installing apps screen for a long time after the 1st reset is a big clue) then the chances are your card is no where near quick enough in the 4k read/writes to be used correctly by the OS (even though it detects it), again, time to try another card.
There is anecdotal suggestions that removing all existing partitions and on the card before you install it in a WinPhone 7 device helps with it being detected but then even if that is the case those same cards seem to then exhibit the very poor performance as above and that tends to imply they got blacklisted for a good reason .
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good job and very well put!
djwillis said:
In simple terms you can't.
This mostly comes down to the speed of 4k block read/writes (so it seems) but also seems to require some card features that not all cards have (so there is some definite 'blacklisting/testing' going on during that 1st boot it would seem).
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There is anecdotal suggestions that removing all existing partitions and on the card before you install it in a WinPhone 7 device helps with it being detected but then even if that is the case those same cards seem to then exhibit the very poor performance as above and that tends to imply they got blacklisted for a good reason .
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Where can I get this SD card blacklist for HD2 WP7?
simploid said:
Where can I get this SD card blacklist for HD2 WP7?
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There isnt a blacklist as such
if any portion of your card doesnt match the required random access speeds then you can expect several outcomes
firstly it doesnt work
or you might get it working but with Wifi issues, lagging issues, unresponsive screen, random resets.
or you might find that only a portion of the card doesnt work, forinstance, mine was fine, then i slapped some music on it and it started this reset business, so i slapped some more music on it and it went away, take the second bunch of music off and it starts again, all portions of the card are in good working order but for whatever reason it didnt like using a small portion of the card for system uses.
Correct me if I'm wrong but it also sounds like he is installing WP7 and then inserting the SD card afterwards.
The SD card should be inserted before installing WP7, so it can partition the SD card correctly and see it as "Total Storage" because WP7 doesn't support removable storage to begin with.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but it also sounds like he is installing WP7 and then inserting the SD card afterwards.
The SD card should be inserted before installing WP7, so it can partition the SD card correctly and see it as "Total Storage" because WP7 doesn't support removable storage to begin with.
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whoops! oversight
Support fail, oh well theres some good info here on SD issues if anybody actually uses the search
please help why dose my phone keep restarting?
it seems to just have gotten even worse!
everythans up to date i just dont understand why it keeps restarting?
I think your Sdcard does not match to Wp7.
Change another sdcard and try again
I am using Sandisk 8m that for your reference.
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sakuramomoko said:
I think your Sdcard does not match to Wp7.
Change another sdcard and try again
I am using Sandisk 8m that for your reference.
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I have 2 cards thay are both sandisc one is 16 gb the other is 4 gb i think thay are both class2 but am unsure thare is a logo that says c2 in the top right of the cards
however I dont think thats what the probulm is!
but am unsure.
I realy hope someone will help me figure this out.
Are you having this problem with BOTH SD cards, or just one?
The SD card, WP7, HD2 combination is very finicky. My Kingston 8GB c2 seemed to be functioning perfectly fine, with the exception of 6-7 hours battery life w/ little to no usage. I also noticed that it took a while for apps to install at the last step of a hard reset on 7720.
Thinking that Kingston was good, I upgraded to 16GB c4. The device wouldn't even boot past the splash screen after leaving magldr. So, I changed to a PNY 16gb c4 and got to see just how badly my 8GB had been performing. The apps that took a while to install at the last step of hard resetting Mango were installed in an instant. And my battery life tripled. I don't have to worry about my phone dying anymore.
So, it's very likely that your SD card can be causing the random reboots. Use dev_storagelock to unlock the card you currently have installed. Perform a hard reset. Stop the process when magldr starts and swap cards. Allow the new card to be integrated into WP7 and see if the reboot problem persists.
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Are you having this problem with BOTH SD cards, or just one?
The SD card, WP7, HD2 combination is very finicky. My Kingston 8GB c2 seemed to be functioning perfectly fine, with the exception of 6-7 hours battery life w/ little to no usage. I also noticed that it took a while for apps to install at the last step of a hard reset on 7720.
Thinking that Kingston was good, I upgraded to 16GB c4. The device wouldn't even boot past the splash screen after leaving magldr. So, I changed to a PNY 16gb c4 and got to see just how badly my 8GB had been performing. The apps that took a while to install at the last step of hard resetting Mango were installed in an instant. And my battery life tripled. I don't have to worry about my phone dying anymore.
So, it's very likely that your SD card can be causing the random reboots. Use dev_storagelock to unlock the card you currently have installed. Perform a hard reset. Stop the process when magldr starts and swap cards. Allow the new card to be integrated into WP7 and see if the reboot problem persists.
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ahh well i didnt have this problum be4 and i use the 4 gb card for android sence in case of emergency i actuly have a phone that works wile sorting out bttfv2 problums wich i cant seam to fix! i sure hope some genuss will relese a rom with not problums for wp7 on our hd2's
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ahh well i didnt have this problum be4 and i use the 4 gb card for android sence in case of emergency i actuly have a phone that works wile sorting out bttfv2 problums wich i cant seam to fix! i sure hope some genuss will relese a rom with not problums for wp7 on our hd2's
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It's probably not the ROM and most likely the SD card. That's what WP7 does. It's super picky.
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It's probably not the ROM and most likely the SD card. That's what WP7 does. It's super picky.
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i did a haed reset and cleard all crc data the problum still ocurs
the only diffrence to both of the sd cards a i have is size
so unless i was to go buy a higher class im gessing buying another would be pointless
the weard thang is this didnt alwase happen
i used bttfv1 no problums
had bttfv2 then all sorts of problums started happening first time i flashed most of the updates with zune
then was forced to start from scrach agin after i messed up my registry with advanced config
second time i upgraded to bttfv2 i used the one shot method and im not exactly sure but i think thats when i started haveing the issue.
You allready know what's wrong, it's the SD cards you've been using. Keep trying with class 2\4\6 Sandisk cards.
Hagenlund said:
You allready know what's wrong, it's the SD cards you've been using. Keep trying with class 2\4\6 Sandisk cards.
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what was that a sarcastic remark? & no i dont know whats wrong because as i stated before i didnt have this problum before my previous installation.
i am useing sandisk class2 16gb i am useing the card that came with the phone i realy dont understand why that would be the issue?
whats the best card to get then?
Your SD card would be the issue if the card or some sectors on the card lacks the required random read\access speed. This could very well create problems on one installation while working seemingly fine on another.
I've already said what cards I believe gives you the highest chance of working, you'll just have to keep trying with those. Theoretically you could also try reinstalling the whole thing and hope that no critical files ends up on the lower speed sectors of the card, but I don't know what chance that would have of working.
The only marketable difference between the cards may be size, but WP7 doesn't really care about that. When I we say that it's picky, we really mean it. You can have great success with one card, and then put another in of the same brand different class and WP7 will no longer boot. SD cards affect battery life and everything.
By an SD card from Fry's, if there's one around. They've got a 15 day return policy w/o restock fee. I only went through 2 cards finding the right one to upgrade to, but was prepared to go through their entire selection and the sales girl even told me to not feel bad about doing it.
Hi,
probably you must calibrate battery or yours SD card not works correctly...
jackrabbit72380 said:
please help why dose my phone keep restarting?
it seems to just have gotten even worse!
everythans up to date i just dont understand why it keeps restarting?
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I had the same issue bu not due to Sd card
I have a Kingston 16GB calss2 works perfect
The issue was that the original rom was American English
if i istall like it is everything works good and since i/m greek i can use also the buld in greek keypad with no problem
BUT when i change to my language the full functions of the phone , then it keeps
restarting byitself ....
For me no problem to work with the english menu at all , so i keep the device in english and works.
After my phone started looping, it was doing a full bootup to the homescreen then almost instantly freezing, I decided to update my WM7 to the new XBmod-Yuki updateable rom.
I did everything as it was said, install wm6.5, format card, etc. i even reinstalled everything hspl, radio, magldr 1.13 just to make sure everything was good to go.
NOW once i finally got it up, its freezing AGAIN at the home screen after it boots up......
I've been running WM7 for about a year (basically since it was available for the HD2). The whole time i've been using this same SD card, the 16gb sandisk HC card. (i'm assuming it's a class 2? (there's a 2 inside of a circle on the top right of the card, beside the word SanDisk)).
Has my SD card bit the dust? or what.... and if it has, does anyone know of a cheap card that 100% works? all i need is about 8gb.
Thanks,
Michael
ALSO i can remove the sd card and it'll run fine.. though i've got no contacts and all that stuff.
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I've been running WM7 for about a year (basically since it was available for the HD2). The whole time i've been using this same SD card, the 16gb sandisk HC card. (i'm assuming it's a class 2? (there's a 2 inside of a circle on the top right of the card, beside the word SanDisk)).
Has my SD card bit the dust? or what.... and if it has, does anyone know of a cheap card that 100% works? all i need is about 8gb.
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There isnt any 100% compatible cards that you can identify without trying it, although for a while i think AT&T were selling some in their stores in the states.
the problem is that an SD card may do 1 of several things, it "might" be 100% compatible, it might be mostly compatible or it might not work at all, the chances are most of us fall in to the latter two
Its only when you access portions of the card that will crash a mostly compatible card, for instance, i can copy music over portions of my card that fixes the reboots for me, but i might find that in another 3GBs time, i get more issue, so its like trial and error. Also because data isnt dumped on to the SD card sequentially problems can crop up any time so it might not be a new issue for you at all
I gave up on the Update-able ROM, I installed HD2O 1.26 LEO71_8107 ROM, and haven't had a lockup since, (it's only been about 12 hours though). I had the earlier version of HD2O's rom before i tried the update-able one from Yuki and XBmod. So IDK what's different between the update-able & the HD2O one. Possibly its the "sometimes work card" issue that you talked about.