I LOVE MY XDA2
Let's not kid ourselves this is one fine piece of kit.
I have had it for about 4 weeks now and played with it, soft resetting, hard resetting, installing, uninstalling etc
I have all the best software ready to go and want to compress some comedy dvd's onto my gadget to watch on the move.
So - off I go to the local computer store and purchased a 128mb SD memory card ('kingmax" is the brand - rubbish I know but this isn't my problem)
Put it in - it doesnt' recognise it
Took the card back - tried another - put it in - no sign it's in there..
Went to Dixons - bought an 'Impact' 256mb card in - put it in and again - no sign it's there..
Am I doing something REALLY stupid here ?
Does the card need formatting before it's seen in 'storage' ?
There's absolutely no sign that there's a card in my XDA2
Any ideas or is the SD slot babbered ?!?
Do you have a card reader? The xda should offer to format it for you when you insert it. You could try storage tools which is a free download but if your xda isnt seeing the card it may not help. You can format it in a card reader through windows.
Thanks.
I'll try that.
I'll purchase a card reader/writer and try formatting them that way - but I don't hold out much hope as I seem to be the only one with this problem that I can see on here !??
Mine did the same and I tried formating. It sounds weird but after months of playing with it I realized that it only likes certain cards. So far it takes every sancard, but hates pny.
SD Cards on iMate and XDA II
Hi All,
We sell the iMates and XDAIIs and have found similar issues with "generic" cards and many of the slower Sandisk card etc.
We always recommend using the better Lexar SD cards or other "Ultra" card types and format them in a reader to Fat32 BEFORE shipping.....
In short - Don't get a slower card (read CHEAP) or a Generic unless you can test it BEFORE you buy it as most will cause problems.
Good luck
Andy
Hi, I recently bought a 2GB MiniSD card for my Treo750v. When I put it into the system it worked fine, I installed some programs and put some music on. Then I left the phone alone for a while and the automatic keylock came on. When I returned to the phone and activated it from keylock the sound that is played when removing the card was heard and it reported that there was no card installed when there clearly was. To return the card to working order i had to remove and re-insert it. After that it was fine until keylock came back on and the same thing happened again!
Anyone got any ideas on why this is doing what it is doing!
Point to note, the card works perfectly in an HP device running WM5 and my Digital Camera!
I am starting to think this is a "problem" with the Treo because mine does the same with a 512mb card. Sometimes it wont be "seen" by the PDA but not a problem when put in my other pda.......
Jim
I get the same thing, also with a 2 gig card. But it happens only every other day or so. Still very annoying. Have no clue why this is happening.
I had the same trouble, too. But the trouble has already disappeared by replacement of 2GB mini SD to 1GB mini SD.
Remainning problem is that Spb pocket plus still cannot get application icons on storage card.
Went to a Vodafone store today and told them about the issue. They said it is a known issue and was a problem on a couple devices. They said if I would bring the box and invoice, they would exchange the device. Will do that in the next few days. Hope that solves it.
I have the same problem with my 512mb card and my 2Gig card. But I am in the U.S. and cant bring it in to Vodafone. Does anyone know what else can be done?
I should've did some homework and checked this forum before jumping on my 2GB which I bought 3 days ago. 'doh... I have the same issue here... except in the midst of playing with it, inserting and removing etc... all the data got corrupted. I have to figure out how to reformat the whole card.
Hopefully, there's a software fix later.
Hey
Thanks guys n gals for ur help!
magxs I might have to do the same!!!
Oh bum, silly silly smartphones! I just want something that works!
I've also been having problems with my Treo 750v and the miniSD card (2GB SanDisk Ultra II).
When I insert the card, the Treo sees it and can run programs that are installed on it. When I return the Treo after it has been off for a while the card is no longer recognised and the memory manager claims that no storage card is installed. At this point all I can do is either take the card out and reinsert it, or otherwise to a soft reset. The time it takes for the Treo to loose its connection to the card varies; sometimes I can turn it on after a few minutes and the card is gone, sometimes it still works after a couple of hours.
When I came across this discussion yesterday, I phoned up Vodafone and reported my issue. According to the customer service rep, this is not on their list of known issues but he agreed to an exchange anyway. I'll get the new device today. I hope that'll fix it, but by now have my doubts.
Someone else suggested formatting the SD card, citing issues with FAT16 vs FAT32. I might try that if the new Treo still suffers the same issue.
In another thread on this topic, someone reported that such an issue was observed on some other PPC device and was fixed by a ROM upgrade. I emailed Palm about it. Palm eventually got back to me today saying:
This may occur only with cards that are not Palm branded. If possible please try to use a Palm card to test it.
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Either that's a lame excuse, or they're trying to force people into buying their overpriced own branded accessories by making their hardware incompatible with the industry standard. Unless SanDisk don't know how to make miniSD cards...
I guess my next step - after the reformatting - will be to throw £60 at a Palm branded storage card; I don't expect that would work any better than my current card, but at least then Palm can't argue that I'm using "unsupported hardware".
I exchanged my Treo yesterday at a different Vodafone store. The people there didn't know anything about SD card issues either, but they exchanged it anyway. Have been running the new device for about 24 hrs now and no issues, yet. But even on the first device, the problems only started later and even then it wasn't an everyday occurrence. So, I will need to watch it a bit longer.
new rom
Have you tried loading the Cingular ROM and see if it fixes this problem?
After two full days with my new Treo, the SD card was lost again over night. So, it doesn't seem to be an issue that just a few devices were affected by. Too bad....
I didn't try any other ROMs yet.
I have the Cingular ROM, and have the same exact problem.
hi,
i am new to this board and hope you dont mind my bad english. i am from germany and proud owner of a treo 750v
and i tell you what: i am so glad i am not alone with the storage card problem.
it was nearly making me mad.
now i know that there are a lot of other people with the same problem. that may not solve it but gives me a better feeling an hope for an update which solves that.
PS: i use a 1gb sandisk
Well It's working
I bought another MiniSD card the other day, a 512Mb Kingston one, and so far so good, it works well (about 5 days now) and has not been "lost" so far! Not sure if it's the size of card or the make or what but I will keep investigating this!
Hope you resolve your issues!!
A
What kind of card did you have issues with?
I get the feeling the this might be related to specific cards. To find out: please everybody state which card you are using and if you have problems.
I'm using Sandisk Ultra II 2GB and it's dropping out.
Thanks
magxs said:
What kind of card did you have issues with?
I get the feeling the this might be related to specific cards. To find out: please everybody state which card you are using and if you have problems.
I'm using Sandisk Ultra II 2GB and it's dropping out.
Thanks
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i am using sandisc (normal) 1 gb and have the problems.
Card Type
Mine was a generic 2GB card bought on EBAY but the one that is working now is a Kingston 512MB card. The Generic 2GB works perfectly in my Digital camera. There are no Identifying marks on the 2GB card sadly so Cannot say for sure who makes it!
I'm also using a SanDisk Ultra II 2GB, and it's getting dropped regularly.
Sounds like SanDisk is the one to blame.
But would be good to have more reports before we all go out buying new cards. Keep em coming...
Helloworld.
My symptoms: the device spontanely stopped to detect memory card (the card itself is functioning - checked already, as well as plugging another card into my pola), however the device reacts (wakes up) to the memory card insertion switch status changes (present/absent).
At a glance - all components on the M/B seem to be intact, however I didn't made it yet to unsoldering the card holder and watching inside for bent/absent pins.
Can someone provide me with a clue - what components on the polaris M/B are responsible for communicating with the SD card, and which ones of them I need to check to make sure they function properly?
No clue about that in "classified" service manual from wiki
Am I missing something?
I'm seeing the same thing - curiously problem also occurred on the 6th...
I'd be interested if you find a solution (I'l come back and post if I do)
I'm seeing the same thing - curiously problem also occurred on the
I'd be interested if you find a solution (I'l come back and post if I do)
So, finally got my hands on that one polaris I noticed lying around.
The problem itself was in card-reader slot. I never found the replacement for the slot itself, so I de-soldered it and soldered a micro-sd card right into place using small pieces of old ATA-166 cable lying around. Turned out not as good-looking, as it could be, done by a professional, but still does the job very well. Now device is functioning properly
However, the connector, that was originally on the M/B got 10 pins on the sides, 8 of which supposed to be connected to the micro-sd card. Maybe some1 here know why the hell there is 10 of them and what are 2 extras supposed to be connected to? Also, is the 8 pin supposed to be connected to the switch that represent card absence/presence?
Just before soldering you should try SD Formatter 2.0 for SD/SDHC (sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/) It almost saved my patience !
REPLACE SD CARD READER WITH SD CARD (Soldered)
1nsan3 said:
So, finally got my hands on that one polaris I noticed lying around.
The problem itself was in card-reader slot. I never found the replacement for the slot itself, so I de-soldered it and soldered a micro-sd card right into place using small pieces of old ATA-166 cable lying around. Turned out not as good-looking, as it could be, done by a professional, but still does the job very well. Now device is functioning properly
However, the connector, that was originally on the M/B got 10 pins on the sides, 8 of which supposed to be connected to the micro-sd card. Maybe some1 here know why the hell there is 10 of them and what are 2 extras supposed to be connected to? Also, is the 8 pin supposed to be connected to the switch that represent card absence/presence?
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I dont believe it is possible... but if you REALLY DID IT... then youre really an incredible INSAN3 Genius!!!
PLease give me further details. Since I opened the Polaris to replace a broken LCD screen the SD card reader broke apart... now I'm using my polaris with the (small) internal memory only (sigh!)
...maybe it's right time for a new phone, but while It is still not broken at all... I would like to try to fix the SD in the way you tell us you did it!
A couple of days ago my DHD (running IceColdSandwich 8.2 at the time (now 8.3)) decided to tell me that my MicroSD card was damaged.
I decided to put the card into my PC and try and take a look that way - nothing. Sometimes came up as a device and sometimes didn't.
In the end I used one of the various recovery programs on the net and surprisingly, it instantly saw my MicroSD and recovered pretty much everything.
There is a few corrupted files and images but the majority of stuff is perfect - such a relief.
I simply told windows to format the SD card and it's fine again...
Why would this of happened, I thought the card was physically damaged but apparently not.
Odd stuff - plus its a Lexar, not an unbranded ebay card.
Anyone had similar experiences?
im on my second s3 (first one screen shattered) which ive had for about 3 months now and since new i got a 32gb scandisk 10 sd card, everything was working fine till about a week agao then i started getting "sd card unexpectly unmounted" i would remove the card, reinstall, then would get the message " preparing sd card " then phone would show card but either say "blank card or unsupported files" then sometimes the phone wouldnt read that there was a card installed. i tried pressing mount sd card and nothing would happen.
now the strange thing i have a galaxy tab2 and the 32gb works great in that, so i tried formatting card with tab2, reinstalled iinto s3 and same problem. now i did take the 2gb card i had in my s3 and it works fine,the phone is rooted and have always ran Cleanrom or Wicked sensations roms. i did a loy of searchs but havent had much help on finding an answer.
somebody please help.
Bill
anyone?
I had the same problem, come to find out, it was a cheaply made sd card. Think I paid 10-15 bucks at most for a 32gb class 8 card. I bought a scandisc card and have been fine since.
And just for info.... I read online that others were having this same issue and that it was the card not seating in the slot very well. If you took your phone back to the store they would exchange it. I took it in, got a new phone, and the same thing happened (unrooted, rooted, romed, it didn't matter) Got a new card and it was fixed.
Sent from my PACmaned SCH-I535
Have you tried connecting it to your computer via sd adapter to see if files are there. If you cant read any files it may be a bad card but you can always format it while connected to the computer and see if that helps. If computer reads your files i would suggest you move files to computer, format, then try it on your phone and if it still doesnt work than maybe its the problem suggested above my post with it not seating correctly. Good luck