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question about the SD

hello..i want to ask u guys about the SD ..
someone told me that the SD will not work in any other device but the u r using..
is that true?
thx

well no unless you are somehow using the nativ encryption in the card then unless the password or whatever are using the card cant be used never heard anybody using it though

so if i changed my device (i'm using an i-mate) in the futrue to nokia or whteer can i still use the same SD ?

yep the nokia of cause would not be able to read ½ the data if it was written for the imate
i mean if it was like that there would be no such thing as a sdcard reader which many of us use to get data to the sdcards

Yeah in your case the different operating systems from iMate and Nokia means the data (files saved) on the SD card would be different but the SD hardware is compatible to both.
That allows us to use more than one card in our digicams, ppc's etc and swap them around as we like.
Ed

ok what can i do to get my data saved on the SD (from the i-mate) on other operating systems ?
even the images like JPG won't work?
thx

I'd suggest you could try to copy the files you want from the SD card to your PC, then format the SD card in your new device, then copy the files back to the SD.
Ed

so lets say my i-mate is broken.,,
and i havn't copy my data to the pc..
and try to put the sd on other device...will it work?
even if its on a ppc?

If the device you try to read it in has the same operating system as the device which write to the SD in the first place then yes. For example I'm pretty sure any PPC will read an SD card written to by another PPC.
Or if it was written to by a PPC then you can also read it in a windows based PC using an SD card reader.
Ed

aha..
but i don't think that the data like JPG's and AVI's , MPEG's....etc will not work?
will it work?
and thx again

Files in SD card got corrupted

I'm using a 512MB Transcend SD card for a year already and this is the first time I encountered such problem. It suddenly got its files corrupted, names are in symbols like boxes and some files claim to have 1GB of filesize. I can't remember what I did before it happened but im sure everything i was doing then is the usual thing. I didn't even remove it from my XDA. Is there any way to recover them? if none, is there any way to prevent it from occuring in the future? Please help

There is a way to recover them. Get your card into the card reader and start your undelete program (i have a great program if you want).
Seems you have Spb Pocket Plus and you have the storage card indicator active! This indicator seems to cause SD card erasings as many people (including me) tried removing the SD indicator & having no more SD wiping
If thats not true, then try to lock your SD card (the read only switch).
Cheeeers

this is the undelte program:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=643

oh shoots :shock: i already had it reformatted. but thanks so much for the reply Ezzkht
i didn't install Spb Pocket Plus though. And i tried locking the SD card, still the same, filenames are unreadable, just boxes and lines

Sometimes Pocket Hack Master can restore the files as well.
regards, M

ravelcop, even if you've formatted the SD card, you can still recover the files (the format process does NOT erase the existing data, it just deletes the 1st sector of the media)
Try EasyRecovery Pro (from the link I've sent to you).
Best of luck :wink:

Thanks guys, il try the softwares you recommended.
I hope we could find out what are the causes of this problem so as to prevent it from occuring in the future. Spb Pocket Plus autodetection feature could be one, and it must have other causes as well since i didn't have that software in my XDA

The problem of SD card erasing is cause by having two or more processes accessing the SD card all at the same time. This will cause trouble to the SD card system driver, and hence, will crash your SD!
Thats why Pocket Plus can cause this problem; since the SD card indicator checks the free space of the SD card every X interval, which could occur while having another process accessing the same SD card. :roll:

how to view
I had a sd card that was corrupt as well and I downloaded the file and it said it recovered 64 files. It said your files were recovered successfully. I saved the files in the directory and I can see them there but I can not view them to change them back to a jpeg file. Can someone help?

hi tia,
how did you download the file? i tried clicking that link but i get a page error. i think the link is broken. could you post the file here instead? i'll try to use it and maybe i could help you afterwards. thanks

SD HighCapacity Driver for OMAP850 Smartphone?

Hello
Anyone got the SD HC (High Capacity) drivers for OMAP850/Tornado? If yes could please attache here or contact me via PM?

i don't think you'll find that driver here...!!! but god luck...!!

Thanks !
Let's hope that some magic will happen
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Thanks !
Let's hope that some magic will happen
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..and some luck comes over us, if we need a special Hardware!Some HTC Devices handles SDHC, others do not...is this possible?Or not?
Extracting and installing the driver may be possible, Omap850 is there, but what about the CardSlot? Ive heard, there are some Specifications for SDHC...

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bellevue Washington..I live not too far from there, i live in Everett.

SDHC driver
I happened to see a file called omap850_sdhc.dll in your own post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1407553&postcount=856
You opening this thread means this one doesn't work?
I already baught a 4 GB SDHC card a month ago to find out it doesn't work in any device i have... damn. Hope somebody can get a hold of the driver for us.

May not work..
...because ive read the sdhc.dll means HostControl and not HighCapacity....

yes arpy is right. i was misinformed. however, with that rom my system does not lag when writing (start & en) to card/
guys i've found some SD High Capacity dlls here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1462587&postcount=15
Install the cab (Storage.. or copy the files from the cab manually to \Windows) . I've tried it and I can use the card (with other dlls, eg from spv c100 or iphone rom , my storage card was not detected) [ however, the same system lag while writing to storage card]
I don't have a SDHC card to test.. so if someone has, please test it and report.

DSF said:
yes arpy is right. i was misinformed. however, with that rom my system does not lag when writing (start & en) to card/
guys i've found some SD High Capacity dlls here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1462587&postcount=15
Install the cab (Storage.. or copy the files from the cab manually to \Windows) . I've tried it and I can use the card (with other dlls, eg from spv c100 or iphone rom , my storage card was not detected) [ however, the same system lag while writing to storage card]
I don't have a SDHC card to test.. so if someone has, please test it and report.
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Hello,
Tried it on my Tornado, but doesn't work with SDHC. It doesn't detect the Storage Card. It does work with a 2 GB non-SDHC card. So no harm to install it, but you still cannot read SDHC. damn.

hi and thanks for testing
.. strange.. maybe we need newer version of omap850_sdhc.dll?

Unless I'm missing something here: The file you had linked was from a post in the Universal forums. The Universal doesn't have an OMAP850 cpu but an Intel Bulverde. Since the driver support is cpu dependent, it was to be expected that the one for the intel won't work for the omap.

Yes, but I can see and use the storage card with these dlls.
I've tried to copy sdbus.dll & sdmemory.dll from other WM5 build (omap850 smartphone) and the phone doesn't recognize the storage card anymore. After deleting these dlls (when deleting , the original file from ROM comes back) and rebooting , storage card is avaiable again.

funny problem with my memory card(sd sandisk 4gg)

im runing all kinds of roms for the past 6 months and noticed that i cant format my micro sd card in thuse roms...is there some kind of a program that can help me do it thru mydevice. i even tryd to format it through my pc but the only thing i can do is delete files.. not wnough since theres allways around 1600mb thats always inuse and a format is the only way to "clean it"..
im runing duty 4\29 now and have no issues or problems..same was with l26 v4 diamond...my device is working great... just that memory card is driving me bananas ,,,
howe somone can help..and thanks a lot...

Did you you try using the start=>run=>cmd=>FORMAT on a pc to format it. Did you make sure the write protection tab is set to unlock on the sd adapter. If it's set to locked remove the card first, then set it to unlock and reinsert it.

Also on the pc when you format it check the file system.
usually it wont do FAT32.
Just FAT will work.
Also the card should be unlocked anyway as you can delete individual files, so as ricethief says, you dont need to check that.

How to transfer to a larger SD Card?

i did search the forums for an answer, but im running into a problem that hasnt been encountered by others. I would like to switch my sd card from a 4gb to a 8gb. if i just copy and paste the files, i get a pop up advising that theres a file/folder thats name is too long, and it will only skip it. I dont want to leave behind any important files. any help with this?
aside from my music and photos( the easy part) 75% of my apps are installed to the sd card

kendotelie said:
i did search the forums for an answer, but im running into a problem that hasnt been encountered by others. I would like to switch my sd card from a 4gb to a 8gb. if i just copy and paste the files, i get a pop up advising that theres a file/folder thats name is too long, and it will only skip it. I dont want to leave behind any important files. any help with this?
aside from my music and photos( the easy part) 75% of my apps are installed to the sd card
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Just copy your current SD Card (4GB) contents to the PC. Then format your new SD Card (8GB). After that just copy the contents back onto the new SD Card, and load it back inot your Shift. You should be good to go.

kendotelie said:
i did search the forums for an answer, but im running into a problem that hasnt been encountered by others. I would like to switch my sd card from a 4gb to a 8gb. if i just copy and paste the files, i get a pop up advising that theres a file/folder thats name is too long, and it will only skip it. I dont want to leave behind any important files. any help with this?
aside from my music and photos( the easy part) 75% of my apps are installed to the sd card
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You'll be fine. I've copied my sd contents to my PC and back a few times and I always get that "name too long" error on one file and I've always just skipped it with no problems.

thanks.... i found out that the source of my problem was the folder "android" but i pretty much just took what i needed from that folder, and created a new one on the root of the sd card, and placed the contents there, every other file/folder transferred smoothly