HI.
Just one question about how to install in the microSD card.
Once i've installed the TomTom provided with the device, how do i go on with new files and folders. I mean, if i want to take my .mp3 files, .divx or even new software to install, should i create new folders for every topic: inside a MUSIC folder --> all my music; if i want to install a new program, i should create a PROGRAM FILES folder and inside all the software i need; the same with video files --> a VIDEO folder.
Is it the way to do or how do you organize all the files in the SD card?
If so did, will the TomTom have any kind of problem when finding the maps if everything is in the same card?
I haven't paid attention to the structure and everything is working well. Don't have that much stuff on card..so if you plan to put lots of files there, I think you should follow the same principals that you have when working with normal pc.
Thank you for your reply mlehtola.
i'll try to keep the SD as tidy as possible with a PC's structure, as you said.
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Hi guys, is it possible to move the default docs folder to the Storage Card?
I mean having everything (video,music,docs,programs settings,etc..) in the card so I can easly synch it and free Ram on my new Jam :wink:
Thanks
Not Really.
You can create a directory called "My Documents" on your storage card, and save everything on there. The Operating System will automatically detect the folder and allow you to place documents there.
But there's no way to automatically synchronise your storage card - or have I just misunderstood?
Note: If it looks like the OS isn't using the My Documents on the card properly, check for a 0-byte file called ignore_my_docs and delete it.
You could try super-sync
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=12574
After fiddling with a program called REMOVER, I seemed to have lost the ability to see files/directories on the SD card.
ie When I open NOTES, excel etc.., the ALL FOLDERS only show what is on the main memory. I have set the options to save to Storage Card.
When I use file explorer, the files/directories are still on the sd.
Any ideas would be most welcome.
Please don't tell me a hard reset will be needed!
Have you tried removing sd card, soft reset, replace?
I had tried what you mentioned still didn't work. Hard resetted and still didn't pick up the sd card. I then copied the contents of the sd card to my laptop and formatted the card. I then copied the contents back to the sd which still didn't work. Formatted the sd again and loaded the programs back on one by one. Now all OK.
Appears to have been a hicup on the SD card. I'll be keeping an eye on it.
Thanks for the reply. Paul
frigit said:
I had tried what you mentioned still didn't work. Hard resetted and still didn't pick up the sd card. I then copied the contents of the sd card to my laptop and formatted the card. I then copied the contents back to the sd which still didn't work. Formatted the sd again and loaded the programs back on one by one. Now all OK.
Appears to have been a hicup on the SD card. I'll be keeping an eye on it.
Thanks for the reply. Paul
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Any way of sorting this problem without this drastic solution?
I thought it was just a bug in Windows Mobile 5. For example, I loaded a pdf reader and a gameboy emulator on today, and in both cases, from the program you don't see the files on the SD card.... it's infuriating.
frigit said:
... I seemed to have lost the ability to see files/directories on the SD card.
ie When I open NOTES, excel etc.., the ALL FOLDERS only show what is on the main memory. [...]
When I use file explorer, the files/directories are still on the sd.
Any ideas would be most welcome.
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Normally the office apps only searches for files in the folder "My Documents" and its sub folders. This can help to reduce the time of searching if the memory contains many files. But it also can confuse users which don't know this and store files in other folders. So MS added a "feature", a zero byte large file named "ignore_my_docs" (without any extension).
If this entry exists in the root directory, the office apps searches in every folder for files but ignore "My Documents" and its sub folders (exacly what the name says).
To "help" "stupid" users which neither know that they should use a folder "My Documents" for the office apps on every storage card nor know the "magic file" Windows automatically creates the entry "ignore_my_docs" when it can't find a folder named "My Documents" in the root directory. But Windows does never automatically removes this entry when a new folder named "My Documents" is created (in the root directory).
So try to delete an existing "ignore_my_docs" entry (if you use "My Documents") or create it if there is none (if you store the files elsewhere and) if you cant see existing files under ALL FOLDERS.
Hope that helps some people
JH
PS: If this was the reason for the invisible files than no reset will help (remember it's a feature of windows, not a bug :wink: ) but reformat can help (to get rid of an unnecessary entry).
I need to transfer my files from my MicroSD card to a bigger one. Obviously, music, picture, video files etc are no problem, but can I also just drag and drop the program files of applications I've installed onto the card too? Will the apps still work?
Thanks
if you put them in the same path on the new card it should work unless it's some security program which will only run on the first sd installed on
I have an HTC touch Dual, windows mobile 6.5. I have a 16gb micro sd inside of it and everything was going pretty well. then today after taking some pictures and messing around with windows media player mobile, things went strange on my memory card. first i noticed none of my songs on windows media player would work. then i looked for them using total comander or whatever, and thats when i saw the strange files and folders. they are mostly system folders appearently, and i cannot delete them. All my programs installed on the card still work, and pictures i have on the card are still there (not the ones i took with the camera), in fact, the only thing that seems to be missing is my roms folder with all my emulator roms, and my music folder with all my music. this is a list of what i have on the card now:
6 empty "file folders" named "." (just a period, guessing they call it a "file folder because they are unsure what it is, but it does have the folder icon) they are all 0 bytes
a "file folder" called "┘kφ$╥M╞.¬√½", 0 bytes
another "file folder" called "║h88 Ω*.***" also 0 bytes
another one called "î┤I¬U¡R.┼Xπ" 0 bytes
Then i have my images folder with all my images uploaded for backgrounds (not my camera pictures), program files, DCIM (which is now empty but i used to have all the pictures and videos from my camera), movies folder, pleco folder (chinese dictionary), and "my voices" which are the recordings i've done.
Now the best parts
a ╥¼ File called "╥/ê≤}. ╥¼" which is 2.85GB (Must be the roms)
a JQ File called "╝µï½ƒ0.Jq" which is 3.60GB (must be all my music because this is how much i uploaded to the card)
and a ∩ File called "▓φα¡d≥ c.∩ " which is 2.71GB (and this one might be all my videos and pictures from my camera, but that seems like a lot and i don't remember having that many pictures)
So obviously my data is still here, but its just crammed into these unknown files. It's not like i really care about all the music and that stuff, I would have just deleted these files if it would have let me, but it won't let me at all. I really would hate to reformat my entire card because of all the programs i've installed and i don't want to go through all of that again... unless now that i'm thinking about it, i could just backup my program files then reformat my card. i'll probably try this. anyway, i don't have anywhere else i can put my micro sd card, just my phone, so if anybody has any idea whats happened to this darn thing, please let me know! thank you very much!
Your sd card is corrupt. Try to scan it (either on the device w/ pocket mechanic, sk tools or something similar), or connect in disk drive mode to a pc and scan it that way (right click on the drive-F: or whatever-then select properties-tools-fix errors). If scanning doesn't work (do it several times if it does), then you're screwed. Copy every file you can to your pc (one folder @ a time), then format the card. It will probably be fine after the format.
Next: change the save path on the camera, and pretty much every thing else, to main memory. Having crap written quickly to the card all the time can cause corruption. Scan frequently, at least once a week, if not more. Do not have temp folders located on the card. Really, really do not have a custom SIP on the card. Just try to use the card for storage, but not as main memory.
My SD (the one on the Android, not the SD Card, why the hell did they name it SD?!) is full of junk. In fact, it comes with a load of junk by default.
How do I:
1. Get Android to not pull videos, pictures, and music from games? My gallery, video player, doubletwist, etc is full of stuff like that.
2. Know what I can delete and what I can't? I'd like to clean this place up.
3. How do I find stuff? I mean, is it up to me to make "Music" "Pictures" "Videos" folders for my own sake, and Android just looks everywhere and grabs it?
4. How do I go to my SD Card? In fact, I am 100% sure my SD card has two auto-assigned folders on it and nothing else. I have no idea how to access it or put things on it, and I am also sure my phone does not care that it exists. Obviously my phone's SD has plenty of memory on it, but I don't know why there is even a SD card slot. I was thinking of copying some files onto my SD card to put onto my friend's Android phone, but I am also positive I'd have no idea how to perform what should be a basic task.
So, help me out. What am I doing? And, what apps would I need for question four, or just file browsing apps in general.
I'm confused about what this topic is about.
All the words that would describe what he is talking about are replaced with junk and stuff.
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edit: The captivate assigns the internal sd card as SD:
Delete the "junk"
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My SD (the one on the Android, not the SD Card, why the hell did they name it SD?!) is full of junk. In fact, it comes with a load of junk by default.
How do I:
1. Get Android to not pull videos, pictures, and music from games? My gallery, video player, doubletwist, etc is full of stuff like that.
2. Know what I can delete and what I can't? I'd like to clean this place up.
3. How do I find stuff? I mean, is it up to me to make "Music" "Pictures" "Videos" folders for my own sake, and Android just looks everywhere and grabs it?
4. How do I go to my SD Card? In fact, I am 100% sure my SD card has two auto-assigned folders on it and nothing else. I have no idea how to access it or put things on it, and I am also sure my phone does not care that it exists. Obviously my phone's SD has plenty of memory on it, but I don't know why there is even a SD card slot. I was thinking of copying some files onto my SD card to put onto my friend's Android phone, but I am also positive I'd have no idea how to perform what should be a basic task.
So, help me out. What am I doing? And, what apps would I need for question four, or just file browsing apps in general.
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A search would have answered your questions. your SD card memory is the phones main programs memory. IT is where alot of your apps store the data. You can use many apps to as a file explorer it even comes with one. Its called My Files. I use Root Explorer which allows to access Root files and make changes to them. The sd card slot is for....wait for it.......More memory. As for it not seeing the files. there are a few music apps that let you set the folders it scans. Power Amp is the best at the moment IMHO. You can also put a file in the folders that you dont want scanned named no media, (with root explorer you can copy one of these files from the root folders if you can make one.)
with pre existing folders (for apps and such)
create a "new file" in it named " .nomedia " with the . (preriod)
this can be done with root explorer or in windows. create blank text document rename to .nomedia with NO .txt then copy and move to folders.
nothing in that folder or sub folder will be included in media scans
or if it is a personal folder you are creating name it starting with a . (period)
and ya internal SD gets messy. Use external for your files to keep organized!
Wouldn't my SD card (even if it is SDHC) be slower? DoubleTwist is already inexcusably slow with my files on the SD itself, what would it be like on the external?
And yes, I know what the SD is, I was just asking why it was named that.
Bumping this because I am curious about any speed differences, and because I would like my SD Card to matter.