Hi,
Love my Orbit, but everytime I save around 600Mb of data on the storage card it gets corrupted (funny characters in file explorer, cant access any installed programs on storage card etc...)
This has happened three times in the last three weeks, pulling out the battery and restarting does not fix it, I've even hooked the sd card up to my laptop and it sees the corrupt data as well.
Has anyone else seen this?
EDIT - May 2007 - fix now found
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An improved SD card handling mechanism is now available to all customers. To install this enhancement, please install the cab below:
There is a HTC fix for the corrupt card issue download here http://www.europe.htc.com/z/pdf/guides/ArtemisSDEnhancement.CAB
I've been having some files become corrupted for about a week. I've had my compact III for about 4 weeks. Lost night I lost the lot while using TomTom! When I checked it on the PC It still had 700mb on it but the total of the files came to just over 1mb. This was with a 1GB card.
What other software do you have on yours? Do you use a2dp?
Phil
Its never failed during use, only during installing a new program or after charging, hence my thought it might have been a file size limit.
I also use tomtom stored on my SD card, this has happened three times and I have had a variety of software on it, but have been slowly dropping titles to see what the common app is (I thought it was omap, which it wasn't) it happend last night while installing AM Task+, I had tomtom and tcpmp and 300Mb of divx on the card, but nothing running.
Does this help? To be honest I was half wishing noone would reply so I could return the card and be on my merry way!!!
I just posted another thread about the same thing!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285520
I also have had the crazy strange characters, but a soft reset would fix that. Now it's just data disappearing (the entire contents of my 2gb card was the victim this morning...my head almost exploded!)
Man, I hope we all just have crappy cards! I'll keep testing and post results. I hope my seller will switch it out for me - then if it happens again we will have a clue as to whether the Artemis or the card is to blame!
Let's keep this the official thread on this topic - please read my post above, but reply to this thread.
This (Sandisk 1GB) card always worked perfectly on my Hermes so I am a little concerned that it might be the internal location of the card. I am going to backup my card regularly. The reason I asked about installed apps is that I have been using Battery Status with scaled overclocking to 273mhz on it for a couple of weeks now. I was using A2DP last night for 20 minutes just before my card corrupted while overclocked and was worried that this may have caused it. Temperatures did not get as hot as they do during charging so I'm pretty sure that these programs were not the direct cause.
Phil
Interesting thought about the A2DP...
I have never used a bluetooth headset before I bought my Artemis. Now, bear in mind as I said, I have lost a few files prior to using A2DP and have also seen the strange characters as well. However, I got some bluetooth headphones yesterday and used A2DP for around 20 minutes or so for the first time ever. Then this morning, after soft reset....BLAMMO! everything gone on my 2gb microSD card. Oh yeah, I am using constant overclocking to 240mhz.
Could just be coincidence, but I am going to install a few files again and then use A2DP again. If it happens again, we will be narrowing down the cause!
I will report my findings later...
P3300
I have the same problem, but with the 512mb card that was supplied with my P3300 premium. Sending it back!
I don't use A2DP
I was experiencing the same problem some days ago. Now it seems that the microDS is stable. However, there is directory named Files to be deleted that is created automatically and I suspect that is related with Tomtom software. Is anybody that has not Tomtom preinstalled having the same problem?
Regards.
I didn't have tomtom preinstalled, Whenever the card becomes corrupted I can see "Files to be deleted" which I think is actually a Windows Mobile system folder
Interesting though, there seems to be a tomtom common thread here, I may try and install another navigator and see how it goes.
I had this problem today. Lot of folders with strange letters appeared on my card. I soft reset the ppc, everything is back again. but some Chinese characters are not readable any more.
Did someone figure out already what is the reason for this?
PS: forgot to mention that I have tomtom preinstalled. My ppc runs a German system from O2 Germany
Same here, but I know why it happened
I also lost all data on my storage card, but was due to syncing with media player on my desktop. I synced music because some files were asking for certificates and that is the way to transfer those that don't play. Unfortunatly clicked the wrong button and card was replaced with music files!
Luckily and unexpectedly restoring the Tomtom backup from desktop restored most of the files on the storage card, and then resetting and syncing (excluded windows media player ) with pc brought the programs back. But there are two strange folders that cannot be deleted because they are "system files" in addition to the one called "FilesToBedDeleted". One is namedwith a square symbol and E (but longer name can be seen when explored from activesync).
The TomTom desktop backup really backsup the entire storage card so if you have it you should use it frequently.
Victor
Maybe a solution?
I have the same with my xda orbit, I have a 2GB microsd and once in a while suddenly I cannot access the data anymore, the folders and files are looking corrupt, weird names of the files and folders
What helped for me is, to take out the memorycard, insert it again and make sure it is tight in the lock. Then, when you switch it on again, the files should all be accessible again.
I was thinking it might be a problem that the card is not tight enough in the lock so it would lose the contact, so what I did is that I used a small pice of plastic a little thicker than the lock of the sim-card to give higher pressure on the memorycard under the battery. Until now it works fine for me, but I do not know if it is a solution yet, I will have to wait some more days to see if it really works like that.
A lot of people here said that after a softreset everything is OK again, never tried it, so maybe it was just OK coz I took out the battery, it would be similar to a soft reset.
So Now I am not sure anymore if my solution is one, but as I said, until now it is OK. I will post again if I know more.
Is this problem effect only O2 orbit, or all HTC artemis and Dopdo P800W??
I have also had this problem on my 1GB MicroSD
Just did a soft reset and then then everything appeared to be gone. When I checked how much storage was left on the card it still had 600MB shown in use but no files were visible.
I also have Tomtom 6 installed and had used it extensivley just before the card corrupted.
I have formatted it and reinstalled everything and have no probs since although I haven't used the sat nav since.
Its this occurs because of:
Micro SD brands Sandisk only, Transcend, or Kingston
MIcro SD storages size? 2 gb/ 1 gb
Device ROM: O2 orbit rom, HTC Artemis rom
Sandisk, 2 gb, O2 Orbit here
Until now still working fine after using my "trick" (I really hope it stays like that), but have to admit that I did not use TomTom since then. When thinking back when my card got corrupt (4 times all together) I was using TomTom all these days when it happened.
I have only installed TomTom on the card and its been fine for the last week. But to me this isn't a solution as I want 2gb of storage, I'm just scared to load stuff again, but I will this weekend and see how it goes
Mem: SanDisk 2GB
Phone: O2 Orbit
i am using a sandisk ultra2(!!!) 2Gb card in my hero(german) running the tmouk wwe rom and do not experience any problems whatsoever.
there is something definitely up with the orbit (maybe other variants as well) and micro sd. I have a kingston 1gb SD and i am getting the funny characters on folders. Do a soft reset and it's fine, doesn't take long for the gibberish to return though
orunner said:
I had this problem today. Lot of folders with strange letters appeared on my card. I soft reset the ppc, everything is back again. but some Chinese characters are not readable any more.
Did someone figure out already what is the reason for this?
PS: forgot to mention that I have tomtom preinstalled. My ppc runs a German system from O2 Germany
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The same story here to Greece with Ace Locked RoM
Tom Tom preinstalled and crazy character appears first time after upgrade Greek Rom Firmware.
I thing Tom Tom Extended RoM installation [email protected] our device .. :
My Solution Remove totally Tom Tom from my Artemis ..
Hi,
I am using dopod 818pro. But whenever i use a 4gb(mainly kingstone SD memory card) memory card, it shows, "no memory card installed". But i can use 2gb memory card (any brand).
My config is as follows-
windows mobile 6.1 professional
processor- OMAP850-195MHz
memory- 50.02 mb
ROM version- 7.0.0.7 WWE
ROM DATE- 7/5/8
RADIO VERSION- 02.19.21
RAM size-64mb
So please help me to use 4 GB memory card.
SDHC
The HTC prophet doesn't support SDHC cards (over 2 Gig)!
i'm using non sdhc 4gb card from transcend. make sure your card is not sdhc...
oh yes, but you still need a driver
hey man, if you have a normal SD card with 4GB, it still will not just work ,you needed a driver of some sort, sorry, I had it, but changed my computer some months ago. Maybe someone else has it?
do you?? i just put the card in & my prophet recongnised it.
SD
I used to have MMC and I thought the disable power management would resolve my problem of getting my files disappearing from the card if the path 2 or more folders deep, but when I changed the card to a normal SD (2GB), I had the same problems happening sometimes (but not as frequently as before), but I'm getting another (harder) problem now. I'm saying harder because this seems to be very hard to track because it happens when it wants!!
sometimes the card works for several days without any issue, but sometimes I get a blank card. even though when I look at the status I see the used space and the free space, but when I open it with resco or file explorer it's just blank.
and I even got a worse problem (fortunately it happened only one time yet). since I set the ie and opera cash to the card, these programs created their temp folder on the card again, but everything else was totally erased! I used a recovery software to get my data back!!
as I said, it happened once, but the usual problem is I just see nothing on the card until I shut down, and boot my prophet again. and sometimes it doesn't work until I do this several times.
I think I've looked everywhere to find a solution for my problem, but I didn't find any real solution for it. I've tried several roms, several cards, always getting the same problem. I don't think it's a hardware issue because of its nature. I mean how could it be a hardware issue if the data disappears without even touching my phone? if there is a hardware issue I don't think the card would be recognized at all! or (at least) it won't be recognized after I move it (causing the weak or loose contacts - if any - to disconnect) however, I don't think it's true, because the contacts are clean and tight, and like all HTC devices, the SD slot is high quality.
if anyone can offer a real solution to my problem, then I'll say he/she is the one who enabled me get the full of my HTC Prophet!
So thank you in advance. whoever you are!
problem is solved
I would like to know the same. It would be nice to be able to toggle the storage card off/on when needed to save batt and program memory.
I found a program called BLmanualSD. It installs this link: \Windows\Programs\Startmenu\Accessories\SD Card Switcher. I can now toggle between storage card started and stopped. It works OK so far, we'll see...
I'm using WM6 on an ipaq hx4700 pda (not a phone) I've got both a CF and SD slot on this device and with an SD card in the slot it uses atleast 1MB of program memory just sitting there. I could always just remove the card when not in use, but with this it's more convenient. I don't know about your omnia. Take your chances. Backup first, etc etc
edit: should have noticed before. it looks like it won't survive a suspend (ie off/on) which makes it pretty useless unfortunately.
Hey hey everyone. I have just got myself an XDA Orbit. First few hours was working ok, then it started to not load/gps would not work atall. So i decided to get the official o2 WM6 and that seems to have done it.
But now the programs i thought were standerd arnt there no more. I had a GPS program that had some like bar graph type things, and telling me how many satiliets i was connected to. Cant remember the name now.
Other GPS tester programs ive found cant seem to connect. Is this a problem with my GPS ? As it did work for a few hours, or is there certain points where there are "blind sots" ?
EDITI just tried the GPS Test 1.04, and i got 1 green bar and one yellow. Keeps changing to either 2 yellow or one yellow. The fihures at the top still havent changed though. Not sure if this is good as this is my first phone with gps inside. If it helps my settings are:
COM Port: COM4
Baud RateL 4800.
These are what i have seen in settings looking around. I havent changed any of them.
I also have a 4GB micro SD card. This card used to work ok, but now the phone shows there is no card, and the card reader on my laptop does not pick it up either.
EDITFound out that the card i have is SDHC, and i understand that it cant run without drivers. Tried to find some but they dont seem to work. the card worked before i put the official o2 update on there.
Any advice/information/answers would be great. I apoligies for any spelling mistakes.
Hi Vildar,
Since no Orbitites have answered you I will
I was just lurking from the Diamond(Ignito) forums, I have an old Orbit too, just feeling nostalgic
I see from your edits that you are starting to find your way around the Orbit slowly
I guess that, unless there's a backup file somewhere on your SDHC card then you can kiss all the original apps goodbye after your WM6 flash. In a lot of ways that's not such a bad thing as these machines tend to get full of junk after a while (my Ignito is already)
Your GPS COM4 4800baud settings are correct, I suggest you install some GPS apps to test such as:
GPS Cycle Computer - A superb app which is what XDA-Dev is all about
Try the QVGA version of course or how about:
GPS Skinner which has the satellite signal page that might help you.
The Sirf chip in the Artemis/Orbit is much better than the Qualcomm integrated one in the Diamond IMO (and a few other peoples') so you should be able to get a good signal and a quick fix (*You HAVE run QuickGPS to update the ephemeris data haven't you???) - Search the Artemis forum to find out how to point QuickGPS at the best server.
I also found a good file manager such as Total Commander or GSFinder to be very useful
A task manager like FdcSoft this one
And/Or Magic Button
I also used RhinoLaunch
You could try running chkdsk etc. on your SD card if it won't show in your card reader, even if you have to format it you haven't lost anything after all.
If you do need to Hard Reset make sure you have kept all you application cabs somewhere safe and use the excellent Pim Backup 2.8 to backup your personal data, SMS, call history etc.
The main thing is SEARCH IS YOUR BEST FRIEND (login first for best results) read EVERYTHING and welcome to the club dude
HTH
Kim
Thanks for the reply . I have managed to get both the GPS and my Card working. Found the right driver after a while. As for the GPS, not sure how i fixed it but it all works now. But i know have a few more problems.
I have 2 navigation programs. Tomtom7, and Igo8. Igo8 freezes and dies when i go to put an address in. Works ok with postcode.
Second, is there a way i can make files i recive from bluetooth go to my storage card instead of my phone? Just a pain having to move it all to the card.
BTW Thanks for the apps. Downloading them now
I am using Samsung B7320 (Omnia Pro) Running WM 6.5 standard
I have two problems :-
1st problem is that when i receive anything through bluetooth it just save it to PHONE MEMORY and i hate that because of low memory on phone so is there anyway i can change the save location to the memory card
NOTE :- there is no FTP is bluetooth settings (I read that many times)
2nd problem is that messages and emails (including attachments) also are saved on the phone memory and i want to make them save on the memory card
I hope anyone can help
AND thanks in advance
ahmed616 said:
I am using Samsung B7320 (Omnia Pro) Running WM 6.5 standard
I have two problems :-
1st problem is that when i receive anything through bluetooth it just save it to PHONE MEMORY and i hate that because of low memory on phone so is there anyway i can change the save location to the memory card
NOTE :- there is no FTP is bluetooth settings (I read that many times)
2nd problem is that messages and emails (including attachments) also are saved on the phone memory and i want to make them save on the memory card
I hope anyone can help
AND thanks in advance
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Can anyone help plz ????