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Memory Cards

Hi,
I'm thinking of getting a 2GB card for my XDA IIi. Any recommendations?
I just had a 1 GB card fail after 4 months of a 5 year guarantee (from Integral Memory) and need something reliable to replace it. Does speed make a huge difference? SD or MMC? I'm running Lexipedia, Word, Lexisgoo and a Rhyming Dictionary mostly.
TIA
Happy Xmas
M

Any experiences good or bad? Any links? You know the sort of thing people might say in a helpful forum. Surely some of the 150 people online must have had a memory card or two in their time and know more about it than I do.
Cheers
M

Before resorting to sarcasim maybe looking under the "Alpine" you would have come accross this http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=29784 and all your questions would have been answered :lol: :lol: :lol:

OK thanks. I did a search for SD Card, SD card recommendations etc. and got about 8000 responses, none of which seemed relevent. I looked at Alpine Accessories which looked to be the most appropriate forum and there was nothing.
Anyway being slightly rude got a response. Thanks again!

I have been using a 2GB SanDisk card for about a year with my XDA2i without problems. Until last week when it seems all the data on the card has become corrupt (see attached file). The data looks the same whether the card is read on the XDA or on a card reader. Any way it can be salvaged?

8GB SDHC on Jasjar???

hi I've had a look on the forum and I think the issue may be new - not discussed before. I seem to have some spare cash and wanted to buy a 8GB SDHC for my XDA Exec/Jasjar . However I haven't found any indication on the feasibility of this . anyone had any experiences positive or even negative ??
I'd be prepared to flash a different firmware to the device if that were to help matters.
thanks

amgeu1 said:
hi I've had a look on the forum and I think the issue may be new - not discussed before. I seem to have some spare cash and wanted to buy a 8GB SDHC for my XDA Exec/Jasjar . However I haven't found any indication on the feasibility of this . anyone had any experiences positive or even negative ??
I'd be prepared to flash a different firmware to the device if that were to help matters.
thanks
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Hmm it would be awesome to get SDHC cards working in Jasjar. Truly i havent tried SDHC cards in the jasjar but i speculate it wont work. Good luck

Someone posted 8GB cards are not working only 4GB so far

true! Transcend 8GB isn't working
i've tried it myself.

I can confirm that SDHC doesn't appear to work (out of the box) in the Universal. It just doesn't recognise there's a card present at all.
I am still investigating formatting the device in a different way (as discussed in other postings on this site) but i'm not terribly hopeful.

Try it on wm6

well , I bought an 8gb a-data v2 sdhc and it currently does not work . thing is , none of my memory card readers read it either . I'll have to get a reader that sees it to be able to say it's "broken" or not .
thanks for your input - if anyone else has anything to add it'd be nice

Well, maybe it is a late answer, but I did buy a 4GB SDHC card, actually I didn't know it is SDHC till I arrived home!).
Anyways, it didn't work on my JasJar nor on my laptop. I solved the issue for the laptop by downloading a fix that will enable WinXP to read SDHC cards (the whole matter is software based by the way, hardware is the same).
As for JasJar, it only recognize the card if you go to the 'About' icon in 'Settings' it will tell you that the expansion slot is in use - other than that the card does not exist!
Anyone got any updates?
cheers ...

hello fahapro ,
since then I have upgraded the firmware on the xda exec to one of the latest winmobile 6 incarnations as they have released various patches for sdhc use.
have a look at the stickies here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=357
usually the first page of each firmware mentions sdhc compatibility.
currently using my 8GB sdhc I was talking about previously

So the SDHC patches don't work on WM5?
I'm waiting for a definitive answer about the patches; and do they work with WM5. Some say they do; some they won't? And from what you described it's a software problem and not hardware issue which has already been discussed. So now I'm more confused than I was before LOL.

My 8gb transcend sdhc class 6 card is seen only as a 4gb with sdhc.cab in wm5.
In wm6 works fine.

Hi again,
Yesterday I found this article http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=339526&goto=newpost it is about a newly released WM6 ROM, didn't try it yet, but, from the comments posted I guess it works with SDHC ...
As for WM5 I do not know of any patches for SDHC, I gave up WM5 long time ago

8 G memory card working on JASJAR
I am using Jwrightmcps Crossbow ROM Update 2.12.04 version on my JASJAR and its working charm for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=339526&highlight=jasjar+wm6

Not quite definitive, but getting better...
agejon said:
My 8gb transcend sdhc class 6 card is seen only as a 4gb with sdhc.cab in wm5.
In wm6 works fine.
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So then it might be worth it to buy the 8GIG and either wait for a specific patch for WM5 or just go ahead and upgrade to WM6.

I suggest that you go for WM6.
Unless u use Video Calling, everything is better with WM6 ...

ynagy said:
I am using Jwrightmcps Crossbow ROM Update 2.12.04 version on my JASJAR and its working charm for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=339526&highlight=jasjar+wm6
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cool...damn, I've JWRight's 2.12.0 ver but 8 GB doesnt work on this one.

Rarest_Kind said:
cool...damn, I've JWRight's 2.12.0 ver but 8 GB doesnt work on this one.
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Install Jwrightmcps Crossbow ROM Update 2.12.08 WWE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=352203).
It has many better features. AND, the SDHC fix works well with it ...
cheers,
AAA

amgeu1 said:
hello fahapro ,
since then I have upgraded the firmware on the xda exec to one of the latest winmobile 6 incarnations as they have released various patches for sdhc use.
have a look at the stickies here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=357
usually the first page of each firmware mentions sdhc compatibility.
currently using my 8GB sdhc I was talking about previously
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Hi,
Looks like I overlooked ur reply, sorry.
Anyways, I installed WM6 ROM from JW and it is great.
Thanks for the advice.
AAA

I currently use Transcend 8GB SDHC Class 6, work on WM5, WM6 & WM6.1.......
Cheers,

see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1967309&postcount=2

Will the 02 XDA Accept a 4gb card

My question is Will the 02 XDA Accept a 4gb card

twistedl said:
My question is Will the 02 XDA Accept a 4gb card
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didn't know you could get 4gb micro SD..........

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4GB-SAMSUNG-G...089833190QQcategoryZ98876QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Sorry buddy but thats a Mini SD, not Micro SD.

cheers for that u saved me some money i was just about to pay for the one i gave the link to saved me some money

There are Micro SD 4GB coming out but they're slated to be Micro SDHC which requires you to have a compatible device. I asked HTC if the Artemis we compatible with it, the answer is no.

i bought a 4gb micro sd card on the cebit and it works in the p3300!

good news!
which one is it? have you been able to fill it all the way, with no problems?

4GB does not mean SDHC
4GB is the limit for a non-HD SD card, and micro-SD is the same "electrically".
I tried a non-HD 4GB SD card on an MDA compact (T-Mobile) that has an OMAP 850 CPU, (like the Artemis) and it works fine. So... non-HD 4GB micro-SD cards should work fine.
It would be great if the HD cards worked, but HD-SC use a different type of addressing (i.e. you have to up the registers in the card in a different way) so it might not work )
What we need is someone to try a SD-HC in another OMAP-850 based device, and see if it works.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_Card#SD_and_SDHC_compatibility_issues

Anyone know anything about micro mmc?

sama said:
good news!
which one is it? have you been able to fill it all the way, with no problems?
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i should be a sandisk (but i am not sure with this chinese guys)
yes, no problems

Can you buy a 4Gb non-HD micro-SD card?
Firstly, apologies if you see this twice because I posted this question in the main forum and realised I should have replied to this thread for those subscribed to it. (newbie)
After reading through this thread there's been some advice that suggests you can purchase 4Gb non-ND micro-SD cards, however after searching I can't find any. I realise HD will not work with the Armentis/HTC/Orbit.
If you have a 4Gb card working could you please reply to the post with a link to the actual product, or supply product details.
Many thanks

mbyrne said:
Firstly, apologies if you see this twice because I posted this question in the main forum and realised I should have replied to this thread for those subscribed to it. (newbie)
After reading through this thread there's been some advice that suggests you can purchase 4Gb non-ND micro-SD cards, however after searching I can't find any. I realise HD will not work with the Armentis/HTC/Orbit.
If you have a 4Gb card working could you please reply to the post with a link to the actual product, or supply product details.
Many thanks
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http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/DocumentInfo.aspx?DocumentID=3711
But can't find a shop to buy this one...

CoolGadget said:
http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/DocumentInfo.aspx?DocumentID=3711
But can't find a shop to buy this one...
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That's the HC one, which won't work with non-HC equipment, and the HTC etc don't support HC (sorry I wrote "HD" in earlier post).

HTC says in http://www.ppc-welt.info/community/showthread.php?t=101812 (posting #14) "Please also bear in mind that at present, you are advised not to use more than a 2gb memory card in a HTC device"...

veroweed said:
HTC says in http://www.ppc-welt.info/community/showthread.php?t=101812 (posting #14) "Please also bear in mind that at present, you are advised not to use more than a 2gb memory card in a HTC device"...
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Aha ... that answers the question then! I bit the bullet and ordered a couple of 2Gb cards.
Danke ;-)

veroweed said:
HTC says in http://www.ppc-welt.info/community/showthread.php?t=101812 (posting #14) "Please also bear in mind that at present, you are advised not to use more than a 2gb memory card in a HTC device"...
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LOL, I use a 4 GB MMC Card since 1,5 years in my Magician without problems at all...

Still there is a little hope. Nobody ever stated that Trinity will work with mini SDHC cards. Nevertheless actually it supports this format. WM6 based customized roms made for 3600 do contain new card driver fully supporting SDHC. Though it is compatible with WM6 OS only.

I purchased a 4gb SDHC card (Sandisk) for use in my XDA Orbit (Stock WM5). It does not work - not even recognised as having a card inserted. Has anybody confirmed it works with the unofficial WM6 roms?

SD Card size

Hi Guys,
I've read through the forum and looked at the wiki, but I've not seen any mention of what the largest size SD card supported.
I've got an o2 XDA Orbit, and I was thinking about getting one of the new 4GB micro SD Cards, but I'm not sure if it would be supported.
anyone know? TIA

Sebastian505 said:
Hi Guys,
I've read through the forum and looked at the wiki, but I've not seen any mention of what the largest size SD card supported.
I've got an o2 XDA Orbit, and I was thinking about getting one of the new 4GB micro SD Cards, but I'm not sure if it would be supported.
anyone know? TIA
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If the card you are looking at is sdhc it will not work in the artemis.
There are some (reportedly) non-sdhc 4gb cards out soon and in theory they should as do 4gb non-sdhc minisd cards in the wizard.
So at the moment 2gb is the max - i would choose a fast one like the sandisk ultra.

The card I was looking at was a standard SD card not SDHC, I found it on Play
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/3359487/Sandisk-Micro-SD-4GB/Product.html
Interestingly when I was looking at it this afternoon it was in-stock, now its marked as Pre-order...

Sebastian505 said:
The card I was looking at was a standard SD card not SDHC, it was on Play.com but now I go back I cant find it.... bugger.
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I saw that too but i dont have the link - 50 odd pounds i believe - but i think its not out till june - try it out, if it does not work send it back.

I found it http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/3359487/Sandisk-4GB-Micro-SD-Card/Product.html
from the image it looks like its non-sdhc but ???
time will tell

meschle,
Do you happen to know if Artemis is able to work with microSDHC cards provided its firmware has been changed to the new one containing WM6 OS. (You might have heard O2 Germany has already issued WM6 ROM for Orbit).

nemo8 said:
meschle,
Do you happen to know if Artemis is able to work with microSDHC cards provided its firmware has been changed to the new one containing WM6 OS. (You might have heard O2 Germany has already issued WM6 ROM for Orbit).
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That needs to be verified but i doubt if it will work as it has not on say the hermes with wm6 - but your right needs to be tested.

I asked because I 'd been informed that new customized hand made firmwares for Trinity issued by lvsw and mun. The authors stated the support of mini SDHC, and some users have already confirmed that. I am not sure whether drivers came together with WM6 or were extracted manually from other devices.

Orbit WM6
My Orbit is updated to o2's WM6 version and "will not" recognise a 4GB SDHC card ;-(

SDHC Driver already in XDA Orbit?

It seems there is some understanding out there that a couple of ROM cookers have made WM6 roms compatible with SDHC cards. However, with my stock O2 XDA Orbit, I found under the registry, HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\SDHC. The entry refers OMPA850_SDHC.dll and other settings such as ControllerIRQ, SDIOPriority and the dll file actually exists under the windows dir (43472 bytes)!
Does that mean O2's ROM has already got the driver? Or is that common to all P3300? And most importantly, has Orbit owner actually tried a SDHC card to prove it does or doesn't work? so if anyone can borrow a 4Gb card, probably from a Nokia N95 owner, and give it a go, that'll be great, I'm searching for a card too.

Amazon offers 4GB Cards
http://www.amazon.de/SanDisk-Secure-Digital-Micro-Kartenleseger%C3%A4t/dp/B000Q8623U/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/302-0695249-0317627?ie=UTF8&s=ce-de&qid=1181653464&sr=8-1
But I have to wait till next month cause I am a poor student

humps said:
It seems there is some understanding out there that a couple of ROM cookers have made WM6 roms compatible with SDHC cards. However, with my stock O2 XDA Orbit, I found under the registry, HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\SDHC. The entry refers OMPA850_SDHC.dll and other settings such as ControllerIRQ, SDIOPriority and the dll file actually exists under the windows dir (43472 bytes)!
Does that mean O2's ROM has already got the driver? Or is that common to all P3300? And most importantly, has Orbit owner actually tried a SDHC card to prove it does or doesn't work? so if anyone can borrow a 4Gb card, probably from a Nokia N95 owner, and give it a go, that'll be great, I'm searching for a card too.
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I believe that "SDHC" means in this context "Secure Digital Host Controller", and not "Secure Digital High Capacity". As far as I Know every P3300 has that entry in the registry and the library OMAP850_SDHC.dll...
It doesn't mean that 4 GB SDHC don't work in our device, and in fact I'm interested also in knowing experiences of users with that kind of memory cards
Sorry for my horrible english

http://www.ppc-welt.info/community/showpost.php?p=892092&postcount=41
Sandisk microSDHC 4GB don´t work on MDAc III with WM5.

mijail said:
I believe that "SDHC" means in this context "Secure Digital Host Controller", and not "Secure Digital High Capacity". As far as I Know every P3300 has that entry in the registry and the library OMAP850_SDHC.dll...
It doesn't mean that 4 GB SDHC don't work in our device, and in fact I'm interested also in knowing experiences of users with that kind of memory cards
Sorry for my horrible english
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Oh yes, this makes sense. I may have to switch to a WM6 rom for it. But when my gf gets the HTC Touch, I'll see if I can copy the SD driver from there
BTW, your english is pretty good too!