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1 gb sd card - won't upload beyond 716mb

I've just bought a pqi 1gb sd card but can't upload more than 716 mb of data even though settings on my pda tell me I've got 976 mb to play with and there's 257 mb free. When I try and copy using active sync I can't. It tells me there is insufficient room - yet the display shows there is 257mb free. why? Is the card defective?

Have you tried using a card reader? Activesync seems to be problematic when dealing with large files.

Thanks, but I don't have an sd card reader. It seems to read fine if I delete some of the files and replace them again but then it sticks at 715mb. These are mp3 files so not particularly large. Even if i try and add word or excel files it still won't let me beyond 715mb.

Well.. actually my PQI SD 1Gb card is loaded with 875Mb and i have more or less 99Mb free. I used activesync to copy the files on the PDA, so i think that your problem is not on the activesync connection. I have an i-mate PDA2K, and with activesync 3.71 and PQI SD 1Gb card i don't have the problem that you found, maybe your card is defective!

Funny, I've just deleted everything from my 512mb sd card and yet the pda settings are telling me I've got 19.94 mb in use on the card even though I've nothing on that card? I'm wondering if my settings are correct? Can you set an upload limit onm the xda2?

Ignore last post. No probs with my 512 cards. This 1gb card must be defective. Why else can't I upload more than 715mb of mp3s to the card?

Try pocket Mechanic and Format yor SD-Card with another FAT system.

Any tools to recover a Sandisk SD Card?

Hi everyone,
I upgraded my XDA succesfully by using the SD method with a card from my digital camera. After that, I formated the sd card with the card reader then I plugged it in my digital camera.
And here is my problem, the digital camera doesn't recognise anymore this Hi-speed 512 sandisk. I tried everything to recover it but no success at all until now. :twisted:
I understand by using the OSI image tools, the card has been formated in a special way to make space for the file NK.nb1
So if someone has got any similar experience, be welcome to give me any tips for a solution.
Thanks.

i just formatted my card with my xda
and pocked mechanics

My digital camera has the option to format while in the camera, have you checked the built in menus? You could try formatting your card in the card reader with FAT16 if it is FAT 32 at the moment, if it is FAT 16 NOW then try FAT32.

Hi guys,
Thanks for your reply.
Sorry I forgot to say. My XDA card reader and my PC card reader don't have any problem to read or write or format this SD card, Which I did. FAT and FAT 32, but there's no result for my digital camera.
Always the same message: " unable to use the card" and the SD Card was working perfectly before.
One strange thing I have noticed (I think) is that the memory capacity is different now. I get 6 Mb more than before.
Otherwise, yes I tried to format the card with the OS from my digital camera but without any success as the camera doesn't let me any possibility to access to the menu with the card plugged in it. I'm stuck.
Before to use OSI image tools the capacity was;
FAT: 477 MB
After:
FAT: Free space : 507109376 bytes => 483 MB
FAT 32: Free space: 506372096 bytes =>482 MB
I'm just wondering if maybe a header from this SD card was wiped out during the process. Maybe some of you guys know a software who could read and write on this special part of the SD card, then I would compare and maybe repaire it.
Thx

Hi,
Is it possible that someone try to plug a sd card who was used to flash a PDA in a digital camera minolta Z3 or other Z...?
I would be interrested to get a feed back on the result.
Cheers,

Finally after several Emails to (Minolta and Sandisk) I got a valuable answer from Minolta who confirmed my first thought. BTW, Sandisk never replied to me, I’m very disappointed by them. Fortunately, there are others competitors in this sector.
Guess what for the next new SDcard…
So:
On each SD card (Others models certainly too), there are several important information on the boot. This information is necessary to inform the digital camera on the technical specification from the SDcard. If the original boot is missing or corrupted, the digital camera doesn’t recognize the SD card properly and screen the following message “Unable to use this card”.
And here is the solution to recover an original boot for your SD card. You should use SDFormatter V1.1 .
Now my SD card is like a new one(only joking) .
Cheers,

guys need help on my 2gb micro sd...

my phone (imate jamin) sometimes fails to recognize my kingston 2gb micro sd.. even it is newly formatted... thanks in advance!!

i had the same problem , it can be made by a virus , change your rom ( windows ) , scan your camputer for viruses

Yes
If you have upgrade your phone try another OS Windows mobile, and format the card too, but in FAT32 not 16 FAT, hope it works, Ihad the same trouble cause mi card was in FAT16 new.

[Q] Change new memory card

i want to ask if i change a new memory card , after i format it to fat32 wat should i do next ? my friend done this but the phone still cant detect the sd card .. any solution ?

The phone should detect it after it has been formatted. If it's not detecting it, then something has gone wrong with the card or the phone. I suspect a dodgy card.
Really, all you have to do is this:
Backup your old card
Format your new card
copy the backup onto new card
That's all it should be, unless you're using A2SD or soemthing.

If you have multiple partitions, if you are using A2SD, then you might need something epic like Clonezilla to literally mirror the structure of the old SD card onto the new card. If after a format of FAT32 and the card isn't detected at all, then as the previous post said, the card is probably dud.

i going to buy class 10 8 gb memory card .. does it make the phone load the file faster ? or i juz get class 4 16g better

quantumandy said:
If you have multiple partitions, if you are using A2SD, then you might need something epic like Clonezilla to literally mirror the structure of the old SD card onto the new card. If after a format of FAT32 and the card isn't detected at all, then as the previous post said, the card is probably dud.
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A2SD transfer the easy way for users
1 - create a nandroid backup of everything (this includes the A2SD ext partition)
2 - backup EVERYTHING from the mem card to your pc!
3 - insert new mem card
4 - run rom manager (download it from the market if you have to!)
5 - partition the new card with rom manager (creating an ext partition as well)
6 - Copy everything from the pc BACK to the NEW card!!!!
7 - Restore the nandroid backup!!!!!!!!!
You now have the phone back to the exact state you started with but with a different memory card installed!

buffer size 8kb
Data size 10mb
Write : 5.27mb
read 12.72
this is kingmax class 10 8gb memory card ..izit good ?

any memory card recommended?

keeyie said:
any memory card recommended?
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i'd also like to know some memory card recommendations.
i found a 16GB class 6, but they're mostly out of stock all places..

if 16gb got class 6 den i will get 1 =)

how to upgrade memory card

Hi,
how can I upgrade my memory card (original from DHD, 8 GB) to 16 GB?
I've tried back up all contains from the 8 GB to my computer, then restore
it to the 16 GB, but the files don't appear on my file explorer (astro).
Can someone help me?
Thanks anyway...

That's how I'd normally do it too. You can try to put the 16 GB card in the phone, then fromat it from Android, then copy all your stuff back to it.

Put all the files off your old memory card on your computer.
insert the 16gb card into your phone and format it.
Transfer all the files off your computer onto the 16gb file.
That worked for me