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4GB Card

I know the Dash doesn't support 4GB cards... However, anyone find a way around it? Shouldn't it be software based? My brother gave me a 4GB card that wasn't compatible with his Samsung phone, so I figured I'd try to get it to work.

Good luck -- T-Mobile attributes the endless-reboot-looping issue to using cards over 1GB.
.PoNeH said:
I know the Dash doesn't support 4GB cards... However, anyone find a way around it? Shouldn't it be software based? My brother gave me a 4GB card that wasn't compatible with his Samsung phone, so I figured I'd try to get it to work.
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i am using a 2 gig with my tmobile dash, and have no problems at all.. like the 1st post, i would love to see a 4gig card work.. good luck!

I use a 2 gig card as well, but had that endless rebooting issue with WM6 & 5 on my Dash. Fortunately, holding the END key during the bootup would jump-start the device; but that doesn't work for everyone. When I contacted T-Mobile support about it, they said they provide support for the device with a 1 gig card, and the endless reboot was a known issue with anything larger the 1 gig. Didn't stop me though FYI -- I've not run into the booting issue since upgrading my device to the HTC WM6 ROM -- though now that I've typed that, it'll probably start happening
mofoliar said:
i am using a 2 gig with my tmobile dash, and have no problems at all.. like the 1st post, i would love to see a 4gig card work.. good luck!
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i always though the device support was 2 gig.. but oh well.. yeah i am still using t-mobile rom w/wm6 when it was 1st released. (as we speak) i am getting ready too upgrade to the htc rom.. so i wonder if the device will handle a 4gig when using htc rom?

I haven't tried it so I don't know how the phone would handle it, but could you partition it into 2 2g or 4 1g parts?

chaznet said:
I use a 2 gig card as well, but had that endless rebooting issue with WM6 & 5 on my Dash. Fortunately, holding the END key during the bootup would jump-start the device; but that doesn't work for everyone. When I contacted T-Mobile support about it, they said they provide support for the device with a 1 gig card, and the endless reboot was a known issue with anything larger the 1 gig. Didn't stop me though FYI -- I've not run into the booting issue since upgrading my device to the HTC WM6 ROM -- though now that I've typed that, it'll probably start happening
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I've been using 2GB card since day one ( Rogers S621 )
gone from original carrier's WM5 ROM -->> HTC generic WM5 -->> T-Mobile WM6 -->> HTC Generic WM6 ...etc
no problem whatsoever
my advice to those who have problem is:
When upgrade/downgrading ROMs ... take out the SD card & the SIM card altogether ...
leaving it in during the ROM up/down seems to be the cause for the endless boot

Nice try at a guess... but... nope. Had the problem from day 1 with the shipping ROM. This issue isn't always identical for everyone, and some don't run into it at all. Congratulations -- you're one of the lucky ones -- but thanks anyway for sharing your story
UnicornKaz said:
I've been using 2GB card since day one ( Rogers S621 )
gone from original carrier's WM5 ROM -->> HTC generic WM5 -->> T-Mobile WM6 -->> HTC Generic WM6 ...etc
no problem whatsoever
my advice to those who have problem is:
When upgrade/downgrading ROMs ... take out the SD card & the SIM card altogether ...
leaving it in during the ROM up/down seems to be the cause for the endless boot
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chaznet, i just finally made the switch to the ship rom (htc) and i havent seen any reboots.. i installed programs from the card and use it to use customize ringer for contacts... like the other poster said.. might try and take out sim and sd cardd..

Been there, done that... I'm not currently experiencing the issue, but, when I was removing either the SIM card or the SD card had no effect. As I said, pressing the END key during bootup got my device going. This along with the removing the cards, are solutions that work for some users and not others.
The 'endless-reboot' issue has been extensively covered in a dedicated topic, should you wish further clarification do a search and read all about it -- no need to repeat it all here
mofoliar said:
chaznet, i just finally made the switch to the ship rom (htc) and i havent seen any reboots.. i installed programs from the card and use it to use customize ringer for contacts... like the other poster said.. might try and take out sim and sd cardd..
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well sounds like u are set then

Um... yeah... I never actually asked a question -- have you read this topic?
mofoliar said:
well sounds like u are set then
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chaznet said:
Been there, done that... I'm not currently experiencing the issue, but, when I was removing either the SIM card or the SD card had no effect. As I said, pressing the END key during bootup got my device going. This along with the removing the cards, are solutions that work for some users and not others.
The 'endless-reboot' issue has been extensively covered in a dedicated topic, should you wish further clarification do a search and read all about it -- no need to repeat it all here
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chaznet said:
and the endless reboot was a known issue with anything larger the 1 gig. Didn't stop me though ...
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yes I have read the topic posted from others ... many things could be the culprit ... BUT DEFINITELY NOT BECAUSE OF THE SD CARD BEING OVER 1GB SIZE !! like you've indicated to be !!
heck !! even you yourself indicated what's causing the problem here ... not because of the SD card being larger then 1 GB !!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1478337&postcount=62
chaznet said:
but, when I was removing either the SIM card or the SD card had no effect.
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remove both altogether ... not just either/or

I've no idea what really causes it, that's just what T-Mobile support said, and you can never tell if they're feeding you a story or not. Thanks for your input though
UnicornKaz said:
heck !! even you yourself indicated what's causing the problem here ... not because of the SD card being larger then 1 GB !!
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I used to get the random shutdowns and it turned out it was the original battery that came with my T-Mobile Dash. When I switched to the 1200mAh battery I have had no problems whatsoever. I have, since day one, been using a 2GB card, so it can't be the culprit.

4GB cards are SDHC, not for Excalibur
4-32 GB cards are SDHC, a different, no backwards compatible format.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card

Hmmm, that might be the reason then. Thanks. However, as someone here mentioned; is there anyway to format the card into 2 2GBs cards in the compatible format?

Re-read the response, check the Wikipedia link, you'll find the answer has already been provided...
.PoNeH said:
Hmmm, that might be the reason then. Thanks. However, as someone here mentioned; is there anyway to format the card into 2 2GBs cards in the compatible format?
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Hi chaz, can you please check your PM? Thanks

.PoNeH said:
Hmmm, that might be the reason then. Thanks. However, as someone here mentioned; is there anyway to format the card into 2 2GBs cards in the compatible format?
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I can't see why not ???
when you plug your card into a reader ( might need an adapter for micro -->> SD size ..etc ). your card is read by the desktop as a separate drive .... use a 3rd party partition program ( partition magic ? ) and do it.
feasible in theory
I don't have a 4GB card to play around ... using 2GB is fine here

MiniSD Card Issues

Hi,
I have a 4GB SD card and it thinks that it has a total of 200MB on there (Its empty).
I have tried formatting it using my Mac , Linux & via the Desire itself but it continues to believe that its a 200MB MiniSD card.

Does it have a second partition?
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dnlgee said:
Does it have a second partition?
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Nope.
Its just one partition in total.

Lol sounds like a dud. Which brand is it?

dnlgee said:
Lol sounds like a dud. Which brand is it?
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ScanDisk I think.
Its the one that came with my HTC Desire a month or two ago.
Its only just messed up.

Do you have anything else that supports MicroSD, could try slotting it into another phone or something and see what that detects.

Yeap, seems like it is defective... especially since you have tried formatting on different OS platforms.
You could try formatting it again using this tool but there's probably won't make any difference
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/
EDIT: have you tried formatting the card in a digital camera? might make a difference...

you sad that you did get it 2-3 months ago, then i think you got the warranty left. if you got the warranty left send it back

jullejul said:
you sad that you did get it 2-3 months ago, then i think you got the warranty left. if you got the warranty left send it back
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Who would I contact?
HTC?
T-Mobile?
ScanDisk?
As it came with the phone.

Lukehluke said:
Who would I contact?
HTC?
T-Mobile?
ScanDisk?
As it came with the phone.
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I had a similar problem with my card last week; it started saying "blank or unsupported SD card". I used the Support link on HTC's website (sorry can't post links as I am new) and raised a ticket. I was asked to call their support number and the person said they would like to get the phone into the repair centre to diagnose the problem. So they sent UPS to come and collect it from me and the phone's now at the service centre.
Hope this helps.

shantul said:
I had a similar problem with my card last week; it started saying "blank or unsupported SD card". I used the Support link on HTC's website (sorry can't post links as I am new) and raised a ticket. I was asked to call their support number and the person said they would like to get the phone into the repair centre to diagnose the problem. So they sent UPS to come and collect it from me and the phone's now at the service centre.
Hope this helps.
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Thats interesting.
Is there anyway to send off just the SD card to who'm ever wether its ScanDisks issues or HTC's and not the entire phone?

Try running the disk management facility in windows (Right click my computer - Manage - Disk Management)
It may have a unformatted disk partition on it hence it isnt showing up the rest of the unallocated space (Most likely if its been used in a MAC and formatted in non FAT).
Delete the unallocated space then run something like HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool.
I have just had the same problem where i was missing 500mbs of my SD card and this got it all back

Lukehluke said:
Thats interesting.
Is there anyway to send off just the SD card to who'm ever wether its ScanDisks issues or HTC's and not the entire phone?
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Well, I asked them the same thing as I was looking for HTC to replace the card for me. But they wanted to get the phone in to diagnose whether there was any problem with the phone or OS itself that was causing it.

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Lukehluke said:
Hi,
I have a 4GB SD card and it thinks that it has a total of 200MB on there (Its empty).
I have tried formatting it using my Mac , Linux & via the Desire itself but it continues to believe that its a 200MB MiniSD card.
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Sometimes this happens to new cars when they are partitioned incorrectly. What you need to do is download a program called SWISS Knife.
Its a windows app, but you can run it through boot camp or VM fusion, that will detect all the partitions on your card, then you just delete tge partitions and remove and plug your sd back in and Viola!! You have a4GB card again.

SD Card Removed Unexpectedly when Connected to PC?

I've looked around a bit, and correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't seem like anyone else has my problem.
Long story short, I've got a 8GB Class 4 Sandisk SD card, and it worked well for the first few weeks. However, as of recently, anytime I connect to my PC in any way and try to transfer files over using USB or Bluetooth, it fails due to the unexpected removal of my SD Card. This is without me physically removing it of course.
I've tried formatting using default settings, and I don't know what else to try... can anyone shed some light here?

Have you tried another SD?
If you have and problem is still there, I would try a factory reset.
If after all this effort your problem is still not resolved, then i would say a call to HTC is your best solution as it could be hardware related.
Oh couple more things:
Try a different USB cable.
Try a different port or pc.

Okay, I tried it with the stock microSD 2gb, and I didn't get this problem ... basically it just means I've got a bad 8gb?

shiverxiii said:
Okay, I tried it with the stock microSD 2gb, and I didn't get this problem ... basically it just means I've got a bad 8gb?
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Yup, it happens sometimes.
Sent from my HTC_A510c using Tapatalk

Be aware there has been countless reports of fake sandisk SD cards being sold everywhere including eBay and Amazon's market place.
So before purchasing a new card Google how to spot a fake sandisk and it should give you an idea of what to look for or not.

I had also faced this situation ...i changed with class 2...nw it working like charm...
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I purchased mine from London Drugs, not sure if you know it, but it is a trustworthy place so I doubt my card is fake.
One more thing for clarification, do you think that setting the phone so that it auto installs to SD could have some effect? I set mine up like that due to the lack of internal storage. Thanks for the responses!

i didnt have this issues before hope u can fix it

shiverxiii said:
I purchased mine from London Drugs, not sure if you know it, but it is a trustworthy place so I doubt my card is fake.
One more thing for clarification, do you think that setting the phone so that it auto installs to SD could have some effect? I set mine up like that due to the lack of internal storage. Thanks for the responses!
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Auto install to SD should have no effect mate.
Also the fake card situation - well they have been sold by legitimate sellers believing them to be genuine, not trying to deceive customers.
Apparently the market has been flooded with them.
I read about it a couple of months back.
Not saying yours is fake, was just saying your average user wouldn't notice at all.

Galaxy S3 Won't recognize any sd cards

Not sure if this is common or not but I have tried everything I can think of, and I don't see anything.
I have a Samsung Galaxy s3 (brand new, stock build) but everytime I put in an sdcard The settings>storage still says I need to insert it.
I have resigned myself to it being a hardware issue, but I would really like a more pragmatic response
WTF man after 4 years I break with my n1 for this?!?!?!

partyk1d24 said:
Not sure if this is common or not but I have tried everything I can think of, and I don't see anything.
I have a Samsung Galaxy s3 (brand new, stock build) but everytime I put in an sdcard The settings>storage still says I need to insert it.
I have resigned myself to it being a hardware issue, but I would really like a more pragmatic response
WTF man after 4 years I break with my n1 for this?!?!?!
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FTR I blew in the SD slot like a Nintendo cartridge and now it works....

partyk1d24 said:
FTR I blew in the SD slot like a Nintendo cartridge and now it works....
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Hahaha "blew in the SD slot like a Nintendo cartridge"
You made my day
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if your ever doubt I ran into the same problem but the blowing it like a Nintendo cartridge didn't work so if you have a micro sd card reader on your computer use and format the Micro SD to exfat from fat32 this seems to fix the problems 9 times out of 10

dakunclear said:
if your ever doubt I ran into the same problem but the blowing it like a Nintendo cartridge didn't work so if you have a micro sd card reader on your computer use and format the Micro SD to exfat from fat32 this seems to fix the problems 9 times out of 10
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This. I had the same issue and it took me a little bit to figure this out.
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I came here looking for answer to this issue and laughed before blowing in the slot fixed problem. Now why didn't I think of that?

Got a pre used Galaxy Appolo 15800 and it will not read from sd card. It knows the card is there but will not mount/unmount or format.
Went to shop and tried other cards but still the same.
I am told the phone was on contract to 3 network and althought it has been unlocked the shop man wondered if there was a feature set into the phone by 3 so that reader doesnt work when the phone is unlocked form their network.

along the lines of blowing into the slot, I cut a strip from an old credit card and wiggled it about inside..
Bingo........ all systems go!!!!!!

partyk1d24 said:
FTR I blew in the SD slot like a Nintendo cartridge and now it works....
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I simply cannot believe this!!... I searched and read countless XDA, AndroidCe*tral forums and tech (C-NET) blog entries just to find countless posts of failing/corrupted SanDisk 32GB Ultra cards (as mine) inside S3's guts. No other card was working either and was resigning to reflash stock ROM and take it so tech support.
An additional search try and came to this post... And still cannot believe a simple (but powerful) blow inside the SD card slot actually solved the problem!! Thanks man! You saved my day (and my S3, my SD card and a week using a crap replacement phone)! :good:

same problem
dakunclear said:
if your ever doubt I ran into the same problem but the blowing it like a Nintendo cartridge didn't work so if you have a micro sd card reader on your computer use and format the Micro SD to exfat from fat32 this seems to fix the problems 9 times out of 10
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Hi I am having the same problem. I put my micro sd card into a adapter and plugged that into my computer. Now what do I do?

Go into computer or my computer.. Right click.. Format.. Fat32
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incredible
Helix751 said:
I simply cannot believe this!!... I searched and read countless XDA, AndroidCe*tral forums and tech (C-NET) blog entries just to find countless posts of failing/corrupted SanDisk 32GB Ultra cards (as mine) inside S3's guts. No other card was working either and was resigning to reflash stock ROM and take it so tech support.
An additional search try and came to this post... And still cannot believe a simple (but powerful) blow inside the SD card slot actually solved the problem!! Thanks man! You saved my day (and my S3, my SD card and a week using a crap replacement phone)! :good:
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Hi all, I had the same issue and unbelievable, the nintendo method works quite well !!!
In fact if we put the sd card at the top of the slot and keeping it pushed, we can see the phone detect the sd card! so a little poke and then it's fine ^^

Holy Crap it worked!!!
sbrouf said:
Hi all, I had the same issue and unbelievable, the nintendo method works quite well !!!
In fact if we put the sd card at the top of the slot and keeping it pushed, we can see the phone detect the sd card! so a little poke and then it's fine ^^
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It absolutely worked. "Nintendo Method" = PRO

Jdelta9889 said:
It absolutely worked. "Nintendo Method" = PRO
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This worked for me as well! I had blown on it a little last night and after reformatting and flashing various roms thinking perhaps that may of been the issue....it was indeed microscopic dust in the slot. Holy MOLY!!! This time, I blew in it like a mad man and sure enough, my phone is reading my 64gb card once again! Thanks everyone!!

Thought you were joking, but...
partyk1d24 said:
FTR I blew in the SD slot like a Nintendo cartridge and now it works....
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After an hour of searching every forum for ways to fix the same problem, I arrived here, with little hope of anything more than I had already found. I thought that it was funny, what you said. Then I said: "Meh, **** it. Let's give it a try."
It works. You are God.
*P.S. I use this website frequently to find fixes and updates, but I never really registered. Just so you understand how grateful I am for this. I know, I could have registered for an array of different reasons, but I want you to know that the reason I did it now is to thank you. For the fix and the laugh!

blowing doesn't work for me. formatting to exfat does.
thank god.

my workaround
Hi
it was twice succeeded for me
My s3 mini did not recognize SD card, but recovery was
Workaround:
remove sd card from phone
connect it to PC
do some copy from/to
attach it back to phone
Working!

I've tried everything said on this forum, nothing has worked. any other suggestions?

partyk1d24 said:
FTR I blew in the SD slot like a Nintendo cartridge and now it works....
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Blew in it. Couldn't help but think of this https://xkcd.com/218/

Is my phone killing my memory card(s)?

Ok so i had a 32gb card and it started failing on my phone, it would work sometimes or ask me to format it, sometimes it would work fine so i assumed it was about to die soon so i was able to back everything up,.
Bought a new 64gb sandisk card, the one suggested from the accessories list...well i've been using it for about a week now and it just died on me today.
doesn't even get detected...
i never formatted, it, read that this phone could support it right away...well now nothing works and i've lost everything....again!!!
this is really frustrating...i've lost some major saved games and it's depressing
could it be the phone...or was it just a bad card
i've used the original charger and battery at all times...
any clues?

krazyq said:
Ok so i had a 32gb card and it started failing on my phone, it would work sometimes or ask me to format it, sometimes it would work fine so i assumed it was about to die soon so i was able to back everything up,.
Bought a new 64gb sandisk card, the one suggested from the accessories list...well i've been using it for about a week now and it just died on me today.
doesn't even get detected...
i never formatted, it, read that this phone could support it right away...well now nothing works and i've lost everything....again!!!
this is really frustrating...i've lost some major saved games and it's depressing
could it be the phone...or was it just a bad card
i've used the original charger and battery at all times...
any clues?
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Look for File Restore Plus software. it will retrieve all of your lost files in your micro SD card. this happened to me a few times but this software saved my butt!

I may be wrong here but I seem to remember some people having issues withe the 64gb cards. Search around and youll probably find something.
Also check www.sdcard.org for more info on the sdxc cards and a sd formating tool that may help.
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