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HTC Touch HD SD Card Problem

Hi.
in a short time my htc no longer recognizes the memory card, i don't know what to do, I tried to hard-reset but did work. someone can help me.
thanks

I have had the same problem using a sandisk 16GB card, it stops recognising the card. What I did was re format the card & reload my contents, it then works ok but I dont know why this happens. Can anyone help?

Hi,
I had a similar problem, (the micro SD was recognised but after when the card was accessed it seems the driver crashed and the micro SD was not anymore availlable until I eject and insert the card again).
The solution I found was to plug the phone in storage mode and to make a scandisk of the micro SD.
It found some errors and all was corrected.
I hope it could help

I already tried with other cards and it always happens the same, does not recognize the card.
which leads me whatever the problem is not the card but the phone.

Loose contact?
Mine is similar. I tried sticking two layers of adhesive tapes on the back of the card ("MicroSD" label side), it worked for a few days. Since yesterday evening it's dead again, and wouldn't work with even three layers!

I had the same problem but solved as follows.
First connect to PC as ""Disk Drive" (not thru active sync). Than in "My Computer" you will see the card. Than format the card as FAT32 (64 kb).
After that, right click and select "Properties">"Sharing">"Advanced Sharing" and check the "Share this directory" and close clicking on "Ok".
Disconnect the phone and reconnect via "Active Sync" (do not forget to deselect click under "Active Sync" connection type).
I hope it helps.

tavsiyeci said:
I had the same problem but solved as follows.
First connect to PC as ""Disk Drive" (not thru active sync). Than in "My Computer" you will see the card. Than format the card as FAT32 (64 kb).
After that, right click and select "Properties">"Sharing">"Advanced Sharing" and check the "Share this directory" and close clicking on "Ok".
Disconnect the phone and reconnect via "Active Sync" (do not forget to deselect click under "Active Sync" connection type).
I hope it helps.
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This worked for me, if anybody else has this problem.

format Storage Card?
How? It is a micro sd, and I can't find anything that will reformat it, which is supposed to be a likely requirement in getting android running

I suffered a similar problem on my HTC Touch Diamond2 after upgrading from WM 6.1 to 6.5. After much research, a found one article that indicated the problem may be possible due to different chipset configuration for the SD memory card being incompatible with the ROM. It suggested the Japan-made SD card maybe more compatiable with WM compared to the Taiwan made memory card. I switch to a Japan made chip and everything is great

blackbone_htc said:
Hi.
in a short time my htc no longer recognizes the memory card, i don't know what to do, I tried to hard-reset but did work. someone can help me.
thanks
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Hello...
So now to solve the problem? I'm having the same problem in my htc touch hd not know how to solve the problem or whether to even change the slot the memory card.
Cumps

i have had the same problem you are having (i have a hd2) the card stopped working but it worked in tp, i formated it when connected to pc but still didnt work so i bougt a new one. problem fixed

jamieeeee said:
i have had the same problem you are having (i have a hd2) the card stopped working but it worked in tp, i formated it when connected to pc but still didnt work so i bougt a new one. problem fixed
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Me too go change memory card slot...

I've got the same problem, however my HTC HD doesn't recognise the memory card at all, neither does my computer.
So how do I format/recover the files? Or is there another fix for this issue?

EmielFB said:
I've got the same problem, however my HTC HD doesn't recognise the memory card at all, neither does my computer.
So how do I format/recover the files? Or is there another fix for this issue?
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I use my digital camera for formatting „broken“ SD cards
Cameras just use different memory card detection method, so the card could be formatted

i put it in a old nokia of a friend and the nokia asked if i wanted to format the card to make it usable and i chosed yes and it worked

tavsiyeci said:
I had the same problem but solved as follows.
First connect to PC as ""Disk Drive" (not thru active sync). Than in "My Computer" you will see the card. Than format the card as FAT32 (64 kb).
After that, right click and select "Properties">"Sharing">"Advanced Sharing" and check the "Share this directory" and close clicking on "Ok".
Disconnect the phone and reconnect via "Active Sync" (do not forget to deselect click under "Active Sync" connection type).
I hope it helps.
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This solution worked.
I had a little problem with the formatting part the computer giving "Windows cannot complete format" or something similar but I solved the problem apparently.
To solve the problem:
- Right-click on "My computer"
- Click "Manage"
- Under "System Tools" Click on "Device Manager"
- Click the "+" beside Disk Manager
- Right Click on the device (Your HTC)
- Select properties
- Click on the "Policies" tab
- Select the "Optomize for performance" radio button
- Click ok
- Go to "My Computer" select your device
- Right-click "Format"
And that's it.
Hope you find it useful.

Hi there!
I'm getting the above also now I have an Htc Desire and get a symbol at the top left of the microsd symbol with a cog next to it ... booo.
This was after i installed a 16gb microsdhc class 10, as opposed to the 4gb microsdhc card that came with it.
I'm confused with the 'how to' above by tavsiyeci. Can you break it down more for the computer noobs in us? I've tried a few different methods but still no luck
Thanks if possible!
J

None of the above solutions worked for me, I tried several cards and still cannot get any of them to work.
The strange thing is, that after a ROM flash the cards works for a couple of days, then starts to disappear randomly, and at the end disappeares forever (until next flash).
Can you please advice me on another solution, if any?

EmielFB said:
I've got the same problem, however my HTC HD doesn't recognise the memory card at all, neither does my computer.
So how do I format/recover the files? Or is there another fix for this issue?
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I did it like this:
- insert card to PC via USB adaptor
- run chkdsk via win or cmd line, write CHKDSK X: (X as your flashcard letter)
- after check is complete, explorer should see card normally, so use "ARDC Data Recovery Tools 1.1" (free)
- Tools-Image backup/restore, Create Image from Disk, select card as image disk source and browse your new image, name it like "backup.img"
- after recovery is complete, use any image tool (I'm using UltraISO) to extract data from image
- format SD card and copy stuff back

Can we have a recommendation for the type of SD card to use?
Because I used an older type and it was terrible, but now that i have used a newer SD card it is doing alright.
I also do not need to do the waiting for SD card modification in the startup.txt

Can't make a goldcard... what cards have you used?

Hey,
Out of the four Micro SDHC cards I've tried (4GB Samsung, x2 8GB SanDisks and a 4GB Kingston), none seem to like being made into a goldcard, so I was wondering what cards people have managed to make into them in the UK?
I'm using a T-Mobile UK branded Desire

you must be doing something wrong. Have you followed straightforward instructions from this website:
http://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/
Requirements:
* Latest HTC Sync software installed (www.htc.com)
* Spare microSD card
* Windows PC (Tested on Windows7 x64,Vista x86)
* .Net Framework 2.0
Step by step instructions:
* Format the microSD card to FAT32 format.
* Put the microSD card in your device and boot it.
* Launch GoldCard Tool (Right Click and run as Admin if needed)
* Connect Android device to USB (USB Debugging must be enabled on the device)
* Click 'Get CID' (If MMC1 fails try MMC0)
* Click the link to open revskills.de, enter the CID number from Goldcard Tool and create your goldcard image, which will be e-mailed to you.
* Enable USB Mass Storage on the device.
* Click 'Refresh' and select your microSD card in the drop down menu.
* Click 'Load GoldCard.img' and open the .img file you got by email.
* Click 'Patch MMC'
You now have a goldcard!
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btw. you don't have to format sd card outside of the phone, just connect phone to your pc with the card inside as disk drive, right click>format>choose fat 32 and do it

I don't know why doing it manually didn't work before, but either way just did it with my Samsung 4GB card and it's rooting as we speak!
Thanks for the help

[Q] HTC Desire how to create gold card without phone?

I attempted to manually update to Froyo on a rooted (came to me that way) HTC Desire.
I used the manual method described at geekword.net (google for it, I can't post links)
Unfortunately, I didn't know I was meant to use a gold card for the update.
So what I ended up with is a failed Froyo update, after the post-update reboot, the progress count will never get to 100%, as the phone goes into a reboot loop.
This wouldn't be an issue if I could reattempt the update with a gold card - unfortunately, in its current state the phone can't even see the sd card for whatever reason - the card isn't corrupt as I can continue to run the update.zip file from it - not that it helps.
With the phone connected to the PC, I don't have option to mount as disk drive. I can get the CID using Klutsh's Gold Card tool, but because I can't mount the phone, I can't copy the gold card image over.
Is there anyway to get the image over to the sd card and complete the gold card creation without going via the phone?

I dont really know for sure what the answer is to your problem mate but in the hope of getting this thread started I would be looking to download the original branded ROM and restore it through the bootloader menu so that you can start over. This may or may not work but its what I would be researching first.

When i made my gold card, i had the MicroSD in the phone to get the CID, but then i wrote the image to it using a MircoSD-to-SD adapter, just using the built in SD card reader on my laptop. Hope this helps.
JP

jamesmcuk > I tried a stock Telstra rom (this is an Aus phone) found online, it came back with something along the lines of 'wrong bootloader version'. I have a feeling that bootloader for the phone was upgraded either during the first root (by the previous owner) or upgraded when I updated to Froyo.
Are there any official rollback methods for failed Froyo updates?
JPDyno > Could you please outline the procedure used to copy the image over to the micro SD? I have a goldcard.img file from the procedure that I've performed to date. Do I copy the img file over using a imageburner? Do I need to partition the sd card or anything? Kinda lost as to the steps since I thought the Klutsh tool would take care of the copying for me - but it needed connection to the phone.
Thank you both for your replies, hopefully I don't have a fancy brick on my hands

Your phone should have come with a MicroSD card adapter, which looks like a normal sized SD Card, with a slot at the back to insert your microSD into. So you take out your MicroSD card from the phone, slide it into the small slot on the adapter, and slide the adapter into your SD Card reader slot on your laptop/desktop. If you dont have an SD Card reader slot you'll need to get a USB SD or microSD card reader. Once you plug it in it'll automatically detect the card as a disk drive in My Computer. Then you can follow the steps in the Goldcard Guide (install and run the Hex Editor...open the disk drive and the img in the Hex editor and copy stuff over...yada yada...)

Just out of interest does it still do a constant reboot if you remove either or both the SIM and the SD Card.
Also I found this guide for restoring the Nexus 1 which being so similar should contain some good info although you will need to find the ROM for the desire rather than the ones they post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614850

Yay, got it working!
Thanks for the prompt replies guys.
I followed the suggestions here (in using the sd card reader on my laptop), and used the steps starting with HxD from:
android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/305672/creating-a-goldcard
I managed to get a goldcard, and successfully updated to froyo!
p.s. the phone reboots even without a sim card - never tried without the sd card though - I needed it since the update.zip was from the sd.
Now onto exploring Froyo!

For all of those still wishing to make a goldcard sans phone, you can also find it here
http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/

Get CID
At first I could not get the CID as well. The problem was, that I was in Fastboot mode. After changing into Recovery mode, I was able to use "adb shell" and then cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid to get my CID.
So now you can start to make your own Goldcard.

Tutorial Repair MicoSD Card After Mango Lock! in Windows! Apperently HD2 only!

Tutorial Repair MicoSD Card After Mango Lock! in Windows Apperently HD2 only! s!
okay This tutorial will not work on the real protected WP7 sdcard, only for hacked HD2
only problum is I have'nt tested it so I will need a test rabbit to stab with a needle! if he is sic then he wont have any problum doing so! please volentear!
okay so this is how its done!
first fallow this tutorial for MicroSdCard repair!
Step #1. do a google search for "hp drive key boot utility" Download it to your computer! (the name of the exe after extracted is "hpdkbu.exe"(I have windows 7 & the utility would not install on my system if this is the case for you as well just click extract instead of install & run the hpdkbu.exe. that I just mentioned) hopefully you have a usb adapter...or card reader pluged in. Run the utility select the drive letter for your MicroSD card that is in the usb or card reader mine was "e"...
click next... then select create new or replace (its already checked) hit next... select hard drive (its already checked) hit next... select create new file system (its already checked) hit next... then it says something at the bottom then says formatting...
here is the weird part of the tutorial the program stops responding... right about when it gets to the part that says something about lunixsys file because the exe wont be useing that part of the program. Dont sweat it just end task it... now go to my computer & look at your properties for the drive (should say 0 free 0 used)... now right click on the drive and select format... now you can see your card in windows but the partiton will be unreconised as well as the size!
Step #2. Okay now that the mbr has ben repaired & windows sees the card we move on to kill disk! do a google search for this program kill disk!
use it on your micro sd card!
Step #3.after that you may need to reformat it
note thare are to diffrent versions of killdisk #1 works in windows the other is a lunix distro that is a bootable disk if you use the lunix disto you can skip step 1
& one more note apperently the program killdisk takes a realy long time to run xda user Perlian reported that he had ran the program for over 5hr's but in the end his MicroSD card was repaired!
(origanal quote)
Perlian said:
Yesterday I used the tool Killdisk (Free Edition) to try and revive my locked Transcent 16 GB Micro SD Card. I normally use this tool to revive my SSD's when installing a fresh version of Windows. The tool does not look at partitions but simply writes zero's ("00000") to the medium.
I used the Linux version located on the ultimate boot CD (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/). So I booted my laptop with the ultimate boot CD in it (USB reader + mico SD card plugged in). Ran the Killdisk tool for over 5 hours (!!).
After that I booted my Windows and I was able to format the micro SD card !
So no Nokia phone was needed .....
Hope it works for everybody with a locked card.
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Now someone test my lil tut & post your results!
if this post helped please say thanks to keep the thread alive
fingers crossed!​

Quicker way is to put the microsd card into a nokia and hit format
Works just the same.

This "tutorial" will not work on the real protected WP7 sdcard, only for hacked HD2 (where is sdcard is not protected by hardware key). That issue was discussed million times on xda...
So, jackrabbit72380, before posting useless advises, try togoogle first.

sensboston said:
This "tutorial" will not work on the real protected WP7 sdcard, only for hacked HD2 (where is sdcard is not protected by hardware key). That issue was discussed million times on xda...
So, jackrabbit72380, before posting useless advises, try togoogle first.
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alright i didnt know that because im actuly useing an hd2 so i will add that to the first post

jackrabbit72380 said:
alright i didnt know that
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It means we need a good wiki page for all wp7 tricky issues... Too many forums, topics and posts - people who just started and not followed wp7 scene from the beginning, might have problem in finding info.

sensboston said:
It means we need a good wiki page for all wp7 tricky issues... Too many forums, topics and posts - people who just started and not followed wp7 scene from the beginning, might have problem in finding info.
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very true & great sugjestion altho your posting it in the wrong place you shoud make a thread about it or something? a wiki would be very usefull & helpfull!
and yeah i have had to search all over the place!
it's ben crazy!

is not working, the hp utility wont recognice a drive, so thats for that, what should i do if i dont even recognize the card? you know that sound when windows 7 finds a device, plugged in. that sound appears to times right after i put the memory card into the slot, it ejects immediatly, and i cant get my cards to work...

weeezel said:
is not working, the hp utility wont recognice a drive, so thats for that, what should i do if i dont even recognize the card? you know that sound when windows 7 finds a device, plugged in. that sound appears to times right after i put the memory card into the slot, it ejects immediatly, and i cant get my cards to work...
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well the hp utility worked on my card are you sure you selected the right drive letter?
after the program stoped on lunix sys i terminated it with task manager it had alredy sead fomating was done.
i had to pull the card out and put it back in!
try that?
then windows could see the still locked card!

the field where ti said you should select the drive letter is empty, and i cant write into it...

n/a
Got 2 locked goddamned sd-cards (on HD2), trying to recover them about 2 weeks, spend more than 100 hours no any result using ANY WAY!!!!!!
HP utility does not format my card, it says formatting, then linux sys, but the program is responding after that! The card is NOT VISIBLE, even if you end task the HP window. If hit OK, than program says that format is sucessful.
I did not find ANY LINUX DISTRIBS with KILLDISK, only DOS, which is FREEZING on detecting usb devices. Tried also to use Ultimate BootCD to fix cards. It is also not booting with USB Card Reader [tried ALL MODES WITH ALL AVALIABLE USB OPTIONS!!!] it boots only in NO UMB [def mode without USB 2.0 (only 1.1)], but discovers only SD-adapter with working SD-Card. When I put the locked instead of broken and try to switch working microsd on locked and start formatting, it says "WRITE ERROR"
So none of posted instructions for recovery did not worked for me (even NOKIA phones did not see the card). Maybe error with usb chipset or card reader, but these methods are not working.
Got Win7/ASUS K70AF with integrated Card-Reader (Alcor Micro USB 2.0 Card Reader) and locked MicroSD Cards Transcand 1GB&8GB plus NOT_LOCKED SANDISK 1GB.
Could you provide more info about exact version of HP Tool? I got 7.41.3790.0 from the first link of Google. Or at least post, where did you find Linux version of KILLDISK, or you mean DOS version? What card reader do you have?
Thanks a lot for your help!

Any Luck with this? HELP NEEDED
I just upgraded the SD Card in my Venue Pro to 32GB, and was wondering if I Could format my 16GB Sandisk that was in it before Mango upgrade.
I followed each step but was unable to proceed. Please any help would be appreciated. Or please point me to a Thread I can follow.
Thanks

Awesome! Worked perfectly and only took ~20 minutes. Thanks

this method works great in the HD7, revived 3 cards last night...
Not sure if it can be ported to the HD2 or others, but worth a look...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337781

jackrabbit72380 said:
Tutorial Repair MicoSD Card After Mango Lock! in Windows Apperently HD2 only! s!
okay This tutorial will not work on the real protected WP7 sdcard, only for hacked HD2
only problum is I have'nt tested it so I will need a test rabbit to stab with a needle! if he is sic then he wont have any problum doing so! please volentear!
okay so this is how its done!
first fallow this tutorial for MicroSdCard repair!
Step #1. do a google search for "hp drive key boot utility" Download it to your computer! (the name of the exe after extracted is "hpdkbu.exe"(I have windows 7 & the utility would not install on my system if this is the case for you as well just click extract instead of install & run the hpdkbu.exe. that I just mentioned) hopefully you have a usb adapter...or card reader pluged in. Run the utility select the drive letter for your MicroSD card that is in the usb or card reader mine was "e"...
click next... then select create new or replace (its already checked) hit next... select hard drive (its already checked) hit next... select create new file system (its already checked) hit next... then it says something at the bottom then says formatting...
here is the weird part of the tutorial the program stops responding... right about when it gets to the part that says something about lunixsys file because the exe wont be useing that part of the program. Dont sweat it just end task it... now go to my computer & look at your properties for the drive (should say 0 free 0 used)... now right click on the drive and select format... now you can see your card in windows but the partiton will be unreconised as well as the size!
Step #2. Okay now that the mbr has ben repaired & windows sees the card we move on to kill disk! do a google search for this program kill disk!
use it on your micro sd card!
Step #3.after that you may need to reformat it
note thare are to diffrent versions of killdisk #1 works in windows the other is a lunix distro that is a bootable disk if you use the lunix disto you can skip step 1
& one more note apperently the program killdisk takes a realy long time to run xda user Perlian reported that he had ran the program for over 5hr's but in the end his MicroSD card was repaired!
(origanal quote)
Now someone test my lil tut & post your results!
if this post helped please say thanks to keep the thread alive
fingers crossed!​
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I just used diskpart to delete the partition on the sd card that was locked, formatted the 16giger and it's usable again.

someeh said:
I just used diskpart to delete the partition on the sd card that was locked, formatted the 16giger and it's usable again.
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just a quick one: is your sdhc card seen, in any way, by the utility you use to format it?
for instance, a transcend class 2 sdhc 16 gb card is only see by the hp utility but when I hit the format button says there is no card to format (using sd formatter it only sees the card for 2 seconds) - OS Windows 7 / Windows XP (all drivers installed)

madalinpascu said:
just a quick one: is your sdhc card seen, in any way, by the utility you use to format it?
for instance, a transcend class 2 sdhc 16 gb card is only see by the hp utility but when I hit the format button says there is no card to format (using sd formatter it only sees the card for 2 seconds) - OS Windows 7 / Windows XP (all drivers installed)
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Diskpart is a utility included in Windows, so when you go to a command prompt.
type diskpart
It will load and bring you in.
type list disk> this will list all the drives (HDD, SD CARDS, REmovable disk,etc) it will list the disk by numbers. So when you see your SD CARD and it's # 2 or #3 on the list you type this
select disk #2... now disk #2 is active and you can start deleting partitions within that card.
But you need to list the partitions in order to format the entire card, you will need to execute this command in order to delete the locked partition. But before I will give you the list of commands you need. Once you " select disk #" do this,
list partition> will list all the partitions on the selected disk, you need to select each partition and delete manuallly.
select partition 1
delete partition override> for the partition that is locked
select partition 2
delete partition
Once the partitions are deleted you'll be able to format the card normally.But I doubt you'll need to use HP that utility.

jackrabbit72380 said:
Tutorial Repair MicoSD Card After Mango Lock! in Windows Apperently HD2 only! s!
okay This tutorial will not work on the real protected WP7 sdcard, only for hacked HD2
only problum is I have'nt tested it so I will need a test rabbit to stab with a needle! if he is sic then he wont have any problum doing so! please volentear!
okay so this is how its done!
first fallow this tutorial for MicroSdCard repair!
Step #1. do a google search for "hp drive key boot utility" Download it to your computer! (the name of the exe after extracted is "hpdkbu.exe"(I have windows 7 & the utility would not install on my system if this is the case for you as well just click extract instead of install & run the hpdkbu.exe. that I just mentioned) hopefully you have a usb adapter...or card reader pluged in. Run the utility select the drive letter for your MicroSD card that is in the usb or card reader mine was "e"...
click next... then select create new or replace (its already checked) hit next... select hard drive (its already checked) hit next... select create new file system (its already checked) hit next... then it says something at the bottom then says formatting...
here is the weird part of the tutorial the program stops responding... right about when it gets to the part that says something about lunixsys file because the exe wont be useing that part of the program. Dont sweat it just end task it... now go to my computer & look at your properties for the drive (should say 0 free 0 used)... now right click on the drive and select format... now you can see your card in windows but the partiton will be unreconised as well as the size!
Step #2. Okay now that the mbr has ben repaired & windows sees the card we move on to kill disk! do a google search for this program kill disk!
use it on your micro sd card!
Step #3.after that you may need to reformat it
note thare are to diffrent versions of killdisk #1 works in windows the other is a lunix distro that is a bootable disk if you use the lunix disto you can skip step 1
& one more note apperently the program killdisk takes a realy long time to run xda user Perlian reported that he had ran the program for over 5hr's but in the end his MicroSD card was repaired!
(origanal quote)
Now someone test my lil tut & post your results!
if this post helped please say thanks to keep the thread alive
fingers crossed!​
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Hello.
I am following your guide to unlock my microsd blocked by HTC HD7.
I arrived well at the end of step 1, but already I'm stuck at step 2.
I installed the program on my Windows 7 KillDisk, but the card still does not messing around, and Windows, as you say, it tells me 0 and 0 free memory in use and the formatting is not available.
What version of KillDisk should I use? You may link to the page where you download it?

5ft24 said:
this method works great in the HD7, revived 3 cards last night...
Not sure if it can be ported to the HD2 or others, but worth a look...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337781
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Tried it and it worked. Everyone who was troubles getting the MicroSDHC to work for other devices should take a look at this. The rom used is the one by xbmod, so this trick can be used on all HTC 1st gen devices.
Spread it!

Thanks for your tutorial. But did I get you right that it only works when the sd-card is detected before? The problem is that my sd-card is not shown anywhere at all. So I think I cannot work on it by using any normal windows based program... I tried several tools (also the HP key disk tool or however it is called) and it did not find anything to format.

P-A-L-A-D-I-N said:
Thanks for your tutorial. But did I get you right that it only works when the sd-card is detected before? The problem is that my sd-card is not shown anywhere at all. So I think I cannot work on it by using any normal windows based program... I tried several tools (also the HP key disk tool or however it is called) and it did not find anything to format.
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I have the same problem and i did try Lunix based GParted without any luck at all. Now i don't dare to try the pull sd card method to change rom

Flashing back to windows mobile from android

Is as simple as following these steps, correct? I just want to make sure i'm not missing anything.
Flashing Via MicroSD Card
1. Make sure your microSD is Formatted to fat32 (you dont have to delete all files but it is safer if you do)
2. Download your prefered Rom from the Rhodium Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your PC
3. Goto the Roms Folder and rename the .nbh file to RHODIMG.nbh
4. Copy the RHODIMG.nbh file to the root of your MicroSD Card
5. Plug the MicroSD Card into the phone
6. Enter the BootLoader screen, you will first see a tri-color screen with the phone and SPL Information at the top
7. Follow the On Screen instructions to start the update
8. After flash has completed, press the reset button with the stylus to reset the device.

Just flash any WinMo ROM as you would flash any WinMo ROM. You can feel free to flash WinMo via USB or SD, either method works.
You only are forced to flash via SD when going to LK/Android. For whatever reason, we never could figure out how to get it to work via USB.

Yes. If you follow those instructions you will get whatever rom is on your SD card loaded to the phone.