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I'm sorry if this question has been covered in the other thread allready but after hours of looking I still had no answer.
My Orbit with 2gb card has had the corruption problem a few times now and while we wait for a fix I was wondering if there was a easy'ish way to work around the problem for now.
The Thought i had was:
Partitition the card into 2 1gb partitions
Have the phone use partition 1 only
Backup partition 1 onto partition 2
In the event of corruption format partition 1 and copy partition 2 over to 1
I am wondering if it is possible to do this from the phone rather than from my pc as the last time I had corruption I was 250miles from home with no access to a pc to repair my card.
Thx Mr2T's
You can format partition on SD with FAT32 or FAT16 using Flash Format http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=851&associateid=17
and then resore your data to it.
Hi
From what I gather from the forum is that HTC said that the data corruption on the sd card happens when it tries to access files and it is switched off while it hasnt finished doing so. HTC recommends to set the Artemis to auto power after 1 minute ( allow it to switch itself off automatically instead of using the power button).
Yes, but this resolution decrease probablity of data corruption only...
Good luck
what causes the problem is the contacts connection.
it is easily sorted by placing the memory card in, make sure the gate is clicked down and does not pop back up, then make sure the sim gate is clicked in properly, then get a spare simcard (do not use cardboard etc.) and place it on top of the sim gate, then carefully put battery on top then back lid.
i have used this method for 2months now and not had a single problem with corruption
Thx for the replys
I have looked through the other thread and tryed adding a shim to the card for connection problems and setting the power off to 3 mins as HTC recomend more than 1 min but I was still getting the problem, so I was looking to find a way to get around the problem without been near my PC, at least as a short time fix until the problem is cured.
I suppose what I'm asking is
How do i partition the card into 2? Used wm5Storage and guide from this forum
Can my orbit access both partitions on 1 card? Seems i can
How do i format the partition if it becomes corrupt? Flash Format thx varvocel, not tryed yet
How do i restore from partition 2 to partition 1? Just use file explorer?
Thx all
Hi, you can read this website regarding "how to make partitions on SD cards" http://www.pocketpc-live.com/partition-sd-cards.html ......i havent tried it myself but it may work as your idea seems like a good workaround regarding the sd card corruption......let me know how you go with the partition....
I reformatted with the Fat type and sector size shown in the main post 3 weeks ago and haven't had any corruption since
I used to have to recover my card a couple of times a week and was always losing access to TomTom maps before I did this.
I had data corruptions even with partitions (FAT16, FAT32) - like other users. In my opinion there is no reliable resolution for now. Most often I see posts like "I have workaround and my SD OK from 2 weeks" and after some time - "Oh no, I've lost my data again".
Read the "Corrupt 2gb SD Card" threat...
Mr2ts - yes use WM5Storage, then format it (you can do this with PC).
Good luck
2GB Memory Card
I have also tried putting things under the sim above the sim, formatting FAT16/FAT32 and all to no avail. Good luck to anyone whose prepared to put up with this what can be a time consuming frustrating problem. Think I'm going to quote sale of goods act and get mine returned after 5 months...
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what causes the problem is the contacts connection.
it is easily sorted by placing the memory card in, make sure the gate is clicked down and does not pop back up, then make sure the sim gate is clicked in properly, then get a spare simcard (do not use cardboard etc.) and place it on top of the sim gate, then carefully put battery on top then back lid.
i have used this method for 2months now and not had a single problem with corruption
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Many people have also tried this and seen no improvement. I tried it myself, still corrupted, and HTC say that this isn't the problem. My has been fine after formatting FAT32 with an allocation size of 512, but whether this was the cure or not, who knows?
To OP - this problem has been seen with 1GB cards too, so partitioning is not likely to help.
I am only using 512Mb card that came with my Artemis, i tried switching it off using the power button everyday and I havent encountered any sd card corruption... can someone also tried this???
Some users reported their first data corruptions after long use of Artemis...
Thanks for all the replys, I thought I'd do a quick post to let you know what I've done and how its going.
I have managed to partition the card into 2 x 1gb partitions and installed the formating util for when it go's pear shaped and reloaded onto the 1st partition the software I use. I have made a backup onto the 2nd partition of the 1st and am now using my orbit as normal. So far no corruption but I think its just a matter of time so I'll post again when it fails and I have tryed to resore it.
The only problem I'm concerned with is that TomTom will not use the voices in the folder on the 1st partition, only if I place them in a folder on the 2nd which may lead to corruption of that one, if anyone knows a way of hiding the 2nd partition until I need to restore from it I would be most greatfull.
Mr2ts
yes, please keep us posted.....if ever you get the corruption again and you managed to restore it from the 2nd partition, pls show us the step by step of how you first of all partitioned the card etc etc....thanks
OK so yesterday I had to drive 500+ miles and I was using copilot on my phone, typically copilot decided to crash everytime I actually came to a point in my journey where I needed the sat nav.
Anyway long story short, my phone eventually died and wouldnt reboot, I tried to recover from nandroid at which point I noticed a lot of folders were missing from my SD card. Including my nandroid backup...
I have now got my phone working with another card, however they one that was in the phone I cannot access from a card reader in Windows or the handset. I did have it partioned with an EXT and SWAP partitions, anyone got any bright ideas on how I can get my 8GB card working again? I am not bothered about the data on it luckily I had a backup.
Diskpart and diskmanagement wont see the card at all in windows, do you reckon its worth trying an ubuntu live CD to see if I can completely wipe the card and reformat or does anyone know of any low level format tools?
Cheers
David
If windows can't see your Card using multiple readers in the windows Disk Management prog then its screwed my friend.
Fixed it
Ok so managed to recover my SD card this morning.
FYI if anybody is interested, I used a freeware tool called usbformat (I cant post the link because I am a newb and havent been moderated yet but if you cant find it on google PM me), this managed to detect the the card but didnt seem to care about its current state, it also repartitioned the card back to 1 big FAT32 partition.
After this I was able use the card.
Hey everyone. I am running savagedzen 2.2.1 (CFS). Up until about a week ago it was running fantastic. However, it recently has started to give me tons of SDcard errors, but they're intermittant. For example when trying to run spotify, i'll get errors that the SDcard isn't currently accessible when the phone has been running a little while; but then I'll be able to open fpse and play an iso off of the sdcard just fine. Then i'll try to open a game in my snes emulator and it won't be able to open the save file even though the game works fine.
Weird stuff.
As of today I'm copying everything off and reformatting. Any suggestions on tools, utils, or some sort of fsck utility for the memory card to make sure its working ok? None of the tools seem to indicate that there is any problem. I'm still using the stock memory card so I may look into grabbing a class 10 16GB card if the time has come for a replacement.
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Hey everyone. I am running savagedzen 2.2.1 (CFS). Up until about a week ago it was running fantastic. However, it recently has started to give me tons of SDcard errors, but they're intermittant. For example when trying to run spotify, i'll get errors that the SDcard isn't currently accessible when the phone has been running a little while; but then I'll be able to open fpse and play an iso off of the sdcard just fine. Then i'll try to open a game in my snes emulator and it won't be able to open the save file even though the game works fine.
Weird stuff.
As of today I'm copying everything off and reformatting. Any suggestions on tools, utils, or some sort of fsck utility for the memory card to make sure its working ok? None of the tools seem to indicate that there is any problem. I'm still using the stock memory card so I may look into grabbing a class 10 16GB card if the time has come for a replacement.
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reformatting is the first thing i would try.
you can also check to make sure the SD card is properly seated. perhaps it may have a loose/intermittent electrical connection.
i am not sure what else you can do.
Well, just copied everything off, and have formatted from recovery. Now I'm copying everything back - hopefully the wonkiness goes away.
Also deleted the /sdcard/android folder. Here's hoping that doesn't jack too much up. Worst case scenario is I install a new rom :X
Ok this is getting weirder.
When I try to format the disk (via recovery->wipe), it acts like it is formatting. However when i go into /sdcard, there are all my files.
I put the card in a sdcard reader, and opened it in windows - all the files are there. I am manually deleting them, and getting no errors. However when I open back up the card, all of my files are still there.
I'm about to try using dd and zeroing out the card - not sure what else to do. I don't think its write protection because there is no error when I attempt to delete a file. In explorer it even shows that the file was deleted. But if I unmount/remount the card... there it is again.
Thinking this may be a sign to get a new card.
Well, I'm about to declare the sdcard as shot.
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0
runs, and finishes with no issue. Then, wiped the card via Amon RA Recovery. Results? Files still present on the SD-Card.
The crazy thing is that I can add new files to the card, but I can't delete anything. If anyone has any ideas, I'd really appreciate it. Otherwise, I'm picking up a 16GB class 10 card on my way home from work.
Format it with Windows and see what happens
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Format it with Windows and see what happens
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Tried it earlier; format fails with an unknown error. mkfs.vfat appears to succeed, but then the files are still there.
Edit:
Just had a coworker attempt to format the disk using mac diskutils - same thing. Showed a successful format, and it looked like it was blank. But then after unmounting/remounting, there were my files!
Looks like I'll be picking up a new card. In the meantime I'll keep this one around as my indestructable backup copy
Ok I didn't find this info anywhere online yet. Perhaps this can help someone to finally find a way to recover locked SD card without Nokia phone or other known, but sometimes unavailable means.
I have a locked 8GB SD card by Mango.
It is not visible in Windows, BUT - if I leave SD card in my laptop and then go to device manager and uninstall my SD card reader, and then click on Scan for hardware changes, it will hang for a minute or two (something that is normally a second or two) and then it will find the reader, install the driver and the SD card will be visible! The point is to be patient. Seems that Windows can access the SD card, but it needs like 10 times more time to do it.
I was happy at first, but then I realized it is still a tough case.
I tried MiniTool Partition Wizard and it actually sees the card marking it (Bad Disk). The size is correct. It can even scan for partitions and then reports two that can be deleted, but I don't believe it removed them. Once I even could make a 100MB partition! But it didn't repair the whole SD card. Afterwards I tried some other methods, deleted SD MBR in MagLDR and lost that partition.
Disk manager in windows sees the device with Unalocated space and if I try to make a new partition it starts and then says there was a CRC check error. It also kind of hangs, but eventually responds and sees the device.
Windows needs like 5 minutes to show dialog for formating the SD card. It says unknown size, and finally says that it cannot format.
HD Low format tool sees the device and if you start the Format, it will start and report many errors but will finally end. I didn't see any improvements - SD is still locked.
So tomorrow I will probably find someone with a Nokia at work, but perhaps someone gets lucky and finds a way to fix it within Windows by being essentially patient while Windows is accessing it.
And yes: Olympus PEN, Canon Ixus 70 and G10 cannot format it.
Cheers,
Ivan
Mango locked SD card
ikovac said:
Ok I didn't find this info anywhere online yet. Perhaps this can help someone to finally find a way to recover locked SD card without Nokia phone or other known, but sometimes unavailable means.
I have a locked 8GB SD card by Mango.
It is not visible in Windows, BUT - if I leave SD card in my laptop and then go to device manager and uninstall my SD card reader, and then click on Scan for hardware changes, it will hang for a minute or two (something that is normally a second or two) and then it will find the reader, install the driver and the SD card will be visible! The point is to be patient. Seems that Windows can access the SD card, but it needs like 10 times more time to do it.
I was happy at first, but then I realized it is still a tough case.
I tried MiniTool Partition Wizard and it actually sees the card marking it (Bad Disk). The size is correct. It can even scan for partitions and then reports two that can be deleted, but I don't believe it removed them. Once I even could make a 100MB partition! But it didn't repair the whole SD card. Afterwards I tried some other methods, deleted SD MBR in MagLDR and lost that partition.
Disk manager in windows sees the device with Unalocated space and if I try to make a new partition it starts and then says there was a CRC check error. It also kind of hangs, but eventually responds and sees the device.
Windows needs like 5 minutes to show dialog for formating the SD card. It says unknown size, and finally says that it cannot format.
HD Low format tool sees the device and if you start the Format, it will start and report many errors but will finally end. I didn't see any improvements - SD is still locked.
So tomorrow I will probably find someone with a Nokia at work, but perhaps someone gets lucky and finds a way to fix it within Windows by being essentially patient while Windows is accessing it.
And yes: Olympus PEN, Canon Ixus 70 and G10 cannot format it.
Cheers,
Ivan
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So if this lock is because of Mango, If I downgrade to 7004 ROM with my locked SD card, will that unlock it?
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So if this lock is because of Mango, If I downgrade to 7004 ROM with my locked SD card, will that unlock it?
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It's not Mango specific. It happens with all versions of Windows Phone.
Mango locked my SD card in a way it was not visible at all. Not even a 200MB partition. The only way (and I tried everything based on my original post) was Nokia XpressMusic. It formatted it in like 5 secs. I didn't even bother to reformat it, but just plugged it in my HD2 and installed HD2O mango ROM. It works like before. No issues whatsoever.
Id like to mention its fairly trivial to make any usb mountable card usable (you know, how the REST OF THE WORLD USES SDCARDS) with linux or unix:
Find the device mount point and:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1M count=yourcardsizeinMb
Note, this overwrites any data on the card, but then formatting and actually using the card is possible again. Ms dropped the ball so hard on this.
Thanks, I may try it next time I lock my card!
ohgood said:
Id like to mention its fairly trivial to make any usb mountable card usable (you know, how the REST OF THE WORLD USES SDCARDS) with linux or unix:
Find the device mount point and:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1M count=yourcardsizeinMb
Note, this overwrites any data on the card, but then formatting and actually using the card is possible again. Ms dropped the ball so hard on this.
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Is this confirmed to work with wp7 locked cards? I thought symbian was the only way.
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mastamind518 said:
Is this confirmed to work with wp7 locked cards? I thought symbian was the only way.
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No, not at all (it's only for converted to WP7 HD2s). The only one solution for now - Nokia's smartphones.
You can use your Windows phone 7 device to unlock your locked SD cards.
See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337781
you will need to adapt to your device so use the right rom from XBmod for your device or a rom that works on your device that supports cab sender.
No need to feck about with a nokia device.
Boysie
sensboston said:
No, not at all (it's only for converted to WP7 HD2s). The only one solution for now - Nokia's smartphones.
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Mmm, I dunno, unlocked two microsd's, one from a focus something, the other from a smashed focus something a friend bought off craigslist for nothing. The 16Gb cards were worth more than the phones.
android fixed my dead 16gb wp7 hd2 sdcard
I had no accsess to nokia devices and my 16gb sdcard was totally unrecognisable to pc, sdformater etc, I thought it was well and truely dead,even reflshed wp7 but still got card changed removed errors,then fed up I flashed an android nand rom to my hd2,without sdcard installed, then I hunted for sd tool programs, and still couldnt mount it...but the hail mary pass happened and I reinserted card back into computer and somehow it found it again and got all my gb back.Im still a wp7 fanboy with my omnia 7, but well and truly converted to android on hd2
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I had no accsess to nokia devices and my 16gb sdcard was totally unrecognisable to pc, sdformater etc, I thought it was well and truely dead,even reflshed wp7 but still got card changed removed errors,then fed up I flashed an android nand rom to my hd2,without sdcard installed, then I hunted for sd tool programs, and still couldnt mount it...but the hail mary pass happened and I reinserted card back into computer and somehow it found it again and got all my gb back.Im still a wp7 fanboy with my omnia 7, but well and truly converted to android on hd2
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You have a hd2, but didn't try dd ? Ok
Ok so i had this issue too and bought another sd card for nothing.
If your card is locked.....Flash a 7004 rom that you can push cabs into it. Push the unlock sd cab and when installed find it in apps and unlock the SD. Take it out and format that sucka with easeus. Thats it. you can use the micro sd again.
With this trick i took out 16gb SD from broken HTC surround and popped it into HD2
i love my HD2. wp7 UltraFruit rom.
Hey guys,
HTC 10 user. Not even a year into my 128GB MicroSD card's life and it's forcing write-protection. I think it's about to die. I can read off it. I can't write.
This SD Card was formatted as internal storage and is encrypted.
I bought a similar 128GB MicroSD card and I'd like to simply clone the image to the new SD card.
Has anyone SUCCESSFULLY done this?
I've attempted it and I pop in the new SD Card and it doesn't detect the card. It simply asks me to insert a card, like the card doesn't even exist.
I've actually tried TWO cloned 128GB cards - they aren't detected.
From what I can tell, I'm doing identical clones of the original MicroSD so I am not sure what I am missing. I'm using a cheapo freeware utility to do the clone in Windows. I don't have the utility name in front of me and I'm not home at the moment.
I have two more things I'd like to try, but I don't know if it's a futile effort: I'd like to try a dd clone from a linux live cd. I'd also like to try EaseUs clone utility, but I fear that's some kind of trial and I'm going to have to shell out some $$ to utilize it.
I know I can unload the original SD's contents to a PC, toss a new card in there, format, and start fresh...download all the play store, f-droid apps again, likely re-download all my audible books, drag my music back onto the card from the PC, and start a-new. That isn't my question, though.
I'm really wondering if I can clone an encrypted, internal-storage SD. I don't WANT to have to download my apps again. I don't want to have to rebuild caches and whatever else has been thrown onto my MicroSD.
Thanks!
I've done this before using clonezilla and it worked fine, no issues at all.
It's not as user friendly as a windows application probably.... but it gets the job done by doing an exact copy.
It even has a mode to keep reading on broken sectors (when you go into advanced mode), that way you can make the best copy possible.
You can read some instructions here
I did it directly from 1 card to another by inserting the source card into an adapter with the readonly slider lock thing to make sure I didn't write empty data to my source.
You can also first create an image from the source and then write the image to the new card.
Please keep in mind to not insert both cards at the same time when using Windows, it will crash Windows.
Windows doesn't understand that there could be 2 drives with the same ID's connected at the same time