I believe the dhd comes with an 8gb SD card as standard?
If so where is it in the box?
ALSO how can I get the Des app?
Mine was already in the phone, same place as where the SIM goes.
My phone is asking for a SD card.
I thought it would see in the box
thetmyster said:
My phone is asking for a SD card.
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Hello thetmyster, merry christmas,
when you look inside, is there anything in the sd slot?
Eventually the card is not right in position, then a push
or push back could help. I attached a picture of my
phone, to show you the place. Be carefull when opening
the damper, do it quite the way your manual shows it.
WBR peschi
Ah, thanks! But I can't seem to find it there either
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replacing the stock 4gb card with 16gb.
Is it ok to copy ALL folders and files (including hidden etc) from one card to the other, then just use it? Or do I need to format the new card from the phone or some other procedure? cheers
I just copied the whole lot to my new 16GB and put it in and worked just like before but with more space
Thats great. Just what I wanted to hear. Thanks for the feedback.
No problems, and enjoy the extra space!
ive just copied the content of the 4gb to an 8gb card and when i booted the phone i am locked out of the android market. have no idea how and why this has happened but i have ried the online credit card solution, and also the over phone credit card soluton and in both instances i get sorry cos of a technical error cant unlock at this time.
mcgon1979 said:
replacing the stock 4gb card with 16gb.
Is it ok to copy ALL folders and files (including hidden etc) from one card to the other, then just use it? Or do I need to format the new card from the phone or some other procedure? cheers
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I've done almost the same as you but I've done one extra step. Put in the new 16gb card to the phone and then through settings, format the card..... then do all the copying!
That way everything works
i copied from a 4 gb card to an 8 gb card with no issues and no pre formatting of the card on the desire. I think your market issue might be unrelated. Maybe try restarting your phone, checking your network content restriction setting and accessing over WiFi not 3g.
Bandare said:
I've done almost the same as you but I've done one extra step. Put in the new 16gb card to the phone and then through settings, format the card..... then do all the copying!
That way everything works
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Im do same way.
cheers guys, not sure what started the issue. but i could sort it out the usual way as stated above. quick call to t-mobile this morning they took the lock off, but couldnt tell me why it happened.
thanks for the replies all. Good info. I will ut the blank 16gb in phone and format via settings. Then I'll put the 4gb back in phone, copy everything off it onto PC, put 16gb card in phone, copy everything on. Job done. We hope. Will report back if any problems. cheers.
Yup just transfer everything across to a bigger capacity card
Hi, I've bought a 16gb SD card. I hear all this stuff about formatting etc. but what does that actually mean?
I intend to take out the stock 2gb card and put in the 16gb before I even put the battery in, do I need to do anything to the 16gb card (ie. format it) before hand or will this work okay?
Thanks.
In the user guide it says that you have to unmount the sd card before removing it, this is in the settings and once you insert the new sd card you have to mount that again in the settings.
Just realized that i hadn't answered the question properly. I have not recieved my new sd card yet but i imagine when you mount it the phone will format it if required.
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I hear all this stuff about formatting etc. but what does that actually mean?
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Makes it work on the phone as opposed to not working on the phone and stuff.
Thanks for your replies. What I understand from jmoore2's reply is that I will need to turn the phone on with the 2gb card in, go to settings unmount then take the 2gb card out, put the 16gb card in turn on again then go to settings and select mount, is this correct?
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Thanks for your replies. What I understand from jmoore2's reply is that I will need to turn the phone on with the 2gb card in, go to settings unmount then take the 2gb card out, put the 16gb card in turn on again then go to settings and select mount, is this correct?
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Just to let you know, all i did is:
phone off, sd replaced (with a new 16gb one), phone on. It works
But, the way safer is unmount the stock sd before replacing it. Yes what you wrote is correct.
Most SD cards will some with a FAT32 format (which works in our phones) out of the box unless something else is specified.
If you were to swap the card before ever switching the handset on, I can't see any reason why you would have to un-mount it.
Same goes for just switching the handset off and removing it.
Un-mounting is the same as the 'safely remove hardware' function in Windows, it's a way to make sure that nothing is trying to access the card when you remove it so as to avoid corrupting it. So if the phone is not switched on (or has never been switched on for that matter), nothing can possibly be trying to access it.
Really, the un-mount function is for handsets with hot-swappable cards.
Due to it's physical design, it's not possible to hot-swap cards in the Defy, so it's kinda unnecessary.
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Really, the un-mount function is for handsets with hot-swappable cards.
Due to it's physical design, it's not possible to hot-swap cards in the Defy, so it's kinda unnecessary.
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I was wondering why i would have to unmount it lol, But this is my first Android phone and after years of using phones that i wouldn't say even qualified as feature phones i am having to learn the In's and outs of Android so i thought i would play it safe and do what the instruction guide said (probably the first and last time).
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I was wondering why i would have to unmount it lol, But this is my first Android phone and after years of using phones that i wouldn't say even qualified as feature phones i am having to learn the In's and outs of Android so i thought i would play it safe and do what the instruction guide said (probably the first and last time).
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Look at it this way, the un-mounting is a software thing.
When you switch the phone off and pull the battery, it doesn't matter what the settings are in the software as it cannot possibly be running.
Thanks for all your replies. Let me just clarify, it shouldn't matter if I swap without unmounting and I shouldn't need to do any formatting.
It shouldn't matter if you swap without un-mounting, no. Especially not if you swap before powering the handset on for the first time.
As for formatting, I think the phone should do that automatically but, if need be, you can go 'Settings > SD card & phone storage > Format SD card' and do it manually.
Here's what happened, my phone froze for a few seconds so I hit the power/standby button and it didn't do anything. Waited for a few more seconds then it went back to the home screen and then turned off a split second later. I turned the phone back on and it said "Blank SD card" in the notifications bar. This so damn frustrating I've restarted a few times, mounted, taken th card out and put it back in...I'm at a loss as of what to do. Halp pleez?!?! Thank you!
Try and put the sd card into something else other than the phone, if the data is still missing I would say either your phone had a virus or is perhaps faulty..
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pricey2009 said:
Try and put the sd card into something else other than the phone, if the data is still missing I would say either your phone had a virus or is perhaps faulty..
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At work so I don't have access to a computer. Should all the content show up if the SD card is cool? How do you get rid of phone viruses? Factory reset I assume...? I hope I don't have to go through that hassle.
Erikwithafro said:
At work so I don't have access to a computer. Should all the content show up if the SD card is cool? How do you get rid of phone viruses? Factory reset I assume...? I hope I don't have to go through that hassle.
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Hmm...The phone probably isn't faulty,it's probably the MicroSD card. I've had a debranded 4gig MicroSD that wiped itself while I was uploading songs to it...If it's wiped buy another one,pref. sandisk
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Hmm...The phone probably isn't faulty,it's probably the MicroSD card. I've had a debranded 4gig MicroSD that wiped itself while I was uploading songs to it...If it's wiped buy another one,pref. sandisk
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I have a 32gb sandisk and it had all my emulator games with the save data. Bah I have no clue how this happened, its really pissed me off losing all that...
Tried plugging the phone in to a computer, and I can't turn on USB connection. Also tried plugging in the SD card with a USB adapter stick and it didn't come up either. Is this memory card boned?
Try a Linux distro, it'll have a better chance of recognising the card even if it's faulty, you might have to make a live cd if you don't already run a Linux distro.
Failing that you could try a program like Recuva for Windows
Just plugged in another SD card I have and it worked...seems like my 32g one is screwed, god dammit!!!!!! RAAAAGE!!!!! Taking this thing back...fuuuuuuuu
I was copying some mp3`s to my phone and the phone froze and i had to pull the battery, my 16gb micro sd, was totally dead, I rang Amazon sent me out a replacement even before i returned the faulty one, now that is good service.
John.
Are you able to mount the card? If not and the phone states it's damaged, you could try this:
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4112485&postcount=9
As it's stating it's blank, that may not help, but recovery might. It worked for my card when the phone decided to have a hissy fit and 'damaged'.
If you just need to recover the files and the microsd actually still works, but no files show, try the free file recovery in the link below, RecoveRX, just enter anything for you email address if you dont want spam.
But remember to write protect your microsd to sdcard adaptor so you dont overwrite any files, or they will be gone for good.
http://www.transcend.nl/Support/DLCenter/DLSoftware.asp?ID=59&Func1No=3&Func2No=205
I'm getting the notification "SD card blank or has unsupported file system. What in the world does that mean? This is getting more and more complicated...ugh. And I have no clue how to write the SD card stuff. Also, some files that are gray with the android logo and an SD card logo are showing up when I open my settings and go to applications then see all. I am so damn confused haha.
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I'm getting the notification "SD card blank or has unsupported file system. What in the world does that mean? This is getting more and more complicated...ugh. And I have no clue how to write the SD card stuff. Also, some files that are gray with the android logo and an SD card logo are showing up when I open my settings and go to applications then see all. I am so damn confused haha.
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The android logo and sd card symbol showing instead of the app's icon means that the app was installed on your sd card, so those apps no longer exist (I think their data is stored in internal memory though, so probably try reinstalling them). Android has an annoying habit of auto-installing some apps to sd
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I'm getting the notification "SD card blank or has unsupported file system. What in the world does that mean? This is getting more and more complicated...ugh. And I have no clue how to write the SD card stuff. Also, some files that are gray with the android logo and an SD card logo are showing up when I open my settings and go to applications then see all. I am so damn confused haha.
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Gray android sd card logo has been explained ; the unsupported file system probably means your sd cards file system messed up when your phone bugged out for a second or two ; you're going have to format it which means wiping all data of it completely ; format to fat 32 - can be done through my computer and right clicking on the memory card in windows ; if this fails download a sd card formatter... Before you do this though try recovering the files via your computer as suggested before.
Maybe you can recover it... What essentially happened was that your phone lost power while it was writing to the sd card. That happens with all devices, that's why every game warns not to turn off the console while saving
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Thank you guys for all the suggestions, it means a lot.
Tried recovering, but nothing is on the SD card to recover anymore...so lame. Also tried reformatting after that and it said "windows cannot complete the format". Damn, I'm taking this back and getting a new one. This is ridiculous and frustrating beyond belief...Anywayyyyyyyyy thanks a bunch for the help and tips folks, hopefully I can get a new SD card without any problems. It's been about 6 months since I bought this one, so we'll see........
It would be even more frustrating if they said they cannot give you a new SD card. Hah...
Happened to me with a "Sandisk" 16 GB class 6 bought on eBay. Never again!
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This morning I had opened my Photo gallery with my note 3. All the tiles were grey and non of the pictures were showing. I did a reboot of the phone thinking that would fix it and now the "Camera" folder on the external SD Card is Gone...Along with 2000+ Pictures. I've been looking up online to what maybe could have happened...
Some suggested that maybe it backed up to Google+. Didn't see the pcitures there either.
I am using a SanDisk 64Gb MicroSDHC. It still works and I am able to access the card so I don't think its fried...
Is there ANY possible way to do a data recovery on the card...I have photo's on there that I don't have a backup of and its killing me inside...
Any HELP Please...Greatly Appreciated
Take the SD card out of the phone, use a card reader, and check it with a pc. If your pc says unreadable, your card is borked. If pc will read card, SD slot is borked.
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...Along with 2000+ Pictures. I've been looking up online to what maybe could have happened...
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I have photo's on there that I don't have a backup of and its killing me inside...
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Bad way to learn about backups..
Hope you get lucky getting them back.
Google your question. There are some people that might be able to recover your info for a fee.
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My sd card stuck in tab, card is writeable and readable by the system, but there is no way to take it out from the tab....
I can push card, it moves one millimeter, then comes back to the position, and that all... Does somebody knows way to free my card?
Tab is new and on stock and without root so I have still warranty, but maybe there is way to solve problem myself..
sorry for English,...
yomen said:
My sd card stuck in tab, card is writeable and readable by the system, but there is no way to take it out from the tab....
I can push card, it moves one millimeter, then comes back to the position, and that all... Does somebody knows way to free my card?
Tab is new and on stock and without root so I have still warranty, but maybe there is way to solve problem myself..
sorry for English,...
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Update : it seems that my sd card has problem, or the tab... I don't know, but I used needle as leverage and voilla, my SLR has the card againâș, but it doesn't change the fact that something is broken.