I got a Siemens mediacom 15" tablet pc with a nec vr4181a processor from a friend of mine.
There is Windows CE 4.2 preinstalled on it but i want to change it to a linux distri. Win Ce is not that good for Browsing the interwebz these days ^^...
The tablet has a usb port and an internal sd card reader. it also got a phillips tv tuner a lan port and a card reader. inside i found something that looks like a pcmcia slot.
i tried booting linux from usb and sd card but it didnt work.
anyone with knowledge about mips or embedded systems willing to help me?
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ok so i got a 4.0gb minisd card for my verizon xv6700....works fine in the phone but if i pull the card out of the phone no computers or sd card readers can read it....ive used the adapter to make it an sd card that doesnt work ive even used a usb adapter that supports mini sd and put that directly into it and doesnt work that way but still reads fine in my phone...any help? not sure if this was the forum i should be posting but i could really use some help
i would try using pocketmechanics to see what type of filesystem it had
and also specify if you by computer mean pc because if you put on a some windows filesystems then maybe some macs or linux box's will not like it
not sure about vista which is in general also an odd duck
Hi all, my problem is, i have a t-mobile mda3, i bought a new 2gb micro sd card, sandisk. i wanted to put my copilot software onto the 2gb card, so i thought i would do it here at work on my mac, not a good idea as i have now found out, i cant use the card on my pc at home, it just keeps saying "do i want to format the card now" well i tried to format it but windows xp cant do it, cant remove blocks or volumes or something. What i have noticed is that the data/card is running 16 bit, my pc i think is 32 bit.
Is there a way i can get the card back to how it was when new
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers.....Del
Hi,
the card format should be FAT16, you could try putting it in a digital camera and formatting it, or using Linux (which has utilities to format to virtually *anything*) or a decent Win partition manager utility.
Don't panic, it shouldn't turn out to be a major disaster.
HTH
Kim
Or download pocket mechanic (there is also a trial version) and format it on your pda.
cozzykim said:
Hi,
the card format should be FAT16, you could try putting it in a digital camera and formatting it, or using Linux (which has utilities to format to virtually *anything*) or a decent Win partition manager utility.
Don't panic, it shouldn't turn out to be a major disaster.
HTH
Kim
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hi, thats what i meant FAT16, im never going to transfer anything from a Mac onto my cards again. But why wont my pc format it? I'll try a digicam, failing that i'll try downloading pocket mechanic as suggested by twiggerdingo.
Thanks both of you
Del
Hi, I'm having trouble when using USB mass storage mode on my Kaiser TyTN II with Android Froyo.
When I connect the phone can't see the SD contents from the FAT32 partition.
I have flashed on my TyTN II the latest 2.6.32 kernel from here, and i'm using the Incubus26Jc's Super FroYo RLS16. I have partitioned my 4gb SDHC using GParted to 3 partitions, one of ~3gb in FAT32, next to one in ext2 of ~64mb, and the last one in ext2, of ~1gb for the system.
Strangely enough when using Ubuntu Linux, it sees ands mounts all three partitions without problems. And when inserting my SD to a card reader on windows, it sees the FAT32 partition and I can browse it, but I want to do this with the card on my phone and on windows.
What can be wrong?
You can't do nothing, actually Adb driver for our kaiser is not working on windows...
I'm testing now on my Windows XP laptop and it works... strange.
My home computer is running Windows 7 (and ubuntu) can't it be a problem of w7?
tOz666 said:
I'm testing now on my Windows XP laptop and it works... strange.
My home computer is running Windows 7 (and ubuntu) can't it be a problem of w7?
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Oo are you serious?
ADB was fixed in the latest version of l1q1d's kernel, but is still incompatible with Windows 7. At least, in my case it doesn't work in Windows 7, causes my computer to freeze until I pull the plug on the phone.
2.6.25 kernel has nice compatibility for Dual Mount SD Widget, check if Super Froyo supports .25 kernels. For me Not So Super Froyo is doing the job on .25 kernel. Default USB Mass Storage mode never works. You can use Dual Mount SD Widget to do the job
For adb, I had no problem with it on .32 while I am using XP.
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Now I understand
Windows can ONLY ONLY see the 1st primary partition on your Removable Flash drive. Plus, linux FS are not recognizable for windows. (you can use Partition Magic or a linux FS supported partition software to actually view them that they exist).
If you want to partition your SD Card in windows, just install HITACHI Microdrive Driver for your SD Card's removable storage and it will identify as a removable hard disk. (I actually did that to have 3 partitions on my 16GB Data Traveler )
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Windows can ONLY ONLY see the 1st primary partition on your Removable Flash drive.
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Well I already knew that, but I want to see at least the FAT32 partition for application install, loading mp3, and occasional data storage.
I'm only a couple of days in the android on kaiser world, what is ADB? I read that you need some drivers to make it work, and can be used to install apps etc. but when I connect the phone it doesn't request me drivers unless I select mass storage mode. On Windows 7 it sees it as a Disk in device manager but can't see the drives. On XP it has no problems, it can browse FAT32 part.
So if Android is exposing the phone as a mass storage drive why it doesn't work in 7?
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Well I already knew that, but I want to see at least the FAT32 partition for application install, loading mp3, and occasional data storage.
I'm only a couple of days in the android on kaiser world, what is ADB? I read that you need some drivers to make it work, and can be used to install apps etc. but when I connect the phone it doesn't request me drivers unless I select mass storage mode. On Windows 7 it sees it as a Disk in device manager but can't see the drives. On XP it has no problems, it can browse FAT32 part.
So if Android is exposing the phone as a mass storage drive why it doesn't work in 7?
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Because android's itself "Turn on USB Mass Storage" mode doesnt work. Use a Multi Mount SD Widget or Dual Mount SD Widget or SD-Share to do the job
ADB is: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
Just a tool to remotely administer your android device from command prompt
Try installing Hitachi Microdrive Driver in Windows 7 and see if it does any better
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html
dark_prince said:
Because android's itself "Turn on USB Mass Storage" mode doesnt work. Use a Multi Mount SD Widget or Dual Mount SD Widget or SD-Share to do the job
ADB is: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
Just a tool to remotely administer your android device from command prompt
Try installing Hitachi Microdrive Driver in Windows 7 and see if it does any better
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html
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Thanks for the tips. Are you suggesting that installing the Hitachi Microdrive Driver (by the way, I noticed that it's intended for Windows XP) could help in mounting the device using Android's built-in mount option?
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Thanks for the tips. Are you suggesting that installing the Hitachi Microdrive Driver (by the way, I noticed that it's intended for Windows XP) could help in mounting the device using Android's built-in mount option?
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Hitachi microdrive driver is intended to identify your Flash Drive as USB Hard Drive to see all partitions correctly in windows and allows you to partition your USB flash drive
Nope it wont help, since .32 kernel has not supported USB driver which hinders the USB Mass storage functionality, even through Dual mount apps.
If you are using Kyle's FAT Free Froyo or Not So Super Froyo, install a .25 kernel and then use Dual Mount USB app. It will work for sure.
Another Work Around:
If you just want to move some files to SD Card and you connect your network connection through wifi, you can try ES File Explorer to view Windows Based File Shares, just like you are seeing shared folders from another PC I use it since I connect my mobile and my PC through a wifi router
I am not sure the correct section to put this into, but here goes.
I have heard ways to install Windows from a USB stick. I was wondering since I do not have a USB stick big enough and also a blank DVD on hand if I could place the image onto my Android SD card and install/reformat my computer that way.
Thanks!
PS. Please move to correct section if need be.
I don't think you could because the computer hardware doesn't recognize the sd card as a mass storage device, the software does, if you get what I mean.
I don't think it's possible to write a Windows live disk to the SD card and use it to format the Windows installation.
This in theory could be done. The one issue you might have is your computer might not recognize the SD card as a bootable option. If you can boot to USB device it might work. Also it isn't as simple as copying a windows install disk to the USB there is work that needs to be done to get it to read correctly and install. If you google linux pen drive I think it has a option to copy the windows cd to the drive boot to linux and install windows.
Yes you can do it. Sd card readers are on a usb connection to the motherboard of a pc. You have to make the sd card a bootable disk though the same way you would for a flash drive.
Never done it with the epic but I used to run puppy linux off my winmo samsung blackjack 2 on a thin client wyse computer. It had a micro sd card in it too. You would need to use a linux distro to be able to properly create a windows installation on another form of media though. Good luck
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I know this sounds like such a noob question. I swear the "memory storage" (forgot the actual name) used to work so good with os 2.x of android.
Is there anyway for me to organize my internal and external memory on my note two when hooked up to a computer via usb. Or if there is an app for android that would connect through wifi and I could do it that way would be fine too. I would like to be able to work in "windows xp" like windows and not in an android os.
lock the thread please. Downloading the samsung usb drivers right now
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T889TSATMB