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SD Card low level format

Hi there,
this is not really a XDA topic, but since I think here is the most knowlegde empowered crowd around I may as well ask: (I just cooked a 2003 rom in Jeffs kitchen and just have to say it rocks!!!! :!: )
Here's the problem:
I have two SanDisk 256 MB SD cards. One is without any problems (sofar), but onto the other I can only copy about 100 MB Data (no matter if I do it taking pictures, or copying from WinXP or through the SD Slot of the XDA).
So I tried formatting the card in the following ways:
- By the camera (Pentax Optio 550)
- By the XDA (Storagetools.exe, the OS by simply inserting the card)
- By PhotoResco (which could actually read the card and report the :? problem but has no formatting option - at least not in the demo version)
- By CompuApps OnBelay SD recovery tool :x
- By WinXP :evil:
They all stop or report a problem at 37% formatting.
I know this is a known problem of SanDisk cards over 256 MB size, but
since it's known I can't believe there is no solution!!! :?:
Doesn't anyone have some kind of a low level formatting tool for SD cards or at least a ZeroWrite kind of thing...
Help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanx in advance and keep up your incredible work!

SD card not found, please help!!

Hi, im new to this but here goes,
I have an XDA iis but cant access my SD card through the PDA. I have tried 2 different SD cards but there is no option for it on the file explorer. Am i doing something wrong, or doesnt the XDA iis support 2Gb Sandisk ultra 2 cards?
The about page on the settings tab says expansion slot : Not in use.
The Pda came with the card when i got it second hand. I also updated to windows mobile 5, but no luck.
Any help would be apprecaited! Cheers Jon

You should firtst try with a different Card, better with more than one.
If it then still will not work i suggest you to send it either back where you bought it or try to get your warranty rights.
And rember if you choose the second one revert back to WM2003 first, otherwise they will reject!!

Mini Sd Slot, problems

hi.
1st post and a tricky problem i can't overcome. i have a g4 wizard, and have done the hard spl thing so its 2.**,**.oilp (*=wildcards, cant remember number)
And Also flashed FariaWM6 on to the phone. the sd card slot used to work, but when i first recived the phone i pressed reset to manufactur defaults (o2 software) and inserted the 1gb sd card out of my mobile(as the previous owner wanted to keep thier mini sd card). it never worked. i have formatted the minisd in FAT, and FAT32, but it is still not recognised by the phone. in the about area of the phone it does say expansion slot is in use (regaurdless of sd in or absent) when i insert the sd card the light comes on (saying to me that it still knows something ) but its not avaliable via PC, Or the phone. yet works fine in my mobile(6280) still.
i have tried numerous tools on the phone for formatting the card, or just plain reading it. today i am going to collect the original SD card that came with the phone ( the only card to my knowlage that has worked)
The card i am trying to use is a sandisk 1gb.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, i have searched but cant find any posts with similar problems, so sorry if i annoy anyone by creating new.
any more info needed let me know, but i think i have almost covered everything.

Anybody?
Hellooo??? Boost!!!
70 views, could someone at least post back and tell me its f*cked if it is. i have run out of idweas, and if no one else got any then please let me know so i can stop fiddling with this problem. many thanks
=]

Hi friend,
I'm having the exact same problem with my kaiser. Mine does change to expansion slot not in use when I remove the card however. I really need to get this fixed so I can take more media with me! Will some guru please let us know if a new rom might solve the problem or if there's a way to confirm a hardware problem?
Thanks!

Storage Card not showing up

Hi guys
Had problems yesterday with my Storage Card being renamed to Storage Card2 etc and could not figure out what was up. Renamed it back as described in various places (By deleting the Storage Card folder created and resetting).
Today however the Storage Card is not showing up at all. Have tried the following:
- Remove storage card, copy contents onto PC using card reader and formatting. Copy contents back and put in phone. -> No luck.
- Hard reset. -> No luck.
Never had any other roms than the standard. Have not upgraded to 6.1 yet.
Could the contents stop it from showing up?
Cheers
Louis

One thing i could think of is a corrupt file.
Try formatting it again (with all your files backed up in your PC) and just insert the card with nothing on it. If it shows up and your phone reads it, a good bet that one or more of your files from your backup is corrupt and the phone is unable to read the card.

yes i suppose that is a logical step to do. lets hope it is. but luckily it is still under warranty if it is hardware...

Reformated the card (FAT32 is this right?) and loaded into HTC TyTN II without restoring files onto it (i.e. completely blank).
Still not showing up...
Any ideas?

ur storage card reader might have become faulty. i would recommend a warranty exchange for ur device.

Installing WM6.1 sorted this out...

I have the exact same problem as you had.. But I already have WM 6.1 and the storage card still doesn't show up..
Tried formating, etc and still nothing.. I can see all the contents if i use a card reader on my PC, but once I insert de card on my kaiser it doesn't show up..
Any ideas?

Have you hard reset? It didn't help me until I installed the WM6.1. Otherwise is it still under warranty. I was actually on the way to take mine in when I installed 6.1. Actually I should have taken it in as I have a scratch on my screen and I suspect they would have replaced the phone...

This problem usually happens if you are using a third party file explorer like Resco etc. and make non visible areas such as your ROM visible.
It then treats the new area as Storage card and the SD card becomes Storage card2.
Just check if you have any other memory areas set as viewable and undo this.

My storage card completely disapeared but came back when I installed WM6.1. Didn't use 3rd party explorers etc. But this might be Baretto's problem.

This problem also occurs when running Card Export II. The Storage Card is renamed as Storage Card2. The only solution is to remove the card and re-insert it.
This solved the problem for me.
Regards,
MAC

The problem I originally described here was the Storage Card disappearing completely. Not renamed etc. I.e. there is no Storage Card2. Baretto may have a similar problem to mine or his may also just be renamed.

Yes, I have the exact same prob as lrossouw did. My mem card wasn't renamed. It just disapeared..
I've already did hard-reset, and I don't use any third party explorer.. I already formated the card.
My only hope is to flash another rom.
I'm using the official HTC 6.1 portuguese rom and i'de like to stick with this rom..
If I was the only one with this problem, I would think it would be a hardware prob, but lrossouw solved his prob by flashing another ROM, so I'm hoping there will be another solution..
EDIT: Just tried to flash another ROM and still no success.. Still Can't find my mem card

I got one better for you. I had to wind up formatting mine because of this. Here's the deal. I go to open up my storage card and the folder is there but none of my files are showing. Then I go to the memory to check the space available and it was still showing that I had half of the card full. So I popped out the card and plugged it into my computer with the same results, nothing. So then I soft reset twice, nothing. I pim backed up my phone and hard reset, nothing. The pim back up was on my card but nothing else. Then I made another my documents folder and for a split second it showed the files that use to be in the old my documents. So seeing that all was lost I formatted my card and I haven't had any problems yet. I started a thread about this but no one responded so I assumed no one else had this problem.
P.S. I have an 8gig sdhc card

cragordon said:
I started a thread about this but no one responded so I assumed no one else had this problem.
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No one has answered you, because there are already other threads about that problem.. Search and you will find them..
This thread is not about empty mem cards.. It's about the device not recognizing the card, so pls refer to other threads..
Thanks

Baretto is it possible to reflash it with the wm6.1 rom? It might fix it.

lrossouw said:
Hi guys
Had problems yesterday with my Storage Card being renamed to Storage Card2 etc and could not figure out what was up. Renamed it back as described in various places (By deleting the Storage Card folder created and resetting).
Today however the Storage Card is not showing up at all. Have tried the following:
- Remove storage card, copy contents onto PC using card reader and formatting. Copy contents back and put in phone. -> No luck.
- Hard reset. -> No luck.
Never had any other roms than the standard. Have not upgraded to 6.1 yet.
Could the contents stop it from showing up?
Cheers
Louis
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LOL,
Guy this is the easiest fix ever.
All you do is delete the folder that says "Storage Card" then remove & reinsert the SD card. SD 2 will disappear & be corrected upon reinsertion.
This issue happens because of the Unload delay & sometimes because of SD Power management issues.
Always best to make sure SD Card Power Management is DISABLED.

GSLEON3 said:
LOL,
Guy this is the easiest fix ever.
All you do is delete the folder that says "Storage Card" then remove & reinsert the SD card. SD 2 will disappear & be corrected upon reinsertion.
This issue happens because of the Unload delay & sometimes because of SD Power management issues.
Always best to make sure SD Card Power Management is DISABLED.
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As I & Baretto posted before (read the bit you quoted) there is no *spoon* (edit:storage card folder). It is not there. Can't delete it if it is not there. There is no Storage Card 1,2 or any number either. The storage card is not showing up anywhere and not as SD2 either.
Mine was fixed by upgrading to wm6.1. Baretto is on wm6.1 already.

@ lrossouw
I already tried to reflash it with HTC original 6.1 rom and other 6.1 cooked roms and nothing..
I'm getting desperate..
I'm thinking about sending it to the warranty, but I'm predicting 1 or 2 months without my Kaiser if I do so
@ GSLEON3
What do you mean by "SD Power management issues"? As lrossouw said, I don't have the SD card rename problem, but maybe my Kaiser ins't recognizing the SD card because of something related with power mangement..

It might be power related. My phone was on very very low battery power just before this happened for me. In fact had to reset itself a couple of time due to low battery. The next day the storage card was gone.
Anythign similar for you Baretto?

Can't format selected storage card. Check if your card is unlocked.

Uprgaded from v2 to v4 of Leo's soft. And now can't format my 4 SDHC card ;(
edit: using Resco.
And yes, read the forum but nothing found about this.

markata said:
Uprgaded from v2 to v2 of Leo's soft. And now can't format my 4 SDHC card ;(
edit: using Resco.
And yes, read the forum but nothing found about this.
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So you made NO CHANGE (V2 to V2) and now can't FORMAT your card?
Formatting is not something that you do in the phone is it?
Are you sure that it is seated correctly - take it out and put it back in?
Can you write to the card with a computer?
Bill

soory, to v4 i meant. Yes, Can write to the card with my PC. I pulled it out many times, flashed also.
The icon of Storage Card has something like sim card on the half of it? Why it is so.
It is no big issue that can't format it, but to save time when need deleting all files it is inportant.
Any other suggestions ?

why are you formatting the card in the phone? why not format it via PC ?

not having card reader.

markata said:
not having card reader.
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Totally lost here...
You imply in your message that you had version 2 of this ROM and that the card was in the phone and worked flawlessly - no issues.
You imply that by simply upgrading that you cannot FORMAT the card now. Can you read from the card and write to the card in this new ROM? or is this card magically DEAD now that you have upgraded?
I am assuming that you REMOVED the card when upgrading and possibly that you took a static charge hit on the card while it was out of the phone?
Or that you did NOT remove the card - please note that recently (last couple of days) I remember seeing that someone ELSE messed up their card by leaving it in the phone while flashing a ROM update.
Bill

Upgrade my v2 to v4. Pull out my sdhc card and sim card. And then when tried to format my card using Resco Explorer, I get this message
Here it is how looks like:
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/6226/p5230129800x600jv0.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6272/p5230132800x600kp8.jpg

markata said:
Upgrade my v2 to v4. Pull out my sdhc card and sim card. And then when tried to format my card using Resco Explorer, I get this message
Here it is how looks like:
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/6226/p5230129800x600jv0.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6272/p5230132800x600kp8.jpg
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No idea - here are my current guesses:
1. somehow your card got write protected?
2. somehow the upgrade corrupted your card?
3. the new ROM cannot read cards of that size?
4. something else that I have no idea about.
Personally - without trying to read this card on a PC I would not continue to mess with it. You will FOR CERTAIN corrupt it if you keep trying.
Bill

markata said:
not having card reader.
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umm.. buy one, they're cheap and handy...
I got one from Brando..
It's out of stock right now, but it was only $12 with $3 shipping anywhere in the world..
---I assume we're talking about microSd card here right?
Product link: http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00293&dept_id=015&cat_id=031

I got a card reader that supports micro SDHC !
So, in the main directory i have a file named EncFiltLog.menc - and this is why i can't format from card reader or ppc. I even can't delete it, what I am gonna do ?

As I understood from this forum and google this file can't be removed after hard reset, right ?

i have this exact same problem too.
using a sandisk 4gb microSDHC
same message using resco and also on L26 V4

fjc3 said:
i have this exact same problem too.
using a sandisk 4gb microSDHC
same message using resco and also on L26 V4
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Same exact card, same exact problem.
Did you ever figure it out?

Im facing same issue, I think that root cause is within XIP.

i too have the same issue. i opened tom tom one day and tom tom closed on me and the micro sd had lost everything off it. now the card cannot be used.
did anyone find a way to format the card to use it again?

I think you can only format the card on the PC and not on the phone itself, if im correct ive seen a forum post here on xda-dev... (by searching: menc) give it a go and good luck!