Hi.
I have an XDA Stellar, and i bought a memory card (2gb Micro SD) yesterday.
Now i can send files to it no problem, dragging and dropping them across, however if i try to copy the files from the card (the photos i took yesterday) to the pc, the "copy and convert" window comes up, and the device appears to send them, but they dont end up in the directory where they are supposed to.
Something i note is it says something like
"sending files from "storage card" to desktop computer.
Shouldnt it say on there the location of the folder i am sending them to?
It would be REALLY crap if i have to eject the card and load it into a card reader to see them.
Any ideas?
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Thanks in advance for any help.
Something created a folder on the storage card in my Tilt called "(" . It appears to be empty. I am unable to delete it. I even tried taking the card out of the Tilt and putting it in a card reader. XP also sees the folder, but I can't delete it. If I use iSilo and navigate to the storage card, the folder list blinks that folder, that is, it appears ... disappears ... appears ... etc.
Any help getting rid of the folder would be greatly appreciated.
Sounds annoying, have you tried a registry editor? I think you are worrying too much about it though if it has nothing in it.
It is annoying ...
as in the iSilo example I cited. If I'm in the root of the storage card in iSilo, I have to time the tap perfectly to select a folder because literally the "(" folder appears and disappears and every folder below it changes position.
I assumed I might need to use my registry editor, but I'm not sure where to look.
try formatting the SD card
Lol, i asnwered this on the ATT forums. Look there and hopefully it will help you
Yeah, I had that problem with a folder randomly showing up with a bunch of special characters for the name, which windows doesn't like and you can't do anything with. (On my old 2125 I had one show up that was empty, but the phone kept thinking it was like 2 GB full, but it was only a 1GB card!! weird!) Anyway, to get rid of it I had to pull the card out of the phone and put it into a card reader on my PC, then I pulled all of the data other than the erroneous folder off the card and saved it temporarily to the PC, and then I reformatted the card. Put all the stuff back on, and put it back into my phone. It was a pain, but it worked.
The problem is due to storage card corruption/file corruption. I see this on a somewhat regular basis (~1500 users). I believe it is caused when the device goes into standby while writing to the storage card. I thought Win Mobile 6 handled this better than Win Mobile 5 but maybe not.
It is best to reformat the storage card if this happens.
My storage card had an identity crisis after I took it out of my Tilt temporarily and plugged it into a card reader. It went from officially being known as "Storage Card" to "Storage Card 2" when I plugged it back in the device.
Because of this, when I go to play my MP3s using windows media player it displays an error message that says the file cannot be found. I even tried transferring them out to my desktop and they play just fine on there.
Could this be a problem with DRM since some of them are protected files?
Anyone have any idea? I'm dying here. Please, I need my music back!
Thx.
Try pressing reset, failing which, remove the memory card, reset the phone, then reinsert the memory card, if you have applications which load from the memory card, you will have to hit reset again after.
Please note I mean soft reset, not hard reset.
Thanks, if the issue is that some files are written to Storage Card 2, is there any easy way to convert them back to the original storage card path manually?
New files on the device work fine but not the original ones which may have been saved to the card when it was under the different name. Thanks.
I had that happen too, but I noticed it immediately.
Just had to delete the "Storage Card", which was (for me) an empty directory, then soft reset. Then plugged in the SD card.
Happens to me all the time. As khaytsus said just remove the card, delete the "Storage Card" folder, then reinsert the microSD card. There is no need to soft reset in most cases.
Hello, I have a recurrent problem with my storage card. It looks like empty, programs installed in the SC stop working, etc, but if I check the usage of the storage card it show as 2gb used ! (it is a 8GBs one)
It happened 2 times, and it is so anoying. I explore the card and only see the folder with the email attachments, all the other is gone.
Can it be a problema because sync from 2 different computers ? (wokr and home) ? but it do not sync the storage card, (I think)
Some Ideas ? I see nothing about a "storage card 2" or so, and I never remove the card from the device, it is always in.
can't found a real solution in the web
thank you if somebody can provide me a litthe light
all of a sudden, my memory card is showing that its full. i know i hadnt filled all 8gb, considering that only a few days or so ago, i had only used 2.5 gigs or so....i used this program mTreeSize that i got from here, and it shows the same, that there's only 2.5 gigs used, but then under the Drives tab, it shows that the card is full......anyone experience this and know what the problem might be?
Hi
Just happened to me. I don't know exactly how it happened but it might have something to do with an app writing to my storage card as the battery died. In my case Mars Weather Panel was the culprit.
Files were written to the storage card with special characters in the names.
ie. little squares, periods, slashes etc..
I only noticed it when I tried to copy everything off the card so I could reformat it.
One strange thing was that if I plugged the phone into the pc via usb and used activesync -> explore to copy files from the card it didn't indicate a problem but when I put the card into a card reader the copy failed. After investigation I found the files with special chars. These files caused the directories to appear empty when viewing with resco exp etc.. so you can not delete them from the phone unless perhaps you know what directory contains them and you delete the directory but just a guess there.
So in the end to be safe I copied all the files to my pc except ones with corrupted file names, formated the card and copied back the files to the newly formatted card.
**This was done with the card out of the phone in a card reader.**
elo every one..my kaiser have problem....
when i open file explorer..sudenly it no longer detect my SD card..any solution ?
You'll need to put your card into a card reader attached to a PC and see if the info is still there.
Then use the PC's error-checking tool to see if there's any problems it can fix.
On Vista you get there by right-clicking on the drive, then Properties > Tools > Error-checking.
I have had problems with my tilt not being able to see folders and sometimes the whole card.
Usually popping it out and plugging it back in fixes it.
I think the problem involves power saving methods WM uses. When it is still reading or writing to the card it shuts off power to the card. The problem only seems to happen when coming back from the standby state after loading a photo, playing a video, or playing music. After it's back up, i try starting the music or video and it can no longer find the file. Then i check to see where the file went and the directory is gone... Might just be a problem with the 2 different SD cards I have used. 1 was a 2gig Sandisk and the current is a 16gig adata.
burtcom said:
You'll need to put your card into a card reader attached to a PC and see if the info is still there.
Then use the PC's error-checking tool to see if there's any problems it can fix.
On Vista you get there by right-clicking on the drive, then Properties > Tools > Error-checking.
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i already done as u said..sd card can b read in my laptop...but still cant in my kaiser..so what should i do next?or i have to format the sd card?
ok well im trying to clean off my 8 gb micro sd card so im copying all the files to my desktop, well every so often i get the error "cannot convert file(random file) reached the end of the file" iv tried changing the name, file type, the only thing i can do is delete it or leave it, now i can run the cab file and it works fine from my phone. Iv tried to use my usb card reader and tower card reader but niether will even read my card, anyone have any ideas on why this is happening &/ or have to fix this, iv had the card for a couple years and never any problems and this tilt almost a year any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated , thanks
btw i just noticed something new why is this [OP] next to some names and icons now, didnt notice it before
the "[OP]" next to a person's name within a thread being viewed indicates that this person started the thread you are viewing, i.e. he/she is the "original poster" or some such.
regarding your problem, i assume you are stuck with using activesync to access your microsd card (because you say no card reader will read the card)? when microsd cards start acting up, most people will suggest sticking it into your pc via a card reader to copy files and run data recovery software and to eventually reformat the card. once again, i am assuming this is out of the question because your card readers will not see the data on the card.
activesync's file system access is sufficient but not very flexible and fairly poor. i have noticed that the remote desktop client on windows mobile is able to make your device's microsd card available to the pc you are connected to via remote desktop during the entire session. you might want to attempt a copy via this kind of a connection.
another alternate is to try "schap's network plugin". this will allow you to map a folder shared on your pc (remember to give this folder full write access) onto your device's \Network folder. then you can freely copy/paste stuff to/from your pc using the device's file explorer.
final option is to copy problematic files on to your device's memory and see if activesync is able to read from the device's memory. this is really only feasible if the largest problematic file can fit into the limited free space available on the device's memory.
when you are completely done and satisfied with the files you have recovered, stick the card back into the card readers connected to your pc and see if you can get the card reformatted while its in there even though the current file system/data on the card is not being detected.
finally, remember that most microsd cards (like nearly all other things) have a limited life...so maybe the card just needs to be replaced with a spanking new one now.