How do you format a memory card? when i put a brand new card into my tilt nothing comes up that asks to format it. So i assume that you can only format it by syncing to the computer. Activesync does not work on my computer so i was wondering if there was a way to format it without using the computer. thanks in advanced
Burningchicken said:
How do you format a memory card? when i put a brand new card into my tilt nothing comes up that asks to format it. So i assume that you can only format it by syncing to the computer. Activesync does not work on my computer so i was wondering if there was a way to format it without using the computer. thanks in advanced
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If you got a card reader, do it with the pc.
nvrmind i just downloaded the memmaid thing and i formatted my card that way. thanks anyways
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I recently sold my Sandisk 2gb micro and bought a Sandisk 4gb micro. From time to time my stuff on the card get deleted. Since I bought it (3-4 days ago) I have had to reload everyone 4-5x. Has anyone experience this problem?
I'm using the rom that came with the Tilt when it first came out.
Are you using the card outside of the phone on any PC?
If you are, you may need to update the drivers on your PC.
Any SD card above 1Gb requires a new formatting technique as the filing system is different.
Writing to a card on a PC with old SD card drivers can cause file allocation corruption and sometimes you will even lose access to the card completely.
Check out your card maufacturers website or any others (Toshiba, Sandisk etc.) and download any OEM driver updates or new formatting utility they have for you PC.
Failing that, only tranfer data to the card via Activesync (I know its a pain!) after formatting the card on the phone.
Farsquidge said:
Are you using the card outside of the phone on any PC?
If you are, you may need to update the drivers on your PC.
Any SD card above 1Gb requires a new formatting technique as the filing system is different.
Writing to a card on a PC with old SD card drivers can cause file allocation corruption and sometimes you will even lose access to the card completely.
Check out your card maufacturers website or any others (Toshiba, Sandisk etc.) and download any OEM driver updates or new formatting utility they have for you PC.
Failing that, only tranfer data to the card via Activesync (I know its a pain!) after formatting the card on the phone.
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I'm using a Sandisk Micro mate to connect to my computer. It came with the card
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-MicroMate-Bundle-SDSDRH-4096-901/dp/B000J5LA9Q
ZzFDKzZ said:
I'm using a Sandisk Micro mate to connect to my computer. It came with the card
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-MicroMate-Bundle-SDSDRH-4096-901/dp/B000J5LA9Q
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That does not mean a great deal! It is only providing a USB link to the SD. If you use the Windows file system to access that card without it having the latest SD file system updates loaded on your PC it will not work correctly.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to sound fussy here but did you get a driver CD with the adapter? Most people don't bother updating the drivers if their computer recognises the device to start with.
Only trying to be helpful.
Farsquidge said:
That does not mean a great deal! It is only providing a USB link to the SD. If you use the Windows file system to access that card without it having the latest SD file system updates loaded on your PC it will not work correctly.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to sound fussy here but did you get a driver CD with the adapter? Most people don't bother updating the drivers if their computer recognises the device to start with.
Only trying to be helpful.
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Hi, no I did not received a driver cd for it. I'm gonna go search for a new driver online.
EDIT: Went to the Sandisk site and they do not have an driver update for this device. Sandisk Micromate SDDR-113
that happened when i installed my 6gb microsd(I transfered files from 2gb microsd to 6 gb). Things started to dissapear but not delete(available memory space didn't go up). You need to reformat the card, and redo everything for it to fix
ekw said:
that happened when i installed my 6gb microsd(I transfered files from 2gb microsd to 6 gb). Things started to dissapear but not delete(available memory space didn't go up). You need to reformat the card, and redo everything for it to fix
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Yeah weird right. I realize my card was blank but it came out that 1.3gb were being use. I just reformat my card, hopefully this won't happen again.
i have tried this with 2 different micro sd cards. both 1gb. 1 sandisk, the other is a samsung. both work fine in the g1 and if i connect to my laptop (windows) i can access the files and everything as normal. when i right click and tell it to format however it ejects itself and i have to remount. i do not have an adapter to put it in my card reader, so this is the only way i can do it. can anyone tell me what i'm either doing wrong or a quick fix for this?
dont know man cuz i didnt hve that problem sorry dude
The g1 doesn't like it when you do that. If you don't have the adapter. Your only option that I know of is to format it is from android itself in the system options. Sorry to hear about your situation
kxxstarr said:
i have tried this with 2 different micro sd cards. both 1gb. 1 sandisk, the other is a samsung. both work fine in the g1 and if i connect to my laptop (windows) i can access the files and everything as normal. when i right click and tell it to format however it ejects itself and i have to remount. i do not have an adapter to put it in my card reader, so this is the only way i can do it. can anyone tell me what i'm either doing wrong or a quick fix for this?
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I have/had the same issue, so i will tell you what i did and maybe it will help. I formatted my sd card on the RC33 update in fat32 and from the computer.(when the g1 liked the sd card).
My suggestion if you don't want to downgrade to upgrade..is to stick the card in another phone that can connect to your computer and format it that way.
Upgraded to cupcake (what ever version you want). Then the g1 was reading my 4gb card wrong. So i removed all info on the sd card just copied to folder on pc and formatted the sdcard through the phone. From there it was reading the card correctly. To go on, i then partitioned with apps2sd. Placed all info back on sd card and waa laa...like magic...or dream...or hero...i dunno confusing...who's on first?
i have a regular desktop PC and a macbook, i was just wondering, if i formatted my SD card using my pc, could i plug it into my macbook and everything will be good to go? or will it slaughter my sd card? anyone know anything about this?
when you format the sdcard from windows, it should automatically be fat32 format (which is the only FS android likes)
fat32 works with every modern operating system
there is no good reason a problem should occur
just make sure you remove properly rather than just pulling the card whenever you feel like it
alright thanks garok89 for the response =]
how would one format to fat32 in os x? I am using the usb adapter that came with my microsd card
I was rebooting my phone normally and once it started up, it told me the sd card was damaged.
I plugged the card in to my computer using a card reader and I was asked to format the card.
I have not done anything weird to the card, it just happened after a normal reboot.
Do you guys have any software that can recover the files? I tried a couple but none of them could even detect the card.
Any suggestions are appreciated!
ctbear said:
I was rebooting my phone normally and once it started up, it told me the sd card was damaged.
I plugged the card in to my computer using a card reader and I was asked to format the card.
I have not done anything weird to the card, it just happened after a normal reboot.
Do you guys have any software that can recover the files? I tried a couple but none of them could even detect the card.
Any suggestions are appreciated!
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If you are using win 7 try with another PC with XP or boot off a Linux cd to recover the files. My experience with Windows 7 is that it likes to format everything without any apparent reason.
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If you are using win 7 try with another PC with XP or boot off a Linux cd to recover the files. My experience with Windows 7 is that it likes to format everything without any apparent reason.
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hmm doesn't seem to work on other OS either.
If most of the file recovery software are unable to detect/access the sd card at all, does that mean my only option is to format it?
Hello, i just put in a 8GB memory card from my brother's old phone on my X8 and it doesn't recognize it...
Says nothing in the notification bar, when i go storage it says unavailable and unable to mount, like it's not there?
I can't format it because i can't connect it to the computer (i don't have memory card reader) via the phone...
What can i do?
Running on GingerDXv031
format it manually in the x8 then or try re inserting it
Eren Jaeger said:
format it manually in the x8 then or try re inserting it
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That didn't work, but i solve the problem formating fat32 (what already had done) and partitioning with an ext2.