Before moving forward, I kindly request all the gene users to kindly post all your doubts regarding storage cards in this thread only.
Hi everyone.i have made this thread for all those gene user who are confused to choose storage cards best suitable for gene.
★ Wellll...first of all let me make it straight forward that gene is expandable upto 32GB.
★ You can use 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB cards on any of the ROMs.
★ HTC Gene has a 201MHz processor.So,make sure before you directly start dumping your files in your flash card,make sure you categorize your files in specific folders.Also,take care that alot of files are not dumped in a single folder.Otherwise,the device goes slow as in case of opening file explorer/windows.
★All these cards can be well used with W.M.5,W.M.6,W.M.6.1,W.M.6.1 and W.M.6.5.1 respectively.So no need to fear about compatibility issues.
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Storage Cards Formats :
krazy_about_technology said:
Storage wise, fat32 is best, you will get 20% more storage than FAT. But if you regularly backup your SD Card, you will see that while copying multiple files, the speed will be slower than FAT. that is the tradeoff. For regular use, FAT32 works fine, but use it only with cards >= 4 GB in size. Otherwise you wont gain much benefit. This is also because only cards >=4GB come in SDHC format. SDHC handles FAT32 better than pure SD.
One more thing that you will have to remember while using FAT32 on SD card, while flashing, you will have to remove the card, otherwise, flashing process wont start. This is because FAT32 is the filesystem used for SDCard flashing and Gene gets stuck on reading SDCard.
NTFS is not supported natively on Windows Mobile and i dont know if a pluggable file system driver exists.
So overall :
For SDHC cards >=4GB : Use FAT32 and remove it while flashing.Bit Slow speed while copying/moving large no of files but good storage.
For SD Cards < 4Gb : Use FAT, no need to remove while flashing. Good speed in file copy/ move operations but 10-20% less space. FAT32 on < 4GB cards makes them crawl.
I hope this will help you in choosing the right file system.
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Difference between SD and SDHC cards.
vaibhav_batra_the_techguy said:
both SD and SDHC are the same.
As the size of the micro sd card gets bigger you will not find sd but sdhc.
Up to 2gb = sd
4gb + = sdhc
HC on the end jus means high capacity, so supports bigger mem cards.
so if your going for a bigger size card, you probably will only find sdhc.
If your device is SDHC compatible, then it can take both SD and SDHC. However, devices that are not SDHC compatible can only take SD.
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Tutorial :Flashing Rom Using Your Storage Card
vaibhav_batra_the_techguy said:
CAUTION: TAKE THE BACKUP OF YOUR STORAGE CARD BEFORE DOING THIS
When you want to flash your windows mobile device with a new rom directly from a storage card, you need to format that storage card as FAT32, so the device can access the rom-image-file on the storage card at boot time.
To format the card to FAT32 u can use this app
or if u need something cheaper than read below
under the USB2PC in ypur PPC start menu select disk drive
then plug in the USB cable and then in the PC u will see something like this
* Go to ‘My Computer’, right click the USB thumbdrive and select ‘Format’
* Choose the ‘FAT32’ file system and hit ‘START’
AFTER FORMATTING
rename RUU_Siged.nbh to GENEIMG.nbh, Put GENEIMG.nbh on SD-CARD (root).
Charge your device to 100%!
Insert SD-Card in Gene, press AND HOLD "Camera" button, and do soft-reset.
If you see white screen with "Reading SD content":
Release "Camera" button, wait, and when countdown (start from 10s) in left-bottom corner of screen is appear, press "Power" button.
Flashing will begin, and takes approximately 8 minutes.
After completion, you will see "Success. Press any key". Do soft-reset.
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Hi, thanks for the info..
can you tell me which shop you bought the card in pune, b,cus im also in pune and want to buy thanks
@coolaj
the shop is in CAMP..its called DIGITAL ONE.
the owner is a Punjabi guy.very helpful.do visit.
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PDA Info : HTC P3400i(new gene) with 16GB SDHC card.
Currently using : BesFen's Manila 2D WM 6.5 21815 ROM
Alternately using : Sumit's VanillaManila Ultimate ROM v3.1.1 (build 21046)
Rom upgrading is not easy.please be careful.
[GUIDE] Step by Step Guide for Upgrading P3400 and P3400i ROM + FAQs
3.5mm audio converter for HTC. Storage card information for HTC GENE users.
thanks my gene speed improved after bifurcation
solid
@tendulkardr
thanks for replying.feel free to ask ne doubts u have
i'll try my best to help
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PDA Info : HTC P3400i(new gene) with 16GB SDHC card.
Currently using : BesFen's Manila 2D WM 6.5 21815 ROM
Alternately using : Sumit's VanillaManila Ultimate ROM v3.1.1 (build 21046)
Rom upgrading is not easy.please be careful.
[GUIDE] Step by Step Guide for Upgrading P3400 and P3400i ROM + FAQs
3.5mm audio converter for HTC. Storage card information for HTC GENE users.
about file system
can u plz tell me abt da best suitable file system should i use in my gene
fat,fat32 or ntfs?
Storage wise, fat32 is best, you will get 20% more storage than FAT. But if you regularly backup your SD Card, you will see that while copying multiple files, the speed will be slower than FAT. that is the tradeoff. For regular use, FAT32 works fine, but use it only with cards >= 4 GB in size. Otherwise you wont gain much benefit. This is also because only cards >=4GB come in SDHC format. SDHC handles FAT32 better than pure SD.
One more thing that you will have to remember while using FAT32 on SD card, while flashing, you will have to remove the card, otherwise, flashing process wont start. This is because FAT32 is the filesystem used for SDCard flashing and Gene gets stuck on reading SDCard.
NTFS is not supported natively on Windows Mobile and i dont know if a pluggable file system driver exists.
So overall :
For SDHC cards >=4GB : Use FAT32 and remove it while flashing.Bit Slow speed while copying/moving large no of files but good storage.
For SD Cards < 4Gb : Use FAT, no need to remove while flashing. Good speed in file copy/ move operations but 10-20% less space. FAT32 on < 4GB cards makes them crawl.
I hope this will help you in choosing the right file system.
@ Shail00
i hope u have got your answer from Krazy...this is what i pm u too to take help from him because i din have much knowledge about that
do keep on posting your doubts.i'll do my best to help u
@ Sumit
thanks sumit for yor reply.hope u liked the thread i created for assistance to all gene users
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PDA Info : HTC P3400i(new gene) with 16GB SDHC card.
Currently using : BesFen's Manila 2D WM 6.5 21815 ROM
Alternately using : Sumit's VanillaManila Ultimate ROM v3.1.1 (build 21046)
Rom upgrading is not easy.please be careful.
[GUIDE] Step by Step Guide for Upgrading P3400 and P3400i ROM + FAQs
3.5mm audio converter for HTC. Storage card information for HTC GENE users.
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krazy bro what's the difference between sd and sdhc ???
Nice topic dude . This can help the new Gene users.
lamborg said:
Nice topic dude . This can help the new Gene users.
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thanks for replying man.
do keep on posting ur suggestions and doubts here if u wish.
i'll try my best to help.
mehra said:
krazy bro what's the difference between sd and sdhc ???
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both SD and SDHC are the same.
As the size of the micro sd card gets bigger you will not find sd but sdhc.
Up to 2gb = sd
4gb + = sdhc
HC on the end jus means high capacity, so supports bigger mem cards.
so if your going for a bigger size card, you probably will only find sdhc.
If your device is SDHC compatible, then it can take both SD and SDHC. However, devices that are not SDHC compatible can only take SD.
vaibhav_batra_the_techguy said:
both SD and SDHC are the same.
As the size of the micro sd card gets bigger you will not find sd but sdhc.
Up to 2gb = sd
4gb + = sdhc
HC on the end jus means high capacity, so supports bigger mem cards.
so if your going for a bigger size card, you probably will only find sdhc.
If your device is SDHC compatible, then it can take both SD and SDHC. However, devices that are not SDHC compatible can only take SD.
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true...but regarding compatibility if ur device(eg.gene which is not compatible to SDHC cards) contains the required supporting dll files it does support an SDHC card which i am using.
im now looking forward for a 16GB SDHC card.will come in a month i guess.i tried it out in a local shop in pune.works great on gene.will get one for my later this month.
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PDA Info : HTC P3400i(new gene) with 16GB SDHC card.
Currently using : BesFen's Manila 2D WM 6.5 21815 ROM
Alternately using : Sumit's VanillaManila Ultimate ROM v3.1.1 (build 21046)
Rom upgrading is not easy.please be careful.
[GUIDE] Step by Step Guide for Upgrading P3400 and P3400i ROM + FAQs
3.5mm audio converter for HTC. Storage card information for HTC GENE users.
karan999 said:
true...but regarding compatibility if ur device(eg.gene which is not compatible to SDHC cards) contains the required supporting dll files it does support an SDHC card which i am using.
Hi karan, no offence but i think gene has generic support for SDHC cards as the official 6.0 Rom comes with sdhc support dlls..i.e support for sdhc
regards,
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Hi karan, no offence but i think gene has generic support for SDHC cards as the official 6.0 Rom comes with sdhc support dlls..i.e support for sdhc
regards,
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no problem mannn....feel free to discuss...well, u may be true.Actually,when i was about to buy an SDHC card,even i was confused about the compatability.But then i took advice from Sumit(Krazy) and he acknowledged me than all his roms do contain the supporting dll for SDHC.thats why i went for an SDHC card as i wanted an 8gb storage.
As far as i remember,even my friend(with whom i went to buy the card...) had a brand new stock new gene...we tried the card first in his device.din run..not even didnt recognise the card.But as i was using sumit's VM v3.1.1 it worked without problems on my gene.
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PDA Info : HTC P3400i(new gene) with 16GB SDHC card.
Currently using : BesFen's Manila 2D WM 6.5 21815 ROM
Alternately using : Sumit's VanillaManila Ultimate ROM v3.1.1 (build 21046)
Rom upgrading is not easy.please be careful.
[GUIDE] Step by Step Guide for Upgrading P3400 and P3400i ROM + FAQs
3.5mm audio converter for HTC. Storage card information for HTC GENE users.
working
mine is also working fine. 4 gb transcend sdhc and krazy's rom.
mehra said:
mine is also working fine. 4 gb transcend sdhc and krazy's rom.
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Great!!!...enjoy ur device to the fullest.
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PDA Info : HTC P3400i(new gene) with 16GB SDHC card.
Currently using : BesFen's Manila 2D WM 6.5 21815 ROM
Alternately using : Sumit's VanillaManila Ultimate ROM v3.1.1 (build 21046)
Rom upgrading is not easy.please be careful.
[GUIDE] Step by Step Guide for Upgrading P3400 and P3400i ROM + FAQs
3.5mm audio converter for HTC. Storage card information for HTC GENE users.
How to prepare/ format sd card for rom upgrade
CAUTION: TAKE THE BACKUP OF YOUR STORAGE CARD BEFORE DOING THIS
When you want to flash your windows mobile device with a new rom directly from a storage card, you need to format that storage card as FAT32, so the device can access the rom-image-file on the storage card at boot time.
To format the card to FAT32 u can use this app
or if u need something cheaper than read below
under the USB2PC in ypur PPC start menu select disk drive
then plug in the USB cable and then in the PC u will see something like this
* Go to ‘My Computer’, right click the USB thumbdrive and select ‘Format’
* Choose the ‘FAT32’ file system and hit ‘START’
AFTER FORMATTING
rename RUU_Siged.nbh to GENEIMG.nbh, Put GENEIMG.nbh on SD-CARD (root).
Charge your device to 100%!
Insert SD-Card in Gene, press AND HOLD "Camera" button, and do soft-reset.
If you see white screen with "Reading SD content":
Release "Camera" button, wait, and when countdown (start from 10s) in left-bottom corner of screen is appear, press "Power" button.
Flashing will begin, and takes approximately 8 minutes.
After completion, you will see "Success. Press any key". Do soft-reset.
vaibhav_batra_the_techguy said:
CAUTION: TAKE THE BACKUP OF YOUR STORAGE CARD BEFORE DOING THIS
When you want to flash your windows mobile device with a new rom directly from a storage card, you need to format that storage card as FAT32, so the device can access the rom-image-file on the storage card at boot time.
To format the card to FAT32 u can use this app
or if u need something cheaper than read below
under the USB2PC in ypur PPC start menu select disk drive
then plug in the USB cable and then in the PC u will see something like this
* Go to ‘My Computer’, right click the USB thumbdrive and select ‘Format’
* Choose the ‘FAT32’ file system and hit ‘START’
AFTER FORMATTING
rename RUU_Siged.nbh to GENEIMG.nbh, Put GENEIMG.nbh on SD-CARD (root).
Charge your device to 100%!
Insert SD-Card in Gene, press AND HOLD "Camera" button, and do soft-reset.
If you see white screen with "Reading SD content":
Release "Camera" button, wait, and when countdown (start from 10s) in left-bottom corner of screen is appear, press "Power" button.
Flashing will begin, and takes approximately 8 minutes.
After completion, you will see "Success. Press any key". Do soft-reset.
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awesome friend !!!! u really helped. great mannn.... U ROCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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PDA Info : HTC P3400i(new gene) with 16GB SDHC card.
Currently using : Custom Manila 2D WM 6.5 23016 ROM based on BesFen's kitchen and Sumit's xip and sys
Rom upgrading is not easy.please be careful.
[GUIDE] Step by Step Guide for Upgrading P3400 and P3400i ROM + FAQs
3.5mm audio converter for HTC. Storage card information for HTC GENE users.
Here is the video tutorial for the same
HERE IS THE VIDEO TUTORIAL FOR THE SAME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhUD2sj8ob4