Hi all,
My problem with Diamond is that I can not access to 4GB storage memory. When it is disconnected from usb the 4GB can not be found anywhere. I tried formating also but storage not found. When I connect Diamond to pc via USB, then there is also not found as disc in windows. I tried to restart diamond but it didn't help.
Please help.
Thank you.
Tom
you need to hard reset it
OK thank you, I will try it. But I thougt that hard reset doesn't touch storage card. Doesn't it only reset ram and rom 256MB?
Yes but your problem is with the system, not with the 4GB themselves (which are NOT a storage card btw).
When it is disconnected from usb the 4GB can not be found anywhere
Anywhere? That's pretty diffuse and can mean... anything. If its not in explorer under internal memory (shows up as a folder, not a drive), then yes you got a problem. Likewise if you connect via USB file system (not activesync) and it doesnt show up as a drive, again you got a problem.
antiktom said:
OK thank you, I will try it. But I thougt that hard reset doesn't touch storage card. Doesn't it only reset ram and rom 256MB?
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You can choose from reset only ram or reset ram and format 4GB internal storage.
i think you must format internal storage too.....
murklor said:
When it is disconnected from usb the 4GB can not be found anywhere
Anywhere? That's pretty diffuse and can mean... anything. If its not in explorer under internal memory (shows up as a folder, not a drive), then yes you got a problem. Likewise if you connect via USB file system (not activesync) and it doesnt show up as a drive, again you got a problem.
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yes the folder "internal storage 2" is not in the listing of folders (of course diamond is not connected to pc)
and when I connect it to pc and choose "disc" (not active sync) then it is not found ....the letter is created in pc but it is not accessble.
nushuth said:
You can choose from reset only ram or reset ram and format 4GB internal storage.
i think you must format internal storage too.....
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When I try to restart diamond and run format 4GB internal storage then the program said that somethink like "no internal storage found".
looks like you have a serious problem.
you might need to take it for repair.
contact your supplier.
Hi all!
I did hard reset (I chose hard reset with deleting NAND - volume down in hard reset menu) and now the storage works fine. I am very happy that I don't need to send Diamond to service.
Have a nice day and thanks for all advices.
Tom
same problem -
is there anyway to avoid HR???
antiktom said:
Hi all!
I did hard reset (I chose hard reset with deleting NAND - volume down in hard reset menu) and now the storage works fine. I am very happy that I don't need to send Diamond to service.
Have a nice day and thanks for all advices.
Tom
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Please explain what you mean by "deleting NAND". Thanks.
Same problem, sigh....
One thing I notice is if I browse the windows device itself on Windows XP Explorer I can see the folder for the storage card. I can open it but its empty.
Jreach, I'm having the same problem as you. I had access to my internal storage and lost it within 20 minutes of receiving the device. I can't reformat using Clean Storage (mass storage cannot be accessed) nor can I see the internal storage using memory, storage card (no card installed message). All of this happened PRIOR to connecting my phone to the pc.
When I use active sync (and Windows Media Player to sync music), I cannot see the internal storage. Windows Media Player doesn't see it either. When I use file explorer or whatever the other option is, I see a removeable drive on my PC. I cannot reformat it. If I double click on it on my xp machine I get an error message saying the "F:\ is not accessible, the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."
Given that, I suspect we will not be able to fix this and must return our Diamonds to Sprint. Please let me know if you find a solution. Thanks.
ptsar said:
Please explain what you mean by "deleting NAND". Thanks.
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It was just written in menu when selecting hard reset. reset with deleting NAND and reset without deleting NAND.... I think the NAND is the 4GB memory.
I know how to fix it!!!
Hi,
i have same problem with this. I formated storage card with windows XP and this is the problem!!! After i didnt see storage card in diamond explorer. I try everything Soft Reset, HR, edit register and nothing. And this help me with problem: Format Sotrage card with this program "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool". Google it and you will see.
BUT the capacity of storage card is now only 3,6 GB. I dont know how to fix it,but is better then nothing.
Sorry for my bad english.
Is it a Sprint Diamond? If so, I just got out of the same boat.
Try http://www.htc.com/us/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=148&cat=2&dl_id=436 - the Diamond Storage Fix.
labsONE said:
Is it a Sprint Diamond? If so, I just got out of the same boat.
Try http://www.htc.com/us/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=148&cat=2&dl_id=436 - the Diamond Storage Fix.
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"Please use the correct device to install this Hotfix program!"
I have Touch Diamond. Not Sprint Diamond. But thanks for reply.
Internal Storage vs SD Card Slot
I seem to come across an increasing number of issues with internal storage. Can it really get corrupted or have a limited life span just like the MicroSD cards? I am using a diamond and am contemplating upgrading to the Touch HD but the latter does not use internal storage. I was wondering which is more superior in terms of durability. Of course, I can also wait for the Asus P835 which has both. Any advice and views will be much appreciated.
Thanks.
2 Meichel
Well done! Your HP USB Format tool worked! Thanx mate!
Hi,
I accidentally formated the internal storage of my brother´s diamond while hard-reseting it (I help him flashing ROMs and didn´t know the option to format the internal as well..)
Is there a way to restore the lost data on the memory ? Does PC Inspector reconize the Diamond´s internal storage ?
thx in advance for a reply
Martin
Try these http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk and http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec.
The reason I recommend this, is because I have successfully recovered images from a formatted camera SD Card, and the Diamond 4GB Storage acts like a USB Flashdrive.
thanks, but it didn´t work. Though I acted as described in the Wiki I got nothing...
So I bricked my phone and ended up having to FXZ to the OTA JB update. Once I did I found that the internal memory just isnt there. There is still 4GB for the apps but no storage and backup will not work because it can not find internal storage. It also will not show up on my computer like normal. How do I get it to show back up?
thecodydavis was able to format his internal storage, after so many reboots, the phone ask him to reformat the storage space. And I believe reformat it will lose all the data in the storage, but you will have internal storage back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246065
I have the same problem except I need to recover the data. I am still trying to make an image of /dev/block/mmcblk1p26 (storage memory block) and hopefully data recovery tool works on the image.
Thanks! Pretty much what happened! Problem solved!
Hi,
after some time with Minimal OS I went back to Shawn's Titan Prime (1.1.1) on my XT1069 yesterday and after setting everything up I noticed that I can't edit or save files on the internal memory anymore. Also happens with the External SD card but I managed to delete a file using ES file explorer.
Thanks in advance
Hi,
I had the same problem like you a few months ago. For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to pull out the mSD during phone is running. Suddenly my internal AND external memory was read only. Very terrifying. Tried some solutions, but nothing helped. So I made a factory reset and everything was fine, except I had to install and set everything again.
BTW: Where did you get the XT1069? I have a xt1068 with only 8GB internal memory and 1GB RAM. I think your device would be more smoother than mine?
Hi,
I recently installed Lineage 14.1 on my Tab S 8.4. Everything worked great and there is great improvement in performance.
I have one question, I have installed a 32Gb Micro Sd card and the device asked me if I wanted to format it as internal memory, which I did. So according to the OS I now have 40Gb, 8Gb onboard + 32Gb Micro Sd.
However when I try to install apps or connect the tablet to my computer it says that I only have 8Gb on board memory. So now even though I have a lot of space, the tablet keeps on telling me that I am running out of space.
So on one hand it sees that I have the 32Gb card installed, but on the other hand it ignores it.
I can try with another SD card, but it is quite a long process, since I will need to reset the tablet again, so before I do that I wanted to ask if someone had a similar problem, or maybe there is some hardware limitation on the tablet that will not allow me to use the sd card as internal memory.
Anyone come across issues like this before?
oleg.kozlovski said:
Hi,
I recently installed Lineage 14.1 on my Tab S 8.4. Everything worked great and there is great improvement in performance.
I have one question, I have installed a 32Gb Micro Sd card and the device asked me if I wanted to format it as internal memory, which I did. So according to the OS I now have 40Gb, 8Gb onboard + 32Gb Micro Sd.
However when I try to install apps or connect the tablet to my computer it says that I only have 8Gb on board memory. So now even though I have a lot of space, the tablet keeps on telling me that I am running out of space.
So on one hand it sees that I have the 32Gb card installed, but on the other hand it ignores it.
I can try with another SD card, but it is quite a long process, since I will need to reset the tablet again, so before I do that I wanted to ask if someone had a similar problem, or maybe there is some hardware limitation on the tablet that will not allow me to use the sd card as internal memory.
Anyone come across issues like this before?
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Your device should have 16gb not 8gb internal storage.
The data on the sdcard also gets encrypted once adoptable storage is enabled.
Data also needs to be migrated using the migrate option after setting up adoptable storage.
If your internal storage was already full before enabling adoptable storage then that's part of the issue.
Internal storage will still get used even with adoptable storage enabled, just most of the data will go to the sdcard.
I suggest you fix your size issue first.
You are right, the device does have 16gb and not 8gb.
Right now the usage is as follows, 14.5gb on the internal and 1.4gb on the sd card, although when I click on the sd card I am told that I am using 8.9gb.
When I first installed Lineage, the first thing I did (before even installing GApps) was to put the sd card in and when asked chose to format it as internal storage, so there was nothing to migrate, because none of the apps were installed.
The problem that I am having is that although the tablet days its using the sd card, it uses internal memory.
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After more experiments I think I understand what the problem is.
Even though the OS says that it's using the sd card as internal storage, it doesn't.
I tested it by putting the sd card into a computer and seeing how much space was being used, the partition was encrypted, but based on the fact that it was less than 1gig, it is pretty clear that it did not store the 8gb of data as Android OS might have suggested.
So the question is, is Lineage OS unable to use SD Card as internal memory on Tab S8.4 because of hardware limitations.
Or is my tablet FUBR and it's time to let it rest and get a new one.
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