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when i just got a 4 gb card for my Tilt, i noticed that it automaitcally made a my documents folder after i took a couple pictures and had it automatically store them on my card, now when i go to my documents it only show what's in my documents that was saved to the device not what's saved in the card, i have to go to file explorer/storage card/my documents to look at what's on the card, so basically i have to different my documents i have to navigate two, is there a way to fix this so i only have to go to what's on the card, and will i have this probem for any other folders and/or programs were i have to look between the device and card?
brianlb said:
when i just got a 4 gb card for my Tilt, i noticed that it automaitcally made a my documents folder after i took a couple pictures and had it automatically store them on my card, now when i go to my documents it only show what's in my documents that was saved to the device not what's saved in the card, i have to go to file explorer/storage card/my documents to look at what's on the card, so basically i have to different my documents i have to navigate two, is there a way to fix this so i only have to go to what's on the card, and will i have this probem for any other folders and/or programs were i have to look between the device and card?
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1, please use punctuation so that your post is much easier to grasp
2, that is, basically, you want to configure the camera to store its pictures in \My Documents on the card and not in the default \DCIM? The solution is very simple and, actually, I have linked it before (see the Wiki - http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...e software & hacking news (11-17-2007) & tips ): http://www.modaco.com/content/HTC-K...4/HOW-TO-Make-the-Camera-save-to-My-Pictures/
I think i may have phrased that wrong. Basically I have "My Documents" in two places on my Tilt. One in the device memory and one in the storage card. I didn't create either of them, the one in the storage card was created automatically after i took a pic and it gave me an option were i want to save the pic to (device or storage card) I selected storage card and that's were the second "my documents" file was created. I'd like the 2nd 'my documents" folder to be the main one, so can i just delete the folder in the device storage? One thing I noticed if i got to settngs/menus and see what options i want to put on the start menu, i only have the option of the "my documents" under the device storage, not the sd card "my documents" which is the one i want to use.
Perhaps a stupid question but ...
If you swap from one SD to another it usually shows the first one ever used as StorageCard and the second one as StorageCard2 (guess something like a digital signature like other OS's do) and so on.
So far so good but the registry has links only to installed programs to "StorageCard". Is there a way to either CHANGE the name of additional storage cards that it remains "StorageCard" or an easy way to change ALL setting in the reg at once.
Sure, premises are that all programs exist on each SD card in the right directory structure.
try to use pocket mechanic to flag properties of old and new card
i have no experience just a suggestion
tyguy said:
Perhaps a stupid question but ...
If you swap from one SD to another it usually shows the first one ever used as StorageCard and the second one as StorageCard2 (guess something like a digital signature like other OS's do) and so on.
So far so good but the registry has links only to installed programs to "StorageCard". Is there a way to either CHANGE the name of additional storage cards that it remains "StorageCard" or an easy way to change ALL setting in the reg at once.
Sure, premises are that all programs exist on each SD card in the right directory structure.
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I recently had a problem that may help you out... For some unknown reason, my one and only "StorageCard" suddenly became "StorageCard2". So, I had a "StorageCard" directory that was empty and all my stuff in "StorageCard2".
Long story short, I removed the card, did a soft reset, deleted the "StorageCard" directory with File Explorer, powered off the Tilt, inserted the card and powered it back up. After all that, I had my "StorageCard" back.
Unless there's a script or utility floating around here, you may have to go thru a similar procedure when you want to swap cards.
Note that the "Phantom Storage Card" problem often comes from saving mail attachments to the storage card or having other applications write data to the card while running. The phone cannot release the card when it's removed (no "safely remove" option a la desktop windows), so you end up with a directory in main memory.
If you're encountering this problem frequently and have room in main memory, disabling those options and storing things in main memory often avoids the problem altogether.
PerfAlbion said:
Note that the "Phantom Storage Card" problem often comes from saving mail attachments to the storage card or having other applications write data to the card while running. The phone cannot release the card when it's removed (no "safely remove" option a la desktop windows), so you end up with a directory in main memory.
If you're encountering this problem frequently and have room in main memory, disabling those options and storing things in main memory often avoids the problem altogether.
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Thanks... I thought my problem was related to mail. When it happened to me, the only thing in my "StorageCard" directory was mail. I suspect that I had done a soft reset and my Tilt processed some incoming mail (Exchange) before the storage card was ready to go.
The G1 has a silence mode, but it unfortunately only silences ringers and notifications. If I want to play a game of Solitaire I am blasted in the face with stupidly loud music. Is there a system-wide switch to just disable ALL sound through the built in speaker?
Go to setting -> sounds & display -> media volume bring then it all the was down you should be able to map a. Shortcut to this with anycut.
Hope this helps
Ringtone/Notification Questions
Is there any way to put your own ringtones on the phone through a storage card like on the wing or other windows mobile phones, I just got the phone and am playing with it right now ad so far don't see no way to do this. If there's a way can someone please help.
I added 2 tones from my wing to the memory card from the G1. Placed them on the root of the card and then installed from the market "Rings Extended". Then selected them.
download the rings extended app. that will let you do what you want.
google market: rings extended
+1 rings extended.
I had a stale page load and the two previous posters beat me to it!
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also, fwiw, with 'rings extended' I found that the media listing was recursive as I had an entire directory structure from my wm6 phone. So, you can still have categorized directory structures if you like.
if you use the correct folder structure there will be no problems setting up the ringtones
gospeed.racer said:
if you use the correct folder structure there will be no problems setting up the ringtones
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there's a thread with that in it, I don't remember where.
If someone finds the thread for the correct folder structure please let me know, and neiltoe idk how to put it in the root folder market extended, I'm coming from a wing and I had a 2gb storage card for the wing so I took the card out my wing and put it in the g1 it sound like the way u do it neiltoe u have to keep the 1gb storage card.
hopefully this link works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=438486
Alternatively you can just go to the music player, choose a song and press " use as ringtone".
First off, what helped me the most- connect the phone to a pc and enable the usb on the g1. When it pops up (it will look like a mass storage device on the pc) format it and then create these folders at the root of the storage card:
music
ringtones
alerts
notifications
Anything inside music will show up on the music player. Anything outside should not show up anywhere but where it is placed. If you do not format the card first, this will not be the case at least in my experience. Formatting seems to make it all work right.
The folder structure is taken from the tmobile website online instruction manual- cant remember the page
[email protected] said:
Alternatively you can just go to the music player, choose a song and press " use as ringtone".
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While true, it also means you may have a bunch of ringtones and alerts mixed in with your music, something I dont like
for the record:
/sdcard/media/audio/ringones
etc
works as well, as does
/sdcard/media/video
for video files.
good to know about the alternative folder layouts
what are you using to play video files? I grabbed the "video player" on the market but curious to know what others are using.
Thanks a lot guys, you were very helpful.
ok i am totaly lost ok i have connected it to my pc formated the card to FAT quick format made the folders and still nothing can anyone help
davidsalinas said:
ok i am totaly lost ok i have connected it to my pc formated the card to FAT quick format made the folders and still nothing can anyone help
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put stuff into the folders. uncheck the USB box on the phone (you lose the PC connection at that point). Now your phone can find stuff.
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having trouble
ok so i need some help xda-ers!!!
i had the wing. i took my 2GB card and put it in the g1. i connected it to my pc running xp and changed the names of my folders to what was recommended. maybe i should have made new folders altogether is the issue? i can try that. anyway... it's not working... i go into settings to set ringtones and i cant set anything except the stock ones.
is the issue that i didnt make brand new folders and just changes the names?
or do i need to take everything off the card, reformat it, and start fresh?
thnx!
sh!mon said:
or do i need to take everything off the card, reformat it, and start fresh?
thnx!
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in my experience, this is exactly what you need to do. Format it on the pc while its in the phone using the data cable.
Hello everbody,
I searched the complete WIKI, but I didn't find a working solution for changing the default "my documents" folder from the internal memory to the storage card. Only changing the registry key "NoSubFolderIn" doesn't work.
Is someone out there, who has already solved the problem???
Greetz,
Joern 2001
The only thing I did was create the folder myself on my memory card then switch the programs I use to save and load from that folder, via the options in the program. I imagine this cannot be done for every program but it's certainly better than nothing.
vwrmic said:
The only thing I did was create the folder myself on my memory card then switch the programs I use to save and load from that folder, via the options in the program. I imagine this cannot be done for every program but it's certainly better than nothing.
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Thanx for your reply.
I understood what you meant but that wasn't the solution I was searching for. Normally you just have to tweak a registry key and the Windows Mobile OS thinks, that it should use the "My Documents" Folder on the storage card. This would be very useful, if you activate the "File Synchronisation" in ActiveSync. For example: When you want to synchronise a lot of MP3s with your Device it's not good when they're automatically stored in the "My Documents" Folder in the internal memory. It would be much better, when they're automatically stored in the "My Documents" Folder at the storage card, because it has a capacity of ~16GB.
In other version of the Windows Mobile OS (for example ver. 6.0) there were some easy tweaks to do this. But in version 6.1 these tweaks don't work.
Someones out there who has another solution for this problem?
Best regards,
Joern2001
Advanced Configuration Tool
This setting (and loads more) can be changed in 'Advanced Configuration Tool' available on these forums. Works fine on my X1.
I started this thread quite sometime ago.. although it was for my deceased mini, but the concept is the same and i'm still using it now... hope this is what u r looking for...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=259823
apprentice said:
This setting (and loads more) can be changed in 'Advanced Configuration Tool' available on these forums. Works fine on my X1.
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Thanx for your hint,
I will test it...
Best regards,
Joern
nonentity said:
I started this thread quite sometime ago.. although it was for my deceased mini, but the concept is the same and i'm still using it now... hope this is what u r looking for...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=259823
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Sorry,
but the "Advanced Config" Tool themse to work, but when I'm using the "File Synchronisation" via active sync, the synched file is placed into a new created "My Documents" Folder in internal memory (not on the storage card as it should). Very annoying :-(((
Someone an idea for a workaround or has someone made the same experience with SE Xperia X1 and the "My Documents" Folder???
Best Regards,
Joern
would say it an activesync issue rather then an x1 issue
suppose that ms feels that as storage is removable mem it's
not something you can depend on always being there so if
programs 100% depend on storage being there sd cards is not
seen as a valid choice as a program activesync too should be prepared
for having the sdcard being ejected in the middle of a sync
kinda like having my documents on pc relocated to a floppy or dvd-rw disc
Joern2001 said:
Sorry,
but the "Advanced Config" Tool themse to work, but when I'm using the "File Synchronisation" via active sync, the synched file is placed into a new created "My Documents" Folder in internal memory (not on the storage card as it should). Very annoying :-(((
Someone an idea for a workaround or has someone made the same experience with SE Xperia X1 and the "My Documents" Folder???
Best Regards,
Joern
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Not sure if this applies to newer versions of Windows Mobile any more or even if it will fix your problem, but it won't do any harm to try...
Delete the file "Ignore_My_Documents.txt" if it exists on your storage card. This file was mean't to stop windows being bogged down with searching the storage card for documents and concentrate on internal storage. Don't worry about deleting it, as it reappears when you remove/re-insert your card next time.
This is easy
I've been doing this for years:
Using a registry editor on your phone, go to:
[HKLM\System\StorageManager\Profiles\SDMemory]
Change:
Folder = "My Documents"
Name = "My Documents"
Close Registry Editor, open a File Explorer and delete the original "My Documents" folder. Reboot.
When it comes up, your SD card will be your My Documents folder.
NOTE!
My Documents will be recreated if you reboot with the SD Card out. If you fail to delete the regular My Documents folder prior to rebooting... your SD card will resort to "My Documents 2". This of course will break your links to anything installed on it.
SOLUTION: Just delete the original My Documents folder and either:
A.) Plug into USB as Mass Storage (which removes the SD card) then unplug it (which will restore it as "My Documents"
OR
B.) Reboot
Here is my UC XML file code that I launch during first boot.
Since the UC will automatically reboot, it will initially come up as "My Documents 2"... so finish making some customizations, delete the original "My Documents" and reboot (you usually have to a few times for program install anyway).
Code:
<!-- SDCard Hack -->
<characteristic type="HKLM\System\StorageManager\Profiles\SDMemory">
<parm name="Folder" datatype="string" value="My Documents"/>
<parm name="Name" datatype="string" value="My Documents"/>
</characteristic>
VERY Seldom do I have to delete the Original "My Documents" folder. As long as you typically leave the microSD card installed you'll be fine. Even when plugged in to USB as Mass Storage, the original "My Documents" should never return.
Probably one of the best edits for the Windows Mobile.
Solves SO many things:
- Themes loaded from SD
- Ringtones, Backgrounds
- Bluetooth auto saves to "My Documents" (which is the memory card now!)
- Pictures auto save to "My Documents" (you get the picture)
- When installing apps to the SD Card, choose "My Documents" (Storage Card won't even show up)
I've never had a SINGLE problem doing this. If anything it makes everything work... especially loading pics and music from Today Plugins like HTC TouchFlo 3D.
Sorry for the question since it's my first WM...
I installed many apps to main memory and storage card also, but all .cabs are grouped in the "apps" folder I made on card,
It shouldn't be a problem?
I did the mentioned procedure and the only problem I noticed so far is:
When I edit tasks I receive Error:
Code:
Could not create the voice link recording directory.
Can anyone tell me the name of that directory as I think if I manually created in My Documents it should work.
player911 said:
I've been doing this for years:
Using a registry editor on your phone, go to:
[HKLM\System\StorageManager\Profiles\SDMemory]
Change:
Folder = "My Documents"
Name = "My Documents"
Close Registry Editor, open a File Explorer and delete the original "My Documents" folder. Reboot.
When it comes up, your SD card will be your My Documents folder.
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Sorry but I'm not too impressed by this hack.
You end up loosing your file syncing, I also like to have my large music folder separate my from My Documents on the memory card - which you cannot do with this hack... and other problems.
Had my hopes up for that fix, but then realised it will think the whole car is the my documents folder.
Ive done a search of the registry and changed every /my documents path to /internal memory/my documents, but this doesnt work for everything, and it seems there are still some programs which recreate my docs on the main storage (This is for HTC Touch Diamond).
The main issue for me is being able to sync with activesync to the new location of the my documents.
Hello all,
It was suggested to me to post this question here.
I am looking for a way to basically poing any and all possible to the storage card. I think I remember a couple years back finding one for my Hermes here at XDA-Developers.com but now I can't seem to locate it??
I would like it if someone knows how to or an app to do this if they could let me know. I think I remember the other one being a .cab that directed everything to the card.
Does this make sense to anyone?
PS: I know on the camera app you can select the device or the card.
Make it little clear
do you want to receive files(say songs etc) through bluetooth and get them stored in memory card and want to place inbox in memory card ?
chand
the moon
Well what I was thinking was I would like any and all files to be stored on the card.
For instance, when active-sync creates a short cut on the desktop (pc) for files to be sync'd there is a list of folders... If I click "Explore" in AS it opens to files on my device. Now if I follow it correctly, all the files in the (pc) desktop shortcut leads to the folders in the "My Docs" on the device.
The last sentenance is what I would like to change, I would like for any and all files besides apps or system files to be stored on the card.
Meaning, no "My docs" on the device memory, just the card.
Is there a way in the registry or something else to change the path for said folders to be redirected to the memory card?
I don't think there is an app that will do this
SKTools has a "move file" option that says it will move the file and update information in the registry, but its not clear if this applies to folders
Now, you could try using a registry editor with find-replace to find all instances of "/My Documents" and change it to something like "/Storage Card/My Documents", then soft reset and see if that works -- I can't seem to find a registry editor that does find and replace like this -- anyone?
Advanced Config Tool (attached) will allow you to specify default locations for directories.