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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LegolasTheElf:
I got Kingston to replace the Taiwan chip I got from Amazon for a Japan chip. Results: Taiwan chip failed within a few hours. Japan chip is 100% perfect.

For those of you who don't think it's a big deal, or that it's a ROM issue, remember, these chips can be bought for around $12US! Personally, I'd rather spend a few bucks on a chip that is known good on ALL rom's, rather than wait for someone to "fix it" (not unlike what I'm doing in this thread :rolleyes: ) and not being able to use your SD card to store all email, etc..

I'd like to figure out why some people are having NO issues with their Taiwan Cards; there must be a common denominator. My first guess is that the 8525 (and others?) uses a different chipset than other hermes when it comes to interfacing with the SD Card.

Pof... Do you know if there are any physical differences between older and newer devices? or devices in US vs. Europe vs. Asia?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] progmode:
I got mine from Newegg.com for $9.99, and the day before they were going for $7.99 (that's what I get for procrastinating).

I have an 8525 and was having this issue. Now, to be honest, it never was an issue before I upgraded to a WM6 ROM. Here's more info then you probably need just in case you start really digging into it:

Cingular 8525 (HERM100)

Kingston 1gb MicroSD card (Made in Japan)

ROM Version: 3.22.110.1 (WMXL v0.20)

Radio Version: 1.35.00.11
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] moisha:
Seems to be a function of Radio version

Had multiple daily issues with the mSD card on AKU3.3 with Hermes Radio 1.34.

As a matter of fact that combination was the most unstable out of 5 I had for the past 4 month. Previously my 8525 was deaaad slow ... but fairly stable.

With WMXL .20 or LVSW versions I had no single issue for the past 2-3 weeks.

No wake up issues, no mSD card disappearing.

After I upgraded radio to 1.35 ( Trinity ), I started having serious BT disconnects .. big time. But still no wake up, no card problems.

This morning I put radio 1.38.00.10 and 4 hours down the line, my HTC failes to wake up twice and and card disappeared already once.

But the BT works like a charm.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] aquanaut88:
Seems you guys with the 8525's have more issues than with the other devices. My made in Taiwan Sandisk 1Gb card has worked flawlessly in my made in Taiwan Hermes for more than 7-months, never a problem. I've also used WM6 plain vanilla, v20, and both LVSW OS Only (WPBear!) and now Classic (3/12). No problems with pocketplayer and all my music to my HBHDS970's, no problems reading GPS maps and running GPS software from the card and no problems saving photos to the microSD card.

I did 'manually' apply the StorageManager tweak setting both values to 8192 (in decimal). Not sure how someone came up with the number 8196... that just can't be right... 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192...

Cheers
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kikouyou:
Sleut

Do you get a sense that the fixes cooked into the new ROM out there work to fix this issue or are we stocked with waiting another level of fixes?

Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LegolasTheElf:
This wasn't sleuth's find. It was mine. Secondly, did you READ THE THREAD about how LOTS OF PEOPLE say this works? This **IS** the fix, what other fix are you waiting for? For the good lord to come and change your Phone's registry himself?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kikouyou:
Dear Legolastheelf

I did not wait for the lord to change the registeries without success despite many trials.

Sleut said we should probably cook a ROM with these parameters to get them accepted by the system as it seems that by a kind of miracle the setup we put in the registery are not effective.

So my question to be more specific was aimed at the new Black ROM that has these fixes cooked in the OS.nb

My question was then, is this working once cooked as raw it does not do much good!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LegolasTheElf:
Did you replace your card with a Japan made MicroSD Card? So far everyone who's done that has experienced the miracle of no more lost SD Cards.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kikouyou:
Not yet replaced with a Japan card as I did not fount some on the web

I am thinking of going straight to 4GB if I replace it...

your thoughts?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LegolasTheElf:
I don't know of a 4GB that works.. The 1GB and 2GB *Kingston* ram is made in Japan -- you can request the Japan version from Kingston directly. That *will* work.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kikouyou:
I guess I have to do a phone order then as their web do not provide the manufacturing location of the cards
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kikouyou:
For those who have the Kingston 2GB Japan

Could you share the part number ?

That will make it easier to locate!

Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] stewcp:
So, Jap card here I come... has anyone noticed whether TomTom works better with these cards? TomTom currently freezes alot and I'm not sure its a card issue or a software?????
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kikouyou:
Tried today to FAT32 my Sandisk Taiwan 2GB card and came back to legolasthe elf initial settings. Card was not lost up to now since this morning...

Tried many on-off cycles...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kikouyou:
I found an interesting behavior as I started to loose the card again.

If I go in the registries after a soft reset up to re-validating the 2 keys that legolastheelf has found, I do not loose the card anymore

So if a small program could be in the startup folder to rewrite these registries after each reset, the issue would seem to be solved

I do not know how to write such a program, but if someone want to try that, it may solve the problem for all the cards our there!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] lokmeup:
I just got off the phone with Kingston, trying to order the Japanese version of the microSD card.... and they said I had to buy one first, then when it does not work they can trade it in for a Japanese manufactured one... WTF?!!!

Any ideas.. Phone Numbers?

Thanks

Ron
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LegolasTheElf:
That's BS.. I called them and they were more than happy to get me the Japan one. Feel free to point them to this thread.. Considering we're promoting their damn ram, and they're getting free advertising, the least they could do is sell you the damn Japan chip!

Incidently, just order from Amazon (cheaper anyways). And call them as soon as you get the ram and swap it if you are unlucky and get the Taiwan one. Amazon is cheaper than ordering direct from Kingston--and the best part is that Kingston WILL PAY SHIPPING BOTH WAYS! So, you don't lose out at all...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] lokmeup:
Thanks for the quick reply.

While on the phone with the Kingston people, they said that they only tested the 1gb on the Hermes and the 2gb is not officially supported...??

So are you running a 2g or 1g card?

Thanks

Ron
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LegolasTheElf:
1GB Kingston made in Japan.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kikouyou:
So here is the fix for all cards

Put the following reg file in windows startup and it will run after each reset

(unzip it first indeed)

You card will not disappear then.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LegolasTheElf:
This has no information in it. There are no registry commands. Please check your file and re-post.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] SPSP:
To LegolasTheElf: Is this problematic card SanDisk Secure Digital micro 2GB or SanDisk Secure Digital micro 2GB UltraII?

Those cards, with UltraII and without make big different.

Could you answer to my? I would like to buy UltraII one.

Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kikouyou:
Sandisk Ultra 2 is problematic with the Hermes. I got severe memory corruptions with it. The regular Sandisk 2Gb works better.

To Legolastheelf. The file uploaded is a zipped reg file with Resco Registry Editor. Don't know if Resco is needed to read it

It is a simple export of the hklm system storageManager key once you modif has been applied.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Ninja1:
Eric,

The reg file has no data other than the Reg Editor header.

Ninja1

ps. I used Resco to check it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pbelcl:
checked the regfile also, the file has no content!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kikouyou:
The empty reg file seem to be comming from a resco bug

Strangely enough, it seem to force a re-read of the registry and limit the issue

I am trying another reg editor and just exporting the PNPWaitIODelay key to see if sufficient

You can build it for yourself

Export the 2 values that legolastheelf found for us and put the created reg in windows startup

Let me know if this works for you
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] CJBS:
SD Card (WM5) - interference from Bluetooth

I've been having many problems with this too, however after doing many before/after compares with the registry editor (TaskManager 2.6 - export all), I've noticed that the drivers under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\Active] frequently pop up as having changed - for example, when exported, the values that have most recently been changed under a key are always at the top. So in one of my recent exports, here are the first two subkeys under the aforementioned key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\Active\228]

"Hnd"=dword:0067B730

"Name"="DSK2:"

"Key"="\\Drivers\\SDCARD\\ClientDrivers\\Class\\SDMemory_Class"

"ClientInfo"=dword:0068DA18

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\Active\66]

"Hnd"=dword:008AE610

"Name"="BTL1:"

"Key"="Software\\Microsoft\\Bluetooth\\BTHLINK"

If interested, browse to the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\Active] key, and check out the last two values (numerically). They always seem to be related to the SD card, and Bluetooth (for me)...

I experienced this first hand during a session using the ozBT program, whereby after enabling bluetooth, and running ozBT, my storage card disappeared. I exported the registry. Then, I stopped the ozBT program, and disabled bluetooth. I then ejected and reinserted my SD card, and hey-presto, it appeared again. I use a 2GB Kingmax card formatted as FAT32.

Food for thought for anyone who has found that the solution involving extending timeout value doesn't solve the problem.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] bydandie:
Well I ordered a Kingston Card from Memorybits.co.uk, and after no communication (And them showing it as being in stock!) they delivered an Intergal MicroSD card, but one that is made in Japan. I've transferred my data over and will report back on my findings.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] tsc:
Im running last LVSW wm6 now. My Taiwan Sandisk fat16 2Gb has no issues in 3 day. I did not any SD registry tweaks.

But in any WM5 AKU3.x and previous LVSW WM6 my card has frequently disappears in any available combinations of registry tweaks.

Also I didnt see any problems with my card in WMXL 0.20 by Kyphur.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] gurubumsmack:
Flashed my Vario II with the HTC 2.11 ROM since it came out and I've not encountered any problems with my memory card.

Card is a 2GB SanDisk Ultra II I purchased from MobyMemory.

Used TomTom to drive down to visit my sister (160 mile round trip) and it was fine.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] lpsi2000:
I am not sure if anyone else noticed this, but if you do not unlock / unhide the Extend_ROM, the SD Card disappearing DOES NOT happen. Basically I have been running the various version WM6 for the pass week or two and I had no issue with the SD card until I unlock it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] JasenR:
You are correct.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LegolasTheElf:
Tha's not true. I had the same issue with my father's phone which did NOT have the ExtRom visible/unlocked.

So, there! :p
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] robt2379:
Hi All

I had no problems with my card (Sandisk 1gb) under WM5. When I upgraded to the early WM6 roms, the card could not be accessed after a few minutes from a reboot.

Now Im running the latest (and greatest) LVSW rom 25/03/07 the card hasnt once given me a problem and programs run reliably from it.

My conclusion? It was a problem in the beta roms XDA live and the like. LVSW is no based on a later build and the problem has been solved.

My two pennerth!

Rob
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] JasenR:
Rob,

I agree, I had the problem on all of my devices while using the early WM6 roms and Ext Storage visible. If I closed ext rom the problem would go away. Now with the new improved WM6 Roms the problem has disappeared reguardless if ext storage visible or not. I could duplicate the problem (or make it go away) without concern as to manufacturer or country of assembly.:eek:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] lpsi2000:
I have not check the new LVSW with EXt_ROM unlock yet, but I can confirm the rest of your statement.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Olipro:
ExtROM shouldn't affect the SD_card... and by the way, the IPL has nothing to do with being SuperCID.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] chymmylt:
Me too - I've mentioned this several times in the LVSW forum - it's one of the best parts of the rom!!! :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LuckeeLou:
When I was using xda live 0.2, I did not unlock the ext_rom and the storage card was still disappearing.

I now have the latest LVSW rom (I have not unlocked the ext_rom) and the storage card has not disappeared on me. It's been three days.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] JasenR:
Well I realize that a lot of folks say the two can't be related, however, I loaded the latest LVSW right after it came out and it was flawless for several days (zero problems or resets) until last night when I mounted the ext rom. It then started the "not waking up thing" and sd card disappears trick. Reset several times and when I turned it off it wouldn't come back on without another soft reset. Did that about 6 times and I then unmounted the ext rom and it is back to flawless operation. The programs I put in ext rom still run fine even with it unmounted so this isn't really an issue for me, just sharing information with the community. This is the same issue I experienced with other WM6 roms.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] webpain:
I am really annoyed :-D

I have a Sandisk 2gb (made in Taiwan - sticker) and it was working like a charm with every single ROM. I have LVSW ROM since the last version came out and it worked perfectly. Now when I started loading lots of apps/music/movies on it it still was operating fine. Then, I decided to install SPB Shell (demo) to try it out, and for some reason the sd started dissapearing. I uninstalled the app and it continued to do so. I tried every single value in the reg (stated in this thread) but no luck. Anyway, for some reason I don't think it has to do with SPB.

Now to the real problem:

I now can not access the sd for more than 5 minutes without it disappearing. It actually doesn't really dissapear, but all the contents within folders are invisible. Even when I soft-reset, I have to remove/replug the card in order for it to work properly and still after a sd card specific operation it sometimes dissapears. I decided to format my card, thus chucked it in to my sd card reader and tried to format. It failed. Now i can see the contents, cant write to it, and even when I delete a folder or file, it re-appears after a reset... I cant even format it! :-(

I tried to scan-disk it in windows and with pocket-mechanic, tried to format with win and sktools but nothing works. When "recovering bad sectors" in PMechanic, when it reaches cluster 81000+ it starts getting really slow (1 cluster every minute :-P)

Any ideas would be welcome, but i think my sd card is 0wned anyway....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] sirtrini:
Are you sure it's a real card? This happened to me with a fake Sandisk card.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] simon1219:
This registry hank solve my camera hang problem

I have a Kingston 512MB card. I have no problem detecting the card, but when taking pictures using the 1M and 2M resolution, the camera will hang (no problem for lower resolution). After which the phone will become very slow and not able to close any problem (although can open new problem). After soft reset, the camera cannot be activate. To solve the camera problem is to power off, wait for a short while and power on. By the way I using the original WM5 rom.

OK I change the registry value from 4096 to 8196 as the recommended. The above problem is gone. I now able to take photograph at 2M resolution with no hang.

For those who have problem with your camera you may like to try this hack.

Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] webpain:
no i'm not. i got it of ebay. with no proper packaging. will I be able to RMA it? how can i find out if its genuine or not?

what brand is suggested to be bought? (i live in the UK)

i found a 2gb corsair micro sd at ebuyer for 23GBP.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] monx®:
stick your microSDcard on your screen. it wont disappear again.

i'm using taiwan card. no problem until now. my hermes also made in taiwan.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] webpain:
hahaha. very funny. i bet you have tried to stick it in many places. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kikouyou:
I have had the pb from vanilla up to Black 1.2 with a 2gb Sandisk Taiwan card.

The reg tricks could only limit the issue but not eliminate it.

This card was working perfectly with Wm5 indeed.

It is formated Fat 32 on the PC.

But so long it seem to work fine with Black 2.0 which has a more recent CE build inside. Installed it yesterday so... need to be used a bit more to be 100% sure this build fixes it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] webpain:
well my problem now is that i cant do any file operations other than view on the card even if I have it on the PC card reader. Its probably wasted...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] watchdog2003:
Had a similar problem following ROM update on my XDA IIs. I discovered that if the storage card does not have a file name "My Documents" the ROM update adds in the storage card root directory a file named ignore_my_documents.

With my XDA IIs connected to my desktop and using desktop pc File explorer I located the storage card root directory and deleted the file ignore_my_docuents. XDA IIs Storage Card normal service resumed.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] brucewilsonpa:
SD Card Lost

I'm looking forward to a fix for this. Started having problems with my SD card programs going missing then today nothing on he SD card could be seen, no matter what I did to the registry, or soft resets -- had to hard reset and restore to get it back -- even tried a different SD card.

Had the registry settings to 0 but moved them back to 8196 now -- not sure that will do any good, though.

BTW - I checked and don' have the ignore_my_documents file anywhere on my storage card.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] monx®:
i think it is for previous OS (WM2003SE <) only.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] dle1232003:
i had this problem with a sandisk card, it was a 1GB, i changed to a 2GB and i never had a disappearing problem again, although windows media player has stopped recongising the card, and when you update the libary, it finds the music on the card, and then crashes. Have given up tryin to find the fault and now use nero mobile.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] cwhit:
Same "Not Waking Up Issue"

I am having this same issue. I loaded the latest LVSW. What does it mean to "mount the ext rom"? I loaded the new rom, and began loading my apps which I had on WM5. Soon after, it wouldn't wake up. It is completely random and may do it 2-4 times per day. I also have the disappearing SD card. Any suggestions for me?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] JasenR:
If you don't know how to mount ext rom then you haven't done so and therefore it did not cause your problems. Try some of the other solutions in this thread to correct the disappearing SD card and there are several threads in the WM6 area dealing with the "doesn't wake up" problem. Most are caused by 3rd party programs which are not yet WM6 certified. When you flash a new rom it is best to try it out "clean" for a while and then load your programs over a period of time (days for me) that allows you to see "in real use" if a program is working with the new rom. That way, when a problem appears you have a good idea that it is due to a conflict with the last program installed.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] rdefalco:
Same issue, my config is

Italian Vodafone v1605

Official AKU 3.3 Vodafone ROM

Sandisk 2GB made in Taiwan

EXT_ROM mounted (still I don't know why I did it :) )

Used and then uninstalled SPB Mobile Shell (may have something to do with the problem?)

Before the registry tweak I noticed that SD disappeared

After the registry tweak when I try to start an application on the SD sometimes the phone hangs and I have to soft reset it :mad:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Bram87:
This reg-edit-tweak doesn't fix the problem for the disappearing of the (micro)sd in WMP and I just cant find the sullution..!:( and..

I HATE IT TO DELETE THE "MSMETADATA" FILE EVERYTIME, ITS F*** ANNOYING!!!!

:confused: :(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] firebird2k:
I'll put my 2 cents in :

I did not have a single problem using the original 1.34 Rom and Sandisk 2GB MicroSD card from Taiwan. I had flashed to 2.06 and started experiencing the issue so I went back to 1.34 and still no problems on the 1.34 Rom.

I noticed the new 2.15 Rom.. so I flashed to it, I also experienced the same issues with the same Sandisk 2Gb MicroSD card.

I switched to a PNY 1GB MicroSD card from Japan. So far, three days and not a single issue(KNOCK ON WOOD). I didn't even have to do a Registry Tweak :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FallenOut:
I just bought a new usb dac / amp cause my old setup has run into problems. But now it seems the new setup is using too much power hence it's not working. I tried using the 3.5mm input output and it works. But the usb out is not working. Any help? The dac / amp I'm currently using is xduoo ua-05
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] hamed8080:
hi i try to root e1 dual build 20.1.B.2.15 but fail.

i reset factory then install towelroot v2,v3 and use kingoroot and iroot but dont root.

please help me to root phone . i seraching in xda but nothing found .:p
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] x7_:
Try Using Vroot

Download vRoot Official website http://www.mgyun.com/vroot
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] hamed8080:
also vroot dont work:(
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] x7_:
I think ur build version not compatible with any root software, cz i think any root software not release for ur mobile build version

Sorry for my bad englih haha