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[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] godfa7h3r:
Surprised no one has posted on this yet...

http://www.wpcentral.com/removable-storage-windows-phone-7-samsung-focus

That is a picture of the back of the Samsung Focus and you can clearly see the microSD slot which looks like it is easily user replaceable. In fact, it almost looks like they took it out for the picture?

I'm assuming that by removing the microSD card, no irreversable damage will be done. You have to think.. there are going to be thousands of teenage gamers buying these phones for Xbox Live functionality and they are going to pull that thing out and try to replace it since it's in plain sight.

My question then, is what happens if you take out the 8GB card and replace it with say a 32GB? From what it sounds like, the phone will perform a hard reset so it can copy the data onto the new card. But some questions remain. Is the 8GB preinstalled a class 2? 4? 6? What happens if I throw a 32GB class 2 in there? Will it be fast enough? What happens if it gets corrupted? Will all 32GB be usable storage or will the phone continue to only recognize 8GB? Do I need to replace it before I turn the phone on for the first time or can I do it whenever I want? Will I have to somehow get the data off of the 8GB and copy it to the 32GB or will it automatically rebuild everything?

Sorry, I have a lot of questions around this. I really want that Samsung Focus, but I really don't want only 8GB of usable storage.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MHC48:
I'd asked back in post #13 if you could simply replace the SD card, with a larger one and reboot with more memory, but hadn't gotten a response. Paul Thurrot has confirmed that Windows Phone 7 does support the replacement of the installed microSD card (for devices which have them) with others of larger capacity.

http://windowsphonesecrets.com/2010/10/12/windows-phone-7-and-removable-storage/

So it looks like I'm gonna get a Samsung Focus, and before I even turn it on the first time, pop out the card inside (if it comes with one) and replace it with a 32 gb card.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] godfa7h3r:
According to Paul in that artice, it seems pretty clear. You will be able to replace that 8GB preinstalled card with a 32GB as long as you are OK with the hard reset. Samsung Focus with a 32GB card is what I will be getting November 8th! :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] TehPenguin:
Replacing the SD card is a bad idea: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/basics/sd-cards-and-my-phone.aspx

FYI: The "special high–performance SD card" is not just marketing-speak\FUD, Microsoft actually worked with the flash manufacturers to ensure that the cards are specifically built to handle the types of I/O typical with WP7 (as opposed to most cards that follow the 'class' system, which are designed for large read\writes (i.e. a camera taking a photo))

If we're lucky we made see "made for WP7" SD cards in the future, or carriers may be able to offer you larger cards when initially selling the phone.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] godfa7h3r:
I'm getting more and more confused...

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/A-closer-look-at-the-new-ATT-Windows-Phone-7-Devices

There at Channel9, the guy says right away that the Samsung Focus has an expandable microSD slot so you can add more storage if you want to. Does anyone have a device that they can put this to test on and give us a solid answer on what we can/cant do with that slot?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] TehPenguin:
What is possible: You can switch out the SD card for a new one, but you'll have to hard reset the phone (MHC48's link showed that: http://windowsphonesecrets.com/2010/10/12/windows-phone-7-and-removable-storage/)

What is recommended: You keep the SD card that it comes with, as no others which are generally available for sale provide the same performance as the one that ships with the phone, so there is no guarantee of the experience\performance you will get from them.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ohgood:
after reading a few threads about wp7 here, i'm quite certain this is another in the coming long list of epic fails.

the thread about no usb mass storage, then the lock in of one card per phone, now the bs about 'super high class wp7 specific' cards that no one else can spec out.

every single turn is a dead, dead end.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ruscik:
Oh come on it is wrong because they want to keep the phone performing fast and stable?

To record a 720p video with all frames/good sound you need atleast class 4 card. Most users would get cheapest SD card rather then fastest and then complain that HD recording is ****. If WP7 stores some system files on SD card then faster it is faster the OS is. Then you can record HD video and phone rings card needs to perform even faster. It is needed.

On top of that a card in permanent slot is less likely to fail as it does not move as much.

I just got HD7 and believe me there are bigger problems then that and they do require attention ASAP.

- You cannot transfer files via bluetooth atleast I can not from my laptop, home PC and HD2.

- There is no widgets for main screen to enable/disable wifi/bluetooth on the main screen.

- In no settings of applications that use data (some apps do not even have settings) there is an option to not use data when roaming, this is a major issue as phone constantly goes to internet. Only option is to disable manually all sync, still it will not stop it going off if you click on a app. ---- Partially solved. There is a option insttings to disable all data connections when roaming. So you can stop it all together but no per application option which is very annoying as I always have weather and location enabled to roam. I also check e-mail. Now I will not be able to do that and if I do switch it back on all apps will try o connect.

- There is no GPS software at all

- HTC said there is digital compass ... where?

- No google maps just bing maps

- You can not assign other search providers for now so you stuck with bing.

- You can not change background of the main screen, only option is white or

black

- Do not even start me with the zune music interface and how you have to copy that music

- There is no internet sharing option at all and no way to sync directly with outlook.

There is so much more I am now slowly regretting getting it and I should have replaced my damaged HD2.

Microsoft went mad and did piss me off. I think I am going to return it as even stupid Iphone can sync with outlook on home PC.

I hope it gets hacked quickly and good apps start arriving here.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] athompson:
FWIW I can't find an SD slot on my LG-C900 Windows Phone, so I assume not all phones have them. The SG-i917 has a slot right under the battery case.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] AceofSpades25:
Correct... the SD slots are optional for manufacturers
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] JonnieLasVegas:
The more I read about WP7 the less interested in it I am. I'm definitely not going with Microsoft when I do upgrade. Sad too since I've never liked crApple & only had a quick liking for Android, before I realized it's only saving grace is apps (which get boring quick).

Now Microsoft is just copying those formats with phones that are too constrictive & only selling point is apps, ala android & apple. Way to go Microsoft, once again you fall behind by copying your competition years too late, instead of improving on what they've done.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] docchris1980:
Going back to the microSD part of the discussion:

1) my HD7 came with a sandisk class 4 16gb in it (yes i dismantled it and took it out).

2) i have tried two 32gb cards in there - a class 2 which did work fine, and a class 4 - which the setup screen was REALLY slow going through and then during "finishing installing apps" it would just die (freeze or reboot)

now i do have a question about the card which was PREVIOUSLY in my phone

obviously the file system isnt going to be readable with my desktop pc. but i cant access the card AT ALL.

disk management sees the card as removable storage with no disk in it - it doenst see an unrecognised partition, nothing.

when i put the SD card - windows explorer suddenly shows "SD CARD F:" but i cant format it (it claims to be write protected), i cant wipe it. i've tried using diskpart at the command line and it sees it as a 0GB disk with no volumes or partitions on it.

its not just THAT card - the other two 32gB SD cards - after being formatted by/in the phone - now seem to be unusable for any other purpose.

there HAS to be a way to wipe these and put them back to just being regular microSD cards.

so

ideas anyone?

(yes i have tried googling and also searching this forum but everyone seems obsessed with putting cards into the phone, no one seems to mention whhat happens when you take the cards out!)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] The Gate Keeper:
docchris1980, that seems like a bit of a pickel. Do you have a camera that supports SDHC? If so, maybe try using the camera to format it? I'm not too sure what windows phone does to the microSD card, but camera OS' are pretty generic and might just be dumb enough to rewrite the whole thing to FAT32 format again.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] docchris1980:
that was my first thought but the only camera i have at home to is old and it cant recognise it and i dont know if its because of the format of the card, or because its too old and wont see SDHC

i'm going to try it on my work's fancy DSLR later and i'll let you know how it goes
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] docchris1980:
oh and i have also tried the HP USB format tool and the official SD associations format tools (both 2.0 and the v3 beta)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] StevieBallz:
This one might help with your troubles:

http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/

It seems to recognize the cards on a pretty low level basis. Although it doesn't support all options on the SD-Cardreaders available in my PCs/Notebooks.

Still worth a try and it still should display you the actual size - if that's wrong in there too I really wonder what MS is doing to those cards...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] docchris1980:
yeah thats the sd card formatter i was referrring to
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] bearkilla:
ok 32gb class 6 is out of my price range but 16gb class 6 is, has anyone done any testing to see if its any faster?

i have a hd7 btw
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] tyrannus:
The SD cards are encrypted... it appears to be actually using the "secure" part of SD :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] voodooutt:
Ahh nuts. I was just thinking about taking out my hd7 sd card, popping it in USB reader. Looks like some of you have done the legwork. Thanks.. Do any of you know if wp7 is using ntfs? Just encrypted? If so, I am hoping someone will be able to read it.... So we can do whatever we want on the file system. I'm just irritated that you are so limited on the options (black and white theme?) and a FEW ring tones? C'mon.... I'd like to be able to use any.

I'm keeping an eye out!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] athompson:
The filesystem is TexFAT. It's probably readable but because the data is striped between the internal and external storage, you won't be able to modify it.

If you are looking to install ringtones on the phone, it's better to look for a different way.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] marcox92:
Practical question on file system

I sync my Omnia 7 with Zune to read many radio Podcasts.

I don't understand how can I delete a podcast (a file).

I see them in Zune, but all parameters tried had no effects they'r still there in the phone (music list).

To make me better understanded : with photos its easy, deleting a photo or an album in Zune and its automatically done either in the phone.

Is it possible and How can do this with Podcats

Thanks for answer.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ckacey:
in the Zune Desktop software, right click the episode and select mark as played, this should remove it on next sync depending on your settings and how you chose that file to go onto the device
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] marcox92:
Marking "as read" does not delete file at next sync

But I found it

When the podcast list is listed on the phone, long press on it pops a menu where option 'delete' appears.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ckacey:
I didn't get the delete option up, I shouldn't stay up past my bedtime :)

all but one of my podcasts are set to remove played episodes (unless they aren't finished being listened to) the last one is my personal podcast, I like to be able to show it off, but if the system deletes it I can't show it off
[Touch2 General] kamalnath.j:
can anyone help me in mounting my box.net account as a drive in my mega
[HD2 General] TheChemist187:
Hello guys I have been a HTC guy since I got my very first TIlt, then my FUZE, and my PURE. All of these phone were ATT branded, and I used the 10/month medianet plan.

They are now catching on and have changed my plan to the 30/month one. I do not like this since I do not really use the web. So I did some research and need your help.

I know if I get a T-Mobile branded one I wont get 3G, butt what if I get a non branded HD2, would I get 3G then?

If I were to get a T-Mobile or a non branded HD2 would ATT still change my medianet plan to a PDA plan? I know they are doing this with non branded Nexus 1 phones but I am unsure about HD2.

If you have this with ATT tell me how you use it, do you have 3G, what web plan do you or if you do not.

Thanks, I hope on buying one of these soon.
[HD2 General] ProjektFuze:
well i'm a att guy... but.. i'm going over to t-mobile.. due to this phone... cheers
[HD2 General] TheChemist187:
I know what you mean dawg but T-mobile has poor service in my area, they only offer edge.
[HD2 General] ~~Tito~~:
I am switching to T-Mobile for the HD2, and the cheaper prices, Las Vegas has a big blanket of 3G from all carriers, at&t has been sucky lately due to the iPhone.

Even though they where my first carrier(Original at&t), they wont be my last. I cant wait to go Magenta.

As for your situation, you might have to settle for the retail price then just unlock it, since the service on edge for at&t rather than on T-Mobile.
[HD2 General] gjunon:
i have it on AT&T i get 3G speeds in san diego just fine works great. my version is the australian version from telstra.
[HD2 General] DialecticThought:
been using the european version with at&t and edge speeds are fine (have access to wifi at work and home). i have been paying for the $10 data plan since October/November with no problems. At&t website lists the phone i am using as other after i had selected an old motorola razor i was using previously. So i am not sure how they detected and switched you over to their smartphone plan.
[HD2 General] skylinepigeon:
You'll need the Australian Telstra version to get ATT 3g. It costs like $800 for imported versions though.
[HD2 General] iarapilot:
I have been using my Euro version HD2 since Dec with ATT. Have been paying $10/month for data. Just signed another 2 yr contract with the Nazi's (yea, I know) :) and got a free Blackberry. When I registered the Blackberry.....or activated it with the new sim ATT had in it, I got a text saying I needed to pay for the $30 data plan. Long story short......I told them I wont be using the new phone, I will be using my HD2 that I have been using. Gave them the IMEI and they said that it was not considered a smart phone. They are such geniuses! Even though it is EDGE, I am quite happy with it.

I also called the next day and explained how I travel international a lot, and asked to get the unlock code for the new Blackberry. Had the code the next day, unlocked it, so I guess I will sell it and try to recoup what I am going pay over the next 2 years!
[HD2 General] tkalli:
Been using my European HD2 since they first came out, on AT&T.

Works just fine.

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[HD2 General] lude219:
They found out because, chances are, your phone is not SIM unlock...or you somehow stupidly give them your IMEI number. If you want to get back on the old $10/$15 medianet plan, call them up and tell them that you're using some old phone (like a razr) and would like to get out of the PDA/smartphone data plan.

I'm on AT&T ($15 medianet) and I would never think about jumping to a worser carrier/service over a phone. That's retarded. :rolleyes:
[HD2 General] ProjektFuze:
^^ how about for a free phone bill??

as i said i'm att right now.. but i spend about 130 a month which is frickin insane... as a student.. my father offered me one of his lines that he has open anyways (kept open in case one of his clients needed a temp phone or service) and because he's already paying for it regardless.. i get it free of charge.. which in my opinion totally rocks... PLUS i get the HD2 which makes the situation even better....

but no, personally i rather keep att... the call quality and reception is just so good everywhere... i never drop calls.. nor does my antenna recieve less then full bars... and i have done my fair share of research.. and t-mobile's reception is kinda bad... and in my apartment complex.. (my sis has tmobile) i'll probably manage about 2-3 bars... yea.. totally sucks.... but as i said before.. free phone bill...cheers
[HD2 General] TheChemist187:
I called them up and gave them a IMEI from a LG shine I had. I never told them I had a pda. The reason they knew I was on a pure was because the pure I had was branded by ATT.
[HD2 General] lude219:
Like i said, it's probably because the pure wasn't sim unlocked since it's AT&T branded (meaning that they already have the IMEI for that particular phone). I always keep a few unlocked dumbphones around (samsung x820 and samsung u600) just in case I run into situation like this...
[HD2 General] eenbox:
AT&T service in Northern Chicagoland area simply sucks. I have AT&T phone from work and use T-Mobile as my personal phone service carrier - cannot compare at all. AT&T 3G appears to be somehwat faster (in miliseconds) but no drastic speed difference between the two.
[HD2 General] juiceppc:
Where do people recommend buying a Telstra HD2 and having it shipped to the U.S.?

Thx

I tried the TMO HD2 today and Tmo's signal sucks in my area.
[HD2 General] renzoa80:
I have a telsa hd2 and i use it on att and i get 3g coverage. it works fine. the only i dont like is i cant access the media mall that att users use to download games and apps.
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] coolerkrisjanne:
I wondered if it so possible that somebody can cook a rom in android

I can be able to help thank you tanks...
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] surdu_petru:
Hi!

I waitt too the android rom for acer s200, but I thing that now is too early for that. Maybe one day we have a costom rom including android for s200.:confused:
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] BikerBoy030:
ubuntu would be awesome for the acer s200...touch pro , touch pro 2, xperia x1.... have it.....it is so cool:/
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] coolerkrisjanne:
do you think is there possible to install rom of liquid on s2000

it the same matériel??

what do you think...
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] jlambiq:
No! Don't even try it, I think you will brick your acer or it won't even start.

I don't know this stuff exactly myself, but I read some clever guys, who wrote that there are differences between neotouch and liquid which don't allow to put ROM from one to another.
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] crazemaster123:
hey

take a look at this http://www.throttlelauncher.net/por...9/catid,5/sobi2Id,541/sobi2Task,sobi2Details/ you need throttle launcher
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] pongothemagnificent:
I've said this 100000000 times just because 2 devices have SIMILAR hardware it dosnt mean they can share an OS out the bat, is not that easy, the only thing the s200 and s100 share is basic hardware, meaning cpu chipset and a few other basic hardware, in order for the s200 to run android, it needs a working linux kernel, so someone would have to compile a working kernel, which is not an easy task as it requires a lot of debugging/dumping/brainstorming/coffe/endless nights and a group of people to do so, porting android to a non android devices IS NOT EaSY, so again plz before posting senseless threads like these, please do a little research on the subject ok...thanks.

Sincerly

Rafyvitto
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] 8399667:
I would like someone to make a rom in andriod as soon as possible...：）
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] darks1de:
The only thing we have is bootloader (Haret) for Qualcomm QSD8250 processor. But we don't have the working linux kernel. If someone would compile a kernel, then maybe we will have android
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] pongothemagnificent:
Android already boots on the s200...tho theres no TS driver as of yet, not to mention all the other drivers...
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] Arto:
hope to see it one day one our device !

Good luck to the guys who will port the drivers.

win mo become old...
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] darks1de:
Raffyvitto, Gimme a link, please. I want to see the process :)
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] pongothemagnificent:
http://htc-linux.org/wiki/index.php?title=S200 look in here.
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] dcordes:
so I'm gonna look into getting this forward if people are willing to test boot kernels on s200. it will be good if some s200 owners will come hang around on irc so we have kernel testers when we need them..

what is the codename of the s200 that is used in bootloader etc. ? can somebody provide the SPL ?
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] Arto:
In fact it seems that android already boot on s200, the last problems are the drivers (touch, radio etc), you can see some informations on neotouch s200 general section.

Sorry if I misunderstood your request..
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] dcordes:
I need to know the codename of the device.

Therefore I need the spl of the device.
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] waltibaba:
I can go on IRC, got some time on my hands as well as an S200... i'm a noob though, you'll have to walk me through it. I did get Android running on my Omnia though (not a great feat).
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] richardyiu:
codename of neotouch S200 is F1, but i have no idea how that is related to the SPL

fyi, codename of liquid is A1
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] ACK007:
Support support

waiting for your good news
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] Stefano_1986_:
The codename used in bootloader is s200.

I think the SPL is not present.

you can download the rom from here and extract the files with 7zip.

then use this tool

ToolsByANPER.exe -UnpackS200 file.amf

There are some interesting files.

sorry but my english is not very good.
[neoTouch S200 ROM Development] noguya:
I very much hope someone can make S200's andriod rom. HD2 now have close to perfect as his.