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[Windows Phone 7 General] IM0001:
In the tech video somewhere a day or 2 ago the guy said the option was within the zune hub. Of course no showing or saying how. Is there not a longpress on a song or the 3 dots option anywhere you can see?

Sitting stuck in the US really stinks. I wish Microsoft would give me a dang job lol. Need to get in touch with some more contacts.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ren13B:
That's because the setting doesn't exist. You can only use the ringtones that are on the phone right now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emigrating:
Exactly. Geez, why are people refusing to believe this, it's a well known fact that at the moment you cannot set your own ringtones.

As for replacing the SD card in a HD7, been there done that. Works great, however HTC's WP7 hardware really sucks, so unless you're a diehard fan (or get them free) go with Samsung or LG. LG is actually the better choice in many aspects (just not, unfortunately, when it comes to hardware/feel).
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
Did you test this ?

the card is seen as a 0GB card and it is write protected .
[Windows Phone 7 General] wern1000:
Have same problem.

I try to Format with.

Killdisk (BootCD)

hddguru

Panasonic SDFormater 2.0 + 3.0 (beta)

Autoformat 1.4 (Transcent)

HP USB Disk Storage Formater

and Linux
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
I found this information on this forum :

http://www.techspot.com/vb/post391796-6.html

and some more info:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=82&t=69211&st=0#entry474505

I used this to make more partitions on a usb stick , maybe you can use this to make a local Disk of it and then make a new partition on it .
[Windows Phone 7 General] pencilcase:
unfortunately I do not have XP anymore but diskpart under windows7 does not detect the media itself so it cant do a diskpart in the first case.

Its like the media does "not exist" anymore.

I really don't want to throw away my 16GB and my 32GB card and am still trying out solutions here.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
I don't understand , if you connect the sd card to the pc the pc don't see the sd card at all ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
The SD card cannot be reused to prevent piracy and information threft.

If you have business information on you SD card (say, emails, PPT/Word/XL documents), you don't want anyone to be able to just remove the SD card and use it in another phone. It's well known that WP7 uses a Raid-like setup for storage to show SD+Internal storage as one continuous unit.

Why people think you'd be able to just remove the SD card and view it in another computer/phone is beyond me... It's like common sense has gone AWOL these days...

Making the card unreadable improves security. Perhaps this isn't a big deal to many, but until you have a phone stolen/lost with confidential infromation on it, you don't know what it feels like to know that the informatin is safe and inaccessible to others.

Also, it's totally random which SD cards will work correctly in WP7 devices. The cards that do work are only shipped in bulk (to manufacturers, most likely), and aren't available for consumer purchase.

It's totally possible that a card may work right now, but as it ages it will start to fail and you will be forced to remove it.

Paying $200 for a 32GB Class 6 card right now isn't even worth the risk.

SD Card Size and Class has nothing to do with compatibility. It has more to do with random read/write speeds, which aren't the same as the card's throughput (i.e. Class).

That is probably why there aren't ay 32 GB WP7 devices available at the moment. If you want more storage you can either:

1. Buy a 16GB device and deal with it if it's enough for you.

2. Buy a 16GB device and wait for WP7 compatible SD Cards to become available.

3. Don't buy a phone and wait for 32GB phones are available (and maybe by the time the WP7-compatible SD cards are available and you can get up to 64GB storage).

4. Wait until a manufacturer releases a phone with 32GB+ NAND Flash Memory in it.

IMO, Microsoft should have dictated NAND Flash memory. SD cards do nothing but create support issues, and allow the manufacturers to skimp a lot (by using the lowest class cards available, among other things).
[Windows Phone 7 General] lqaddict:
The more I read on the WP7 and its "expandable" storage the more I am convinced that MS has implemented RAID0 stripping to provide a higher bandwidth/speed increase in I/O and disregard data integrity error checking. This leads me to believe that WP7's performance on a slower media is horrendous (MicroSD cards), and without a doubt it is a cost saving for manufacturers because no one in their mind is going to pay a premium price for high capacity NAND storage.
[Windows Phone 7 General] naplesbill:
I have been using a cheap ($20 in Jan) 8GB Centon Class 6 card since I bought my Focus on Monday. I put it in, in the store, and it has worked flawlessly ever since. After reading all the posts about which SD cards work, it is true that the class rating is not an indicator of whether the card will work or not. It is more about random access times than throughput.

I may buy a Centon 16GB card and see how it goes. I am pretty sure that there will be enough confirmation, about which cards work, to be able to reliably make a decision on which card to buy. I am sure that any cards that are certified, as WP7 compatible, will double in price.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
I think you should re-read my post. It has nothing to do with Bandwidth speed, and data integrity in WP7 devices is fine.

Putting any SD card into a WP7 device is like plugging your phone into a random plug just because the end fits into the phone. It may work if you're lucky, but it also may not work.

The cards need specific characteristics to work, and it has nothing to do with I/O throughput because even a Class 2 card can play video off of it in real time (see Avatar on Galaxy S phones). Class 2 cards are more than usable, it's the random access speeds of many SD cards that simply don't measure up.

NAND storage don't have this issue - the same way SD hard drives don't in computers compared to mechanical drives. SD cards, however do (may). Manufacturers use different types of SD cards in the devices - cards that are not [yet] available to consumers.

So switching out the SD card is playing Russian Roulette, especially in the case of Expensive high class 32GB cards.

People paid a premium for Palm Pre+ 16GB NAND devices, and they don't have a problem paying a premium for iPhone devices.

Zune HD devices use NAND flash storage, IIRC.

The issue is less with the SD Card compatibility (Microsoft initially stated the cards were not swappable, so users should have gone in expecting that to be the case), but with the amount of storage they're shipping on the phones.

16GB is at least decent. There's no excuse for shipping phones with less than at least that amount of storage, especially WP7 devices when they know people will use a LOT of that storage with Zune Pass and Syncing files/media from their computer (and HD Video Recording, High MP stills from the camera).

But think about what you're saying...

No one wants to pay a premium for high capacity NAND storage... 8GB SD cards cost 20 bucks. High Quality Class 6-10 32GB SD Cards can sell for $170-200+. How many people do you know want to pay for that in the price of the phone as well?
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
There will be WP7 compatible cards eventually. Expect them to be more expensive than off the shelf cards, because they will have better random I/O access, and will probably only be produced in Class 4-10 variants, anyways.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lqaddict:
Maybe you should read about RAID0, but regardless, my post wasn't to argue your post, but rather extend on it, and put the thoughts into perspective why when you insert the card your phone needs to be reset to factory default. I think it is stupid of MS to do that, it is a well known fact that RAID0 setups are prone to data corruption and higher maintenance cost in the long run - though some would argue that an average life--span of the device in ones hands is 2 years, and you might be just fine with your phone and the SD card in it for the time you have it.

And as MS stated it is not the class that defines the SD cards that can be used but the random access speed rating.
[Windows Phone 7 General] pencilcase:
This thread is getting completely off topic.

I do not care about cards getting reformatted for Windows7 due to security if you loose it.

I do however want to REFORMAT/REUSE it once I have taken it out of my WindowsPhone7

And no, I do not need the data on it, I just don't want to throw the card away.

So please can we stay on focus here and try and figure out how we can get the cards usable again?

All we know right now is that the card is not seen in Windows after having used it in WP7.

It simply doesn't "exist" once plugged in.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
There is a way :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9221981#post9221981

here is explained how to fix it , one down side is that you need a symbian phone
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
Has anyone tried putting a WP7-bricked SD card into a Micro-to-normal-SD converter and popping it into a digital camera, then using the camera's formatting facility?

Might work!
[Windows Phone 7 General] voodooutt:
Just tried it, Canon A570is - gives me message "card locked"
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
Ah well, was worth a try. Maybe worth trying other cameras though - if a Nokia phone can do it, maybe some other card-using device can too. Perhaps a card-based mp3 player might work.
[Windows Phone 7 General] robstunner:
Same here, (im assuming) my fake sandisk 16GB i got from hong kong for like $25 works great.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Doubt it, don't think this is a real problem. You guys are just using the wrong tools.

Your PC can do it, but Windows can't. You probably need to boot into a partitioning OS.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
did you try that ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] desolateone1:
No point in trying gparted...

I tried myself, with no success.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Don't have a WP7 device to test. I have a load of offline tools though. Paragon, partition magic, Ghost, etc..
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
did you try dd ?

1 boot linux livecd

2 terminal

3 dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1000 of=/dev/some-device-that-should-be-your-sdcard

be careful with dd, it will overwrite your sdcard completely with zeros, or whatever you point the command at. whats really funny, is windows screwing up something as simple as mass storage on a sdcard. ok, microsd, whatever. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
considering on the engadget podcast, they tried every formatting trick they knew, I'm guessing its more complicated than you realize. They explained why the nokia could do it, but I don't remember exactly what they said.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
How did they screw them up? All they did was security enable the Secured data card.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Symbian can do it because, unlike any other Desktop/Mobile OS (save for WP7), it's the only other platform that actually supports secure SD cards.

The cards aren't bricked, they're secured.

That's wat the S in SD stands for. SECURE Digital.

This has been possible for ages, but no one has used the SD cards in this (yes, supported and legit) fashion until now (Microsoft with WP7).

It will stop people from taking SD Cards out of phones and doing crazy stuff with the data - like the Facebook photo extortion case that was on the news no long ago.

When WP7 formats the card it generates a[n encrypted] key on you phone that it pairs with the card. It's a Secured SD Card, so if you don't have the key you cannot access the contents in the card. It's like needing the password for a computer before you can log into it. The WP7 OS supplies this key to the SD card on boot, that's why it works with only that phone - no other device has this key.

Symbian supports secured SD cards, so it can at least see the card and reformat it. Outside of doing hardware-level formatting (expensive and not as kind to the card as other methods), you're not going to do anything with it in another device or computer. You certainly aren't going to get the data off of it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cordtripper:
Nikon

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[Windows Phone 7 General] wahaj123:
Confirmed:

Format successful in WM6.5.x (Omega ROM) by placing SD card in HD2.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
I think its fairly obvious how. they made any user that isn't expecting a locked down card a few headaches.

user ignorance isn't my excuse, and yes the standard has been available for some time. aside a small parition that is encrypted, I don't see the need in securing and preventing the entire card.
[Windows Phone 7 General] chsoriano:
Can you please share how you formatted (i.e., what tool?)... My Focus had been rebooting about 1-2 times daily, but all of a sudden it rebooted and wouldn't turn on. If the microSD card was in the device, it would just hang at the "Samsung" screen. I have an old WM6.5 device but I don't know what app to use to format it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citsym:
Is there anyway I can connect to a Wireless Network with my X10?

I have a decent netconnection on my laptop and want to share the internet via WiFi. I am on Eclair.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Is this what you're after - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=828340
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citsym:
Thanks. Checking it out.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citsym:
Got it to work. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dave the Knave:
Does anyone know of any good apps to securely store some notes or memos? I've never lost or had a phone stolen (knock on wood) but I keep some stuff on my phone like SS#'s and bank account info and just want to make sure it's safe.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] joeshmoe08:
Good Way

I don't really use this kind of thing but my suggestion is just to encrypt a pdf or microsoft word document and store it on the phone with a reader. Easiest way I guess.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Theojt:
I am trying out several: B-Folders, BioWallet, eWallet. I am using eWallet on Windows 7 platform and I sync it to my phone but it's read-only on Android right now. It's still my current favorite however. BioWallet has a lot of potential if they get moving on development and B-Folders is pretty decent also.

Beyond that, I depend on Lookout for virus scanning and (if ever needed) remote wipe.

I hope to find a lockscreen for Android that permits a "Lost or stolen" ID message like Windows Mobile does.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Captivate-me:
I like AK notepad and OI safe. They are both free in the market.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] kiltedthrower:
I use an app called App Protector (in market) to lock my photos and videos. It'll do it for memos and whatever other applications you want.
[Droid X General] ballhands76:
Is it possible to maintain a phone conversation on the Droid X and use the Droid's microphone to record that conversation at the same time? I'm aware of the legal issues, just curious to know if anyone knows whether it's even technically feasible on the Droid X. Pretty sure BlackBerry phones don't allow it.

Thanks.
[Droid X General] ballhands76:
Well I just tested it and it looks like the answer is no. If I'm recording, and a phone call comes in, the recording stops. It resumes automatically, however, as soon as the call ends. Not sure if anyone else has tried this, but that was the result of my attempt.
[Droid X General] Ubermicro13:
What are you using to record? Maybe different apps have this capability.
[Droid X General] trashycamaro:
Use google voice for your calls, press 4.
[Droid X General] Venc:
They have to call you, for you to be able to record the conversation
[Droid X General] luke1333:
use caller id faker you can record your calls for free!!!
[Droid X General] trkin:
I love this app! Buttt it's just a trial and when its up to have to pay by the minute I'm pretty sure.

Droid X rooted 2.2 OTA

Incredible rooted 2.2

I910 Omnia WM6.5 ROM
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrochester:
Hi, I'm new around here as a new WP7 user, I'm trying to get some advice. I have all of my contacts and calendar entries synced to Outlook. I have Zune software installed. I may just be missing something simple, but how do I get the phone to sync with Outlook and grab these contacts and calendar entries?

Many thanks

Michael.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poppapete:
Bad news. It does not sync with Outlook (only Exchange version) with a pst file.

11 page thread below re this.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cosmoboi:
What? Windows phone do not sync with outlook? Are they killing each other...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulf707:
Hi

It is possible - just get the Outlok connector to sync Outlook to Windows Live, and then Windows Live will sync to the WP7 (over the air).

Paul
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrochester:
I'm shocked that it can't just sync directly with Outlook :eek:

Anyway, I did put my Windows Live ID onto the phone, but that then synced all of my MSN contacts to the phone book, which I don't want. I couldn't find a way to stop it syncing my MSN contacts, and as you cannot delete the account once entered, I had to format the phone and start over.

So it looks like I'm going to need a whole new Windows Live account just to sync my Outlook contacts and calendar. Looking at the Outlook connector it seems to be saying that it'll transfer your Live contacts and calendar to Outlook, but what I'm wanting is the other way around, my Outlook calendar and contact to transfer to Live. How do you do this?

Many thanks

Michael.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chubnut:
Ok - firstly Windows Live isn't the only way to sync contacts/calendar on to your phone OTA. There is Exchange, gmail etc to do this. You might want to look at the other methods.

I for one didn't want to use Live at all and went for an hosted Exchange option till I can get my own server sorted (overkill I know). However, hosted Exchange costs about £4 pm.If you have your own domain, even sweeter.

So I still use Outlook (I'm lucky I have 2010 so can have 2 excahnge accounts on 1 profile) to keep all my work and home calendar and contacts in sync with my phone and this also translates to home desktops and laptops automatically too. This is as easy as drgging and dropping between accounts.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrochester:
If I have to sync with Outlook OTA, what I really want is a solution that works the same as MobileMe, i.e., it automatically keeps all the data between the phone and Outlook in sync without the need to perform manual syncs. Is this possible?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedix:
the usual send/recieve in outlook will connect to your live account also and onto your phone :) why pay £4pm when this kinda thing should be included, I'm sure MS will get off their arse soon and do some updates and tweaking.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chubnut:
You are right MS need to sort this out but I doubt it's a priority. They consider the whole Outlook thing to be a business solution and by their very own words are a secondary concern for this OS at the moment. They want the simple masses not the business/power users. They want that massive chunk of iPhone and Android drones to come over to WP.

There is no way I want my business and personal contacts and calendar on Live. That **** gets hacked all the time. The hosted exchange solution was the safest and easiest solution for me at present. It's quick and easy to set up, secure as it's a business solution and employs security protocols way above those on Live. In addition the OTA synchronisation between the device and all other machines that use that exchange account (so those at home and my PC at work) is instantaneous, and yes a bit of a pain to do the drag and drop between the exchange accounts but it's

EXACTLY

the same as you will have to do if you use Live and the Outlook connector. £4pm is in my opinion not a high price to pay for to satisfy my concerns.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dfh:
Hmmm, so what r the options ?

Desktop synching is critical to me.

I've got a small business, we don't run Exchange server but have invested serious time to standardise on Outlook/Office: contacts, tasks, notes, onenote, email client, word/excel.

Contacts and detailed contact info is our IP; Word/Excel data is client confidential.

Placing this on someone else's drive in the cloud isn't an option.

From what I understand so far...

1. Phone 7: data on the cloud; doesn't sync (manual updates)

2. Android: data on the cloud; synchs email and contacts only (?)

3. Apple: data on the desktop, synchs email and contacts only

4. Symbian: ugh !

5. WM6.x: currently trying to get away from the endless problems and snail-like performance

Is this right ?

Does anyone have an alternative (other than implementing Exchange)?

(Waiting doesn’t seem an option either. I'm sceptical MS will introduce desktop synching anytime soon, or at all: social users won't care and Exchange synch takes care of corporates - hence 80% of potential market is catered for. Also, the prospect of selling cloud storage has put a light in way too many eyes. ;))
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N8ter:
Windows Live uses Exchange ActiveSync. That is far superior to MobileMe. Do people still use MobileMe?

Anyways...

Exchange also uses ActiveSync.

Exchange is supported Natively in Outlook. Windows Live is supported via the Connector (Mail, Contacts, Calendar).

Everything stays in Sync.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N8ter:
The Outlook Connector and Hotmail ActiveSync is completely free.

Don't spread lies.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chubnut:
I'm not totally of-fay with Android or iPhone so can't really comment except I think that iPhones also do calendar from Outlook desktop via iTunes (and correct me if I'm wrong OTA with exchange).

Also with Android, some guys at work do use desktop sync to Outlook but I don't know what and how but they do use it.

I just came off the WinMo 6.5 bandwagon so I know what it was capable of not mater how bad.

WP7, my company won't open up the ports to allow Exchange to sync (they like SlackBerries) and with the absence desktop sync I had to implement my own methods for OTA syncing without using Live. None of this is ideal but it seems from other forums that a lot of people are complaining about this and M$ I believe are listening, though when it will be sorted is another matter.

Sorry