Can't format transflash card in Samsung T809.

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  1. Nephilim

    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    I've a T809 that comes with a SanDisk32MB transflash card and I've run into an issue with it. The other day the card suddenly refused to take any data whilst I was trying to move some mp3's to the card via the SD adpter plugged into a USB media reader. I've tried to format the card through both the phone and windows and neither of them can do it - they both say the card can't be formatted.

    I've tried the SanDisk USB test tool but it keeps erroring out saying it can't locate a USB drive even though the card is plugged into the USB media reader.

    Any ideas folks? This one's got me stumped.
     
    Nephilim, Mar 18, 2006
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    Make sure you haven't flipped the tiny switch on the card over to "read only".
     
    rebootjim, Mar 20, 2006
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    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    Thanks Jim :)

    I'm aware of the switch on the SD adapter and I've taken that into account with no luck. Is there a switch somewhere on the itty bitty transflash card itself? I don't see one.

    Maybe it's just a bum card. The TransFlash id actually made by made by KingMax (it's the SD adapter that's made by SanDisk :p) and I'm not familiar with them. I'm looking into a 512MBG SanDisk since I know SanDisk to be quality.
     
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    I finally got the thing to format so for the sake of those that may have the same problem here's what worked for me:

    - Leave the TransFlash card in the phone.

    - Set the USB function in the phone to Mass Storage:

    Menu > Settings > Phone Settings > USB Settings > set to Mass Storage.

    Once the phone is set to mass storage connect it to the PC via the USB cable and your PC should recognize the phone/memory card as removable storage. Once I had all this done I could double click the icon for the phone in My Computer and format the card through Windows (I used FAT32).

    I dunno if there's an easier way but at least I got the stupid card formatted.
     
    Nephilim, Mar 25, 2006
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