Can't format transflash card in Samsung T809.

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Nephilim

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18. March 2006 @ 11:33

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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.

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rebootjim

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20. March 2006 @ 07:05

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Make sure you haven't flipped the tiny switch on the card over to "read only".

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Nephilim

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20. March 2006 @ 14:05

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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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Nephilim

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25. March 2006 @ 09:26

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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.

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