xda2i is compatible with 4Gb SD cards [Archive]

gingerchristopher

16th April 2006, 10:30 PM

I would assume so as its a standard fit. Wont be very fast though?? Where and what kind of price are you looking at??
gingerchristopher

gingerchristopher

22nd June 2006, 04:25 PM

bit of an update. the 2i wont work with all 2g cards. so I am asuming that it wont work with the 4g. if anyone else finds out it would be good to know.
gingerchristopher :roll:

Server

23rd June 2006, 08:17 AM

I have alpine with 2Gb Transcend card... All is OK.

robsno

24th June 2006, 11:44 PM

I have just seen an ad for a 4Gb card on EBay advertised as compatable with the XDA 2i, I use a 150x 2Gb myself but noticed this card was also a 150x and good value at £65

flawless

28th June 2006, 01:56 AM

As posted here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=53650) I'll try the 4gb SD card we have at work tomorrow.

flawless

28th June 2006, 09:26 PM

Yep, worked fine. It was a 4gb 150x card (£120 >.<) and it worked fine.

frankrick

1st July 2006, 07:51 PM

flawless

2nd July 2006, 12:39 AM

The XDA IIi employs the Intel's PXA272 as its core processor. The SD controller of the PXA272 currently supports one SD or SDIO card based on the standards outlined in the SD Memory Card Specification Version 1.01 and SDIO Card Specification Version 1.0 (Draft 4). Unfortunely, the maximum capacity of SD card defined in version 1.01 is only 2GB.

If you're saying the XDA IIi does not support 4Gb SD cards, you're wrong, since I tested the one that is sitting on a shelf where I work and it was fine.

frankrick

2nd July 2006, 02:23 PM

If you're saying the XDA IIi does not support 4Gb SD cards, you're wrong, since I tested the one that is sitting on a shelf where I work and it was fine.

Actually, I really don't know whether the XDA IIi is able to support 4GB SD card or not. I found the technical info in Intel PXA27x Processor Family Developer’s Manual and SD Specifications part1. Version 2.0 SD spec can support up to 32GB SD card but Version 1.01 only 2GB. And, the SD controller of PXA27X is built on Version 1.01.

p.s. Here are references:
1) page 16, "2. System Features", SD Specifications part1 Physical Layer Specification Version 2.00 Draft
2) page 737, "15.1 Overview", Intel PXA27x Processor Family Developer’s Manual

flawless

4th July 2006, 12:31 AM

32Gb? How much is that going to cost?

I thought a 4Gb card was a bit excessive!

Server

12th August 2006, 10:53 AM

As I know, everything is ok with 4Gb.

scoxlade

29th August 2006, 02:38 AM

Just bought a 4Gb Zynet 150x SD card and it seems to work fine, although I have not tried copying a whole 4Gb to it.

That was on my XDA II (since my IIi is currently having it's screen repaired!)

Incidentally, does anyone know what the max transfer speed of the II and IIi is to the SD card?

Thanks

Steve
P.S. My Casio Exilim EX-S600 can't see all 4Gb, but can write to it.

microcadcom

30th July 2007, 07:27 PM

Hi,
I have just bought 4GB SD card for my XDA IIi, I copied all my music on them. But surprisingly enough, music and some data I have copied is total 1.9 GB, but the memory tools shows only 245MB free. where has another 1.7 GB gone? Does this mean it doesn't support 4GB?
Regards!
Narayan

Mus

31st July 2007, 03:04 PM

Edit: Q answered

Marcos Paolo

5th October 2007, 11:15 PM

hi

I bought a 4gb SD card in order to try it with my alpine.
unfortunately it isn't compatible.

Hello
I would like to know if the xda2i is compatible with 4Gb SD cards
Thanks

robsno

6th October 2007, 07:56 PM

I can verify 4Gb works well, I have been using a TOPRAM 4Gb 150x in my XDA 2i for the last 9 months or so and no issues at all currenly it has about 3.2Gb of data on but is just the same stpeed to use as my old 1Gb 150x SD. TomTom works fin, movies play well and no issues with software or MP3s just dont put any today plugins on your SD as that will affect performance.

gantlej

21st April 2008, 06:57 PM

hy guys.

i would like to know if xda IIi supports 8gb SD cards?because on ebay those are really cheap(like 15€ = cca. 20$), i know its not lots of money, but i dont want to buy something it wont work...now i have 2gb RS MMC card in it with adapter from my old nokia 6630, and works fine, just not big enough for divx movies etc :D

regards

robsno

23rd April 2008, 12:06 AM

Sadly 4gb is the largest non HC cards I have seen, wether micro or SD anything above 4 gb seems to be an HC and HC cards will not work (Or so everyone tells me I believe them as it is a different interface standard)

hebigakure

29th May 2008, 07:08 PM

so it also work on xda II?

robsno

31st May 2008, 11:14 AM

They may look the same but the drivers are different so cannot comment, likely not as they are older drivers. If you update it to WM5 (XDA2 being himalaya and therefore you have that option) then maybe as there are patches in the hacking section to allow SDHC cards to work on older WM5 and 6 machines. May be worth a gamble.

Jase SPV

8th October 2008, 03:30 PM

I've been using a Kingston 4Gb SD Card in my Alpine for over a year now. No probs.
I synchronise my 'My Documents' folder from the PC to the card so I can have my music, videos & pics with me at all times.

Roger Gustavsson

9th October 2008, 07:15 PM

My Qtek 2020i (HTC Alpine, XDA IIi) supports a Maxflash 133x 4GB SD-Card. Yes, SD not SDHC!

Roger Gustavsson

Mus

9th October 2008, 09:43 PM

But can you see more than 2Gb on these 4Gb cards?

ShadowswordPL

16th January 2009, 08:39 PM

I use PRETEC 4gb and I haven't got any problems.

Mus

24th March 2009, 01:25 PM

I use PRETEC 4gb and I haven't got any problems.

And how much data can you see on the card? Over 2Gb? This seems to be the point of this thread.

lu56fun

24th March 2009, 09:46 PM

hallo,

the 4gb Transcend MMCplus works very well.
you see and can use the hol 4gb.
it costs abaut the 15 euro

grüße aus münchen

Mobile of Sorrow

27th January 2010, 01:53 AM

Theres a Lingelingeling in my Head..dood,
as far as i remember, it´s true that 2 Gb is the maximum Size for Version 1.01
but the conclusion is that the 4gb Cards (we speak of NON SdHC)are
something like a "2x2 Gb Card in one Case"

"2Chips on one Controller",or something like that..
I am not sure if this is true,
nor do i remember the Details...i´ve readed about it somewhere..

but back to Facts :
my Himalaya holds an 4gb non SDHC Card an it goes well....for the past 3 Years :D
(a TakeMS 133x nonSDHC SD-Card 4GB)

Mus

28th March 2010, 12:11 PM

TakeMS are apparently the only people doing these now. As above must be 4Gb non-SDHC SD.

Bought one - works great.

Mus

30th April 2010, 11:43 AM

TakeMS are apparently the only people doing these now. As above must be 4Gb non-SDHC SD.
Bought one - works great.

Except that it freezes my PDA...

Workarounds? The vendor suggested formatting using the PDA itself but I don't see an option for that.