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SunDrop
18th January 2007, 09:55 AM
Hello! I called the customer service of O2 today. It says that a storage-card (MicroSD) for the XDA Orbit cannot bei bigger than 512 MB. I cannot believe that but is this correct? Does anybody know the maximum size for a storage card?
joe2316
18th January 2007, 11:28 AM
Not true - my Orbit runs fine with a 1Gb card, as does my MDAC3.
Fucawi
18th January 2007, 11:40 AM
I am happily running a 2Gb card in my Orbit
SunDrop
23rd January 2007, 03:42 PM
What about 2GB or 4GB? Will they work with the XDA Orbit?
andromeda9
23rd January 2007, 05:51 PM
What about 2GB or 4GB? Will they work with the XDA Orbit?


Hi,

I'm not as experienced as some others on this forum... I'm sure they'll correct my info :-)

I spent a day or so seraching for info before I got my card, and FWI here are my notes:

2GB fine.
4Gb may be problematic.
Thickness of SD card may be a problem. The latch/Phone card has to be correctly clicked into place around the card.

Some makes of card seem better. Sandisk HIGH SPEED seem to be good.
I've got a 2Gb version and it's ok, but read others experiences in the forums.

I got both Lexar and CNex tools to check formatting could be done with full control and also to provide recovery possibility.


Hope that may help.
tomsr
26th March 2007, 04:14 PM
please can someone help?

i have a 1gb sandisk micro card which is being reported by my orbit as 512mb(minus FAT). i put it into my computer and it is clearly 1gb. i have tried putting more onto the card via the orbit, and it says "no more space", but it is fine via the pc. what's going on?!?

thanks in advance,

Tom
varvocel
26th March 2007, 04:42 PM
Maybe you should try WM5Storage and format SD card on PC. There is detailed instruction how to do it on forum.
Ice_mephi
26th March 2007, 08:01 PM
afaik there are no 4gb micro sd cards. 2gb is max for them atm
hb328_dtdd
26th March 2007, 09:08 PM
I sell 2gb micro sd for the orbit on a daily basis and had no problems with them, I even use one myself.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/In-Shops-XDA-Accessories
mobile2007
27th March 2007, 08:47 AM
afaik there are no 4gb micro sd cards. 2gb is max for them atm

not true i have one and its working!
Stephen.Gazard
27th March 2007, 09:54 AM
Mobile 2007 .... what make and how I was under the impression 4GB were not compatible?
The_Steph
27th March 2007, 10:02 AM
I'm currently using a 2GB Sandisk microSD card and it is perfectly working.

Regarding 4GB microSD cards, they are called microSDHC (High Capacity) and as far as I know, the Artemis is not able to read from of write to them.
Stephen.Gazard
27th March 2007, 02:07 PM
That's what I thought but it appears mobile2007 has got it to work?
jamin100
27th March 2007, 03:04 PM
I've got a 1gig with all sorts on it. I think 2gig is the biggest at the moment.

http://www.benrichards.co.uk/images/XDAUserBar.png (http://www.xda-orbit.com)
mobile2007
27th March 2007, 03:15 PM
That's what I thought but it appears mobile2007 has got it to work?

it works you can be sure
i tried some micro sd cards 4gb at the cebit
not all were working
i can also not tell you which card i have

i bought it at one of the thousands chinese stands (cebit 2007)
(cost 25€!)

how can i help you to find out what card i have

written on the card is sandisk, but i am not sure if this is right,
because i doesn't look like original sandisk.
astrodemoniac
27th March 2007, 05:56 PM
it works you can be sure
i tried some micro sd cards 4gb at the cebit
not all were working
i can also not tell you which card i have

i bought it at one of the thousands chinese stands (cebit 2007)
(cost 25€!)

how can i help you to find out what card i have

written on the card is sandisk, but i am not sure if this is right,
because i doesn't look like original sandisk.

If what you say is true, you'd have made my day :eek: