Originally Posted by andyrham

Hi Pipolas

For 3 of the black screws you will need to use a torx screwdriver, they are sometimes sold as "security" screwdrivers . The size you need is T6 x50. There is also 2 phillips screws which I just used a very small star pointed screwdriver for.

Hope that helps and thanks for your comments

Cheers
Andy

Thank you!
Tomorow i'll buy a t6 torx screwdriver, and i'll follow your aticle!
Thanks again!

Originally Posted by vladimir2989

would 32GB Class 6 work fine ? and also will this effect Updates from MS, is there any serials on SD card that have to match up or something like that ? (hope not)

I dont know yet about a class 6 32Gb replacement, but I am going to order one and try myself, as I beleive it will be fine. I will let you know once I get it delivered.

BYW, in terms of speed comparison, I have non-scientifically compared my 16GB class2 with my wife's standard 8GB Class 4 and the results look almost identical, in fact in some tests loading into IE etc the Class 2 phone was quicker. I need to run some games though to test properly, as they run mainly from the SD card and any real speed variance will be most apparent then.

There are no serial numbers needed, what WP7 is doing is formating the card in a special way, hence the need for the hard reset. This is shown by the fact that the 8GB card removed from the phone is not Fat32 formatted when connected to a PC and therefore does not show up. Equally when you plug your WP7 phone into the usb slot, it does not show up as a Removable Disk so you cannot simply transfer files to it like with WM6 and before. It remains to be seen if it can be reformatted to use elswhere.

Hope that helps

Cheers
Andy

Originally Posted by andyrham

I dont know yet about a class 6 32Gb replacement, but I am going to order one and try myself, as I beleive it will be fine. I will let you know once I get it delivered.

BYW, in terms of speed comparison, I have non-scientifically compared my 16GB class2 with my wife's standard 8GB Class 4 and the results look almost identical, in fact in some tests loading into IE etc the Class 2 phone was quicker. I need to run some games though to test properly, as they run mainly from the SD card and any real speed variance will be most apparent then.

There are no serial numbers needed, what WP7 is doing is formating the card in a special way, hence the need for the hard reset. This is shown by the fact that the 8GB card removed from the phone is not Fat32 formatted when connected to a PC and therefore does not show up. Equally when you plug your WP7 phone into the usb slot, it does not show up as a Removable Disk so you cannot simply transfer files to it like with WM6 and before. It remains to be seen if it can be reformatted to use elswhere.

Hope that helps

Cheers
Andy

big thanks to u dude,i'll try tomorrow(i have to buy torx)
tell us if with micro SD 32Go it works

hmmm...
Though this sounds really tempting I am sure I would not have the dare to do it myself...

I hope there might be people who can do it and give for a service charge...

Would wait with my 8 Gb till than...

Originally Posted by shamreez

hmmm...
Though this sounds really tempting I am sure I would not have the dare to do it myself...

I hope there might be people who can do it and give for a service charge...

Would wait with my 8 Gb till than...

I agree - sounds very tempting!!

Need to have a serious think about this. Thanks for the cracking guide tho.

You're a brave man, Andy. Thanks for taking the plunge and figuring this out for us. I might wait until the device is more than a few weeks old before attempting myself

thanks for sharing.

eh Andy i have a little problem :
how did you manage to put the power cord into the plug that is on the metal part? because I was handling, but the only thing that stuck is the mini usb port on this phone that is attached to the hull, I can not recharge the battery.
I suppose it is inserted incorrectly because at one point I tried to connect to PC USB port for a few seconds and he got "recognized" detected "then it went away.
thank you in advance for your help

Thanks Andy for sharing!

However i was wondering if this manipulation cancel the warrantly...?

Originally Posted by Tsointsoin

Thanks Andy for sharing!

However i was wondering if this manipulation cancel the warrantly...?

yes going to do this will void the warranty