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Thresher · Nov 10, 2010

Can someone clarify how you are using the following terms as it seems to be different than how it has been used in the past:
soft reset (how is it performed)
hard reset (how is it performed)

In my understanding, if the phone resets itself to stock, it is considered a hard reset. It doesn't matter if the internal reset was used or the physical buttons. A soft reset is normally considered a non-data loss activity to simply reset the phone startup services, etc. (Powering off and on).

Anyway, my phone works fine on some 4 year old microsd card.

emjee87 · Nov 10, 2010

Thresher said:
Can someone clarify how you are using the following terms as it seems to be different than how it has been used in the past:
soft reset (how is it performed)
hard reset (how is it performed)

In my understanding, if the phone resets itself to stock, it is considered a hard reset. It doesn't matter if the internal reset was used or the physical buttons. A soft reset is normally considered a non-data loss activity to simply reset the phone startup services, etc. (Powering off and on).

Anyway, my phone works fine on some 4 year old microsd card.

I didn't bring my laptop with me to work today, so I have yet to do too much with my phone other than installing some apps, but it's been my understanding that a hard reset involves holding down the power button, volume down, and camera button. A soft reset is by holding down the power button and or going through the phone menu to do a power down. Someone please correct me if I've got this wrong.

rexian · Nov 10, 2010

The 16GB class 6 A-Data card listed on the first page as "not working", is it this? I was planning to get this later when I get the Focus.

ryotgz · Nov 10, 2010

rexian said:
The 16GB class 6 A-Data card listed on the first page as "not working", is it this? I was planning to get this later when I get the Focus.

It looks like the one I have that doesn't work. Except mine says "turbo" in the top right corner.

enjoythemusic · Nov 10, 2010

Class 6 Transcend 16GB card
The card in question:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oss_product

DOES NOT WORK
First recognizes it all, then after turning off/on cycle only recognizes the first 8 GB

ryotgz · Nov 10, 2010

I guess I'll have to see how fast I fill up my phone. At least my 4GB card works to give me some extra breathing room. But I would love to have my 16GB work. I hope the fix comes before the "early 2011" update.

markgamber · Nov 10, 2010

FYI, I'm using a couple years old class 2 8 GB Sandisk card and it appears to be working just fine. I noticed no speed difference between the before and after. At least not yet.

Thresher · Nov 10, 2010

Thresher said:
Can someone clarify how you are using the following terms:
soft reset
hard reset

emjee87 said:
A soft reset is by holding down the power button and or going through the phone menu to do a power down.

Soft Reset: Samsung Focus will be powered down, all settings, apps and data are saved.
Method 1: Hold Down Power Button (Goodbye!)
Hard Reset: Samsung Focus will be returned to its original state with full data wipe.
Method 1: Hold down the Power button, volume down button, and camera button
Method 2: Go to the Start screen, select Settings. Select the About screen. Select 'reset your phone'

Sorry for the mini thread hijack all.

TheMarkness · Nov 10, 2010

alvinswim said:
SanDisk, and yep.. I followed the instructions, Format, etc etc. 20GB or so was available.. and everything was normal for 12 hours or so.. then.. BAM.. it started crashing,, and then all settings lost.. and space of course.. it was like it just became corrupted.

I wonder if the mircro sd was loose or something. or dirty contacts. dunno.. I may try it again tonight. or just buy a faster class card

Friends Focus just did this as well, 32gb SanDisk class 2 card he got from the ATT store worked great from 9am yesterday and bam tonight had it lock up and then restart to nothing along with the dreaded "15mb" storage under settings about phone. He shut it back off, removed the battery and reseated the sd card and now it's back up with everything but it's still not 100%. His contacts are all unlinked from his Google and facebook accounts so, I've gave up for now until a fix comes out along with a list of compatible sd cards. Nothing worse then going weeks only to have it fritz and reset everything, not worth it.

dcsmaniatico · Nov 10, 2010

Mad mad mad super mad

Dear microsoft:
SD cards where created to exchange mediaaaaaaa not for permanent use you A*&(holesssssssssss...............
CANT WAIT FOR SOME ONE TO HACK THE OS SO THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN......ALL THIS WAS SIMPLY AVOIDED.....
I have installed hundred of apps in my 6.5 windows phone in my microSD card and they run great....they just wanna
try to protect their apps but there are still gonna get hacked....

SORRY I AM JUST MAD........

I feel like I got a new limping phone.......the poor little fella wanna be cool but has a limp on his memory leg

emjee87 · Nov 10, 2010

dcsmaniatico said:
Dear microsoft:
SD cards where created to exchange mediaaaaaaa not for permanent use you A*&(holesssssssssss...............
CANT WAIT FOR SOME ONE TO HACK THE OS SO THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN......ALL THIS WAS SIMPLY AVOIDED.....
I have installed hundred of apps in my 6.5 windows phone in my microSD card and they run great....they just wanna
try to protect their apps but there are still gonna get hacked....

SORRY I AM JUST MAD........

I feel like I got a new limping phone.......the poor little fella wanna be cool but has a limp on his memory leg

I'm sorry to hear if you feel misled in anyway about the product. It's a ****ty situation at the moment, but I have no doubt that it will be remedied soon enough. However, you could always return your phone if it's a dealbreaker for you, I'm sure.

Seed 2.0 · Nov 10, 2010

enjoythemusic said:
Class 6 Transcend 16GB card
The card in question:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oss_product

DOES NOT WORK
First recognizes it all, then after turning off/on cycle only recognizes the first 8 GB

I second this!!!

I will say this though. This is my first smart phone, and though the memory issues are frustrating, its not a deal breaker for me. I got the phone, brought it home,added memory, linked phone to my Windows Live and Zune accounts, installed as many apps as I could from my list in the 30 minutes I had, added music,pictures ,Xvid movies, went to work powered down and poof all was lost. HOWEVER... when I got home and opened Zune and plugged in phone, all my contacts, photos, apps, music, movies were put back on my phone automatically. Since I like to tinker, this atm is a wash for me. My hopes are by the time I've satisfied my current curiosities there will be a fix.

***Has anyone been able to use there MicroSD after phone formatted it? Mine is dead to everything but the phone after the phone formatted it.***

XeNoMoRpH1030 · Nov 10, 2010

Seed 2.0 said:
***Has anyone been able to use there MicroSD after phone formatted it? Mine is dead to everything but the phone after the phone formatted it.***

My understanding is (in Windows) you have to open Disk Management and format the card from there. When it's formatted with a Windows Phone, it only works on the phone.

TheKenAnthony · Nov 10, 2010

Ok i got my phone ( Focus ) yesterday.. booted up and on at the store.. brought it home turned off.. pulled battery.. put in a Sandisk 16gb class 2 card.. put battery back in.. press power, camera and volume down at the same time.. when samsung showed up on screen and it vibrated i released power..a format screen shows up.. ( if a screen shows up that says downloading and wait 10 min.. just pull the battery and attempt again i had to do this about 4 or 5 times before i got the format screen to show up..) .. once it shows up you hit the windows button to format and phone restarted and said i had something like 22gb memory.. then i added a couple apps and songs and just to be safe and make sure.. i held down the power button until phone turned completely off and then powerd back up and boom all my data and stuff are STILL THERE!!! .. i have turned the phone off and on several times just to check and everything still works perfect.. after syncing everything and putting pics and music on phone im sitting at 20.30gb right now.. im hoping this will help someone i hate that people are having problems.. but i did mine this way and everything is just a ok!!...

emjee87 · Nov 10, 2010

TheKenAnthony said:
Ok i got my phone ( Focus ) yesterday.. booted up and on at the store.. brought it home turned off.. pulled battery.. put in a Sandisk 16gb class 2 card.. put battery back in.. press power, camera and volume down at the same time.. when samsung showed up on screen and it vibrated i released power..a format screen shows up.. ( if a screen shows up that says downloading and wait 10 min.. just pull the battery and attempt again i had to do this about 4 or 5 times before i got the format screen to show up..) .. once it shows up you hit the windows button to format and phone restarted and said i had something like 22gb memory.. then i added a couple apps and songs and just to be safe and make sure.. i held down the power button until phone turned completely off and then powerd back up and boom all my data and stuff are STILL THERE!!! .. i have turned the phone off and on several times just to check and everything still works perfect.. after syncing everything and putting pics and music on phone im sitting at 20.30gb right now.. im hoping this will help someone i hate that people are having problems.. but i did mine this way and everything is just a ok!!...

Thanks for the info. It seems people are having the best luck with SanDisk cards

MHC48 · Nov 10, 2010

Amazon is going to be very confused about the raft of Transcend 16 GB Class 6 micro sd cards it gets back within days after shipping them out.

I think I will wait a while before ordering something new. Before it crashed I was surprized at how little space was taken up by the mass of Zune music I synced to the phone. And I've flashed so many ROMs so many times on various HTC phones I've owned that restoring data to a Focus will be a cinch.

XeNoMoRpH1030 · Nov 10, 2010

To add to the list, my friend has a Focus and installed a Kingston 8GB Class 4 card. He says it is working after a soft reset. No settings/files have been lost.

TheKenAnthony · Nov 10, 2010

and just to add i wanted to make sure aboout everything.. i went and sync to zune on my desktop and transfered 388 songs and some pics and videos onto phone and phone storage showed up at 18gb on zune after sync so it all worked out great.. and after i unplugged phone and powered down and powered back up and STILL HAVE EVERYTHING... im using a 16gb class 2 sandisk...

emjee87 · Nov 10, 2010

XeNoMoRpH1030 said:
To add to the list, my friend has a Focus and installed a Kingston 8GB Class 4 card. He says it is working after a soft reset. No settings/files have been lost.

I'll add it to the list since he's performed a soft reset and maintained his data. Just out of curiosity, do you know how long he's had it installed? It seems some people are finding that their storage remains intact after soft resets, but after a day or so their phones act up and require a factory restore. Doesn't seem to be widespread, but not necessarily something to look over either.

eknutson · Nov 10, 2010

emjee87 said:
I'll add it to the list since he's performed a soft reset and maintained his data. Just out of curiosity, do you know how long he's had it installed? It seems some people are finding that their storage remains intact after soft resets, but after a day or so their phones act up and require a factory restore. Doesn't seem to be widespread, but not necessarily something to look over either.

To that end, I'm at 48 hours w/out problems with my SandDisk 16 GB class 6 card (already in the list above). Don't know if you want to try and track that as well, but if you do, there's my info

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