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I'm using the drivers downloaded from SE's web site. The same driver that allowed me to see the 'extra' unallocated space on the MS. Explain what happens when you plug the phone (with no MS card) to the computer? What should happen is that you get an additional drive letter with no media in it (double clicking now will ask you to insert media in it.). Then plug in the MS - does the phone lock up now? If not, wait and see if Windows will detect the media being inserted and prompt you for action (start media player, blah blah, open folder).
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Posted: 2005-11-07 19:54:45
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Finally!
My phone is in good shape again and I have never been happier to have 512 mb memory;).
Thank you for the help Tervel! I had to put Windows in Safe-Mode and disable all other USB-devices to make sure nothing were interfering. It still was tricky to read the folders, since they appeared empty and I had to reboot a couple of times. Then I removed my mp3folder and unplugged it to see if my phone could recognise the card. Unfortunately not! I had to reboot, Safe-Mode, and format it in explorer. Then the phone recognised it and I formatted it once again for sure in the phone. To sum up...
Don't do this at home kids, it's not worth the hassle!
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Posted: 2005-11-08 10:26:10
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Just as well, I wanted to try this out. And yep, my 1GB sandisk showed up with unallocated space & I was able to re-partition it to have access to 1.85GB. Unfortunately, it still won't accept files beyond 949MB, although it does work with no apparent bugs (as yet), but it's effectively still just a 1gb ms that misleadingly tells me I still have 900+ mb of free space. I formatted it in a card reader using FAT32 on a Win2K system. I may just try it on FAT or FAT16, but only if I have more free time, cos apparently the bugs cost time & may induce a bit of a panic.
I thought there were successful attempts? Or did everyone eventually succumb to bugs?
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Posted: 2005-11-08 15:17:32
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Do you think the name "Memory Stick Pro
Duo" refers to the actual capacity of the memory stick?
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Posted: 2005-11-08 23:33:52
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*johnpete
It worked like a charm for me as long as I uploaded files with the usbcable direct to the phone but the filetransfer bug made me buy a usb2 card reader and that couldnīt write anything above the 460(or something)mb mark
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Posted: 2005-11-09 14:39:37
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This not work with my Sandisk 128 mb !
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Posted: 2005-11-09 14:41:14
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@i99olmi - I'm glad you finally got it resolved. I think I might have forgotten a step there - at one point of time, after I was able to read the memstick in windows I think I did format it once again to the 1.85 capacity and then, while it had no files on it, I was able to get the phone to recognize it and reformat it back to it's true capacity. I'm thinking about testing it out once again, but this time loading the files via the phone instead of an external card reader. I'll post my results once I do that.
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Posted: 2005-11-09 15:29:48
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so just to get things straight.
Now is this a glitch or is it something true?
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Posted: 2005-11-09 22:06:28
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@kson
So if I try it again, but this time using the cable to transfer files, instead of my card reader, I'll be okay? You did mention having filetransfer bugs - what kind are they? what happens? do you still have them up to now?
[ This Message was edited by: johnpete on 2005-11-10 02:50 ]
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Posted: 2005-11-10 03:49:08
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On 2005-11-09 14:39:37, kson wrote:
It worked like a charm for me as long as I uploaded files with the usbcable direct to the phone but the filetransfer bug made me buy a usb2 card reader and that couldnīt write anything above the 460(or something)mb mark
Ok, I tried it again on my 1gb sandisk, but the same thing still happens - I still can't write anything once I've reached around 940MB, whether on a USB card reader or using the DCU cable with the phone. I also tried bluetooth, but with a single partition on the card, the BT dongle can't even see the MS's contents & just keeps searching endlessly.
@Kson,
You did mention it worked like a charm for you with cable to phone. But you also said you had a filetransfer bug. What was the bug like? So the bug happens while transferring via directcable to phone? It wasn't exactly working like a charm?
@Everyone else,
To repeat my question: Is there anyone out there (especially the previous posters who had initial success and were able to transfer files more than the supposed 512MB/1GB capacity) who continue to enjoy larger capacity on their MS using this trick? Or did everyone eventually succumb to bugs that made you format your MS back in the end?
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Posted: 2005-11-10 09:48:13
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