SD Card Woes

[jxs1984]

hopefully this issue is fixed at launch

 

[cjones]

Please get this issue fixed by June 4th. I don't want trouble people!

 

[Eguy]

Sadly the ROM is finalized, so nothing will be different on the EVO's that we will be buying. Hopefully they will get an OTA update ASAP.

 

[WatermelonSlim]

Well hopefully this is just a bad batch of MicroSD cards and is limited to the devices Google gave away. Lets hope the launch devices have a different batch of cards and they work fine.

 

[Setite]

I am praying for an OTA update that gives me a new SD card, and removes HTC Sense. Or lets me block apps from running before I have ever activated them. Why on God's green earth does Slacker Radio load itself for no apparent reason. Photobucket does that as well. I love the multi-tasking but I think some of these apps need to be lobotomized

Yea I need to get a new SD card ASAP. I just need to determine a way to convert my music and maintain my cover art. dbPoweramp is failing at that. Anyone know a way to convert it without damaging my current collection. I have spent many days tending my collection to get it the way I like it, but a lot of the music is 320kbps, which is silly for a mobile device.

 

[MannyZ28]

I am praying for an OTA update that gives me a new SD card, and removes HTC Sense. Or lets me block apps from running before I have ever activated them. Why on God's green earth does Slacker Radio load itself for no apparent reason. Photobucket does that as well. I love the multi-tasking but I think some of these apps need to be lobotomized

Yea I need to get a new SD card ASAP. I just need to determine a way to convert my music and maintain my cover art. dbPoweramp is failing at that. Anyone know a way to convert it without damaging my current collection. I have spent many days tending my collection to get it the way I like it, but a lot of the music is 320kbps, which is silly for a mobile device.

You can turn Sense off if you want. Check on the main AndroidCentral page, there is a video demonstrating it.

So has anyone that used their own microSD card still have problems?

Where do you get this microSD card test from?

 

[NicksGarage]

Is the SD card that came with the phone branded? If so, what brand? I've always used SanDisk and never had a problem. I'll need a bigger card than stock once I get the phone.

 

[Paladin]

Is the SD card that came with the phone branded? If so, what brand? I've always used SanDisk and never had a problem. I'll need a bigger card than stock once I get the phone.

It is indeed an 8GB Class 2 Scandisk card that ships with the Evo. I already bought a 16GB class 2 card to use with it. I hope that fixes the issue.

If it is just a flaky card issue we can deal with it. If it is a class 2 issues then we need to get another one.

If it is a software issue, they can fix that.

If it is a hardware issue we are screwed, there is nothing they can do with the current batch, the Evo is already sitting in boxes waiting for us.

 

[Gekko]

go to 6:15

HTC Evo 4G (Sprint) Review: Hardware

 

[feet]

This just makes me sad. it looks like its been in the bug db since Apr 23, 2009 at least.
I guess this means a regular backup rotation?

 

[Gekko]

This just makes me sad. it looks like its been in the bug db since Apr 23, 2009 at least.
I guess this means a regular backup rotation?

bug db? for Android or EVO? where are you seeing this?

 

[Paladin]

go to 6:15

HTC Evo 4G (Sprint) Review: Hardware

Watching that video I noticed that it took just under 2 Min (113 seconds to be exact) to boot from battery insert to usability. Some people said 45 seconds, that is a HUGE difference in time. So it take longer than I expected.

Not that it is a big deal mind you. The only time I would purposefully re-boot it is on a battery change. Lets hope Android does not need a reboot often to solve OS lockups etc... ii

Anyway back to the problem at hand. I think we need some experimentation with various cards and classes of cards to get down to the problem.

 

[feet]

bug db? for Android or EVO? where are you seeing this?

For android, on Issues - android - Project Hosting on Google Code issue #2500 is one. i just used card corrupt as the keywords. a couple others look related.

 

[Gekko]

For android, on Issues - android - Project Hosting on Google Code issue #2500 is one. i just used card corrupt as the keywords. a couple others look related.

nice find!

Issue 2500 - android - SD card corruption - Project Hosting on Google Code

i'd rather it be a software issue than a hardware issue. software can be patched. my concern was that microSD plastic peg piece being a faulty design on the EVO.

it looks like it's a software issue as multiple device models seem to be affected.

 

[Paladin]

For android, on Issues - android - Project Hosting on Google Code issue #2500 is one. i just used card corrupt as the keywords. a couple others look related.

Nice find man, I was going to do some Googling myself soon on the problem. Beat me to it and I am glad! ii
Edit: After reading that, that looks to be an old issue that should have been fixed by now. ii

Seriously I guess we will just wait and see how it goes. I am sure that one week from now when there have been thousands of new Evo users using the phone, the problem will rear its ugly head. Then we go from there.

 

[showmrock]

Plastic pegs in my mind means cutting corners. Hope this isn't a problem....im leaving my Pre for this phone. Even though the Pres hardware isn't too hot, it still works very well!

 

[scaots]

The plastic peg lock seems very solid and might be even more reliable than a spring mechanism. I don't see any disadvantage to it in securing the card.

I also had some things unreadable on the card. Some videos and some pictures. At one point I couldn't take pictures even though the card was not full. When I reboot it seems OK again. After more playing I plan to swap it with an 8GB class 6 card from my old phone.

This is the only thing disappointing me so far.