I need to recover my lost contacts off my sim card. Active sync isnt an option, long story.
I already have a data recovery software. But i guess it wont read it through usb-phone itself, so i picked up a 51 in 1 card reader. I plug it into it and it wont read it, it reads my micro sd fine. My question is what type of sim card is the one in the 8525, Phoenix type, or PC/SC?
Sorry, I can't add much to this other than to advise you not to buy one of those cheap usb sim card readers. The ones made in China, they fit in the palm of your hand and are usually a colored semi-transparent plastic.
I bought one and it sucks, the software is horrible, and I lost the CD so now I have no drivers....can't find any on the internet and there are no markings on this reader to determine who made it.
I believe they usually go for under $15
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Sorry, I can't add much to this other than to advise you not to buy one of those cheap usb sim card readers. The ones made in China, they fit in the palm of your hand and are usually a colored semi-transparent plastic.
I bought one and it sucks, the software is horrible, and I lost the CD so now I have no drivers....can't find any on the internet and there are no markings on this reader to determine who made it.
I believe they usually go for under $15
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If your Card Reader still requires a driver, either your computer/OS or your card reader is too old. Most cards produced in the last 3-4 years do not require special drivers.
Also there seems to be a mix-up with SIM card (for phone connection) and Memory card (e.g. SD, CF, MS.....) reader in this post!
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Sorry, I can't add much to this other than to advise you not to buy one of those cheap usb sim card readers. The ones made in China, they fit in the palm of your hand and are usually a colored semi-transparent plastic.
I bought one and it sucks, the software is horrible, and I lost the CD so now I have no drivers....can't find any on the internet and there are no markings on this reader to determine who made it.
I believe they usually go for under $15
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Yup i know what your talking about, It a USB thumb drive for sim cards. I think im going to order one, There pretty cheap.
I downloaded a sim card data recovery about a month ago and just getting into it now. So i found the only simcard reader i could find at a local store, But its an all in one memory card reader. And the software dosnt work with it.
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If your Card Reader still requires a driver, either your computer/OS or your card reader is too old. Most cards produced in the last 3-4 years do not require special drivers.
Also there seems to be a mix-up with SIM card (for phone connection) and Memory card (e.g. SD, CF, MS.....) reader in this post!
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nothing is too old, I'm running a computer that is under a year old, with windows XP, the card reader is also less than 6 months old.
This isn't mine, but except for the color it looks exactly the same and the price is about what I paid....http://www.meritline.com/usb-sim-card-reader.html
My point was these SIM card readers are crap, and yes even in today's plug and play world some things still need drivers to work correctly, this being one of them.
eagercrow said:
Sorry, I can't add much to this other than to advise you not to buy one of those cheap usb sim card readers. The ones made in China, they fit in the palm of your hand and are usually a colored semi-transparent plastic.
I bought one and it sucks, the software is horrible, and I lost the CD so now I have no drivers....can't find any on the internet and there are no markings on this reader to determine who made it.
I believe they usually go for under $15
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One more question, Could you acess your sim at all from windows of did u have to rely on the software? I was under the assumption that you could access it like any other memory card.
And i miss read your message, thought you were recommending one of those cheap ones. I took your advice and ordered a namebrand one so hopfully I dont have any compatibility issues with my recovery software.
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Hi
Just installed a Dual sim card in my XDA2.
I bought a "King of Double card" the other day and it seems to be working fine.
I can jump between sim cards by turning the flight mode on and off
I would like to know if anyone has had any bad experiences with these type of cards?
Hope there is no long-term damage... :!:
Hi Frogger,
I have had the same dual sim card for some months now. All is great. No problems at all.
Have fun.
Frogger / Quenmzar: What 'model' of 'king of double card' dual sim is it you ordered.
On ebay there are about two sellers of 'king of double card'. The quality of those dual sim adapters is good, but one need to specify the 'model'.
(and XDAII/MDAII/iMate/Qtek 2020 is not listed).
Until now I did not get any useable feedback from the sellers other than buying a ghost-adapter for which you will have to cut sim's (which is something I do not want to do.
I can't see where there is any room to fit these in an XDAII? How do you manage to squeeze it in?
This is the dual SIM I actually bought. If you put it UNDER the battery it fits ok. Bit of a squeeze but works just fine.
http://www.mobileplace.co.uk/product/508
i did a reveiw of dual simcards here
http://www.tekguru.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2444&highlight=dual+simcard
Jim
I know of the mobileplace.co.uk dual sim. It costs GBP 10
The king of double card costs around USD 6
Now you know my motivation to find out the type of 'king of double card' I need . . . .
Dual sim on XDA2
This is how the Dual sim card is installed on my XDA2
Dual SIM Card
I recently purchased the dual sim card holder from mobileplace.co.uk for GBP12. They shipped me the king of double card, so I suppose the difference in price between ebay and mobileplace.co.uk is the very fast and good service I got from mobileplace.co.uk. However, after a few weeks my XDAII started to run slowly and then the other night went dead. A hard reset fixed the problem but I suspect it had something to do with the adaptor. Also each time I would take the back cover off the unit, even with the main battery still in, it does a hard reset. I don't know if other people experience. I really did enjoy using the adaptor but have taken it out for now
Hi, i've been looking for this here in the Philippines but I couldn't find one that is for XDA II. Are there really ones made for XDA II or you're just using the one from other phone models? I tried using the Dual SIM (King of double card) for nokia but it doesn't work, it won't detect the SIM and the cover cant even b closed although the SIM slot fits fine.
I bought one off eBay at the beginning of October. The model is described as
6220/6310i/7250/8310/T230/T68i DUAL SIM CARD
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I had to tell them what device it was for and I told them XDA II.
It works fine - no problems yet.
I installed it much the same way as seen in the picture in frogger's post above. It's a bit tricky - I needed to feed the flat cable in front of the battery, avoiding the battery connector, then, with the SIMS installed, bend it down flat on top of the battery. Its a bit of a squeeze to get the back cover on, but it will go.
I've got a similar one. The ribbon cable is actually quite strong. I made a 45 degree crease so that the ribbon bends through 90 degrees and folds over the top of the battery ( ithink thats what is pictured above). Only downside is that the rear case needs to flex a bit, and doesn't quite fit flush at the top, allowing some dust in.
I've got 1 sim card with 2 lines. What I have to do is different. I have to go to programs/ sim tool kit/ my lines/ switch lines.
Is there any software around that would give me the same functionality as you guys have? just turning the flight mode on and off? Is there any program that creates macros for this particular function at the press of a button?
Qtek9090 and Dual Sim
Does anyone know whether there is a Dual Sim card for the Qtek 9090.
Cookiem
It will be just a case of trying.
Can you post a picture of the location of the SIM slot location in the battery compartment of the 9090?
Maybe I can give you some advice then.
Personally I prefer the King of Double card dual sim adapters by saintjoy_03 on eBay: cheap, quick, reliable. But you have to specify the correct model as they dont know the HTC devices.
i use this one for some time now
but not for the faintharted cause your sim card has to chopped
anyways nowadays they got 16 in one and so on sim adaptors.
ah well still, searching for a way to use them both at the same time!
tip anyone ?
oh yeah addition: you do get some sort of adaptor in which you can place your downsized simcard. so it can be used in seperately if needed...
Because I'm planning on upgrading the Wizard, when I needed more storage I bought a 2Gb microSD and micro-mini adapter.
Although it works okay, I've found that if the card/adapter is ejected from the Wizard, when I re-insert it, it's not recognised. If I put it in a card reader attached to the PC and do any file read/write I can then put the card back in the Wizard and it works fine.
We're on holiday in a little cottage and the wizard got knocked off a table and the card pinged out :-( One hundred miles from home, does anyone know of and "repair" tools that I could d/l to try and fix it? I might be able to find a PC shop next week, but for now am stuck with no Sat Nav and only the web for company ;-)
Thanks in advance
Dox
yeah...
I found that if you just pop the card out and insert it again, it gets recognized. However, you might have to do this a few times. I ran into the same exact problem this morning. For some reason the phone doesn't pick up the card when it's inserted sometimes...go fig.
Thanks for the suggestion, which sadly, in this case hasn't worked. I have seen what you describe with the 512MB MiniSD card I used to have installed (and which would usually be recognised fine). Once or twice it wasn't recognised and I tried the repeatedly inserting trick until it worked again.
This 2gig card is great for space but a bit awkward for stability. I bought it so I could get the UK and SE USA TomTom maps on one card when the US maps wouldn't quite fit on the old one.
I'm going to try see if the local PC shop will do me a favour, failing which I'll see if I can get a cheap USB reader and borrow the PC of the people who own the cottage..
Holidays are great fun ;-)
Dox
Dox said:
Because I'm planning on upgrading the Wizard, when I needed more storage I bought a 2Gb microSD and micro-mini adapter.
Although it works okay, I've found that if the card/adapter is ejected from the Wizard, when I re-insert it, it's not recognised. If I put it in a card reader attached to the PC and do any file read/write I can then put the card back in the Wizard and it works fine.
We're on holiday in a little cottage and the wizard got knocked off a table and the card pinged out :-( One hundred miles from home, does anyone know of and "repair" tools that I could d/l to try and fix it? I might be able to find a PC shop next week, but for now am stuck with no Sat Nav and only the web for company ;-)
Thanks in advance
Dox
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Someone else found a tool called "Storage Tools" which is: http://www.softwinter.com/storagetools.html
I've used it and it has the option to format, scan/repair, and defrag the sd card directly from the phone. Maybe it'll help you out if you don't mind doing that if the program will even recognize the card being in there at all.
If you click their download page there are CAB file downloads! It also says the program costs money but I sure didn't have to pay to download it, and the usage doesn't look like a trial program, it looks like the full blown real deal!
BigRed Productions said:
I found that if you just pop the card out and insert it again, it gets recognized. However, you might have to do this a few times. I ran into the same exact problem this morning. For some reason the phone doesn't pick up the card when it's inserted sometimes...go fig.
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Face the exact same thing. So I avoid removing the card from the wizard. The key seems to be to insert it at just the right angle. Don't put too much pressure though. ;-)
Hello,
Sorry if this question seems silly, but is there any way i can connect a card reader for the xD format to my phone. I have looked for adapter, and could find none. I looked for reader that are bluetooth enabled, but it looks like they only act as a dongle. So i guess my question is can i get an adapter that will alow me to plus a USB device (a card reader) into my phone. Is there a better way to do it?
Thank you
Would something link this work??
I don't believe Windows Mobile allows the connection of a removeable storage device through USB.
Next best thing might be to get a MicroSD card reader that has a USB port on it. Then simply plug the MicroSD into your Kaiser, and into the adapter when you wish to pull files from other sources.
SanDisk has such a device called the MicroMate.
I am sorry, it seems i wasnt clear enough in what i wanted to do. I have a camera that takes an xD card. I would like to get the pictures from the camera to the phone without need a computer. I know i can do that if the camera took SD cards, I can get microSD card with SD adpters. My question is there any way i can do that or something similar to it with an xD card.
Thanks again
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I am sorry, it seems i wasnt clear enough in what i wanted to do. I have a camera that takes an xD card. I would like to get the pictures from the camera to the phone without need a computer. I know i can do that if the camera took SD cards, I can get microSD card with SD adpters. My question is there any way i can do that or something similar to it with an xD card.
Thanks again
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I googled about a bit, and the only adapter I could find for XD cards was to Compact Flash. Maybe buy a new digital camera that uses MicroSD?
yeah i saw that same reader, and i looked into a different camera, but i really like the Olympus cameras, and they only take xD
never seen such a device maybe because an converter would be pretty fragile as microSD is tiny compared to XD
Well other solution is try to get a micro sd card converter to XD card. I mean the XD card adapter that you can put your micro sd card inside and place it on your camera to take a pic. This is what I do on my camera, but I am using a sd card camera.
Yup, Thought about that, looked everywhere, and it looks like they just dont make it. i think it has something to do with who owns the IP on the xD card (Fuji, I think) and who owns it on the SD card (Sandisk I think).
I tried searching to see if this has already been discussed, but like all vBulletin forums, the search function rejected USB and Pen (as in pen drive) and a few other essential but three-letter words. So I found zero.
I have a 4 GB USB U3 thumb drive that I always carry with me--until I lose it, that is. I would like to load it up activesync (or not--whatever works) and a whole bunch of files I want to install on my HTC Touch Pro (AT&T Fuze). I have a short cable with a male mini USB connector at one end and a female regular-sized USB connector on the other (so I can slip the male USB thumb drive connector into the cable and thence connect it to my TouchPro).
I'm not sure whether this will work, but it seems like it should. This way, I can carry with me all of my files-to-be-installed and work on customizing my fuze anytime, anywhere. I don't want to store the installation files on my micro SD card because that wee thing holds soooo very little. (i have a 32 GB F card and a 32 GB SD card in my iP 211.)
For starters, I can't even figure out how to install Windows Mobile Device Center on the thumb drive--the process keeps wanting to mess with the AS/Winmobile Device Center already istalled (and used for another WM device).
Maybe there's a way to do with without AS or the Device Center. That's fine with me. All I care about is having access to the many, many apps I have waiting on the flash drive.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Sandra
Im no expert, but I dont think many devices have the capability for being hosts, meaning they cant have external memory devices attach except through the supplied card slot.
There are a couple out there which can handle it, but they normally come with a usb port built in. Otherwise I doubt its possible. I dont think its one of those things which can be programmed. Of course, I could be entirely wrong about it.
Edit: Ok, im completely wrong about it. I just found a web page through google saying that many devices with wm on dating back to Pocket PC 2002 do in fact have the ability to do it.
My bad. lol
http://www.mypdacafe.com/articles.php?id=219
See this threads for discussion on Touch Pro's USB host possibilities:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411905
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411905&highlight=usb+host
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I don't want to store the installation files on my micro SD card because that wee thing holds soooo very little.
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What size do you have? They are currently available up to 16 gig, and 32 is coming. I keep all my cabs on my Sandisk 16. As for USB host, see the post above with the link to the thread. The chipset does not appear to support it. BTW, if you do a search on "USB host", you will find the thread.
I'm about to follow those links you guys recommended, but I wanted to say a quick thanks to you all. I didn't know anything about USB hosting, etc, and it's a whole lot easier to think anything is possible if you don't know anything than if you are well-educated. (OTOH, I suppose that that knowing might also inhibit experimenting which means you don't pursue new ideas. Hence the box we have to think outside of.)
Thanks again,
Sandra
I'd recommend a Trio adapter: Trio is not a brand name, just a mechanical name they have given this adapter. I had one made by A-Data and its awesome.
The adapter itself is an SD card that accepts a MicroSD on the side. However, the neat part is the fact that you can remove a piece and voila! you have a USB stick.
http://memoryworld.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=14&products_id=386 is the first hit from google. I bought mine from Newegg way back in the day. Sadly it was ran over when my phone was. The MicroSD card was good, but the adapter died. I am saving up to get the new SDHC version and a 16GB MicroSD card.
BE ADVISED: there are similar products out there called DUAL adapters: the memory is non removable in those. What that means is that there is no MicroSD card that comes out.
Enjoy!
Hi, first of all, sorry if Ive posted this in the wrong forum.
Right, basically, I purchased a new HD2 last month (I love it!) and it came with a stock 2GB micro sd card, which is not big enough for the music and movies I want to put on my phone. I purchased a Sandisk 32GB Micro SDHC off ebay, it was genuine, came in genuine packaging etc.
Now, I was transfering music onto the memory card via the phone using a program called iTunes Sync, which transfers music contained in my iTunes to an MP3 Player/memory card. Half way through the transfer, it stopped and the phone/memory card automatically disconnected from my computer. The memory card was then unrecognised by the phone, so I performed a soft reset and the phone went past the HTC screen and then went black, and wouldn't boot. However, when I removed the card, the phone would boot up fine.
I put the memory card into a card reader I have and plugged it into my computer.Windows recognised the memory card, but it only had a capacity of 8MB and Windows could not format it or access it. I also put the card into an SD Adapter, making sure it was in the unlock position, as I'd read this could have solved the problem.
Unfortunately for me, it didn't. However, I contacted the seller and they sent me a replacement (exactly the same card). Today, I've put the replacement card in, started using iTunes Sync and the exact same thing has occured.
Now, what I want to know is if these are genuinely defunct memory cards, if theres a problem with my phone, if I should stop using iTunes Sync (although I can't understand how a program can make a memory card non-functional), if I should get a smaller sized memory card, if its a problem with my computer, or if I'm just attracting a lot of bad luck!
I just want to know what is happening or what I can do to make sure it doesn't happen again. As you may understand, I'm getting very frustrated.
Any help is appreciated
*sigh*...dude search search search!
it has been discussed in many many threads. ebay sellers are notorious for selling "fake" sd cards. it turns out, so far very few manufacturers have very few models that are genuinely 32GB. the "fake" ones are specially formatted to present themselves as 32GB, until you start filling them up. then, surprise!
there are some software tools that can confirm that it is a fake, i forget the name.
summary: you have been sold a fake card. search some more to read other similar threads...you'll find many which contain EXACTLY the same symptoms as yours and conclusions as mine.
what he said.
It could very likely be fake if you got it off ebay. How much did you pay? What class is it and what is the part number on it? I have 2 32gb Sandisk cards... 1 is class 2, 1 is class 4... both work great. Sandisk is the best brand cards out there, but there's a lot of counterfeits.