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  • 12-14-2007, 02:48 PM
    camstuf
    Quote Originally Posted by chublovetx View Post
    Some card readers appear to have a limit on the memory size of cards they will recognize. The 7-in-1 card reader on my HP Pavillion laptop will not read 2MB cards.
    Why would anyone try to read a 2MB card.
    The smallest that comes with most phones is 64MB.
    If you meant 2GB, well.. the 12-in-1 will read everything including the SDHC.
  • 12-14-2007, 02:11 PM
    chublovetx
    Some card readers appear to have a limit on the memory size of cards they will recognize. The 7-in-1 card reader on my HP Pavillion laptop will not read 2MB cards.


    Quote Originally Posted by isellbaskets View Post
    I have a verizon razr phone and I got the memory card. I figured out how to get in into the adapter and into the computer, My question is how do I get it from my computer onto the card and into my phone. Any help would be greatly helpfull.. thanks

    Andrea
  • 07-02-2007, 04:16 PM
    ronju99
    No. Just tested both adapters I have and they both worked in the Alura-tek reader but wouldn't work in my PQI reader. My next step is to go back to Verizon and try there Sandisk Mobile Mate again. I did notice that inserting the adapter must be done carefully. They are sensitive.
  • 07-01-2007, 06:24 PM
    davidb4775
    Sounds like you had a bad adapter
  • 07-01-2007, 04:27 PM
    ronju99
    We formated two new cards with my phone. As I said before, when we inserted the card by itself into the labtops micro drive it read it fine and showed the Pix folders. We then put the card into the sandisk adapter and inserted it into two different readers, one being the sandisk mobile mate and plugged them into all three USB ports on the computer and it would not read it. It would only say it needed to be formated but after trying to format windows XP stated that it could not format it.
  • 07-01-2007, 02:48 PM
    davidb4775
    That might be because their cards work with so many products. If you were expecting Sandisk to say they were compatible with the LG phones, I suggest you were starting on the wrong end of the search. If you look at the Vzw site here (enter your zip & select music accessories), you will see that about all the memory devices they sell is Sandisk. Anyway, my Micro Sandisk, in the SD adapter, works fine in my USB 2.0 generic reader's SD slot. Is it possible that you didn't format it in the phone first?
  • 07-01-2007, 09:35 AM
    ronju99
    David,
    Sandisk doesn't show the SD card adapter kits being compatible with my LG VX8300. That may be the problem. However the Alura-tek at Best Buys works fine and claims it works for all micro SD chips. So if your phone is not supported by Sandisk Kits, you will want another manufacturers reader.
  • 06-30-2007, 02:03 PM
    davidb4775
    I concur with the need of ensuring that there is an adapter with the card. I have read on other forums that LG phones are quite picky over the SD card. I don't know the specific technology involved but it seems that "not all brands are alike". One post "strongly" suggested using Sandisk brand. (Aparently that is the brand being pushed in the Vzw stores) In fact, I have a Sandisk 1g Micro SD that read fine (via the adapter) in my old usb 2 multi-card (but no micro sd) generic brand reader after I formatted it in the phone first. Perhaps, this was luck but I have fewer problems transferring stuff this was than by plugging in the phone (lets see, what com port is this?) where my family has three different models and they all want songs, ringtones, pictures, etc.

    Ronju99, I certainly don;t doubt your experiences and really wonder why that was happening. I would think that compatability issues would be disclosed on manufacturer sites. Even if it said, "use this x brand with x brand reader model 111." All these cards (SD,CF,SM) are certainly big business and sure to get bigger. I would think these companies would do about anything to make them user friendly and interchangable with readers, lest people say "Avoid this brand like the plague..."
  • 06-30-2007, 12:22 PM
    ronju99
    The adapter doesn't do anything towards reading the micro Sd. It only aids in using it in a larger slot. I repeat. The card reader must be of the latest technology with the capabilities of specifically reading the micro SD. It's a different format than mini Sd or any of the others. Before you speculate, try it first. The verizon manager tried the micro SD in his laptop with a micro slot and it worked. We then tried puting the micro SD in the appropriate adapter and used the Sandisk mobile mate and plugged into all three USB connections and Windows said the chip needed formated but was unable to format it. I took the problem to Best Buy's tech and he showed me that it had to be a micro card reader. I purchased the Alura-tek multi reader and everything works fine. Sandisk doesn't make a micro card reader as of yet.
  • 06-30-2007, 07:53 AM
    paulcman
    Quote Originally Posted by davidb4775
    Isn't that the purpose of an SD adapter? To inset the Micro into the adapter and then put the SD adapter into the card readers SD slot?
    Yes, you are correct. However, if you don't buy the MicroSD from Verizon or some other major provider/big box store, you may not get an adaptor. Typically, items you buy online just include the MicroSD card, no adaptors (at least the items that I have looked at).
  • 06-29-2007, 07:00 PM
    davidb4775
    Isn't that the purpose of an SD adapter? To inset the Micro into the adapter and then put the SD adapter into the card readers SD slot?
  • 06-29-2007, 04:24 PM
    ronju99
    This happened to me and I tried everything all of you have mentioned and did it with new micro SD cards and readers and nothing worked. I had the assistance of the Verizon store manager during this process. I then went to Best Buys and bought a card reader that would read micro SD cards and it worked. If the card reader doesn't specifically say that it reads micro SD cards then it wont work.
  • 05-11-2007, 11:23 PM
    Hardrock1a
    ok, I am going to try and help out with this. First and foremost, your computer needs to have a SD memory slot or you need to have a USB SD card reader. USB SD card readers can be purchased just about anywhere, Wally world, Circuit City, Best Buy or CompUSA would be my first recommendations. Next, if you have the reader and adapter, and you open My Computer and don't see a new drive appear, then either the reader is not installed properly (some readers require drivers to be loaded prior to using the first time) or your SD memory card is faulty. To check and see if the mini-SD chip is ok, install it in your phone, and then you can go to Settings and Tools, and there should be a Memory selection. If you see Card Memory, then the phone is actually reading the chip.

    I have the Krazor K1M with a 1 GB mini-SD memory card. When I first installed the card, I got the Card Memory option, which I did not have before that. I was later loading songs onto my phone and started to get lock-ups due to a communication error between the computer and phone. Eventually, I got fed up with the lock ups, put the SD memory in the computer and completely erased all of the folders and files that were on the card. Reinstalled it in the phone, it re-initialized the memory card, put the folders on it that it required and I have not had a problem with it since.

    Hope that this helps.
  • 05-06-2007, 01:29 PM
    tevinr
    Quote Originally Posted by tavenger5
    I've had cards arrive bad mainly because they prob came from overseas and were scanned with something that erased the card entirely, wiping out any sort of file system on the card itself.
    i have the adapter and i know how to get it into my phone but i cant figure out how to get it into my comp. can anyone help??
  • 03-05-2007, 11:08 PM
    tavenger5
    I've had cards arrive bad mainly because they prob came from overseas and were scanned with something that erased the card entirely, wiping out any sort of file system on the card itself.
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