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Originally Posted by danstipe
hey fred, did that 8 gb work for you, anyone get results with a 6 or come up with a solution
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Just got the 8 GB today so I'm going to write this as I do it. Dropped it in my curve 8310 (4.2.2.170) and it sees the Total Space as 7.6GB space. While it is connected to a PC and turn the mass storage mode on, PC doesn't see it as being formatted and asks to format the device. If I attempt to format it via the PC (format the removable drive while 8GB chip is in bb) the capacity shows 3.60GB. I have no other choice in the drop down list. Once I format then I can access from PC using the mass storage mode (without taking the chip out of bb). Now the capacity is just 3.6GB but I can drag stuff in and then use it.
Let's format this with bb. It formats it as 3.6GB with the volume label BLACKBERRY and creates the directory structure.
Now let's format this PC. I remove the 8GB chip and directly connect it via USB. I can now format this at 7.60GB. Done. With 6GB I and others here had problem getting the "lost" space back. We had to do a low level format with SDFormatter.
Next I put this back in bb and see it in Options, Media Card. Now the Total Space shows 7.5GB. I connect it to PC and turn on the mass storage mode. Surprisingly, PC now sees the removable drive with the label "BLACKBERRY" and I can access with no problem. However it's a real slow data transfer speed so if I'm copying a lot then it's quicker to take the chip out and do your copying then put it back into bb.
I have to go back to 6GB and try agian to make sure that 6GB chip is a problem with curve.
The only thing I need to test is copying a large video file which would exceed 2GB or 4GB point and make sure that bb can access the files. I have to create some video for this so this is my update for now.
Fred