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Re: How do I format a N810 internal memory?

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Originally Posted by Honeybadger (Post 125353)

In case this is missed in the other thread, I found my own solution.

Just power down the 810, plugin the USB cable from your PC to your 810 while it's powered down and then power up your 810, it will appear as another drive, just FAT32 format the new drive and you're set!

:eek: You're joking, right? You've fixed it and it was THAT easy?:o Oh My! Well at least you've fixed it :D Sorry about the slow response to your previous post - The new post feature on the forum is kinda buggy and I've been missing some of the new posts.

So if you can install applications again - might I suggest that first off you install becomeroot? :p

Re: How do I format a N810 internal memory?

Thanks for the advice, yes it was the first thing I installed when I got the chance!

Thanks for all the advice all, I think we should put all of this into a FAQ or BKM doc since this seems to be a common problem.

Thanks again all my friends on here, lovely community of great people I must say!

Re: How do I format a N810 internal memory?

I second that because I was just about to send my N810 back to buy.com because I didn't know how to get around the locked internal memory issue.......couldn't install apps, couldn't access any of the maps on internal memory, etc; all due to the internal memory being corrupt. A USB connection and a format was what saved me. Now, I've backed up my maps which took forever to redownload.

Thanks to those for coming up with the solution for this. What I would like to know is how did this happen in the first place. Did it have something to do with virtual memory becoming corrupt, because this issue just came out of the blue and I hadn't installed or did anything with the tablet for a few days prior to the problem. Turned it on, tried to install a program and couldn't. What's the odds of this issue happening again? Should Nokia be notified or do you think they are already aware of the issue because it seems more and more people are coming across this problem.

Anyway, thanks again for saving me!!

Re: How do I format a N810 internal memory?

Good this i found this forum. I was going crazy trying to figure this out. This is the first time I'm venturing off from s60 and I'm really having a hard time figuring this out. So far the IT's been freezing on me. Specially when trying to close the settings window. It literally just sits there. I also wasn't able to reformat the memory via the IT so I'm using the USB process. I noticed though that on the pc, it shows two external memories attached. I should only touch the FAT32 right?

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Ok that didn't work. I think this is more complicated than I thought.

There are still files in the card. I'm trying to view the memory under control panel and it wont open. or close.

Re: How do I format a N810 internal memory?

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Originally Posted by linuxrebel (Post 124438)

To format the internal memory card on an n800 when having trouble.

Now on an n810 you have a different scenario. The internal memory is not an SD card or a disk in the normal sense. It's actually a PROM of sorts (I know it's not called a PROM) where you don't/can't format it, you have to flash an image onto it. So if you want to "format" that part the only thing you can do is flash it.

Unlike magnetic memory (a HDD for example) it doesn't have any sort of memory retention from flash to flash. Nor is it a block device that can be formated. The actual block device is the image you flash on and if you wiped it out and re-flashed it would be the same as just re-flashing.

Bla-bla-bla-bla ... I just did formated my internal card via USB using MS Windows Explorer !!! It showed FAT32 bu I did choose FAT rather (I don,T know why ...). then it DID IT!
Latter I wnebt to the N810 File manager and DID FORMAT once more with it, then made 128 virtual partition on it. So what about your flashes ?????

Re: How do I format a N810 internal memory?

@ Popeto

linuxrebel is not talking about the 'internal cards' when he mentioned the need to flash the Nokia810. He is talking about the memory chips ( ICs ) built onto the internal board of the Nokia810. These are very different from any card mentioned. He used the word ' PROM ' or Programmable Read Only Memory '. PROMs are actually Chips soldered directly onto the PCB within the Nokia810. This can only be accessed ( to be programmed) by the image that Nokia updates every so many months. Along with this there will be a Flash Utility to ' write ' (or Flash) this image onto such chips.