Should I put in a SD card?
 

Hello,
I just got my brand new N800 flashed to the latest OS.

Looking at user comments on this thread , I'm dead scared to put something into the external slot. The internal SD card(128MB) seems to work well.

The SD card details: ULTRA 2GB 150x.

I'm a student and I cant afford to blow up any cards.

Any comments or suggestions on this.
Thanks!

Re: Should I put in a SD card?
 

I also just received my n800 last week, and flashed with the latest firmware. I currently have a 2gb in the internal slot, and got a 8gb in the external slot. Both are running just fine.

Re: Should I put in a SD card?
 

I have 2GB in one slot and 4GB in the other (I forget which) with no problems.

Fred

Re: Should I put in a SD card?
 

I have a 4GB card internal and an 8GB SDHC card external. Only issue I had was self induced, I took out the external SDHC card while I was playing music off of it. So as long you don't remove the card while it is being used there shoudn't be any problems.

Re: Should I put in a SD card?
 

Thank you for alll your replies.
Did any of you run any patch before putting it in?

Re: Should I put in a SD card?
 

Be Careful, I just had an 8GB SD in the external slot that went belly up on me. No OSX love or through Xp either. The card appears to be toast!

Re: Should I put in a SD card?
 

At this point the earlier belief that these issues are limited to the external slot have been pretty much shattered. Browse the forum, you'll see both slots breaking many sizes and types of card, though larger SDHC seems to be most affected.

Re: Should I put in a SD card?
 

Did you report your problem to bug 1204?
The developers are only able to solve this problem if they get enough feedback!

Re: Should I put in a SD card?
 

Yeah, right. <comicbook_guy_sarcasm>

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I think the developers are only able to solve the problem IF they make the effort (and if it isn't a hardware issue). I think the number of feedback and problems reported here and on bugzilla should signal something to them.

Re: Should I put in a SD card?
 

How should the developers solve the problem if they can't reproduce it?
Only if we users write down our problems, they can find the origin of this bug.
Perhaps it is really a hardware issue.

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I've noted this as well, and I'm holding off buying any SDHC cards for when/if this issue gets addresssed. I've also noticed it seems a large number of the complaints involve SanDisk cards. Don't know if that has to do with the wide availability of the cards or the brand itself, but it's still made me leary of that particular manufacturer. I've been running a cheapo 2GB PNY SD in the internal slot for data and the Nokia supplied Mini SD in the external for backups since I got my device about 10 days ago and haven't had any problems (knock on wood). I didn't put either into the device until after I flashed the software update, haven't used either with an external card reader, and have been careful to format them only with the device itself (a few other things I've noted here that may help prevent the problem). Hopefully all continues to go well. We'll see.

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the 2gb mini sd (nokia labeled) which came with the nokia/navicore gps kit bit the dust late last week. it was in the external slot, went from working flawlessly (while the navigation software was running) to being 'corrupted' to not being recognized in either slot. tried rehab in the n800 and in both an xp pro and xp home computer. could not resuscitate it, now considering my options. may have to lay it to rest if there are no miracles available in the new future. wonder if nokia or navicore will replace it.
also, just now remembering it did have a problem a few weeks back where it was recognized only as a 1gb card and the navicore software would not run. i kept looking at the contents of the card with the file manager, then moved it to an xp home machine where at first the windows explorer also saw only 1gb and only the few very small files also on the card. then it seemingly fixed itself and had worked up until a couple days ago when it went kaput.

Re: Should I put in a SD card?
 

I'd definitely include that tidbit of information in a contribution to the bug report on this
matter seeing as how I recall reading in another thread about another forum member who was recently dressed down somewhat by a Nokia customer service rep for not using a Nokia branded card in his device when he called to complain about his N800 bricking one of his cards.