6233 unable to format memory card

Hi.
My little brother has this phone and I gave him a 2 GB Transcend card for the phone. When we insert the new card we are not able to format it. The option for formatting (located under gallery->options) is disabled on the menu and it says you can only read the memory card. The card does not accept any file transfers without formatting it. The old Nokia 64 MB card works just fine.
Is there a way around this? Firmware version is 5.10.
Thanks for any and all help!
Nokia E71

That's weird because it is clearly stated here that the 6233 supports 2gb cards
Firstly: You can try putting the card in a card reader and use a PC to format it then put it in the phone and see how it behaves
If this doesn't work check if the writing on the card says 2GB SD or if it says 2GB SDHC
Some say this is the same thing, I believe it isn't.
Reason being that 2gb is the highest capacity SD card and the lowest capacity SDHC.
It's possible that if your hardware is not compatible with SDHC it might not be able to read the card.
Might not be completely true but it's definitely worth looking at
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