Nokia 5800 Memory Card Corruption

Hi I have had my 5800 for going on 6 months now and have started to run into problems which i thin are being caused by the memory card.
1. The music player wil not start with the card inserted ( got an error about a corrupt database)
2. Unable to download files from the internet ( error message unable to downlaod file ...)
3. Data being lost on the memory card and having to format and re install all my data ( have done this once)
i have also done a hard rest (red+green +camera)
wondering if any of these problems have been seem befor and if you could sujest solutions

memory card corruption is common. i am surprised that the one supplied with your phone lasted this long. you can try to reformat the memory card and see if this helps any. if not just buy another card. yes such behaviors can be seen in phones with corrupted memory cards but not only.
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Nokia 5800 memory card data loss

Hello Everyone,
I've had one frustrating experience with my phone and it continues to annoy me. Since the past 6 months that i'm using my nokia 5800, one problem reoccurs frequently. Data on my memory card gets deleted by itself every now and then. I lose videos, music and images primarily every time.
The only option remaining then is to run a data recovery software on my memory card to restore to the lost data. This has happened 5 times in last 6 months and I have no clue why. I have seen many other complaining of the same problem in this forum but there's no solution. I hope to find on in this thread.
For your knowledge, i'm using 8gb micro sd that came with the phone and i'm already on FW ver 40.X which is the latest.
List of Nokia phones I've used: 3310, 3315, 3200, 6600,3250, N73 ME, N95 8GB, 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia X6 16 GB (currently using this).

I have the same problem on my Nokia 5800 XM v50. It happens since i use it last August when it was v30. I am using the original 8GB microSD card.
Glad that the loss files are always mp3s or mp4 that I copied from computer to the memory card. I didn't loss any photos or videos taken with the phone camera.
Another problem is that sometimes I cannot startup phone with the memory card plugged. It just shows the Nokia shaking hands and then white screen forever. I have to take out the battery or press the power button for more than 8sec to trun it off.
Sometimes I am able to start the phone by remove battery several times. BUT NOT TODAY. It can start if I take out the memory card before I press power button. After it is loaded into the home screen, if I insert the memory card, it HANGS.
I have been a Nokia user for 10yrs. And I always have faith on Nokia phones even when there were a lots of bugs on 5800 v30. BUT today i am really frustrated ....
My phones: Nokia 5130, 3210, 3310, 6510, 6108, 6230, 3250, (Windows Mobile), 5800XM, N8 + Booklet 3G.
bye Nokia...

Remote lock & Memory card corrupted issue

Remote lock & Memory card corrupted issue
Hi Dear Friends,
You might have experienced the "Memory card corrupted issue."
Don't panic! The solution is here!
Your memory card is just 'locked', it isn't 'corrupted'!
For sure, this post would be of great help to you, if:
• You have enabled the "Remote lock" feature of your Nokia device.
• You have sent the remote lock message to your device and locked it remotely.
Finding the solution really took me a lot of time. I was inspired by various posts on the Discussion, and decided to find the official notes on the issue. So would like to thank those who shared their tips, and helped us solve this problem.
I'm using E66, (you might use something else), and would refer to E51's and E65's User guide so often.
Of course, I'm not going to explain the instructions, and recommend you to refer to your user guides when needed.
On the contrary, I'm going to explain what may not be mentioned in your user guides.
Let’s Begin
What Has Happened:
In short, you attempted to test the feature, your phone was locked, you keyed in the lock code, code was accepted, you used the phone for a while, switched it off, powered it on, you were prompted the Lock code, you keyed in the lock code, code was accepted, you attempted to view some stuff that was on your memory card, you didn't find it, you tried to run a program that was installed on your memory card, the program icon didn't open, you put the memory card in the card reader and connected it to PC, it was not detected, you went to Menu> Tools> Memory card> You saw "Memory card corrupted"!
Don't, don't select the Yes selection key if you got the caution message, "Memory Card corrupted, reformat it?" because your memory card isn't corrupted, it's simply being locked!
But you can't find the unlock memory card command in Menu> Tools> Memory card> Options.
So? What to DO?
1. (This step is optional) Disable the Remote lock feature.
(Refer to your user guides) and change Allow Remote Lock> to no.
Then, while the unit is on,
2. Press the power key briefly, and select Remove memory card.
3. Remove the memory card from the slot.
4. Press OK if prompted.
5. Reinsert the memory card in the slot.
6. Reopen Menu> Tools> Memory card.
Is your memory card detected? If yes!
7. Follow tips number 2 & 3 of What to Know section below.
Did you get "Password removed" message?
If no, be careful of the case of the first character.
If you had changed the Remote lock message many times, use the one that was practically sent to the device via text message.
. In case you had set a password on your memory card before, you may also attempt to unlock the locked memory using your own password, not the first eight characters of the remote lock message.
Step seven would make the memory card detectable to the connected card reader to the PC too.
8. The memory card is detected temporarily, but it is locked and the "memory card corrupted" issue reappears every time you switch off/on the phone, unless you successfully complete step seven.
What to Know?
Official User guide Tips:
1. Remote locking also locks your memory card. (E51 page100)
. Yes, the one mobile phone that sends your device the predefined remote locking message, receives the confirmation message in response, indicating, "Mobile telephone and memory card are locked". But it isn't written in E66's and E65's.
2. To unlock the memory card, select Menu> Tools> Memory> Options> Remove password, and "enter the remote locking message as the password". (E51 page100)
. Yes, quite clear, but the quoted part ("enter the remote locking message as the password") isn't written on my E66's User guide, and there's a vague precaution on E65's, (refer to number 4).
3. If the message is longer than 8 characters, the first 8 characters are used as the memory card password. (E51 page100)
. Yes, quite clear good E51, but I don't own you; I have E66 your little sister. I owe my memory card's survival to nice users on the Discussion.
4. The maximum number of characters allowed is 8. Using more than 8 characters could prevent unlocking the memory card and require reformatting it. If reformatting the memory card is required, all information on the card will be lost. (E65 page28)
. Quite interesting, but it contradicts what good E51 says in number three¡!
. And it contradicts my own experience of the issue (and some other users' on the Discussion) too, since my E66's memory card accepted the 'first eight characters' of the 'ten-character long’ remote lock message that I had previously used to remote lock it.
. The first three tips are quite important and shouldn't have been excluded from E66's and E65's user guides. I don't have the time to download and review all the user guides that support this feature, but at least I read some user manuals and also got the impression (from the posts on the discussion) that there had been not enough information on E66's, E65's, E71's, N96's, and some others.
You may like to do a simple search on Google:
"The first 8 characters are used as the memory card password" site:nokia.com
Since the content of the user guides on the server seem not be searchable for any reason, you won't find any official support result except those of the good users on the Discussions. And the 'Nokia Site Search" brings no result too. (At least on the date of this post).
¡ Terribly sorry for those who have selected Yes to the Reformat caution message. It wasn't your fault. But there's an idiom that says, sleep on it! "Think about it for a while before coming up with a decision".
But now that you have tested the feature and know its solution, don't be afraid, and enable the Remote lock feature again! God forbid, but it may be needed one day!
Yours,
http://nds1.nokia.com/phones/files/guides/Nokia_E51_UG_en.pdf
http://nds1.nokia.com/phones/files/guides/Nokia_E65-1_UG_en.pdf
http://nds1.nokia.com/phones/files/guides/Nokia_E66-1_UG_en.pdf

Dear, I guess, / This article doesn't suit your case. / • You have not enabled the "Remote lock" feature of your Nokia device. / • You have not locked your device remotely. / Because you don't know where the remote lock is and haven't played with its settings. / You need to explain what has happened. / The only thing we get is that your memory card doesn't open. / 1. your phone model, e.g., 5130. / 2. What did you do recently that might have caused this issue? / 3. What methods did you try to unlock it? / Use some of the tips provided above. (except number 1). / Yours

"Memory Card Corrupted" - Error Help!!!

Hi, I have a Nokia 6210 Navigator, and my memory card suddenly stopped working when I was opening a file. A message came up "Memory Card Corrupted". When I went into File manager, it showed my memory card as not there (grayed out). When I tried to explore it within my phone, there was no option to format, and there was a message "Memory Card Corrupted" on the screen.
When I connected my phone via Mass Storage Mode, it showed it as a drive, though when I tried to open it, it said "Insert a disk into I:\". It does not show up in Disk Management or CMD, and when I tried to format or run Check Disk, it would not run - "Drive not Ready". When I connected it into PC Suite Mode, I could perform a backup, though when I checked it could only backup my Phone Memory, not the card. The other modes don't work either.
I have tried many different softwares to try and backup/recover my data, and to try and format it, though that didn't work either
I have tried restarting my phone many times, but that didn't work either.

no other way to fix it unfortunately. unless you want to go to the trouble of taking your phone to your local Nokia Care Centre, where they will probably do the same thing anyway and you will still have to setup all your applications etc again. those messages are due to the phone thinking that the memory card isn't inserted when it is, so obviously it is a phone problem. another suggestion would be to check that the memory card is inserted correctly and to clean the contacts for the memory card (i.e. gently blow out the dust with a deep breath). if the card is the default one that came with the phone in the box, its most likely the Nokia one. i have the feeling they're manufctured under licence by SanDisk anyway.
yes, firmware updates can bring advantages such as bug fixes, new features and improved battery life. it is generally recommended to keep the phone up to date anyway to ensure its longevity and increased reliability and security. i know its a pain, but you will have to do the hard reset now that you have backed up all your data. let us know how it goes.
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E61 - Memory Card Corrupt

I bought a Kingston 512mb MiniSD card along with my new Nokia E61. But after few hours, the data saved in it was inaccessable, and message was "Memory card corrupt".
I removed it put it back, and the message was still there. After few hours I put it bnack in, and now it worked (for few hours). I tried formating it in both FAT/FAT32 formats. But the card always remained accessable through Card Reader and not the phone.
I finally got it replaced with another piece and the problem was in there too, which makes me feel that maybe there is some compatibility issue with my phone. What do you suggest I try?

Hi, actually I came across the same problem as yours. I got the exactly the same SD card. In the beginning, everything works fine from the SD, after few days when I tried to run the applications installed on the SD, the phone showed me "system error (-1)", which means the phone cannot find the specified file/path. The solution is now to press the power button and choose the option of "remove mem.", then it works find until the next switch on.
And also it is frequently reboot or hang-up. I am think this should be the firmware problem, and really hope can update the firmware from PC or in other ways. This phone is right now the pain in the .... for me.

Nokia, the memory card needs moving

why put the memory card under the battery? if i want to take it out to stick some data on using the readers that come as standard on many pc's now, i can't. i will have to reprogram the time and date and deal with the phones covers. The cards of very limited use, and might aswell not be removeable.

The 6230i is an old phone and was one of the first series 40 phones to feature a memory card.
Most newer nokia's memory cards can be changed without removing the battery. Some lower end phones (7373) still have the slot under the battery.

Memory card corrupted when transfering large size ...

I get my memory card corrupted when I transfer large size files to it (usually movies)...
and it doesn't return to bormal unless I format it.
What can I do? I want to stay having these videos on my memory card to watch them on my n73.
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Memory Card Corruption (E51)

Hi there,
I recently upgraded the memory card on my phone from 1Gb to 8Gb. After about a week the memory card has become corrupt. The memory card is a SanDisc 8Gb SDHC.
Can i do anything to prevent future corruption?
Message Edited by exactiv on 25-Mar-2009 10:17 AM

Physically,memory cards are quite fragile pieces of high technology, susceptible to damagefrom various silly things like excessive heat, condensation, strong magneticfields, physical damage from rough handling and/or bending! (similar to mostelectronic devices then..)
Given thenatue of mobile memory card products, they are constantly being taken in andout of some form of interface with a mobile phone, a camera, a laptop, ordesktop PC, or a separate memory card reader. The number of different devicesthey have to be able to interact with is in the thousands.
It is nottoo surprisingly, then that sometimes the state of the file system on thememory card can get damaged.
This mayhappen for a number of different reasons, including:
removingthe card from a device whilst an application is trying to read/write to it..(Just be patient...)
batterydrain on a device whilst in use meaning an insufficent voltage failure whilstwriting to the card.
a poorimplementation of the MMC standard on the device using the card
poorconnectivity software drivers on the device or the Windows PC/Mac
physicaldamage like card or device being dropped, bent, getting wet etc...
lots ofother reasons, i am sure..
As oftenas not, the problem is not terminal for your memory card, but just a softwareissue ( or in physical terms, it could be called "a temporary disalignmentof the all the bits and bytes on the card").
The fixfor this problem is the same as for any other file storage device (like afloppy or hard drive) with corrupt or invalid file system, namely; re-formatthe file system.
[Re-Formattingyour Mercury Memory MMC Card]
It ispossible that your mobile will offer you the option of formatting the memorycard if it is found to be invalid. (However, the likes of Nokia nGage, Nokia6600, and Siemens Sx1 often just prefer to reject the media as corrupted).hopethis will help

5800 memory card disk error

I just got my phone back from repair (home screen buttons weren't working and music player stopped after one song). The home screen now works fine but as soon as I put my memory card back in it now comes up with 'disk error unable to write'. My laptop won't recognise the phone either. It won't let me format the card either as this makes it hang and I have to take the battery out.
Is there a solution to this or am I going to have to take it back for another repair?
I cannot wait for my contract to be up.

Memory card seems corrupted, try to use Card reader on your laptop to backup data first, then format card, if successfully formated, then insert to phone, hopefully it'll work after being formatted.
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I have Nokia N73 and i can't access my memory card. I have not set any passwords but still its asking for password I don't know how to do this. Please guys help me out with this issue whenever i click on memory card its asking me for password which i don't know.
Thanks in Advance
Raviraj..

it is very urgent otherwise i ll loose my important data..
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the only thing supplied on the memory card is nokia maps, how this can be downloaded from this site.
gives you instructions how to reinstall the maps if you wish to do so http://europe.nokia.com/A4984199, apart from hat there is 1 or 2 video/music files and that's it.
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Is there any possibility that an 8gb micro sdhc card to work on a Nokia E65?

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Anyone can help me ?

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just had a 5800 two weeks ago with a memory card 8gb, it already had some music but i add my own and other stuff and it was cool, i do this by removing the card from the device and put it in a memory card reader and into the usb, one day which is today, i did this to manage some stuff then what happened, the usb connection was last and back again in one second, so i changed te usb port and put it in another one, then what i found is there is nothing, all files and folders gone, there is only one big dump file has the size of 4gb (the size of all the things that should be), 4gb in one file that has no type or any thing its just a file with 4gb which is the size of the music and videos and the stuff that was in the card, so that means that the files supposed to be in the memory card but its stuck in one file, so whats going one i mean, thats it? all files are gone? and what is that big file? even if i give up the memory card will only have 4gb left cuz the file cannot be deleted or moved, by the way the file name is weird but this is the name: USBC╨┘à.
thnx for reading, by the way, the files that was in the memory were very important to me, i spent alot of days collecting those stuff and there are other things such as photos and stuff that i will never had if the memory is gone, when i found out nothing in the memory i lost consciousness for about an hour on the floor.
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Hi ,i just encountered this problem while moving files ,all files
lost except the USBC file from SDHC card.so i ran several recovery
soft. .nothing works.i have successfully recovered those files .
use memory card reader.open command prompt,change to that
drive .use chkdsk /f first .then chkdsk /r.if chkdsk /r ran
properly (in my case i got read error first ,trying second time it
shows the progress),it will show chkdsk found no error.
it will show how much space is taken in how many files and folders
and how much space is free.in may case it was 615 mb in 136
recoverable files.yours may be different.in the SDHC there was a
single file named USBC.Choose option show hidden folders AND show
system files in explorer menu.there will be a directory named
"FOUND.000" like that.there will be files that were lost inside it
with extension CHK.
in my case i changed their ext. to JPG.i got my files.but
in your case these files should be renamed according to their
original name & ext.

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