XDA IIs Storage Memory Problem

[Guest mhanbury]

When first using the XDA II2 the storage area had around 43mb of free

space with the persavebackup folder and a few small files.

Yesterday I was having a couple of problems with the device and

performed a restore using xbackup from a backup taken on monday and

cleared the Storage area leaving just the persavebackup that contained

a few 1kb small files. However according to the memory applet in

control panel Storage was still using 18.49MB RAM. I had a look in

the storage folder with file explorer and even with the show all files

checked I could not see anything other than the persavebackup with a

few kb's worth of files in it and I could not get all of my work

documents back onto the Storage area because there was now only 24mb

left for me to use? Before the restore I used to have 43mb. I always

run the xbackup utility to a 512MB SD Storage Card so it was not the

backup file taking up the space.

I then performed a hard reset to see if this helped. Once all the o2

applications had reloaded I checked with the memory applet and with

just the persavebackup I was still using 18.49MB of the 43mb Storage

before I tried to restore any of my files.

I then took this a step further and reapplied the O2 1.31 ROM to see

if this would fix the issue and again checked the memory applet as

soon as the O2 applications had been installed but again 18.49 MB of

the 43mb already being used leaving me just 24MB?

Does anyone know what could be wrong with the device could their be a hidden file/folder in Storage I can't see but shouldn't replacing the ROM

clear Storage or has some of the Storage memory gone down and do I

need to return the device?

[Guest fraser]

Try using different file explorers perhaps? The in-built one is pretty poor. Try Total Commander, it's free and with a bit of luck it will list the files you can't see.

There is also a slim chance that the storage might be broke. Flash memory can only take a few thousand writes before it breaks. So, anything using it needs to a) spread the writing about evenly to save wear and :D be able to mark areas as bad and carry on without them. I don't think this is the case though as it's very unlikely to lose so much and the fact that the space is listed as in use. Perhaps that's how the chips deal with bad areas though, mark them as in use. Unlikely I think.

[Guest mhanbury]

Hi there thanks for the reply. Tried the above unfortunately still nothing shown other than the persavebackup folder and 1kb files. I even tried a trial version of Resco Explorer and nothing would format Storage because of the exclusive access needed by persavebackup. Acting on a hunch that there are hidden files on the storage ROM I had to find a way to gain exclusive access to perform a format. I managed to find the right reg key to rename storage. Performed a soft reset, after receiving a persavebackup error basically stating it could not find the path to storage I was able to format it up and hey presto 43MB available again. A quick tweak of the reg again to put it back how it was another soft reset so persavebackup is happy again and everything is back to normal... Thank goodness :-)

[Guest mhanbury]

Hi there thanks for the reply. Tried the above unfortunately still nothing shown other than the persavebackup folder and 1kb files. I even tried a trial version of Resco Explorer and nothing would format Storage because of the exclusive access needed by persavebackup. Acting on a hunch that there are hidden files on the storage ROM I had to find a way to gain exclusive access to perform a format. I managed to find the right reg key to rename storage. Performed a soft reset, after receiving a persavebackup error basically stating it could not find the path to storage I was able to format it up and hey presto 43MB available again. A quick tweak of the reg again to put it back how it was another soft reset so persavebackup is happy again and everything is back to normal... Thank goodness :-)

[Guest mhanbury]

Hi there thanks for the reply. Tried the above unfortunately still nothing shown other than the persavebackup folder and 1kb files. I even tried a trial version of Resco Explorer and nothing would format Storage because of the exclusive access needed by persavebackup. Acting on a hunch that there are hidden files on the storage ROM I had to find a way to gain exclusive access to perform a format. I managed to find the right reg key to rename storage. Performed a soft reset, after receiving a persavebackup error basically stating it could not find the path to storage I was able to format it up and hey presto 43MB available again. A quick tweak of the reg again to put it back how it was another soft reset so persavebackup is happy again and everything is back to normal... Thank goodness :-)