Can't copy "large" files to storage card

[Guest scsi]

I just bought a 1gb memory card from Expansys, and am having problems copying files above 50mb (or so) on it.

Small files are transferend ok, but with larger ones, the copy progress bar goes to about 50%, and then just starts over again. This then just loops untill I cancel it, and the file is of course not copied.

Is anyone else experiencing this? It very effectively made my SP5 totally worthless as both a movie and a music player... :)

Tried researching this a bit, but couldn't find anything relevant. I have AS 4.1.0.

Edited January 28, 2006 by scsi

[Guest Disco Stu]

It is always a good idea to get a USB card reader for transferring large file to the storage card. They cost under £10 and are easily found on eBay, Amazon, high street retailers etc

[Guest scsi]

I have a card reader, but since you have to turn the phone off, remove the back lid, remove the battery, put the card into the SD adapter, and then reverse the whole thing, it's hardy convenient.

Are you all having this problem??

I tried to format the card from my computer, and that didn't help. Copied a bunch of large files to it (again, using the card reader), and the phone doesnät have any problems reading them, so this seems to be a AS issue, nothing to do with the phone itself...

Is this huge drawback documented somewhere?

Edited January 28, 2006 by scsi

[Guest hotphil]

Yep, it simply doesn't work either via cable or USB. Not sure how on earth such a glaring problem made it through to the consumer.

[Guest scsi]

This is incredible. I can remember AS being crap from the time I ised my PPC, but I thought that it got better over time. Appearently, it didn't...

So what exactly is the limit? 50mb?

Is there _any_ workaround for this? To take the card out every time is just unthinable, and the back lid was hardly made for it either. Eventually, it would probably get loose.

[Guest jamesb]

This is incredible. I can remember AS being crap from the time I ised my PPC, but I thought that it got better over time. Appearently, it didn't...

So what exactly is the limit? 50mb?

Is there _any_ workaround for this? To take the card out every time is just unthinable, and the back lid was hardly made for it either. Eventually, it would probably get loose.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I can remember posts about similar problems way back such as this one here

Perhaps the file is still transferring despite what AS is displaying?

[Guest Wombleuk]

Just leave it running !

It is very very slow copying to the 1Gb card (took 40 minutes to transfer 350Mb the other day).

I think that the progress bar was never calibrated to handle such large files, so it juts keeps looping.

Jut let it run and the files will be copied.

[Guest scsi]

Just leave it running !

It is very very slow copying to the 1Gb card (took 40 minutes to transfer 350Mb the other day).

I think that the progress bar was never calibrated to handle such large files, so it juts keeps looping.

Jut let it run and the files will be copied.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks, after the progress bar looped like 4 times, the file was copied.

It took around 5 minutes to copy a 100mb file, and tried copying alot of small files, together 100mb, and the results were the same, so the size of the files dont reflect on the speed.

5 minutes for 100mb is bad, but not terrible. Concidering USB1 is used (amazingly, despite it being 2006, and the model is brand new), the speed is not that much bellow the USB limit. Or at least, it doesn't feel like it, I didn't do the math.

Anyhow, I am just relieved that I don't have to take out the card every time. :)

Thank you for the tip!

Edited January 28, 2006 by scsi

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

I found that by keeping the phone awake every few minutes, I do not have a problem with file sizes.

By keeping awake I mean use the directional pad, seems to work for me.

[Guest w411y]

Same happens to me. When syncing films to my M1500 I check how much 'free space' there is on the storage card and then watch the free space decrease as the file is copying

[Guest LarsDK]

Is it SLC-cards or MLC-cards? It sounds like the MLC problems...