help bought 256mb mmc and 3650 wont see it

#1 10-10-2003, 03:36 AM

hi all - i found a good deal on 256mb mmc BUT!!....

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/memx/xmm256.html

and i have firmware 3.16 in my 3650

i think its too late to return and when i pop it into nokia it wont recognize card, says no card inserted....but then i put it into palm m505 and it works fine...then i formatted card on palm and put it into 3650 still nothing.....did it a few more times and all the sudden card showed up in phone!! at 246 mb i think - then i tried to reformat the card using the phone format(saw that some people said to do this in forum) and it worked but then asked to me to rename card - no matter what name i put in it rejected it saying only alphanumeric chars..when i tired to use the card after format it said cant store on card..so i then removed card and tried to reformat again on palm but now no matter how many times i reformat on palm and insert into nokia it always says no card inserted....please tell me im not completely out of luck...if i were to waste my money on a card reader now and format with that would it solve problem? help cuz now im stuck with a mmc card that i dont need, i already have a 256 sd card for palm dammit,i cant see any other reason why nokia wouldnt rec this card and just the palm.

sco2001 · #2 10-10-2003, 06:48 AM

the 3650 doesn't officially support the 256mb card, but some cards seem to work. You seem to have bought one that doesn't. Surely you could try and get a refund?

sco2001 · #3 10-10-2003, 04:41 PM

sorry i don't think i read it right, I read it again and i guess my answer diesn't make sense. sorry

#4 10-10-2003, 09:49 PM

but my main question i guess is since i cant return it , if i were to buy a card reader for the pc and format the card on that, would the nokia have a better chance of recognizing the card? or was my palm test enough to know that the card is just incompatible..any productive suggestions appreciated - either i buy a card reader or i just forget about my 256 woes and settle for a 128mb..........

btw - i ordered a 256mb card on ebay from a guy named jdomo i believe, got link from this forum - dude was a scam, charged my card and never shipped product - so stay away from him if thinking about 256......such bad luck ive had trying to get a good 256 for the nokia :(

#5 11-10-2003, 10:57 AM

from the link you posted

"The version which works with Nokia, 3300 3650 6600 9110 9210 9210c will be released in early November. This card will not work in Nokia. "

#6 11-10-2003, 09:46 PM

hmm seems they added that after i ordered so i guess they had other complaints...thanks for pointing that out to me.

manfred · #7 07-11-2003, 08:33 PM

Is this a case of cards will or will not work in a random fashion, or that only particular makes will work?
If the latter, how about some investigating to find which makes work?