Looking to find out what the maximum size MicroSD memory card that the 8830 will handle? What's the max anybody here has been able to succesfully use? I've read a few threads of problems with 2gb...
Thanks in advance! Cheers, PDQ
My friend just showed me his 8830 last week, he is successfully using a 4 Gig card. I have the 2 Gig card, because I errantly believed a post by somebody that the 8830 couldn't use larger than a 2 gig card.
This is the best price I found on 4GB microSD cards ($39.99) Electronics Cabling accessories. I've used them before to order Tivo stuff and they seem to be honest.
I was at a Verizon store yesterday, saw the memory cards on display and asked him why they didn't have the 8GB card that I had seen at the Verizon online store. He said that 4GB was the max that the 8830 currently handled - and that the only way a larger card could be accomodated would be with a future software upgrade - although he hadn't heard of any such upgrade feature that was forthcoming.
I went to a Verizon kiosk in a Circuit City to buy an SD card. They told me the biggest the 8830 could handle was 4G. They sold me a SanDisk, popped it in for me, and it didn't work. They first tried the intall command, and then the format command. It didn't work. Then they told me I needed a software update, and that I had to go to a Verizon store to get it. I went there, and they told me I had to go home, go to the VZ website, and download and install the latest update for VZ Nav. (which I think is BS, so I didn't do it)
How do I get the 4G card to work? Is it a bad card? Or should I get a 2G instead? Many thanks.
MY BAD! While typing this, I just took out the SD card, reinserted it, rebooted, and now it shows as being installed. I guess the Verizon guy can't even install an SD card right. No "update" necessary.
Of course, its showing as having only 3.7G storage (on a 4G card), but hey, this is progress.
Originally Posted by consigliarie
I went to a Verizon kiosk in a Circuit City to buy an SD card. They told me the biggest the 8830 could handle was 4G. They sold me a SanDisk, popped it in for me, and it didn't work. They first tried the intall command, and then the format command. It didn't work. Then they told me I needed a software update, and that I had to go to a Verizon store to get it. I went there, and they told me I had to go home, go to the VZ website, and download and install the latest update for VZ Nav. (which I think is BS, so I didn't do it)
How do I get the 4G card to work? Is it a bad card? Or should I get a 2G instead? Many thanks.
it's been months and no microsdhc help on any software updates... anyone know when a 6GB card will work on an 8830? I rushed out to get it and was one of the first with the formatting problem and tried to fix it obviously with no luck like anyone else so I put it on the backburner for a couple of months now and still haven't heard of any updates.
