Hello all,

Kinda posted this in other areas but thought I might find my answer in here...

I have an N810 that hasn't been able to get application to be installed on since I did the 2008 50-2 upgrade.

If I plug in my USB cable I get that USB is disabled and the internal card is in use. I also get MMC errors if I try to installed anything in the log. Lastly, I can't disable or change the size of my vitual memory.

800 users keep saying I should reformat but the 810's internal memory is not removeable to allow for reformating on a PC.

I have tried the Factory reset and Clear in tools in File manage but that didn't help.

Can anyone help out a Linux Newb with the steps to reformat the memory internally on the n810 if that is even possible, otherwise I guess I have to send this in to Nokia for fixing.

Thanks in advanced,

From on badger to another!

Open File Manager > Highlight Internal Card > Tools > Format Memory Card

Ensure that the virtual memory is turned off first

Thanks fellow badger but...

Like I said I can't turn off virtual memory, it wont allow me to.

If I try to format, format is greyed out...so I am stuck.

Thanks!

Try connecting to your PC in mass storage mode and formatting that way...

I had to do this once when my drive got curropt.

i'm having the same problem. as root, /media/mmc2 is mounted as readonly, and i can't get the swap turned off to reformat the internal memory card.

oops, just figured it out.
as root:
mount -o remount,rw /media/mmc2
then remove the swap, reformat

I would but as I say in my initial post, if I connect my USB cable, it says that USB is disabled because my internal memory is being accessed.

How do I get root on my N810, I tried to install becomeroot but as I said I can't install anything.

Can anyone write a "Best Known Method" step doc for a Linux novice to reformat my internal memory?

Thanks all!

I guess this is the point where everyone scratches their collecting heads and say I am hosed?

To format the internal memory card on an n800 when having trouble.

Method 1 with USB
1. Open the Control Panel and click the Memory Icon.
2. UN-check the "extended memory box" (this is what is using the internal card)
3. Test by plugging in the USB if it doesn't work then do steps 4 otherwise, skip it and go to 5
4. Shut down the n800 and switch the internal and external card (don't worry it won't hurt anything.)
5. Turn the n800 back on when booted plug it into your Windows system (PC's where built by IBM.) and format the external (formally internal) disk. Make sure you do it fat32 not fat16 as fat32 is the one used on SD cards especially if you have a SDHC (4G or larger) card.
6. Turn the n800 off (if you did step 4) and switch the cards back.
7. Open the Control Panel again and this time check the box for extended memory.

Done.

Method 2 without USB.

1. Do step 1 above.
2. Open Xterm and type (where # is your prompt)
# sudo umount /media/mmc2
# sudo mkdosfs /dev/mmcblk0p1
# sudo mount /media/mmc2
3. Do step 7 above.

Now on an n810 you have a different scenario. The internal memory is not an SD card or a disk in the normal sense. It's actually a PROM of sorts (I know it's not called a PROM) where you don't/can't format it, you have to flash an image onto it. So if you want to "format" that part the only thing you can do is flash it.

Unlike magnetic memory (a HDD for example) it doesn't have any sort of memory retention from flash to flash. Nor is it a block device that can be formated. The actual block device is the image you flash on and if you wiped it out and re-flashed it would be the same as just re-flashing.

Ok, for the 3rd time, I CAN NOT uncheck the virtual memory option, it WILL NOT LET ME!

Also this is on an 810, not an 800, if it were an 800 my problem would have been solved weeks ago and I wouldn't be bothering you nice people.

GB