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how to make MMC more SPACE
Your files in MMC is stored in multiple (disk) blocks.
So if you format using 16K block,
the space used will be 16K eventhough your file is just 1K.
If you buy MMC, it is usually preformatted with 16K block. Therefore a lot of space is
wasted as most installed program files are usually less than 2K.
You will need a card reader to do this-
1. Connect card reader and copy all your files in the MMC to computer disk.
(Make sure you set the show allhiddenos files to on)
2. Do a format of the MMC using command line format and use the A=size option.
Alternative, you can use the Disk Management in Adminstrative Tools to format.
Make sure you select FAT16. For 256MB MMC, smallest block you can use is 4K, 128MB
is 2K, 64Mb is 1K and 32MB is 512B.
(Note You cannot use the phone format MMC to do this as the format just clear the allocation table and does not change the block size]
3. Copy back all files to MMC.
Now you will find that you will have more space.
For my 256Mb MMC which is nearly full, I got extra 35Mb after doing this.
And there is no stability or problem
in DOS:
format (mmc drive): /FS:FAT /A:512
for the 512B option (for the 4k, it's 4096).
I got 2mb extra on the original 16mb MMC.
WARNING: This may have secondary effects, such as after playing music on N-Gage,
not having proggies or games in the main menu.
- Alphalyst / [Nimbus]
NOTE: This does not have any effect for > 128 mb mmc cards [The_shad]
Your files in MMC is stored in multiple (disk) blocks.
So if you format using 16K block,
the space used will be 16K eventhough your file is just 1K.
If you buy MMC, it is usually preformatted with 16K block. Therefore a lot of space is
wasted as most installed program files are usually less than 2K.
You will need a card reader to do this-
1. Connect card reader and copy all your files in the MMC to computer disk.
(Make sure you set the show allhiddenos files to on)
2. Do a format of the MMC using command line format and use the A=size option.
Alternative, you can use the Disk Management in Adminstrative Tools to format.
Make sure you select FAT16. For 256MB MMC, smallest block you can use is 4K, 128MB
is 2K, 64Mb is 1K and 32MB is 512B.
(Note You cannot use the phone format MMC to do this as the format just clear the allocation table and does not change the block size]
3. Copy back all files to MMC.
Now you will find that you will have more space.
For my 256Mb MMC which is nearly full, I got extra 35Mb after doing this.
And there is no stability or problem
in DOS:
format (mmc drive): /FS:FAT /A:512
for the 512B option (for the 4k, it's 4096).
I got 2mb extra on the original 16mb MMC.
WARNING: This may have secondary effects, such as after playing music on N-Gage,
not having proggies or games in the main menu.
- Alphalyst / [Nimbus]
NOTE: This does not have any effect for > 128 mb mmc cards [The_shad]