The microSD problem was one of many problems I have actually had on this phone. However, it is the only problem that I chose to write about on this list, because it is this kind of really basic stuff that can impact on the productivity of a developer.
To put it in context, after I got around the problem (workaround below), the time it took to enable root on the phone, unlock it from T- Mobile, and get it fully working with my IMAP and a test with a Funambol server was less than the time I wasted on the microSD issue. As for the microSD problem itself: - The phone had no way of doing anything with the 2GB microSD from T- Mobile. It either showed up as unavailable or size = 0. No option to format it. - When trying to access it from a PC with the supplied USB cable (even just reading the partition table), Linux reports all kind of unrecoverable read errors. Workaround - I finally gave up trying to make it work as described in other forums, and I went to a local store and bought a microSD reader that fits directly in my PC's USB slot. Using this reader, I could format the card with mkfs.vfat, and then it was usable on the phone. When I finally got through to T-Mobile, they could only suggest swapping the phone, but I can't see how swapping the phone would change the fact that no microSD reader was in the box in the first place. If I had followed T-Mobile's advice, I probably would have ended up cancelling my order and returning the phone (the T-Mobile girl even suggested this option). For those who are hoping to make a living on Android development, I would hate to think your potential customers are not even going to get as far as the Market apps before they give up, but hopefully the lack of Android phones released so far is a sign that they are being held back until quality issues are under control. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
