[jog3145]

ok wow. I have a att bb pearl, and a lexar 2 gig mem card. Im new here and I have been having a problem with my 2 gig memory card not reading after I put a bunch of music and photos on it. I tried reformatting it and it locked the phone up. I was just trying everything I could think of and I enabled the usb to access the mem card and formatted it with windows. I created a Blackberry folder and then within that folder created a pictures folder and placed one picture.

not sure what happened but in the end the card was back to normal and the one picture I placed on the card thru windows explorer was still there.

[brghtbear]

Thanks you so very much for this!

[proanim8r]

Pinstack ROCKS!!! My 4GB microSD card is now working flawlessly in my Pearl running .103

Thanks!!!

[siciliano187]

Does anbody have a spare metal micro sd slot clasp??????????? mine got lost somehow

[Lavagirl]

If no one responds to you, you might check here:
http://www.bbrepairshop.com/

They may have one you can order.

Good luck!

Originally Posted by siciliano187

Does anbody have a spare metal micro sd slot clasp??????????? mine got lost somehow

[jagooch]

Originally Posted by Rcbjr

Go to Options/Advanced Options/Media Card. Make sure that Media Support is set to ON. Open the Menu and select Format Card. See if that doesn't work.

Hope this helps
Rcbjr.

It doesn't.

[amymbm]

HA! I feel like an idiot! I dropped my sd card right into the slot like a sim card! It worked for a while, then I had problems. Kept rechecking it, jamming the door back over it and still no luck! For weeks! Then I find this thread. LOL

[garlnnd]

Originally Posted by Bottomfeeder

Very helpful thread. But after following everything carefully and following the instructions on the blackberrry website, I still can't get my card to work.

When I go to Options/Advanced Options/ Media Card it indicates states: "A media card is not presently inserted in the device."

I have tried to take the card out and put it back in, but it still does not recognize that there is a card in there.

Any help would be appreciated!

Did you ever fix your problem? I'm having the same...

[EricaJ1073]

Thanks for the instructions. I finally got a 2 GB card (which I am using in a different device) and installed it on the Pearl just to see if I could follow the directions. After fighting for a few minutes to get the MicroSD card door to close, I finally got it. I was going to use the MicroSD card I have now until I get another one but when I went to format it, it prompted me that all my music was gonna be erased. LOL I worked too hard to get the 100 songs on it that I have now.

My next step will be to get a 6 GB micro SD card, install it in the Pearl and format it BEFORE I load music to it.

[shwingin23]

Hey, you have the same Micro SD chip as me

[TorredBB]

THANK YOU! San Fran....I'm a new blackberry user and i've learned a bit from stackers like yourself thats why this site is as great as it is because of helpful people like yourself. Thanks again!

[Sparky1254]

Nuts!! I waisted 4,.. Yes 4,.. Micro SD 2Gig chips before running into this clearly explicit display. Darn shame I hadn't seen this before. Rediculious Owners manual does NOT give pictorials with the details here which show beyond any shadow of a doubt how it goes in. Cudos,.. This one needs to be in the Blackberry Pearl 8100's manual. Very Many Thanks!

[Sparky1254]

As previously stated,.. " Waisted 4,..Yes 4 2Gig SD's" before running into this,... even one of the corporate store employees couldn't do it without breaking 1. It just doesn't go in like a SIM,... it took her inquirey from another employee who owns a Pearl 8100 who by chance had a 2Gig in his own which he showed us.,... sheesh,.... she and I both felt like dummbys. Now,.. if somebody could just tell me what the complete and correct installation/setup is,..ie,.. menu click pulls up " install card" or something similar,.. and appears to do nothing,.. then format,.. failed formatting media,.... what's that one too. Helllppp! Please! Anybody that knows what this is, any input is more than i have right now.

[dlmilli]

Originally Posted by garlnnd

Did you ever fix your problem? I'm having the same...

In response to the problem of "no media card is inserted" when it is... I read all the forums, checked Blackberry's site, everything, and nothing worked. I was only able to solve this problem by buying a new card and returning the old. Turns out the old one was fried. As soon as I installed the new card (both old and new were sandisk 4gb) my device recognized it. So hopefully you are still within the return policy.


Good luck.

[kingkyle_2005]

info worked great, now i dont have to look dumb asking a friend...