Quote Originally Posted by kwutzke View Post
Hello!

I just plugged in my newly purchased 8GB SanDisk into my W580i. I read people have it working correctly. Mine does partly. When showing the phone status, only 4GB appear as free memory. When connected to the PC via USB however, Windows Explorer shows 8GB free.

I mainly want to use the 8GB card for mp3's, can I still use the whole 8GB though the phone only shows 4GB free?

I already used XS++ to debrand my phone. Using SEUS to upgrade the firmware didn't do anything. I upgraded though SEUS said I don't need to. No changes here.

Is there a way to make the phone show 8GB free?

Can I use the 8GB even though 4GB shown only?

TIA
Karsten
I had read about this somewhere, and it said that this is OK. Phone shows only 4GB cuz it deals with the stick as if it were actually 2x4GB rather than 1x8GB. It also said that if you fill the first 4GB phone will switch to the other 4GB and show another 4GB free (e.g. if you fill up 5GB out of 8GB, the phone will show 3GB free). You could try this :) .