Checking if anyone knows if its compatible with 256Mb mmc cards.

I didnt even know they existed until I found them on ebay a few mins ago.

Ye,256mb card is compatible with 3650,but it slows down the phone.There were also said at this forum,that the new firmware 3.07 will completely support 256 mb card.

does a 64mb or a 128mb card slow the phone down or netihng???

Ye,256mb card is compatible with 3650,but it slows down the phone.There were also said at this forum,that the new firmware 3.07 will completely support 256 mb card.

One guy tested Kodak 256MB MMC on other forum and it only slows the boot (takes about 15-20sec longer).

Wow,i didn't know that it suports MMC's above 128 MB,this is really great.

Wow,i didn't know that it suports MMC's above 128 MB,this is really great.

Wow - this is really good news
I will really need to seriously consider
getting the N3650 or the SE T610.

:o wow really?
i thought 128 mb was the limite
so it only slows down the boot?? right
so you that means I should go for the 256 mb card rahter then the 128 mb one right :D

where on ebay can i find a 256MB mmc??

:o wow really?
i thought 128 mb was the limite
so it only slows down the boot?? right
so you that means I should go for the 256 mb card rahter then the 128 mb one right :D

But, i ain't gonna guarantee that it works... :P

I THINK WE SHOULDNT F*** THE BRAINS what card to buy.WE should buy 128 or 64 mb card,and finish that discussions.

Well,i would think twice before buying an MMC,the 256 MB is really tempting.

If the 3.07 firmware supports 256mb, I'd sure would buy it! It really is tempting, with all the videos you can put on it!!! I just hope that the latest firmware will be released soon!

yea im sure the frameware 3.07 will support 256 mb and maybe also be able to play videos in full screen on real player :D

yea im sure the frameware 3.07 will support 256 mb and maybe also be able to play videos in full screen on real player :D
Wow, that's good news! Can't wait for the firmware to get here! :)

Can anyone confirm or deny this?It sounds to me just like bunc of vapurware.

Yea,it a maybe a wrong info,i think we should love our 3650,as it is.

Yea,it a maybe a wrong info,i think we should love our 3650,as it is.
I love my 3650 as it is :) But it wouldn't hurt if this rumor is true you know... ;)

problemly a dumbass question, but where can i see my current firmware?

*#0000# this will do the trick :)

thx, i got firmware 2.50,dating from 13-02-2003, are there already new ones out and available at nokia service points?

There's a new firmware which is the 3.07. don't know when it will be released

Got in contact with the guys from pdc taiwan, they told me that their card is not compatible with our phone. I think it really has to be supported in the firmware, until that stick with your 128s until somebody prooves that 256s are compatible. mac

The new official firmware 3.13 support 256 mb MMC

Hello jimmy,can you post an url of the website or anything where you got the info?

Here it is http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12305

Thanks Jimmy :)

hmmm. still no official site that can be referred to ??

It seems to be nowhere :roll:

It has to be mentioned at a site somewhere? ANyone who can popout a link for us knowledge hungry people *G*

*#0000# this will do the trick :)

Hi,

Im a few hours old with this phone, but am curious as to what should be pressed after entering "#0000#"

Thx...

it's actually *#0000*


you forgot to key-in the * sign before the #

once keyed-in correctly, it will automatically come out on the screen and there's no need for you to press any keys.

yeah... you forgot the * symbol... :)

What about 516MB MMC?

NOKIA 3650 doesnt support 512 mb card.The maximum support is 256mb.

NOKIA 3650 doesnt support 512 mb card.The maximum support is 256mb.

Where is that stated?

The MMC interface specs allow up to 4GB, as far as I'm aware (however, I wouldn't ever expect to actually see such things made until flash memory technology improves significantly from current state of things).

For that matter, which manufacturer has a 512MB MMC card available (I don't see many 256MB cards for sale either)?

I agree with you N/A,this is only hearsay talk,no official sorce has confirmed it or denied it yet.

I just ordered one for around £60 off eBay. When it arrives I will try it and post my results here :D
Also if the company is any good I may post their contact info so we can all get 'em !

You've ordered what,512MB MMC? Or a 256 MB one,well,in either case,let us know what happened.

512MB cards are only coming next christmas.

Did u het an SD instead of MMC?

512MB cards are only coming next christmas.

this is not true. this christmas (2003 - 2004) will be on market 1GB MMC !!!

Just to confirm , My 256 MB MMC arrived this morning. :D Popped it in and all is well. Takes a bit of time to format but its working A-OK .
My 3650 is a V 2.50 model built on 13-02-2003. I got the card off a company called Sunbrico heres an ebay seller link.

http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=sunbric o&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=25

They are real helpful and te product is much cheaper than in the high street stores.

Cheers,

Just to confirm , My 256 MB MMC arrived this morning. :D Popped it in and all is well. Takes a bit of time to format but its working A-OK .
My 3650 is a V 2.50 model built on 13-02-2003. I got the card off a company called Sunbrico heres an ebay seller link.


That is a surprise, since in a german cell phone forum some people who said to have tried it claim that 256 mb mmc will work only with firmware > 3.xx .

Anyone to confirm?

Dieter

Looks like your right... Just tried to move some images and got loads of errors. It shows up OK in the Memory manager and I can back my phonebook up to it but images are a no no :cry:
To use my 256meg card I do indeed need to upgrade my firmware. Dieter was right. Phone on its way to a service point now (Freepost too which is nice of nokia) :evil:
Sorry for the previous post... :roll: Will post when I get it back...

So,on some Nokias 3650 256mb works,on others doesnt work.

yea basicaly newest firmware i tihnk will support it which is 3.13 i tihnk.....?

Yes,3.13 is the newest.

I really really hope you guys are right! :)

DONT WORRY,BE HAPPY,dont worry be happy :) na...nannaaaaanna,dont worry,BEEEE HAAAPPPY.SO WE ARE right yours 3650 will boot,and start like a rocket. :P

can take maybe 1 or 2 pictures at a time and save to the card but then I get all kinds of errors. Basically anything that I try to do with the card after a few opperations the phone can not read it any longer and I have to take the card out and re-insert it again.

you're using 256mb?

here is something weird
there r 512 sd but they arent and 256 mmc
almost same size
very weird.....

Pardon my ignorance, but how do you upgrade your firmware ?

Pardon my ignorance, but how do you upgrade your firmware ?

Go to your nearest NSC,they will do it for you.

In the US it's not that simple. I called NokiaUSA and told them that I wanted to upgrade my firmware to 3.13 so that I can use the 256MB card. I was told that:

a) they only pgrade firmware if there is something wrong with the phone so if I sent it in they would most likely see that there's nothing wrong with it and send it backk without flashing

b) they told me that the phone only supports upto 128MB cards

c) they told me that the phone does not support 3rd party MMC cards (that is BS because I know others use 128MB cards that are not made by Nokia but this is what I was told)

Are you a club nokia member?If you are not,become one,its free,then they'll have to do the upgrade or just say that your phone crashes a lot.

You should read some other cases of Nokia employees talking silly,there are a lot :)

I am a club Nokia member, I already sent the phone out today. The turn around time is usually a little over a week so now I'll just wait.

Excellent Memory at an excellent price:

http://www.crucial.com

Hi,

I just spoke to the manager at Nokia USA Tech Support. There is no information on any new firmware for Nokia 3650 - no release date, no intention to release one. The current one is 2.54. They are aware of a new firmware scheduled to be released in Europe. However, Nokia USA will not support it and will not release it in U.S.

As far as 128MB MMC cards. Nokia USA said they will not support them. I personally have RiDATA & Crucial 128MB MMC cards. They both work fine with my 3650 phone (one must format any MMC card before initial use). I tried 256MB MMC card by PDC - IT DID NOT WORK! The phone did not recognize it. I knew the card was good because I used it in another device.

I use Video Recorder instead of RealOne to play my video files. It allows me to see a bigger screen than RealOne. PacketVideo suppose to utilize the entire screen during video playback. I don't have it since they don't offer a trial version.

I also did the following test. I cut the 2-hour movie into 8 (eight) 15-minutes files and transmitted them via bluetooth to my Nokia 3650 128MB MMC card. During the transmission (about 40 minutes) all 8 files were converted into approximately 10MB segments occupying about 80MB. The quality of the movie was surprisingly good. I do not recommend transmission of entire movie to your phone since there is no way to pause your movie and continue later on once you close the Video Recorder program.

I think this may help owners of Nokia 3650, especially in the U.S.

Hi,

I just spoke to the manager at Nokia USA Tech Support. There is no information on any new firmware for Nokia 3650 - no release date, no intention to release one. The current one is 2.54. They are aware of a new firmware scheduled to be released in Europe. However, Nokia USA will not support it and will not release it in U.S.

As far as 128MB MMC cards. Nokia USA said they will not support them. I personally have RiDATA & Crucial 128MB MMC cards. They both work fine with my 3650 phone (one must format any MMC card before initial use). I tried 256MB MMC card by PDC - IT DID NOT WORK! The phone did not recognize it. I knew the card was good because I used it in another device.

I use Video Recorder instead of RealOne to play my video files. It allows me to see a bigger screen than RealOne. PacketVideo suppose to utilize the entire screen during video playback. I don't have it since they don't offer a trial version.

I also did the following test. I cut the 2-hour movie into 8 (eight) 15-minutes files and transmitted them via bluetooth to my Nokia 3650 128MB MMC card. During the transmission (about 40 minutes) all 8 files were converted into approximately 10MB segments occupying about 80MB. The quality of the movie was surprisingly good. I do not recommend transmission of entire movie to your phone since there is no way to pause your movie and continue later on once you close the Video Recorder program.

I think this may help owners of Nokia 3650, especially in the U.S.


See, and I was told something totally different by Nokia USA. I was told that they do in fact have a newer firmware then 2.54 but like I said before they will not flash a phone unless there is a problem with it. Also I was told that Nokia only supports upto 128MB MMC's and that they do not support non Nokia MMC's. Now that last statement either means that Nokia plans to make 128MB MMC's or that they are contradicting themselves by saying that they do not support non-Nokia MMC while not making 128MB MMC's.

To greendx,

I don't know what to tell you about the new firmware. I called nokia toll free number, pushed a few numbers to get to customer service, asked to for tech support, got transferred there and asked for a manager.

The man I spoke with told me, that there would be NO new firmware in the USA anytime soon. He also told me they would not upgrade to the current 2.54 firmware unless there was a problem with the phone (but you could always use an excuse posted by GhostDog). He also said they don't support any NON-Nokia MMC cards (I personally have two 128MB MMC cards, Crucial & RiData, and I can confirm that they both work).

Good luck!

Well,if they are not supported doesn't mean that they will not work,it only means that if something goes wrong they can tell you to buzz off.

To greendx,

I don't know what to tell you about the new firmware. I called nokia toll free number, pushed a few numbers to get to customer service, asked to for tech support, got transferred there and asked for a manager.

The man I spoke with told me, that there would be NO new firmware in the USA anytime soon. He also told me they would not upgrade to the current 2.54 firmware unless there was a problem with the phone (but you could always use an excuse posted by GhostDog). He also said they don't support any NON-Nokia MMC cards (I personally have two 128MB MMC cards, Crucial & RiData, and I can confirm that they both work).

Good luck!


Got my phone back from Nokia USA. They didn't flash my phone, they said in a note that came with my phone that 2.54 is the latest fw. I figured that they wouldn't flash my phone. I only sent it in in hopes of getting it flashed because I was told by the csr that they did have the newer firmware. I know that newer firmware does exist but if I knew that Nokia USA didn't have it I would have never sent them my phone.

Got my phone back from Nokia USA. They didn't flash my phone, they said in a note that came with my phone that 2.54 is the latest fw. I figured that they wouldn't flash my phone. I only sent it in in hopes of getting it flashed because I was told by the csr that they did have the newer firmware. I know that newer firmware does exist but if I knew that Nokia USA didn't have it I would have never sent them my phone.

LOL, Nokia's Tech Support sucks. A friend of mine sent his for firmware update and he got it back after a month in same condition, and the morons didn't even know what "flashing it" meant. Sure that was Nokia Mexico, but hey.

Try a friend with a flashing kit or even the ones on ebay. You can get 4.xx firmware is everything works fine. I'm currently running 3.16(?) and works pretty good and only took 30mins of my time.

G'luck.

Checking if anyone knows if its compatible with 256Mb mmc cards.

I didnt even know they existed until I found them on ebay a few mins ago.

My 3650 is with a 256MB MMC card from Transcend and I read what you wrote that it would be slower. Well I changed the MMC cards and installed the new 256MB card and it as started faster. And I have no problem what so ever....

I have 3.16, will i be fine ( no slowdowns or anything) with a 256 or should i use a 128 instead?

Good info, thanks everyone....
In regards to the question about 4GB MMC cards... don't discount the possibility! With stacking technologies it's obtainable! We in fact have 2GB MMC card prototypes undergoing testing right now....

Well I guess this is irrelevant to you guys since you're looking at 256MB cards, but I saw the post so I thought I would answer.
-Jeff
jwh@us.atpinc.com

Looks like you guys have tried 256Mb and it works fine. I just ordered a 512Mb MMC frm Ebay and was wondering now if it would work or no. Would the phone become absolutely slow, or still managable?

I used a 512MB MMC on my 3650, and the phone was relatively slow, but it does support it. No problems at all.

I used a 512MB MMC on my 3650, and the phone was relatively slow, but it does support it. No problems at all.


And which version firmware do you have?

Grtz. Wouter

P.s.
I have v2.50 and I think about buying 256MB MMC

v2.50 too !!!

I used a 512MB MMC on my 3650, and the phone was relatively slow, but it does support it. No problems at all.

Well, i was about to order a KingMax 1 GB MMC for my 3650 for a really good price, something around 25% more in comparison with a 256MB one. But now I read your comment about the slow down.

Would a 1 GB MMC make it slow down even more??? People all around have used this same 1 GB MMC from Kingmax in N-Gage and N-GageQD flawlessly... having no problems at all. Would it make anything bad in my N3650?? Like slowing down or even not working?

What do you thing people??

I'm just a step from buying it....