How to Add a 4 GB Memory Card to a Samsung SCH-i760 : TerriMorton.com

How to Add a 4 GB Memory Card to a Samsung SCH-i760

Last month I purchased a 4 GB microSD memory card for my Samsung SCH-i760. After struggling to get the card out of its packaging, and promptly losing the SD adapter, I inserted the card into my phone and thought I was good to go.

This past weekend, my phone told me it didn't have enough space to allow me to take a photo. Declaring the phone to be stupid, I went into Settings - System - Memory, clicked on the Storage Card tab, and was surprised to see "Total storage card memory: Not installed". Scratching my head, I did some research and discovered that the Samsung SCH-i760 will only recognize 2 GB cards. To use a 4 GB card would require a hack.

Armed with the hack I found here: Samsung SCH-i760 > 4GB microSD HC, these are the steps I took to enable the card (sorry for spelling this out in nitty-gritty detail, but maybe it will help someone like me who isn't completely up-to-speed on how these things work):

Placed the .cab file into the SCH-i760 My Documents folder on my laptop
Plugged the Data Link Cable into the phone and the USB port on my laptop
ActiveSync automatically started, bringing the .cab file down to my phone
Used File Explorer on the phone to locate the .cab file
Clicked on it which made it run
Gave me a security warning, and I opted to proceed

When done, it told me the device needed to restart to complete the installation, and I said OK. The device restarted itself, and when it came back, I again checked the memory settings and lo and behold, it told me "Total storage card memory: 3878.50 MB". Woohoo!

February 24 2008 Terri Morton 20 Comments

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thank you so much, one of the first results on google, saved me a hell of a lot of time trying to figure this out.

Justin — March 13, 2008 1:12 AM
Glad to have helped, Justin. Thanks for the feedback! :-)

Terri Morton — March 13, 2008 1:54 AM
How generous of you to post the "easy" instructions. Worked like a charm -- and I couldn't have done it without you.

Meg — March 27, 2008 12:50 PM
Awesome hack!! worked perfectly Thanks man

walkin violation — March 27, 2008 3:55 PM
I am buying an i-760 next week, and I have a feeling that this will rock.

I used to be a homeless rodeo clown, but now I'm a world-class magician!

Coddington Pettigrew — March 30, 2008 4:24 PM
Terri Morton,

Thanks for your help, I would have gone out and bought a 2 gig card had I not found your site. It took me 10 minutes to follow your directions and I now have a 4 gig card working. Thanks so much.

JimmyboyAAA — April 15, 2008 9:45 PM
Terri, forgive the off-topic comment, but comments are closed on the post I would have replied to. :-) Regarding the GPS and your SCH-i760, you can use an external Bluetooth GPS. I'm using the Freedom Keychain with mine and it works great. The GPS is the size of an automobile keyless entry gizmo, so it sits on my keychain ready for when I need it. Not as convenient as a built-in GPS, but it does the job. The only thing tricky is the Bluetooth setup for the GPS - give me a shout if you get one of these and need any setup tips.

Michael Geary — April 23, 2008 6:29 AM
For me all six steps went seamlessly. However, after opting to proceed at the security warning I received a message which read: "Installation of Data1.cab was unsuccessful".

Any suggestions as to how I should proceed to troubleshoot and correct this error.

ALOHA!

Edward Clayton — June 23, 2008 8:20 PM
once you install the new WM6.1 update you are able to use 8Gb cards aswell. no need for hack, rom, or cad file. it is still being checked that the new update also allows the use of 16 and 32Gb cards.

Chris — July 18, 2008 1:36 PM
Work great!! The only little problem I had was ActiveSync didn't copy over the .cab file. I had to copy and paste and you get a warning message that file may need to be converted by ActiveSync but don't worry just go head and paste worded fine.

Thanks great instructions.

Dave — September 12, 2008 2:19 PM
Thank you so much......I thought my phone was broke. You just save me a trip to Verizon and dealing with a salesperson that dont know ..sh.....!

Mercucio — November 25, 2008 7:52 PM
I performed the Windows Mobile 6.1 update a couple of days ago, and as Chris pointed out in July 2008, my 4GB microSD card is now natively supported. w00t!

Terri Morton — December 3, 2008 10:07 PM
I have a 1gb card for my i760 and have experienced the same problem. Do you know where I could find a hack for the 1gb card or would the 4gb hack work just the same? Or would the windows update fix the issue all together? If so, where could I download the update? Thanks so much.

HippieRod — December 10, 2008 5:30 PM
Sorry, HippieRod, I have no idea how to make a 1 GB card work; I suspect it won't. Regardless, you should be running the most current version of Windows Mobile to try to keep yourself as safe and as trouble-free as possible. I started out on the Samsung site for the update: http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa/jsp/faqs/faqs_view.jsp?SITE_ID=22&PG_ID=557&PROD_SUB_ID=561&PROD_ID=833&AT_ID=133263. I was sure to read everything and follow all of the links before starting.

Terri Morton — December 11, 2008 5:59 PM
RE: Freedom Keychain GPS

I also have an i760 (and love it) but wish that I could use Google Maps with GPS support. I'm curious how I would go about getting the Freedom Keychain GPS unit to work with the phone. Michael Geary, could you share some tips on this?

Thanks!

cullen — January 8, 2009 2:45 PM
Terri -

Just wanted to give an updated post here. I have installed and updated WM 6.1 and indeed, my 8gb Micro SD card works wonderful. I can now run wmv movies, tunes, gps, the lot with lots of memory to spare.

Thanks for allowing me to have this work before I got the 6.1 upgrade though. You're a stud.

Hope that helps, knowing that it can be done easily now, especially with WM 6.1 - it definitely rocks. I can do a lot more things now, then I could have with an iPhone.

Thanks a bunch!

Kevin Hynes

KEVIN — March 17, 2009 2:37 PM
By the way, yes I do have an SCH-i760 Samsung PPC.

Kevin Hynes

Kevin Hynes — March 17, 2009 2:38 PM
Thanks so much for the blog...this actually worked...and believe it or not, the .cab extension read my son's 8gb card as well. =)

Mareesha7 — March 30, 2009 9:48 PM
thanks so much...i thought it was broken... great job! thanks again

phil — April 10, 2009 6:41 PM