Sony Ericsson w810i memory stick full or will not delete images

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If your Sony Ericsson w810i won’t delete images, or if your memory keeps getting full despite your deleting all images and files, it’s likely because they’re not really being deleted from the phone.

Try connecting the phone to a Windows PC, choosing “Show hidden files and folders” under “Tools->Folder Options->View->Advanced Settings”, and look for a folder entitled “.Trash” (unfortunately this didn’t show up for me on my Mac, but maybe you’re smarter than I–UPDATE: apparently you can find this folder by searching for it using the Finder search keyword “.trash”). Delete that (and empty the recycling bin) and your memory will be yours again.

Alternatively, you might find success using the bundled software management suite, but since I’m all over different computers and devices, that didn’t seem very sustainable. One thing that did, actually, was using iPhoto to import the photos and telling it to delete the photos after importing. Somehow that manages to do the right thing.

I was down to one photo capacity on my 128mb card, which didn’t seem right at all. Every time I took a photo, I’d have to delete it to make room for the next one.

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