Symbian - Password protected memory card

[smileyhead]

I have this memory card from way back, probably more than 8 years ago. I put a password on it like an idiot, and can't remember it. Windows doesn't recognise it at all. Can I somehow crack it?

 

[gasaonjigo]

You' better to get an old laptop that recognizes the card. After that, you can use cracking software to brute-force the password

 

[DaRk_ViVi]

You can try this tutorial, it seems that Symbian store the memory card password in a plaintext file: https://ccm.net/faq/4154-lost-password-to-microsd-card

 

[Kiker]

you can use cracking software to brute-force the password

Good idea

 

[Sakitoshi]

you can format the card in the same phone (if memory serves me well) and lose the content but be able to use the card again.

source: old symbian s60 user.

 

[smileyhead]

you can format the card in the same phone (if memory serves me well) and lose the content but be able to use the card again.

source: old symbian s60 user.

I would like to access the files, though. Also, formatting requires the password, too.

 

[Sakitoshi]

I would like to access the files, though. Also, formatting requires the password, too.

mmm... you should try what @DaRk_ViVi said then. or stick the card on a pc, mmc cards are identical to sd cards so any sd card reader should work.
I never put any password to my memory card but I do know that the only difference between mmc and sd cards is that the former don't have any kind of built-in protection, so the password protection thing must be something that symbian handles by software and easily bypassed by putting the card on another device.

 

[smileyhead]

mmm... you should try what @DaRk_ViVi said then. or stick the card on a pc, mmc cards are identical to sd cards so any sd card reader should work.
I never put any password to my memory card but I do know that the only difference between mmc and sd cards is that the former don't have any kind of built-in protection, so the password protection thing must be something that symbian handles by software and easily bypassed by putting the card on another device.

>MMC
It's a microSD.

 

[Sakitoshi]

>MMC
It's a microSD.

what a second, what phone is it??
by that screen resolution and interface I assumed it was an old s60 phone and all those used mmc, rs-mmc or mobile-mmc.
anyhow, here is a method (method 3) that seems to work for modern symbian phones.
https://techcloud7.net/remove-memory-card-password.html

 

[smileyhead]

what a second, what phone is it??
by that screen resolution and interface I assumed it was an old s60 phone and all those used mmc, rs-mmc or mobile-mmc.
anyhow, here is a method (method 3) that seems to work for modern symbian phones.
https://techcloud7.net/remove-memory-card-password.html

Nokia XpressMusic 5130. It's Series 40.

 

[Sakitoshi]

Nokia XpressMusic 5130. It's Series 40.

tough luck, I haven't found other ways other than accessing the phone internal memory via nokia pc suite.
have you tried default passwords like 12345 or 1357??

 

[Zhongtiao1]

Try viewing it in linux. Linux doesn't care about passwords or weird partition formats.