Hello all, new to the forum (though an active reader all the time, this is a goldmine of info).
I recently got a micro SDHC for my hero, a 16 Gb monster. Well, it monstrously FUBARed when i tried to format it. It was a second hand deal, but i checked at first and had full capacity. I formatted it in Vista, simple right click and format. I didn't look at the details, just all default settings.
The card is now read as a 122Mb card. I tried formatting it in the phone itself, and with the Panasonic SD format program, to no avail. I am now stuck with the tiniest SDHC card in history.
I've read about this issue and others seemed to regain the original capacity with the panasonic program. I also heard about partition managers working for some, but can't find one for memory cards.
Anyone got any ideas? I can put about five songs on my phone right now...
Thanks ahead of time. And sorry if this has been covered, i searched the forums and found a few articles, but didn't find a clear solution.
Yannicus
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PS: the card is a SanDisk class 6 and cost me an arm. >_<
Thanx
Where did you get it from? You could have been scammed.
I'd grab a live linux cd and see if you can rescue it. fdisk or something should able to rescue it. I would have some reservations about you being scammed though as mentioned.
I'm looking for an fdisk utility, but not too confident. First of all, its not a SanDisk but a Transcend, my mistake, but i think its fake because the card has no logo on it, or a mention of class 6. Just doesn't look like the one in the picture in the offer (amazon.com second hand) or like the google image results when i search for a class 6 16g microsd.
i wrote back... no answer. Anyway i'll try the fdisk, and see about the linux cd (whenever i figure out exactly what that is). anyway, next time i'll avoid second hand deals, it was too good to be true (30€ when the normal price is twice that).
Thanks for the info anyway, will look into fixing it, but it looks like i got a dodgy deal in the end.
if you paid on a credit card or via paypal you can get your money back, you should also be able to open a case through amazon too, but i have personally not done one through amazon before.
If your phone's rooted & has a decent ROM on it, you already have a linux environment that probably includes parted; that will do a fine job of removing existing partitions, re partitioning & formatting.
looks like its a scam card thars been hacked to lie about its size i have seen thos on usb drives. you could try gparted live cd and see if that helps at all.
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paragon partition manager should fix it i had same problem with a 1TB hard drive deciding it was only 60GB.
Im not condoning it but i suggest you use your favorite torrent site if you have one,dont think the trial will do it.
bonesy said:
paragon partition manager should fix it i had same problem with a 1TB hard drive deciding it was only 60GB.
Im not condoning it but i suggest you use your favorite torrent site if you have one,dont think the trial will do it.
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This is also my suggestion. I cant tell you how many times Paragon has saved my ass when it comes to strange partitions. Give it a go.
I'd also name and shame the Amazon trader so the rest of us can keep well clear.
paragon partition manager should fix it i had same problem with a 1TB hard drive deciding it was only 60GB.
Im not condoning it but i suggest you use your favorite torrent site if you have one,dont think the trial will do it.
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Dont pirate software just get the gparted live cd its free and will do the same job.
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I had the similar issue, where Windows Vista was showing a 2GB micro SD card as 40 MB. I tried all partitioning software for windows, but nothing works. Then I formatted the card in Mac, and now its showing 1.8GB. You can use some Linux bootable CD, wasting time on windows software is useless.
Try this before going and pirating something.
http://hddguru.com/software/2007.07.20-HDD-Capacity-Restore-Tool/
I think it should work on SD cards, I've used it on numerous HDD's.
I'm constantly using this - HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool at work to sort out cards and usb drives for people, also works to restore a drive after using it for a linux live usb drive.
Once installed right click and run as admin if using win 7
MG
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Dont pirate software just get the gparted live cd its free and will do the same job.
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You wouldn't download a car, would you?
When you look at it in Vista, what does it say? It could be that you've actually partitioned it and formatted as NTFS which is unreadable on your phone.
Reformat
Take everything you have off the card first and install this http://www.multiupload.com/IBKQ1A2ENG
Click
Options
Format type - Full Rewrite
Format size adjustment - ON
OK
[ make sure your drive letter is the right one, don't want to format something else ]
Hit - FORMAT
This will wipe the entire card and rewrite it i done it with mine when i thought my ext was dead and just rewrote the entire card but took about 10 minutes for a 4GB so will take a while.
check this one
yannicus said:
Hello all, new to the forum (though an active reader all the time, this is a goldmine of info).
I recently got a micro SDHC for my hero, a 16 Gb monster. Well, it monstrously FUBARed when i tried to format it. It was a second hand deal, but i checked at first and had full capacity. I formatted it in Vista, simple right click and format. I didn't look at the details, just all default settings.
The card is now read as a 122Mb card. I tried formatting it in the phone itself, and with the Panasonic SD format program, to no avail. I am now stuck with the tiniest SDHC card in history.
I've read about this issue and others seemed to regain the original capacity with the panasonic program. I also heard about partition managers working for some, but can't find one for memory cards.
Anyone got any ideas? I can put about five songs on my phone right now...
Thanks ahead of time. And sorry if this has been covered, i searched the forums and found a few articles, but didn't find a clear solution.
Yannicus
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search google using this key word How-to-format-your-SD-card-back-to-the-original-si, then click on the link with this domain instructables
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Will our Photon's support it? Specs say up to 32GB but in reality will it support the 64?
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Mobil...WIA2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1327976837&sr=8-3
Nope, read it somewhere that our photon isn't compatible.
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I read it will, but has to be formatted in the phone, and afterwards, it most likely won't retain its speed classification.
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If you use a micro SDXC you can use the 64
SDHC and SDXC are different formats. Even the ad states you need a SDXC Compatable reader to read it. I dont think most computers can even read it.
EDIT: Hold the phone, I may be wrong?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital
I must admit, when I first viewed this thread, I got a little hard on! But after spending several hours reading my link below...........Too many reasons to explain, but the bottom line is No, Photon cannot use this card.
If you need more than your internal phone memory and 32gb card than time to get a good cloud service. Or, try Zumocast. Streaming over Wifi is as good for me as if the file was on my device.
CCallahan said:
If you need more than your internal phone memory and 32gb card than time to get a good cloud service. Or, try Zumocast. Streaming over Wifi is as good for me as if the file was on my device.
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I already do, I have access to 2Tb on my home computer via ZumoCast. right now, I have nothing on my phone BUT, 1 minute of HD video is 100Mb. vacation or family reunion could dig into that fast! hell, I did Vegas for birthday and dumped my card in 3rd day!
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I must admit, when I first viewed this thread, I got a little hard on! But after spending several hours reading my link below...........Too many reasons to explain, but the bottom line is No, Photon cannot use this card.
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You have to format it from fat32 to another format I can't think of at the moment. I picked that from the transformer prime forums
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How much pr0n do you keep on your phone! GESH! I have trouble filling my 16!
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You have to format it from fat32 to another format I can't think of at the moment. I picked that from the transformer prime forums
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Sorry my man, your wrong (sort of) this time. SDHC is 32Fat, with a limitation of 32Gb. SDXC is ExFAT, Priopority to Microsoft (which is another issue). If you have an ExFAT compatable reader (Photon does not) you could likely format 32FAT on an ExFAT , but you would only have 32Gb fromated on a 64Gb Compatable card, which makes no sense. BTW: ExFAT can read, technically, up to 2Tb! Trust me, I dug into my link above DEEP attempting to justify the $157.00.
With that said, I would in IT. As with our servers, bigger is better to me. Photon has @ 8.9Gb usable on the phone, I also have Lexar 32Gb Class 10 card. Wanna know how much space Im using? (and I have a lot of s**t). I'm using .15 of internal storage, PERIOD!!! Card I have is blank!!!
Why? After I got ZumoCast down, why bother? I have 90Gb of music I can play with? God know's how many HD Videos on my desktop at home. The only downside with Videos, if you now around WiFi, your going to eat some data.
The only reason I still keep the space, I went to Vegas for my birthday in October. 1 minute of HD Video is 100MB roughly. On day 3 I dumped the card (granted, some of it I would never show anyone (and later deleted)) but the point is, I used some serious memory!
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Sorry my man, your wrong (sort of) this time. SDHC is 32Fat, with a limitation of 32Gb. SDXC is ExFAT, Priopority to Microsoft (which is another issue). If you have an ExFAT compatable reader (Photon does not) you could likely format 32FAT on an ExFAT , but you would only have 32Gb fromated on a 64Gb Compatable card, which makes no sense. BTW: ExFAT can read, technically, up to 2Tb! Trust me, I dug into my link above DEEP attempting to justify the $157.00.
With that said, I would in IT. As with our servers, bigger is better to me. Photon has @ 8.9Gb usable on the phone, I also have Lexar 32Gb Class 10 card. Wanna know how much space Im using? (and I have a lot of s**t). I'm using .15 of internal storage, PERIOD!!! Card I have is blank!!!
Why? After I got ZumoCast down, why bother? I have 90Gb of music I can play with? God know's how many HD Videos on my desktop at home. The only downside with Videos, if you now around WiFi, your going to eat some data.
The only reason I still keep the space, I went to Vegas for my birthday in October. 1 minute of HD Video is 100MB roughly. On day 3 I dumped the card (granted, some of it I would never show anyone (and later deleted)) but the point is, I used some serious memory!
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I found the link I was referring to. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423587&highlight=sdxc
Check page 3 I take that as a confirm
If you format the SD card to NTFS it works in the ATP...Now I don't have the cash to try this, this guy did however and I would assume it applies the same exact way...
Not arguing with you man just laying down somethings I read and don't decide to blow money on the SD card
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I found the link I was referring to. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423587&highlight=sdxc
Check page 3 I take that as a confirm
If you format the SD card to NTFS it works in the ATP...Now I don't have the cash to try this, this guy did however and I would assume it applies the same exact way...
Not arguing with you man just laying down somethings I read and don't decide to blow money on the SD card
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I read the same but couldn't find it. You my friend are a gentlemen and a scholar!
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Would it be possible to partition a 64gb sd and then just mount the second partition? Just wondering.
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devastatorx said:
Would it be possible to partition a 64gb sd and then just mount the second partition? Just wondering.
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Doesn't hurt to try. I'd try a smaller SD card first to see
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Doesn't hurt to try. I'd try a smaller SD card first to see
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Tested and confirmed that this at least works with a 16gb uSD card. Would be interested in someone testing this on a 64gb. Here was my method:
Using gparted or any disk partitioning tool I created two fat32 partitions on the SD card, and then loaded the SD card in the photon (although i also assume that this will work on just about all android phones).
Connected the phone via adb
Code:
adb start-server
adb devices
adb shell
Looking around in /dev I found the second fat32 partition at /dev/mmcblk1p2 (this could possibly vary by device)
I then used root explorer to make the root directory read/write. You can also accomplish this using remount or whatever method works for you.
I created a mount point for the second partition via:
Code:
mkdir sdcard2
and then mounted the second partition by issuing:
Code:
mount -t vfat /dev/mmcblk1p2 /sdcard2
To ensure that everything worked I pushed two test files, one to sdcard, and one to sdcard2
Code:
adb push test1.txt /sdcard/test1.txt
adb push test2.txt /sdcard2/test2.txt
After the operation finished I returned the root directory to read only and then shut the phone down and pulled the sdcard and then mounted it via card reader on my pc, and sure enough both partitions showed up with their respective files.
It would be quite easy to add a startup script to mount the second partition upon booting the phone. It may also be possible to place the mount point inside the first partition on the sdcard so it would be accessible by the system upon boot with no other modifications. These are just my findings.
Thanks
-devx
Hi everyone, just wanted to confirm that 64GB MicroSDXC cards do work. I bought this one http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007WTAJTO/ref=pe_175190_21431760_M3T1_ST1_dp_1
At first it will not work, but you must format it with the phone and it will work well. Reports 59.6 GB
Saludos,
Gustavo
gusbeto37 said:
Hi everyone, just wanted to confirm that 64GB MicroSDXC cards do work. I bought this one
At first it will not work, but you must format it with the phone and it will work well. Reports 59.6 GB
Saludos,
Gustavo
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Same here, works perfectly! No problems since I got it 5 days ago... :good:
an21281 said:
Same here, works perfectly! No problems since I got it 5 days ago... :good:
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Same here.
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having tons of problems with mine; tried formatting in Windows (FAT32 with "guiformat.exe"), formatting in the device a few times...
Every time, when trying to copy stuff onto the card from my Windows machine, after a few GB the connection just drops...and then the card doesnt seem to work properly until re-format. Everything is *extremely* slow to respond, even to the point of screwing with explorer when I open "Computer" in Windows from the start menu...
Bad device? Bad card? PEBCAK?
SturmenE36 said:
having tons of problems with mine; tried formatting in Windows (FAT32 with "guiformat.exe"), formatting in the device a few times...
Every time, when trying to copy stuff onto the card from my Windows machine, after a few GB the connection just drops...and then the card doesnt seem to work properly until re-format. Everything is *extremely* slow to respond, even to the point of screwing with explorer when I open "Computer" in Windows from the start menu...
Bad device? Bad card? PEBCAK?
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You probably got a dud. I would return it. Haven't had any problems like that here.
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SturmenE36 said:
having tons of problems with mine; tried formatting in Windows (FAT32 with "guiformat.exe"), formatting in the device a few times...
Every time, when trying to copy stuff onto the card from my Windows machine, after a few GB the connection just drops...and then the card doesnt seem to work properly until re-format. Everything is *extremely* slow to respond, even to the point of screwing with explorer when I open "Computer" in Windows from the start menu...
Bad device? Bad card? PEBCAK?
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Probably its a fake, do a google search about fake flash drives and memory cards and use the sugested program to test the card.
Warning, it will be slow.
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itsdubai said:
You probably got a dud. I would return it. Haven't had any problems like that here.
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believable- this is why I only buy Extreme Pro CF cards for my camera
alas...the Extreme Pro line stops at 16GB for the MicroSDXC line, (perhaps thats a hint at the difficulty of reliably making rad MicroSD cards?) and I'll be damned if I have an Android with less storage capacity than an iPhone.
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Probably its a fake, do a google search about fake flash drives and memory cards and use the sugested program to test the card.
Warning, it will be slow.
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Doubtful...sold by Amazon.com LLC. I don't buy eBay shiest unless I can't find it on amazon or somewhere that either accepts google wallet or is within driving/shouting distance. Still though, I took your advice and downloaded H2testw and will run the test tonight.
Thanks for all the ideas guys!
That used to happen to me, got very frustrated because I could never copy things to my flash cards. Turns out the problem was my card reader. Try getting one of the USB ones that can actually read SDXC. I don't have one, so what I did is put it in the phone, then connect via USB to the computer in mass storage mode and it worked great.
I had the 64GB SDXC as well, it at first seemed to work, but don't be surprised if it stops working. Motorola, and I believe stock Android do not support SDXC yet. I have a somewhat detailed thread here: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...d-cards-hd-maxx-hd-class-10-32gb-vs-64gb.html
When I got my card, popped it in, it formatted correctly, and seemed to work fine. As I started to put it through its paces it started to just not work. On ICS when you used the Storage option to transfer media to the SD card, it would stop halfway through and throw out errors. Eventually certain apps would stop writing/seeing the card like backup apps etc..
Be careful going forward, and test it hardcore. Transfer files back and forth, I always had issues with movie files. See if Root Explorer or other explorer apps can see it, see if Titanium Backup or My Backup Pro/SMS Backup can see and write to the card.
And yes, I did not get a dud, its works in other non-Android devices and works and tests perfectly in multiple computers. Just be cautious.
macpro88 said:
I had the 64GB SDXC as well, it at first seemed to work, but don't be surprised if it stops working. Motorola, and I believe stock Android do not support SDXC yet. I have a somewhat detailed thread here
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These are all the same symptoms I'm having. Well, it looks like Motorola actually had testing and reasoning behind "supports up to 32GB" :-| That'll teach us to think we're smarter than the factory QA guys...
Still though, it's a little disappointing.
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These are all the same symptoms I'm having. Well, it looks like Motorola actually had testing and reasoning behind "supports up to 32GB" :-| That'll teach us to think we're smarter than the factory QA guys...
Still though, it's a little disappointing.
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Indeed, some of the Sammy devices support the SDXC 64GB card, but I think that's baked into TouchWiz. Hopefully as SDXC gets more popular it will become supported by Android all together. It would be nice to have at least half of my music library on my car so I don't have to stream all the time lol.
Confirmed working with a 64GB SDXC, works pretty well actually, now I'll never run out of space.
I bought 2 64GB micro SDXC cards. One for my Xoom and the other for my upcoming XT925. My Xoom was unable to format it so I used EaseUS Partition Master to format my 64GB cards as FAT32 partitions. So far so good...
I tried my sandisk SDXC 64Gb yesterday with no luck. It was formated to exFat though. I will try EaseUS tonight and try formatting it to Fat32.
Cheers
cheetah2k said:
I tried my sandisk SDXC 64Gb yesterday with no luck. It was formated to exFat though. I will try EaseUS tonight and try formatting it to Fat32.
Cheers
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I just got a 64gb micro sdcard, when I first put it in my phone it was exfat formatted, so my phone couldn't read it. Once I formatted the card with the fat32formatter (found online), it worked great. Good luck.
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I have a 64GB card. No issues.Took the card out of my Maxx.
I bought a 64 sandisk sdxc class 10 and tried it in the phone. Didn't work. Formatted to fat32 with a partition program, still wouldn't work. Got fed up, deleted all the partitions, threw it in the phone and itr was recognized, but blank. Had the phone format it, and it works. Phenomenally actually. Haven't tested read/write, but I've filled it a few times over looking for problems and had none. Without looking I think I have just shy of 40 used on it right now.
You'd think Motorola would say something about that.
Got a 64gb sandisk class 10 and it's really buggy.
Forceclose/card disabled automaticly/cant see my files/Many lags.
So for me the xt925 is not compatible with it.
I've been using mine for about a year now, it's been working flawlessly. I had to format in my phone the initial time I first used it.
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I just got a samsung sdxc 64 GB card and I cant seem to figure out how to remove the write disk protection from it. The max file size i can transfer is like 2 GB. Can someone tell me how to make it so i can transfer larger files than this?
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I just got a samsung sdxc 64 GB card and I cant seem to figure out how to remove the write disk protection from it. The max file size i can transfer is like 2 GB. Can someone tell me how to make it so i can transfer larger files than this?
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The sd card needs to be reformatted to exfat. I'm not 100% on this so hopefully others can chime in to help, but I think there is a 2gb file size limit for cards formatted to fat32.
JBeXX said:
The sd card needs to be reformatted to exfat. I'm not 100% on this so hopefully others can chime in to help, but I think there is a 2gb file size limit for cards formatted to fat32.
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Yeah i wanted to know how to get around that. There has to be a way!
i read somewhere some guy did it but he doesnt explain how to reformat it. Ive been googling for the past hour trying to figure it out.
bigdade said:
i read somewhere some guy did it but he doesnt explain how to reformat it. Ive been googling for the past hour trying to figure it out.
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Yeah, good luck. Wish I new more about it to help ya out.
Just out of pure curiosity, what do you have that is more than 2gb lol? I have mine loaded up pretty good but even any movies or roms I have aren't anymore than a 1gb.
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Yeah, good luck. Wish I new more about it to help ya out.
Just out of pure curiosity, what do you have that is more than 2gb lol? I have mine loaded up pretty good but even any movies or roms I have aren't anymore than a 1gb.
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Most of the HD movies i have are over 7 GB. ALso i wanted to download and watch game of thrones season 2 and that is about 5GB.
I have a lot of free time at work lol
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I have a lot of free time at work lol
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Damn, 7 gigs??? Are the game of thrones separated files per episode?
Lol, I hear ya on the free time at work. I do 12 hour nights with maybe an hour of actual work that isn't monitoring a screen. I thank android every night for speeding the shift up
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Damn, 7 gigs??? Are the game of thrones separated files per episode?
Lol, I hear ya on the free time at work. I do 12 hour nights with maybe an hour of actual work that isn't monitoring a screen. I thank android every night for speeding the shift up
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they can be i just have to manually do it since the file size is big. I have to download it to my laptop and then transfer it to my phone, which sux. I actually have some remux movies that are about 30 GB
You might get more help if you would change your thread title to something more informative...
Like was said, it needs to be reformatted to exfat. The fat32 architecture is actually 4 though.
If you don't have a computer you can do it under settings, and storage. I don't have a spare card to try at moment but I'll try when I get home.
How do you format it to exFAT though is my question.
Fat32 has a 4gb file limit, not 2gb, so that doesn't make a lot of sense that you can't go over 2gb. Also, most AOSP builds aren't going to support exFat, so that may not be the answer. Touchwiz does though, so if you stick with TW based roms, you should be alright.
From what I understood, the samsung micro SDXC cards were already coming formatted in exFat, so it seems odd you ended up with a Fat32 one. Anyhow, a while back microsoft put some limits on what formats you were natively allowed to format an external drive in. If memory serves, for USB memory you are only able to format in the file format that the drive is already formatted in. Gparted in linux will allow you to format in nearly any format, but I don't think exFat, as it is microsoft proprietary. I have seen windows utilities that allow you to format USB memory how you like, but I can't recall any names off hand.
Good Luck,
Jason
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Fat32 has a 4gb file limit, not 2gb, so that doesn't make a lot of sense that you can't go over 2gb. Also, most AOSP builds aren't going to support exFat, so that may not be the answer. Touchwiz does though, so if you stick with TW based roms, you should be alright.
From what I understood, the samsung micro SDXC cards were already coming formatted in exFat, so it seems odd you ended up with a Fat32 one. Anyhow, a while back microsoft put some limits on what formats you were natively allowed to format an external drive in. If memory serves, for USB memory you are only able to format in the file format that the drive is already formatted in. Gparted in linux will allow you to format in nearly any format, but I don't think exFat, as it is microsoft proprietary. I have seen windows utilities that allow you to format USB memory how you like, but I can't recall any names off hand.
Good Luck,
Jason
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Thanks Jason. I'll keep looking into it.
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Thanks Jason. I'll keep looking into it.
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Not having tried, are you sending the files to your phone through MTP? As in the microsd card in the phone connected to the computer? Might be a file size restriction over MTP and you'll need a card reader.
I haven't tried a file that size so not sure.
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You might find this useful, I found it at: Link--Clicky
You can use the Format command on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to format removable flash media using exFAT. For example, if K: is a USB flash device plugged into your computer, you can type format k: /fs:exfat to format the device using exFAT.
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I have never tried it. I went the opposite way, spent the time figuring out how to format my 64gb drives as Fat32. There are many times I have run into the 4gb limit as well though, and wished for something better.
Later,
Jason
yeah i havent tried it through a memory card reader. I was attempting to move the files through MTP.
Formatting into exFAT
If you have a 64gb card and you format it with your Note 2 it should automatically put it in an exFAT format, at least thats what it did for me so I am not sure if this happens everytime.
However, I do know how to format it into exFAT for sure using a free program available through CNET, let me find you a link.... *cue jeopardy music*
OK found it Its called the Mini Tool Partition Wizard - Home Edition
EDIT: Oh dammit. Sorry I cannot post the link as I have under 10 posts still. Just Google this "Mini Tool Partition Wizard Home Edition" without the parenthesis and usually the first result will be from download.com or CNET. Just use that
Have fun!
I've tried pretty much everything so far. Suddenly, it doesn't allow any more writes. Any songs and files currently present work with no issues. Anything downloaded/pushed through adb is either corrupted (songs are out of sync, music is all fuzzy) or just won't open altogether (parsing error).
Deleting any file works, until the card is reset. After that, all the deleted files are restored. Any pushed files will also be deleted after a remount.
I'm trying chkdsk right now but I can't format it in any possible way, and the write protected switch on the SD card adapter is OFF.
SD card is sandisk ultra, class 10.
Any ideas what else to try? To format I've tried windows, guiformat and SDformatter.
SD card is 64GB, FAT32 and 32KB allocation size.
Also, anything copied from the SD card to windows works just fine.
In fact, the last recorded files are some photos, dated 13/4 (13 of april). I have no idea why it has suddenly stopped the write cycles.
If formatting through phone, it'll 'format it successfully', but instantly after it'll show that the same space is used as before, so no rewrite actually happened.
It's driving me insane now.
Search exact same post and the answer .
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JJEgan said:
Search exact same post and the answer .
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I'm not sure what do you mean, for I have searched high and low and tested a lot of the 'solutions'.
Could you please point me to another solution before I decide the card is trashed altogether?
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OK, @JJE, your post doesn't help at all. It would make a lot more sense if you took a few extra seconds to specify WHICH POST (like add the link) so we can get to the solution you're talking about.
@Choristav: I had the exact same problem, with the exact same MicroSD card, went through the same motions of attempted fixes and frustration. Ultimately, I had to just return the card under warranty (and that too, physically go to the location so I could see them destroy the card since it contained private data that just wouldn't go away!). I decided to exchange for 2 x 32GB cards instead for use on cameras/handicams.
I had another new MicroSD card of the same make which I used successfully thereafter for about 6 months, but the same problem has resurfaced! That just leads me to think that these Sandisk Ultra Class 10 Micro SDXC cards have a problem, at least while using on smartphones.
So in short, I hate to say this, but I think the card has gone defective so your solution may lie in just availing the warranty for it. Before I return my second card though, I will spend some time looking around, over the next couple of days, to see if I find a simpler solution (like if there's some way to successfully "unlock" and format the card) and if I find it, I will post the link to the solution. Cheers!
I had the same problem with my SanDisk card.. After being so frustrated, I bought a new sd card, this time from Samsung and it's working fine. Btw the SanDisk support is crap: they asked me if I know how to insert the card in my pc or how to open it and I was like.... Shut up ?
Crappy model... needs to be recalled!
lil11b said:
I had the same problem with my SanDisk card.. After being so frustrated, I bought a new sd card, this time from Samsung and it's working fine. Btw the SanDisk support is crap: they asked me if I know how to insert the card in my pc or how to open it and I was like.... Shut up
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Yes, SanDisk support was asking me dumb questions too and sending me through some scripted routines, but my response cut them short and they approved the RMA... I said, "I've already tried all the suggested solutions, this is a well-known problem with this particular model, you should look up forums on the internet to make yourselves aware. aaand BTW, you guys may want to be smart and either recall this product, or hand out an advisory that this model shouldn't be used on smartphones, cuz given the large number of folks who have lost data and time with this product, you may be exposing yourselves to a class action lawsuit. Just sayin'..."
RMA approved. I insisted on replacement with 2 x 32GB cards.
Formatted ext sd via recovery...now I can't install, add or even format. I tried on pc and with twrp again by even using repair and changing file system. Anyone know how I can format this card? It's a 64 gb SanDisk. I can't find any solid solutions online. Thanks.
Tmobilefan906 said:
Formatted ext sd via recovery...now I can't install, add or even format. I tried on pc and with twrp again by even using repair and changing file system. Anyone know how I can format this card? It's a 64 gb SanDisk. I can't find any solid solutions online. Thanks.
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I have no idea of your hardware, but 64gb is where the switch from SD-HC changed to SD-HC (technically 32 can be either, but generally 32 are HC) and older hardware that didn't explicitly support XC wouldn't work... It either doesn't see it at all or sometimes it will work until you get to 32gb, then you can't write any more data.. I have older SD readers that so both.
But any phone or reader for the last 3-5 yrs handle XC, which has a theoretical 2tb limit, SanDisk has a 400gb microSD.. Insane.
Anyway that's all moot if it used to work in your phone and reader, but just doesn't anymore. Mostly if they're pre-formatted is exFat. If you formatted in TWRP I think it probably defaults to ext4, but TWRP can do a variety of formats.
I got to say though, if you can't reformat it again and TWRP that doesn't sound promising. Perhaps there is an Android app that will let you format with more control than the default tool (I have no idea since the last phone I had with SD was a Droid running GB)
Sorry I didn't really offer a solution, I have had problems with micro SD cards in general with generic brands... But I generally format them in the device I'm using them with and then I have a small USB thumb drive size thing that the micro SD card goes completely inside of and windows generally mounts whatever format it might be, provided drivers are installed.
Also sorry this is so long-winded I tend to do that when I'm voice dictating...
If you have more info that might be helpful drop a line. It doesn't take much to bugger up a microSD card though. Could be as simple as damage (static or physical) when removing it from the phone and putting it in the computer. But the proximity of time when formatted to not working makes that unlikely.
And I'm rambling again.
Cheers.
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I have no idea of your hardware, but 64gb is where the switch from SD-HC changed to SD-HC (technically 32 can be either, but generally 32 are HC) and older hardware that didn't explicitly support XC wouldn't work... It either doesn't see it at all or sometimes it will work until you get to 32gb, then you can't write any more data.. I have older SD readers that so both.
But any phone or reader for the last 3-5 yrs handle XC, which has a theoretical 2tb limit, SanDisk has a 400gb microSD.. Insane.
Anyway that's all moot if it used to work in your phone and reader, but just doesn't anymore. Mostly if they're pre-formatted is exFat. If you formatted in TWRP I think it probably defaults to ext4, but TWRP can do a variety of formats.
I got to say though, if you can't reformat it again and TWRP that doesn't sound promising. Perhaps there is an Android app that will let you format with more control than the default tool (I have no idea since the last phone I had with SD was a Droid running GB)
Sorry I didn't really offer a solution, I have had problems with micro SD cards in general with generic brands... But I generally format them in the device I'm using them with and then I have a small USB thumb drive size thing that the micro SD card goes completely inside of and windows generally mounts whatever format it might be, provided drivers are installed.
Also sorry this is so long-winded I tend to do that when I'm voice dictating...
If you have more info that might be helpful drop a line. It doesn't take much to bugger up a microSD card though. Could be as simple as damage (static or physical) when removing it from the phone and putting it in the computer. But the proximity of time when formatted to not working makes that unlikely.
And I'm rambling again.
Cheers.
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Yes. It formatted to ext4.
Garbonzo17 said:
I have no idea of your hardware, but 64gb is where the switch from SD-HC changed to SD-HC (technically 32 can be either, but generally 32 are HC) and older hardware that didn't explicitly support XC wouldn't work... It either doesn't see it at all or sometimes it will work until you get to 32gb, then you can't write any more data.. I have older SD readers that so both.
But any phone or reader for the last 3-5 yrs handle XC, which has a theoretical 2tb limit, SanDisk has a 400gb microSD.. Insane.
Anyway that's all moot if it used to work in your phone and reader, but just doesn't anymore. Mostly if they're pre-formatted is exFat. If you formatted in TWRP I think it probably defaults to ext4, but TWRP can do a variety of formats.
I got to say though, if you can't reformat it again and TWRP that doesn't sound promising. Perhaps there is an Android app that will let you format with more control than the default tool (I have no idea since the last phone I had with SD was a Droid running GB)
Sorry I didn't really offer a solution, I have had problems with micro SD cards in general with generic brands... But I generally format them in the device I'm using them with and then I have a small USB thumb drive size thing that the micro SD card goes completely inside of and windows generally mounts whatever format it might be, provided drivers are installed.
Also sorry this is so long-winded I tend to do that when I'm voice dictating...
If you have more info that might be helpful drop a line. It doesn't take much to bugger up a microSD card though. Could be as simple as damage (static or physical) when removing it from the phone and putting it in the computer. But the proximity of time when formatted to not working makes that unlikely.
And I'm rambling again.
Cheers.
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It even displays error in twrp
Tmobilefan906 said:
It even displays error in twrp
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And this is when I load it default on a pc
Tmobilefan906 said:
And this is when I load it default on a pc
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Well the Windows machine won't read ext4 without third-party software... But I don't see why that would keep you from formatting again. And if TWRP does the same thing, errors out, then I got think the card's had it.
If you're trying to use it in the phone you should leave it in ext4, but if you're trying to use it and windows you could try to format it exFat in TWRP.
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Well the Windows machine won't read ext4 without third-party software... But I don't see why that would keep you from formatting again. And if TWRP does the same thing, errors out, then I got think the card's had it.
If you're trying to use it in the phone you should leave it in ext4, but if you're trying to use it and windows you could try to format it exFat in TWRP.
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I tried changing file system to a different type so that I could wipe it in twrp. But even after I do that, it still says it's ext4 on the pc
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Well the Windows machine won't read ext4 without third-party software... But I don't see why that would keep you from formatting again. And if TWRP does the same thing, errors out, then I got think the card's had it.
If you're trying to use it in the phone you should leave it in ext4, but if you're trying to use it and windows you could try to format it exFat in TWRP.
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I tried eaus partition tool...didnt work. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Tmobilefan906 said:
I tried eaus partition tool...didnt work. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Nothing really.
I am curious though. Can you give me specs on the card brand/model/serial?
Also, I have had good results with UFS Explorer Recovery pulling data when nothing else will. I think there's a free trial, but you plobably have to pay for it to do anything other than verify it 'can' successfully recover, not sure, but if it is data that you need, it is good.
I only ask about the card because I found in the past I bought like three identical adata brand SD cards and one appeared to be DOA and I couldn't do anything with it and lo and behold adata had found a firmware thing that they could actually fix and they had a tool that did it.
If you want to go down a rabbit hole there is a sticky XDA thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355528&page=2 with various degrees of helpfulness. Its a little dated, but the ideas are sound for most of it.
Really i just googled "sd card bad after formatting twrp" and lost 2 hrs...
Let me know if you have any success, I realize this is either about data or just personal curiosity like mine... Because a probably sub $20 card is not worth this kind of investment... And if its a high end part, probably has lifetime warranty..
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Nothing really.
I am curious though. Can you give me specs on the card brand/model/serial?
Also, I have had good results with UFS Explorer Recovery pulling data when nothing else will. I think there's a free trial, but you plobably have to pay for it to do anything other than verify it 'can' successfully recover, not sure, but if it is data that you need, it is good.
I only ask about the card because I found in the past I bought like three identical adata brand SD cards and one appeared to be DOA and I couldn't do anything with it and lo and behold adata had found a firmware thing that they could actually fix and they had a tool that did it.
If you want to go down a rabbit hole there is a sticky XDA thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355528&page=2 with various degrees of helpfulness. Its a little dated, but the ideas are sound for most of it.
Really i just googled "sd card bad after formatting twrp" and lost 2 hrs...
Let me know if you have any success, I realize this is either about data or just personal curiosity like mine... Because a probably sub $20 card is not worth this kind of investment... And if its a high end part, probably has lifetime warranty..
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Don't want data off of it, just want to format it. Its a SanDisk plus 64 gb card
Tmobilefan906 said:
Don't want data off of it, just want to format it. Its a SanDisk plus 64 gb card
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Did you request RMA?
https://kb.sandisk.com
I'm not sure if they are lifetime warranty or not, i have a couple ultra plus cards from Costco that were lifetime warranty.
Now on the less ethical side, if it's a current model, plckup a new one then swap/return. But obviously thats evil.
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Did you request RMA?
https://kb.sandisk.com
I'm not sure if they are lifetime warranty or not, i have a couple ultra plus cards from Costco that were lifetime warranty.
Now on the less ethical side, if it's a current model, plckup a new one then swap/return. But obviously thats evil.
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I would swap....but my data is on it. Lol. I can't delete ANYTHING on the card. Can't format, or right click a file and chose delete. It somehow got from ntfs to ext4
Tmobilefan906 said:
I would swap....but my data is on it. Lol. I can't delete ANYTHING on the card. Can't format, or right click a file and chose delete. It somehow got from ntfs to ext4
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For whatever reason your account is disabled, but i saw today (and for next 8hs till Sunday at 6am est 11/26/2017) there are 64gb SanDisk hdxc cards... $14.99.