I recently bought a SanDisk Ultra microsd HC 64gb Class 10 card for my new samsung galaxy s3 I9300(International version)...
But just as i put it in the sdcard slot, the phone shows up the preparing sd card line in the notification menu and the sd card doesnt moun on the system...
After a while when i got fed up I put the card on another of my old phones since i crashed my card reader, and it still doesnt show up so i boot my old phone into ecovery and moint it onto pc (Rooted old htc explorer/pico)
And the phone shows up as unallocated space in the minitool partition wizard 6.0 pro when i check for the problem..
So i format the card to fat32 logical partition with 59.5 gb of space on the card and when it is formatted successfully
I put back in my SGS3 and still it is stuck on the preparing sd card line in the notification panel...
My question:-
How do i mount it on my phone and well perform it's sd card functions...
"You cannot format a volume larger than 32 gigabytes (GB) in size using the FAT32 file system during the Windows XP installation process. Windows XP can mount and support FAT32 volumes larger than 32 GB (subject to the other limits), but you cannot create a FAT32 volume larger than 32 GB by using the Format tool during Setup. If you need to format a volume that is larger than 32 GB, use the NTFS file system to format it. Another option is to start from a Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Startup disk and use the Format tool included on the disk." [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463]
Even though its possible i'd advise to omit FAT32 - try ext4?
Thanks all
avdaga said:
"You cannot format a volume larger than 32 gigabytes (GB) in size using the FAT32 file system during the Windows XP installation process. Windows XP can mount and support FAT32 volumes larger than 32 GB (subject to the other limits), but you cannot create a FAT32 volume larger than 32 GB by using the Format tool during Setup. If you need to format a volume that is larger than 32 GB, use the NTFS file system to format it. Another option is to start from a Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Startup disk and use the Format tool included on the disk." [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463]
Even though its possible i'd advise to omit FAT32 - try ext4?
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Well actually i used windows 7 for all this blunder
But anyways yes you are right fat32 could be the problem but my only reason for formatting it to fat32 was to use directory bind and i've also seen that ntfs formatted sd cards are not supported on android (i tried it on my dad's samsung galaxy s2)
But yeah finally i found my solution, you see there must be some problem in my s3 since later on i gave the card a last chance bu putting it in my dad's Galaxy SII and guess what, it mounted and worked, the first thing i did then was to format it by the default samsung interface in the settings section and then transfer a music file on the card and played it and when it worked i took it out and put it in my gs3 and FINALLY it worked!!! My guess some problem with the GSIII anyways i reported it to samsung's bug report section and the rest is history.... Thankyou mate!!:victory::good::laugh:
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i want to change my sd card partition to ext2.
i already did, matter of fact, but the phone did not recognise it.
i am on stock GB bb 71.
how can i get the phone to recognise the card in that format?
i thought that GB enabled the use of ext partitions natively.
r u tryin to format ur sd card to ex2 to use link2sd?
not really.
i just prefer having ext filesystem, as i am a ubuntu linux user, and i know that performance wise, ext2 will be better than FAT.
i would also want to discourage my brother from plugging my phone into his windows laptop in the name of getting stuff and leaving viruses on the card.
Or you will use link2SD with 1st partition in Fat 32 (more 2go) and Fat (2go or less). The 2nd partition in Ext2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16853029&postcount=39
Hello,
I just bought a SanDisk 64GB MicroSDXC, and am trying to get it working in my Tab 2.
(bestbuy.com/site/SanDisk+-+Ultra+64GB+microSDXC+Class+6+Memory+Card/4120116.p?id=1218457270220&skuid=4120116)
I formatted it in a Windows 7 laptop using EaseUS Partition Master, FAT32. It reads and writes just fine in my Windows 7 and XP laptops.
When I put it in my Tab, nothing happens. Storage tells me "Insert SD card". But when I pop the card out, it says "Removed SD card"
I can take the 8GB card from my Evo and put it in the Tab, and it works fine. However (and predictably) the 64GB does not work in my Evo.
I am not rooted. Does this matter?
Does it matter if I insert the card with the power on? With the screen on?
My wife is taking the Tab traveling on Sunday, and I need to get this working stat. Many thanks for any assistance.
-Mike
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28453796&postcount=21
I used my samsung phone to get it working. Formatted fat32.
Resolved!
Turns out when after I removed the partition and created a FAT32, there was a small "unallocated" space along with the big partition. Even after I tried removing and recreating, it was still there.
This time (again through EaseUS), after removing all partitions and recreating a FAT32, there was no unallocated space, and the card mounted properly in the Tab.
Thanks bark777 for your quick response.
Mike
resarfekim said:
Resolved!
Turns out when after I removed the partition and created a FAT32, there was a small "unallocated" space along with the big partition. Even after I tried removing and recreating, it was still there.
This time (again through EaseUS), after removing all partitions and recreating a FAT32, there was no unallocated space, and the card mounted properly in the Tab.
Thanks bark777 for your quick response.
Mike
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I have free space before main partition and it is work fine (sandisk 32GB UHS-I)
using standart windows diskpart it is best way to format flash cards.
I had to use a different method to get my 64gb card to read in the tab. I used EaseUS to format the card, but like the other post said, I kept getting 7.xx MB unallocated space. The card would not read with it being there. The only way to be rid of it was to create the large fat32 parition. Once that's done, you'll end up having two partitions, one being the unallocated one. Now delete the large fat32 one. Click the left over one, and choose to resize it. Make it the size of the entire card capacity, set to fat if no fat32 option is available. Apply settings, and enjoy the card in your samsung tab!
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Sorry for my Bad Englisch.
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Support a Sony Tablet S - SGPT 112 DE/S 32Gig an SDXC 64gig SDCard
I have Purchased a Sandisk Ultra SDXC 1 64Gig Class 10 30Mbs
It not Work. The Tablet say. Please Insert a Storage Card. Format with FAT32 not help. With the SDXC Card inside, after boot the SDCARD Internal Memory is not Show Anymore.
Is the Card incomatible or generally SDXC
what version of android do you have now? You need ICS release 6 for sdxc support!
I may be mistaken, but I recall support for SDXC memory cards formatted exFAT was first provided with the 4.0.3 release 6b firmware update. However, SDXC memory cards formatted FAT32 can be used with earlier versions of firmware.
My Tab have
Android 4.0.3 realeae 1a
Kernel 2.6.39.4
Rooted.
Format as FAT32 not help. The Tablet Say Insert a SDCard. SDCARD Memory is gone.
Another
Format as NTFS with the Paragon NTFS & HFS+ APP not Work. Same issue.
Koto99 said:
My Tab have
Android 4.0.3 realeae 1a
Kernel 2.6.39.4
Rooted.
Format as FAT32 not help. The Tablet Say Insert a SDCard. SDCARD Memory is gone.
Another
Format as NTFS with the Paragon NTFS & HFS+ APP not Work. Same issue.
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Sdxc only works with release 6b. But remember, release 6 is not rooteable .
Sent from my SGPT12 using xda app-developers app
Is it possible to Add Support to Android 4.0.3 realeae 1a? :
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Is it possible to Add Support to Android 4.0.3 realeae 1a? :
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We are talking about 2 different tabs here. R6b is newer Xperia tab s... R1a is original tab...
All you have right about sdxc ExFat format. Look at your sony site there is an info/statement about sdxc. Check, its there where are news about update . These sdxc formated are incompatible with sgpt 111/112/ 113 NOW . Maybe in future will be comp - who knows . I didnt check xts statement.
...but koto u can change sdcard format to Fat32 and you will have working with tab card.
I personally have same card as you but microsdxc 64GB with sd adapter. I resolved this problem by formatting it with my android phone (lt18i .4.0.3) .Exfat changed to Fat32. You can format it also via PC tool ( my case : I formatted my card first on PC win xp and after I have 32Gb card instead of 64. After that read somewhere that some OS ( windows generally) have restriction of reading Fat format to 32gb - but it doesnt mean that it cant read it. ) . Linux should read and be able to format to fat32 >32gb sd . Search 3 rd party app for pc to formatt.
Btw i have 4.0.3r5a,I can confirmed this card working also on ( 4.0.3.r5 ,4.0.3r1)
koto99 why you want to have ExFat formatted one ? transfer >5gb?You can also plug external hdd with ntfs and drive mount app with rooted tablet. Drive must have external dc to give own power supply.
Attachments :
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jicfvqdu2mfd6iu/Mx_4IoJZj0
@biablo
Please Read the Thread.
The Tablet say. Please Insert a Storage Card.
Format with FAT32 not help. With the SDXC Card inside, after boot, the SDCARD Internal Memory is not Show Anymore. Is empty.
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I have Format the Card to FAT32. Not work.
You have not the Same card. You have a MicroSD, i have a SD.
Koto99 said:
@biablo
Please Read the Thread.
I have Format the Card to FAT32. Not work.
You have not the Same card. You have a MicroSD, i have a SD.
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Can your PC read and write the FAT32-formatted card?
With right click on it, what do you see in Properties (Eigenschaften)?
Yes Windows 7 64 Bit can Read an Write FAT32 SDCard. Card work on PC Perfect.
See
Strange...
Under Windows it looks good. Then only people who have personally experienced the case can help you. Sorry!
I pushed question about it to sandisk support. I ' ll post what they answered after I receive it.
Btw. read in support about sony nex-7 and sdxc. When formatted in camera windows 7 (which is compatible with exFat) sees as unsupported. When card is windows 7 formatted nex-7 sees as unsupported.
Btw1 about screen at #11 I see used space at 64.0KB. I experimented sth.After I formatted card the used space were same as I set in format tool in cluster size option. I tested this with easeus. Set to 8.0KB cluster size- after format used space was 8.0KB. If this screen is shortly after format you may set in format opt 64.0KB cluster.Did you try 32KB cluster? My Lt18i formatted my microSDXC as 32 KB cluster size and have active/ primary in easeus option.
BR
Formatter is
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm
Quick Format
Cluster 512, 8192, 32768 nothing work
Tablet not See the Card.
EaseUS Partition Master 9.2.1 Home Edition not See any SDCard. Format impossibel. (Windows)
As I promised here is an answer from sandisk technical support. Maybe some info there is obvious. I want to post state of manufacturer. In my mail I asked if sdcard can be damaged permanently by formatting it to fat32 and consequences about that (in my sgpt111). Also asked about tool app to format inside tablet( most tablets don't have that option). Check the tech repply esp "the only consequence".
Dear Customer,
Thank you for emailing SanDisk Technical Support. It is our goal to make sure you have all the resources you need to get the most from your product.
I understand that in exFAT, the 64GB microSDXC card is not detected by your Sony tablet. This is because the tablet doesn't support exFAT. After formatting the card in FAT32, the card seems to be working fine in the tablet and shows the full capacity.
The only consequence you may experience by doing this is that you won't be able to add any files larger than 4GB, due to the FAT32 limitation.
Transferring a 4GB or larger file to a USB flash drive or memory card http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/289/kw/4GB
You will be able to format the card back to exFAT, if your operating system also supports exFAT: Operating Systems that Support the exFAT File System http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3389/kw/exfat
If I understand correctly, you would like to know also if there is a difference between the microSDXC card and the SDXC card. There is indeed a physical difference between both cards:
- microSDXC: SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card for mobile devices www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/ultra-class10-for-android/?capacity=64GB
- SDXC: SanDisk Ultra SDXC UHS-I Card www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/sd/ultra-uhs-1-class10-30mbs/?capacity=64GB
Regarding your question about the format option tool for the tablet, there currently are no development plans on this. You may keep an eye on the SanDisk webpage to see if there would be any plans on this.
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BR biablo
The EaseUS Partition Master 9.2.1 Home Edition not Show SDCards.
I can click refresh to the next Christmas.
Is not Show my 32Gig, it Show only HDDs. (SSD, HDD and USB)
I use now Acronis Disk Director 11 Home
See Picture
Cluster are 32
And Now!!!!
Come here i give your a Kiss.
My Hero NOW the Tablet see the Card.
Really im have lost my hope, that the Card work anytime.
I have it Formatted 40-50 times.
Really big THANX to you. GREAT USERs and FORUM.:laugh:
I accept a kiss but only from your older sister ( if you have a sister) Thanks goes to all people hands-on this topic and psxpetey who re: my pm msg that his sandisc sdxc 64gb (not micro) is working well with tablet ..yhm ..sth also about exFat, if I were s.ony oem dev I would implement exFat support to jelly bean update in sgpt. If not next thought is about porting exFat resources from xperia s tab. Easy 2 say but not 2 do with limitations we've got.have a nice weekend guys.
Does S4 support 64Gb SD card formatted as ext4?
It is currently formatted as vfat and, I think, I have just ran into its limitation: one of my directories contain over 18,000 files and no more can be added. I do not have an option of reducing the number of files in that directory or splitting it since it is controlled by an app (Anki).
I guess, one of the options is to use internal storage that is ext4 and would not have such limitations. But I would much rather keep those files on SD card if it is possible format it as ext4.
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Does S4 support 64Gb SD card formatted as ext4?
It is currently formatted as vfat and, I think, I have just ran into its limitation: one of my directories contain over 18,000 files and no more can be added. I do not have an option of reducing the number of files in that directory or splitting it since it is controlled by an app (Anki).
I guess, one of the options is to use internal storage that is ext4 and would not have such limitations. But I would much rather keep those files on SD card if it is possible format it as ext4.
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ext4 is a native Linux/Unix format which is what the Android OS is based on. ext4 will work fine on an SD card. If you connect your phone to a Windows machine depending on your version of the OS and drivers you have loaded it may not recognize it.
Your card is probably actually formatted as Fat32. VFAT isn't a real format type. It is just a notation for a FAT partition with long file names.
The one issue is that there have been a lot of people having issue with 64Gb SD cards on custom ROMS and kernels. If you are running a custom ROM or kernel and your card is currently working, I would check the support thread before making the changes.
One other thing to point out. It may be obvious, but I've been doing IT support and programming for about 30 years and have learned its best to point out the obvious before data is possibly lost. Unless you have a specialized utility to convert the SD card partition to ext4 from it current FAT state, it will erase the data in the process leaving you with a blank SD card. So make sure you back the data up somewhere before you make the conversion.
Hopefully this helps.
ext4 is a native Linux/Unix format which is what the Android OS is based on. ext4 will work fine on an SD card. If you connect your phone to a Windows machine depending on your version of the OS and drivers you have loaded it may not recognize it.
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I do not touch Windows, only Linux. So this is not a problem. However, I remember back a year or so ago I tried to use ext4-formatted SD card in my old Droid Incredible and it did not work and I had to switch back to fat32. But maybe older version of Android supported only older versions of extX file system?
Your card is probably actually formatted as Fat32. VFAT isn't a real format type. It is just a notation for a FAT partition with long file names.
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I vaguely remember reading somewhere that for S4 to recognize 64Gb card, it should be formatted only as exFat. I do not remember if I had to format the card myself or it worked out of the box. I think it did but I did not so far had any problem using the card in S4 (maybe there will be a problem once I use more than 50% of storage?). What tool is aware of exFat and can say for sure if I have fat32 or exFat? The tools I tried so far just say vfat.
The one issue is that there have been a lot of people having issue with 64Gb SD cards on custom ROMS and kernels.
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My phone is rooted but otherwise I am running stock kernel.
I'm a Windows programmer who is an average Linux/old time Unix user. VFAT is how Linux sees any FAT partition with long file names. I have plenty of tools that will specify the difference on the Windows side, but I'm not real sure on of any free tools the Linux side. I have a couple of paid tools for doing computer security forensics that are Linux based that can tell you the exact format type so I know it can be done.
I'm running Hyperdrive with the stock ME7 kernel. I just searched through the thread and the only ones who got the 64GB cards working were using custom kernels. They were also the only ones who appeared to get the ext4 working consistently on the S4.
I just did a quick experiment. I had an extra SD card around (not a 64GB) and formatted it as ext4. My S4 would not mount the card. It would see it and tell me that there was a blank SD card there or one that has unsupported files.
Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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I have plenty of tools that will specify the difference on the Windows side, but I'm not real sure on of any free tools the Linux side. I have a couple of paid tools for doing computer security forensics that are Linux based that can tell you the exact format type so I know it can be done.
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I was actually hoping that Android itself might have some tools to recognize such things since it seems to depend on it so much.
Since I put my S4 into an Otter shell, I no longer take SD card out unless absolutely necessary since it is such a pain to dress/undress the phone. So far Android System Info and DiskInfo seem to give the most detailed info about the file systems but even they just say vfat for external SD card.
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So far Android System Info and DiskInfo seem to give the most detailed info about the file systems but even they just say vfat for external SD card.
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The /system/bin/mount command executed from inside Droid Command Pro gives a lot of details but still says 'vfat'. Can one deduce from the rest of the output if it is fat32 or exFat? See the attachment.
Try this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted
I know my SD card is FAT32 formatted. I formatted it as FAT32 on a Windows machine when I got it. This is the only app I tried that shows my SD card as FAT32. The rest all reported VFAT. Once it's loaded look under the tools tab. It should display all the partitions on your SD card.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy 4 using Taptalk 4.
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Try this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted
I know my SD card is FAT32 formatted. I formatted it as FAT32 on a Windows machine when I got it. This is the only app I tried that shows my SD card as FAT32. The rest all reported VFAT.
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Yes: it shows fat32 for my card as well. The question is: would it show exFat if it sees it or also classifies it as fat32?
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Yes: it shows fat32 for my card as well. The question is: would it show exFat if it sees it or also classifies it as fat32?
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They would show up differently if the aParted supported ExFAT (sorry didn't know).
FAT32 and ExFAT are 2 different formatting structures for partitions, with 2 different boot sectors and different file allocation table (FAT) sizes and structures. With FAT32 in the boot sector of the drive starting in byte 3 it will show either "MSWIN4.1" or "MSDOS5.0" then starting in byte 82 (size 8 bytes) it will have "FAT32 ". With ExFAT starting in byte 3 (size 8 bytes) it will have "ExFAT ".
I just format my test card as ExFAT and aParted gave me an error saying extended partitions detected, that they weren't supported, and the display information may be incorrect. The information for the partitions was blank. So it did recognize the difference between FAT32 and ExFAT, but couldn't display the ExFAT information.
I did find this application yesterday ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.kuder.diskinfo&hl=en ). I display a FAT32 partitioned card as vFAT, which it technically correct. That is a FAT16 or FAT32 partition with the long file names. I just checked and it will display ExFAT as ExFAT.
Hopefully this will help.
How to mount an USB stick formatted ext2/3/4?
When I connect a FAT formatted stick, it works, NTFS too using the Paragon_NTFS TC plugin.
I thought ext2/3/4 is supported, when the system and internal storage is on an ext4 partition.
Has the tablet to be rooted?
Tried also an ext3 formatted SDCard in the tablet, the result is the same - it says the card is empty or an unsupported filesystem..
The format it is told to read the sd card is different from the format it's told to read the system as. I'd say you'd have to be rooted if making any changes to what's readable versus what's not. The only thing is I'm not too sure on how exactly you'd do that other than using a cwm recovery and adding an extension partition on your card.
I'm afraid I need to do something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/dell-venue/general/guide-ext4-microsd-card-dell-venue-8-t3042906
The main problem is, I can't root my Venue because I've encrypted the filesystem.
I'm afraid I have to reformat my USB sticks to FAT32/NTFS ...
Decrypt then? Root and recrypt?
Edit: did you buy a large as card?
My 32 is in but have only had issues with higher cards like 64 and 128. There's an application I once used to format the card on board but when I plugged it into PC whether Linux or win, they'd get corrupted. So now the 128 lives in my laptop and the 64 in phone. 32 for the tablet for me is plenty. Onboard formatted to exFat I believe. Backup your goods. [emoji12]
Edit 2: I'm sure there's an app for that. No? Sorry, I was talking micro SD like a MF, lol! Stuff like that is not cool but I throw everything on my biggest USB 128 and it's formatted to NTFS but my others are just fat and don't read either.
According the instructions when encrypting, there is no decrypting, only factory reset.
I have a 64GB card, formatted to FAT32, no issues so far.
The idea was to use an EXT3 formatted USB thumb drive for big files (movies), so far I'm bypassing the problem with a NTFS formatted USB thumb drive and the Paragon_NTFS TC plugin but I have to copy the big file to the internal storage because the plugin doesn't make the NTFS drive visible for other apps than TC (Total Commander).
Edit: There are apps for mounting USB EXT2/3/4 (USB OTG Helper, USB Mount All, StickMount) but they all require root.
Then follow the crowd and. ..
Root it, root it, root it.... lol
Those were the apps I've used before and I root every device I own before I even get comfy with it.