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As far as I know the SD is formatted as Fat32 and we are limited according to its specs. It means we can't write a file larger than 2GB on it.
Is there any way to format an SD card for Nook as NTFS, ext2, ext3 or anything R/W supported in Windows or OS X natively (or with additional drivers)?
nook_lover said:
Is there any way to format an SD card for Nook as NTFS, ext2, ext3 or anything R/W supported in Windows or OS X natively (or with additional drivers)?
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Windows supports two filesystems: fat, and ntfs.
Of those two, Android only supports fat.
So... no.
cfoesch said:
Windows supports two filesystems: fat, and ntfs.
Of those two, Android only supports fat.
So... no.
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That's a shame. I was downloading a video file larger than 2GB and then my Nook suddenly got rebooted and I realized about the limitation...
And the file size limit is not 2gb but 4gb
Montisaquadeis said:
And the file size limit is not 2gb but 4gb
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so it's Fat32 then? not Fat.
Montisaquadeis said:
And the file size limit is not 2gb but 4gb
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ok. 2gb is for fat and 4gb is for fat32 I guess.
cfoesch said:
Windows supports two filesystems: fat, and ntfs.
Of those two, Android only supports fat.
So... no.
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Window also supports exFAT with file size limit, which is exceeding contemporary mobile storage devices maximum capacity, but, unfortunately, Android doesn't support this file system.
As an alternative, I've tried formating my SD to ext4(Ext2Fsd allows to mount ext2-3-4 partitions on Windows), but NT didn't recognize it.
I found a utility called Drive Mount, it can mount storage device with FAT/NTFS/EXT file systems, but it doesn't support Android 2.x.
I also tried to mount my SD manually, but Nook Tablet handles SD card in a way unfamiliar to me.
If you insert FAT formatted SD card, then NT will mount SD(block device /dev/block/vold/179:17), but if you insert ext4 formatted card(I bet the same goes for ext3 and ext2 too), then NT will not mount anything and /dev/block/vold/179:17 will be inaccessible(the device still will be at /dev/block/vold, but both cat and mount will tell you that there is no such device or address).
UPDATE
I was able to mount ext4 formated SD card via /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
NT thinks that SD card is blank or has unsupported file system, but it is fully accessible for both read and write.
So if you desperately want to watch some 4+Gb video, you need to format SD to ext2/3/4 and mount it to some empty folder on your NT internal partition, I wouldn't recommend using /mnt/sdcard, though.
If somebody interested, I can make a step-by-step instruction for Windows users.
Dear Friends,
I currently have a 16GB memory card partitioned with a 2GB ext4 partition which is used by Link2SD. A couple of days ago I bought a SandDisk 32GB Class 4 memory card and partitioned it using MiniTool on Win 7 and created a 2 GB ext4 and the rest was FAT32.
I did it while the card was inserted into my Neo. Now, after reboot or so, the phone doesn't recognize the card.
What can be the reason behind this and could you provide any solution on this?
I would be very thankful to you. Thanks.
Try formatting using cwm recovery...
I formatted and partitioned my 32GB SD card several times, using MiniTool, with SD in phone. Never had any problems.
AFAIK both partitions should be primary. First FAT32, and second ext.
gr8techie said:
Dear Friends,
I currently have a 16GB memory card partitioned with a 2GB ext4 partition which is used by Link2SD. A couple of days ago I bought a SandDisk 32GB Class 4 memory card and partitioned it using MiniTool on Win 7 and created a 2 GB ext4 and the rest was FAT32.
I did it while the card was inserted into my Neo. Now, after reboot or so, the phone doesn't recognize the card.
What can be the reason behind this and could you provide any solution on this?
I would be very thankful to you. Thanks.
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You would need a memory card reader for this. Put the memory card into card reader and then insert it into your pc. And format your memory card with allocation unit size as default. But your memory card will still remain partitioned.
monil.verma said:
You would need a memory card reader for this. Put the memory card into card reader and then insert it into your pc. And format your memory card with allocation unit size as default. But your memory card will still remain partitioned.
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no need not use a chip reader, i several time created 2nd partition on my 16GB micro SD SD card by connecting my phone into the PC. If you use "USB connectivity" as "Mass storage mode" we can mount SD into the PC and create another partition using minitool.
Try to create both partition FAT.
keekooceeaou said:
I formatted and partitioned my 32GB SD card several times, using MiniTool, with SD in phone. Never had any problems.
AFAIK both partitions should be primary. First FAT32, and second ext.
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Thanks keekoo, the only thing that I may have missed would be that I did not make the ext partition primary. I am already partitioning and formatting the SD card as I type this with your advice. Hope it works.
monil.verma said:
You would need a memory card reader for this. Put the memory card into card reader and then insert it into your pc. And format your memory card with allocation unit size as default. But your memory card will still remain partitioned.
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android addicts said:
no need to use a chip reader, i several time created 2nd partition on my 16GB micro SD SD card by connecting my phone into the PC. If you use "USB connectivity" as "Mass storage mode" we can mount SD into the PC and create another partition using minitool.
Try to create both partition FAT.
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Thanks, friends. It was bcoz I didnt make the 2nd partition as primary. I believe. After I did what keekoo said, it is ok now.
Thanks to all of you for your advice.
keekooceeaou said:
I formatted and partitioned my 32GB SD card several times, using MiniTool, with SD in phone. Never had any problems.
AFAIK both partitions should be primary. First FAT32, and second ext.
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Thanks, keekoo. It is ok now.
Guys,
Having a similar issue. Could someone pls help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36251985&postcount=3228
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Thanks, keekoo. It is ok now.
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THANKYOU SOO MUCH. This solution helped me get my xperia play's 16GB SD card mounting correctly. I had created the 2nd partition as logical instead of primary and I was wondering why it wasn't doing anything when putting it in my xperia.
I have been following several guides on how to partition my sd-card but everytime I end up with the phone looping at boot.
I have a xperia v with a 32 gb sd card. the card works but when I partition it to 2 new partitions the phone wont boot.
All help are welcome.
Hawkwing said:
I have been following several guides on how to partition my sd-card but everytime I end up with the phone looping at boot.
I have a xperia v with a 32 gb sd card. the card works but when I partition it to 2 new partitions the phone wont boot.
All help are welcome.
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Would you please mention
How did you Partition it
Partition file system
Rom and other details
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yes, when you using minitool partition wizard to create a new partition and dont forget to mark it as primary. then it can be recognized by your phone.
Hi,
the specs of the Acro S say that maximum SD Card size is 32 GB. Has anyone tried a 64 GB card?
plaisthos said:
Hi,
the specs of the Acro S say that maximum SD Card size is 32 GB. Has anyone tried a 64 GB card?
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Yes, I did try 64GB MicroSD card on my Acro S. It works fine and great. Haha. For your info I was equipping my Acro S with the ORIGINAL SanDisk 64GB Class10 UHS-1 Micro SDXC MicroSD Card MOBILE ULTRA.
x3Evo said:
Yes, I did try 64GB MicroSD card on my Acro S. It works fine and great. Haha. For your info I was equipping my Acro S with the ORIGINAL SanDisk 64GB Class10 UHS-1 Micro SDXC MicroSD Card MOBILE ULTRA.
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what type of FS youre using, is it exFAT?
also on what rom under you're now..
thanks!
redjge said:
what type of FS youre using, is it exFAT?
also on what rom under you're now..
thanks!
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If I remembered correctly, I never used exFAT format. Why don't you try and let me know what's the results?
Now... I've moved to Xperia Z and V. My Acro S... Accidentally dropped into a >2m deep swimming pool and it got waterdamaged! LOL! Was running stock firmware with ROOT as well as CM9.1 by FreeXperia though.
everything always says expandable to 32, I believe its because that's what fat32 support supports as a maximum. but in most cases exfat will actually work they just never state it
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redjge said:
what type of FS youre using, is it exFAT?
also on what rom under you're now..
thanks!
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No the Acro S does not support exFAT. You will need to reformat the SD card to use in your phone.
Code:
dev/block/vold/179:33 /storage/sdcard1 vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/storage/sdcard1/ 59.4G 58.1G 1.4G 32768
plaisthos said:
No the Acro S does not support exFAT. You will need to reformat the SD card to use in your phone.
Code:
dev/block/vold/179:33 /storage/sdcard1 vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/storage/sdcard1/ 59.4G 58.1G 1.4G 32768
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Hi everyone, ive already figured this out.
i inserted 64gb card on acro s as exFAT formatter. it says blank sd card and wont mount.
tried formatting under win7 as fat32 it failed,
Solution:
used easeus partition manager and formatted it as FAT32, it is now being recognized by AcroS 58.99GB.
we just need to format it to fat32 for it to be recognized by the device. techincally as long as the file system of the sd card is fat32 it will be recognized by AcroS
(please note on the file size limitation of fat32 file system)
Quote from wiki:
"The maximum possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4 GiB minus 1 byte or 4,294,967,295 (232 − 1) bytes. This limit is a consequence of the file length entry in the directory table and would also affect huge FAT16 partitions with a sufficient sector size.[1] Video applications, DVD images, large databases, and some other software easily exceed this limit."
Thanks everyone for the idea
I have been playing with this idea for some time...
redjge said:
Hi everyone, ive already figured this out.
i inserted 64gb card on acro s as exFAT formatter. it says blank sd card and wont mount.
tried formatting under win7 as fat32 it failed,
Solution:
used easeus partition manager and formatted it as FAT32, it is now being recognized by AcroS 58.99GB.
we just need to format it to fat32 for it to be recognized by the device. techincally as long as the file system of the sd card is fat32 it will be recognized by AcroS
Thanks everyone for the idea
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Just bought the same card, (Kingston: SDCX10/64GB ext-card ) used this exact same method and it seems to work, phone has 58,40 gb on SD card now...
anyone tried new rom 4.4.4 cm 11 for acro s? is it not support for 32gb of micro sd card??
feri_mlg said:
anyone tried new rom 4.4.4 cm 11 for acro s? is it not support for 32gb of micro sd card??
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I have no problem with the 64 gb sd card on cm11 4.4.4 (Now using carbonrom 4.4.4)
Edit: it works on all roms that I tried. Also even 5.1.1
WHICH FORMAT IS SUITABLE FOR 32 GB SD CARD? I M USING EXT4 FOR EXTERNAL SD CARD,,,ANY PROBLEM WITH EXT4 AS EXTERNAL STORAGE? PLEASE HELP ME :good:
Rajinakd said:
WHICH FORMAT IS SUITABLE FOR 32 GB SD CARD? I M USING EXT4 FOR EXTERNAL SD CARD,,,ANY PROBLEM WITH EXT4 AS EXTERNAL STORAGE? PLEASE HELP ME :good:
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Many people would recommend "exFAT" file system, also some would recommend "FAT32" but due to the limitation of the file size, i won't recommend it, "EXT4" is good, but may not be a good choice for SDcard if you wanted to view the files on the PC using a "SDcard reader" one day, your sdcard then would be limited to read only, so you have 2 options:
1-format it as "exFAT"
2-just put it in the phone, Reformat the SD card with your phone Settings --> Storage/Storage & USB The file system on the freshly formatted SD card is the type that will give you the best performance with your phone.... in other words....(let the phone choose)
Regards Migo
migomujahid said:
many people would recommend "exfat" file system, also some would recommend "fat32" but due to the limitation of the file size, i won't recommend it, "ext4" is good, but may not be a good choice for sdcard if you wanted to view the files on the pc using a "sdcard reader" one day, your sdcard then would be limited to read only, so you have 2 options:
1-format it as "exfat"
2-just put it in the phone, reformat the sd card with your phone settings --> storage/storage & usb the file system on the freshly formatted sd card is the type that will give you the best performance with your phone.... In other words....(let the phone choose)
regards migo
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so exfat is best for sd card 32 gb?
Rajinakd said:
so exfat is best for sd card 32 gb?
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Yes, best for any sdcard
MigoMujahid said:
Yes, best for any sdcard
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but some people saying their default partition format is VFAT,,,,,
Rajinakd said:
but some people saying their default partition format is VFAT,,,,,
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As i told you, Individual files on a FAT32 drive can’t be over 4 GB in size, but in exFAT it has no limitations, if it worked good for you in phone or pc then it's fine, if you faced any problems reformat it to FAT32.
hii everyone,,i have one question,why use F2FS format memory card cannot reading in PC or file manager,when plug in usb to tranfer file with computer,SD Card cannot appears,just internal storage only,i use custom rom and format sd card to f2fs in storage settings,can someone give solution or tips for this,
thanks....
mad jebon said:
hii everyone,,i have one question,why use F2FS format memory card cannot reading in PC or file manager,when plug in usb to tranfer file with computer,SD Card cannot appears,just internal storage only,i use custom rom and format sd card to f2fs in storage settings,can someone give solution or tips for this,
thanks....
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1st off all. Why would you format your external SD card to F2FS. F2FS is only used for partitions like system/data(aka internal storage) and cache. There's no need to format your SD card to F2FS, all you can do now is format is back to FAT32 or exFAT (since that's what most SD card uses) and you should be able to use your SD card back.
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AkmalWarrior said:
1st off all. Why would you format your external SD card to F2FS. F2FS is only used for partitions like system/data(aka internal storage) and cache. There's no need to format your SD card to F2FS, all you can do now is format is back to FAT32 or exFAT (since that's what most SD card uses) and you should be able to use your SD card back.
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okay,,right now im using vfat thats means fat32 format right?
thanks bro.
mad jebon said:
okay,,right now im using vfat thats means fat32 format right?
thanks bro.
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It's quite different but any FAT type filesystem will work.