Okay. I'm new here. Please have mercy on me, community.
Anyways, I have tried nearly every tutorial I could find. I tried nearly everything and I'm at the point of pulling my hair out. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Firstly, here is what I'm using/trying to partition :
- 128GB XC microSD
- Minitool Partition Wizard 9.1
- Link2SD App
- Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH-T999L (Rooted)
- Fat32Formatter for Windows (The sd card is apparently exFat by default)
Yes, I know exFat isn't usually supported, that's why I tried to convert it to Fat32 with the formatter. It works, but Minitool Partition Wizard just doesn't want to work. I use Windows 10, if that affects anything.
I try to "Move/Resize" the first partition to the sizes I want, set it as primary, and set to Fat32. The same way every single person in tutorials keeps saying. Then I create a new partition, and that's where things seem to go wrong. I create a partition, I set it to ext2/ext3/ext4 or even Fat32/Fat16 (See? I try everything). I don't even know if the cluster size or the "Label Name" affects anything, so I leave them alone. As soon as I finish, I click apply. And then when it finishes, the second partition is ALWAYS full. The "used space" is always taken up, no matter what I do. For example, I wanted to use 500 MB for the second partition. After I apply everything, for some reason the "used space" will be 500 MB. The used space is always used up, and I don't know why. This is preventing me from using Link2Sd too. The Link2SD App will always give me the "Mount Script Cannot Be Created : Invalid Argument" error. I can't just ignore that used space.
Is there ANYTHING I am doing wrong? It can't be my SD Card, it isn't corrupted.
Is there anything I am missing? Or are cards larger than 64GB simply not possible to work with?
The Aparted App never works.
The EaseUS Partition Software does the exact same thing as Minitool, and it doesn't help.
I haven't tried GParted yet.
I am running out of hope.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank You.
That card is too big. That device only supports a max of 64gb.
zelendel said:
That card is too big. That device only supports a max of 64gb.
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Thanks.
And sorry for the late reply.
So the card itself is too big for the device then, but if I want to partition a 64gb card, how would I go about it? I've read that cards above 32gb will be formatted differently, like exfat and ntfs. Or should I just stick with a 32gb card?
LuckyOnigiri said:
Thanks.
And sorry for the late reply.
So the card itself is too big for the device then, but if I want to partition a 64gb card, how would I go about it? I've read that cards above 32gb will be formatted differently, like exfat and ntfs. Or should I just stick with a 32gb card?
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I would stick to a 32gb but to be honest it might be a moot point with more and more app developers not allowing their apps to be moved to the sdcard.
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can anyone please tell me how to format mmc card for xda...there's 3 options in win xp ...fat32....fat...ntfs....i cant format it from the xda , keep getting error code 31.....an error occurred while formatting the storage card folder...........thanks
Try formatting to Fat or Fat 32, however if the xda wont format it there may be a problem, make sure the "lock" switch is in the off position. I have had a problem with sd cards before, what I did was a sd backup from the xda, it then seemed to work ok, just deleted the backup and it worked ever after.
theres no lock switch on the mmc card...i've tried storage tools and flash format...the card must be buggered
i have a different problem, but im sure its connected to the formatting somehow! my card only fills up HALF way!
there is 40% more room availble, all scans prooves this, yet i cant add anything to it, im thinking, its the way its formated, was there a 'directory' limit to how many files that can exist in root?
and wasnt it related to the type of formatting? so my question is...
which format/cluster/ect... is best to fully use a 256 card? and 512/1G.?
Hello,
I actually started a topic last week concerning the same thing. i'm copying bits and pieces of it here; it also helps address your concern about which format to use and the sd card limitations. the first point below address which format you should use for the sd card; in this case use FAT. by the way, i use an sd-card reader (usb plugged) to format the card; it shows up as "removable disk e" in my laptop's window's explorer.
1) i'm using a 512 mb card; i was having some difficulty because the memory of the card would only go up to around 300. at first i thought there was a problem with the card itself so i had to constantly erase the contents to make mp3s, files, pics, mpegs, etc fit. then i stumbled upon the pc command for formatting disks; there were 3 options to format the sd card: FAT, NTFS and FAT32. when i used fat32; the behavior was the same and the memory usage would only go up to 300 max. when using ntfs; my xda2 refused to recognie the card (it wouldn't show up in the explorer app). when i formatted using FAT, everything was great. i can now use the sd card to it's limits and am no longer restricted to the 300-mb trouble i was having.
question: what's the difference in the 3 formats? i don't really know but obviously using FAT format was the best thing to do, but what's with the other formats?
2 cents worth.
cheers mates
robson
thanks Robson...but i have sent to back for a replacement....i tried it in my reader but the pc could not see the sd card...so i went out and bought a 128mb card while i wait for the new one to come....had no problems with the 128 worked straight away
thanks for the tip - from now on FAT is to be my solution
one more thing to add, I do have 256MB SD card on my XDA I and WM2003, ver 4.0.21
I can use my 256MB card to the full limit, the card has been formatted with CnetX format utility (www.cnetx.com) with FAT16 and FAT32 and apart from the fact that content has been missing from time to time, so I had to re-load the files ... when I locked the card, everything is fine now
regards,
monika
today I have tested sandisk 512MB SD card ....
I am allowed to fill it up to the full limit of roughly 484MB
I am curious about the other thing .... buying 512MB SD card for its prce it's almost a rip-off and you get only 484MB in return, I remember old times back with IPAQ + PCMCIA sleeve with inserted flash card 1280MB of sandisk - the size written on the back of the card WAS EXACTLY matching what PPC2002 was showing .... 1280MB
to me it seems like either different "disk geometry" or disk format - can anyone explain it to me pls
regards,
monika
So I figure some people have purchased SDCards other than what HTC provided with our phones...
My question is: What format (based on card size) should we be using?
I had my SDCard (16GB Patriot Class 10) from my Incredible formatted as Ext4 which was causing me a major headache when I wanted to do a Nand Backup. My AmonRa and Clockwork could NOT mount the sdcard. Took me forever to remember that I had formatted it differently. I put in my old 8GB card that was FAT32 and all of a sudden, I could successfully do a Backup.
The catch is that since I am using a 16GB card, when you format (NO Quick Formatting I know) you have multiple options for Allocation Unit sizes. What size should be used?
Reason being is that I formatted the 16GB to FAT32 and default was 32kilobytes as the Allocation size and still I cannot mount the card in AmonRa.
Please help. Thanks.
I have the identical card I believe and I was using Fat32 Default allocation (which ends up being 4k I believe).
Also why were you using ext4? You do know you can partition your card so that you have both right? I can't think of a reason why you would need a 16gb ext4 partition.
What about a 64gb card? I read that someone put one in and had the phone format it and it works fine. No idea how they formatted it, they didn't mention it, so I didn't know there were options until seeing this thread. Got a 64gb card for xmas and would like to pop it in and load it up! Thanks.
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What about a 64gb card? I read that someone put one in and had the phone format it and it works fine. No idea how they formatted it, they didn't mention it, so I didn't know there were options until seeing this thread. Got a 64gb card for xmas and would like to pop it in and load it up! Thanks.
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I read elsewhere in the Rezound Accessories forum that if you format a 64g card FAT32 the phone should be able to handle it.
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Hi all, I am new to android but have tried to do a CM7 boot by writing the CM7 Final image to my sd card using WinDisk. It states that it will corrupt the physical device but I proceed with the writing of image. After doing so, I boot my NT and it works perfectly in CM7. However, when I remove the SD card from my NT and wanted to transfer files over to my SD card, I realised the storage size is reduced to 190MB.
Is there a way to free up the storage size but my NT can still boot CM7 off the SD card?
I am using a 16gb class 4 microsd card and will like to see if there's any ways to solve the problem.
Thank you.
Bumping this I have the same problem. I know you can partion it with a main active partion, but is there away to do it without formatting the SD card? Mine also has 190mb
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I'm not sure what CM7's capable of using but you *can* use GParted to expand existing partitions or create partitions in the unallocated part of the card without affecting the system partition. I'm not sure that expanding the system partition would be of much use as I don't think you'll find many apps that can access it so creating another volume/partition is the best bet. Can't help with how to mount it so it's usable by all of your apps...
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Bumping this I have the same problem. I know you can partion it with a main active partion, but is there away to do it without formatting the SD card? Mine also has 190mb
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Bumped as well, can't find the answer anywhere else.
Use this tool here to repartition your SD card:
http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
It's very easy to use. You can just delete the partitions of space that aren't being used so that they become unallocated space. Then you're free to merge with another partition or create another.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Just a note to anyone who needs Ext* or exFAT support, Partition Wizard only supports FAT(like FAT16, FAT32) and NTFS filesystems.
I wanted to create a new partition on the unallocated space in partition wizard but it requires me to change one partition to logical first.
I am kinda lost as I wasn't sure which method is best to obtain.
I will be generally pleased if anyone can provide me with instruction/screenshot in doing so.
Your help is largely appreciated.
Thanks
ivantohxm89 said:
I wanted to create a new partition on the unallocated space in partition wizard but it requires me to change one partition to logical first.
I am kinda lost as I wasn't sure which method is best to obtain.
I will be generally pleased if anyone can provide me with instruction/screenshot in doing so.
Your help is largely appreciated.
Thanks
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I do believe you can only have 4 primary partitions on a hard disk.
Bumping this.
I only get 1.3Gb of storage with CNMod on a 32Gb card (original B&N stuff intact). Tried using ROM Manager to repartition the card and load a previously backed up CNMod image with clockwork recovery -- same result. Pretty frustrating...
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Bumping this.
I only get 1.3Gb of storage with CNMod on a 32Gb card (original B&N stuff intact). Tried using ROM Manager to repartition the card and load a previously backed up CNMod image with clockwork recovery -- same result. Pretty frustrating...
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Use EaseUS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23924959&postcount=455
The problem is windows...
I don't think this is addressing the main issue. You have to understand how Windows is reading the sd card, and how the CM7 boot disk is setup. There are 4 partitions on the CM7 boot disk. The first is the actual boot information. This is a vfat formatted partition that is <200MB. The next 2 partitions are system related for the OS. The 4th and last partition is the one that is used as the actual SDCARD in CM7.
The problem is that Windows can ONLY mount the first partition on a removable device. I have not been able to find a method to mount the 4th partition (in windows), which is the resized data partition for the bootable disk.
I would suggest installing a Virtual Box version of Ubuntu and mounting the SD card from there and transferring files through Ubuntu.
Yes, you can mount the SD card when attaching the Nook via USB, but the difference in transfer speed is a joke. I get 2.5MB usb, vs 10MB with a card reader.
I hope this helps.
Bump... I am hoping to get the rest of the storage space on my SD card.
On another note, assuming running CM7 on SD card, there a thread that walk us thru to free the NT's internal memory from the 1gb limit from the B&N?
Thanks
rvr350 said:
Bump... I am hoping to get the rest of the storage space on my SD card.
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All you have to do is merge the unallocated space that was left on your SD with the last partition the CM7 image created.
rvr350 said:
On another note, assuming running CM7 on SD card, there a thread that walk us thru to free the NT's internal memory from the 1gb limit from the B&N?
Thanks
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This is the thread walking you through repartitioning the internal memory:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531120
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All you have to do is merge the unallocated space that was left on your SD with the last partition the CM7 image created.
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As i'm using windows, it only can see the first partition on SD card, someone mentions virtual box with ubuntu? Is there other method out there? Right now, there are actually 5 partitions on your SD card:
1st partition) capacity 190mb, FAT 32, primary, active
2nd partition) capacity 763 mb, Ext3, primary, none
3rd partition) capacity 1.4 gb, ext 3, primary, none
4th partition) capacity 1.3 gb, fat32, primary, none
5th partition) capacity 11.1 gb, unallocated, logical, none
As you can see, it is from a 16gb SD card, I'm sure the last 2 partitions are what I need to merge and make it visible to windows. Any suggestions?
Use easeus partition manager.
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As i'm using windows, it only can see the first partition on SD card, someone mentions virtual box with ubuntu? Is there other method out there? Right now, there are actually 5 partitions on your SD card:
1st partition) capacity 190mb, FAT 32, primary, active
2nd partition) capacity 763 mb, Ext3, primary, none
3rd partition) capacity 1.4 gb, ext 3, primary, none
4th partition) capacity 1.3 gb, fat32, primary, none
5th partition) capacity 11.1 gb, unallocated, logical, none
As you can see, it is from a 16gb SD card, I'm sure the last 2 partitions are what I need to merge and make it visible to windows. Any suggestions?
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Just to confirm, drymer is correct. You can use either software EASEUS or Partition Wizard on your Windows operating system to combine your 4th and 5th partition.
Can I use the partition tools if im on alberts abd rom w stock 1.4.0? or i have to be on cm7?
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Just to confirm, drymer is correct. You can use either software EASEUS or Partition Wizard on your Windows operating system to combine your 4th and 5th partition.
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Hmm, let me keep trying. Easeus won't let me combine logical and primary partition, i.e. the 5th and the 4th partition. Is there another method out there?
rvr350 said:
Hmm, let me keep trying. Easeus won't let me combine logical and primary partition, i.e. the 5th and the 4th partition. Is there another method out there?
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Hmmm, it should just let you extend the 4th partition with all of the unallocated space directly after it. Just by choosing the 4th partition, select resize, and choose how much you want to extend it by.
I got the sd card to read up to 12 gb now (out of 16 gb) in root explorer, but is there a way for it to show up under windows?
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!
hi!
i have a problem with insufficient internal storage. i use a 64GB micro sd-xc card and have until recently used it as portable storage. but the phone's internal storage was not enough for all my apps and their data so i decided to format the sd as internal, which should allow you to move your apps there.
but as i discovered, only very few third party apps can be moved to sd, stuff like play music, drive, sheets, slides, etc. can not be moved. this puts me in an awful position because i use drive and play music a lot, and every kB of stuff i want to keep available offline gets stored in the small internal storage, so in the end i have no space left on the phone, and an almost empty useless sd.
using it as portable doesn't allow any apps to be migrated to the sd either, so i'm stuck with only 4GB of space. apps like link2sd and apps2sd don't work with marshmallow.
does anyone know how to move google apps or app data to the sd on marshmallow?? i don't want to go back to lollipop due to this...
OR, has anyone found out how i could partition the sd card in a way that a part would be formatted as internal and part as external storage? (all my attempts ended with the phone formatting the whole sd as internal)
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hi!
i have a problem with insufficient internal storage. i use a 64GB micro sd-xc card and have until recently used it as portable storage. but the phone's internal storage was not enough for all my apps and their data so i decided to format the sd as internal, which should allow you to move your apps there.
but as i discovered, only very few third party apps can be moved to sd, stuff like play music, drive, sheets, slides, etc. can not be moved. this puts me in an awful position because i use drive and play music a lot, and every kB of stuff i want to keep available offline gets stored in the small internal storage, so in the end i have no space left on the phone, and an almost empty useless sd.
using it as portable doesn't allow any apps to be migrated to the sd either, so i'm stuck with only 4GB of space. apps like link2sd and apps2sd don't work with marshmallow.
does anyone know how to move google apps or app data to the sd on marshmallow?? i don't want to go back to lollipop due to this...
OR, has anyone found out how i could partition the sd card in a way that a part would be formatted as internal and part as external storage? (all my attempts ended with the phone formatting the whole sd as internal)
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Hi @bombaglad
I use Cyanogenmod 13 too. You have mentioned apps2sd do not work, but I use it and it works fine for me. Try to give it another go, and make sure you correctly partition your sd-card.
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Hi @bombaglad
I use Cyanogenmod 13 too. You have mentioned apps2sd do not work, but I use it and it works fine for me. Try to give it another go, and make sure you correctly partition your sd-card.
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wow! thanks for your reply. i have played around with it a lot and i couldn't get it working, i also found other forums with people who had problems with this.. so please, could you explain to me the steps you took to get it working? like, what format was the sd card first, which app you used to partition it and what format was the partition? that would really help me out
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wow! thanks for your reply. i have played around with it a lot and i couldn't get it working, i also found other forums with people who had problems with this.. so please, could you explain to me the steps you took to get it working? like, what format was the sd card first, which app you used to partition it and what format was the partition? that would really help me out
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I use MiniTool Partition Wizard to partition my sd-card. I connect it to a converter for usb and then connect it to my computer. In the partition wizard, I partition most of it to primary FAT32. Then the rest I partition to ext4, also primary. You decide on how much to allocate to each partition. I find using about 6 GB for the second partition will be the most I ever need.
After the sd-card is partitioned, I insert it back to my phone. When cm13 asks you to decide what to do with the sd cards, tell it the first partition is external, but don't do anything for the second one.
Then download apps2sd. go to settings and set "mmcblk1p2" for "Use custom dev block". Also check "Use public vold". Those are my settings. Then you can try and go to the "Link apps to sd card" section and continue from there. I really hope for you this works!
If id doesn't you can try to do the whole process but this time also tell Cyanogenmod the second partition is external.....
Let me know!
mobiusm said:
I use MiniTool Partition Wizard to partition my sd-card. I connect it to a converter for usb and then connect it to my computer. In the partition wizard, I partition most of it to primary FAT32. Then the rest I partition to ext4, also primary. You decide on how much to allocate to each partition. I find using about 6 GB for the second partition will be the most I ever need.
After the sd-card is partitioned, I insert it back to my phone. When cm13 asks you to decide what to do with the sd cards, tell it the first partition is external, but don't do anything for the second one.
Then download apps2sd. go to settings and set "mmcblk1p2" for "Use custom dev block". Also check "Use public vold". Those are my settings. Then you can try and go to the "Link apps to sd card" section and continue from there. I really hope for you this works!
If id doesn't you can try to do the whole process but this time also tell Cyanogenmod the second partition is external.....
Let me know!
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i'll admit, that a few minutes before reading this answer, i simply used apps2sd's partition tool, and with fat32 and ext3 i am now able to use the linking function thank you very much for your assistance, it's people like you thanks to whom the xda community is as awesome as it is <3
I'm always glad to help!
By the way, if after a reboot your phone tells you your sd-card is corrupt, just ignore the notification..
Doesn't work for me
Hi,
I've similar problems.
My configuration: LG G3 (D855) with CM13 (build: 20160528), SuperSU 2.74, xposed framework
In CM13 I'm not able to move apps to the external SD (there is no such option).
So I tried it with APPS2SD. :
- I'm able to create two partitions and to mount the second one.
- My Problem: I always get the following error message when trying to move an app: ...apk Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE]
Already tried:
- different File Systems for second partition (ext2, ext3, ext4, f2fs)
- with or without swap partition
- Also your mentioned options:
-- use of the MiniTool Partition Wizard with a primary FAT32 and a second primary ext4 partition
-- set "mmcblk1p2" for "Use custom dev block"
-- check "Use public vold"
Nothing helped so far. Still the same error.
By the way, I can see my second partition in the (rooted) Total Commander App (also in Android Settings, but there it is marked as damaged). And CM13 never asked me what to do with the second partition (only that it is damaged).
Any further ideas? Thanks in advance
Best regards
Formating SD card
What about formating the SD card as internal storage?
I haven't done it myself because I have a class 4 sd card and I'm afraid it's going to be slow but it seems like a good idea
Solution: Linking instead of moving
I could solve my problem
Instead of moving apps I linked them => works excellent!
Best regards
Eisbaer2
Im liking to use the new function of marshmallow, but i cant move hangouts to new partition.
Does someone know another way to move dont using apps2sd?