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..
-g
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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.
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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
Arranmc182 said:
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
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?
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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?
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
When I use a 128 micro sd as internal storage there is extreme lag in evry app, which is not present with a 32 Gb micro sd. I think the internal storage might be using fat 32? I was promised lots of storage :crying:
This is very important to me and probably others
Ph9214 said:
When I use a 128 micro sd as internal storage there is extreme lag in evry app, which is not present with a 32 Gb micro sd. I think the internal storage might be using fat 32? I was promised lots of storage :crying:
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Bump!
Getting error messages when trying to format it with anything
I have been using the adb console trying to format the card and I get these timeout errors
Error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Thread Binder_7 gave up waiting for partitionMixed after 180000ms
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and I once even got an actual error code
Error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: command '32 volume partition disk:179,48 private' failed with 'null'
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and another error code that I lost hope this can help to find a solution :fingers-crossed:
Wait I finaly found a solution
Step One: Format SD to exfat.
Step Two: Set SD as Portable in Android
Step Three: Format SD as Internal in Android.
Step Four: THIS IS IMPORTANT. The process will eventually freeze and timeout. Do not cancel it. Let it timeout. When it does do not fret. Shutdown the phone by holding power and tapping Power Off. It will take a while to fully shut down. The time it takes for the process to freeze and the time it takes the phone to shut down seems to depend on the size of the SD Card. My 128GB card took about 6 minutes to timeout and about 12 minutes to shut down. DO NOT FORCE SHUTDOWN*. Let the phone shut down on its own. When it does, boot the phone back up and the SD will be set to Adopted Internal Storage.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-play/general/how-to-format-sd-internal-experience-t3305036
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Wait I finaly found a solution
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If that solution works for you, great. Personally I would suspect that you have a bad Micro SD card.
Mabye...
koop1955 said:
If that solution works for you, great. Personally I would suspect that you have a bad Micro SD card.
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I scanned it with a checker and it it returned as good, so I think there is no corruption and I suspect android as the primary suspect
The same happened to me with a SanDisk 64 gb Class 10 card. Turns out I can't find a way to format my card back to normal, not even with a pc. Not even low level format or any commercial format tool.
Seems there is a bad batch of SanDisk cards or so I read online. Will return mine just in case.
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The only way I got it to work w/o xposed mods is to use fat32format windows program to format my 128gb card as fat32.
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The same happened to me with a SanDisk 64 gb Class 10 card. Turns out I can't find a way to format my card back to normal, not even with a pc. Not even low level format or any commercial format tool.
Seems there is a bad batch of SanDisk cards or so I read online. Will return mine just in case.
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Mine formats fine, but has problems with mobile devices (tested it on this tablet, and raspberry pi)
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The only way I got it to work w/o xposed mods is to use fat32format windows program to format my 128gb card as fat32.
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what program did you use
It's called exactly that, fat32format. I don't recall where I got the program exactly but download it from a reputable site like like cnet's download.com site or softsonic. Do know that since it's fat32, it will not support any single files above 2gb so no 1080p rips and the like.
I agree with the others sounds like you have a bad card that is on its way out... I had a early sandisk 64gb that one day just vanished nothing could be done to bring it back either... I avoid sandisk cards for now I want wd to have plenty of time to wash the crappy cards out of the market.
Fat32's file size limitation is 4gb!
If the SD card is inside the device better pick exFat.
there's no actual android app that has single files that big so you can use fat32 just fine, just won't be able to save big files on it like ripped movies
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Fat32's file size limitation is 4gb!
If the SD card is inside the device better pick exFat.
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exFAT has problems with this tablet. FAT32 works flawlessly.
exFat makes problems. Good to know. Well, Microsoft..
By the way, NTFS works too! Having one in my Shield right now.
Well just picked up my new A52 5G really enjoyed it at first but now my SD card keeps getting unmounted every time I restart the phone. ( The best part about this is the SD cards are made by Samsung tried 2 different ones both are 128G) (SAMSUNG: EVO Select 128GB MicroSDXC UHS-I U3 100MB/s Full HD & 4K UHD Memory Card with Adapter (MB-ME128HA)
The typical SD problems Samsung is known for. Asking Samsung for solutions is not very informative. Please any suggestions would be great.
If not I guess I just ditch Samsung A52 5G and go back to the other evil the iPhone. Heck at least every time you turn that on it always works.
This sure seems like a great phone but that SD card issue is really a big deal at least for me.
HAve you tried the same SD cards on other phones or a different SD card on the same phone?
Yes, I actually bought 2 exact same cards, no issues anywhere I use them except in the new Samsung A52 5G.
Reading a lot of other posts seems to be a pretty big issue with Samsung and Android 11.
( https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5...afely-to-prevent-your-phone-from/td-p/2967455)
What about if you borrow a card from a different brand? I swtiched the old SD card i was using onto my A52 5G and never had any issues. Could it be a problem with samsung cards? For reference I use a Kingston 32GB MicroSDHC with UHS 1
Try formatting card in phone if that doesn't get it try doing a low level format on the PC with a 3rd party app do not use the Windows formatting utility.
Then format again in phone.
Load card through phone.
Formatting the SD card was the first thing I did using a Linux PC. (Manjaro OS ) This was always my goto if I have formatting problems. The SD card was done in exFAT, however no luck.
The other option is buy a different brand SD card as mentioned above by "ImGonnaTryScience". (Thanks)
The card I'm looking at is the
SanDisk 128GB Extreme MicroSDXC U3, V30, 4K, A2, Micro SD.
I'm thinking maybe the Samsung SD cards are to slow, but who knows.
What doesn't make sense is the Samsung SD cards work everywhere with no issues.
I even have an old Galaxy Tab 7, Samsung SD cards works great in that. Speaking of my old Tab 7 I tried formatting the SD cards with that and then put them back into the A52 5G. This didn't work either. My thinking was Samsung should like Samsung but my thinking was wrong. (Maybe I should stop thinking.)
Speed in SD cards matter sometimes (for example the SD card I use in my dashcam needs to be a certain minimum speed otherwise it won't be able to record properly), but I find it very odd that it wouldn't work for a phone.
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Speed in SD cards matter sometimes (for example the SD card I use in my dashcam needs to be a certain minimum speed otherwise it won't be able to record properly), but I find it very odd that it wouldn't work for a phone.
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Not giving up just yet, I really like the A52 5G.
V30 should be fairly fast from internal memory to SD card less using the C port.
If you did a low level format then put it in the phone with not data on it, then formatted in the phone again... it should work.
I've had issues like this on my S4, now you see it, now you don't. I had to do a low level format to make it readable even on Windows. May have been a bad card but all sectors were intact.
May be card brand. Even afterward it would not see the requiring a reboot.
I'm using the Lexar .5tb V30 card in my Note 10+ and unlike what happened on the S4 the 10+ recognized immediately. Formatted it in the phone and zero issues since.
OP I feel you. This is a frustrating issue that really jams a monkey wrench in the cogs.
I be seeing red.
Pedal to metal, no brains diagnostic solution; get the Lexar card if the size and speed rating fit your needs.
$64 and known to work out of the box.
https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-High-Performance-512GB-microSDXC-UHS-I/dp/B07KBQQ82D/ref=asc_df_B07KBQQ82D/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=320277925145&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15218256658824518829&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9059462&hvtargid=pla-575646493333&psc=1
These devices can be damaged by ESD. Careful handling will eliminate the possibility.
RH>50%
Touch an earth ground before handling to help neutralize any static charge.
Don't touch the contacts.
It's not a ram stick but better safe than sorry.
Well I may have solved my problem. I completely wiped the SD Card using MiniTool Partition Wizard. However I didn't add a partition or any kind of formatting. Once the card and partition was completely wiped I put it back into the A52 5G and let it do its own partitioning and formatting of the SD Card. Everything is working really well no more SD card errors, just hope it holds. ( 12hrs and still working, before that the error would pop every 30 minutes or so.) ( Still using my original SAMSUNG: EVO Select 128GB SD Card)
I'll update the progress in a few days.
Some reason the wipe of the partition seemed to do the trick. I don't really understand why since like I said the card worked well in everything except the A52. Maybe Samsung changed the format structure compared to there previous tablets and phones. Maybe its even an issue with Android 11 . All formatting in the past was always exFAT however something changed with this phone. I hope this will help out others who may be experiencing the same problem.
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Well I may have solved my problem. I completely wiped the SD Card using MiniTool Partition Wizard. However I didn't add a partition or any kind of formatting. Once the card and partition was completely wiped I put it back into the A52 5G and let it do its own partitioning and formatting of the SD Card. Everything is working really well no more SD card errors, just hope it holds. ( 12hrs and still working, before that the error would pop every 30 minutes or so.) ( Still using my original SAMSUNG: EVO Select 128GB SD Card)
I'll update the progress in a few days.
Some reason the wipe of the partition seemed to do the trick. I don't really understand why since like I said the card worked well in everything except the A52. Maybe Samsung changed the format structure compared to there previous tablets and phones. Maybe its even an issue with Android 11 . All formatting in the past was always exFAT however something changed with this phone. I hope this will help out others who may be experiencing the same problem.
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It's possible there was some app on it with a secure partition or something.
It may take or do what one card* did in my S4+, while never lost data it would go through spells of not being recognized by the phone requiring a reboot. No rhythm or reason to it.
Having to low level format a new card is not a good sign.
Next card get a Lexar, slam it in, format, good to go.
* it wasn't recognized by the phone or Windows. Only the Lexar formatting app could access it. After a low level format it was visible to the phone and Windows.
Really?
Well I said I would let everyone know the progress. Simple terms FAIL.
6:00AM this morning the error came back. ( SD Card was removed unsafely )
So I guess now I'll try the new SD card I mentioned above or the one mentioned above by Blackhawk ( Thanks for the info. )
(SanDisk 128GB Extreme MicroSDXC U3, V30, 4K, A2, Micro SD.)
(Lexar-High-Performance-128GB-microSDXC-UHS)
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Well I said I would let everyone know the progress. Simple terms FAIL.
6:00AM this morning the error came back. ( SD Card was removed unsafely )
So I guess now I'll try the new SD card I mentioned above or the one mentioned above by Blackhawk ( Thanks for the info. )
(SanDisk 128GB Extreme MicroSDXC U3, V30, 4K, A2, Micro SD.)
(Lexar-High-Performance-128GB-microSDXC-UHS)
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Well .5 tb will be nice to have.
I hope this works...
Format in phone.
I would leave the card in the phone and up/download data via the phone rather than removing the card to do so.
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Found another interesting read. Maybe Android 11 is the issue.
Reading through this post I see the Scandisk Extreme SD card has issues to.
problem with "sd card removed unsafely" notification
hello, can you guys help with this issue? looks like it is not just an A72 problem, but also on other models. the notification is very frequent, and happens even while the phone is on standby. what i tried so far a 128gb sandisk extreme pro...
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Found another interesting read. Maybe Android 11 is the issue.
Reading through this post I see the Scandisk Extreme SD card has issues to.
problem with "sd card removed unsafely" notification
hello, can you guys help with this issue? looks like it is not just an A72 problem, but also on other models. the notification is very frequent, and happens even while the phone is on standby. what i tried so far a 128gb sandisk extreme pro...
forum.xda-developers.com
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I have no love for 11 and running on Pie quit happily on my Note 10+.
Can't say that Lexar card is know good for your phone because it uses a faster and different memory controller as well as the imfamous A-11 OS.
However before blaming the hardware or firmware I would give the Lexar a shot. It's a nice card to have regardless.
Well I picked up the sd card member Blackhawk was talking about this morning. A Lexar High-Performance 633x 512GB MicroSDXC UHS-I Card. I put the card in fresh out of the package let the A52 format the card about 4 hours later same as before, the fault came back. After reading the post the Blackhawk wrote about his pie made me think I'll try that. Fired up my pie4 and let the pie4 do the format. Well no luck there either within 30 minutes the fault came back. Well now I know its either the A52 or its Android 11. The cards both work really well in all may other devices. However the A52 5G is the only thing running Android 11. Now the question is return the phone or wait for Android 12.
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Well I picked up the sd card member Blackhawk was talking about this morning. A Lexar High-Performance 633x 512GB MicroSDXC UHS-I Card. I put the card in fresh out of the package let the A52 format the card about 4 hours later same as before, the fault came back. After reading the post the Blackhawk wrote about his pie made me think I'll try that. Fired up my pie4 and let the pie4 do the format. Well no luck there either within 30 minutes the fault came back. Well now I know its either the A52 or its Android 11. The cards both work really well in all may other devices. However the A52 5G is the only thing running Android 11. Now the question is return the phone or wait for Android 12.
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Sorry to hear that. I meant that Pie as in Android 9. Try the Lexar low level formatting utility if you can find it. Again, format in phone before you use it to be on the safe side.
It seems it's the phone.
Try clearing the system cache.
Doubt check setting and clear data in associated apks. It still may be something not so obviously obvious... Androids wuv being played with.
Well I finally got the respond for Samsung I was looking for. It's not the SD card but an issue with there firmware. They claim it will be addressed with the next update. I used the Samsung Members App to send them an error report from my device and the response was quite pleasing.
( See there response)
Congratulations, you're a remote Samsung beta tester!
Just sloppy and unprofessional on Samsung's part and no fix... yet.
Eventually they'll get it but it should have never made it out for retail sale like that
Personally I'd consider asking for a full refund as without a working SD card slot the phone becomes a liability for me... as if this little ride hasn't already. That used 10+ is looking more tempting to me.
Wow. Well done
Hi another issue with SD. When I have tried to make a backup on the an SD card via the setting app it stuck after 85% and the result of it I got an SD with "write protection" which I can't change not via DOS not with other 3rd party tools. by the way its working on Samsung tablet including format and copy files but when I put is back to my mobile or try to check it on PC to delete the portion or make any change it still same issue "write protection". Would appreciate any idea before I put it to garbage. Thanks