Hi Guys,
Can I get help on how to copy a file larger than 4GB to SD card? I tried to read up and try a lot of stuff but still really lost here. I'm on Virtuous rom.
- I tried to format my card in ext4 but the phone don't recognized it. (I read stock rom don't support ex4)
- I tried to format the card in the device but it didn't work. (I think the phone format the card to FAT32 but not sure as windows just say "generic hierarchical" file system).
- I tried to format the card in NTFS and the phone didn't recognized it.
- Tried to format the card in FAT32 and can't copy the 5gb file because of the 4GB limitation.
- I tried to format my card in exfat but phone don't recognized ( I read that stock kernal don't support exfat).
I think you can only have your card formatted as FAT32 for the phone to recognize it. 4GB is a limitation of FAT32. So that's it, you're stuck with that limit.
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It sucks when alot of devices depend on fat32.
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It does. But it is what it is.....
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Hi,
I was finally able to partition my 16GB Micro SD HC Class 4 SD Card using minitools.
FAT32 at the front, Primary, and EXT2 afterwards, logical.
I can drop files onto the FAT32 partition and flash the ROM in recovery, but when I reboot it can't find the card.
If I then change the card to my old 4GB Samsung SD it is fine.
When I partitioned the 4GB card using ROM Manager, which I couldn't do with the 16GB one, it created an EXT3 partition.
Is there anything I can do, or is it simply the card?
Cheers
As an update, I put the card in my wife's Blackberry this morning to see if that could see it and it said it wasn't formatted and did I want to? Yes I said.
I could now see it on my Desire and was able to partition it using ROM Manager.
Looking at it now, the second partition is ext3 and is primary, not logical.
I've no idea why this happened but I'm hoping it will all be fine when I flash a new ROM.
I just got a new microSD, my phone formatted it as FAT32. I guess that's fine, but since everyone here is always extolling the speed of ext? I was wondering if I could format it with that. Running infused, so I was wondering if it would be ok with that on the external microSD also?
nstong said:
I just got a new microSD, my phone formatted it as FAT32. I guess that's fine, but since everyone here is always extolling the speed of ext? I was wondering if I could format it with that. Running infused, so I was wondering if it would be ok with that on the external microSD also?
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Android in 2.x is really set up to treat the SD partitions as FAT.
You would be unable to use the phone for USB storage with any Windows machine if the SD (internal or external) were formatted ext4.
for htc inspire kind of phone this is useful where internal memory is just 4gb.
so one can make a portion of microsd card formatted as ext2(4?) for app2sd(storing/moving apps to sd card)
here with infuse there is plenty of memory.
just my 2cents.
Hi there everyone, I just picked up my Transformer today, and while Im not new to the whole flashing business (done it lots on my Galaxy S) I cant seem to get this working on the tablet. Ive managed to get it rooted and CWM loaded, but every time I try to flash a zip from my sd card its lot letting me mount the sd card.
Was hoping someone would be able to help me out
CWM only read files from the Removable micro sd card and not internal sd card.
Also the removable micro sd need to be in a fat32 format
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Are certain microSD cards not compatible? I've currently got one in FAT32 format and it cannot read that either.
Some people have reported problems with using a MicroSD when formatted as Fat32 through windows. Try using an SD card formatting tool. Apparently when formatting an SD Card through windows it doesn't format it correctly.
Also some people say they had to try a few card before one could be read.
Hello xda !
I've got a 16GB class 4 sdcard.
Recently I tried to partition my sdcard using Mini Tool Partition Wizard on windows.
I wanted to get a 1.4GB ext2 partition to do App2sd, and keeping the whole 13.5 left in FAT32 for UMS (Mass Storage).
It wasn't working, I think it was because I was doing it by a USB connection through my phone. I tried it at least 4 times, each time I was able to reformat the whole card in FAT32, so no major problem.
BUT now, I don't know why but my sdcard isn't recognized anywhere, is tried though MOTOROLA DEFY, SAMSUNG GALAXY PLAYER WIFI 4.0 and MICROSD COMPUTER ADAPTER. Even in Mini Tool Partition Wizard, I can't see it.
SO is there a way for me to recover my sdcard ?
If someone could help me it would be awesome guys
Baxt, xda-lover
Hi all,
I have been reading about an issue that I have: 'android.process.media' keeps stopping.
One of the suggestions is that there maybe a corrupted file on your external sd card.
The fix is to either delete the file; good luck trying to find which file. or to reformat the sd card.
Since I have the keyboard dock and several 32gb microSD cards. I plan on copying all my files to the other card and then formatting the card in question.
However, it seems on the Asus tablet, I am not given the format option. I had it on my Samsung phone before the upgrade to ICS.
But one thing I wanted to do after some other reading is to format the card the same file system that is used on the internal memory.
If I have my facts correct, the internal memory is formatted as 'ext' and external SD cards get formatted as 'fat' (or is that fat32).
I think it's formatted as fat, is for compatibility with your PC.
However, the article, said that 'ext' is much more secure and less prone to corruption.
So is there anyway to format the external SD card in this 'ext' file system and how would one do that process?
Thanks!
Rob
You would need to do it in linux or find a windows program that could do it, as ext is not supported in windows. Im not sure the microsd will work right in the tablet formated as ext and your windows desktop wont be able to access .
Ok, I read in another thread, they suggested to put the microsd card in the phone and format from there.
I did do that.
And I have another question, my phone is rooted and it contains CWM.
I noticed in CWM, that you can fomat from there.
There are options to format areas, like /system /cache and the one I am interested in is /sdcard.
My question is this, is this /sdcard the external micro SD card or is it simply the partition /sdcard which is Samsung's internal memory. I don't want to take a change and format the internal SD card.
I think once formatted the external SD card, but I was on a different version of CWM, I have a different one after the ICS upgrade that was recommended by someone helping me do the ICS upgrade.
Anyway, thanks in advance!
Rob
Whoops almost forgot, there is thread on xda about formatting memory in ext4. I would like to try that and see if the Asus tablet can read that if I get to format the external card in ext4 Still looking for a Windows program that will format in that mode.
/sdcard is internal. /Removable is external.
I would be surprised if you can find a Windows program that reads, let alone writes, any type of ext filesystem (and forget about anything less mainstream like JFS or ReiserFS). Microsoft only made Windows compatible with their own filesystems, FAT32 and NTFS.