i have a 2 gb sd card which i plan to use as storage in my flashed tilt.
i formated it as fat32, but guess there is some problem doing that as my tilt has started giving me a critical alarm that there is very little space on the storage device - i have hardly used 50MB in the 2GB sd card being used as the storage !!
can someone advise me the file system (fat16 / fat32) to be used & its allocation unit size for use of the 2GB SD card in the tilt.
thank you
mp3news said:
i have a 2 gb sd card which i plan to use as storage in my flashed tilt.
i formated it as fat32, but guess there is some problem doing that as my tilt has started giving me a critical alarm that there is very little space on the storage device - i have hardly used 50MB in the 2GB sd card being used as the storage !!
can someone advise me the file system (fat16 / fat32) to be used & its allocation unit size for use of the 2GB SD card in the tilt.
thank you
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I use FAT32. card standard allocation unit size.
Use 128mb,256mb,512mb mSD to flash with.
Carlis
FAT32
I use FAT32...see the 8GB link in my signature for a link to a thread that has a great app that specifically formats the SD card in a proper way.
FAT32 is much more efficient.
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2 days ago i have formated my htc touch cruise
when i try to install big programs like lexipedia
i see this error:
Unable to copy file...storage card may be full
even thouh there is more than 2gb of free storage in the memory card
i tried to format the htc touch cruise again and the same problem still occures
DigitalPerson said:
2 days ago i have formated my htc touch cruise
when i try to install big programs like lexipedia
i see this error:
Unable to copy file...storage card may be full
even thouh there is more than 2gb of free storage in the memory card
i tried to format the htc touch cruise again and the same problem still occures
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If you use a sdhc card you need to format with FAT32.
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If you use a sdhc card you need to format with FAT32.
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thank u
ues i a, using sandisk microsd hc 4 gb card
i have tried to format it with fat32 but the problem still occures
DigitalPerson said:
thank u
ues i a, using sandisk microsd hc 4 gb card
i have tried to format it with fat32 but the problem still occures
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I assume that you use a MicroSoft operating system and have selected the option FAT32 during formatting. MicroSDHC cards like your Sandisk 4Gb can only be fully used with the FAT32 option.
Have you checked the size of the card using MS.
As a test, try to store small files up to the storage capacity to check if you can write beyond the 2Gb.
If you can't store beyond the 2Gb your formatting with FAT32 has failed.
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I assume that you use a MicroSoft operating system and have selected the option FAT32 during formatting. MicroSDHC cards like your Sandisk 4Gb can only be fully used with the FAT32 option.
Have you checked the size of the card using MS.
As a test, try to store small files up to the storage capacity to check if you can write beyond the 2Gb.
If you can't store beyond the 2Gb your formatting with FAT32 has failed.
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thank u very much
i have tried to use more than 2gb
and i can do that
You can used MicroSDHC cards, but only with the FAT32 and sector size 16kB. Sector size is very important for right functionality.
I use Kinqston 16 GB MicroSDHC card (Class 2) without any problems.
If i upgrade my microSD card from 4GB to 8gb can i just do a copy from one card to the other on XP or do i have to reinstall everything on the 8gb once i get it? I have apps and cache as well as music etc on the 4GB card
Is there anyway at all to make this process of change-over easier (including the ext partition)?
thank
anyone? has anyone done this?
You should be able to if you repartition your new SD card with an ext2 partition for your apps and if you keep everything the same as it was before on your 4GB sd card.
MontAlbert said:
If i upgrade my microSD card from 4GB to 8gb can i just do a copy from one card to the other on XP or do i have to reinstall everything on the 8gb once i get it? I have apps and cache as well as music etc on the 4GB card
Is there anyway at all to make this process of change-over easier (including the ext partition)?
thank
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i went from 2G -> 8G and it worked just fine .. two things i did (just because i'm picky) .. labeled the partitions the same
FAT32 "sdc1"
EXT2 "sdc2"
i did everything by means of Ubuntu/Linux .. created two folders on my desktop sdc1/sdc2 and did a click-and-drag of the files .. put the new card into the phone and done
Hi I have a HTC G1 running cyanogen which came with preformatted 2GB card which had been partitioned to have a 500 MB space for apps. I would like to be able to copy the contents of what is already on the 2GB card onto the 16GB card while keeping the allocation the same. I was told that if I made an image of the 2gb card and copied it onto the 16gb card it would resolve the issue. I used Arconis to make an image of the 2gb card and used the "recover" function of the program to apply the image onto the 16gb card but when I placed the 16gb card into the G1 it reads it as a 2gb card. This is not a case of the card being fake as I had to reformat it to get the 16gb size back. I think that Arconis simply partitions the new card(16gb) to be an exact image of the 2gb card. Is there another program I can use that would help me apply the 2gb image while keeping the new card's size correct (16gb)?
Any and all help and comments are much appreciated
Oolong
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Hi I have a HTC G1 running cyanogen which came with preformatted 2GB card which had been partitioned to have a 500 MB space for apps. I would like to be able to copy the contents of what is already on the 2GB card onto the 16GB card while keeping the allocation the same. I was told that if I made an image of the 2gb card and copied it onto the 16gb card it would resolve the issue. I used Arconis to make an image of the 2gb card and used the "recover" function of the program to apply the image onto the 16gb card but when I placed the 16gb card into the G1 it reads it as a 2gb card. This is not a case of the card being fake as I had to reformat it to get the 16gb size back. I think that Arconis simply partitions the new card(16gb) to be an exact image of the 2gb card. Is there another program I can use that would help me apply the 2gb image while keeping the new card's size correct (16gb)?
Any and all help and comments are much appreciated
Oolong
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OK, First, make a nandroid of your existing ROM with the original SD
AmonRA:
Backup/Restore
NAND + ext backup
CONFIRM
Power phone off
Put New SD Card in
Get back into Recovery
Partition SDCard
Partition SD
Confirm
Swap Size=whatever CONFIRM
Ext2 Size=512 CONFIRM
FAT32 will default to remainder
Then, transfer all the files to the new card (you at least need to transfer the new nandroid image).
Restore nandroid & you should be good to go [restore is so you'll get the SD:ext files restored].
hi friends
I have a mk808b device with JB 4.2.2 Official - Finless ROM 2.1 rom
I'm going to download large files (bigger than 4GB) but FAT32 only support under 4GB
I changed sd card format to EXT3 with MiniTool Partition Wizard Free but device doesn't recognize sd card
is there a way to add file bigger than 4GB to sd?
thanks in advanced
Maybe try exFAT or NTFS. Almost all devices should be able to read those file systems.
OK, I don't know the proper terminology but hopefully you can follow my description below.
Samsung Galaxy J3 Emerge (SM-J327P Boost Mobile) Phone
Android v6.0.1
Unmodified, unrooted because no one knows how to root this phone.
Phone has (had) 16GB SD Memory card installed. 8GB is "partitioned" as "Fake Internal Memory", 8GB as "USB Storage Memory". I used up the 8GB Fake Internal Memory. I bought a 32GB SD Card (came preformatted as one 32FAT partition with 64K sector clusters!). I unmounted the 16GB SD Card made copy of the contents to the new 32GB SD Card. Installed the new 32GB SD Card into the phone. Turned the phone on and it worked fine. All the apps stored in Fake Internal Memory work as well as the files on the USB Storage Memory. However the Fake Internal Memory was only 8GB, the same size as it was on the 16GB SD Card! The USB Storage Memory had increased from 8GB to 24GB. The whole reason I got the 32GB SD Card was to increase the size of the Fake Internal Memory not the USB Storage Memory.
So my question is: Is there anyway to increase the size (partition?) of the Fake Internal Memory by stealing some from the USB Storage Memory? Remember the phone can't be rooted.
Note: I removed the working 32GB SD Card (tried both mounted and unmounted) from the phone and put in the computer's USB port but the entire SD Card was one 32FAT partition. So the partition programs I have on the computer wouldn't work on it. Apparently the .android_secure file contains the Fake Internal Memory apps and are not stored in it's own partition.
Nightbreakr said:
OK, I don't know the proper terminology but hopefully you can follow my description below.
Samsung Galaxy J3 Emerge (SM-J327P Boost Mobile) Phone
Android v6.0.1
Unmodified, unrooted because no one knows how to root this phone.
Phone has (had) 16GB SD Memory card installed. 8GB is "partitioned" as "Fake Internal Memory", 8GB as "USB Storage Memory". I used up the 8GB Fake Internal Memory. I bought a 32GB SD Card (came preformatted as one 32FAT partition with 64K sector clusters!). I unmounted the 16GB SD Card made copy of the contents to the new 32GB SD Card. Installed the new 32GB SD Card into the phone. Turned the phone on and it worked fine. All the apps stored in Fake Internal Memory work as well as the files on the USB Storage Memory. However the Fake Internal Memory was only 8GB, the same size as it was on the 16GB SD Card! The USB Storage Memory had increased from 8GB to 24GB. The whole reason I got the 32GB SD Card was to increase the size of the Fake Internal Memory not the USB Storage Memory.
So my question is: Is there anyway to increase the size (partition?) of the Fake Internal Memory by stealing some from the USB Storage Memory? Remember the phone can't be rooted.
Note: I removed the working 32GB SD Card (tried both mounted and unmounted) from the phone and put in the computer's USB port but the entire SD Card was one 32FAT partition. So the partition programs I have on the computer wouldn't work on it. Apparently the .android_secure file contains the Fake Internal Memory apps and are not stored in it's own partition.
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If it's got 2 partitions on it then any decent partitioning tool should be able to recognise and expand/reduce the size of the partitions.
It's irrelevant what files are stored where as the partitioning program is dealing with blocks of memory not files.
Mini partition tool should be able to deal with this or something like paragon partition manager or Easus partition master.
I don't know how to fix it but here is a root guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/guide-painless-root-samsung-j3-emerge-t3573551