salut!
i had 4GB microSD in my HTC
i changed in to 8GB
i decided to pass 4GB to mom for her nokia 3109/3110
now the problem is: 3109/3110 can operate only 2GB FAT16.
how can i use 4GB partially, formatting it for 2GB FAT16.
i tried format.com on my WinXPHome
Code:
format e: /fs:fat16 /a:32768 (for 2GB)
format e: /fs:fat16 /a:16384 (for 1GB)
but it always substitute fat16 for fat32 to use entire volume of 4GB.
i tried "SD Memory Card Formatting Software Ver.2.0". but it does not have any size options, and formats entire 4GB
nokia 3109/3110 cannot detect 4GB microSD and format it as it desires.
the question is:
how can i format 4GB microSD for lesser volume with FAT16 so nokia3109/3110 can use it?
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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.
I need to know what else my internal storage can be formatted to besides FAT32. i accidentally did this a while ago formatting it through Disk Utility (mac OSX) and i need to transfer a file larger than 4gb to it but FAT32 has a 4gb cap to it i assume. Any help?
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.
Hello everyone,
I have a SONY M4 aqua E2303 - Android 5.0 build 26.1.A.3.111
I have a 64GB Sandisk Unltra - class 10 micro SD card
I am trying to partition the SD card to extend the internal memory through Link2SD :
I tried to partition with computer and mobile apps ( Minitool partition and through apps AParted and Apps2SD )
more than one time I did partitioning
50GB fat32/ 10GB ext2
50GB fat32/ 10GB ext3
45GB fat32/ 15GB ext2
45GB fat32/ 15GB ext3
52GB fat32/ 8GB ext2
52GB fat32/ 8GB ext3
always the big part is the first partition
The partitioning succeed but each time I insert the SD in mobile, gives me Damaged SD card error and now all tries failed.
Pleeeeaaaase ... any suggestions...
Thanks a lot
Did you try deleting all partitions and starting from the beginning?
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I am a Linux power user, so I am used to deal with Linux / Unix partitions, BUT Android partitioning scheme has always been a huge WTF to me, even if I resized partition of many Android phones with the lovely XDA guides.
Okay, let's start with what is easy to understand. Here you can read a good explanation of Android partitions
/boot
/system
/recovery
/data
/cache
/misc
Let's take as examply my Samsung Galaxy S5: it is selled in two versions 16 GB and 32 GB internal storage. Mine is 16 GB
I installed CyanogenMOD 13 on it, I installed a 128 GB micro SD card and I formatted it as internal storage (Andoird >= 6 feature).
Android >= 6 internal storage has been projected to expand the applications memory too
So I expected the phone to see the 128 GB micro SD card as the only memory storage. But it is not actually.
At the following URL https://s27.postimg.org/rmc4muymr/Android.jpg you can see the phone using two different storages:
Internal memory 11,59 GB
SD Sand Disk card 119 GB
I cannot understand why Android is still using the internal memory of the phone, even if it is actually using the SD card too (as I can see checking the size of /Android folder on the SD card).
Could you please help me understanding "the magic" behind Android storage paradigm?
Thank you
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Rendering said:
I am a Linux power user, so I am used to deal with Linux / Unix partitions, BUT Android partitioning scheme has always been a huge WTF to me, even if I resized partition of many Android phones with the lovely XDA guides.
Okay, let's start with what is easy to understand. Here you can read a good explanation of Android partitions
/boot
/system
/recovery
/data
/cache
/misc
Let's take as examply my Samsung Galaxy S5: it is selled in two versions 16 GB and 32 GB internal storage. Mine is 16 GB
I installed CyanogenMOD 13 on it, I installed a 128 GB micro SD card and I formatted it as internal storage (Andoird >= 6 feature).
Android >= 6 internal storage has been projected to expand the applications memory too
So I expected the phone to see the 128 GB micro SD card as the only memory storage. But it is not actually.
At the following URL https://s27.postimg.org/rmc4muymr/Android.jpg you can see the phone using two different storages:
Internal memory 11,59 GB
SD Sand Disk card 119 GB
I cannot understand why Android is still using the internal memory of the phone, even if it is actually using the SD card too (as I can see checking the size of /Android folder on the SD card).
Could you please help me understanding "the magic" behind Android storage paradigm?
Thank you
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With that feature, apps that can be installed on "External" storage, will be installed there by default, same with pictures and videos, you now have the option to move apps AND its data (Unlike before in 5.x)
The phone will treat the SD card as internal storage (Only because of the way the SD is formatted) however, being that SD Cards are slow in design, Android will not classify it as "Actual" internal storage.
I hope this information helps you out!