Hello
Just got my new Lexar 32gb micro-sdhc class 10 card. This comes formatted as fat32. This is unpractical because when movies and such surpass the 4gb limit.
How do i go about formatting this to something else? ext4?
There's no options for this in honeycomb.
Looked trough clockwork recovery and i only find /sdcard witch i suppose is the internal storage.
Anoyne have a clue?
if your movies and such surpass the 4Gig limit, then you're not going to be fitting very much on that 32gig card.
I'd also question if they are encoded in a format that will actually work/play back well on the Xoom?
That's not the point. I want to be able to transport large files if i have to.
MiRaCL said:
That's not the point. I want to be able to transport large files if i have to.
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Well, I use my 750GB Passpost HDD for really big files. Works fine with the OTG cable.
The point is. The card formatted as FAT/FAT32 doesn't support files over 4GB.
On my Nexus one i just formatted the card as ext4 trough CW. Can't find an option i CW for formatting the SDHC card / external1.
MiRaCL said:
The point is. The card formatted as FAT/FAT32 doesn't support files over 4GB.
On my Nexus one i just formatted the card as ext4 trough CW. Can't find an option i CW for formatting the SDHC card / external1.
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Sorry to give you answers you didn't ask for. I'm assuming you no longer have your phone to use for formating. There is an application from a third party (I want to say Panasonic?) that you can use on your pc to format the microsd. Don't use Rom Manager to format the sdcard or you will be in a world of hurt, as you so astutely realized...it will format your internal storage.
Still have my phone I'll use that. Thanks for the idea
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Just got a class 6 16gb micro sdhc card for my AT&T Captivate (Galaxy S) and I was curious to know, what should I do with it, formatting wise? Should I just leave it as FAT32? Is it possible to format it to NTFS and use it in my phone for regular data/music/videos? Should I format it as EXT, and would it be better? I already did an EXT2 "fix" that used my internal memory, and I just basically want to use the card for additional room. Thanks in advance. I tried googling but wasn't satisfied with what I found, basically just a bunch of stuff about linux kernals and what they support and such. I have the stock rom.
Thanks again!
You can still access data/music/videos if your SDCard is formatted in FAT32.
As for which you should go with, that's upto you. If you are running an older ROM (<2.*) - you may want to think about partitioning your SD for ext2/3/4 (where your apps will be) and then FAT32.
If you are on a newer ROM (>1.6), you can format it as FAT32 and utilize the entire SD card.
(If you have any performance issues, you can always download Swapper and create swap-space for your phone to use, but you should be fine if you are running a Galaxy)
Thanks
Appreciate it. Always good to have some clarity.
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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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 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.
I just formatted my SD card when it was mounted in my phone using the settings in the phone. Anyone know what format they use? I'm looking for Fat32 to load a ROM. Thanks
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I just formatted my SD card when it was mounted in my phone using the settings in the phone. Anyone know what format they use? I'm looking for Fat32 to load a ROM. Thanks
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The Android OS uses the FAT32 file system for your sd card, but I'm not sure what you mean by needing it to load a ROM..
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I just formatted my SD card when it was mounted in my phone using the settings in the phone. Anyone know what format they use? I'm looking for Fat32 to load a ROM. Thanks
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I can confirm that if you put in a 64GB mSD card and format it in the GS3, it will be formatted exFAT. I don't know about the smaller size cards.
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I can confirm that if you put in a 64GB mSD card and format it in the GS3, it will be formatted exFAT. I don't know about the smaller size cards.
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yeah, depending on the size of the sdcard, you may need to manually reformat it on a computer. Directions from here.
You need to have your SD Card formatted to FAT32. exFAT WILL NOT WORK. So if you're like me and have a 64GB SD card, neither Android nor windows will let you format to FAT32 natively, so you have a few options.
Using command prompt within windows:
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/moto...-fat-32-a.html
Use a disk management program like Acronis Disk Director (I think they may have a free trial but don't quote me on that).
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing.../diskdirector/
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I have a KINGMAX 16gb class 6 FAT32 micro sd card.
i tried to copy Backtrack5 (5gb) from PC to my sd card but despite the fact that i have 10gb space free, it tells me that i have insufficient space and it won't write.
any solutions? and why it does this?
ceoleaders said:
I have a KINGMAX 16gb class 6 FAT32 micro sd card.
i tried to copy Backtrack5 (5gb) from PC to my sd card but despite the fact that i have 10gb space free, it tells me that i have insufficient space and it won't write.
any solutions? and why it does this?
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You can't copy more than 4 GB on FAT32 formatted sd card.
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You can't copy more than 4 GB on FAT32 formatted sd card.
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Indeed, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table for more information, you will need to reformat your sdcard to another file system format that supports larger files (but note if your using windows your options are limited!)
then what format do i use?
obviously not FAT16, an i heard that NTFS is read-only for android system
ceoleaders said:
then what format do i use?
obviously not FAT16, an i heard that NTFS is read-only for android system
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the last FAT32 16gb i had wouldnt let me move files back/forth larger than about 1gb...swapped for a brand new one and it worked fine after that...
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You can't copy more than 4 GB on FAT32 formatted sd card.
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ceoleaders said:
then what format do i use?
obviously not FAT16, an i heard that NTFS is read-only for android system
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Well thats the thing if your using windows there isnt really a file format you can use thats natively supported with windows, but I believe you could use ext3 and use thrid party software to access it in windows