I tried formatting my card in exFat and the phone doesnt't see it. Fat 32 works but 4gb files dont work. What filesystems does android support that supports 4gb+ files?
No guarantees but you could try EXT4. The problem is that Windows can't recognize it so if you have a Windows machine this won't work. Apart from that after doing a good bit of research I don't think there is much you can do.Keep a lookout for kernels and ROMs that may support it in the future, apparently it is a feature on some of them.
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I want to install Debian on the my ext2 partition (3gb, /system/sd)
I dont want to make an image partition on my fat32 partition.
I also dont understand why people are saying they have problems w/ext2 over 1.5gb, I made mine 3Gb (on a 16GB sd card) and no issues. all my apps (about 30 at this point) and cache using it. I dont see how a linux bases system would be better w/fat32. Event M$ is getting away from fat. I dont even want my media on FAT32 but want to be compatible with lesser, and some how more common and expensive, operating systems that I have to use outside of my house.
anyways any advise, how to's, how not's, on getting Depian on a real ext2 part. and not an image?
I would appreciate help with creating multiple partitions on my micro sd card. over the past few days I sat for hours reading all about it but still have some trouble. OK, so I know that windows won't allow you to create multiple partitions on removable media. Therefore I created 2 fat32 partitions using Gparted. So far all was well, and my phone recognized it as 2 storage cards. The problem is Windows Vista (or XP and 7) still won't recognize more than 1 partition.
Now if you search around on the internet you will find people referring to the Hitachi MicroDrive Driver which can be hacked to make an SD card (or USB flash drive) appear to windows as a local disc, making it possible to create multiple partitions on your card. That's when Vista x64 gets in the way since the driver isn't x64 compatible. So far I still have not found a solution, and would appreciate it if anyone knows how to do this on a x64 system (including assigning drive letters to each partition). Just to make it clear, using WM5 Storage and USB to PC didn't help either.
Thanks
BIG problem.
i know this is an old post, but did you ever find a solution for it? im having the same problem. my scenario...
using an HTC HD2, i've installed wp7 to the phones memory. wp7 by default re-formats any micro sd card so that it can only be used fully by wp7. there was a work around here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=945565&highlight=micro
and i was able to dual boot wp7 and then an android build from the micro sd card. here's the BIG PROBLEM... both wp7 AND my sd android build WILL NOT see anything else on the micro sd storage card.
furthermore, any attempt to format that card in windows is met with the message of windows will only recognize one partition on a removable data (something like that).
now here's the real kicker... in linux, all partitions are recognized. i have do have 3 partitions on my micro sd card now, 1 for wp7, 1 for my sd android, and 1 that im hoping to find a way for at least one of these builds to read. the idea is to have that final open partition for storage of music, pictures, and video files to share between the 2 systems. i'll be happy if just one of these systems can read it though
im not sure where to post, or really what to do. however, i saw your post and it was the closest thing i've found to anyone else having a similar problem. if anyone can point me in the right direction i'd appreciate it.
best program is EASEUS Partition Master 6.5.2 Home Edition.
Is it possible to get internal storage to hold files over fat32 limits? Or format it to NTFS?
How can I get bigger video files?
There's no easy way, unfortunately. You are stuck at the 4GB file limit.
This is an ongoing issue with mobile devices, as the various vendors cannnot hammer out a standard solution. NTFS and exFAT are a problem due to licensing requirements, and no one wants to use EXT3/4 because it would require MS and Apple to agree to support it (which of course they don't want to do). And Apple doesn't let you use external storage at all (except that camera connector) so they can use whatever file system they like.
Personally I'd like to see EXT3/4 as a standard, but I know that's never going to happen.
As for your direct problem, there are customized kernels on the GTAB that support NTFS, but you'd still to do a manual mount to access - it's not a simple solution.
Hello,
I desperately wish I could use another filesystem (exFAT, NTFS, etc) but I need my external HDD to be readable from my Amazon Fire TV box, Android phone/tablet, and hopefully iOS devices (though the latter is less of an issue if this won't work). From everything I've read, the ONLY file system that can be read by all of these is FAT32. I've tried on my Android phone/tablet using other options like NTFS and even using premium apps, I could get the drive to mount but nothing could be read. I only include this information but I know FAT32 isn't the best option and people will rightfully share that with me but sadly, it's the only option I have in this case.
I also know that while 2TB should be the max that FAT32 can handle, there are several people who have successfully gotten around that. If needed, I can share links to a post talking about that. However, what no one can seem to share is how to actually do that? Do I need to change the disk sector size? I've tried using multiple different software including AOMEI Partition Assistant, EaseUS Partition Master, and MiniTool Partition Wizard, obviously Windows built in (useless), and one or two others whose names escape me at the moment and, although most of them advertise that they can handle FAT32 partitions larger than 2TB, I can find no info on how to actually use them to accomplish this. Is GParted able to do this without problems? Is there any other program that can? Can anyone please share what I need to do to accomplish this? I know I have to have GPT rather than MBR but I don't know what else I need to do.
Thanks so much in advance! I truly appreciate any tips or advice you can share! Take care!!
Open a command window by going to Start, then Run and typing in CMD.
Now type in the following command at the prompt:
format /FS:FAT32 X:
Replace the letter X with the letter of your external hard drive in Windows. Windows will go ahead and begin formatting the drive in FAT32!
Format external hard drive fat32
There seems to also be an issue when using the command line besides the size limit problem. Namely, it can take forever to format the hard drive for some users. Not sure why, but I’ve seen it enough times and it can be very frustrating to wait 5 hours and then have the whole format fail.
As I know the snap-in disk management could not support formating partition from NTFS to FAT 32 when it is larger than 32 GB, if you want do that, you could use some partition software, such as Partition Assistant, GParted, and etc, btw, from your post it mentioned Acronis Disk Director, unquestionable, it is a powerful partition software, however, it need cost too much.
This should be possible with gparted, as long as the sector size of your hard disk is greater than 512 Byte. If not, 2TB will be the limit with Fat32.
I would like to use my External Hard Drive with all my devices (PC and Android devices).
I have read that Android only supports fat32 configured (formated) HDD / USB. - But there is a problem - doesn't fat32 support storage only up to 32 GB. I have 2TB disk, so this option isn't suitable for me, right?
However I have found another solution (which is not the perfect solution). An app called exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon Software and Total Commander do the trick - so you don't have to format the disk, but it is kinda weird - why only TC sees the HDD, but other apps don't?
Could somebody please explain that to me and offer any useful suggestion to this.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Cheers.
vidk_ said:
I would like to use my External Hard Drive with all my devices (PC and Android devices).
I have read that Android only supports fat32 configured (formated) HDD / USB. - But there is a problem - doesn't fat32 support storage only up to 32 GB. I have 2TB disk, so this option isn't suitable for me, right?
However I have found another solution (which is not the perfect solution). An app called exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon Software and Total Commander do the trick - so you don't have to format the disk, but it is kinda weird - why only TC sees the HDD, but other apps don't?
Could somebody please explain that to me and offer any useful suggestion to this.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Cheers.
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You can try f2fs or ext4.
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