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Put in a 64 Gb Sandisk SDXC card that worked flawlessly in my Galaxy Note (and also with an SD Adapter in the SD slot of the dock) and it didn't work in the Transformer TF700
Can someone confirm this problem?

guent_peer said:
Put in a 64 Gb Sandisk SDXC card that worked flawlessly in my Galaxy Note (and also with an SD Adapter in the SD slot of the dock) and it didn't work in the Transformer TF700
Can someone confirm this problem?
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I didn't even try going beyond 32GB SDHC, but someone mentioned formatting your card from within the tablet might help. If it does't *recognise* the card itself however, it might be a bit of a problem.

Thanks for your answer, but it doesn't even let me format it - it is simply not recognized. By the way, also a second SDXC didn't work - no probs with a 32 Gb SDHC though...

I believe the Prime had a limit of 32 GB SDHC cards as well. You might be out of luck, crazy as it is that these larger-capacity cards are not recognized.

guent_peer said:
Put in a 64 Gb Sandisk SDXC card that worked flawlessly in my Galaxy Note (and also with an SD Adapter in the SD slot of the dock) and it didn't work in the Transformer TF700
Can someone confirm this problem?
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You have to change the format of the sd card. I don't know how though.
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@ian1: Do you mean reformat it back to exFAT? Or to NTFS? I had to format it as FAT32 to make it work in the Samsung Note...

guent_peer said:
@ian1: Do you mean reformat it back to exFAT? Or to NTFS? I had to format it as FAT32 to make it work in the Samsung Note...
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All reports I've seen to date suggest that exFAT renders the best compatibility.

Tried it this time with exFAT and then with NTFS - unfortunately no luck...

Wow. I got my 64gb card on order (not in stock yet), but can still cancel. Would be nice to have it confirmed that it will work or not.
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MartyHulskemper said:
All reports I've seen to date suggest that exFAT renders the best compatibility.
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No idea maybe you should look in the "Prime" forums I know they have some threads on this.
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oh man, not another issue.

The Prime at least shipped with the limit of 32 GB declared in advance. I seem to have missed it with the TF700, I guess. Early today I gave it a shot and formatted my 32 GB SD card (200x, Dane-Elec) in exFAT with several cluster sizes, and the TF700 is one hell of a finicky device. It doesn't really accept the cluster sizes above 4 kb, it seems -- either that or my card has a defect (was brand-new). Will have to test a bit...

Hi, have the same issue with San disk 64 GB Micro- SDXC.
Tried FAT32, EXFAT and NTFS.
Most of the time tablet does not recognize it. Dock with SD size adapter is no problem.
Tried also to format it in ICS 4.0.3 HTC EVO 3D.
Card works in HTC fine but can not be recognized in TF700T tablet.
Sometime tablet recognized SDHXC card and showed 60GB of empty space, but when turned of and switched on again does not recognize any more.
Don't know what to.
Format it on windows 7 with card reader, or in windows7 laptop with adapter or use any format tool in Windows7.
User TalynOne posted in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423587 that Sandisk 64 GB works formated in NTFS on Transformer Prime tablet.
So there should be a way for TF700T or am I wrong.
Did anyone have positve results so far?

timrock said:
oh man, not another issue.
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How is it any issue if its not quoted as being compatible? Stop being pessimistic.
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ian1 said:
How is it any issue if its not quoted as being compatible? Stop being pessimistic.
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what tablet was quoted as being compatible? Now, how many were actually compatible? Thanks.

timrock said:
what tablet was quoted as being compatible? Now, how many were actually compatible? Thanks.
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Its irrelevant which other tablets were compatible its your aditude. This isn't the let's whine about problems thread. This thread has a specific issue and your post does nothing to help this thread.
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ian1 said:
Its irrelevant which other tablets were compatible its your aditude. This isn't the let's whine about problems thread. This thread has a specific issue and your post does nothing to help this thread.
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how did you gather whining? I ordered this tablet already. If i was whining, i would have said much more. And what does your current post do to help this thread? This is a forum for people to express their opinions, you don't like it, ignore me and move on. Stop getting so emotional from reading letters on a screen. I purchased this tab (although its on back ordered), so what would be the point of me whining about it, when i can just easily cancel and move on to another device. There is no attitude from me. I have never expressed attitude on any forum i am a member of.
And to respond to your statement, no tablet was advertised a being compatible with 64gb cards, yet, we have several that are compatible, so IMO, i believe it is relevant.

I heard of people getting the 64GB cards working and as long as their a max of UHS-1 they should work. Try using a fat32 formatter such as fat32format by ridgecorp. I am still waiting for my Prime preorder so I can't check for sure, but that worked for me for other devices that didn't see the 64GB SDXC cards that I have.

thongaxp said:
I heard of people getting the 64GB cards working and as long as their a max of UHS-1 they should work. Try using a fat32 formatter such as fat32format by ridgecorp. I am still waiting for my Prime preorder so I can't check for sure, but that worked for me for other devices that didn't see the 64GB SDXC cards that I have.
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Thanks for the suggestion! Just tried that and still no luck...
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guent_peer said:
Thanks for the suggestion! Just tried that and still no luck...
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did you try formatting the card in your phone?

64gb micro sd card ;) = success

Samsung 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 Grade 1 70MB/s MicroSDXC Pro Memory Card
this is the one I am using just thought that I would share this for anyone else wanting to know.

Hi mate, could you confirm that sd card is working? Today I contact samsung support and they told me that only works up to 32gb.
If it support 64gb would be great! I also have doubts if only the standard sd line, or if plus and pro also works with it.

But could you use all 64 GB?
I am also considering a 64 GB microSD, but it would be useless if I could only be using 32 GB. Maybe try to drop some large files on your card to test?

FYI
I've been using sandisk 64gb class 10 without any issue
59.46GB of usable space.
Enjoy
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FYI
I've been using sandisk 64gb class 10 without any issue
59.46GB of usable space.
Enjoy
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Hi dillalade.
Is there any pre-requirement (maybe special formatting) for using a 64gb sdxc card with the realy? I'm using the original stock firmware, and samsung support told me only 32gb are allowed.
Thanks in advance!

ninguno2 said:
Hi dillalade.
Is there any pre-requirement (maybe special formatting) for using a 64gb sdxc card with the realy? I'm using the original stock firmware, and samsung support told me only 32gb are allowed.
Thanks in advance!
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I recall having issues with my 64gb sd not reading, it was a 'format' issue.
See this post for resolution if you need it ==> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33419784&postcount=474

dillalade said:
FYI
I've been using sandisk 64gb class 10 without any issue
59.46GB of usable space.
Enjoy
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dillalade said:
I recall having issues with my 64gb sd not reading, it was a 'format' issue.
See this post for resolution if you need it ==> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33419784&postcount=474
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Oh, i see you need to format as FAT32. But in that case I suppose it would not support files greater than 4gb, i'm right?

ninguno2 said:
Oh, i see you need to format as FAT32. But in that case I suppose it would not support files greater than 4gb, i'm right?
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that's correct.

I'm using a Sandisk Ultra UHS-1 64GB card in my Relay 4G without any problems. Just yesterday had it down to about 8 GB space available, confirming it works past the 32GB barrier. I did have to do an update for Windows XP on my dad's laptop before I transferred files to my external HDD a few days ago, but otherwise had no problems there. (It wasn't till yesterday I deleted some files on the phone that had been copied to the drive - I wanted to keep some vids on the phone for a while and was handpicking them.)
Now if only I could interface directly with my 2TB hard drive (I have it in an enclosure with its own power source), without needing the laptop.

pianoplayer88key said:
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Now if only I could interface directly with my 2TB hard drive (I have it in an enclosure with its own power source), without needing the laptop.
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It should be possible, as our phone support USB.
I tried to find some videos on yt if that works, but only this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFGUmDqRKHE
But is not that subject of course, maybe we can move it or make new threat.
Seems interesting anyway.

So the trick is to format the SDCARD in FAT32 instead of NTFS. And the drawback is you can't have a file (music, movie, whatever) that's over 4GB. Okay. Can't think of what one file would be that much, so that seems like a decent compromise.
So I guess my only question is: if you're taking a file, as in drag in drop, from your NTFS hard drive on you computer and placing it on your FAT32 SDCard on your phone, will there be any problems? As well as any problems doing it in reverse?

EpicMikeNC said:
So the trick is to format the SDCARD in FAT32 instead of NTFS. And the drawback is you can't have a file (music, movie, whatever) that's over 4GB. Okay. Can't think of what one file would be that much, so that seems like a decent compromise.
So I guess my only question is: if you're taking a file, as in drag in drop, from your NTFS hard drive on you computer and placing it on your FAT32 SDCard on your phone, will there be any problems? As well as any problems doing it in reverse?
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There should be no problems in either direction, especially if you're doing it over MTP/PTP to your phone.
Another option is to format the card as ext4, which Linux and Android support natively, it's stable, and supports files up to arbitrary size (There is a limit, but it's quite a bit more than the supported maximum card size of the Relay)

Magamo said:
There should be no problems in either direction, especially if you're doing it over MTP/PTP to your phone.
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I didn't think of this till you responded, but my USB 4GB flash drive is FAT32 and I transfer files from the 60GB hard drive on my laptop, which is NTFS, all the time. I typically do drag and drop, or I transfer via bluetooth.
Another option is to format the card as ext4, which Linux and Android support natively, it's stable, and supports files up to arbitrary size (There is a limit, but it's quite a bit more than the supported maximum card size of the Relay)
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I've never heard of ext4, but I'll research it. In any case, from the looks of it, the Relay 4G can use 64GB micro sd cards! :good: :highfive:

I think it will depend on your hardware. Mine does not support 64 gig cards in any format on any rom... *sniff*

Hmm... I put in a generic 64 GB card from Amazon.co.uk and it worked out-of-the-box

hardy81 said:
Hmm... I put in a generic 64 GB card from Amazon.co.uk and it worked out-of-the-box
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Is it still working two months later? And if so, what's the brand of the generic 64 GB card?

orange808 said:
I think it will depend on your hardware. Mine does not support 64 gig cards in any format on any rom... *sniff*
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I got a 64gb on eBay that works for me...I can give you a link...works perfect while in ROM however has issues with flashing anything..so I use my 16gb card for that
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guys, i bought a sandisk 64gb microSD XC ULTRA (not HC) and i dont know if it will work, if someone already test a card like this please share me your experience, ty a lot guys

faidesk said:
guys, i bought a sandisk 64gb microSD XC ULTRA (not HC) and i dont know if it will work, if someone already test a card like this please share me your experience, ty a lot guys
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it works without any problems, just put it, if is in other format the phone will ask you to format to a compatible 1

Just a heads-up - issues with sandisk 32gb ultra micro sdxc

Just a heads-up to anyone who might be buying this card as it's extremely popular on amazon
Seems to be some issues with the gs4 - it keeps on mounting/dismounting by itself and generally being buggy.
Before anyone flames me, I'm aware this is a well documented issue already with the gs3, and indeed there were some 'dodgy' sandisk cards that sandisk fixed in a SEPARATE issue.
However, I've used two different ones of THIS particular card, bought recently, and in two different gs4's, and the problem has arised in both. So you do the maths. Just a heads up in case anyone is worried it's a problem with their card - it isn't.

I have no issues with mine in any way maybe I am lucky then
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paddylaz said:
Just a heads-up to anyone who might be buying this card as it's extremely popular on amazon
Seems to be some issues with the gs4 - it keeps on mounting/dismounting by itself and generally being buggy.
Before anyone flames me, I'm aware this is a well documented issue already with the gs3, and indeed there were some 'dodgy' sandisk cards that sandisk fixed in a SEPARATE issue.
However, I've used two different ones of THIS particular card, bought recently, and in two different gs4's, and the problem has arised in both. So you do the maths. Just a heads up in case anyone is worried it's a problem with their card - it isn't.
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I have the 64gb sandisk about a week and doesnt have any problem with I9505...

Do you guys both have the sdxc version (not sdhc)?
If so fair enough. The odds seem fairly improbable though so standing by my observation just in case anyone else has troubles and are wanting to identify a possible source

paddylaz said:
Do you guys both have the sdxc version (not sdhc)?
If so fair enough. The odds seem fairly improbable though so standing by my observation just in case anyone else has troubles and are wanting to identify a possible source
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Sdxc 64gb here...
No problem at all...

I have a Kingston 32gb and when formatted with my pc the card works perfect for a short while in my gs4 but after a few hours/day it wont let me write to it. Can't make folders or pics won't save to it. Once removed and formatted it works fine again. Only purchased the other day I get a feelin its the phone not card can someone help who has a similar issue. Thanks
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I have 32gb sandisk, been in for 3 weeks now and not had any problems.

SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC
Exact same issue:
vimto25 said:
I have a Kingston 32gb and when formatted with my pc the card works perfect for a short while in my gs4 but after a few hours/day it wont let me write to it. Can't make folders or pics won't save to it. Once removed and formatted it works fine again. Only purchased the other day I get a feelin its the phone not card can someone help who has a similar issue. Thanks
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ccirish said:
SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC
Exact same issue:
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I too am having an issue with "sd card unexpectedely removed" with a SANDISK 32GB card - It is the android version.
Very annoying. Any tips?

ccirish said:
SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC
Exact same issue:
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I wounder if many other gs4 users have this maybe we should open a topic on our problem as im very frustrated why we are getting this problem
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No issue on my 64GB SanDisk card here. Try to ask for a replacement.

No problems here using a 32gb or a 64gb. Mine were from Amazon as well.
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Well I noticed with my memory card (kingston 32gb) I just wanted to walk past , present It become damage to need formatting.
First when I switched It of then now after I updated the firmware
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I am using 32GB SanDisk SDHC (Class 10) Android version. No issues so far.

I have a 32GB SandDisk Micros SD HC which has intermittent reading problems. Switching off the phone and taking out the Micro SD for a few seconds and putting it back and rebooting the phone solves the problem. This has only happened to me 3x ever since I owned the phone. I'm not sure if this is the Micro SD or the ROM's fault. Putting the Micro SD in my Note 2 works perfectly.

paddylaz said:
Just a heads-up to anyone who might be buying this card as it's extremely popular on amazon
Seems to be some issues with the gs4 - it keeps on mounting/dismounting by itself and generally being buggy.
Before anyone flames me, I'm aware this is a well documented issue already with the gs3, and indeed there were some 'dodgy' sandisk cards that sandisk fixed in a SEPARATE issue.
However, I've used two different ones of THIS particular card, bought recently, and in two different gs4's, and the problem has arised in both. So you do the maths. Just a heads up in case anyone is worried it's a problem with their card - it isn't.
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I bought this exact card: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009QZH6JS
SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card with Adapter (SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A)
Have had it in my phone since May 1st, use it for videos, music, among a few other things. Lives in my phone except when it's in my laptop for file transfers.
And out of all that, I've had absolutely zero problems, at least so far. I know it's the 64 GB, not the 32 GB model, but just thought I'd add my experience to the thread.

Sandisk Ultra 32gb here, formatted as exfat, never had any issues here.
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DomFel said:
Sandisk Ultra 32gb here, formatted as exfat, never had any issues here.
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Same here. I have the Sandisk 64GB ultra SDXC formatted as exFAT and had no issues with my i9505.
Have you guys tried to format the SD card on the phone not on PC?

sraffo said:
Same here. I have the Sandisk 64GB ultra SDXC formatted as exFAT and had no issues with my i9505.
Have you guys tried to format the SD card on the phone not on PC?
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Ive tried both but not sure if its fat32 or exfat to think of it. Ill have a check when I get home unless there is a app I can check?
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vimto25 said:
Ive tried both but not sure if its fat32 or exfat to think of it. Ill have a check when I get home unless there is a app I can check?
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I only know how to view on PC.. but I'm sure that have a way to view on the phone.
Anybody?

MicroSD Slot

Going to be buying this phone for a dear friend of mine in August and I need to know, does this thing actually have a MicroSD Slot.
Also is it SDXC complient, or only up to 32gb?

Purple Ferret said:
Going to be buying this phone for a dear friend of mine in August and I need to know, does this thing actually have a MicroSD Slot.
Also is it SDXC complient, or only up to 32gb?
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Yes, it does have a mSD slot.
I've heard of people putting 64gb cards in, I think you have to format it FAT32 or something.

arrrghhh said:
Yes, it does have a mSD slot.
I've heard of people putting 64gb cards in, I think you have to format it FAT32 or something.
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Thank you kind Sir.
Also I am aware of the Fat32 trick, since on my GS3 I use CWM which has 0% support for exFat. I was just verifying that the hardware was SDXC compliant, if it works with 64gb cards formatted to Fat32, then I assume it is at this point.
That is all I needed to know.

Purple Ferret said:
Thank you kind Sir.
Also I am aware of the Fat32 trick, since on my GS3 I use CWM which has 0% support for exFat. I was just verifying that the hardware was SDXC compliant, if it works with 64gb cards formatted to Fat32, then I assume it is at this point.
That is all I needed to know.
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Yea, search the forum... I definitely saw a screenshot from someone who used a 64gb card in their Q.

I have a 64G card in mine
arrrghhh said:
Yea, search the forum... I definitely saw a screenshot from someone who used a 64gb card in their Q.
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I have a 64G card in mine and it works fine. The trick to making it useful is to get the phone to use the card instead of its 5G internal storage. I still haven't figured out a perfect way of doing this.

64 gb sd card

Do you guys have any feedback on the SD card below? I was going to get a scandisk sdcard..but I have seen bad reviews that the sdcard is un-mounting on the S4. or do you guys recommend another sd card let me know.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-microSDX...1386098187&sr=8-9&keywords=micro+sd+card+64gb

gordo80 said:
Do you guys have any feedback on the SD card below? I was going to get a scandisk sdcard..but I have seen bad reviews that the sdcard is un-mounting on the S4. or do you guys recommend another sd card let me know.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-microSDX...1386098187&sr=8-9&keywords=micro+sd+card+64gb
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Has xcellent reviews. Both Sony & Amazon will stand behind it. I got the Samsung one & it's perfectly flawless so far.
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I've had my samsung 64gb uhs1 for a week now. The kern that came with my rom didnt supoort exfat sd cards. So I flashed kt kernal and it works flawlessly. Stock kernal supports exfat btw.
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As far as i am aware about that sd card, it should run flawless. I have one with the same specs, only it.s from Samsung. It.s even on sale the sd card, it would be a shame not to buy it. Have fun with it, and may you have no problems using it !

I have Scandisk extreme 64gb, I have had no issues with it its far quicker than any card our there as it reads and write 80mbs more costly than the rest but a massive thumbs up from me on this one
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The "unmounting SD card" problem has more to do with the kernel than anything else. I've had a SanDisk card and it's worked fine with the KT kernel -- so there's really no need to buy a Samsung card.

I started to buy one from Amazon on black Friday. I put it in my cart and forgot about it. Now the price has jumped back up. What a dummy.

I suggest that you get the SanDisk Ultra 64GB, lifetime warranty and no hassle using it.

I have the SanDisk Ultra 64GB and it works great in 4.2.2, but then with 4.3 and 4.4 I had to root the phone to modify platform.xml to allow apps to save files to the SD card. Works for me since I have the Google Play Edition and it's moderately easy to root the phone, but it still messes with over the air updates, so I can't say that I actually recommend anyone else doing the same, unless you like to tinker.

Hey MPCookson, could you give me some info on how you modified the xml to get the 64GB cards to work on 4.4 roms...ive searched and searched for methods to get this to work and have been unsuccessful with everything ive tried...reformatted the card to exfat, tried every 4.4 rom out there and cant get it to pick up my card...any insight would be VERY helpful!

gordo80 said:
Do you guys have any feedback on the SD card below? I was going to get a scandisk sdcard..but I have seen bad reviews that the sdcard is un-mounting on the S4. or do you guys recommend another sd card let me know.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-microSDX...1386098187&sr=8-9&keywords=micro+sd+card+64gb
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No unmounting problems with my 64GB Sandisk card here.

moejoe88 said:
I started to buy one from Amazon on black Friday. I put it in my cart and forgot about it. Now the price has jumped back up. What a dummy.
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It's $35 now. Almost the same price when in Black Friday.

extrem0 said:
It's $35 now. Almost the same price when in Black Friday.
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Thanks for the heads up on that.

The unmounting only happens if your kernal doesn't support exfat sd cards. Only fat32. Stock kernal and kt kernals support exfat that I know of but others like ptmr's doesn't. So it's not an sd card issue.
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Brutal Pineapple said:
The unmounting only happens if your kernal doesn't support exfat sd cards. Only fat32. Stock kernal and kt kernals support exfat that I know of but others like ptmr's doesn't. So it's not an sd card issue.
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Had a problem with a sandisk 32gb (1 year old). Was trying different formats fat32 / exfat with supported kernel. But then it started to get unexpectedly removed very frequently. Fortunately it seemed working good in other devices (pc, tablet). I backed up everything and started a RMA. They told my card was defective and accepted it as a damaged card (I tried to fix it formatting without success). I have read some bad reviews about sandisk cards but I think this issue was only affected by some batches. I really liked theirs RMA support and I bought a new one (64gb this time). Hope it lasts more than the other one.
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Thanks for the heads up on that.
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You're welcome!