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128GB via SD to Micro SD FPC Extender -- Help

After quite a bit of researching + trial and errors, I'm kind of stumped on this one...
Basically what I'm trying to do is get a 128GB SDXC card recognized in a Verizon Galaxy S3 [(via SD to Micro SD cable (NOT OTG)].
However it comes up as Blank SD card or unsupported format.
It reads perfectly fine on my HTC Thunderbolt running ROM version "liquid.mecha.20111118.145810" with "imoseyon-6.2.1AOSP" kernel.
Also reads perfectly on HTC Sensation running PARANOIDANDROID
Steps I've tried:
- Format Card: fat32, ntfs, exfat, ext3, ext4 (via EaseUS Partition Master) - Comes up as Blank SD card or unsupported format.
- Also tried all available allocation unit size for fat32 - Still the same thing
- Tried formatting on the S3 itself - Still the same thing
- Tried formatting on the Thunderbolt and transferring the card over - Still the same thing
ROM's Tried:
- Stock VRALG1
- Stock VRALF2
- Stock Root VRALHD DE-ODEX
- Stock Root VRALHD ODEX
- Incubus26jc_JellyWiz_VZW_10_10_12_RLS9_Note2_Edition
- Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC4-d2vzw
- Bean's Custom Stock Rom Build 14
- CleanROM 2.5
- CleanROM Ultra Lite Edition
- cm-10-20121005-NIGHTLY-d2vzw.zip
- PARANOIDANDROID 2.18
- Slim Bean 2.6.0
- Synergy Oct-03 0416_r73
All comes up as Blank SD card or unsupported format.
Here's a picture of the thunderbolt and the cable. It runs into the MicroSD card slot in the back of the phone.
(Since I can't add pictures yet due to post count, just add http in the beginning)
://imgur.com/LG2vA
://imgur.com/tG4yt
I sure hope it's not a limitation just on the S3 itself.
I'm going to go back and try different ROMs on my thunderbolt to see if it's related to a specific ROM or kernel, then probably proceed to testing different phones.
However any type of feedback is greatly appreciated :fingers-crossed:

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Great effort! I hope you'll keep us posted on your progress.

Perhaps Samsung is intentionally blocking cards larger than 64GB on these phones. Have you tried apps such as NTFS mounter and tried mounting the card with other file systems such as NTFS/EXT3/4 etc? Maybe this will get around any space restrictions that Samsung may have imposed on the Android file system. But it seems like you already have.
Perhaps this thread may help out as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797499
It would be interesting to see what SDXC controller the S3 uses. If it is the same as on a phone where the 128GB card works perhaps it may be possible to patch the S3 with the driver in the other phone.

You should try different kernels, not ROMs

g00ey said:
Perhaps Samsung is intentionally blocking cards larger than 64GB on these phones. Have you tried apps such as NTFS mounter and tried mounting the card with other file systems such as NTFS/EXT3/4 etc? Maybe this will get around any space restrictions that Samsung may have imposed on the Android file system. But it seems like you already have.
Perhaps this thread may help out as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797499
It would be interesting to see what SDXC controller the S3 uses. If it is the same as on a phone where the 128GB card works perhaps it may be possible to patch the S3 with the driver in the other phone.
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Glebun said:
You should try different kernels, not ROMs
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Thanks for the suggestions.
Yes I already tried using NTFS mounter with all the other file systems, nothing was being detected or coming up at all. Maybe NTFS mounter is targeted more towards OTG connection, not too positive on that one.
I forgot to mention I did try different kernels. Whichever came with the ROMs and including KT747, Lean, and Trinity (also the variants with touchwiz and AOSP).
I've also gotten around to testing the Samsung S3 variants on T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint... None of them detected the card.
However a friend of mines lent me his Korean variant S3 (SHV- E210S with Exynos) and that phone detected the card perfectly fine.
Phones that also were tried were: LG Spectrum, Galaxy S2 (International), myTouch 4G. All of them detected the card even in recovery.
*I don't believe it's kernel related, if all the other phones were able to detect it in recovery...
I also contacted Samsung via e-mail but they weren't much supportive on the whole topic. Just a simple answer of the Galaxy S3 was never meant to support anything above 64GB (in which I find that untrue with the Korean variants at least).
I'm about out of ideas on what left there is to try... hopefully someone can come up with something.
I really liked the S3 but having a 128GB memory card sitting around would be a waste.
Going to test on my friends Note II since Verizon is going to be getting their own also, then will probably just ships.
Hopefully my information has helped someone.

Have you tried a small capasity SD card to see if it has to do with the connection or if it has to do with the size?

kris333 said:
Have you tried a small capasity SD card to see if it has to do with the connection or if it has to do with the size?
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I believe it would just be the size issue on the S3. 64GB SDXC works fine. 128GB does not.
Shouldn't have anything to do with card or connection if it worked on 5+ other phones.

BattousaiJimmy said:
After quite a bit of researching + trial and errors, I'm kind of stumped on this one...
Steps I've tried:
- Format Card: fat32, ntfs, exfat, ext3, ext4 (via EaseUS Partition Master) - Comes up as Blank SD card or unsupported format.
- Also tried all available allocation unit size for fat32 - Still the same thing
- Tried formatting on the S3 itself - Still the same thing
- Tried formatting on the Thunderbolt and transferring the card over - Still the same thing
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I am very interested in the outcome of this
Getting a 128Gb SD card working in the S3 would be awesome!
Have you tried 2 64Gb FAT32 partitions? or maybe several smaller partitions.
Maybe even just a single 64Gb partition
My 2c
Ben

Has anyone figured this out? I just bought the converter and a 128GB SDXC card. At first I was on the TW Jellybean K3 11B ROM I hooked it up without formating and the ROM recognized it as 120GB. So I plugged it into my PC to throw some files on it some ROMs and back ups etc, then I put it back in my phone went into recovery to flash a ROM that I put on the card and it was taking forever? As if the converter cable was slowing down the speed? So anyways I ended up flashing a aosp ROM of of my micro SD card (Carbon 4.2.2) then I plugged my converter with the 128gb card back in but the ROM wouldn't recognize it? So I tried formatting it in recovery and on the ROM but I'm still having no luck?? Any Suggestions or ideas how to get it to work? Thanks!
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If you will scroll down or search, there is already a thread on this and the OP got it to work. The name of the thread is "Will this give me more memory?"

HHF2 said:
If you will scroll down or search, there is already a thread on this and the OP got it to work. The name of the thread is "Will this give me more memory?"
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Yea that's my thread. I found this thread trying to get my phone to recognize my SD card?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

My bad, I didn't pay attention to the usernames since I thought yours was working.

BattousaiJimmy said:
After quite a bit of researching + trial and errors, I'm kind of stumped on this one...
Basically what I'm trying to do is get a 128GB SDXC card recognized in a Verizon Galaxy S3 [(via SD to Micro SD cable (NOT OTG)].
However it comes up as Blank SD card or unsupported format.
It reads perfectly fine on my HTC Thunderbolt running ROM version "liquid.mecha.20111118.145810" with "imoseyon-6.2.1AOSP" kernel.
Also reads perfectly on HTC Sensation running PARANOIDANDROID
Steps I've tried:
- Format Card: fat32, ntfs, exfat, ext3, ext4 (via EaseUS Partition Master) - Comes up as Blank SD card or unsupported format.
- Also tried all available allocation unit size for fat32 - Still the same thing
- Tried formatting on the S3 itself - Still the same thing
- Tried formatting on the Thunderbolt and transferring the card over - Still the same thing
ROM's Tried:
- Stock VRALG1
- Stock VRALF2
- Stock Root VRALHD DE-ODEX
- Stock Root VRALHD ODEX
- Incubus26jc_JellyWiz_VZW_10_10_12_RLS9_Note2_Edition
- Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC4-d2vzw
- Bean's Custom Stock Rom Build 14
- CleanROM 2.5
- CleanROM Ultra Lite Edition
- cm-10-20121005-NIGHTLY-d2vzw.zip
- PARANOIDANDROID 2.18
- Slim Bean 2.6.0
- Synergy Oct-03 0416_r73
All comes up as Blank SD card or unsupported format.
Here's a picture of the thunderbolt and the cable. It runs into the MicroSD card slot in the back of the phone.
(Since I can't add pictures yet due to post count, just add http in the beginning)
://imgur.com/LG2vA
://imgur.com/tG4yt
I sure hope it's not a limitation just on the S3 itself.
I'm going to go back and try different ROMs on my thunderbolt to see if it's related to a specific ROM or kernel, then probably proceed to testing different phones.
However any type of feedback is greatly appreciated :fingers-crossed:
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I believe it may specifically be a limitation of the Verizon s3 version. I have a 256gb card working fine on an att Note 2, and att and tmobile s3s have been proven to work as well.

[Q] which file system for new micro sd card?

So my micro sd card just fried. It was a cheap $30 Wintec 16gb Class 10 that I picked up from Fry's Electronics during the summer of 2012. Over the last 6 months that I had it, I used it as ntfs file format so that I could play .mkv movies >4gb.
I plan on ordering http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Mobil...166&sr=8-4&keywords=sandisk+mobile+ultra+32gb in the 32gb version.
1) Can anyone recommend a better micro sd card?
I will be using my micro sd card to be recording a lot of 1080p sports videos, storing .mkv movies bigger than 4gb, and hold hundreds of mp3's, pictures, and movie clips. Based on my preliminary research on the forums, I would need something with higher random read/write speeds instead of sequential for the thousands of small files to load faster on my phone. Can anyone confirm this?
2) What file format should i be using? Is there a way to combine fat32 and ntfs?
With my old micro sd card, I was using ntfs file format to store my .mkv movies to watch at work, but the card would become corrupt at least once a month, so I would have to plug the card into my desktop and run a chkdsk /f /r command. I assume that over time this killed my micro sd card... the drawback to this was that I had to create my nandroid backups to the internal memory.... I would much rather have it on the external sd card
I would love to format the card in fat32 so that I could put the nandroid backup on the external sd card, but then i would not be able to put movies >4gb on the card.
Someone in another forum suggested that I partition my sd card, one partition in fat32 for nandroid backups, and one in exfat or ntfs for my movies... My question is,
3) how does clockworkmod know which partition to select? Will it be automatic or will I need to point it there?
That's all I have for now. I hope I gave enough details for good answer.

You need to format exFat. That format supports >4gb files and is natively supported on this device.
Some custom roms however do not support exFat, if you install a Rom that doesn't it will just tell you that your storage is removed in the drop down when you boot.
Some recoveries don't support exFat but it's not a huge deal because you can use your internal storage to flash roms and mods
If you want your recovery to use your external as exFat just search these forums for the proper one. I believe the newer twrp recoveries support it
Via my Google Galaxy S3 running magic beans

Slightly off topic.... But it would be great if android media players could play 4Gb+ movies stored in multi-part RAR archives. I do that on Windows all the time using VLC and it's very convenient.

neh4pres said:
You need to format exFat. That format supports >4gb files and is natively supported on this device.
Some custom roms however do not support exFat, if you install a Rom that doesn't it will just tell you that your storage is removed in the drop down when you boot.
Some recoveries don't support exFat but it's not a huge deal because you can use your internal storage to flash roms and mods
If you want your recovery to use your external as exFat just search these forums for the proper one. I believe the newer twrp recoveries support it
Via my Google Galaxy S3 running magic beans
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So I ended up buying the 64gb Sandisk Ultra Micro SDXC Class 10 UHS-I card, but the ROM and CWM Recovery I am using does not recognize exFat. I put the sd card in my friends stock s3 and her phone recognized the exFat format.
Does anyone know which touchwiz roms will support exFat? I need to have a touchwiz ROM because I convinced all my friends and co workers to get the s3 together and we use S-Beam to bump pictures daily.
I will try to flash TWRP and see how that goes.
Current Rom that does not support exFAT: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...3b0BEdAvvRN9lxKYjeAM7nw&bvm=bv.41524429,d.cGE

I think you are going to be out of luck trying to find a custom rom that supports it and very doubtful that it ever will.

It is not ROM it is ur kernel find one that supports ur filesystem and install it!
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

Probably you can try paragon's hfs ntfs and exfat system drivers app...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paragon.mounter
But they mentioned it is not compatible with 4.2

I would use Hyperdrive. It's a the best TW Custom ROM and is 4.1.2. So it would work with the driver posted above. Also update your TWRP (GooManager is perfect for this) and you will be all set!
Edit just realized how old this thread is. Why did you guys bump this thread????
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Can't copy files to the SD card

I have tried using ES file explorer, the Asus file manager, and FX file explorer. I get a copy failed message every time I try to copy a file to the removable SD card.
Anyone else have this issue?
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.

duckredbeard said:
I have tried using ES file explorer, the Asus file manager, and FX file explorer. I get a copy failed message every time I try to copy a file to the removable SD card.
Anyone else have this issue?
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
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Have you tried to reformat the card with fat32?

I just did. Seems I'm only having issues with the 32 GB size cards. Acting like they are read only. Can't find such a setting anywhere. Is there another format that should work?
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.

duckredbeard said:
I just did. Seems I'm only having issues with the 32 GB size cards. Acting like they are read only. Can't find such a setting anywhere. Is there another format that should work?
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
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Have you tried with the latest kernel (JB version .25) and what make and model of your sdcard? just wonder if compability issue and are we talking about Micro sdcard or full size sdcard? On the full size there is a little switch on the side to block writting to the card.

I'm only having issues when I'm using the tablet to copy files. I'm on CleanROM Inheritance. I don't recall if I had this issue with the stock rom. Sometime tonight I will make a backup of my current and then flash to stock rom. Since I'm talking about the removable SD card, it could only be the micro SD that is installed in the tablet. There is no switch on that card.
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using xda app-developers app

I think flashing the _that nodpi kernel should resolved your issue, give it a try.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using xda premium

Link to said kernel?
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.

duckredbeard said:
Link to said kernel?
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
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download this http://d-h.st/M6j then flash with twrp, during the install pick _that_nodpi_stock kernel.

That did it. Did it replace the overclock kernal I selected when I flashed CROMI 3.2?
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duckredbeard said:
That did it. Did it replace the overclock kernal I selected when I flashed CROMI 3.2?
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Yes, it replaced what ever kernel you selected during cleanrom installation. Since it stock kernel, you can no longer Overclock.

Is there another kernel that can be the fix and still give us over clock?
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.

duckredbeard said:
Is there another kernel that can be the fix and still give us over clock?
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
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Sorry but nope, I believe as soon as Asus release source code, _that is going to make an OC version for this and it's going to be awsome. For now we just have to wait.

Similar Problem With A Samsung Micro SD Card
duckredbeard said:
That did it. Did it replace the overclock kernal I selected when I flashed CROMI 3.2?
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Hi.
I'm having a problem with my Samsung Micro SDXC I (Class 10) card. I've been messing abut with it for days now, formatting, re-formatting in exFAT, FAT32, NTFS but the problem persists; whenever I try to copy data across to the card, the first time the card is inserted, it starts to copy, sometimes even up to 1.5Gb of data but often much less, but then gives me a 'Write Error' or 'I/O Error' message & stops working. Sometimes it also deletes other data on the card when the error occurs. then, until I unmount the card again, it barely functions at all!
A big factor in buyinh this tablet, unlocking, then rooting it was so that I'd have an awesome, small, tablet that had loads of storage & could be transported around very easily. If I can't get the cards to work with it, that's a big part of it's usefulness to me down the drain.
I tried to download the kernal that was mentioned above the message of yours that I'm replying to but the file has been moved. Do you still have it?.......or know how I can resolve my problem without it?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

dan5001 said:
Hi.
I'm having a problem with my Samsung Micro SDXC I (Class 10) card. I've been messing abut with it for days now, formatting, re-formatting in exFAT, FAT32, NTFS but the problem persists; whenever I try to copy data across to the card, the first time the card is inserted, it starts to copy, sometimes even up to 1.5Gb of data but often much less, but then gives me a 'Write Error' or 'I/O Error' message & stops working. Sometimes it also deletes other data on the card when the error occurs. then, until I unmount the card again, it barely functions at all!
A big factor in buyinh this tablet, unlocking, then rooting it was so that I'd have an awesome, small, tablet that had loads of storage & could be transported around very easily. If I can't get the cards to work with it, that's a big part of it's usefulness to me down the drain.
I tried to download the kernal that was mentioned above the message of yours that I'm replying to but the file has been moved. Do you still have it?.......or know how I can resolve my problem without it?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
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You don't say which rom or firmware you are currently using. Without knowing that I wouldn't go blindly flashing kernels that are nearly a year old
It could be that your card is actually damaged as I can copy files just fine on mine. I'm using a SanDisk Ultra uhs-1.

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sbdags said:
You don't say which rom or firmware you are currently using. Without knowing that I wouldn't go blindly flashing kernels that are nearly a year old
It could be that your card is actually damaged as I can copy files just fine on mine. I'm using a SanDisk Ultra uhs-1.
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Hi sbdags,
Roger that
I'm not bad with most things tecchie but whilst I know which ROM I'm using, I'm not sure what the firmware is.
I recently updated to CROMI-X 5.2.2 from an earlier version in the hope that that might include an update or something that would solve my SD card problem.......it didn't
With regard to 'Firmware', I'm not sure where that's listed on the tablet but in the 'About' tab in my settings, it says:
Android Version - 4.2.1
Kernal Version - 3.1.10-g215ae8bf [email protected] # 1
Build Number - TF700 CHROMI-X 5.2.2 - 10.6.1.27.5 WW DEODEX
Pad EC Version - PAD-EC20T-0216
MobileDock Version - DOCK-EC20N-0207
I hope the firmware information you need is in there somewhere?
The card I bought is the latest 64Gb Samsung Micro SDXC Pro UHS-1 (Class 10) with write speeds of 20Mb/s & 70Mb transfer speed. I had read the formums & was torn between this card & the SanDisk 64Gb Ultra Micro SDXC (Class 10), the two-tone red/grey version, presumably like the one you're using but the Samsung was faster & at the time I bought it, the Samsungwas almost £15 cheaper. Since they were both reported to work, I opted for the Samsung card; maybe that was a bad decision?
I've just ordered the SanDisk 64Gb card, in the hope that that one will work because as i said, it really would be a shame if I can't make use of the extended storage that the SD crads give.
Do you use your SanDisk card in Micro SD form in the tablet or SD form in the dock.....or both......& have you got them formatted to exFAT or some other format?
Thanks again for your attention.

dan5001 said:
Hi sbdags,
Roger that
I'm not bad with most things tecchie but whilst I know which ROM I'm using, I'm not sure what the firmware is.
I recently updated to CROMI-X 5.2.2 from an earlier version in the hope that that might include an update or something that would solve my SD card problem.......it didn't
With regard to 'Firmware', I'm not sure where that's listed on the tablet but in the 'About' tab in my settings, it says:
Android Version - 4.2.1
Kernal Version - 3.1.10-g215ae8bf [email protected] # 1
Build Number - TF700 CHROMI-X 5.2.2 - 10.6.1.27.5 WW DEODEX
Pad EC Version - PAD-EC20T-0216
MobileDock Version - DOCK-EC20N-0207
I hope the firmware information you need is in there somewhere?
The card I bought is the latest 64Gb Samsung Micro SDXC Pro UHS-1 (Class 10) with write speeds of 20Mb/s & 70Mb transfer speed. I had read the formums & was torn between this card & the SanDisk 64Gb Ultra Micro SDXC (Class 10), the two-tone red/grey version, presumably like the one you're using but the Samsung was faster & at the time I bought it, the Samsungwas almost £15 cheaper. Since they were both reported to work, I opted for the Samsung card; maybe that was a bad decision?
I've just ordered the SanDisk 64Gb card, in the hope that that one will work because as i said, it really would be a shame if I can't make use of the extended storage that the SD crads give.
Do you use your SanDisk card in Micro SD form in the tablet or SD form in the dock.....or both......& have you got them formatted to exFAT or some other format?
Thanks again for your attention.
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Well the ROM is mine so you are all good there. Lol. I only use fat32 as that is how the cards come.
Are you copying the files in esfileexplorer? Are they single files? Total size?

File Sizes
sbdags said:
Well the ROM is mine so you are all good there. Lol. I only use fat32 as that is how the cards come.
Are you copying the files in esfileexplorer? Are they single files? Total size?
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Hi sbdags.
I've tried using both the File Explorer that was included with CHROMI-X & another one from the Play Store that I use on my phone called Astro; the same thing happens with both. As I say, the card seemed okay to begin with but all I had put on it was my Nandroid & Titanium backups (approx. 2Gb total with lots of small files included). The problems started when I tried to copy a season of a TV series onto the card to free up space on the internal SD card. It started off okay & I wasn't expecting any problems but then approx 1.5Gb, I got an I/O write error & then all the problems I described in my first post.
As an aside, the card performed best when formatted to FAT32 but according to the SD Card Association, SDXC cards come formatted as exFAT, so that's how it's currently formatted; I thought if that's how it came & it initially worked okay, maybe that would solve the issue. Again, I was wrong!
So, I'll format it back to FAT32 again but as I've already had it in that format, I wouldn't anticipate any change to the card's behaviour.
The 64Gb SanDisk card should be here in a few days, so I'll be able to report on whether that one works or not then.
Did you have to re-format yours when you first got it or are the SD Card Association talking nonsense? Oh, & you didn't say whether you're able to use your cards in both micro form in the pad &/or full-size form in the dock? Also, was the Firmware information you asked for in that mass of stuff I listed. If not, where do I find it, so I know for the next time you ask
Thanks again

dan5001 said:
Hi sbdags.
I've tried using both the File Explorer that was included with CHROMI-X & another one from the Play Store that I use on my phone called Astro; the same thing happens with both. As I say, the card seemed okay to begin with but all I had put on it was my Nandroid & Titanium backups (approx. 2Gb total with lots of small files included). The problems started when I tried to copy a season of a TV series onto the card to free up space on the internal SD card. It started off okay & I wasn't expecting any problems but then approx 1.5Gb, I got an I/O write error & then all the problems I described in my first post.
As an aside, the card performed best when formatted to FAT32 but according to the SD Card Association, SDXC cards come formatted as exFAT, so that's how it's currently formatted; I thought if that's how it came & it initially worked okay, maybe that would solve the issue. Again, I was wrong!
So, I'll format it back to FAT32 again but as I've already had it in that format, I wouldn't anticipate any change to the card's behaviour.
The 64Gb SanDisk card should be here in a few days, so I'll be able to report on whether that one works or not then.
Did you have to re-format yours when you first got it or are the SD Card Association talking nonsense? Oh, & you didn't say whether you're able to use your cards in both micro form in the pad &/or full-size form in the dock? Also, was the Firmware information you asked for in that mass of stuff I listed. If not, where do I find it, so I know for the next time you ask
Thanks again
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I've never tried my card in the dock to be honest. Both my cards; 32GB and 64GB are SanDisk, I am not sure now what they cam in but I am using fat32 as I formatted them myself.
As for the stuff you posted I just wanted to know the rom and bootloader version. So CROMi-X 5.2.2 on 10.6.1.14.10 would have ben enough. Maybe the kernel helps too. In your case you are using the stock kernel. You may get better results on thatv4 kernel?

SD Cards & Kernels
sbdags said:
I've never tried my card in the dock to be honest. Both my cards; 32GB and 64GB are SanDisk, I am not sure now what they cam in but I am using fat32 as I formatted them myself.
As for the stuff you posted I just wanted to know the rom and bootloader version. So CROMi-X 5.2.2 on 10.6.1.14.10 would have ben enough. Maybe the kernel helps too. In your case you are using the stock kernel. You may get better results on thatv4 kernel?
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Cheers.
So, I think I've grasped that the kernel is similar to the BIOS on a PC; is that correct?
When you say that I may get better results using _that's v.4 kernel, what improvements are you thinking I might see?

dan5001 said:
So, I think I've grasped that the kernel is similar to the BIOS on a PC; is that correct?
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Not really, the kernel is ... the kernel. The core of the operating system. Under Windows it's ntoskrnl.exe.
You could compare the bootloader with the PC BIOS - its main function (nowadays) is to start the operating system.

Marshmallow SD Card Issues

Hey guys,
I was hoping someone with some experience with Android M could help. After installing the OTA update and upgrading to Marshmallow, it seems that the OS makes you format microSD cards as either portable or internal storage. The issue that I'm running into is that after formatting the memory card as portable storage, the system formats it as Fat32 so I can no longer transfer large MKV files to play in Kodi. Prior to installing the 6.0 OTA, I had no issues transferring the files to my microSD card.
As a workaround, I tried using my USB OTG drive to play the videos but I can't get Kodi to recognize the drive as a source for my video files. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get around these new memory card complications that Android 6.0 has introduced?
I would greatly appreciate some help on this as this was one of the main reasons I purchased this tablet so that I could use it as a temporary HTPC when I'm traveling. Thanks in advance!

Have you tried removing the SD CARD and formatting on a PC?

Seems that Marshmallow's not all it's cracked up to be.

Don't have marshmallow, but have you tried reformatting the SD card on your PC using exFat or NTFS instead?
I don't know if marshmallow will prompt you to reformat again when you put the card back in the Shield though...
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You didn't mention what size of card, but if it is larger than 32gigs you will need to put the sd card in a computer and format as NTFS. Android doesn't support exfat, only fat32 and NTFS. Try that and let us know what happens!

hbar98 said:
You didn't mention what size of card, but if it is larger than 32gigs you will need to put the sd card in a computer and format as NTFS. Android doesn't support exfat, only fat32 and NTFS. Try that and let us know what happens!
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Funny...running a 64GB SDCard formatted exFat right now on my original ST8 (Lollipop)...and also a 16GB SDCard formatted exFat on my old Samsung S4 (also Lollipop).
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Try to restart tablet? The best is using es Explorer to transfer files. Fat32 do not accepted file over 4gb. Try format back exfat
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An Droid said:
Funny...running a 64GB SDCard formatted exFat right now on my original ST8 (Lollipop)...and also a 16GB SDCard formatted exFat on my old Samsung S4 (also Lollipop).
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Oh, wow! Your personal experience with two different phones made by two different manufacturers running an old system that was never designed for what Marshmallow does obviously contradicts and demolishes what I said.
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ExFat support can be added to android kernels, if the manufacturer decides to do so. Samsung, a maker of sd cards ranging from 4gigs to 200+gigs, has an interest in making sure that their devices work with their cards that also work in a variety of consumer computers. ExFat support can also be added in customer kernels, should the maintainer decided to do so (in fact, many kernels that I see for modern devices that also support an external sd cards proudly show that they support ExFat).
Android AOSP, without any mods or other built in support, does not support ExFat well, if at all. It may or may not work. The fact that nVidia has written that any cards over 32gig must be formatted to NTFS tells me that they have not chosen to build in ExFat support into their devices. Should someone desire to flash a different rom or custom kernel that support ExFat, that is their business. But since the OP didn't list what size of card they used, or if they were using any mods or a different kernel, I had to go with the most basic support.

hbar98 said:
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Oh, wow! Your personal experience with two different phones made by two different manufacturers running an old system that was never designed for what Marshmallow does obviously contradicts and demolishes what I said.
(/sarcasm)
Android AOSP, without any mods or other built in support, does not support ExFat well, if at all. It may or may not work. The fact that nVidia has written that any cards over 32gig must be formatted to NTFS tells me that they have not chosen to build in ExFat support into their devices. Should someone desire to flash a different rom or custom kernel that support ExFat, that is their business. But since the OP didn't list what size of card they used, or if they were using any mods or a different kernel, I had to go with the most basic support.
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ST8 = Shield Tablet 8" (original vs. K1 model).
Point is, this goes against your open ended and incorrect "Android doesn't support exfat, only fat32 and NTFS" statement.
Supporting exFAT in Android makes sense as it's the recommended file system by the SDCard association for SDCards larger than 32GB.
NTFS is in the same boat - it's also not officially supported by all Android implementations.
Marshmallow formats SDCards to Ext4 (and encrypts) when configured as internal storage. When configured as portable both exFAT and NTFS (and Fat16/32) may all be an option - OP can try both if using the portable option.
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Similar problem with lg g2 on marshmallow
Hi,
Having a related problem with kodi on my phone.
On lollipop, kodi found my 16gb Fat32 otg USB drive as a source, but won't show up now I'm on marshmallow. I can still play video through mx player, fx explorer media viewer, and os video player. I searched around storage and mount folders, but can find no access to the external drive browsing the file system unless I'm using the native file browser.

Marshmallow detects partition very different with Lollipop. on Marshmallow your device can use sdcard with 128 GB like internal
its mean sdcard needed change partition format to another type (not FAT, NTFS or exFAT) the matter here then you plug that sdcard to windows, windows wont detect your sdcard but you can see it through another program like MiniTool Partition Wizard.
The problem with marshmallow and this partition used to drop out connect with your sdcard. only one way to fix it reboot your device. also, sometime they cant turn wifi on then you just needed to reboot again to let your device working normally.
We needed to wait for a new patch.

Help with external SD card

So i have had the P900 for a few years now and want to try and get some use out of it. Im into photography and would like to use the tab for some light editing while on the road. My question is, will the tab be able to read a Sandisk 64gb Extreme pro SD card if i get an OTG? I am running and old version of Android, 4.4..2. I believe its original firmware only thing that was done was root. Thanks

adinis78 said:
So i have had the P900 for a few years now and want to try and get some use out of it. Im into photography and would like to use the tab for some light editing while on the road. My question is, will the tab be able to read a Sandisk 64gb Extreme pro SD card if i get an OTG? I am running and old version of Android, 4.4..2. I believe its original firmware only thing that was done was root. Thanks
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First of all you should update to stock 5.0.2.
I'm having a 200GB card internally but if your OTG is good enough it should be able to read it of course depending on the file system it uses.
Why don't you want to insert it?
Btw my P900 is working with Lineage OS 14.1 = Nougat perfectly well.

bmwdroid said:
First of all you should update to stock 5.0.2.
I'm having a 200GB card internally but if your OTG is good enough it should be able to read it of course depending on the file system it uses.
Why don't you want to insert it?
Btw my P900 is working with Lineage OS 14.1 = Nougat perfectly well.
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Went ahead and updated to stock 5.0.2. Got scared there for a minute as i had done a mistake trying to flash a custom rom and took mea while to find stock rom. Now in regards to the external SD card, I use it on a Fujifilm mirrorless camera and my understanding is that the SDXC cards use the exFat format. I want to make sure, before i buy a OTG cable, that the tab can actually read the card. I want to be able to transfer pictures from said external SD card into the tab and edit them with Lightroom or Snapseed.
I also have another tab, the Samsung Galaxy 7.7 tab, and that one doesn’t read the SD card, i get an error message when i connected the sd card on its OTG. Something about “high power device” or something similar.

adinis78 said:
.... that the SDXC cards use the exFat format.....
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Afaik you can format cards like you need it.
Of course with the appropriate formater.
FAT, exFAT, NTFS, ext2, ext4.... depends on your necessities.
My P900 card was formatted exFAT and can read/write.
In other devices I use other formats (SDHX as well).

I believe I read somewhere that someone connected a 1TB portable HDD. I'll try to find it...
Found it: https://forums.androidcentral.com/s...l-galaxy-note-pro-12-2-work-external-hdd.html