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NTFS format hard drive for stock rom?

What size ntfs do I need to format the hard drive in so the stock rom will read it? I'm using revolver so I don't know. Just confirmed 2 people not being able to read their hard drive because they're on stock. I'll have to reformat.

don't format as NTFS because Android won't read/write to it. Use vFAT/FAT32 - it may be worth giving ExFAT a go, but it probably won't work.

I have a 750 GB USB hard drive formatted as NTFS, and the TF can read and write
it with no problems when connected to a USB port on the keyboard dock or on the
tablet, using the Asus USB adapter.
I'm rooted, but using the stock ROMs on HC 3.2.1.

Works here, too - 500 GB Transcend External HDD formatted as NTFS.
Stock 3.2.1, no root.

davebugyi said:
Works here, too - 500 GB Transcend External HDD formatted as NTFS.
Stock 3.2.1, no root.
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You sure? NTFS what allocation size? I already got 2 people telling me the drive wouldn't work on their stock. When I plug it into mine, it works instantly.
Anyway, I'm formatting it in fat32 and sending it back to them.
Heck, I'll nvflash back to stock non-rooted to test these out myself.

goodintentions said:
You sure? NTFS what allocation size? I already got 2 people telling me the drive wouldn't work on their stock. When I plug it into mine, it works instantly.
Anyway, I'm formatting it in fat32 and sending it back to them.
Heck, I'll nvflash back to stock non-rooted to test these out myself.
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Of course I'm sure, I have 2 6GB files on them, which cannot be achieved in FAT32. Also the drive works on my friends Iconia A500. And the last time when I formatted a HDD into FAT32 was when I was using Windows ME
BTW, Allocation size 4096 Bytes.

I move my NTFS-formatted USB drive between my Windows XP PC and the Transformer (rooted/stock ROM/HC 3.2.1) all the time.

Need NTFS module
Hi
I have rooted TF(Revolver+Clemsyn). NTFS do work fine though I had to copy over NTFS.ko manually.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18023335#post18023335

Well. Colour me both surprised and impressed then!

I just got a confirmation from someone. His stock rom fully updated can only read fat32.
How come some of you with stock can read ntfs? I don't get it.

Latest 3.2.1 Stock WW - and it was never a problem. My External HDD is a one plug USB drive tho, so no need for extra power source. Looks like you're screwed

I downloaded an app called Drive Mount and that enabled NTFS for me, it might work natively now but I haven't uninstalled to find out so try that our - 'Drive Mount' on the Android market.
EDIT: I should specify that I can use both AC powered external hard drives and USB powered hard drives on my TF.

Kingston SDC10/32GB

I recently bought Kingston SDC10/32GB memory card and it has some problems with my LG P500 (looks like sometimes phone is unable to write information to this memory card).
I had partition it with 1920 MB ext4 /sd-ext partition (rest was FAT32).
First ever problem was restoring /sd-ext backup using Amon Ra recovery (recovery-ra-thunderg-3.06-gnm) - after waiting about 3 hours I connected phone to PC and with ADB looked that unyaffs process is running, unyaffs was not killable (with kill and killall commands) nor reboot command worked, at last I pulled battery to stop it.
Another accident was moving /data/app and /data/Dalvik-cache to this memory card - after doing this I wiped Dalvik-cache and /cache (via recovery), then phone didn't boot. After about 10 minutes of watching CyanogenMod boot animation I connected phone to PC, tried to run adb shell and it couldn't connect to phone (I killed adb daemon before connecting).
When I connected this card to PC (using USB microSD adapter) and checked it with Check Flash it showed no problems.
The question - is anybody using Kingston SDC10/32GB in his LG P500?
I think either card that I bought is malfunctioning, either it is somehow incompatible with LG P500 (I don't know - may be it drains too much electricity)...
P.S. Kingston 32 GB class 4 microSD card works well in these conditions.

Mmm 2gb of a2sd no ... test with max 1gb maybe this is rhe problem
I ear thar more 1gb is instable
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stikmenow775 said:
Mmm 2gb of a2sd no ... test with max 1gb maybe this is rhe problem
I ear thar more 1gb is instable
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Thank you for your answer! Strange - this works well with my 32GB class 4 card. Also I have made sector by sector copy of my old card and after cleaning Dalvik cache on new card phone hung on CyanogenMod boot animation.
What do other people say about this 1 GB limitation?
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DavisNT said:
Thank you for your answer! Strange - this works well with my 32GB class 4 card. Also I have made sector by sector copy of my old card and after cleaning Dalvik cache on new card phone hung on CyanogenMod boot animation.
What do other people say about this 1 GB limitation?
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There is some discussion about this over on Android Central that points to sd-ext filesystems 1GB and larger causing problems with link2sd. Sorry I don't have a link but it should be something you can find. I saw it in the Optimus V forums.

SD card problem
I had a similar problem with my P509 and a 32gb class4 card check the pins in the micro sd card slot, the center pin was not making good contact and the phone was giving me all kinds of problems.

fdaconta said:
I had a similar problem with my P509 and a 32gb class4 card check the pins in the micro sd card slot, the center pin was not making good contact and the phone was giving me all kinds of problems.
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I adjusted microSD slot pins and it didn't help. Looks like my card has some electrical interface problems (overcurrent?) - sometimes with SDC10/32GB inserted my phone is not recognized as valid USB device by computer (Windows tray notification about misbehaving USB device is shown).
So does anybody have a good working Kingston SDC10/32GB (32 GB Class 10 microSD card) in his LG P500?

DavisNT said:
I adjusted microSD slot pins and it didn't help. Looks like my card has some electrical interface problems (overcurrent?) - sometimes with SDC10/32GB inserted my phone is not recognized as valid USB device by computer (Windows tray notification about misbehaving USB device is shown).
So does anybody have a good working Kingston SDC10/32GB (32 GB Class 10 microSD card) in his LG P500?
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our phone was never meant to support up to 32gb.
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allenwalker1998 said:
our phone was never meant to support up to 32gb.
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Sorry - didn't get the idea, specs say that up to 32 GB microSD is supported:
http://www.lg.com/uk/mobile-phones/lg-P500-optimus-one
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_one_p500-3516.php

DavisNT said:
Sorry - didn't get the idea, specs say that up to 32 GB microSD is supported:
http://www.lg.com/uk/mobile-phones/lg-P500-optimus-one
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_one_p500-3516.php
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oh sry i meant using 32gb on our phone causes lots of troubles
Sent by a 14-year old kid learning kernel compiling

I'm try format flash: 2Gb/30Gb, 2Gb - FAT32, 30Gb - ext2fs. But smartfone mount only FAT partition and ignore ext2fs. Partition ext2fs need for files over 4Gb.
If set partiotions from recovery, then mounts work fine, but partition manager in recovery have limit for ext partiotion 4096 Mb.
Please, help.

Compatible sd-cards?

What microSD-cards are you using, that are fully compatible with the TF300T?
I bought 2 cards recently, having issues with both of them. I just ordered a new card reader for my PC, hope that fixes the issues.
Card 1: Transcend 32GB Class 10 - Formatted to NTFS.
Issue: Fully working on PC. On the TF300T it is read only.
Card 2: Sandisk 64GB ultra class 10 (SDXC), formatted to NTFS
Issue: On PC, only visible when in SD-card adapter, write lock ON (switch option). When write lock is set to OFF, no card found. On the TF300T, I get read-only.
Will try to reformat the cards tomorrow when I get the card reader, hopefully that will solve the issues..

efex said:
What microSD-cards are you using, that are fully compatible with the TF300T?
I bought 2 cards recently, having issues with both of them. I just ordered a new card reader for my PC, hope that fixes the issues.
Card 1: Transcend 32GB Class 10 - Formatted to NTFS.
Issue: Fully working on PC. On the TF300T it is read only.
Card 2: Sandisk 64GB ultra class 10 (SDXC), formatted to NTFS
Issue: On PC, only visible when in SD-card adapter, write lock ON (switch option). When write lock is set to OFF, no card found. On the TF300T, I get read-only.
Will try to reformat the cards tomorrow when I get the card reader, hopefully that will solve the issues..
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Your issue is the file system you have used for the cards, not the cards themselves. Android can't write to NTFS, only read it.

Turbojugend said:
Your issue is the file system you have used for the cards, not the cards themselves. Android can't write to NTFS, only read it.
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not quiet correct - there are kernel ntfs addons that work (a700 stock rom eg. r/w ntfs 32gb)
do you have a terminal installed? whats fdisk telling you about your card?
cheers

Buster99 said:
not quiet correct - there are kernel ntfs addons that work (a700 stock rom eg. r/w ntfs 32gb)
do you have a terminal installed? whats fdisk telling you about your card?
cheers
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They should cook that into every ROM, if it is available. It isn't a huge pain in the ass to use a card reader, but I have to anyway since Google Android transfer for Mac is the worst piece of **** software ever made, limiting 4 gig file size.

Formatted my 32GB card to FAT32, but I really prefer NTFS because of the file size limitations (whats the point of a 64GB card when you cant have 4+GB files on it?!)
Anyway, as FAT32 the 32GB card works as it should. Just hope the CM team will fix support for write on NTFS soon...

there was a ntfs mount app in play store - had soso success with it - sometimes it worked sometimes it fc'd on me...
mb try that - since you have two cards you can use one as a guineapig with the app.
gl
cheers

Buster99 said:
there was a ntfs mount app in play store - had soso success with it - sometimes it worked sometimes it fc'd on me...
mb try that - since you have two cards you can use one as a guineapig with the app.
gl
cheers
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It allowed you to delete files from the ntfs card as well?

Buster99 said:
there was a ntfs mount app in play store - had soso success with it - sometimes it worked sometimes it fc'd on me...
mb try that - since you have two cards you can use one as a guineapig with the app.
gl
cheers
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Thanks for the tip, I`ll try it
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[Q] Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 MicroSD 64GB?

I know the specifications list it as supporting up to a 32GB MicroSD but is it possible to use a 64GB MicroSD card in it?

I am doing it right now, but from what I've read searching on here it has to be formatted in a different device because for whatever reason the tab 2 won't reformat it on it's own, but once you've got the card formatted to fat32 (you need a special app to do it on windows) you should be good to go in the TAB.

Here is a command prompt formatter that worked for me.
1. Unzip the file to the root of C:\
2. Mount your 64GB card on your PC and take note of the allocated drive letter (e.g. e:\)
3. run command prompt on PC (search for cmd.exe)
4. get to c:\ (I think cd c:\ will do this)
5. type fat32format.exe e:\ and press <return>
(where e:\ is the allocated drive letter from step 2, so if it mounts as f:\ you would type fat32format.exe f:\ instead)
This should then format your card as FAT32 which works fine in my Galaxy SII so there's no reason I can think of why it wouldn't work in the Tab 2 too.
This is all at your own risk of course - I won't be responsible if something goes horribly wrong and you kill your card, PC, Tab or anything else...sorry.

Did anybody have any success with this? I am looking at buying the Tab 2 7.0, but I need a 64GB MicroSD.

Higgs_Boson said:
Did anybody have any success with this? I am looking at buying the Tab 2 7.0, but I need a 64GB MicroSD.
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Yes, I use a 64GB sandisk card formatted fat32 and the tab uses it no problem.
I think I used Easus Partition Master to format it.

Higgs_Boson said:
Did anybody have any success with this? I am looking at buying the Tab 2 7.0, but I need a 64GB MicroSD.
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Did you not read my post? I pulled the 64GB that I formatted in my SGP 4.0 (didn't you have one of them too?) and stuck it right into my Tab 2 7" and it works FLAWLESSLY.

Stock JB or KK-Boot kernel support exFAT formatted card.

daniel644 said:
I am doing it right now, but from what I've read searching on here it has to be formatted in a different device because for whatever reason the tab 2 won't reformat it on it's own, but once you've got the card formatted to fat32 (you need a special app to do it on windows) you should be good to go in the TAB.
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Does anyone know if the need for the sd card to be formatted as fat32 (or, as the case may be, exfat) is also true of the Note 2? I have both devices (plus a Note 10.1, with which I have no problem using the 64gb card right out of the package). The Note 2 and the tab 2 both have issues trying to read a 64gb card. They recognize the card and its max size, but renames copied files and folders or doesn't copy them at all.
Thanks.

Caldair said:
Yes, I use a 64GB sandisk card formatted fat32 and the tab uses it no problem.
I think I used Easus Partition Master to format it.
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does the device need to be rooted?

Will a 64GB card work on this tab using cyanogenmod 11? Anyone have success without any sort of problem with files not copying or reading? I am planning on buying this card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7&cm_re=micro_sd_64_gb-_-20-211-767-_-Product

64 gb micro sd
mikee286 said:
Will a 64GB card work on this tab using cyanogenmod 11? Anyone have success without any sort of problem with files not copying or reading? I am planning on buying this card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7&cm_re=micro_sd_64_gb-_-20-211-767-_-Product
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This is what I am running.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Class...ywords=64+gb+micro+sd+card&pebp=1416293108375
Formatted fat32 using , I can't remember now , but it works great.

Will I still get all 64gb of the card when it is formatted fat32? I hear fat32 supports only up to 32gb partitions. I know I will never get the whole 64gb due to file system usage but something like 59 or something gb should be fine

mikee286 said:
Will I still get all 64gb of the card when it is formatted fat32? I hear fat32 supports only up to 32gb partitions. I know I will never get the whole 64gb due to file system usage but something like 59 or something gb should be fine
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Got the card today firnatted it in my laptop as fat32 I get 58gb which seems like a lot has been taken away that is 6gb but other than that it works pretty well from what I can see so far

[Q] Is it fine(OTG USB Question)?

Sorry for my Strange English
I bought a otg usb for my nexus 5
I am using 32GB Model. However I am really hard user so I bought 32gb otg usb.
I formatted it(ExFat, 32KB)
I disappointed with the speed.
So I installed ElementalX 0.29-cm
and formatted my usb again(NTFS, 2048B)
Is it fine?(Please see the screenshot file attachment)

ntmaring said:
Sorry for my Strange English
I bought a otg usb for my nexus 5
I am using 32GB Model. However I am really hard user so I bought 32gb otg usb.
I formatted it(ExFat, 32KB)
I disappointed with the speed.
So I installed ElementalX 0.29-cm
and formatted my usb again(NTFS, 2048B)
Is it fine?(Please see the screenshot file attachment)
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ExFat has given some problems to some people. If you like moving big files, stay on NTFS. 48.7MB/s is not bad.
FAT32 also works.