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8gb sd card

Has anyone tried using an 8gb sd card under WM6?
I have WM6 on my XDA Exec, but don't want to buy an 8GB card if it's not going to work.

If it's HDSD it won't work (from my understanding), if its SD it might work... but i've never heard of any regular SD card that is bigger then 4GB.

you can use it as a storage. it is be able to install programs on!

Balur said:
If it's HDSD it won't work (from my understanding), if its SD it might work... but i've never heard of any regular SD card that is bigger then 4GB.
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Hi!
I think the bigger memory will be apear very soon. So that is very good for memory limit of PPC. But can it work???? Not sure.

>4gb wont work with universal, and indeed some 2gb and 4gb ones too.
the universal has only a SD card reader, not SDHC. SDHC capabilities would need new hardware or at the very least new firmware so its not gonna happen, sorry

ocz sd card 4gb
Midget_1990 said:
>4gb wont work with universal, and indeed some 2gb and 4gb ones too.
the universal has only a SD card reader, not SDHC. SDHC capabilities would need new hardware or at the very least new firmware so its not gonna happen, sorry
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I bought a OCZ high speed 150x 4GB SD CARD in San Jose, usa last november which has worked perfectly in my universal with both wm5 and 6
fyi

Midget_1990 said:
>4gb wont work with universal, and indeed some 2gb and 4gb ones too.
the universal has only a SD card reader, not SDHC. SDHC capabilities would need new hardware or at the very least new firmware so its not gonna happen, sorry
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A new firmware to make the Universal's SD Card Slot SDHC compliant is not possible. Only a new hardware component will work.
The OFFICIAL maximum storage capacity supported on the Universal SD Card Slot is 6GB. Obviously such an SD card does not exist and hence the practical maximum limitation is 4GB.

Micro SD Card Performance

Hi there!
It seems in the beginning only the 32 GB version of Infinity will hit the stores in Spain, to my dismay 'cause I was eagerly waiting for the 64 GB model.
So, considering I won't be able to wait no more, I could get what's the available in the market along with a 32 GB micro SD card (for example SanDisk Mobile Ultra 32GB). I wonder if there would be performance difference between 64 GB model and 32 GB with 32 GB micro SD card in terms of storage benchmarks or software performance?

The mobile ultra cards should be around 30+MB/sec which should be about what the internal runs at. Get a 64gb card(about $70) and have 96gb storage total! You could use a 128gb card also or any xdhc micro sd, you just need to reformat the xdhc cards to fat32 and they work perfectly! Xdhc cards are faster than sdhc allows, so using an xdhc should test as fast as the internal controller will allow. Sdxc 64gb and up cards should test at over 40MB/sec in a sdhc slot. Sdxc cards should be able to do 100MB/sec which is way faster than the bus/controller in your device, so they will be faster than the built-in storage!
JUST REMEMBER TO REFORMAT SDXC CARDS AS FAT32! And only use SDXC UHS-1 type cards! UHS-2 cards will not work!
If you format a sdxc uhs-1 card as fat32 and it doesn't work, you need to write a new mbr on the card. Xdhc uses exFat file system and that uses ntfs mbr, you need fat32 mbr. Either repartition the card, or use a 3rd party format tool like fat32format which would take care of both issues at once. Shouldn't be an issue on the majority of newer devices.
A lot of devices won't care that the mbr is in the wrong location(exFat and ntfs use a different mbr location compared to fat32) as long as it is formatted fat32.
Good luck, and I hope you stuff a 128gb in there so you have 160GB total! SWEETNESS!
PM me if you need any help!
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I would recommend to buy a SanDisk microsd xc 64gb, and and format it to NTFS. I'm using this card in my transformer prime and it's great because in NTFS file system I'm allowed to copy files larger than 4gb (movies). If you format it to fat32 4gb will be the limit. The SanDisk card is almost as fast as internal storage. You won't notice any difference.

josuetenista said:
I would recommend to buy a SanDisk microsd xc 64gb, and and format it to NTFS. I'm using this card in my transformer prime and it's great because in NTFS file system I'm allowed to copy files larger than 4gb (movies). If you format it to fat32 4gb will be the limit. The SanDisk card is almost as fast as internal storage. You won't notice any difference.
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I assume Infinity will support sdxc format since Prime does.

None of these support "xdhc" yet, but it will work. Do not use ntfs. Linux support is still not 100% for ntfs(drivers are better than the past, but still not recommended). You can use ntfs if you need files bigger than 4gb. Fat32 is the best choice for reliability.
Again, xdhc uhs-1 will work in sdhc slot(with reformat to fat32), xdhc uhs-2 needs true xdhc slot(new pinout from what I have seen).
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josuetenista said:
I would recommend to buy a SanDisk microsd xc 64gb, and and format it to NTFS.
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I would NEVER format ANYTHING to NTFS. There is simply no reason to.

Hemidroids said:
I would NEVER format ANYTHING to NTFS. There is simply no reason to.
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Really? I have hundreds of movies on my home server over 4 GB. I'm not going to spend hours to convert those to work on the FAT32 system.
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amd1979 said:
Really? I have hundreds of movies on my home server over 4 GB. I'm not going to spend hours to convert those to work on the FAT32 system.
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Edit: Nevermind I misread your post.

[Q] SDCard 64Gb Support?

I'm out of space. interested to change my 32GB Sdcard into 64GB. Have anyone try external Sdcard 64GB yet? Will it work?

cyclonmaster said:
I'm out of space. interested to change my 32GB Sdcard into 64GB. Have anyone try external Sdcard 64GB yet? Will it work?
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it works i saw a forum member mention he was using one

I thought so too. No reason that there is a limitation that limit it to use 64GB. Ok, I'm going to purchase SDcard 64Gb and test it out. Hopefully it work.

Yes it works fine, I'm using a SanDisk Class 10 64GB Micro SDXC card and have 0 problems. Not sure why phones/tablets always have "upgradable to 32GB" as their system specs when a 64GB card works fiine

I'm glad to hear that. Waiting for my salary this friday. Going to add more space to my phone. A lot of games inside

Been using Sandisk 64gb non uhs 1 for a year now,i have a 2nd uhs 1 in its package still unopened from last years amazon sale got it for $39
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340063

It works. Just reformat the 64GB microSDXC into FAT32 as well, on the computer (as a physical drive) - the kernel and the firmware doesn't support exFAT. Sure, FAT32 is a pain in the a** but is the only quick way in.
P.S. BTW, if any Android devices can actually read and write to microSDHC, they have extremely good chance of unofficially supporting SDXC - the electrical pinouts are the same, even SDIO commands are the same between those two SD cards, the only difference is file system that's already preformatted. (4 - 2,048 MB SD - FAT16 / 4 - 32 GB SDHC - FAT32 / 64 - 2,048 GB SDXC - exFAT)
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Lollipop and microSD card

So i haven't upgraded yet to Lollipop, mainly because of memory issues.
I saw that in Lollipop you can transfer apps to microSD, so i was thinking of buying this one to replace my paltry class 4 16 mSD. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Class-UHS-1-SF32UX-TQ/dp/B007M4XQSK
i play a lot on my phone, so do you think i will encounter any performance issues if i transfer my games from internal memory to SD?

Playing games from microSD card shouldn't be a problem at all. Especially an UHS class microSD
But... the link you posted refers to SD card, not microSD, you won't be able to put in your phone

http://www.emag.ro/card-de-memorie-sony-micro-sdhc-32-gb-class-10-adaptor-sd-sr32uxa/pd/D9M2RBBBM/ -> this actually the one. i searched that one amazon for some reviews but in the rush i didnt see it wasnt microSD.
do microSD cards still come in FAT32 by default or can i reformat them to NTFS/exFAT?

admad said:
Playing games from microSD card shouldn't be a problem at all. Especially an UHS class microSD
But... the link you posted refers to SD card, not microSD, you won't be able to put in your phone
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You can move only apk to microsd, not the data or obb folder, so a memory card is not so useful.
sony developers said that in sony support blog.

fredcosta said:
You can move only apk to microsd, not the data or obb folder, so a memory card is not so useful.
sony developers said that in sony support blog.
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I use SanDisk Ultra 128GB UHS-I/Class 10 Micro SDXC with my Z3 Dual
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Memor...7459&sr=8-2-fkmr2&keywords=sandisk+128+gb+msd
and not only I move apps to sd card, I also move any large files there using foldermount
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount

czguy said:
I use SanDisk Ultra 128GB UHS-I/Class 10 Micro SDXC with my Z3 Dual
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Memor...7459&sr=8-2-fkmr2&keywords=sandisk+128+gb+msd
and not only I move apps to sd card, I also move any large files there using foldermount
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount
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ok. can you do this without root?

fredcosta said:
ok. can you do this without root?
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I can't imagine having un-rooted phone. It's just too much hassle to find workaround for every little thing.

125gb sd issue

Hey guys.
Iv got a new s7 loving it so far but want to use my 125gb sd card. Its works in my z4 tablet and old z5 but is undetected in the s7 iv tryed to format in the other device and in the pc to fat32 but still not detected.... any ideas

The S7 needs a card formatted exfat. It's another lousy, single-user, proprietary Microshaft format. If you format it on an old version of Windows you will not be able to format a card bigger than 64G. I don't remember where the cutoff is (i.e. which versions support which sizes). AFAIHR all filesystems formatted exfat are usable on any version of Winbloze.
If you format it in your phone I don't know if your z4 will be able to use it. Thank you screwgle and microshaft for continually choosing the most stupid, ineffective, non-standard, non-portable "technology" over all the free and portable alternatives.
BTW There is no such thing as a 125GB card.

Ah 128 sorry. So do i format to exFAT i read that android only read FAT.

midnightrider said:
The S7 needs a card formatted exfat. It's another lousy, single-user, proprietary Microshaft format. If you format it on an old version of Windows you will not be able to format a card bigger than 64G. I don't remember where the cutoff is (i.e. which versions support which sizes). AFAIHR all filesystems formatted exfat are usable on any version of Winbloze.
If you format it in your phone I don't know if your z4 will be able to use it. Thank you screwgle and microshaft for continually choosing the most stupid, ineffective, non-standard, non-portable "technology" over all the free and portable alternatives.
BTW There is no such thing as a 125GB card.
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Got my 32GB MicroSD card formatted to FAT32 working fine, another member did the exact same earlier today, FAT32 works fine

*Detection* said:
Got my 32GB MicroSD card formatted to FAT32 working fine, another member did the exact same earlier today, FAT32 works fine
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That's fine but we're talking about a 128G card and FAT32 is not appropriate. It won't support single files larger than 4G and has other issues. Ideally you should be using exfat with the S7 for the best performance and usability. Just a shame they didn't support native *NIX filesystems like EXT2/3/4 like they do for the internal filesystems. Would have solved a lot of problems like SD card permissions etc.
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dlevick said:
Ah 128 sorry. So do i format to exFAT i read that android only read FAT.
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Yes. exfat is the filesystem to use for SDXC cards with the S7.

midnightrider said:
That's fine but we're talking about a 128G card and FAT32 is not appropriate. It won't support single files larger than 4G and has other issues. Ideally you should be using exfat with the S7 for the best performance and usability. Just a shame they didn't support native *NIX filesystems like EXT2/3/4 like they do for the internal filesystems. Would have solved a lot of problems like SD card permissions etc.
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What other issues would FAT32 have? I know about the 4GB file size limit, that's not specific to 128GB cards, that's a limitation of the FAT32 FS itself

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What other issues would FAT32 have? I know about the 4GB file size limit, that's not specific to 128GB cards, that's a limitation of the FAT32 FS itself
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Yes, that's what I said. So why handicap yourself for no reason?
Here are a few discussions. exfat was designed for flash storage and does better at a few things than fat32 although it has a lot of the samr problems.
http://www.howtogeek.com/235596/whats-the-difference-between-fat32-exfat-and-ntfs/
http://ntfs.com/exfat-comparison.htm
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2801/exfat_versus_fat32_versus_ntfs/
http://www.flexense.com/fat32_exfat_ntfs_usb3_performance_comparison.html
Here are some more interesting articles about the financial incentives to use bad software like exfat, fat32, etc.
http://www.androidauthority.com/high-capacity-microsd-cards-android-gary-explains-690710/
http://www.androidauthority.com/microsoft-1-6bn-licenses-from-android-344218/
As far as the permissions go this is a decision by screwgle and aside from them roping themselves into using an inferior filesystem (exfat/fat32) I am not sure why they did it. As you noted in Marshmallow it is not a slam-dunk to access the SD card. Apparently Marshmallow and later has an API that must be used to access the SD card. Before Marshmallow apps could access it directly. I don't know why screwgle wanted to get the system to own the SD card since for adoptable storage they use a real filesystem (ext4) rather than the microtrash choices. fat32 doesn't support ACLs at all, exfat does but most of the OS that use it don't, so it doesn't really help. Why are you being roped off from your own SD card? You would have to ask the idiots that decided on that. There is an illuminating discussion of screwgle's dumb decisions relating to the SD card support but without knowing more it looks like a huge circle jerk.

Yea I removed the part of my post about MM permissions after re-reading you saying EXT2/3/4 would solve permissions errors, not exFAT
To be perfectly honest, I see no scenario where I would need files larger than 4GB on my external SD, I wouldn't be recording videos so huge they would surpass 4GB, and I assume Android is smart enough to split them if that would happen
There is nothing in any of those articles saying you can not format a 128GB MicroSD card to FAT32 and have it work in an Android phone, which is your argument here
Other than 4GB file sizes, there are no advantages of using exFAT over FAT32 for a MicroSD card in an Android phone
In fact it has more limitations of OS compatibility than FAT32 does
Not that most of this matters if you're just leaving it in the phone, so once again, other than 4GB file sizes, you said FAT32 has other issues, please tell us all about them without linking to more articles
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It won't support single files larger than 4G and has other issues.
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Yes, there are advantages as those articles show. There is a performance advantage that is probably very significant on embedded devices like phones and there is better management of a large number of small files. And exfat was designed specifically for flash storage where fat32 was not. If you intentionally limit yourself you often live to regret it. But not always
Edit: don't forget exfat is the default if you buy a new 128GB card and exfat is the default if you format a 128GB card in a Marshmallow phone. When you change the defaults you ought to be sure you know what you're doing. The defaults are usually chosen for some good reasons. But not always

Older device, but still...
Problem: exFAT FS media file issues with Android & 64GB MicroSD card
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/exfat-file-microsd-cards-t1698672
Solution: Format to FAT32
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27332700&postcount=13
Also (Although should be recognised with the S7 as long as the above media file issue doesn't raise it's head)
microSD card formatted exFAT
For the next two tests I used a 128GB SDXC microSD card. For the first test it was formatted as exFAT. I copied over some files and then tested the card in a range of different devices. Starting with what didn’t work, the SD card wasn’t recognized by the Xiaomi RedMi Note 2, the ZTE Star 2 nor the Elephone P6000. The latter two are running Android 4.4. KitKat.
However the card worked perfectly on a bunch of other Android devices including the Huawei P9, the Samsung Galaxy S7, the Huawei Mate 8, the Galaxy Note Edge, the Moto G (2015) running CM 12, the ASUS Zenfone 2, the OPPO F1 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo, and my Samsung Chromebook.
microSD card formatted FAT32
I changed the format of the microSD to FAT32 and tried the devices that didn’t previously recognize the card and the good news is that they worked! The Xiaomi RedMi Note 2, ZTE Star 2, and the Elephone P6000 all mounted the card and where able to read the files on it. As a side test, I reformatted the card again as exFAT an put it back into the Xiaomi RedMi Note 2. As before the card wasn’t recognized, however there was a option to reformat it. When I did the RedMi Note 2 reformatted it as FAT32 and it worked!
http://www.androidauthority.com/high-capacity-microsd-cards-android-gary-explains-690710/
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But what I am consistently seeing here, is FAT32 is the preferred FS for MicroSD cards in Android, the most compatible, and least issues with file support
The only advantage of exFAT is maximum file size support, but the trade off of other issues makes that a null point IMO