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Partition sd card help!!

Hello,
I have looked in all the help forums for patitioning a sd card but still no answer.
Does anyone know how to partition a sd card on VISTA?
Thanks for the info in advance.

ArmandHammer said:
Hello,
I have looked in all the help forums for patitioning a sd card but still no answer.
Does anyone know how to partition a sd card on VISTA?
Thanks for the info in advance.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=500387
this has been talked about over and over and over .. this is probably your best bet

LucidREM said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=500387
this has been talked about over and over and over .. this is probably your best bet
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Yeesh, not exactly the easiest answer but hey, what can you do? Windows seems to hate ext2 with a passion. Maybe I'll try to contact MartinFick and ask if I can include his script in my app so it can auto-partition the sd card for you.... Can't make any promises though, that's already sounding pretty daunting.

That would be awesome Marcus. I just called customer service for sandisk and he said you cant partition a micro sd card??? weird considering there are a lot of people who have already done this.
If you can get it into your program that would be awesome but i still cnt download anything on 5.0.1g

ArmandHammer said:
That would be awesome Marcus. I just called customer service for sandisk and he said you cant partition a micro sd card??? weird considering there are a lot of people who have already done this.
If you can get it into your program that would be awesome but i still cnt download anything on 5.0.1g
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Umm sandisk representative totally lied... They probably just didn't want you to do that so they won't have to deal with it if your card gets messed up.
On the app front, looks like it's not going to be incorporated for a while, I talked to the dev who wrote the sdsplit script and it apparently has trouble with micro-sd cards over 2GB, and isn't in a final enough state that I'd be comfortable putting it in(I'm trying to avoid bricking people's phones as much as possible).
Oh and Haykuro put up an update called 5.0.1gr2 that is a temp fix for the market issue.

This is weird. Everytime I post from my phone it says I have to wait 30 seconds to post then Iit posts it twice.

Ahh that makes sense. I was wondering what the 5.0.1gr2 version was. I am still on 5.0g because I never had problems with mms.
Marcus how or what program did you use to get the apps to sd?
Also what does your program actually do that is on the market?

Hey Marcus,
Yeah I was the one who discovered the issue with memory cards of over 2GB. Below 2GB it really does work like a charm. You should be able to just put a quick if/then statement that checks the size of the sdcard, and only runs the SD Card formatting for smaller cards.

ArmandHammer said:
I just called customer service
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There's your problem. When it comes to technology, 95% of the time the guy (or gal) on the other side of the line is reading from a script and doesn't know a partition from a file allocation table. Customer service exists for the most part to act as a crude filter for repairs and exchanges.
If your first instinct was to call customer service for the memory card manufacturer, maybe you should steer clear of apps-on-sd

paragon partition magic 9 did the trick. just did my 8gig last night on the demo version.

If your first instinct was to call customer service for the memory card manufacturer, maybe you should steer clear of apps-on-sd
- I have searched google and all around this site but i havent found a definint answer to doing the partition on vista.
It was defintly a last resort effort.
13bjunkie said:
paragon partition magic 9 did the trick. just did my 8gig last night on the demo version.
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Ill try that tonight. What was the site you downloaded that from??

I just partitioned my card, and did apps to sd, but when I installed wallpaper set and save, it failed, then I found it on my applications in setting tried to uninstall there but that failed how would I remove it with terminal.

if all else failed you can(as superuser) do "cd /system/sd/app" and then find the name of the apk for the app you're trying to uninstall and do "rm (name of the file)"

[email protected] said:
if all else failed you can(as superuser) do "cd /system/sd/app" and then find the name of the apk for the app you're trying to uninstall and do "rm (name of the file)"
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is said it cant cause its a stale nfs file handle

lol, crap that again? hmm I don't know what to do about it then...

[email protected] said:
lol, crap that again? hmm I don't know what to do about it then...
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Lol, well do you know another way of setting 320x480 wallpapers on the g1.

ICBM said:
Yeah I was the one who discovered the issue with memory cards of over 2GB. Below 2GB it really does work like a charm. You should be able to just put a quick if/then statement that checks the size of the sdcard, and only runs the SD Card formatting for smaller cards.
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If we really believe that is the only issue (size greater than 2GB), I might consider putting a check into sdsplit. Not sure how to reliably check that in the first place though?

New idea?
Hey guys, you made me think of a new suggestion on a way for users to create large FAT partitions on their phones, but it will require help, so I wrote it up here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505422

[Q] The truth about micro SD formatting??

So todays deal of the day offered a bunch of Sandisk cards, I ordered the 64g sdxc class 10 card which is in exfat formatting. Now, I have been reading over and over the same things about the correct format for our device, but no clear definitions on what the real deal is, just if there was any problem the answer was "format to fat32". Now its clearly stated that exfat is supported by our device, but other variants have apparently dropped this support on recent updates. That info is useless to me because all I care about is our variant. So what is the deal, keep the exfat format or convert to fat32? Not being able to move over 4gb would kind of be a pain, but obviously do not want issues. Does keeping in exfat have security risks of losing your info or not? I could care less about nandroids going on the card, so lets eliminate that issue which apparently calls for fat32. There are too many conflicting threads about this issue, so searching this toppic is pretty useless as its a bunch of single issues with no true ties to the fundemental truth. I really want some reliable info here as I have about an hour to cancel this order!!!

annoyingduck said:
So todays deal of the day offered a bunch of Sandisk cards, I ordered the 64g sdxc class 10 card which is in exfat formatting. Now, I have been reading over and over the same things about the correct format for our device, but no clear definitions on what the real deal is, just if there was any problem the answer was "format to fat32". Now its clearly stated that exfat is supported by our device, but other variants have apparently dropped this support on recent updates. That info is useless to me because all I care about is our variant. So what is the deal, keep the exfat format or convert to fat32? Not being able to move over 4gb would kind of be a pain, but obviously do not want issues. Does keeping in exfat have security risks of losing your info or not? I could care less about nandroids going on the card, so lets eliminate that issue which apparently calls for fat32. There are too many conflicting threads about this issue, so searching this toppic is pretty useless as its a bunch of single issues with no true ties to the fundemental truth. I really want some reliable info here as I have about an hour to cancel this order!!!
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exFat has to be supported by the kernel, so it depends on the kernel you're running. If it's not supported you'll have to use FAT32. It's as simple as that. (blame Microsoft)
I formatted mine to FAT32 as a kernel I wanted to try didn't support exFat. Haven't looked back since... It's not that big of a deal to me as 99% of my files are under 4GB, and the ones that are that size have no business being on my phone.

Simple truth, I love it......
Thanks for a solid answer. You have a preferred method for formatting to fat32?

annoyingduck said:
Simple truth, I love it......
Thanks for a solid answer. You have a preferred method for formatting to fat32?
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I used some miscellaneous formatting program I had installed for some reason, but the included Windows format tool does just fine.

annoyingduck said:
Simple truth, I love it......
Thanks for a solid answer. You have a preferred method for formatting to fat32?
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Yea phone will support extFat but some roms/kernels don't. And no recovery does. If you have files such as movies over 4GB put them on internal or compress a little. I will PM you the format app.

annoyingduck said:
Simple truth, I love it......
Thanks for a solid answer. You have a preferred method for formatting to fat32?
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Most of them work, but from what I've read the stand is SDFormatter from SDCard.org. This is the worldwide SDCard Association for setting industry memory card standards.

prdog1 said:
Yea phone will support extFat but some roms/kernels don't. And no recovery does. If you have files such as movies over 4GB put them on internal or compress a little. I will PM you the format app.
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Nice, thanks pr. If the only issue is the 4gb transfer, that's practically not an issue at all for me, lol.
The card will still be stable after formatting? I keep all my ti backups, media, zips, etc on it, would rather not have to copy to my computer as well if not needed. I've not yet experienced a card "crashing", and don't want too either...

annoyingduck said:
Nice, thanks pr. If the only issue is the 4gb transfer, that's practically not an issue at all for me, lol.
The card will still be stable after formatting? I keep all my ti backups, media, zips, etc on it, would rather not have to copy to my computer as well if not needed. I've not yet experienced a card "crashing", and don't want too either...
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They had some bad ones in the beginning from the reports but I have had same card since phone pre-order release with no problems using TWRP.

thanksss

David_mclaren said:
thanksss
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Is it possible to partition a SD card for my phone so that I can enjoy both worlds on the same device?

use this program...
http://db.tt/s0jAvdQ7

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.
moejoe88 said:
Thanks for the heads up on that.
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You're welcome!

[Q] SD Card removed unexpectedly??

Anyone getting this error? SD Card removed unexpectedly?
I put the External SD Card I used in my Galaxy S3 for 2 years into new Xperia Z3 and within 10 minutes I was getting this error.
Removed card and formatted it. Put card back in and within a couple of minutes the same error?
Unsure what to do at this stage. I will try another card and see how that goes but I never had a single issue with that SD Card in the GS3 for 2 years.
It's a SanDisk SD Card. 32GB.

UBIQUE
Are you sure it is inserted all the way in? It has to sort of click into place.

gregbradley said:
UBIQUE
Are you sure it is inserted all the way in? It has to sort of click into place.
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I'm sure!!
I've put another card in since the OP. Different brand (Transcend). That seems to be working OK.
Possibly just an issue with the SanDisk but as I said it dos work perfectly in my older GS3

G1032 said:
I'm sure!!
I've put another card in since the OP. Different brand (Transcend). That seems to be working OK.
Possibly just an issue with the SanDisk but as I said it dos work perfectly in my older GS3
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Not sure then about that then, but if you have another one that works its problem fixed.
OT
Are you RA?

gregbradley said:
Not sure then about that then, but if you have another one that works its problem fixed.
OT
Are you RA?
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RA?

G1032 said:
RA?
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With a name like G1032 I suspect British Army and with your avatar I suspect Royal Artillery (RA)

same issue but resolved by changed to a new samsung evo sdcard.
i believe my previous card is good but only not compatible

I've had similar issues on low end phones, but not high end ones. Could be a software bug in 4.4.4 since I have seen this happen on a few phones. Then again, could be SD Card corrupt issues and you may want to get it replaced.

Same here. Has happened 2x in a week.
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gregbradley said:
With a name like G1032 I suspect British Army and with your avatar I suspect Royal Artillery (RA)
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Ah.
No not RA. Just random numbers I picked a couple of years ago!!

Found a resolution to this.
Did two things, but don't know which one solved it.
Reformatted card to exFat and also stuck a small thin label to the back of the card to increase overall thickness of the card to make certain it stayed in place. 14 or so hours now without issue.