Hello. I want to be able to copy files bigger than 4GB to my microsd card. It is currently formatted with FAT32 file system. Any idea if I can use NTFS for example? I need to be able to copy large video files (.mkv), and I need to find a way to do that.
I believe that exFAT will work withour any problems.
Akiainavas said:
I believe that exFAT will work withour any problems.
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And this will work on my Andoid 2.3.6 SGN? Can someone confirm that? Is there anyone who uses exFAT on his SGN?
Anyone who uses exFAT on his SGN?
my SGN works with 16gb exFAT, 16gb FAT32, 16gb FAT but not 16gb NTFS.
i read on xda that the SGN needs to be rooted with a custom kernel to use NTFS microsd.
mohammedfariz said:
my SGN works with 16gb exFAT, 16gb FAT32, 16gb FAT but not 16gb NTFS.
i read on xda that the SGN needs to be rooted with a custom kernel to use NTFS microsd.
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How you made it working with exFAT?
As far as I know exFAT isn't working on the stock SGN.
I had to format my 64 GB SDXC (which is exFAT, preformatted) in the SGN to get it working.
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thor2001 said:
As far as I know exFAT isn't working on the stock SGN.
I had to format my 64 GB SDXC (which is exFAT, preformatted) in the SGN to get it working.
Regards
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And you have formatted it using FAT32 right?
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Hello guys!
I have 16GB micro SD card and I can't put a movie larger than 4 GB.
my card is formatted as fat32, but I've managed to install paragon+ and mount ntfs card but I still can't copy file larger than 4GB.
Or to be more precise, I can save file via PC on SD card, but all applications don't recognize file.
I have tried with both 4.1.1 and 4.1.2
Does anyone know how to solve this?
paragon didn't mount exfat.
oskreso said:
Hello guys!
I have 16GB micro SD card and I can't put a movie larger than 4 GB.
my card is formatted as fat32, but I've managed to install paragon+ and mount ntfs card but I still can't copy file larger than 4GB.
Or to be more precise, I can save file via PC on SD card, but all applications don't recognize file.
I have tried with both 4.1.1 and 4.1.2
Does anyone know how to solve this?
paragon didn't mount exfat.
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It's an android limitation. Android has not NTFS support out of the box. I was sure it supported exFAT (our big brother does AFAIK) but after formatting my 16 GB class 10 SDcard my phone didn't recognize it anymore So, FAT32 and no 4GB+ files
However there's a good chance CyanogenMod supports these file systems (at least exFAT) out of the box
oskreso said:
Hello guys!
I have 16GB micro SD card and I can't put a movie larger than 4 GB.
my card is formatted as fat32, but I've managed to install paragon+ and mount ntfs card but I still can't copy file larger than 4GB.
Or to be more precise, I can save file via PC on SD card, but all applications don't recognize file.
I have tried with both 4.1.1 and 4.1.2
Does anyone know how to solve this?
paragon didn't mount exfat.
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Get a live USB stick for any Linux distro and try saving it that way.
AW: [Q] micro SD card exfat
It should be possible to reformat the card as ext2/3/4. Android would support it natively. The only issue would be for Windows users to install a kind of driver to use it.
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rarog said:
It should be possible to reformat the card as ext2/3/4. Android would support it natively. The only issue would be for Windows users to install a kind of driver to use it.
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Already tried that and it's not working.
blackknightavalon said:
Get a live USB stick for any Linux distro and try saving it that way.
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I've solved it.
I've formatted 16 GB SD drive half as fat32 and half as ext4, and then i've made a script to mount ext4 to /mnt/storage3 folder.
Now I can dowbload torrents larger than 4GB.
@oskreso, can you share the script?
I wantto Format my sdcard to exfat... yes or no ？
a546109781 said:
I wantto Format my sdcard to exfat... yes or no ？
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To use link2SD yes 4.3 Supports it I think
Actually I am 4.2 and tried Ext3 didn't work but Ext2 and Fat32 Work fine
a546109781 said:
I wantto Format my sdcard to exfat... yes or no ？
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All cards 32gb or less (SDHC cards) come formatted in Fat32.(Part of SDHC spec) This includes a file limit of 4gb max for a single file.
All cards 64gb or more (SDXC cards which the XZR supports) come preformatted in exFat (Part of SDXC spec). This does not have a 4gb file limitation.
The stock Sony Firmware supports exFat. (I bought a 64gb SDXD formatted with exFat and plugged it in and worked right away). Most recoveries do to. (TWRP does at least).
However, I flashed CM11 onto my XZR. CM11 does _NOT_ support exFat. Initially I backed up and reformatted my card in Fat32. Angry with the 4gb file limitation (I have many 720p and 1080p movies over 4gb..) I actually took the microSD card out, used a adapter and hooked it up to a Linux system (Ubuntu 13.10 in my case) and used gParted to format the card to EXT4 filesystem. EXT4 is a filesystem most Linux machines use and support natively. This is actually the filesystem most newer Android device use for their internal SDCard / Data partitions! I popped the card back in, CM11 reads it perfectly! And I was able to copy files over 4gb to the device!
So its not a hardware thing since the XZR is SDXC compatible. Just formatting / partition time issue.
Just my 2 Cents.
akash4357 said:
All cards 32gb or less (SDHC cards) come formatted in Fat32.(Part of SDHC spec) This includes a file limit of 4gb max for a single file.
All cards 64gb or more (SDXC cards which the XZR supports) come preformatted in exFat (Part of SDXC spec). This does not have a 4gb file limitation.
The stock Sony Firmware supports exFat. (I bought a 64gb SDXD formatted with exFat and plugged it in and worked right away). Most recoveries do to. (TWRP does at least).
However, I flashed CM10.1 onto my XZR. CM10.2 does _NOT_ support exFat. Initially I backed up and reformatted my card in Fat32. Angry with the 4gb file limitation (I have many 720p and 1080p movies over 4gb..) I actually took the microSD card out, used a adapter and hooked it up to a Linux system (Ubuntu 13.10 in my case) and used gParted to format the card to EXT4 filesystem. EXT4 is a filesystem most Linux machines use and support natively. This is actually the filesystem most newer Android device use for their internal SDCard / Data partitions! I popped the card back in, CM10.2 reads it perfectly! And I was able to copy files over 4gb to the device!
So its not a hardware thing since the XZR is SDXC compatible. Just formatting / partition time issue.
Just my 2 Cents.
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thank you try now
So Far I can only get 32 GB with stock configuration.
aviwdoowks said:
So Far I can only get 32 GB with stock configuration.
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Your media may be formatted as ntfs or ex-fat and I think the stock kernel only supports fat32. Since you are rooted, you could try Stickmount from the Play store. It supports ntfs and ex-fat formatted media. I can mount my external 750Gb hard disk formatted with ntfs file system and it works perfectly for read/write/stream.
I just got a 64GB Class10 sdcard from Sandisk and it came preformated as exFAT.
I can't format it to FAT32 somehow, I'm only given the option s NFTS and exFAT.
Using Formatting Tools like guiformat.exe are giving me GetLastError()=32...
My Question now would be, would you recommend just using exFAT instead of FAT32?
The Z3C is the only device I own and is on 5.0.2 Stock Rooted.
Thanks in advance, great community!
http://www.partitionwizard.com/
abclpz said:
I just got a 64GB Class10 sdcard from Sandisk and it came preformated as exFAT.
I can't format it to FAT32 somehow, I'm only given the option s NFTS and exFAT.
Using Formatting Tools like guiformat.exe are giving me GetLastError()=32...
My Question now would be, would you recommend just using exFAT instead of FAT32?
The Z3C is the only device I own and is on 5.0.2 Stock Rooted.
Thanks in advance, great community!
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http://www.partitionwizard.com/ I usin it since 2010.
Just use exFAT, I think FAT32 is limited and cannot handle the larger size. I've been using exFAT sincei gut my 64gb card when they first came out
SymbianRefugee said:
Just use exFAT, I think FAT32 is limited and cannot handle the larger size. I've been using exFAT sincei gut my 64gb card when they first came out
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It is limitated but it is possible. Have a external hdd 80gb formatted in fat32.never tried it with micro sd card.
basti2909 said:
It is limitated but it is possible. Have a external hdd 80gb formatted in fat32.never tried it with micro sd card.
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You're right, gosh that takes me back. The old windows 95 and 98 machines could only take up to an 80GB HDD for this reason but then who would every use 80GB? That's HEAPS!
SymbianRefugee said:
You're right, gosh that takes me back. The old windows 95 and 98 machines could only take up to an 80GB HDD for this reason but then who would every use 80GB? That's HEAPS!
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I had the 80gb on my car radio a while ago for the complete music collection xD
Does the s2 support NTFS SD cards?
No, but you can compile support into the kernel. It's under File System -> NTFS Support in 'make menuconfig'. I'll probably release my kernel soon.
Just for the record: It does support ExFAT.
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Just for the record: It does support ExFAT.
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I was thinking along the same lines, for what reason would you format an sdcard to NTFS for use in Android? It'll cause no end of issues.
ashyx said:
I was thinking along the same lines, for what reason would you format an sdcard to NTFS for use in Android? It'll cause no end of issues.
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Maybe he thinks he'll get better transfer speeds with NTFS?
ExFat. That's grand for HD contents. Can I format to ExFat with the s2 or is a PC necessary?
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ExFat. That's grand for HD contents. Can I format to ExFat with the s2 or is a PC necessary?
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Go into storage settings and select format. Most already come formatted exFAT.
You sure, it will format to ExFat and not Fat32?
Also, can the s2 read ExFat and/or NTFS via OTG?
I currently use NTFS SD cards for HD content on my Nvidia Shield tablet (no root).
Niii4 said:
You sure, it will format to ExFat and not Fat32?
Also, can the s2 read ExFat and/or NTFS via OTG?
I currently use NTFS SD cards for HD content on my Nvidia Shield tablet (no root).
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Yep, any large capacity memory cards are formatted to exFat and almost always come formatted as such.
The kernel has native support for exFAT.