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
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I need to get a 13.2GB file on a 16GB microSD card I have that's manufactured formatted to FAT32. I could format it to exFAT in Windows 7 to get around FAT32 4GB file transfer limitation but I'm not sure if the Nook will be able to read a microSD card formatted in exFAT.
Have anyone attempted before?
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?
Can i use this memory card in MOTO G 2014 (XT 1068).Stock 5.0.2 ROM (Stock Kernel, Not rooted) ? Anyone used it in MOTO G 2014?
Do i have to format it via phone?
Model : Sandisk Ultra microSDHC UHS-I 64GB Class 10 Memory Card
http://www.sandisk.in/products/memory-cards/microsd/ultra-30mbs-for-android/?capacity=64GB
Should work,I use a sandisk too. I´ve tried three different 64 gb-cards and they all work. Format in Fat32.
should i format it via phone or pc?
JOYGR said:
should i format it via phone or pc?
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I have a similar card (mine is a sandisk extreme 64GB UHS-I/U3). When I got it it was formatted as EXFAT. Windows would not reformat to FAT32 because of size (it would start, then fail. Oh Windows...). I plugged the card into my phone and the phone offered to format it. I said yes and it formatted to FAT32 it in a few seconds. It has been working fine ever since (about a month). So yes, the phone will format it fine.
thanks
JOYGR said:
should i format it via phone or pc?
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MikeyTG said:
I have a similar card (mine is a sandisk extreme 64GB UHS-I/U3). When I got it it was formatted as EXFAT. Windows would not reformat to FAT32 because of size (it would start, then fail. Oh Windows...).
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Windows is only capable of formatting fat32 with max partition size of 32GB.
That restriction was introduced to force the use of NTFS.
You can use EaseUS Partition Master for partition size higher than 32GB.
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
I'd like to remove my external SD card and use my Linux (RHEL/CentOS) workstation to copy files to and from it. The card has not been encrypted and is 6¤ GB in size.
Unfortunately the workstation did not recognize the file format, Solid Explorer on the tablet does not tell me which file system is used and Googling suggests it may be a special flash file system suitable for SD cards, presumably not available on desktop Linux distributions.
Does anyone have information?
Probably exfat.
Diskinfo will tell you what it is.
Should be FAT or exFAT
Thank you, have downloaded DiskInfo from the Play Store to my phones but not yet to the tablet. I know RHEL/CentOS has drivers for MSDOS (FAT) and vFAT but do not know about exFAT.
hga89 said:
Thank you, have downloaded DiskInfo from the Play Store to my phones but not yet to the tablet. I know RHEL/CentOS has drivers for MSDOS (FAT) and vFAT but do not know about exFAT.
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It is definitely exfat and it is an exfat flavor that can't be duplicated on Windows according to Microsloth. Although you should be able to read/write the card from a Windows PC do not try to format it on a PC. The M/S exfat format does not handle large filesystem cards.
You can read/write and I think format the card (if needed) from Linux using exfat-fuse. I built it from source the other day, took all of three minutes. Good stuff!
Depending on your package manager you should be able to search on exfat or fuse and find the drivers.
BTW I did some experimenting with card filesystems since the internal memory is supposedly ext4. I formatted a memory card ext3 and the S7 couldn't read it.
Would have been nice to have a standard portable filesystem available instead of having to use something proprietary that google has to pay Microslop for.
midnightrider said:
It is definitely exfat and it is an exfat flavor that can't be duplicated on Windows according to Microsloth. Although you should be able to read/write the card from a Windows PC do not try to format it on a PC. The M/S exfat format does not handle large filesystem cards.
You can read/write and I think format the card (if needed) from Linux using exfat-fuse. I built it from source the other day, took all of three minutes. Good stuff!
Depending on your package manager you should be able to search on exfat or fuse and find the drivers.
BTW I did some experimenting with card filesystems since the internal memory is supposedly ext4. I formatted a memory card ext3 and the S7 couldn't read it.
Would have been nice to have a standard portable filesystem available instead of having to use something proprietary that google has to pay Microslop for.
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Have had no issues formatting 64gb sd cards as exFAT in Windows. I see no reason why it wouldn't be compatible.
It's a Windows format that has been incorporated to work on Samsung Android devices.
As for Google I don't think exfat is yet natively supported on AOSP unless it's been added recently.
You were right, a small SD card used VFAT while a 64 GB card used exFAT. The former can be read natively on RHEL/CentOS and there are third-party drivers for the latter.
Thank you, DiskInfo looks like a very nice utility.