[Q] No EXT4 support on Stock 4.4.4? - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there would be great to know why there seems to be no ext4-support for the external SDCard?
Thought due to the used Linux-Kernel there would be support for ext3/ext4 out of the box, but my SDCard has to be reformatted to exFAT after i put it in.
Is there some reason why this is the case?
The SDCard is a 64gb Sandisk.
Thanks!

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[Q] What filesystem to use for my microsd card

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.
Regards
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?

[Q] micro SD card exfat

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?

is the stock 4.3 kernel has exFAT Support?

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

[Q] what file systems does vivid support? (and will it mount 128gb msdxc in future?)

does vivid support cifs, fuse and exfat? I need to mount smb share on my new smartphone, so I look for devices which can install cifs or fuse kernel module (or have it in kernel)
I see that sultan kernel support ntfs with writing.. wery well
and how do you think, can vivid mount newest 128gb micro sd? or just SD (not micro)?)) for example, my brothers wife uses 128gb transcend SD card on SGS4 i9500 via SD -> microSD adapter, such as http://www.buyincoins.com/details/usb-2-0-micro-sd-microsd-tf-t-flash-memory-high-speed-card-reader-01-miniusb-product-620.html . Now she has 64gb internal + 128gb sd memory with a LOT of music

Is it possible to format external SD card other than FAT32?

Hi,
I've stock ICS (rooted, with Kowalski kernel M1) on my P990. I've a 32GB SD card, and I wonder if I can mount it automatically with ext4, NTFS of exFAT file system. Currently it only accepts FAT32, anything else will be unmounted automatically.
almos.dinnyes said:
Hi,
I've stock ICS (rooted, with Kowalski kernel M1) on my P990. I've a 32GB SD card, and I wonder if I can mount it automatically with ext4, NTFS of exFAT file system. Currently it only accepts FAT32, anything else will be unmounted automatically.
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I know for sure that NTFS does not work.
eXFATshould work... You should check if there are patches for this.
Is your current card with Fat 32 working with Windows PC, this will check if your card is not out of order.

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