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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?

[Q] Maximum SD card size for O4XHD

Hi Everyone
Could someone tell me what's the biggest SD card size allowed to use in Optimus 4XHD ?

Umbardacil said:
Hi Everyone
Could someone tell me what's the biggest SD card size allowed to use in Optimus 4XHD ?
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i've seen someone using new sandisk 128gb, works fine on our device, he just had to reformat it
edit:
here we go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2677677

Thanks for your answer.
I read somewhere - don't remember where unfortunately, that SD Cards above 32GB (SDXC?) needs to be formated in FAT32. Is that what you mean? I've heard too, that some custom ROMs requires some other SD Card partition - extSD or something. Then when I'll format new card in FAT32 is it still possible to flash custom ROMs and will they handle this card?
Thanks in advance for your answer

Umbardacil said:
Thanks for your answer.
I read somewhere - don't remember where unfortunately, that SD Cards above 32GB (SDXC?) needs to be formated in FAT32. Is that what you mean? I've heard too, that some custom ROMs requires some other SD Card partition - extSD or something. Then when I'll format new card in FAT32 is it still possible to flash custom ROMs and will they handle this card?
Thanks in advance for your answer
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i think that fat32 format will work for sure both on stock and on custom roms, but exfat needs additional drivers which are not present for stock, so will only work on (most) custom roms.

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.

NTFS SD card support?

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.

edisso10018 said:
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?

Niii4 said:
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.