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A solution to S4 Internal Storage Issue

I've seen a lot of ppl complaining about the storage capacity lately on the S4, it is understandable for us to install best looking games which takes up a lot of space and in less than you know it your internal storage will be full, it happened to me once.
I've found a solution to this, since apps cannot be normally store in external sd card well normally your sd card would solve this, but I've found an app called "FolderMount" for free on the play store, what this will do is move and mount the games/apk data from your internal to your external card being able to store many apps/games in the external card while having the internal sd card free of space.
Hopefully this will help some people out there struggling with internal space.
P.s. : This app of course requires root.
Also if you knew this, is ok don't spam me lol I'm just trying to help out some1 who might have this issue, thanks.
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Rasmux said:
I've seen a lot of ppl complaining about the storage capacity lately on the S4, it is understandable for us to install best looking games which takes up a lot of space and in less than you know it your internal storage will be full, it happened to me once.
I've found a solution to this, since apps cannot be normally store in external sd card well normally your sd card would solve this, but I've found an app called "FolderMount" for free on the play store, what this will do is move and mount the games/apk data from your internal to your external card being able to store many apps/games in the external card while having the internal sd card free of space.
Hopefully this will help some people out there struggling with internal space.
P.s. : This app of course requires root.
Also if you knew this, is ok don't spam me lol I'm just trying to help out some1 who might have this issue, thanks.
Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 2
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No spam. There's a how to on foldermount AND link2sd written by me in my sig.

rawintellect said:
No spam. There's a how to on foldermount AND link2sd written by me in my sig.
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I don't see your sig, and I couldn't get link2sd working on this device!

gershee said:
I don't see your sig, and I couldn't get link2sd working on this device!
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go here

I paid for this app last week. It works great!
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I am waiting for the possibility of a sprint 32gb s4 because my upgrade date is June 1. I suppose those of you that already have a s4 would have gotten a 32gb knowing then what you know now? What are your thoughts? Apply this hack or play the wait and see game for a larger capacity s4? I am fairly certain sprint won't carry the 64gb, but I'm hoping they will eventually get the 32. If they don't, then maybe I will wait and see what the note 3 is all about.

oscarthegrouch said:
I am waiting for the possibility of a sprint 32gb s4 because my upgrade date is June 1. I suppose those of you that already have a s4 would have gotten a 32gb knowing then what you know now? What are your thoughts? Apply this hack or play the wait and see game for a larger capacity s4? I am fairly certain sprint won't carry the 64gb, but I'm hoping they will eventually get the 32. If they don't, then maybe I will wait and see what the note 3 is all about.
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Not for $100 more, I wouldn't have. The hacks works well enough for me. The only app I've used it on though is Google Music. The rest of my apps/data etc only come out to 3.44GB of system storage so far, music comes to up 10GB on 16GB (aka 14.83GB) SD card, so for me the 32GB version is not worth the extra cost. Additionally, because I run Linux I've been having a ton of problems with the MTP connectivity even after installing the "Google-made" packages specifically for Android devices. It's easier to transfer items by removing the SD card and inserting it, than trying to connect and transfer items using the MTP connection.

screwdestiny said:
Not for $100 more, I wouldn't have. The hacks works well enough for me. The only app I've used it on though is Google Music. The rest of my apps/data etc only come out to 3.44GB of system storage so far, music comes to up 10GB on 16GB (aka 14.83GB) SD card, so for me the 32GB version is not worth the extra cost. Additionally, because I run Linux I've been having a ton of problems with the MTP connectivity even after installing the "Google-made" packages specifically for Android devices. It's easier to transfer items by removing the SD card and inserting it, than trying to connect and transfer items using the MTP connection.
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I'm running linux as well and I don't have any problems connecting my phone to PC via USB cable.
What distro are you running?
I'm on 64bit Linux Mint14 cinnamon.
I had some connectivity issues wit my S3 with previous versions of linux but Mint14 took care of it and S4 is connecting just fine as well.

agat63 said:
I'm running linux as well and I don't have any problems connecting my phone to PC via USB cable.
What distro are you running?
I'm on 64bit Linux Mint14 cinnamon.
I had some connectivity issues wit my S3 with previous versions of linux but Mint14 took care of it and S4 is connecting just fine as well.
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Ahhh, I'm still on Mint 13. Guess I'll make sure to update to Mint 15 since it's just around the corner! Thanks.

agat63 said:
I'm running linux as well and I don't have any problems connecting my phone to PC via USB cable.
What distro are you running?
I'm on 64bit Linux Mint14 cinnamon.
I had some connectivity issues wit my S3 with previous versions of linux but Mint14 took care of it and S4 is connecting just fine as well.
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Same here, Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon with no issues. And I also would not drop another $100 for more internal storage
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I've got a 64gb sdxc in my e4gt just waiting to be utilized in a s4. I might give it until July or August to see of they ever get the 32's out. It's a given 64's won't come stateside. I'm not saying anyone is wrong but I highly doubt 16 to 32 will be a 100 dollar jump. Maybe, I'm guessing, 50 at the most. Anything over 300 is my limit for upgrade price unless it's a spectacular piece of hardware. Just a wait and see game as usual. I'm afraid the active will be different enough to not be popular enough for the dev scene to have root and recovery, let alone having much of a selection of after market stuff like batteries and cases. I want protection of a case for extended batteries like the e4gt. I hope someone offers a decent tpu case for the bigger battery too. I saw a pic of the battery cover for the big battery for the s4 and it wreaks of crappy quality. Thin and ugly. I also know another alternative could be getting a second OEM battery with external charger. Just swap out when needed. Has anyone determined the hooks on the body and cover are like the s3 in which they need to be snapped together in a certain order, lest it damages the snaps? I never had a s3 but did see the video about how easy it is to damage the cover if installed incorrectly.

oscarthegrouch said:
I've got a 64gb sdxc in my e4gt just waiting to be utilized in a s4. I might give it until July or August to see of they ever get the 32's out. It's a given 64's won't come stateside. I'm not saying anyone is wrong but I highly doubt 16 to 32 will be a 100 dollar jump. Maybe, I'm guessing, 50 at the most. Anything over 300 is my limit for upgrade price unless it's a spectacular piece of hardware. Just a wait and see game as usual. I'm afraid the active will be different enough to not be popular enough for the dev scene to have root and recovery, let alone having much of a selection of after market stuff like batteries and cases. I want protection of a case for extended batteries like the e4gt. I hope someone offers a decent tpu case for the bigger battery too. I saw a pic of the battery cover for the big battery for the s4 and it wreaks of crappy quality. Thin and ugly. I also know another alternative could be getting a second OEM battery with external charger. Just swap out when needed. Has anyone determined the hooks on the body and cover are like the s3 in which they need to be snapped together in a certain order, lest it damages the snaps? I never had a s3 but did see the video about how easy it is to damage the cover if installed incorrectly.
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Ive got an extra battery for the s4 with the battery charger and I gotta tell you I burn this phone's battery badly but I dont reach over 2 batteries in one day maximun I had was 50% left when I got home on the second battery I think is a better deal cuz all that bulk kinda looks ewww lol
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I don't care about the hump on the back as long as I have a good tpu case on it.

Im a n00b. And i really need your help. HTC Desire 626.

Hi all, and a happy multicultural Easter to you too
I'm having from what I can make out, a problem that googling has so far not been able to solve. I've had a read through a few threads on here too and come up short.
Firstly the hardware.
HTC desire 626 (not desire x or desire s etc, just desire 626!!)
Running Android 5.1
Network is EE (UK)
16gb on board storage
Additional 16gb micro SD card
PlayStation 3 500gb (new shape)
Latest PlayStation firmware/software.
Currently no internet in the house as if having fibre put on in 9 days.
Right. On to the problem.
Basically, like all the HTC's I've owned, I want to be able to plug in my phone via USB to the ps3, and watch , or copy over my films, pics, music etc.
Sounds simple? Yeah that's what I thought too.
When I plug it in, it charges etc, but the mount media menu in the menu you dr
I basically can't mount my phone on my PC
I'm told that Rooting my phone, and installing a custom OS (rom?)
But I havnt got a clue what to it, and even reading some guide I'm a bit lost.
Can anyone help guide me through it? It's my brand new baby, and such an awesome phone in all other aspects. I'll buy you a big box of cadburys roses.

Nobody?
Pretty please?

Is Nokia 7 plus still worth to buy

I want to buy a new phone and I know that 7 plus is one of best option in my country Egypt right now (4555 egp = 261.75$) and the things that i was think have the same price Realme 2 pro and Mi A2
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9058&idPhone2=9140&idPhone3=9345#diff-*,mi-a2
and I think it's the best option right now and has a positive reviews so what do you think about it and what is Negatives about it and what about the pie update because I hear you talk about problems after the update
Thank you so much guys

ahmedvip2008 said:
I want to buy a new phone and I know that 7 plus is one of best option in my country Egypt right now (4555 egp = 261.75$) and the things that i was think have the same price Realme 2 pro and Mi A2
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9058&idPhone2=9140&idPhone3=9345#diff-*,mi-a2
and I think it's the best option right now and has a positive reviews so what do you think about it and what is Negatives about it and what about the pie update because I hear you talk about problems after the update
Thank you so much guys
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It depends what you are looking for.
Im a happy N7+ user, will keep the phone at least 2 more years. Running on pie, zero problems, battery up to 48 hours.
I just dont play games. A lot of photos (thanks GCam) , social, internet, i like the Android 1 concept. Now its price is dropped i think its a good deal.
For the Mi A2 i can just tell you build quality is not comparable with the N7+ and i read about the screen, if you wear sunglasses you cant see it well.
About the Rεalme, test the OS ... i come from EMUI and MIUI and still prefer stock android one.

Tomar777 said:
It depends what you are looking for.
Im a happy N7+ user, will keep the phone at least 2 more years. Running on pie, zero problems, battery up to 48 hours.
I just dont play games. A lot of photos (thanks GCam) , social, internet, i like the Android 1 concept. Now its price is dropped i think its a good deal.
For the Mi A2 i can just tell you build quality is not comparable with the N7+ and i read about the screen, if you wear sunglasses you cant see it well.
About the Rεalme, test the OS ... i come from EMUI and MIUI and still prefer stock android one.
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I also prefer android 1 but i hear about problems in charge , what about that
https://community.phones.nokia.com/...lus-usb-c-charging-port-fail-in-build-quality
and do you think it's a good deal or wait for something like mi a3 or pocophone 2 or something
I am also change my phone every 2-3 years

there are cases that report this problem and other little things now and then, its true.
But i think the majority doesn't have them, and since you buy a new device you have warranty, so if something comes up you bring it back and demand a repair.

I too have zero problem with Pie (no charging/battery/wifi/bt/usb/screen problem which you can read from some peoples here in some n7p threads)...
Only problem is no officially way for unlock bootloader, but if you buy with nonupdated (security <= august) and you dont install ota, is possible unofficially unlock (payed service(generating signature file based on your imei/sn) per 4$ and you unlock it with this file)...
Device with newer update is need downgrade before unlocking (another payed service 6$? Is need remote to ypur pc with vonnected phone)

ahmedvip2008 said:
I want to buy a new phone and I know that 7 plus is one of best option in my country Egypt right now (4555 egp = 261.75$) and the things that i was think have the same price Realme 2 pro and Mi A2
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9058&idPhone2=9140&idPhone3=9345#diff-*,mi-a2
and I think it's the best option right now and has a positive reviews so what do you think about it and what is Negatives about it and what about the pie update because I hear you talk about problems after the update
Thank you so much guys
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The phone is from late 2018 it's not even half a year old so I don't understand what you mean with 'still' worth. I come from a Droid Turbo (XT1254) and I spend around a week to carefully select the right phone, I also did this when I made the decission for the 7+.
The upsides in daily experiences:
Battery lasting (disable the Evenwell batterysaver for more durance),
Camera (on gcam it's crazy good quality)
Speed
Sound (loud and good)
Memory slot
The downsides I have discovered:
USB-C connection (could also be dirt, or the cable)
Screen is no amoled, and in sunlight performs like most devices
After rooting, not that much mods as I am used to like Droid Turbo
I am very happy with this device, it's a very good follow up to my Droid Turbo although I miss the IR-sensors that Motorola put on the Droid Turbo. At meetings it was like "how did you do that" when I wave to see the incoming messages. It was fun

ahmedvip2008 said:
I want to buy a new phone and I know that 7 plus is one of best option in my country Egypt right now (4555 egp = 261.75$) and the things that i was think have the same price Realme 2 pro and Mi A2
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9058&idPhone2=9140&idPhone3=9345#diff-*,mi-a2
and I think it's the best option right now and has a positive reviews so what do you think about it and what is Negatives about it and what about the pie update because I hear you talk about problems after the update
Thank you so much guys
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Very happy with the phone also.
No issues on Pie.
Min. 2 days battery (no gaming, YouTube or Facebook).
If this phone would have been smaller (like 5.6" pixel 3) it would have been perfect.
Xiaomi phones are cheap, but with a reason.
Not sure about realme, but Android one is worth it.
Good luck.

If you don't use NFC, buy Redmi Note 7 (Pro).

k3dar7 said:
I too have zero problem with Pie (no charging/battery/wifi/bt/usb/screen problem which you can read from some peoples here in some n7p threads)...
Only problem is no officially way for unlock bootloader, but if you buy with nonupdated (security <= august) and you dont install ota, is possible unofficially unlock (payed service(generating signature file based on your imei/sn) per 4$ and you unlock it with this file)...
Device with newer update is need downgrade before unlocking (another payed service 6$? Is need remote to ypur pc with vonnected phone)
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What is the benefit for unlocking bootloader is it for root or something else?

M_w_B said:
The phone is from late 2018 it's not even half a year old so I don't understand what you mean with 'still' worth. I come from a Droid Turbo (XT1254) and I spend around a week to carefully select the right phone, I also did this when I made the decission for the 7+.
The upsides in daily experiences:
Battery lasting (disable the Evenwell batterysaver for more durance),
Camera (on gcam it's crazy good quality)
Speed
Sound (loud and good)
Memory slot
The downsides I have discovered:
USB-C connection (could also be dirt, or the cable)
Screen is no amoled, and in sunlight performs like most devices
After rooting, not that much mods as I am used to like Droid Turbo
I am very happy with this device, it's a very good follow up to my Droid Turbo although I miss the IR-sensors that Motorola put on the Droid Turbo. At meetings it was like "how did you do that" when I wave to see the incoming messages. It was fun
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yeah the N7+ is released in march 2018 and now we are in 2018 so its one year old now
and there is other devices in nokia like nokia 6.1 plus(3,900egp = 224.45usd) , nokia 7.1(5000egp=287.75usd), nokia 8.1(5990egp=344.73usd)
yeah nokia 6.1 and 7.1 lower than 7+ put 8.1 is higer in cpu
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9178&idPhone2=9354&idPhone3=9342#diff-61-plus,*,*
the other thing i want ask about what do you mean by that down side (USB-C connection (could also be dirt, or the cable)) because I don't get it
Thanks

XunSuslo said:
If you don't use NFC, buy Redmi Note 7 (Pro).
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I have bad experience with redmi note 2 so I don't know if i will go with device from xiaomi again
I think my next device will be android one from any company that give me best specification with good price

ahmedvip2008 said:
What is the benefit for unlocking bootloader is it for root or something else?
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Yes, for me, for TWRP, rooting with Magisk, Magisk mofules, Greenify in better root mode, TitaniumBackup, access to all apps data, F-Droid privileged (instakl/update direct without need manualy confirm all packages install)...
For others is also benefit try others roms (also GSI pissible), others kernelm etc...
edit: also with unlocked is possible downgrade to any previous Pie /Oreo

ahmedvip2008 said:
the other thing i want ask about what do you mean by that down side (USB-C connection (could also be dirt, or the cable)) because I don't get it
Thanks
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It's loose on several Nokia devices due to a designflaw at production. The port is too big and gives room for the cable to move/get loosen. One solution is to 'fatten' the cable through knife, or to just use a docking station.
Sending a loose USB-C for warrenty will just fix the problem temporarly and a lot of phone fixing companies take days/weeks + may return your device with new scratches.

ahmedvip2008 said:
I want to buy a new phone and I know that 7 plus is one of best option in my country Egypt right now (4555 egp = 261.75$) and the things that i was think have the same price Realme 2 pro and Mi A2
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9058&idPhone2=9140&idPhone3=9345#diff-*,mi-a2
and I think it's the best option right now and has a positive reviews so what do you think about it and what is Negatives about it and what about the pie update because I hear you talk about problems after the update
Thank you so much guys
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Presonally I would not recommend at all.
Why? This phone is stupidly unstable. Few days ago I wanted to delete history in Chrome from the last 7 days, my phone freezed during the delete process.
Also uninstalling apps is for some reason slow, even when uninstalling or disabling some apps can cause also phone to freeze. The list could be even long, you can find issues I find on my posts through my profile.
Really tired of this phone, and dissapointed because I am emotionally connected with the Nokia brand, having now Nokia phone was a must, but unfortunately I regret.
I am still on older build, 32CC, I saw there are much newer builds where they maybe fix those issues, but I cannot even manually sideload those updates.
I don´t know what is the situation with other phones like 8.1, 7.1, do they have similar problem? Can anyone confirm this?
Also you can see that HMD struggles with the software, Nokia 9 which was supposed to came out back in August last year and which came 7 months later, still have software issues, probably everyone at HMD is all in to fix software issues for Nokia 9, also literally not a single Nokia device did not get March update, which shows that HMD is really poor with the software engineers.

hi, i bought my Nokia 7 plus on April 2018 for MYR1600. Phone good on paper but bad in implementation.
Frequent screen freezes (power off n on to fix issue) n loose USB port after 6 months. Sent to service center n they replaced usb port n motherboard. update November 2018 update n screen blank off when making receiving calls.
they replace the same thing again. RUN AWAY FROM THIS PHONE

Bad sides is Speed and Usb-c port issue for me. It has all aroung good stuffs

There's no lineageOS and 60fps video (and official bootloader unlock, not even a recovery tool!). If you don't care about those, then its still a great buy from what I've known so far. Heard that the camera is good. It's included in my shortlist.
Spend a bit more and you can get the Xiaomi f1 and even xz1 (bit old but not bad).

USB host issues

I have a bunch of USB drives as one does and most are formatted in fat32. I have the official Samsung otg adaptor that comes with note 9 and i plug in the NTFS USB and it says it needs to format. This is expected. I plug in a fat32 drive and it opens up nicely and i can view and edit content on it.
Now I have 2 identical Kingston metal USB flash drives that I purchased together. They're both 32gb and both formatted as fat32.
One is detected by my note 9 and works perfectly, the other simply doesn't get detected.
Both these drives work fine on an older note 4 BTW.
I noticed that the drives also worked fine on my mibox until I updated it to Oreo then the same thing was happening.
I understand this is not specific to the note 9 but it's probably because of how the newer versions of Android detect USB. I can find nothing about this and it seems few ppl care as few ppl use their device as a workhorse in the way I do.
Most ppl say just get another drive. Why? It works on everything except newer Androids!
Please help me figure out what is the cause, is it simply some flag in the file system? Is it some autorun.ini?
Are you experiencing the same problem and have found a solution?

raheeljessa said:
I have a bunch of USB drives as one does and most are formatted in fat32. I have the official Samsung otg adaptor that comes with note 9 and i plug in the NTFS USB and it says it needs to format. This is expected. I plug in a fat32 drive and it opens up nicely and i can view and edit content on it.
Now I have 2 identical Kingston metal USB flash drives that I purchased together. They're both 32gb and both formatted as fat32.
One is detected by my note 9 and works perfectly, the other simply doesn't get detected.
Both these drives work fine on an older note 4 BTW.
I noticed that the drives also worked fine on my mibox until I updated it to Oreo then the same thing was happening.
I understand this is not specific to the note 9 but it's probably because of how the newer versions of Android detect USB. I can find nothing about this and it seems few ppl care as few ppl use their device as a workhorse in the way I do.
Most ppl say just get another drive. Why? It works on everything except newer Androids!
Please help me figure out what is the cause, is it simply some flag in the file system? Is it some autorun.ini?
Are you experiencing the same problem and have found a solution?
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I feel you. I have run into this issue on mobile phones & pc/laptops. I can't seem to find a reason as to why the same drives formatted the same way behave differently. I'm not a pro at this but have found some tricks for PC's that work but even they are a crap shoot. For sd/micro sd this app when run on a pc before using the card in your mobile phone corrects wonky cards most of the time for me...
https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/...l-to-restore-full-capacity-on-sdhc/sdxc-cards
As for USB sticks the only thing I've been able to do is reformat to manufacturer suggested specs along with running check & fix errors but this also seems to be a luck of the draw. I've never found an honest to God guarantee as to what the issue is caused by in years now. I can usually get a pc to read an undetectable USB stick with a tool called (usbdeview). I Uninstall any USB related memory sticks/cards with this app and then reinsert the USB stick then it'll usually read after that. I would also love to know a real 100% cause & fix for this, and if I come across anything I'll be sure to mention here. Maybe something I have said may spark an idea with someone & we can both cure our need to know.

Have you tried any app for opening NTFS filesystem? Find one on Play Store.
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TWiiTCH said:
I feel you. I have run into this issue on mobile phones & pc/laptops. I can't seem to find a reason as to why the same drives formatted the same way behave differently. I'm not a pro at this but have found some tricks for PC's that work but even they are a crap shoot. For sd/micro sd this app when run on a pc before using the card in your mobile phone corrects wonky cards most of the time for me...
https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/...l-to-restore-full-capacity-on-sdhc/sdxc-cards
As for USB sticks the only thing I've been able to do is reformat to manufacturer suggested specs along with running check & fix errors but this also seems to be a luck of the draw. I've never found an honest to God guarantee as to what the issue is caused by in years now. I can usually get a pc to read an undetectable USB stick with a tool called (usbdeview). I Uninstall any USB related memory sticks/cards with this app and then reinsert the USB stick then it'll usually read after that. I would also love to know a real 100% cause & fix for this, and if I come across anything I'll be sure to mention here. Maybe something I have said may spark an idea with someone & we can both cure our need to know.
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Thanks for your reply.
I have never had any issues with reading cards on a PC or even USBs on a PC. It's solely newer Androids. It's as if they've locked the system up tight.
I'll def keep the programs you mentioned in mind as they may be useful later on.

Paras Lehana said:
Have you tried any app for opening NTFS filesystem? Find one on Play Store.
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Hi!
Yes I've used that app but as I said it's expected that NTFS isn't supported by Android but it is not expected that a USB drive formatted in FAT32 is simply not detected by the phone when it works perfectly absolutely everywhere else! even in cheap Chinese MP3 players and car audio systems and a PS3 which is the most finicky thing when it comes to USBs.

How do you connect your USB drive to your device? Via OTG connector or inbuilt micro-usb?
And have you tried exFAT format?
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Paras Lehana said:
How do you connect your USB drive to your device? Via OTG connector or inbuilt micro-usb?
And have you tried exFAT format?
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I connect via OTG USB adapter. Off topic question but which formatting option allows for the biggest single file size? I heard the biggest fat/exfat/fat32, whichever allows for the biggest file size, is only a fraction of what a 512GB microSD holds since fat type formatting only holds a certain individual file size, and thus you can only record in 4k video for a short time. Is this true or was I mislead?
As for Android becoming more restrictive and locked down this seems to be a fact and I hate it. Samsung is becoming notorious for this bs now. I think it's more due to the phone manufacturers and not all on google/android. I love android but iPhone is definitely becoming a consideration for my future phone again, or at least an Android that is a guaranteed rootable model.

TWiiTCH said:
I connect via OTG USB adapter.
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One that was included with the phone? Have you tried other OTG adapter?
Off topic question but which formatting option allows for the biggest single file size? I heard the biggest fat/exfat/fat32, whichever allows for the biggest file size, is only a fraction of what a 512GB microSD holds since fat type formatting only holds a certain individual file size, and thus you can only record in 4k video for a short time. Is this true or was I mislead?
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Max File Size on NTFS around 16 TB while it's 16EB on exFAT! Only FAT32 has 4GB max file size. Max files on FAT32 is also limited to little less than 4.2 million. exFAT is an extension to FAT32.
Given 9 MB/s data rate for 4k60fps on Note9, 4GB would be utilized in less than 8 minutes. However, Note9 default camera app limits 4k60fps at 5 minutes and 4k30fps at 10 minutes to prevent heating no matter what filesystem.
As for Android becoming more restrictive and locked down this seems to be a fact and I hate it. Samsung is becoming notorious for this bs now. I think it's more due to the phone manufacturers and not all on google/android. I love android but iPhone is definitely becoming a consideration for my future phone again, or at least an Android that is a guaranteed rootable model.
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Although the limit is not a problem for me (I can always press the recording button again and I don't prefer recording long sessions in 4K), you can use Zero Cam Mod (Exynos) for removing the time limit. You can root Note9 as well.
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Paras Lehana said:
How do you connect your USB drive to your device? Via OTG connector or inbuilt micro-usb?
And have you tried exFAT format?
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I've not tried exfat as it's incompatible with most of my other devices and I like to use fat32 as it works on all devices. The 4gb limit doesn't bother me as I have a media server for video files, the small USB drives are solely for work and files rarely exceed 1 GB.
I use the official Samsung otg adaptor for note 9 and I have a couple of knockoffs as well that work identically.

TWiiTCH said:
I connect via OTG USB adapter. Off topic question but which formatting option allows for the biggest single file size? I heard the biggest fat/exfat/fat32, whichever allows for the biggest file size, is only a fraction of what a 512GB microSD holds since fat type formatting only holds a certain individual file size, and thus you can only record in 4k video for a short time. Is this true or was I mislead?
As for Android becoming more restrictive and locked down this seems to be a fact and I hate it. Samsung is becoming notorious for this bs now. I think it's more due to the phone manufacturers and not all on google/android. I love android but iPhone is definitely becoming a consideration for my future phone again, or at least an Android that is a guaranteed rootable model.
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Honestly I find it's Android and not Samsung who is restricting stuff, Samsung has added Knox but rooting a Samsung is easy as pie thanks to some modders.
Fat32 has a 4gb limit. Other modern filesystems have effectively no limit in size (the limit being so large).
I doubt I'd go back to iOS cos Apple keeps adding more and more ways to pay for things Android already has. I liked the new iPad but it bends! I'd rather have a powerful PC at home and a note 9 for portable work. That's why the USB crap is bothering me so much!

raheeljessa said:
I've not tried exfat as it's incompatible with most of my other devices and I like to use fat32 as it works on all devices. The 4gb limit doesn't bother me as I have a media server for video files, the small USB drives are solely for work and files rarely exceed 1 GB.
I use the official Samsung otg adaptor for note 9 and I have a couple of knockoffs as well that work identically.
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Can you share the output of this app while connecting your concerned drive?
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raheeljessa said:
Honestly I find it's Android and not Samsung who is restricting stuff, Samsung has added Knox but rooting a Samsung is easy as pie thanks to some modders.
Fat32 has a 4gb limit. Other modern filesystems have effectively no limit in size (the limit being so large).
I doubt I'd go back to iOS cos Apple keeps adding more and more ways to pay for things Android already has. I liked the new iPad but it bends! I'd rather have a powerful PC at home and a note 9 for portable work. That's why the USB crap is bothering me so much!
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I'm guessing you are talking about rooting a note 9 exynos or the n9600u or something close to that model, it's a snapdragon model but I cant recall exact phone, I have read about it as I'm itching for a working root for mine. If you know how to root a note 9 snapdragon SM-N960W Canadian variant under ESK (Eastlink provider) 128gb/6gb please point me in the right direction. Been waiting & some promising work has been done but no success on my model from what I've seen so far.
As for Android becoming more Restrictive I agree. I don't like the way things are evolving at this point. Phone makers too. I wish rooting and bootloader unlock was a given or mandatory. That would be my #1 dream when it comes to cellular phones. One note 9 complete that coincides with rooting is the volume on the note 9 I have is waaaayyy to low. Cable, or Bluetooth, neither feel like your in a club or bar with DJ. I want root mainly for viper audio. Best audio eq and its close to studio sound & you can get sound that will deafen you if you'd wish to be deaf lol ?. I don't care about knox just want root. If it was Android that's causing USB issues wouldn't it be a more touched on topic in xda? I'd guess a Lot of people would be pissed.
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Paras Lehana said:
One that was included with the phone? Have you tried other OTG adapter?
Max File Size on NTFS around 16 TB while it's 16EB on exFAT! Only FAT32 has 4GB max file size. Max files on FAT32 is also limited to little less than 4.2 million. exFAT is an extension to FAT32.
Given 9 MB/s data rate for 4k60fps on Note9, 4GB would be utilized in less than 8 minutes. However, Note9 default camera app limits 4k60fps at 5 minutes and 4k30fps at 10 minutes to prevent heating no matter what filesystem.
Although the limit is not a problem for me (I can always press the recording button again and I don't prefer recording long sessions in 4K), you can use Zero Cam Mod (Exynos) for removing the time limit. You can root Note9 as well.
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I'm not having OTG issues, was trying to help another member with OTG & USB issues. I use provided OTG adapter & have no issues currently.
Thanks for the file format/file size/recording time info. I had read on the topic a while ago but didn't know all the details as you did, much thanks. The heating issue while recording lengthy 4k video is that due to CPU or GPU or BATT? I heard of the older note phones becoming pocket fires and had to be recalled. Think that was an unrelated battery issue but not sure.
I can't root my model that I know of. SM-N960W Snapdragon Canadian Model 128GB/6GB. Know of a root for this model? I don't care about warranty or knox so no issue there.

TWiiTCH said:
I'm not having OTG issues, was trying to help another member with OTG & USB issues. I use provided OTG adapter & have no issues currently.
Thanks for the file format/file size/recording time info. I had read on the topic a while ago but didn't know all the details as you did, much thanks. The heating issue while recording lengthy 4k video is that due to CPU or GPU or BATT? I heard of the older note phones becoming pocket fires and had to be recalled. Think that was an unrelated battery issue but not sure.
I can't root my model that I know of. SM-N960W Snapdragon Canadian Model 128GB/6GB. Know of a root for this model? I don't care about warranty or knox so no issue there.
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Oh I guess I was confused when you replied me while I was replying OP.
Regarding the heating issue, I think it's due to the load on CPU caused by processing too many frames with very high resolution. This can further cause high battery consumption. Samsung responds to this query for Note8 as:
When recording videos or using the streaming feature for extended periods, or when using features/apps that require more power, the device and its battery may temporarily heat up due to increased battery consumption.
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The infamous Note7 issue was related to faulty batteries from two of Samsung's suppliers as revealed by Samsung here. I don't think it's related.
Oh yeah, only Exynos and internal Snapdragon versions can be rooted. N960W's bootloader, like N960U, is not unlockable. Find FAQ answered here.
Hope I was able to help.

Bit questions about Note 8

Hey,
Have a note 8 n950f for a quite long time. And i passed the warranty time so im considering rooting the phone. Since in my country doesnt support s pay (which is gone with root i guess) not much thing to consider.
I can't use smart switch for somehow, so any ideas to get backup to pc? And do i need a ext sd for rooting or can i go with int? And lastly are there any good android 10 roms to use?