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Move from 2gb to 8gb microsdhc - How?

Finally decided to get an 8gb card to have plenty of room for all I want on my phone.
Of course, just a week or so before I got it, I did a hard-reset and cleaned up my tilt.
So I'm averse to doing it all over again with the 8gb card.
What's the best way to clone my 2gb card to put everything on the 8gb card so that my phone wouldn't even know the difference?
Most backup programs back up to the sd card or include the phone itself.
I just want to move from the 2gb card to the 8gb as seamless as possible.
EDIT: I did already try a simple copy over of the 2gb card to a PC folder and then paste to 8gb. Lots of files wouldn't transfer and some were encrypted - huge pain in the ass.
Thanks for ideas!!

hmmm well since applications dont install hidden files, you should just be able to copy/paste all the files from one to the other . . . . . make a folder on your desktop called " backup " and copy the entire 2gb card there. Then remove the 2gb, and put in the 8gb. Copy the files from the folder you just created to the 8gb card. Should be extremely painless . . . . . . .

pyraxiate said:
hmmm well since applications dont install hidden files, you should just be able to copy/paste all the files from one to the other . . . . . make a folder on your desktop called " backup " and copy the entire 2gb card there. Then remove the 2gb, and put in the 8gb. Copy the files from the folder you just created to the 8gb card. Should be extremely painless . . . . . . .
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Sorry should have indicated I already tried this. There are lots of files that don't want to copy over and it's a huge pain tracking them down.
Also have several files that indicate they are encrypted and cannot be copied over.
Thanks for your response though.

This is a simple operation, having done this myself a few weeks back.
1.Place 8gb card in phone
2. Place 2gb card in card reader in Laptop (Laptop card reader not designed to read HC cards 4gb and up)
3. Connect USB cable with Softick CardExport.
4. Copy contents across from card reader to phone. You can also copy 2gb card contents on hard drive etc.
Best bet is to unencrypt encrypted files before you do this. I do not recommend that people encrypt files. I use Password Master (freeware) to store sensitive data.
This worked like a charm for me. Hope this helps.
Regards,
MAC

I did upgrade to 8gb Sandisk MicroSDHC a month ago, and it's painless for me. Just make sure you do the copying through card reader, not via activesync.
Luckily sandisk bundled a card reader. What i did is:
1. Format the 8gb with FAT32 to ensure compatibility (it came with RAW FS)
2. Copy the 2GB contents to pc
3. Copy contents back to 8GB
Just make sure you tick the 'Show Hidden and System files' option in your windows explorer first, or else there will be some files not got copied. Cheers!
Last tip: to avoid heavy file fragmentation in future, i always copy bigger and seldom changed files first, like ebooks,mp3s,movies. Then to smaller and frequently changed files like my documents content.

[Q] Problem with large movies... pls help

Hi everybody,
today i want to get a movie (5,5 GB .mkv file) into my SGS and when i will travel i will be watch it but i have a problem. my phone write me that it cant copy this file into phone. i have free space... where is a problem ? thx

video file size > 4gigs = will not fit on external sd card formatted with fat32
As to how to get to see it on a linux based phone - you will need a linux person to tell you how to setup your sd card so that you can copy large files to it. It might not work in windows after that...
If it was a windows phone you'd format it in ntfs - but I dont think our phones will be happy with that format of card...
Linux peoples - how would this guy get a mem card to format up to take a > 4 gig file on it?
Can it be done easily? What restrictions would there be?

download a tool called 'paragon partition manager'
excellent tool for creating / formatting partitions to operate on linux systems, as well as windows.

ok thanks, but i have in my phone 2 GB microSD card. i want copy into phone's sdcard. so it mean that i should buy larger microsd card

Fastest and simplest way is to cut your movies into parts under 4Gb. This way you don't need to buy a new card or format a current card.

Could he not use GParted and format the card as ext4?

[Q] MKV Copy problem

I tried to copy 4.3GB MKV file to note's internal storage. Then I cancelled as it was not completing, now 4gb of free space has disappeared from my internal memory, but I can't find a file to delete anywhere, certainly not in the directory I was copying to. Any one had this issue before?

Try Copy it again and delete it. otherwise try formatting internal Card

reboot the phone
i doubt you will be able to copy anything voer 4gig to the internal memory

there is a some work around to copy files larger than 4gb. it involves changing sd card to ntfs format. just do a search on xda.

OTG Storage

Has anyone tried using a USB micro to transfer files I bought a 64gb dual usb SanDisk drive for my phone that I can carry with me but I can't get it to work. It shows that it's there in storage and highlights the mount usb drive but does nothing when clicked. If anyone has used something like this please share what you are using so I can transfer my files so I can work off that OTG Storage thanks.

what file browser are you using?
Enviado desde mi XT1225 mediante Tapatalk

mdcowby said:
Has anyone tried using a USB micro to transfer files I bought a 64gb dual usb SanDisk drive for my phone that I can carry with me but I can't get it to work. It shows that it's there in storage and highlights the mount usb drive but does nothing when clicked. If anyone has used something like this please share what you are using so I can transfer my files so I can work off that OTG Storage thanks.
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use ES File manager
u can transfer all files u want from phone to usb storage o viceversa

Thanks
I got it to work had to change the flash drives exfat format to an 32fat, once I did that it worked.

I have this same problem with my 64gb Sandisc micro usb.
It highlights the mount in storage settings but does nothing.
Can you specify how you formatted the 64gb drive to 32 gb? As far as I know fat32 does not recognize any size larger than 32gb?
As far as the file managers being used they should be obsolete because if you cannot even mount the drive nothing will recognize it.
I bought 2 flash drives and have 4 Turbos with all having the same results. If anyone knows how to fix this problem please let me know.
Thanks,
NorsKnight

Try browsing to /storage/usbdisk in Explorer free.
64 GB (fat32) should work, works fine on old Maxx.

norsknight said:
I have this same problem with my 64gb Sandisc micro usb.
It highlights the mount in storage settings but does nothing.
Can you specify how you formatted the 64gb drive to 32 gb? As far as I know fat32 does not recognize any size larger than 32gb?
As far as the file managers being used they should be obsolete because if you cannot even mount the drive nothing will recognize it.
I bought 2 flash drives and have 4 Turbos with all having the same results. If anyone knows how to fix this problem please let me know.
Thanks,
NorsKnight
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He wasn't talking about formatting from 64GB to 32GB (storage space), it's the FILE SYSTEM (NTFS, FAT32, EXFAT) he changed.

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He wasn't talking about formatting from 64GB to 32GB (storage space), it's the FILE SYSTEM (NTFS, FAT32, EXFAT) he changed.
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Sorry it took so long to reply I used this I only changed the format EXFAT to a FAT32
https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threa...32-format-formatter-tool-utility-how-to.3693/
I plugged it into my computer and then formatted it

Chromecast with Google TV play media from USB

Hi. I apologize if I'm posting in the wrong place. I read the message from the moderators and performed a search before posting.
I'm new to Android TV and would appreciate any help you can provide. I've read through posts mentioning external storage attached via USB for media playback but can't seem to get the CCwGTV to recognize drives formatted to anything other than FAT32.
Steps I've taken:
1. Format drive from exFAT to FAT32
2. Attach drive to CCwGTV and format to Internal Storage
3. Format to Removable Media (CCwGTV seems to require that the drive first be formatted as Internal Storage)
4. CCwGTV formats drive to FAT32
Also tried this:
1. Format drive to EXT4 using EaseUS in Windows 10
2. CCwGTV shows the drive under System>Storage but the drive is not available for playback unless I format it (which then formats it to FAT32)
Has anyone been able to attach a drive formatted to EXT4 and play local media with file sizes greater than 4GB? I have enabled Developer Mode and switched to MTP and I've tried accessing EXT4 formatted drives via USB OTG in X-Plore File Manager, MiXplorer, and directly in both VLC and Kodi with no luck.
Thanks either way.

Unfortunately, you are not going to have any luck in this pursuit. Vold (the component of android responsible for managing filesystems) won't accept ext4 on the sdcard. If you want something approaching this functionality, use the ssh/sftp virtual filesystem add-on for Kodi and keep your media on a different machine on your network.

I bought this device to connect my USB drive to my network... So far it is working great! I have not tried ext4 - will try it though. I currently have one 1gb fat32, and one 1gb exFat partition.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08229WMSM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_LdfNFb0MG9FGY