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Problems Formatting SD Card/Working In Phone

I seem to be having problems formatting my Sandisk 64GB MicroSDXC (Class 10) card in FAT32 & having it work in my AT&T Galaxy S3. The card comes preformatted in exFAT, and it works in the phone just fine that way. But, I heard it's best to format it in FAT32 due to some issues I saw about some people having some of their music files not show-up (if they have a rather large music collection, which I do - 85GB's worth!) in whatever music playing program they're using, so I'm attempting to format it with FAT32 to avoid that. Now, Windows 7 (x64) does NOT allow you to format drives via FAT32 (unless you go into DOS), so I've used a couple of different programs (Fast32Format, EASEUS PartiionMaster); I got a message on my Galaxy S3 saying my SD card was damaged or missing when I used Fast32Format); a bunch of services stopped working on the phone when I formatted it using EASEUS PartionMagic, and I even tried formatting it in NTFS (which I think that Android doesn't support) & got a message my SD card was blank and Android wouldn't even mount it!
What am I doing wrong? How can I format it in FAT32 and have it work in my Galaxy S3?!! Do I even really need to use FAT32 instead of exFAT?
Thanks,
Dennis

dmw_4814 said:
I seem to be having problems formatting my Sandisk 64GB MicroSDXC (Class 10) card in FAT32 & having it work in my AT&T Galaxy S3. The card comes preformatted in exFAT, and it works in the phone just fine that way. But, I heard it's best to format it in FAT32 due to some issues I saw about some people having some of their music files not show-up (if they have a rather large music collection, which I do - 85GB's worth!) in whatever music playing program they're using, so I'm attempting to format it with FAT32 to avoid that. Now, Windows 7 (x64) does NOT allow you to format drives via FAT32 (unless you go into DOS), so I've used a couple of different programs (Fast32Format, EASEUS PartiionMaster); I got a message on my Galaxy S3 saying my SD card was damaged or missing when I used Fast32Format); a bunch of services stopped working on the phone when I formatted it using EASEUS PartionMagic, and I even tried formatting it in NTFS (which I think that Android doesn't support) & got a message my SD card was blank and Android wouldn't even mount it!
What am I doing wrong? How can I format it in FAT32 and have it work in my Galaxy S3?!! Do I even really need to use FAT32 instead of exFAT?
Thanks,
Dennis
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EaseUS worked fine for me - the one thing that screwed me up the first time is when you tell it to format it, you also have to tell it to apply it. And hopefully the "Fast32" was autocorrect - you should just be using FAT32 - and I don't think I changed the block size. HTH

alacrify said:
EaseUS worked fine for me - the one thing that screwed me up the first time is when you tell it to format it, you also have to tell it to apply it. And hopefully the "Fast32" was autocorrect - you should just be using FAT32 - and I don't think I changed the block size. HTH
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I apologize for bringing up this old-ish thread, but I always see that every time someone makes a new thread, they get bombarded with "use the search feature", so uhh, I did .
I've got a Class 10 SanDisk Ultra 64GB MicroSD XC card, that refuses to work with my Galaxy S3. I've got CM10 on it, do you think that might be the issue? If so, how do you think I can rectify it (what format would work?)
I've used EaseUS to delete the partition, and recreate using FAT32, but no dice, still getting a "damaged card" notification. I can seemingly use the card fine on my PC and my Mac, but nothing on the phone.
Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated

Vaesar said:
I apologize for bringing up this old-ish thread, but I always see that every time someone makes a new thread, they get bombarded with "use the search feature", so uhh, I did .
I've got a Class 10 SanDisk Ultra 64GB MicroSD XC card, that refuses to work with my Galaxy S3. I've got CM10 on it, do you think that might be the issue? If so, how do you think I can rectify it (what format would work?)
I've used EaseUS to delete the partition, and recreate using FAT32, but no dice, still getting a "damaged card" notification. I can seemingly use the card fine on my PC and my Mac, but nothing on the phone.
Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated
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Well, this is ominous given that I ordered this micoSD and it just shipped. I read lots of reviews on Amazon and those with S3 phones seemed to have no issues using card as is, although they didn't specify precisely which version of S3 they had. The S3 natively supports 64 GB, so I would think it would work out of the box, so to speak. A number of reviewers said they used this microSD in older phones that supposedly supported only up to 32 GB. They formatted in phone, getting something like 59 GB of usable space.
I'm using stock ROM with CWM on I747.

cm10
it is an cm10 issue

mrky said:
it is an cm10 issue
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A more complete response...its a known issue with AOSP based JB ROM's. This is pulled from the AOKP FAQ, since it is an AOSP based ROM as well this should help you out.
Will my 64 gb sd card work? Except it works fine with a 64GB card. http://rootzwiki.com/topic/28124-doe...card-standard/ The SGSIII is the first phone to support exfatl, but the support is Kernel based, some people are having trouble with the replacement kernels and exfat support. The solution is to force it to format in FAT32. http://www.online-tech-tips.com/comp...ive-to-fat-32/ I know, because I've done it. --- Don't respond without actually doing research. I have no problem spoon feeding information, especially when the information you put out there can increase misinformation. The SGSII also supports a 64GB card as well. http://androidforums.com/samsung-gal...ing-sgsii.html naturefreak85l;
EDIT - Apparently the links are dead, but there a many methods to choose from to format and SD in FAT32.

Card problem

Hello, I'm new to the forums.
Today I bought a 32 GB MicroSDHC memory card for my at&t s3.
Behaviours:
1) I inserted it into my phone and then I tried taking some photos. I set the output path to the card and I took a picture. The picture was successfully saved to the sd card, but when I tried taking a second picture, I received an error: "Cannot write file in SD card. Default storage set to Phone". If I try again to set the memory card as default storage I can again take another photo, but the next one will fail as described again.
2) With SD card mounted to the S3, I plug in the USB to connect it to my computer. I can then see the card and view the files on it. However, I'm unable to write anything on it. (Copying something to the card will freeze my windows explorer)
3) If I insert the card into my computer via adapter, then all works fine. I can write to it fine.
It seems that the problem only occurs when the sd card is used by the S3.
Note: I have checked the card for read-only notches and it has no such thing.
Note2: I have a rooted phone running JB 4.1.1 stock.
Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

many phones have problems with 32GB class 10 cards. What is yours?

kirkgbr said:
many phones have problems with 32GB class 10 cards. What is yours?
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well it's a Kingston class 10 one.

BinSlayer said:
well it's a Kingston class 10 one.
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Maybe you can try reformatting it.

reformat it in what way? I've already tried exFat, Fat32 and NTFS. NTFS and exFat give a "blank card" error, while Fat32 won't let me write stuff like I described. And I've reformat the card a couple of times already.
Edit: well, I did so using windows format app.
Do you know of other better apps?
Also I forgot to mention that I can't format the card via samsung s3 built-in app because it always returns "blank error" in that case.

BinSlayer said:
reformat it in what way? I've already tried exFat, Fat32 and NTFS. NTFS and exFat give a "blank card" error, while Fat32 won't let me write stuff like I described. And I've reformat the card a couple of times already.
Edit: well, I did so using windows format app.
Do you know of other better apps?
Also I forgot to mention that I can't format the card via samsung s3 built-in app because it always returns "blank error" in that case.
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I also had a problem with a new card and I took mine out and put it back in the phone and it finally worked. I just made sure it was pushed in all the way and seated properly.

I have just tried to use the card on a Galaxy S Plus. It worked flawlessly. I format it from that phone and then I inserted it into the Galaxy S3. It still won't work on the S3.
Why is this? I'm becoming desperate. This issue is bugging me a lot. Please any help will be appreciated.
Update: Even tried a galaxy S2. It works fine. Same problem on S3 though.

[Q] SD card format

Hi guys
Upgraded to Note 2 N7105 International version 4 weeks ago, great phone and really loving all the features.
Trouble is I bought this because I wanted a more powerful phone than my previous Nexus S, so It could handle more powerful apps and games.
So on top of the internal 16gb of internal memory, I installed a Sandisk 64gb external card to store my apps and games, not realizing the phone does not support moving Apps to SD in standard form.
After investigating, found i could do it with a third party app with root access. So I rooted with Chainfires CF Auto Root, and installed link2sd App. My phone is definitely rooted as I have Titanium Backup working, but when i try to move any Apps to SD it says no free memory, and also to check SD card has been formatted with 2 partitions and they are both set to primary, and on the info page for link2sd its says the same about partitioning
I assume this formatting is my problem as the SD card is virtually empty, just 3 pics and 2 short videos on it, and still showing 59gb free when i go to settings/storage.
If this is my problem, how do I get it formatted correctly, I tried to do it through my computer running XP but only get format command, with no option for Partitions or any thing, are there any programs or procedures you can recommend
Thanks in advance
Gary

GaryFromLondon said:
Hi guys
Upgraded to Note 2 N7105 International version 4 weeks ago, great phone and really loving all the features.
Trouble is I bought this because I wanted a more powerful phone than my previous Nexus S, so It could handle more powerful apps and games.
So on top of the internal 16gb of internal memory, I installed a Sandisk 64gb external card to store my apps and games, not realizing the phone does not support moving Apps to SD in standard form.
After investigating, found i could do it with a third party app with root access. So I rooted with Chainfires CF Auto Root, and installed link2sd App. My phone is definitely rooted as I have Titanium Backup working, but when i try to move any Apps to SD it says no free memory, and also to check SD card has been formatted with 2 partitions and they are both set to primary, and on the info page for link2sd its says the same about partitioning
I assume this formatting is my problem as the SD card is virtually empty, just 3 pics and 2 short videos on it, and still showing 59gb free when i go to settings/storage.
If this is my problem, how do I get it formatted correctly, I tried to do it through my computer running XP but only get format command, with no option for Partitions or any thing, are there any programs or procedures you can recommend
Thanks in advance
Gary
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There is a mod that lets you swap internal memory with sd card. Have a look in this threat.
If you only need to format your sd card to FAT 32 then you should get the GUI version of this app here

SD card format
Thanks for the info Retrorom
Have decided not to go down the internal external memory swap route, for various operational reasons, plus quite a few people seem to be getting issues with it. And the other one didn't seem to have a facility to make your own partitions, which is what i need.
After reading up a bit, From recommendations I have installed a program called Minitool Partition Wizard on my computer.
The only problem now is when i attach the card to the computer, it is showing as only having 27gb of usable memory, whereas in the phone it was showing 59gb. I thought this may be because it needed reformatting, so I formatted on the computer, and it was then only showing 27gb i when inserted in the phone, so i have again reformatted the card in the phone, and again now showing 59gb as it was originally. But i still still only have1 partition, and need 2 for the link2sd program to work
The trouble is when i put the SD back in the the computer it still only shows 27gb that is 32gb short of the 59gb what it shows while in the phone.
Was wondering why this should be, I'm running an old Pentium 4 system with XP on it, would it be that this can not handle or recognise 64 gb cards.
Just to mention i will be upgrading this computer 2 Windows 7 within the next week or so, and also going to build a brand new one in a couple of weeks which will have Windows 7 also , so should be a lot more compatible and flexible if that is the problem

SD Card Format
Update
I've been reading up, and it seems, Windows, especially earlier versions cannot recognize or format SD Cards over 32 gb, something to do with errors in the architecture, which wasn't originally designed for cards of this size.
There is a driver update, to get over this, but negotiating the Microsoft site to download it is proving to be a bit of a mission, It's ridiculously complicated, just sending me round and around in circles to try and find the download.
So if anyone can point me to the download, or a download that will do the job it will be much appreciated

Download exfat support for old XP machine
Download and use file according your XP system 32/64bit
you will get format with exfat format. which support larger size.
Another thing i recommend is 'directory bind' for moving data to ext SD card, this also make hassle free factory reset, Here is guide.

Thanks Ketan
I've already got the exFat support loaded, though it still only shows 27 gb on card
Now looking at the directory bind, and may give that a try later, once I've given it a good read and know i'm not going to do anything wrong .
Will let you know later how it goes

I'm actually surprised the phone supports higher than Windows. Most phones are limited to 32 gb cards are they not?

GaryFromLondon said:
Thanks Ketan
I've already got the exFat support loaded, though it still only shows 27 gb on card
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have you try formating it on PC with exfat support?

UnL33t My Galaxy Note 2 Automatically recognises the higher capacity
Ketan yes I've tried to format on computer with exfat support, but still only shows 27gb, and when i put back in phone it showed 27gb in there too, so had to reformat it in the phone and now showing 59gb as it was originally,
But still showing 27gb when put in computer
I am going to upgrade my XP up to windows 7 in a couple of weeks, and also going to build a new games machine with Windows 7 on in a few weeks too, do you reckon they will have better support for the higher capacity card built in

External SD stopped working

My Note8 is about 3mos old and is rooted running on CM11. My 64gig Kignston was inserted on day 1 and left in, working fine. Yesterday the external SD stopped. My file manger, Xplorer, started running very slowly so I shutdown, took out the card and replaced it and restarted. It came back up slowly, 1.5min instead of 1.05. The SD card is NOT recognized when I look in Stettings:Storage but when I removed the card I received the warning about removing it without stopping it. My Galaxy 8 phone has the same type card in it so I swapped them. I can see and use the card in the phone but the Note 8 does not recognize the phones card.
Any suggestions?
Cen5

CenturionFive said:
My Note8 is about 3mos old and is rooted running on CM11. My 64gig Kignston was inserted on day 1 and left in, working fine. Yesterday the external SD stopped. My file manger, Xplorer, started running very slowly so I shutdown, took out the card and replaced it and restarted. It came back up slowly, 1.5min instead of 1.05. The SD card is NOT recognized when I look in Stettings:Storage but when I removed the card I received the warning about removing it without stopping it. My Galaxy 8 phone has the same type card in it so I swapped them. I can see and use the card in the phone but the Note 8 does not recognize the phones card.
Any suggestions?
Cen5
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Do a factory wipe and see if things go back to normal with the SD... if it does not, it could be hardware or a bug in CM11 version you are running.

gooberdude said:
Do a factory wipe and see if things go back to normal with the SD... if it does not, it could be hardware or a bug in CM11 version you are running.
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By "Factory wipe," do you mean re-install stock firmware or just wipe it an re-install the latest cm-11?
Cen5

CenturionFive said:
By "Factory wipe," do you mean re-install stock firmware or just wipe it an re-install the latest cm-11?
Cen5
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For a soft reset... http://beforebuyit.com/hard-reset/samsung-galaxy-note-8-0-gt-n5110-factory-data-reset.html
For a hard reset... http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1026:how-to-hard-reset-factory-reset-samsung-sgh-i467-galaxy-note-8-for-att&catid=57:how-to&Itemid=104

overheating sd card
I had the same problem.
The solution was that the card overheaded by use it.
I can read them in a card reader but not in the Notes 8.
I have exchanged the card and now this card is not so hot in use.

Not sure what solved it but I did a factory reset anf flashed the latest CM11 snapsot. Mine was a couple months old
Cen5

Went through 3 16gb Lexar cards - all failed
CenturionFive said:
Not sure what solved it but I did a factory reset anf flashed the latest CM11 snapsot. Mine was a couple months old
Cen5
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I went through 3 Lexar Micro SD cards (600x class 10) all failed and sent back to Lexar. They kept replacing them but I stopped trying after 3rd card failed. At first I thought it was the cards, but now I think it must have been the Note 8. Once they failed they wouldn't work in any device and they couldn't be reformatted.

SD Card Problems - Solved mine today
Today I had the issue with a 64MB Ultra - Card Corrupt, and it would reformat it appeared and not recognize - saying file system invalid.
I took it out of the Note 8 and tried it in the Note 3, and it worked fine, with all my original files seen, (though teh Note 8 had run through 3 versions of Format Card.
Then I put it back in the Note 8, and it was recognized again, but in "My Files" nothing was showing. I used a program I use called simply ES File Manager, from the Play Store, and it saw my original files on the card (photos, music, videos) Once I opened one of each from within the ES file Manager, the system then saw the card and worked with the files again.
Not sure what trick worked, putting the card in the Note 3, or opening within ES File Manager, but I am back in business after being upset about losing my files. They were all there.

[Q] Samsung evo microsd 64gb. How do I get the best results?

I just got this microsd yesterday. It shipped with the exfat filesystem. The gpad is giving me damged sd card errors every time I copy large files onto the sd card. Im on stock rooted 4.4.2. How do I get better results with the card? Will formatting it differently help?

On my 32gb sdcard I had trouble with the GPad V500 until I changed the cards format to ext4. If you have a linux system or if you have a recent recovery installed (I have 2.8.0) you can format the card with this format. However this does come with some tradeoffs. You will need to at least have root on the G-Pad since you do need to modify some system files also Windows will not directly mount the sdcard without using the tablet since it does not natively understand the ext4 filesystem. I happen to have several linux machines at home and therefore do not have a problem with this format on the card and I almost never take the card out and plug it into my windows computers directly. See the end of this thread for my investigations:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g-pad-83/help/external-sd-card-g-pad-try-to-clarify-t2794258
If you are interested and need step by step instructions I'll see what I can write up for you, however I won't be able to do this until tonight at the earliest...
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I just got this microsd yesterday. It shipped with the exfat filesystem. The gpad is giving me damged sd card errors every time I copy large files onto the sd card. Im on stock rooted 4.4.2. How do I get better results with the card? Will formatting it differently help?
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