So, i just formatted my phone's external SD card to exFAT (i read on a few websites about it) to be able to copy files larger than 4GB to it, but it still won't allow me to do it.
I'm connecting the phone to the PC via USB cable and Media Device (MTP) protocol.
What should i do? I wanna copy .mkv files larger than 4GB to view on this awesome device, but simply can't
It's the MTP restriction, god damn annoying... best bet is to use card reader or mount sd card through recovery when transfer file bigger than 4GB. Pretty damn stupid when exFAT clearly support above 4GB transfer.
Yeah, pretty damn stupid.
Thanks for the recovery mount tip though!
Yeah, pretty damn stupid.
Thanks for the recovery mount tip though!
Dear Magnumutz,
Check this thread... Download and install app... Dont forget to format your sdcard to ExFat... Hope this helps...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
Regards...
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okay so i can not get android to run on my fuze with an 8 gig class 6 card. i have tried everything but i need to format the memory card not normally a problem but i do not have a card reader that can read micro sd and the sd adapter is not working, so i need a windows program that can format the card via windows mobile, any one have any success with anything?
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The HP tool in post 8 worked flawlessly it saw the micro sd as the full 8 gigs right away wiped it perfectly and formated beatifully thank you very much for your help guys hope this will help others too
*i formated my sd card by plugging it into the computer and selecting to use it as a disc drive and it was perfect
and im now running android
I had the same problem... well actually I lucked out and a coworker lent me his reader. However, I'll probably use the "Storagetools" by SoftWinter next time.
Does that help you? (Sorry I'm too new to be able to post a link...
What about plugging in your phone and using it as a mass storage device? Just as good as having a reader IMHO.
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What about plugging in your phone and using it as a mass storage device? Just as good as having a reader IMHO.
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i cant seem to get that when i make it act as a disc drive i can only view the devices memory
jul644 said:
i cant seem to get that when i make it act as a disc drive i can only view the devices memory
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Uhm... what? The devices memory as in the SD card?!? Because if you're not using Activesync and you have it acting as a mass storage device, the ONLY thing you'll see is the card in My Computer. If you see a "Windows Mobile Device" and you can explore your entire phone (internal memory and external, SD card memory) then you're Activesync'ing.
its realy weird it is only letting me format 199mb of space and when i did it comes up as storage card and then a storage card 2 pops up saying 7400 mb (aprx) of space aviable
and the suggested program is not working (it cant format the sd card or defrag it)
jul644 said:
its realy weird it is only letting me format 199mb of space and when i did it comes up as storage card and then a storage card 2 pops up saying 7400 mb (aprx) of space aviable
and the suggested program is not working (it cant format the sd card or defrag it)
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You will need a partition editor. What seems to be happening is that your card is for some reason partitioned into two. The way to repair this is to use an editor ( QTPART in linux or Disc Utility in OSX ). Sadly I believe that windows utilizes a bit switch on the card which is preventing you from using windows to manage the cards partition table. Try using a friends mac to format the drive as 1 single partition again.
I hope this helps you some!
jul644 said:
its realy weird it is only letting me format 199mb of space and when i did it comes up as storage card and then a storage card 2 pops up saying 7400 mb (aprx) of space aviable
and the suggested program is not working (it cant format the sd card or defrag
it)
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You are definitely partitioned... I don't get how people manage to keep partitioning their cards. I *think* the HP tool to wipe cards will wipe partition tables as well, I'm not positive tho. Worth a shot if all you've got is Windows.
might be a windows thing?:S but its noo big deal the portion for me as i have it as were i put games on my sd card so its fine but whats weird is i was able to run android on this card before but now nope lol
jul644 said:
might be a windows thing?:S but its noo big deal the portion for me as i have it as were i put games on my sd card so its fine but whats weird is i was able to run android on this card before but now nope lol
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Definitely not a "Windows" thing. There may be a way to partition cards in Windows, but it certainly would not partition your card by default. Let us know if you can't get it sorted.... Either way you need to wipe the partition table and start clean with just 1 partition.
The HP tool in post 8 worked flawlessly it saw the micro sd as the full 8 gigs right away wiped it perfectly and formated beatifully thank you very much for your help guys hope this will help others too
*i formated my sd card by plugging it into the computer and selecting to use it as a disc drive and it was perfect
and im now running android
I'm trying to copy .rar files to my phone over 4gigs and instead of using a dvd I'd like to put it on either my SD card or my phone storage. I have a 16 gig SD card with over 12 gigs free. I know I can convert it from fat32 with win7 so I'm not worried about that. I just need to know if he phone will support ntfs. I've searched online and can't seem to find a definitive answer... any help would be greatly appreciated!!
I apologize if this is in the wrong category I wasn't sure where to post this.
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Ysosrslawl said:
I'm trying to copy .rar files to my phone over 4gigs and instead of using a dvd I'd like to put it on either my SD card or my phone storage. I have a 16 gig SD card with over 12 gigs free. I know I can convert it from fat32 with win7 so I'm not worried about that. I just need to know if he phone will support ntfs. I've searched online and can't seem to find a definitive answer... any help would be greatly appreciated!!
I apologize if this is in the wrong category I wasn't sure where to post this.
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These phones don't support ntfs filesystems yet. Why would you want to use ntfs on a primarily storage drive anyways?
I like to transport sometimes large files via my cell phone. Or in the event that another storage device isn't working I can use this quickly and temporarily.
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NTFS isnt really any faster than fat32, its more of a security encryption issue and its not like fat32 doesnt support large file transfers. Plus i dont know of any device that doesnt recognize fat32.
Partitioning could be an option right? One partition in FAT32 for the phone and one in NTFS for file transfers.
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Since your transfering .rars I'm assuming your already use to using WinRar or a similar archiving tool, would it be out of the question to use it to split the file into pieces small enough to be compatible with a Fat32 formatted card?
Hi I'm pretty sure this won't be an extremely popular topic but just wondering how people go about formatting there sd cards do u just wipe everything save ur backups? Ur photos music? Anything and also is there anything important I shouldn't delete?? Just curious to see how everyone else does it thanx for being nice
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Well, you can use your phone to format it by going into settings and storage. You should back up anything you dont want to lose to your pc. I find that the most effective way is to connect the sd card to the pc either in your phone via usb or via a card reader. Then go to my computer, right click on it and hit format. It thould already be in the right file format(fat32) if im not mistaken. Then just place your pics and whatever else back on there and the android system will do the rest. Hope i helped!
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If you are working with a removable SD card I'd recommend HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - v2.1.8. (free)
I had an 8 Gb card sitting around for a while and I wanted to use in my daughter's new phone. I put the card in the PC and deleted everything. Then I thought just format the damn thing. It seemed to only think it had 40 Mb. Windows would not format it to anything over 40 Mb. I had to download the HP tool and it would allow formatting to the full 8 Gb.
Hi,
Not sure if this is the right place.. I just installed coredroid 1.2 and my sd card is not detected. Removed the sd card. Complete format then reinsert still doesnt solve the problem. I am able to use the card using a card reader. Any suggestions
etp23 said:
Hi I'm pretty sure this won't be an extremely popular topic but just wondering how people go about formatting there sd cards do u just wipe everything save ur backups? Ur photos music? Anything and also is there anything important I shouldn't delete?? Just curious to see how everyone else does it thanx for being nice
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It sounds like you are formatting an existing (previously used) card? Do you have some issue with the card? Or just switching between devices? Can't see it making much difference using the built-in Windows disk management tool to format, using the phone to do it, or some other method.
I think even switching between devices, I haven't bothered to re-format, just deleted the files manually and swapped the card into the new phone.
For new cards, I don't even bother to format. They are always pre-formatted to FAT32, AFAIK. So I just insert it in the device and go . . .
redpoint73 said:
It sounds like you are formatting an existing (previously used) card? Do you have some issue with the card? Or just switching between devices? Can't see it making much difference using the built-in Windows disk management tool to format, using the phone to do it, or some other method.
I think even switching between devices, I haven't bothered to re-format, just deleted the files manually and swapped the card into the new phone.
For new cards, I don't even bother to format. They are always pre-formatted to FAT32, AFAIK. So I just insert it in the device and go . . .
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how do you move apps to external sd card ? before there used to be option to move to sd card now i don't see that .. i had this problem ever since i upgrade to cm10 and now on aokp....
I use SDformatter.
It's better than just with right click and select format.
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if you have just one partition formated with fat32 on your sd-card, you can format it with windows-tools. if there is another partition (ext2/3/4) on your card, its not possible to format the sd-card completely with this tools and you need, as written above, an external tool like that from HP.
Beside this, i don't really understand why you want to do this, except you have a problem with your card...
i wiped my sd card with h.d.d low level format ! now i cant create right ext partition now . how can i do that ? i did everything with partition magic software . but not use .
If you have a Linux box and an SD card read use gparted. If you don't the best/fastest way is with a good recovery in an android phone
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My MicroSD card is exFat formatted 100%.
When using Kies or connecting via USB to PC it won't transfer my files over 4gb.
The MicroSD is not fat, fat32, if that's what you're thinking is causing the problem.
I can however transfers large files over 4gb to my MicroSD if its directly put it into my PC SD slot. Using this method works and I now have huge 12gb movies on my MicroSD.
So here is my problem.....What's up with Kies and MTP protocol not allowing these large files to transfer?
Any help or knowledge on this would be great!
Try using AirDroid!:angel:
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Try using AirDroid!:angel:
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Its not about airdroid, I don't think airdroid can find extenal sd anyways. Its about MTP and Kies not transferring larger files.
This could be an issue with JB. I had the same problem on my GS3. On ICS, I can copy HD movies larger than 4 GB to my microSD card (64 GB). But when I flashed one of the JB leaks, this didn't work anymore so I quickly went back to ICS.
Big disappointment that the Note II doesn't support UMS mode. MTP is pure garbage. If I was the developer of it, I'd just drag the whole project to the trash can - no hesitation - before anyone found out what crap I'd written!
abubasim said:
Big disappointment that the Note II doesn't support UMS mode. MTP is pure garbage. If I was the developer of it, I'd just drag the whole project to the trash can - no hesitation - before anyone found out what crap I'd written!
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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! YOU JUST SAVED ME FROM BUYING THIS! I fretted and worried that Samsung would f*ck this up like they did with the S3 and sure enough my fears have been confirmed.
Thank you!
rosedog said:
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! YOU JUST SAVED ME FROM BUYING THIS! I fretted and worried that Samsung would f*ck this up like they did with the S3 and sure enough my fears have been confirmed.
Thank you!
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You can have a try on this, it works for me~
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
justinlee1230 said:
You can have a try on this, it works for me~
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
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Thanks, I do know of this already as I've already had the misfortune of buying the SGS3. I'm a firm believer that my phone should work for me from the get go and not against me. Combine that with the need of rooting and needing scripts - I feel it would be best if I bided my time waiting to see what HTC and LG come out with.
You're welcome!
At least this thread answered one question I had about the Note II: does it support ExFAT? So it does, and I will probably trade my SGS3 for it.
ciscostud said:
My MicroSD card is exFat formatted 100%.
When using Kies or connecting via USB to PC it won't transfer my files over 4gb.
The MicroSD is not fat, fat32, if that's what you're thinking is causing the problem.
I can however transfers large files over 4gb to my MicroSD if its directly put it into my PC SD slot. Using this method works and I now have huge 12gb movies on my MicroSD.
So here is my problem.....What's up with Kies and MTP protocol not allowing these large files to transfer?
Any help or knowledge on this would be great!
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I shared a 8GB file within my network. I accessed the folder (well, a shared network harddrive to be exact in my case) with File Expert and copied the file without issues to the external MicroSD (exFat). No need to pull out the MicroSD.
I can confirm that the SGS3 with the official JB ROM has the same problem. I can no longer copy large HD movies (+4GB) to my 64GB SDXC exFAT memory card.
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I can confirm that the SGS3 with the official JB ROM has the same problem. I can no longer copy large HD movies (+4GB) to my 64GB SDXC exFAT memory card.
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What methods have you tried? File Explorer with shared hard drives, put up a own ftp server or any some other variants it offers should work. Not all software seem to be able to copy big file according to reports made by users here and on other forums.
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swejuggalo said:
What methods have you tried? File Explorer with shared hard drives, put up a own ftp server or any some other variants it offers should work. Not all software seem to be able to copy big file according to reports made by users here and on other forums.
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I am having the exact same dilemma with Note 3. Anybody find a solution?
Get an external card reader... (I recommend something like this http://www.transcend-info.com/products/Catlist.asp?modno=396&cat_no=208 ).
Then you can transfer your large 4GB+ movies/files over.
I just installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2305214
Does MicroSD mounting not work? I format it as NTFS. When I go to storage > mount SD card it just says preparing to mount ...
re: 64gb card
ragingazn628 said:
I just installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2305214
Does MicroSD mounting not work? I format it as NTFS. When I go to storage > mount SD card it just says preparing to mount ...
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Remove the card and plug it into the converter and plug that into your computer or card
reader then re-format using FAT32 ONLY then put it back in your phone and then your 64gb
sdcard shall work!
Misterjunky said:
Remove the card and plug it into the converter and plug that into your computer or card
reader then re-format using FAT32 ONLY then put it back in your phone and then your 64gb
sdcard shall work!
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it only gives me exFAT and NTFS
ragingazn628 said:
it only gives me exFAT and NTFS
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Use the Windows drive manager to delete the partition on the MicroSD, do not reformat it with windows, plug it into the phone, and attempt to mount, it should do so but with 0 space now. Format it with the phone. Or look for the tool "fat32format" on the internet (Google is your friend) in order to force a format in FAT32.
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it only gives me exFAT and NTFS
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exFAT
Maybe this will help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2041679
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it only gives me exFAT and NTFS
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Then try exFAT but if you have a windows computer, the default is FAT32.
If that don't work you will need to find a friend or relative who has
a windows computer which you can use to format the card using FAT32.
thanks for the help guys, got it to work now. Can I install apps on the microsd?
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thanks for the help guys, got it to work now. Can I install apps on the microsd?
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nope, you cannot install apps on external sd on the s4 yet.
even the apps2sd is not compatible with the S4.
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nope, you cannot install apps on external sd on the s4 yet.
even the apps2sd is not compatible with the S4.
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Can I put MP3s on external SD?
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Can I put MP3s on external SD?
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Anything but the applications installed themselves. You can store whatever you want on your SD, no limits, just no APPS2SD yet.
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Can I put MP3s on external SD?
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You can have all your mp3's, videos, movies, pictures and documents plus backups of the rom and new roms or other
stuff but you just cannot use it to install apps until one of the devs finds a way to create a compatible app which will allow
for app installation on external sd.
Something similar to the apps2sd app which is not compatible with the S4.
Perhaps the developer of that app will upgrade it making it compatible with our phones.
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Then try exFAT but if you have a windows computer, the default is FAT32.
If that don't work you will need to find a friend or relative who has
a windows computer which you can use to format the card using FAT32.
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This isn't actually true after a certain version of windows i think since vista(May be wrong) exFat is the only option you get.
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This isn't actually true after a certain version of windows i think since vista(May be wrong) exFat is the only option you get.
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Google it and look it up,
Ever since windows xp fat32 was always the default when formatting usb flash drives(memory sticks) and sdcards.
Right now I am running windows 8 but I ran all the other prior versions of windows including windows xp.
When formatting hard drives, even external usb hard drives then windows (all versions) default to NTFS.
I never seen any versions of windows operating systems defaulting to exFAT.
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Google it and look it up,
Ever since windows xp fat32 was always the default when formatting usb flash drives(memory sticks) and sdcards.
Right now I am running windows 8 but I ran all the other prior versions of windows including windows xp.
When formatting hard drives, even external usb hard drives then windows (all versions) default to NTFS.
I never seen any versions of windows operating systems defaulting to exFAT.
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Your right actually I got confused its actually partition space anything over 32Gb is out of a normal fat range for windows.
1) Make a LiveUSB stick of Ubuntu.
2) Boot into the USB stick.
3) Use GParted to format to Fat32.
blackknightavalon said:
1) Make a LiveUSB stick of Ubuntu.
2) Boot into the USB stick.
3) Use GParted to format to Fat32.
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Or you could search for 1 of the thousand formatting utilities that will do it and not have to download a 2gb file.
Do you know if due to the size of the memory card the phone takes a lot more time to load stuff??? I do not want to buy a 64gb if it will slow my phone a lot. If that's the case i may have to buy a 32gb card. Please tell me your input on this.
tones160 said:
Do you know if due to the size of the memory card the phone takes a lot more time to load stuff??? I do not want to buy a 64gb if it will slow my phone a lot. If that's the case i may have to buy a 32gb card. Please tell me your input on this.
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What slowdown? My phone boots and loads VERY fast.
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What slowdown? My phone boots and loads VERY fast.
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Well not in that sense but let's say if you would like to play a video or a song you have saved in your 64GB card. Does it still play it right away or have you experienced any slow downs? Someone who i know that works closely with phones informed me that it slows down the phone when loading files such as mp3 files or video files. Thanks dude.