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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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arrrghhh said:
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
Help, im using bionic2 rom and my internal/external is swapped, but i want more space on my system storage, that's why i want to use link2sd app, im following this guide for partitioning the sd card (1.7gb), but after i reboot, my sd card (1.7gb) is empty, and my computer no longer detects it, but i can still save on it, and when i open the mini tool partition wizard; it shows bad disk (see screenshot), ive tried to restore my cwm backup, but it doesnt help, hopefully someone can help me, and thanks in advance
vanir29 said:
Help, im using bionic2 rom and my internal/external is swapped, but i want more space on my system storage, that's why i want to use link2sd app, im following this guide for partitioning the sd card (1.7gb), but after i reboot, my sd card (1.7gb) is empty, and my computer no longer detects it, but i can still save on it, and when i open the mini tool partition wizard; it shows bad disk (see screenshot), ive tried to restore my cwm backup, but it doesnt help, hopefully someone can help me, and thanks in advance
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Do you can save some file aren't ya ?
Try to format in setting > storage
Maybe it can help
Rio Saputro said:
Do you can save some file aren't ya ?
Try to format in setting > storage
Maybe it can help
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ive already tried to format using my phone, it did format it, but still my pc couldnt detect it, and the MiniTool Partition Wizard stills says Bad Disk, and when im using the minitool, the option to format is grayed (not clickable), btw, thanks
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ive already tried to format using my phone, it did format it, but still my pc couldnt detect it, and the MiniTool Partition Wizard stills says Bad Disk, and when im using the minitool, the option to format is grayed (not clickable), btw, thanks
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Hmm..
BTW, have try you shut down the phone after format the SD ?
And do check again..
If the bad disk occur, in Win7 it will automatically recommend to do scan disk to fix it. If is not your SD is fine actually..
Rio Saputro said:
Hmm..
BTW, have try you shut down the phone after format the SD ?
And do check again..
If the bad disk occur, in Win7 it will automatically recommend to do scan disk to fix it. If is not your SD is fine actually..
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ive tried to check in another computer and the pc search for drivers and install it, and it works just like the normal, it detects both internal/external, but my pc still cant detect it, ive uninstalled the MiniTool Partition Wizard and samsung drivers on my pc, and then i plugged in my phone, my pc installed the drivers, but it still cannot detect the internal sd, maybe the MiniTool Partition Wizard have some remnants after ive uninstalled it, but im happy to know that there is nothing wrong with my sd (1.7gb), but i cant reformat my pc, because its owned by the company where i worked, i just hope that it can be fixed
vanir29 said:
Help, im using bionic2 rom and my internal/external is swapped, but i want more space on my system storage, that's why i want to use link2sd app, im following this guide for partitioning the sd card (1.7gb), but after i reboot, my sd card (1.7gb) is empty, and my computer no longer detects it, but i can still save on it, and when i open the mini tool partition wizard; it shows bad disk (see screenshot), ive tried to restore my cwm backup, but it doesnt help, hopefully someone can help me, and thanks in advance
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I don't think recovery from CWM can help this as it just restores "files" from nandroid where partition is another independent thingy. U did partition the sd card. So re-partitioning should be the solution to it.
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vanir29 said:
ive tried to check in another computer and the pc search for drivers and install it, and it works just like the normal, it detects both internal/external, but my pc still cant detect it, ive uninstalled the MiniTool Partition Wizard and samsung drivers on my pc, and then i plugged in my phone, my pc installed the drivers, but it still cannot detect the internal sd, maybe the MiniTool Partition Wizard have some remnants after ive uninstalled it, but im happy to know that there is nothing wrong with my sd (1.7gb), but i cant reformat my pc, because its owned by the company where i worked, i just hope that it can be fixed
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LOL~ That's the problem with the drivers in ur PC. Try to uninstall the driver and install again. There is still some weird problems with windows drivers installation especially USB.
yewsiong said:
LOL~ That's the problem with the drivers in ur PC. Try to uninstall the driver and install again. There is still some weird problems with windows drivers installation especially USB.
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ive already tried to uninstall the samsung drivers, and connect my phone to the pc, it installs the drivers but it still cant detect the internal sd, is there any other method aside from formatting my pc?
vanir29 said:
ive already tried to uninstall the samsung drivers, and connect my phone to the pc, it installs the drivers but it still cant detect the internal sd, is there any other method aside from formatting my pc?
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Oh~ meaning that ur PC can detect external sd via USB cable? Maybe u can try Dual Mount SD. I am using it to connect both internal and external sd to PC in one shot. PC and ur device are enable to read sd cards simultaneously.
yewsiong said:
Oh~ meaning that ur PC can detect external sd via USB cable? Maybe u can try Dual Mount SD. I am using it to connect both internal and external sd to PC in one shot. PC and ur device are enable to read sd cards simultaneously.
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yes, my pc can detect my external sd, i tick usb debugging and when i connect my CP to the PC there is a notification in my CP and ill just have to click it to connect, normally it would detect both my internal and external sd, but after using the minitool partition wizard to make partition to my 1.7gb sd, my pc can no longer detect my 1.7gb sd (external because its swapped), and ive tried something, ive update my kies, and connect my phone with usb debugging untick, it detects my phone (GT-i8150 in my computer) with internal and external sd card. but still when im connecting with usb debugging on, only 1 sd card is detected, i guess my pc detects it as bad disk because of the mini tool partition wizard, but i dont know how to revert it, ive already uninstall the mini tool... but it doesnt help
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yes, my pc can detect my external sd, i tick usb debugging and when i connect my CP to the PC there is a notification in my CP and ill just have to click it to connect, normally it would detect both my internal and external sd, but after using the minitool partition wizard to make partition to my 1.7gb sd, my pc can no longer detect my 1.7gb sd (external because its swapped), and ive tried something, ive update my kies, and connect my phone with usb debugging untick, it detects my phone (GT-i8150 in my computer) with internal and external sd card. but still when im connecting with usb debugging on, only 1 sd card is detected, i guess my pc detects it as bad disk because of the mini tool partition wizard, but i dont know how to revert it, ive already uninstall the mini tool... but it doesnt help
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What is its format now? FAT?
yewsiong said:
What is its format now? FAT?
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the 1.7gb is FAT while my 16gb msd card is FAT32, btw i manage to get it working by restoring my system, i didnt know that windows 7 has that feature, just now xD, i just restore my system on the date/time before i mispartitioned my sd, many thanks to those who have helped
vanir29 said:
the 1.7gb is FAT while my 16gb msd card is FAT32, btw i manage to get it working by restoring my system, i didnt know that windows 7 has that feature, just now xD, i just restore my system on the date/time before i mispartitioned my sd, many thanks to those who are willing to help
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Wow~ fortunately. glad to hear that.
im facing same problem
I read abt it that bootIt cn be work in this situation, bt dont knw how to use it..
i usually used minitool pw to manage sd card, nothing's wrong. It seems you need use minitool power data recovery to recover the data on your bad disk.
same
Shayaq Raza said:
I read abt it that bootIt cn be work in this situation, bt dont knw how to use it..
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i got the bad disk error too messing with M.T.Partition Wizard and link2sd, but neither M.T.P.W. or the prompt commands to format the sd from pc worked so far..
The pc sees the sd for 1-2 seconds and ask to format it, then it s not accessible any more, and the formatting attempts (both from the pop-up message and prompt) results in a "cyclic redundancy check error" and fail..
i dont mind losing the data, i just want to keep using that sd
explained here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72729502&postcount=38933
so, did u fix it anyway/found a guide to use bootit ?
thanks a lot
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vanir29 said:
the 1.7gb is FAT while my 16gb msd card is FAT32, btw i manage to get it working by restoring my system, i didnt know that windows 7 has that feature, just now xD, i just restore my system on the date/time before i mispartitioned my sd, many thanks to those who have helped
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I m experiencing EXACTLY the same thing, can you explain how did you solve that?
Btw i was really giving up with it, i m so happy that someone actually solved it
waiting for your answer :fingers-crossed:
Recently got my phone which runs through Kodoos and cant seem to find an answer online via HTC manual?
ive browsed several SDcard threads here on the forums and none seem to be covering my problem?
in the Settings/Storage menu:
Storage card:
Total space
Unavailable
Available
Unavailable
Make more space
*light grey and cant access*
Mount storage card
*light grey and cant access*
Erase storage card
*light grey and cant access*
Storage card encryption
*light grey and cant access*
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[Q]: Is there a way to format this SDcard?
[Q]: is there a way to change the setttings whereas pics, music ,etc, can be directly sent to the SDcard?
[Q]: how do i access the SDcard when it wont let me into the card or it shows it is unavailable?
Try to format the card in pc using an incompatible format like ntfs and then put it in the phone and then the phone should ask you if you want to format the card. If not try to go to settings and format manually.
Sent from my 1,5 GHz HTC One V using Tapatalk 2
hlavicka82 said:
Try to format the card in pc using an incompatible format like ntfs and then put it in the phone and then the phone should ask you if you want to format the card. If not try to go to settings and format manually.
Sent from my 1,5 GHz HTC One V using Tapatalk 2
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okay...
ill give the pc a shot but if that fails then where exactly is this "format" feature ,cuz i cant see it anywhere?:silly:
swampdawg73 said:
okay...
ill give the pc a shot but if that fails then where exactly is this "format" feature ,cuz i cant see it anywhere?:silly:
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formatted the sdcard using ntfs and still the HTC doesnt see it? ugh!!
swampdawg73 said:
formatted the sdcard using ntfs and still the HTC doesnt see it? ugh!!
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dude. just format the sdcard using your pc in FAT16 format. you can also try fat32 but I don't know how it plays with android.
cheers!
PS: after you format it using the above method, it's good to take the sdcard out from your phone and then put it back. just to be on the safe side
1ceb0x said:
dude. just format the sdcard using your pc in FAT16 format. you can also try fat32 but I don't know how it plays with android.
cheers!
PS: after you format it using the above method, it's good to take the sdcard out from your phone and then put it back. just to be on the safe side
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well...tried FAT16 and no luck?
im getting very frustrated at the thought of a phone that doesnt even see a simple SDcard when my PC does?
Well it might be some hardware issue. The phone does not recognize that sd card is in right? Does the phone show something when you plug in the card while the phone is on?
Did you try to put in other card?
hlavicka82 said:
Well it might be some hardware issue. The phone does not recognize that sd card is in right? Does the phone show something when you plug in the card while the phone is on?
Did you try to put in other card?
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nothing shows up when putting the card into the phone while it is on, but it does state SDCARD REMOVED when pulling it out from the phone
May be the SD card have some defect. Insert some other SD card and see if the phone nose it out.
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May be the SD card have some defect. Insert some other SD card and see if the phone nose it out.
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ill probably end up doing that and just buy a new sdcard but i have a feeling itll do he same thing seeing as my PC sees it just fine and my last phone used it without a glitch. Now formatting this card for this phone, ive lost 1gb of photos!
Well I just did a small test. I have formatted a spare SD card with NTFS(I used MiniTool Partition Wizard for that) and put it in the phone. It told me that the SD card is blank and not properly formatted and asked if I want to format the card.
So this is something that your phone should do too. So my conclusion is that there must be either something wrong with the card or with the phone. So hurry to try a different SD card and if it doesn't work you should ask for replacement device.
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Well I just did a small test. I have formatted a spare SD card with NTFS(I used MiniTool Partition Wizard for that) and put it in the phone. It told me that the SD card is blank and not properly formatted and asked if I want to format the card.
So this is something that your phone should do too. So my conclusion is that there must be either something wrong with the card or with the phone. So hurry to try a different SD card and if it doesn't work you should ask for replacement device.
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thanks everyone so very much for all your help!!!
i called Future Shop (where i purchased my device) and explained everything including your guys help to them, and they said it sounds like the devices card reader is defective. So...seeing as i just got this on Friday last week, i can exchange it for a new device at no cost.
:good:
just got back in from future shop....
seems it was the sdcard that was defective but...
after coming home, i reformatted the old sdcard back to ntfs and dropped a pic on it from my PC and it still works?? lol
for some odd reason the device just didnt see the card? maybe cuz it was generic? maybe cuz it was only 1gb? i dunno??
however...got me a new 8gb sdcard for 14.00, thatll do me just fine!!
again, thanks for all the help
SDcard unaccessable
swampdawg73 said:
ill probably end up doing that and just buy a new sdcard but i have a feeling itll do he same thing seeing as my PC sees it just fine and my last phone used it without a glitch. Now formatting this card for this phone, ive lost 1gb of photos!
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I am also having same problem with my htc one v
plzzzzzzz help me
I dnt knw wht to now
I have tried all the technic which is written above but still the problem is same
I really really need your help guys I think I bricked my friend's fone -- seeing how epic this ICS Pureness rom is I tried installing it onto his fone -- everything went well -- but the rom won't detect his sd card -- I can use it via cwm -- I did all the flashing through it but still it won't work.
I tried mounting it through the rom -- settings > storage -- there the mount sd card button has no effect and says insert memory card -- then i went into cwm and did unmount /sdcard -- then mount /sdcard -- still it wouldn't show up..
I then tried to format it using windows it formatted alright but still it wont detect !!
then I did this -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949372 -- still won't work
please help me out!!
randolf1956 said:
I really really need your help guys I think I bricked my friend's fone -- seeing how epic this ICS Pureness rom is I tried installing it onto his fone -- everything went well -- but the rom won't detect his sd card -- I can use it via cwm -- I did all the flashing through it but still it won't work.
I tried mounting it through the rom -- settings > storage -- there the mount sd card button has no effect and says insert memory card -- then i went into cwm and did unmount /sdcard -- then mount /sdcard -- still it wouldn't show up..
I then tried to format it using windows it formatted alright but still it wont detect !!
then I did this -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949372 -- still won't work
please help me out!!
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Did you try to format sd on cwm? I tell you beacouse i 've gote same issue few days ago, trying roms and sd2ext, and trying diferents ways to format it and finally it work, dont worry.
i was doing the exact same thing -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310309 -- was trying this out
so I had the fone on -- and created a ext3 parition of 2 gb using mini partition tool -- this was all when the fone was working and the fone was connect as mass storage --
then i installed the rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788701 -- and when it booted up -- i couldn't see the sdcard -- and the mount option was greyed out
I did try the fomart /sdcard option from cwm it did not have any effect --
randolf1956 said:
i was doing the exact same thing -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310309 -- was trying this out
so I had the fone on -- and created a ext3 parition of 2 gb using mini partition tool -- this was all when the fone was working and the fone was connect as mass storage --
then i installed the rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788701 -- and when it booted up -- i couldn't see the sdcard -- and the mount option was greyed out
I did try the fomart /sdcard option from cwm it did not have any effect --
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I think minitool partiton format it's guilty, when i was trying i've got same problems as you try to conect phone to pc, not the sd card to reader, and format sd card whit windows disk administrator.
jcgechevarria said:
I think minitool partiton format it's guilty, when i was trying i've got same problems as you try to conect phone to pc, not the sd card to reader, and format sd card whit windows disk administrator.
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well how did you fix it ?
When creating a partition use CWM or put the card in a reader, trying while the card is in the Phone and connected to the PC will give issues.
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XperienceD said:
When creating a partition use CWM or put the card in a reader, trying while the card is in the Phone and connected to the PC will give issues.
Sent from Myushi
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I tried reformatting it using card reader-- and cwm (after I messed up )-- now it doesn't respond to anything ?
randolf1956 said:
I tried reformatting it using card reader-- and cwm (after I messed up )-- now it doesn't respond to anything ?
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Use the Phones option instead, I think that's what I did, but if the Phone isn't reading it then not too sure what to do next.
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XperienceD said:
Use the Phones option instead, I think that's what I did, but if the Phone isn't reading it then not too sure what to do next. Sent from Myushi
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I tried using the mount and storage > format /sdcard option from CWM as well -- it completed successfully -- but did not work
the sdcard is detected by CWM as I installed the rom and mods through that -- only that once the rom and everything is installed and when I boot into it -- I don't see the sdcard -- says Mount SDcard under -- settings > storage -- and the button is greyed out !!
will deleting all partitions and creating new ones have any effect on it using disk manager in windows ?
ohh and another thing -- when the SDcard is replaced with another one it works on the fone !!
Deleting the partitions is worth a try, I resolved my issue before without a card reader but can't recall exactly what I did, and I got the issue by trying to create one with the Phone connected so just keep trying.
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Deleting the partitions is worth a try, I resolved my issue before without a card reader but can't recall exactly what I did, and I got the issue by trying to create one with the Phone connected so just keep trying.
Sent from Myushi
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sure -- I always have the option of giving my friend a new memory card -- but wanna try all possible options before -- shelling out money
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well how did you fix it ?
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Sorry i was out of office driving, well, only thing i can tell you it's that partitioning sd card for android seems to be a sh..t, now i don't remember what i did, but i tryed: putting sd card into a card reader, conecting the phone to pc, and formating with cwm, but sorry i don't remember wath worked finally.
Edit: Did you format sd on fat32 file system?
Did you test another sd card?
jcgechevarria said:
Sorry i was out of office driving, well, only thing i can tell you it's that partitioning sd card for android seems to be a sh..t, now i don't remember what i did, but i tryed: putting sd card into a card reader, conecting the phone to pc, and formating with cwm, but sorry i don't remember wath worked finally.
Did you test another sd card?
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yes I did try another sd card -- it worked -- haven't tried deleting the partitions and starting fresh -- that will be the first thing I try tomorrow!
will do it via windows disk management -- using a card reader.
randolf1956 said:
yes I did try another sd card -- it worked -- haven't tried deleting the partitions and starting fresh -- that will be the first thing I try tomorrow!
will do it via windows disk management -- using a card reader.
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You are right, windows disk manager it's the best way for me. Good luck!
Great news guys !! -- got the SD card working -- as told by you guys it was indeed the partiitions that were the problem
so here's what i did -- put the card into card reader
ran it thru mini partition tool
deleted all the partitions on the sd card
created new partitions -- fat32 and ext4 (for apps2sd)
and installed rom again !!
you guys are awesome -- I <3 XDA
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Solution
Set you SD card partition as Active!
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
ragingazn628 said:
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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ragingazn628 said:
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?
ragingazn628 said:
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.
Misterjunky said:
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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mike105217 said:
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.
Misterjunky said:
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.
blackknightavalon said:
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.