[Q] EXT2/3/4 for external SD card? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Can I pre-format the external SD card for EXT2/3/4 filesystem and use it in stock Note 2?
To format I can use a card reader and Linux desktop computer say...
Also what would happen with accessing such a card from PC (Windows, Linux?)

I think you can format sd card with phone itself if that's what you are asking.
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UtkarshGupta said:
I think you can format sd card with phone itself if that's what you are asking.
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Seems like the phone formats it with exFAT or FAT32 only depending on the ROM.
And the formatting is not a problem, I can always format from Linux.
The Q is how would the phone react? And what about accessing the SD from PC?

Well testing it yourself wouldn't hurt.
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Formatting sd

Hi guys a have a problem I have 64 gb sd card everythings fine apart from when I am in cwm and try to access sd card says path not found .tried to reformat it to fat32 but only gives me option for fat or exfat .any sugestions of getting cwm to recognise it or how to reformatt it to fat32
Hope someone can help cheers guys its doing my head in
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stesteste said:
Hi guys a have a problem I have 64 gb sd card everythings fine apart from when I am in cwm and try to access sd card says path not found .tried to reformat it to fat32 but only gives me option for fat or exfat .any sugestions of getting cwm to recognise it or how to reformatt it to fat32
Hope someone can help cheers guys its doing my head in
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From what I can recall cwm only recognizes fat 32. You can format your sd card to fat 32 using a specific windows app. It's called guiformat.
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You can also use Easus Partition Manager.
I've been using it for years. It's what I used to format my own 64GB MicroSD in Windows to Fat32.
It's free btw
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[Q] How to do a repartition?

My SD card is 2GB. I have one big partition (about 1.7GB) and another ext4 partition for INT2EXT scripts...
So, how can I make to have 2 partitions: one about 1.5GB and the other one 0.5GB?
I have to shrink bigger partition and extend the smaller one somehow...
And I don't have card reader.
With minitool partition you can resize partitions while saving their data (if all goes right-so do a backup anyway)
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Ok, but I heard that I need card reader or it'll brick the SD card... Is that true?
here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
requirements: USB SD Card reader.
RonninDAMN said:
Ok, but I heard that I need card reader or it'll brick the SD card... Is that true?
here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
requirements: USB SD Card reader.
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you can do a sd card partition in cwm recovery. it's in advanced options. just be sure to save all of your data first
lukas12153 said:
you can do a sd card partition in cwm recovery. it's in advanced options. just be sure to save all of your data first
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It will create another partition, so I'll have 3 partitions. That's not what i want.
R: [Q] How to do a repartition?
You can use a USB card reader or a MicroSD reader; for sure you can't use your phone as bridge for mounting sd card.
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OK, I think I'll buy it tomorrow... The cheaper one.
ItachiSama said:
You can use a USB card reader or a MicroSD reader; for sure you can't use your phone as bridge for mounting sd card.
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I use minitool partition while the card is in my phone. But now with my new pc I have a build in card reader.
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Format the external sd card

Hi everybody,
I am having some issues with my sd card and I want to format it. I am asking what is the best format to do. my sd card is class 10 samsung , my device is SGN II .
Thanx in Advance
I always try to format on computer and then reformat in the device you will be using and had best results this way. Nope this helps!
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Always format any SD card in the device in which it will be used. This will always work and ensures that the SD card has the correct format for the device.
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jeffrey10000 said:
Always format any SD card in the device in which it will be used. This will always work and ensures that the SD card has the correct format for the device.
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Works best for me when I have troubles with my SD card.
I always format from the pc in fat 32, the only problem is that you won't be able to write files bigger than 4GB into the sd

Micro sd card format

what is the best format for sd cards? i believe if you insertthe card into your phone n fortmat it formats as exfat...does AOSP still not play well with this format? a while ago i flashed an AOSP rom and had to reformat it to fat32 to use it.
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pizzlewizzle said:
what is the best format for sd cards? i believe if you insertthe card into your phone n fortmat it formats as exfat...does AOSP still not play well with this format? a while ago i flashed an AOSP rom and had to reformat it to fat32 to use it.
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I recommend using Fat32, because it plays the nicest with Android across the board. If it won't let you format to Fat32 on the device, use a computer to do so.

Sd card format

I bought a new sd card...what is the best way to format it and what program to use? Tia
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Use your phone to do it from the storage menu .
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Do this,
Settings
General
Storage
Scroll to Sd card
Format sd card
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pvchip3 said:
I bought a new sd card...what is the best way to format it and what program to use? Tia
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To format the microSD card on your mobile device, from the Home screen, touch Menu key > Settings > General Settings > Storage Storage Icon .
Your microSD card information is shown on this screen, along with your device memory. Touch Format SD card. Review the message about data, and touch Format SD card again. Touch Delete all to complete the formatting process.
Warning! Formatting your microSD card will remove all personal information from the card. This information cannot be recovered.
I hope it will helps you. Good Luck
Is it okay if I will use a pc when formatting a sd card?
Usually SDcard come preformatted. If is a large SDcard and you are storing extremely large files like videos you may want to use the exFat rather than Fat32.
You can get free software like SD formatter to format your SDcard card on your PC.
Here is a link about exfat:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT
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smaisonville said:
Usually SDcard come preformatted. If is a large SDcard and you are storing extremely large files like videos you may want to use the exFat rather than Fat32.
You can get free software like SD formatter to format your SDcard card on your PC.
Here is a link about exfat:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT
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Thank you.

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