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[Q] "SD Card blank or has unsupported file system"

So I downloaded the latest OTA update last night, and it installed just fine (phone worked fine, etc). I went to bed later last night, then when I woke up this morning, I got a "SD Card blank or has unsupported file system" message!
The first message I got was actually something a bit different. Unfortunately, I can't remember exactly what it was, but I clicked on the notification and it tried to do something with the SD Card (probably remount it or something), and ever since I've been getting the "SD Card blank or has unsupported file system" thing.
Now my only option given when I click on this notification is to format the SD Card. This is really annoying; I don't want to format my card and lose all the data! Are there any 'fixes' for this? I noticed a lot of people had this problem with the original HTC Desire.
P.S. I haven't rooted my phone or anything like that, so that wouldn't be an issue.
Edit: I tried all the usual stuff such as rebooting, taking the battery out, reseating the mem card, etc, numerous times to no avail. I got so tired of it that I just tried the format option, but it won't even let me format it! It just does nothing after I click it.

Have you tried the card on your PC using an external reader?
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maddler said:
Have you tried the card on your PC using an external reader?
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Yep, it just says "Insert a disk into Drive F", but it even says that with a backup card which does work with my phone... so I'm thinking there's a driver or a hardware problem with my USB micro SDHC adapter.

So I put the card into a regular SD adapter, then put that into my laptop's SD card reader and it recognised it. I'm now trying to recover any files I can, as the partition seems to be messed up (needs reformating). Anyone know what the best software for recovering data is?

Same thing happened too mee. Dont know why.

Got off the phone with a HTC rep a few hours ago. HTC will be sending me a new SD Card tomorrow, and have escalated this problem as well as that of the text messages up to the engineering department.
UK customers, try contacting them through here first (no spaces): htc.com /uk/ cs_mail.aspx
Make sure you inform them that other SD cards work fine with your phone, and that the SD card is unreadable in other readers too. That way they know it's not your phone.

Hey all,
I had the same Problem: SD Card blank / unsupported filesystem...
This happened when I used the factory restore option and checked the CheckBox to wipe all data on SD Card...
Phone rebooted - problem was there
Long research...
What I figured out so far:
there seems to be an issue on the DHD with the "format SD" option as far as I read, this is caused due a Software bug...
I am using the following Custom ROM: Modified CyanogenMod 7.0 Beta Nightly #31 (Feb. 9, 2011) Download (Server DE, Europe) | MIRROR (Server DK, Europe) which can be found @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=918639
But other users stated they had the issue also with the "Official" release....
Here the solution worked for me:
just put the SD Card in a BlackBerry Phone and format it using the BB (it was poping up when I inserted the card stating no filesystem and it asked me to format the SD Card - i did so...) - action took me less than 2 mins and Card is now accepted again in my DHD.
I would advice not to use the internal functions of DHD to format any SD card - best way I presume is using the USB-Data connection and format it from the PC.
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following Post I found at some other forum (not tested as I have no card reader) thanks @flopasques (autor):
1) Install this tool on your computer : http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3
1) Mount the SD card (notifications on the HTC).
2) Don't click any button if Windows displays a pop-up (where it asks you if you want to format). Let this pop-up opened.
3) Open the Panasonic tool and format your SD Card (Quick format is working well).
4) Close the pop-up (if applicable).
5) Unmount the card from the notifications.
6) Remove the card and reinsert it in the phone.
7) Now, it should be correctly detected.
--> Never use the format option on HTC phones, that's my only advice !
Hope this bring some light into the darkness
Posts regarding this I found on XDA forum (not all of them are for the DHD but might contain some helpfull info):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11072352
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698193
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=588766

many tnx for your efford but didnt work for me
the card was formatted with the blackberry but neither my pc or my htc managed to reckognise it
greetings

karlanal said:
many tnx for your efford but didnt work for me
the card was formatted with the blackberry but neither my pc or my htc managed to reckognise it
greetings
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Try formatting with windows, select type of filesystem as fat instead of fat32.. Works for me, and i noticed even faster write access speed.. about 4-5MB/sec on class 2 sandisk 4gb..

The problem in my case was the SD card didn't have a valid partition table. Here's how I solved the problem on a rooted Samsung Captivate running Cyanogen 7 (it should work on other versions):
Enter adb shell, insert the SD card into the slot and type:
# dmesg
This returns kernel messages. Look at the end, it will tell you what device was inserted with additional information:
<7>[22821.137721] sdhci: card inserted.
<7>[22821.336235] Universal : Card status 1
<6>[22822.591613] mmc2: new high speed SDHC card at address b368
<6>[22822.598715] mmcblk1: mmc2:b368 46608 15.4 GiB
<6>[22822.601085] mmcblk1: unknown partition table
Take note of the device, in this case it's "mmcblk1"
Now use fdisk to create a new partition table like this:
# fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk1
Create a new empty DOS partition table:
Command (m for help): o
Create a new primary partition:
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-505824, default 1): enter
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-505824, default 505824): enter
Print the partition table and review the changes:
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk1: 16.5 GB, 16574840832 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 505824 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 1 505824 16186360 83 Linux
Note that mmcblk1p1 is partition 1 on mmcblk1.
Write the partition table to disk and exit:
Command (m for help): w
Power cycle your phone so it properly re-reads the partition table and go into Settings, Storage and format/mount your card.

or the easiest u guys can do is "FULL FORMAT" not quick format but full format ur sd card using FAT32

Resolved!
In case you want to recover data from your "dead" SD card:
This morning I was also surprised with the evil "SD Card blank or has unsupported file system" message. Restarting my Desire HD did not fix the issue. So I removed the SD card and put it in a Windows PC, but even the PC did not recognise the card. Windows simply persisted that the drive was empty. I began to fear that many MANY great pictures of my kids would be lost forever...
A friend of mine suggested trying the "GetDataBack" tool for Windows. So I installed it and started it while my SD was in the PC (even though Windows thought is was not). After a long wait the tool actually noticed that there was indeed a volume in the SD drive! I continued on to the next step and "GetDataBack" actually started reading my SD card! It reported a few broken sectors, and then it really got busy! After half an hour (16GB card) I was presented a complete directory structure of my SD. I could even view all the pictures I took
I quickly purchased "GetDataBack" so I could copy the files from my SD. This worked perfectly! I was able to recover ALL my files!
So then I was still stuck with this dead SD card. Clicking "format" on my phone simply did nothing. Windows wouldn't format it either, as it was convinced that there was no disk in the drive. I tried an old Nokia phone, an old digital camera without success. I finally put the SD card in my relatively new digital camera (Canon Powershot SX200) and it was able to format my SD card without any problems!!! After that Windows would happely accept my SD card, so I formatted it again. Finally I copied all my files back on the SD card, and that was all...
Back in business! All I need to do now, is get a decent backup application ASAP.
If you intend to use "GetDataBack" to do the same as I did... make sure to wait as long as it takes, even when the application (or even Windows) may seem stuck.
Good luck!

rett78 said:
The problem in my case was the SD card didn't have a valid partition table. Here's how I solved the problem on a rooted Samsung Captivate running Cyanogen 7 (it should work on other versions):
Enter adb shell, insert the SD card into the slot and type:
# dmesg
This returns kernel messages. Look at the end, it will tell you what device was inserted with additional information:
<7>[22821.137721] sdhci: card inserted.
<7>[22821.336235] Universal : Card status 1
<6>[22822.591613] mmc2: new high speed SDHC card at address b368
<6>[22822.598715] mmcblk1: mmc2:b368 46608 15.4 GiB
<6>[22822.601085] mmcblk1: unknown partition table
Take note of the device, in this case it's "mmcblk1"
Now use fdisk to create a new partition table like this:
# fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk1
Create a new empty DOS partition table:y
Command (m for help): o
Create a new primary partition:
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-505824, default 1): enter
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-505824, default 505824): enter
Print the partition table and review the changes:
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk1: 16.5 GB, 16574840832 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 505824 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 1 505824 16186360 83 Linux
Note that mmcblk1p1 is partition 1 on mmcblk1.
Write the partition table to disk and exit:
Command (m for help): w
Power cycle your phone so it properly re-reads the partition table and go into Settings, Storage and format/mount your card.
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Hi I have a question, does this works for internal or external sd cards? I have the same trouble with internal sd card, but the only way I can connect it to pc is through the cellphone

I dropped my Desire HD, and there was a big dent on the back over, exactly where the SD card sits. Since then, I've had this problem. I figured that the SD card probably got shock damage, so I bought another one. It was a Sandisk 8Gb, and when I put it in, all was well. 10min later I checked my phone, and the same thing happened!
Now I'm thinking that there is something wrong with my phone. I was going to claim on insurance, but I tried the 2Gb card from my old Hero (Sandisk 2Gb) and it works fine.
Is there any differences between the 2Gb and 8Gb that would make the 8Gb not work?
Is my phone buggered?
hammernl said:
In case you want to recover data from your "dead" SD card:
If you intend to use "GetDataBack" to do the same as I did... make sure to wait as long as it takes, even when the application (or even Windows) may seem stuck.
Good luck!
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Hey, thanks for the tip. I've tried a few, and this seems by far the best one out there.
The problem is, it takes too long, and I mean TOOOOO long. I left it overnight and it was still going. So I came back in the evening....... still going!
I've set the options to 'Recover deleted files', and it is scanning now. When I set the options that you use for a new operating system installation, it takes forever.
It recognises my SD card, but only sees an 8Gb card as being 500Mb :-(

In case you need to recover the data, this small green ware will do the work for you.
Enjoy!

I am facing similar problem in unrooted HTC desire S
rett78 said:
The problem in my case was the SD card didn't have a valid partition table. Here's how I solved the problem on a rooted Samsung Captivate running Cyanogen 7 (it should work on other versions):
Enter adb shell, insert the SD card into the slot and type:
# dmesg
This returns kernel messages. Look at the end, it will tell you what device was inserted with additional information:
<7>[22821.137721] sdhci: card inserted.
<7>[22821.336235] Universal : Card status 1
<6>[22822.591613] mmc2: new high speed SDHC card at address b368
<6>[22822.598715] mmcblk1: mmc2:b368 46608 15.4 GiB
<6>[22822.601085] mmcblk1: unknown partition table
Take note of the device, in this case it's "mmcblk1"
Now use fdisk to create a new partition table like this:
# fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk1
Create a new empty DOS partition table:
Command (m for help): o
Create a new primary partition:
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-505824, default 1): enter
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-505824, default 505824): enter
Print the partition table and review the changes:
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk1: 16.5 GB, 16574840832 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 505824 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 1 505824 16186360 83 Linux
Note that mmcblk1p1 is partition 1 on mmcblk1.
Write the partition table to disk and exit:
Command (m for help): w
Power cycle your phone so it properly re-reads the partition table and go into Settings, Storage and format/mount your card.
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I'm also having the same problem like this guy. my HTC desire S once showed "micro SD card removed unexpectedly and after that it shows Blank SD card. I checked the card in laptop and in other mobile,it runs. but I've tried 3 cards in my mobile but it shows Blank SD card again and again. I've done master reset and also tried following codes on SDK tool as a guy from androidforums.com suggested me:
fastboot OEM enableqxdm 0
fastboot reboot
though I don't know what are they intend to do.
now my question is, will your method work on my unrooted desire S?
pls check my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1607368

SAPPH1RE said:
Try formatting with windows, select type of filesystem as fat instead of fat32.. Works for me, and i noticed even faster write access speed.. about 4-5MB/sec on class 2 sandisk 4gb..
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Windows 7 does not have an option to format with fat, only fat32

ri123 said:
Windows 7 does not have an option to format with fat, only fat32
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there's an app called cardtrick used to format digital cam's sdcard to install hack and that has the fat format...
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CardTricks

Format the sd card using your computer. After you do this you may find that the phone still has the same notification. Reboot phone and try formatting again. If your sdcard is in Raw format this should work.

[Guide] use swap on qkernel

How to use swap on defy/defy +
Since we got another kernel its possible to use swap
swap is "extended memory" on SC-Card or internal memory.
It's usefull when you need memory for currently non active applications (like browser + maps + etc...).
you can run more apps but you need more time to switch between those apps.
Warning: SD card (or internal memory) will be used as swap space. It can (and will) shorten SD card (or internal memory) lifespan.
required: root, qkernel , some free space (sd-card preferred)
I show you two ways to run it on defy/defy+, a simple and a hard one.
==============simple way===================
1.Downlod Swapper 2 from market! Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=lv.n3o.swapper2
2.Install Swapper2 normally
3.Open Swapper2 and go to Settings
4.Click on Swap size and choose 32,48,64..etc (i use 128MB)
5.change swappiness dependet on SD-Card speed 10-20 should be fine in any case
6. check "Run at Startup" if you want swap on by default
7. Leave settings menu and press "on", this will take some time to create and format swap file.
open terminal emulator and type "free" to see if swap was activated sucessfully
==============hard way==========================
open terminal
#comment do not type in console
#creates swapfile
dd if=/dev/zero of=/sdcard/swapfile.swp bs=1048576 count=128000
#cange rights
chmod 644 /sdcard/swapfile.swp
#swap file formatiern
mkswap /sdcard/swapfile.swp
#things above need to be done once
#enable swap
swapon /sdcard/swapfile.swp
#disable swap
swapoff /sdcard/swapfile.swp
#swappiness is 60 by default
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
==================================================
Im not responible for any damage on your phone
swapper2 is a app from Elviss Kuštans , i just showed how to use it
if i missed something or you have an idea how to improve things let me know

is possible to create the swap file on internal storage?

Yes Certainly!
Sent from my MB526 using xda premium

marcospulido said:
is possible to create the swap file on internal storage?
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yes,using it as swap partition will work fine.
BUT flash memories have limited write cycles.
so you end up decrasing your internal flashs livetime
i recomerre to use sd card, because its easier to replace after a jear or two if it stops working well.
-------------ad flash live span info-----------------------------
Individual flash memory (sd and internal flash) cells have a limited lifespan. That's the bad news. The good news is that their lifespan is usually measured in the many, many thousands of erase/write cycles, and that card controllers use an algorithm that balances the wear across the entire card's cells. InternalFlash and SD/SDHC cards are designed to automatically and transparently map out memory cells that go bad, or in some cases when they reach a predefined limit.
The cards and flashs are rated in and out of a device over 100,000 write cycles.
so nothing to worry about

Why and how does this shorten the sd's life-span? (Curious)
Sent from my defy+

Can we use swap partition on sdcard? Is it better then swap file at fat32?
Sent from my MB525 using xda app-developers app

Is there a way to prevent certain apps from being "swapped" to sd card? I dont think there is but what's the harm in asking?
This is because the launcher gets very laggy when swap is enabled.
Also: using internal memory as swap isn't recommended. Not only can you shorten life of internal memory, but also slow down your phone. As everything (apps,system,swap)will be trying to access the internal memory at the same time and will lead to trashing.

thanks
Thanks

I am a noob to this android stuff and I know this question is outdated, but what is a qkernel?
Also, I am using a kernel that has been confirmed to be able to work with swap files, but when I press "on" in swapper 2, everything works fine. Then it says, "enabling swap file(fail)."
Could someone please inform me on how to fix this problem on MB525.
Thanks in advance.

[mini-Howto][Live CD/Linux] SD Card Recovery Using Testdisk

So I have an old SD card that for some reason or another I keep using because I haven't gotten around to replacing the replacement I did get that doesn't work (sad tale of a Sandisk Class10 32GB card that I've seen from a handful of other people).
Anyway, I've had to do this a number of times now and it's worked pretty well. First of all, if your disk is crashing this way, there's probably something wrong with it, and there's a chance that your data will not be recoverable, or it will be recoverable and it is corrupted and it might take time to figure out how it's corrupted.
Basically, I get a warning from Android that there's something wrong with the SD disk and apps rely on the SD card will slowly stop functioning until it crashes. After this it pretty much just locks up and is unusable. This is the procedure I use when there's no partition information on the drive and the disk just appears to be empty. I run Linux on my systems so I just use run testdisk natively but there appear to be some Live CD's that have testdisk installed for everyone.
Mount your SD Card following your usual methods with a USB reader of built-in laptop card reader. Hopefully you have one.
Figure out which /dev represents your SD care. Normally I just open gparted (probably some variation of just finding it in your system tools or gksudo gparted or gparted from the command line). If that's not an option some combination of the following may give you some info to help you figure out which disk is causing the problem.
Code:
ls -l /dev/disk/by-id
ls -l /dev/mm*
ls -l /dev/sd*
The nice thing about gparted is that it will show you which partitions are formatted, and if your results are like mine you will see your ext4/ext3 SD-ext partition has survived with your apps intact, but no dice for the storage portion of your card. You could mount your SD-ext partition and copy the data if you wanted, or use dd to copy it but you have other backups, right? Oh, your Titanium Backup files are on your SD data drive. You don't rsync to a server..? OK, we'll get to that...If you want a chance of recovering your files remember your /dev path (why you opened gparted) and close gparted before you do something stupid.
Start testdisk in your favourite terminal emulator with... wait for it...
Code:
testdisk
And this is the part where I tell you exactly what to do but can't actually remember and always just bumble around until I find what I'm looking for - so I Googled it for you.
But to summarize after starting the program, you'll need to select the correct disk (/dev) and tell testdisk what type of partition your disk uses (pick intel!)
You can try using analyze to write a new partition table. This doesn't seem to help the problem I have with my disk but it hasn't hurt my recovery efforts either. Make the copy first and then try to recover partitions after, just to be safe.
To get your files back you want the advanced menu and the undelete option. Say what? Undelete?
Basically this feature is meant to let you copy deleted files off a camera card, USB hard drive etc. so once it's done it's voodoo to read the files on your broken partition it will show you all the files on your partition, not just the deleted ones (in red). Several filesystems will just leave junk on the drive until it gets overwritten later so many of these deleted files may be partially overwritten already.
Just highlight everything, if you can manage to not highlight the red things you're ahead of me.
Now press "c" to copy the selected files just like the program tells you. Follow the prompts to choose a destination folder. You probably want to copy it all into an empty file so it's easy to copy back.
If you copied all the deleted files on your disk you probably deleted a bunch of junk you no longer need and will needlessly fill up your SD card with files when you copy everything back. You might want to clean that up now.
Put the SD card in your phone and start fresh with a full format of the SD card in 4ext recovery.
With you newly minted partitions ready to receive data, you can use the toggle USB storage button to put your data back on the phone. I believe this is the recommended way to write data on the card. This will put all your backups/ROMs on the SD card so you can reflash everything and start recovering your data from your backups. You do have backups, right?
Hopefully this helps someone!

[Q] Possible to remove the virtual SD card altogether?

Hello,
I have just recently started absorbing direct Android / Unix-based kernel experience, so excuse the potential technical bull**** ahead.
Seems to me that Ace II has an internal ~2GB storage, half used as the standard internal space and second half mounted as a virtual sdcard0 that can be used to store additional apps or else. When I install a real card, it it mounted by the system as sdcard1. Through NovaFusion advanced configuration, I am able to swap these 2 cards, so my actual external sd card becomes sdcard0 and can afterwards be used as alternative storage for apps. So far so good, but the virtual sdcard moves to sdcard1 and is just a 1GB OCD trigger.
What I would like to do is to remove the virtual card altogether, merge it's space back into the internal storage so I get 2GB full internal memory and use my real external sdcard as sdcard0 without any additional mounts.
Possible?

mystrdat said:
Possible?
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Yes - possible and already done:
Read first to understnad you you are doing with it..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596521
This is also helpfull because of the different "pre-sets" included it the linked file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700727
I'm running approx 2,8 GB on Data and "only" 100MB on virtual (internal) SD Card.....

fluffi444 said:
Yes - possible and already done:
Read first to understnad you you are doing with it..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596521
This is also helpfull because of the different "pre-sets" included it the linked file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700727
I'm running approx 2,8 GB on Data and "only" 100MB on virtual (internal) SD Card.....
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Thanks, that looks pretty brick-prone. I suppose I'll wait until the process is a bit more user-friendly and more tested, so I don't have to go through several attempts. :good:

They heard your wishes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54157635&postcount=129

How to format SD Card 500gig - 2tb.

How to format SD Card 500gig - 2tb.
It appears the OS times out trying (suspect resource constraint)
I tried externally via USB ADB split partition half internal half storage
(this worked until a reboot after which the partitions could not be seen).
I get frustrated and give up for a few months but keep coming back.
I no longer recall the ADB commands to manually format to try setting it as a single partition.
There has to be a better way to do this... help plz

stevek4u said:
How to format SD Card 500gig - 2tb.
It appears the OS times out trying (suspect resource constraint)
I tried externally via USB ADB split partition half internal half storage
(this worked until a reboot after which the partitions could not be seen).
I get frustrated and give up for a few months but keep coming back.
I no longer recall the ADB commands to manually format to try setting it as a single partition.
There has to be a better way to do this... help plz
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Bro this forum is for Z2 play, go search somewhere else about your sd card

Yes I have the Moto Z2 Play
Yes I have the Moto Z2 Play
If you check the specs it can support up too a 2tb memory card... just trying to get a quarter of that to work.

stevek4u said:
Yes I have the Moto Z2 Play
If you check the specs it can support up too a 2tb memory card... just trying to get a quarter of that to work.
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The specs on the Motorola website have a footnote next to the 2TB designation which states:
"†† MicroSD card sold separately. Content with DRM restrictions may not be able to be moved to the card. 200 GB is the maximum capacity currently available."
I don't know why the spec says 2TB and the footnote says 200GB max capacity, but this could be the problem. Looks like Moto is saying that you can use up to a 2TB card but the device will only support 200GB of it. Confusing at best.

Sigh,...
At the time that web page and this device was released, the largest SD card on the market was 200gb. So only 200gb was available.
Android 7.1 supports up to 2TB, so theoretically that was/is the max.
I suspect the problems the OP, is having stems from the desire to have partitions and how, he/she is formatting these partitions.

Yes that is it.
Last time I tried I found the syntax to format and split the partition via USB dev mode(or similar), using ADB connection to format the card which worked fine, all 500gig was avail.
However, as suggested. I had chose to split the partition.
Half for internal use & half as private storage. I mounted the card via the ADB which works fine.
I enjoyed for more than a month. Until I rebooted. I had not and could not update the boot parameters so it did not see the partitions after the restart.
I had hoped to have found a way to use ADB Android install to remount after reboot. However I had not figured that out by the time I needed to restart.
Thus I am quite certain that 500gig can be used as I was able to do so before.
I lost my notes. I am hoping someone knows the command / syntax to format it again. I want try setting it up as a single partition (internal use). I think that will work.
For now I just want to use any way possible so can sync/load it up with media.
Thanks all

stevek4u said:
Yes that is it.
Last time I tried I found the syntax to format and split the partition via USB dev mode(or similar), using ADB connection to format the card which worked fine, all 500gig was avail.
However, as suggested. I had chose to split the partition.
Half for internal use & half as private storage. I mounted the card via the ADB which works fine.
I enjoyed for more than a month. Until I rebooted. I had not and could not update the boot parameters so it did not see the partitions after the restart.
I had hoped to have found a way to use ADB Android install to remount after reboot. However I had not figured that out by the time I needed to restart.
Thus I am quite certain that 500gig can be used as I was able to do so before.
I lost my notes. I am hoping someone knows the command / syntax to format it again. I want try setting it up as a single partition (internal use). I think that will work.
For now I just want to use any way possible so can sync/load it up with media.
Thanks all
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Still hoping someone knows the ABD function & parameters to format the 500gig for internal use.

Found this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381709

I originallly used xda adb shell -> SM list-disks
Resource I located that speak to how I had set it up prior and show a different variation which may be the key (when I have time to test).
For now I want to share a few of the links and steps that should allow you to format an SD Card up too 2TB(for now).
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Note:
These look like or look very similar to how I did it the first time. I have not yet retried nor have I tested the following:
Which is why I am only show snippets(steps/code) from the links from others XDA threads / posts on the topic.
If you have had a good or bad experience with any of the following methods:
Please leave a comment for others sharing your experience. Sharing with good intentions, best of luck!
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## 1st Option or Variation of how to:
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/enable-adoptable-storage-t3615882
Adoptable Storage in MM:
adb shell
sm list-disks
sm list-volumes all
sm set-force-adoptable true
sm partition disk:179,128 private (replace with mixed what number you want to be external, ie: mixed 80 will leave 80% of card as external, 20% internal)
sm set-force-adoptable false
sm list-volumes all
NOTE:
The fourth command partitions your SD card, and may take 2-3 minutes (or longer) to complete, depending on the size of your card. plus make sure you have a reliable and fast SD Card.
Disconnect your phone from the USB cable and reboot it.
The reboot is crucial.
Your phone may (or may not) take a bit longer to boot this time.
Once your phone is fully booted, tap Settings > Developer Options and disable USB Debugging, clicking “OK” to any messages that may appear.
Go to Settings > Storage & USB and tap your SD card.
Tap the three dots in the upper-right corner and choose “Migrate data”.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=20067#downloads
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/auto-formatting-sdcard-to-internal-t3583875
Auto-formatting SDCard to Internal and SDCard storage - this is the easiest way format your memory card, to use it as a internal memory and removable media at the same time!
What is required for this?
- Device with Android Marshmallow (6.0) and higher.
- USB Cable
- Enabled USB debug on your device
Just select the formatting mode and press any key!
Instruction:
1 - Connect your smartphone to the PC using your cable
2 - Enable USB debug on your smartphone
3 - Run "aftiss.cmd" (for Windows) or "aftiss.sh" (for Linux)
4 - Select the formatting mode
(1 - 25% Internal\75% SDCard, 2 - 50% Internal\50% SDCard, 3 - 75% Internal\25% SDCard, 4 - Custom)
5 - Press any key
6 - Be happy!
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/make-sd-card-semi-adopted-t3399510
Quote:
Originally Posted by Electriccars
EDIT: MARSHMALLOW ONLY
I hate the small amount of internal memory, but I don't want to make my ENTIRE SD of 128GB Adopted and unremovable. So I found this post describing how to make your SD only partially Adopted by splitting the partition in ADB. Thought I'd share!
"How to split your card
WARNING: Before you do this, be sure to eject the card from the Settings/Storage & USB menu.
I found how to partition my SD card to give 8G as internal storage to which all apps that can be moved will be moved and leave ~20GB as portable storage to hold music, etc.
First, you need adb working, and your SD card inserted and formatted as portable.
$ adb shell sm list-disks adoptable
is my SD card that can be made adoptable, I want 90% as external SD:
$ adb shell sm partition mixed 90
Note: Your card may be listed with an underscore _ instead of an underscore, e.g. in which case, that is what you type.
This erases the entire SD card, and then gives me 90% as portable storage and the rest as adopted internal storage.
The partition table looks like this:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 57.5GB 57.5GB fat32 shared msftdata
2 57.5GB 57.5GB 16.8MB android_meta
3 57.5GB 63.9GB 6369MB android_expand
The fat32 partition is not encrypted and can be mounted on a computer (provided it can handle the new GUID partition table format).
I advise a reboot after setting the new music storage location this as Google Music may get the wrong idea about much space is available.
Rename the adopted storage. If it had the same name as the portable storage partition then it may prevent one of the partitions from being available over USB MTP."
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## Additional Links
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>XDA<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/tutorial-how-to-emulate-partition-sd-t3554949
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/auto-formatting-sdcard-to-internal-t3583875
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/enable-adoptable-storage-t3615882
https://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/make-sd-card-semi-adopted-t3399510
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>GitHub<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
https://github.com/LegacyXperia/Wiki/wiki/Partitioning-the-SD-Card-using-ADB
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>StackOverFlow<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
https://stackoverflow.com/questions...d-sd-card-part-adoptable-part-removable-on-an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>android.StackExchange<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
https://android.stackexchange.com/q...into-two-parts-part-adoptable-storage-and-par
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Google<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1.......6..35i39j0i131j0j0i10j0i22i30.PYGdp3_K9ss
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Thanks for the discussion.