So i got my cable in the mail today, installed stickmount, but when I hook it up to the n7 i get a message in the status bar saying "Blank USB storage: USB storage is blank or has unsupported filesystem"
I reformatted the usb drive in windows and am still getting the same message. Clicking "format" from the message results in a random reboot. This is odd because when I plug it into my htc it mounts just fine. Could this be a ROM or kernel issue?
What format did you format it to? Stickmount can't read NTFS natively. There is an add-on to allow it t to do so. If you formatted NTFS, try reformatting to FAT32.
PJ Clifford said:
What format did you format it to? Stickmount can't read NTFS natively. There is an add-on to allow it t to do so. If you formatted NTFS, try reformatting to FAT32.
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Formatted in FAT32.
Ok. FAT32 & Stickmount work fine for me. NTFS works as well with the add-on. Not sure I have a suggestion. Probably need to have a bigger gun than I check in on this. Sorry.
PJ Clifford said:
Ok. FAT32 & Stickmount work fine for me. NTFS works as well with the add-on. Not sure I have a suggestion. Probably need to have a bigger gun than I check in on this. Sorry.
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Just tired NTSF, came outcome.
You DO need the add-on for NTFS. Won't work with without it. FAT32 should work, though.
PJ Clifford said:
You DO need the add-on for NTFS. Won't work with without it. FAT32 should work, though.
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Chcek, 've placed all the add-ons in my internal. Still doesnt work. The fact that it works on the phone but not the tablet makes me wonder if its a ROM or kernel problem.
regP said:
Chcek, 've placed all the add-ons in my internal. Still doesnt work. The fact that it works on the phone but not the tablet makes me wonder if its a ROM or kernel problem.
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I am on stock (jss15r, but it worked on 15q, too) and rooted (obviously).
PJ Clifford said:
I am on stock (jss15r, but it worked on 15q, too) and rooted (obviously).
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Guess I'll just hold tight and see if future updates to ROM and kernel resolve it.
Possibly someone else can help.
Related
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.
ragingazn628 said:
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?
re: install to external sd
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.
Misterjunky said:
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.
re: external sd
ragingazn628 said:
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.
I just purchased a Samsung 64g micro SD card. I currently running wicked V3 rom. When I put the sd card in my device it doesn't even see it.
I tried it on my gf stock S4 and it recognized it. What do I need to do to get my wicked S4 to recognize the card? the card comes formated to exfat, do I need to change that?
re: format
iskinner said:
I just purchased a Samsung 64g micro SD card. I currently running wicked V3 rom. When I put the sd card in my device it doesn't even see it.
I tried it on my gf stock S4 and it recognized it. What do I need to do to get my wicked S4 to recognize the card? the card comes formated to exfat, do I need to change that?
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Format it using FAT32 and it will work with the S4, that's exactly what I did to get my 64GB sdcard working.
Misterjunky said:
Format it using FAT32 and it will work with the S4, that's exactly what I did to get my 64GB sdcard working.[/QUO
sorry for being so noobish but anyway I put the sd card on my computer and I right clicked on it, clicked on format. and it only gives me the option for NTFS or EXFAT which is the default. do I need to download something?
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iskinner said:
Misterjunky said:
Format it using FAT32 and it will work with the S4, that's exactly what I did to get my 64GB sdcard working.[/QUO
sorry for being so noobish but anyway I put the sd card on my computer and I right clicked on it, clicked on format. and it only gives me the option for NTFS or EXFAT which is the default. do I need to download something?
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Do a google search and search for "windows fat32 format utility" and you will find a lot of free utilities
which can do that easily, all of these formatting utilities are very small files and easy to use.
Good luck!
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Misterjunky said:
iskinner said:
Do a google search and search for "windows fat32 format utility" and you will find a lot of free utilities
which can do that easily, all of these formatting utilities are very small files and easy to use.
Good luck!
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Thank you soooo much I really appreciate your help. I was able to do it
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I researched for ways to make 10.1 14 read any external HD with NTFS format thru OTG.
Found a couple of ways, tried and it still show me empty folder.
Tried both Stickmount and [root]Ntfs Mounter and both doesn't work. It tried both of them with my 3 HDD (256 GB SSD, 1TB and 2TB WD Passport).
I was hoping to connect it without having to reformat any of the disk to ExFAT or FAT32.
Is there any method that's working yet
Really appreciate the help. TIA.
jinda628 said:
I researched for ways to make 10.1 14 read any external HD with NTFS format thru OTG.
Found a couple of ways, tried and it still show me empty folder.
Tried both Stickmount and [root]Ntfs Mounter and both doesn't work. It tried both of them with my 3 HDD (256 GB SSD, 1TB and 2TB WD Passport).
I was hoping to connect it without having to reformat any of the disk to ExFAT or FAT32.
Is there any method that's working yet
Really appreciate the help. TIA.
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Hi,
There is only one working solution as I know.
You have to install TotalCommander and then also the relate USB plug-in.
The only limit is that for NTFS is read-only.
For all the other programs you find on the store for OTG management, are not working because of the restrictions made by SELinux in enforcing mode.
To solve this, you have to find a working custom kernel that sets SELinux in Permissive mode. But as far as I know there is nothing for sm-p605.
joe666it said:
Hi,
There is only one working solution as I know.
You have to install TotalCommander and then also the relate USB plug-in.
The only limit is that for NTFS is read-only.
For all the other programs you find on the store for OTG management, are not working because of the restrictions made by SELinux in enforcing mode.
To solve this, you have to find a working custom kernel that sets SELinux in Permissive mode. But as far as I know there is nothing for sm-p605.
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Thanks for the response. So that's why everything that I'm trying just tells me its mounted but doesnt show me anything.
I was hoping to use it as OTG storage so read-only seems pointless at this moment.
I guess we wait right Thanks again sir!
jinda628 said:
Thanks for the response. So that's why everything that I'm trying just tells me its mounted but doesnt show me anything.
I was hoping to use it as OTG storage so read-only seems pointless at this moment.
I guess we wait right Thanks again sir!
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AFAIK, bindroid kernel is coming with NTFS support, limited to SM-P600 and SM-P601.
Since about two days there's a new version of Stickmount, which will during the first run download additional stuff to enhance compatibility. I would suspect an Ntfs driver.
without ntfs drivers in kernel, you cannot read ntfs format...
I am running a CM11 port on my 12.2 Tab Pro and I am unable to copy large items to my SD Card usin the stock file manager, or ES File Explorer. I have the SD KitKat Fixer installed but cut and paste operations still fail.
What else can I try?
Does it let you copy small items?
Yes it does.
redpoint73 said:
Does it let you copy small items?
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It does, but larger items fail. Can this be sorted?
TylerDurdenK said:
It does, but larger items fail. Can this be sorted?
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It sounds like a formatting error, or a damaged sd. I would try reformat card.
arcadia2uk said:
It sounds like a formatting error, or a damaged sd. I would try reformat card.
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Agreed. KitKat permissions don't affect different file sizes, so it must be something else.
Folks often assume its the KK permissions issue whenever they encounter any SD issues. But in fact, a reformat will usually fix the issue.
Try to reformat by PC/computer, or I've seen folks have success with a 3rd party formatting app on the phone. Oddly, I've seen the native formatting app on some devices seems to be less successful than any of the other methods just mentioned.
EDIT: Forgot what forum section I was in, and started referring to my M8 phone. Last paragraph edited to make more sense.
Thanks for the info guys. This card works faultlessly when plugged into a laptop. Is it still possible that a reformat will work? Also, I assume ntfs is acceptable.
TylerDurdenK said:
Thanks for the info guys. This card works faultlessly when plugged into a laptop. Is it still possible that a reformat will work? Also, I assume ntfs is acceptable.
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I believe you need a custom kernel with NTFS support for that, you could also try using Paragon, I'm only using exFat or ext4.
TylerDurdenK said:
Thanks for the info guys. This card works faultlessly when plugged into a laptop. Is it still possible that a reformat will work? Also, I assume ntfs is acceptable.
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I've seen this type of stuff a lot, where the card works on other devices, but not on the Android device in question. So I'd say a reformat is still in order. I've only used exFAT or FAT32, either of which should work fine.
redpoint73 said:
I've seen this type of stuff a lot, where the card works on other devices, but not on the Android device in question. So I'd say a reformat is still in order. I've only used exFAT or FAT32, either of which should work fine.
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Does exFAT have file size limitation?
TylerDurdenK said:
Does exFAT have file size limitation?
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Apparently not, but even after I have formatted the card I am still getting failed actions.
TylerDurdenK said:
Does exFAT have file size limitation?
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Technically, yes. But its 16 EB (for which EB is 1000x GB). So in practical terms, no.
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TylerDurdenK said:
Apparently not, but even after I have formatted the card I am still getting failed actions.
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Odd. Try another ROM, or see if its a known issue on CM11?
Or try to format FAT32? Shouldn't make a difference, exFAT is pretty commonplace and compatible with devices these days. But its worth a try.
FAT32 support file sizes up to 4GB. Were you trying to move any files larger than that?
TylerDurdenK said:
Apparently not, but even after I have formatted the card I am still getting failed actions.
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I just 3 files 2*6G, and 1*4.5G (ROM Backups) from my internal to my external SD w/o any issues using cm11. There might be some dead sectors on your SD, you could try skip them by using something like HDD Regenerator.
arcadia2uk said:
I just 3 files 2*6G, and 1*4.5G (ROM Backups) from my internal to my external SD w/o any issues using cm11. There might be some dead sectors on your SD, you could try skip them by using something like HDD Regenerator.
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Just scanned my SD Card with HDD Regenerator, found no bad sectors. I then used diskpart to clean and create a new exfat partition on the card but still no luck. I am still unable to copy big files to the card.
TylerDurdenK said:
Just scanned my SD Card with HDD Regenerator, found no bad sectors. I then used diskpart to clean and create a new exfat partition on the card but still no luck. I am still unable to copy big files to the card.
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Sorry. I've run out of ideas. Anyway, I just this this new NTFS mount tool for android, it might be good to try if it works for you.
Did anyone manage to solve this issue?, facing same problem with my S4 running CM11.
I need the easiest way to enable my firestick 4k to read files higher than 4gb.
Advice?
Thanks
stefss said:
I need the easiest way to enable my firestick 4k to read files higher than 4gb.
Advice?
Thanks
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To enable NTFS and ExFAT by using Magisk (follow the steps carefully)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/development/magisk-amazon-firetv4k-ntfs-f2fs-ext4-t3991981
stefss said:
I need the easiest way to enable my firestick 4k to read files higher than 4gb.
Advice?
Thanks
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It can easily read more than 32GB, without doing anything. (In Fat32 of course)
Or if you want to use NTFS but without Root, check this out
https://youtu.be/qoQkGQiylBM
If i am not wrong, maximum for fat32 is 4gb filesize?
stefss said:
If i am not wrong, maximum for fat32 is 4gb filesize?
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Its not
https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/154997/description-of-the-fat32-file-system
Check this out
SweenWolf said:
Its not
https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/154997/description-of-the-fat32-file-system
Check this out
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Anyone any ideas how I can get this storage module working? flashed with twrp Pretorians add on. Using format fat32 and filemanager + but it's not showing up the 32gb SanDisk USB storage. Dunno what I'm doing wrong man [emoji106]
Any help appreciated
Cheers
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
Bertonumber1 said:
Anyone any ideas how I can get this storage module working? flashed with twrp Pretorians add on. Using format fat32 and filemanager + but it's not showing up the 32gb SanDisk USB storage. Dunno what I'm doing wrong man [emoji106]
Any help appreciated
Cheers
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
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You don't need to install any module to be abke to access fat32 formatted device, hell you don't need to have root at all. Fat32 is recognized by the system as is.
You just need a working OTG cable and use MiXplorer (download it from XDA official page). You will see your thumb drive in the hamburger menu (first or second one).
I have non rooted firestick 4k and it works.
I have no experience with fos5 devices and i cannot say anything about that because most NORMAL commands don't work there
stefss said:
If i am not wrong, maximum for fat32 is 4gb filesize?
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NTFS and ExFAT file systems are developed by Microsoft.
Amazon is not paying to Microsoft for the license to use NTFS and ExFAT.
The maximum file size for NTFS and ExFAT are 16EB (exabytes) or 16 million GB (gigabytes).
SweenWolf said:
You don't need to install any module to be abke to access fat32 formatted device, hell you don't need to have root at all. Fat32 is recognized by the system as is.
You just need a working OTG cable and use MiXplorer (download it from XDA official page). You will see your thumb drive in the hamburger menu (first or second one).
I have non rooted firestick 4k and it works.
I have no experience with fos5 devices and i cannot say anything about that because most NORMAL commands don't work there
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Hey my device is the way I want it now sween wolf, rooted with all apps installed, I can't be assed unrooting it now.
but anyway I flashed the magisk module with the general thought being if I was using a pre-rooted rom I would lose the ability to use the USB drive through OTG?
So I flashed Pretorians module but I can't get the USB drive to show up, it's a sabrent 32 gb formated to fat32
I'm using a similar app to xplore called filemanager plus but with no joy... The USB storage just isn't playing ball and showing up you know?
So I don't need the module at all? , should I perhaps try reformatting the USB?
Bertonumber1 said:
Hey my device is the way I want it now sween wolf, rooted with all apps installed, I can't be assed unrooting it now.
but anyway I flashed the magisk module with the general thought being if I was using a pre-rooted rom I would lose the ability to use the USB drive through OTG?
So I flashed Pretorians module but I can't get the USB drive to show up, it's a sabrent 32 gb formated to fat32
I'm using a similar app to xplore called filemanager plus but with no joy... The USB storage just isn't playing ball and showing up you know?
So I don't need the module at all? , should I perhaps try reformatting the USB?
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I am not telling you to unroot, this is not something rooting a device kills, but yeah with or without root, usb works.
Try changing your explorer, use mix or es file explorer to see if the usb is getting recognized but isn't showing up
My english is not perfect so i still not try this before i will be sure.
What is easiest way to enable ntfs or exfat usb drives?
I need this for Kodi, so i cant use es file manager.
stefss said:
If i am not wrong, maximum for fat32 is 4gb filesize?
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File System Functionality Comparison - Win32 apps
Tables that list functionality and feature support comparisons for the four main Windows file systems, NTFS, exFAT, UDF, and FAT32.
docs.microsoft.com
so fat32 max filesize is 4gb, you are right
and that is the reason users need for higher resolution movies bigger than 4gb ntfs or exfat mass or some NAS to circumvent the limitation for local mass storage filesize of fat32
SweenWolf said:
Its not
https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/154997/description-of-the-fat32-file-system
Check this out
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It absolutely is. The maximum file size for FAT32 is 4GB. What you linked to is exFAT, which is NOT FAT32. exFAT also cannot be read by the firestick.