SD card problem. - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi i have 2 sdcards one 16GB class 4 and one 64GB class 10. When i use the 64GB sdcard to install roms, it always shows installation aborted. I am only able to install roms using my 16Gb sdcard.
1) Is this a bug in the rom?
2) And anyways to solve this problem?

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You may be better off posting this in the thread of the roms you're trying to install.
I may be wrong but aren't some kernels limited to using fat/fat32 etc?
Or of course your 64er could be going faulty?
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3vo3d said:
You may be better off posting this in the thread of the roms you're trying to install.
I may be wrong but aren't some kernels limited to using fat/fat32 etc?
Or of course your 64er could be going faulty?
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Do you have any suggestion on which kernels to use? Im using GT-N7105

Sys81 said:
Hi i have 2 sdcards one 16GB class 4 and one 64GB class 10. When i use the 64GB sdcard to install roms, it always shows installation aborted. I am only able to install roms using my 16Gb sdcard.
1) Is this a bug in the rom?
2) And anyways to solve this problem?
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I've had this problem multiple times with multiple Samsung phones. At this point, I'm pretty sure it's the hardware of the phone, not your SD card, ROM, or anything else. I've went through many SD cards thinking they were defective when they were not.

agent929 said:
I've had this problem multiple times with multiple Samsung phones. At this point, I'm pretty sure it's the hardware of the phone, not your SD card, ROM, or anything else. I've went through many SD cards thinking they were defective when they were not.
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So my phone must be sent to the service center?

agent929 might be going a bit over the top.
I mean your sd card works when you are on a samsung rom doesn't it? it is just while being in the recovery that it won't get recognized or did i misunderstand you?

lolmensch said:
agent929 might be going a bit over the top.
I mean your sd card works when you are on a samsung rom doesn't it? it is just while being in the recovery that it won't get recognized or did i misunderstand you?
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Yup just that i cant install roms using the sdcard as it says.E: Can't open xxxx.zip (bad) Installation aborted. (using my 64GB sdcard) I will be able to install when using my 16GB sdcard.

Sys81 said:
Yup just that i cant install roms using the sdcard as it says.E: Can't open xxxx.zip (bad) Installation aborted. (using my 64GB sdcard) I will be able to install when using my 16GB sdcard.
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hm it could be due to your recovery. which partitions do you have? ar both exfat or is the 16gb one fat32 and the 64gb exfat or even ntfs?

lolmensch said:
hm it could be due to your recovery. which partitions do you have? ar both exfat or is the 16gb one fat32 and the 64gb exfat or even ntfs?
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Both the 16GB and the 64GB are fat32.

Sys81 said:
Both the 16GB and the 64GB are fat32.
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What you could try (even though I don't know how Android can handle this) is to create two partitions with each 32gb on your 64gb sdcard and see whether this works or not. Other than that I don't have too many ideas left :/

lolmensch said:
What you could try (even though I don't know how Android can handle this) is to create two partitions with each 32gb on your 64gb sdcard and see whether this works or not. Other than that I don't have too many ideas left :/
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What do you mean by that? And how do i go about doing it?

Sys81 said:
What do you mean by that? And how do i go about doing it?
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you can either do it with windows (Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Administrative Tools > Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions > Disk Management) or with a tool like paragon partition manager (isn't free so you'd have to search for a freeware alternative) and there you shrink your 64gb fat 32 partition to a 32gb fat32 partition and create a new partition on the remaining 32gb of unallocated space also with fat32.
your pc will recognize your sdcard as if there were two. Now that i think of it, I really am not sure whether android will recognize your 64gb or better both 32gb partitions on your phone or if Android will say that you sdcard is corrupted.
If you do that and android suggests to format your sdcard DON'T DO IT ON ANDROID. I got myself some fried sdcards there. So if it doesn't work out you can delete one of the 32gb partitions and enlarge the other again to 64gb but do that from your pc.
You'll need a card reader or usb adapter or something. It won't work with the sdcard inserted in your phone as Android now uses mtp rather than ums and you can't perform those tasks from windows with mtp.

lolmensch said:
you can either do it with windows (Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Administrative Tools > Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions > Disk Management) or with a tool like paragon partition manager (isn't free so you'd have to search for a freeware alternative) and there you shrink your 64gb fat 32 partition to a 32gb fat32 partition and create a new partition on the remaining 32gb of unallocated space also with fat32.
your pc will recognize your sdcard as if there were two. Now that i think of it, I really am not sure whether android will recognize your 64gb or better both 32gb partitions on your phone or if Android will say that you sdcard is corrupted.
If you do that and android suggests to format your sdcard DON'T DO IT ON ANDROID. I got myself some fried sdcards there. So if it doesn't work out you can delete one of the 32gb partitions and enlarge the other again to 64gb but do that from your pc.
You'll need a card reader or usb adapter or something. It won't work with the sdcard inserted in your phone as Android now uses mtp rather than ums and you can't perform those tasks from windows with mtp.
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Hmm ill give it a try later. Right now im guessing that my recovery does not support the sdcard. Im currently on CWM TOUCH 6.0.3.1. And looking for a rom with good battery life.

Guys I truly don't mean to be a stick in the mud about this, but you can search XDA and Google about this issue. A lot of people are having this exact same issue. That's why I said a 64 may or may not work with other brands, but the Samsung cards seem to always work like their suppose to (given they aren't defective). There are a few other threads about this on the forums as well. If you do by chance get it working please do share, and perhaps PM a mod and see if you can post a guide on it.

Note 2 has problems with some 64Gb card due to (here: my speculation) bad power supply and stabilization.
Kingston 64/10 makes my Note 2 unhappy.
Sandisk 64/U1 more or less stable with FAT32 but makes instability issues with exFAT.
Sandisk 32/10 and Kingston 32/10 are fully OK with FAT32.

Sys81 said:
Do you have any suggestion on which kernels to use? Im using GT-N7105
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I use saber kernel, I'm also n7105.
I presume you didn't just get a bad download of the rom, did you check it with md5?
I'm just throwing suggestions out there btw.
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3vo3d said:
I use saber kernel, I'm also n7105.
I presume you didn't just get a bad download of the rom, did you check it with md5?
I'm just throwing suggestions out there btw.
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Hmm i also on saber kernel. Im guessing its because my note 2 is not happy with 64GB sdcards. Maybe i should get a 32 one.

Sys81 said:
Hmm i also on saber kernel. Im guessing its because my note 2 is not happy with 64GB sdcards. Maybe i should get a 32 one.
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Are you using an aosp rom?
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3vo3d said:
Are you using an aosp rom?
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Nope im on JediX19

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Cannot copy anything to my sd card

Hello,
i recently bought a new sandisk ultra class 6 8gb micro sd card for my phone..but i can't copy anything to it....the drive shows in computer but when i try to copy something to it, it says "An error has occured. The destination you specified does not exist.It might be in an offline network location or an empty CD or DVD drive. Check the location and try again. "
Also, i received one adapter with it...through which i can copy stuff onto the memory card but the problem is that i can't copy anything on it directly when it is in my phone , i also formatted it twice but still no luckkkkkk
Do i have to use the adapter at all times?? is there any way so that i don't have to use the adapter??
Please Help.
There is no problem with your memory card, your phone software/hardware may has some problem.
finance.resat said:
There is no problem with your memory card, your phone software/hardware may has some problem.
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uh i don't think there is a problem with my phone, as my other 4gb card woks just fine....
Cwm format ?
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junxracr said:
Cwm format ?
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do you mean i should format in CWM or did i do format in CWM???
and also my phone wasn't rooted before....i mean when i used both of those memory cards....
its just doesnt work, there is a compatibility problem with some sd cards in wfs, you have to buy another brand of sd card it will probably fix your problem, but i think you should try the card before buying it in order to make sure there is no compatibility problem.
nmrcy said:
its just doesnt work, there is a compatibility problem with some sd cards in wfs, you have to buy another brand of sd card it will probably fix your problem, but i think you should try the card before buying it in order to make sure there is no compatibility problem.
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Agreed.
Better go with class 4 sd cards they are compatible with wfs
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ramcool789 said:
do you mean i should format in CWM or did i do format in CWM???
and also my phone wasn't rooted before....i mean when i used both of those memory cards....
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I had similar problem. I formatted my new class 10 with cwm in my phone, then used minitool to partition to ext4.
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install a console, part it with fdisk command and them format it with mkfs command

[Q] SD Card not recognized?

i flashed cm 10.1 nightly using TWRP and now my G4 SGH-M919 t-mobile can NOT read any sd card i tried a few different ones nothing, so i tried them in my other phone (G2) works fine it reads them all and computer sees them to, so its the s4, i did get alittle lost in TWRP but manage to flash cm 10.1 from external sd card and gapps. any help would be much appreciated! TY:fingers-crossed:
64GB?
Is the card formatted to FAT32?
frankth3frizz said:
64GB?
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32
lordcheeto03 said:
Is the card formatted to FAT32?
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im not sure its the way i bought it its a sundisk tho
mrdreamers said:
im not sure its the way i bought it its a sundisk tho
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It's formatted as exFAT
There is a known incompaibility.
The answer is in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2309200
And not to complain or anything, but that thread that has all the answers was 2 threads below this one on the forum list.
Just format it to FAT32. You get better speeds that way anyways. My 64GB gets better benchmark scores with FAT32 versus exFAT
frankth3frizz said:
Just format it to FAT32. You get better speeds that way anyways. My 64GB gets better benchmark scores with FAT32 versus exFAT
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Aren't there other problems such as the 4GB file limit. I also thought there were other negative things with formatting an larger card to FAT32
TYAll!
Skipjacks said:
It's formatted as exFAT
There is a known incompaibility.
The answer is in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2309200
And not to complain or anything, but that thread that has all the answers was 2 threads below this one on the forum list.
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ty for the help i ended up replaces it since t-mobile is next store to me and i just got it they just gave me another one no questions asked, but now after a successful root some root apps dont work like rom tool box and force2sd for example when i try to send a app to sd card with force2sd it does the process but does not send it it still shows the app there in internal storage and like rom tool box ill try to change boot animation but nothing changes any help would be much appreciated ty again

Q. SdCard

So lately my sd card keeos getting removed unexpectedly?... its not getting removed or anything. Will wiping it aka formatting it make it okay again?
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I suggest you read this thread. A lot of members have had sdcard issues. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031009
Btw, I have been using a 64GB SanDisk Ultra Class 10 for over 6 months with no issues. All my music, videos, ROMs backups etc are stored on the card. It gets heavy usage.. the biggest common denominator of the thread appears too be that the size of the card is the main issue and not the brand. 32GB cards are having the most problems.
EyLaTnOgN said:
So lately my sd card keeos getting removed unexpectedly?... its not getting removed or anything. Will wiping it aka formatting it make it okay again?
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Hard to say when you didn’t tell us what kind of SD card it is, what size, and how long you have had it. You need to give more information.
If it is a 64 GB card, it is because android natively does not support exFAT file systems for storage. Your issue is that the format is not compatible. In this case, flash perseus kernel found in the original android development section. Problem solved.
If it is an SD card of 32 GB or less, the issue is likely that you need to just format it. In this case just find an adapter to plug it into your PC, when the little window pops up asking you what you want to do “open folder to view files etc etc” all that… just close that window. Open some other folder (doesn’t matter which one) and on the left side you will see the drive shown. It will probably show up as F: or something… maybe G: … maybe Z:… who knows… but it will NOT be C:… C is your computer drive, don’t touch that.
Find the storage device on the left side, RIGHT click on it, and select “format”….
UNCHECK the “quick format option”…
For the file system select “FAT32” and for the cluster size select 32kb… (default is 16, but 32 is better and will provide better performance.)
Start the formatting. It will take a while… so go grab some lunch. If that doesn’t solve the issue then I don’t know what to tell you without more information but my guess after that would be that you have had the card for a while and it simply needs to be replaced.
What size card is it, what class, and who makes it?
Admiral Sir Manley Power said:
If it is a 64 GB card, it is because android natively does not support exFAT file systems for storage. Your issue is that the format is not compatible. In this case, flash perseus kernel found in the original android development section. Problem solved.
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That's weird my 64GB SanDisk Class10 card, that I have been using for months on my Note 2, is exfat and I haven't had a single issue with it.
My card was exfat right out of the box and that is how I used it. Right out of the box. I have NEVER formatted it.
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I'm on Tweaked now. Before that Stock Android.
Jerry D said:
That's weird my 64GB SanDisk Class10 card, that I have been using for months on my Note 2, is exfat and I haven't had a single issue with it.
My card was exfat right out of the box and that is how I used it. Right out of the box. I have NEVER formatted it.
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I'm on Tweaked now. Before that Stock Android.
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What kernel are you using?
Admiral Sir Manley Power said:
What kernel are you using?
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I'm using the Stock Kernel.. if I don't my extsdcard doesn't get recognized. I'd have to format it to fat32.. Here is a pic from Terminal to show I'm exfat. Look at the last paragraph.

[Q] Fail to download and or write to SD.

I have scandisk class 10 SD card 64 GB.
its formatted using the note 8 device (exFAT).
Whenever I try to download a file or copy a file in note 8 to the SD. It fails and reboots my device. knowing that reading from the SD is perfect. I can play music and movies from SD with no issues.
the only way I can transfer files to the SD if I connect the SD to the PC directly.
I am not sure if this is an issue with Note 8 or SD. please help!
Mine does the same thing. Ive tried formatting in exfat and fat32, didnt help. It writes fine to an old 16gb class 4 card ive got but not the 64gb. Sucks but at least it reads fine
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I have SanDisk 64GB (xd1 afair) exfat formatted in N5100, and it works ok with stock ROMs MD1'S and MF2.
cthiel08 said:
Mine does the same thing. Ive tried formatting in exfat and fat32, didnt help. It writes fine to an old 16gb class 4 card ive got but not the 64gb. Sucks but at least it reads fine
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Thanks for letting me know. I thought I am the only one having this issue. Any solution?
p107r0 said:
I have SanDisk 64GB (xd1 afair) exfat formatted in N5100, and it works ok with stock ROMs MD1'S and MF2.
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Can you download or transfer files to the sd? Are the files more than 200 mb?
gilbertgk said:
Can you download or transfer files to the sd? Are the files more than 200 mb?
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Yes and yes.
Are you running stock ROM? afair custom kennels do not support exFat
p107r0 said:
Yes and yes.
Are you running stock ROM? afair custom kennels do not support exFat
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I am not using any custom Roms. And i formatted my sandisk ultra 64gb more than three times but the same issue keeps happening. I also tried to find other apps to transfer movies and music files from Iinternal memory to sd but that didn't help. I can't even download directly to my sd. It reboots my note 8 if I try to download or transfer files to my sd.
Any suggestions?
gilbertgk said:
I am not using any custom Roms. And i formatted my sandisk ultra 64gb more than three times but the same issue keeps happening. I also tried to find other apps to transfer movies and music files from Iinternal memory to sd but that didn't help. I can't even download directly to my sd. It reboots my note 8 if I try to download or transfer files to my sd.
Any suggestions?
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I'm afraid nothing beyond painfully obvious ones - trying with another similar card, trying the card on any other device supporting exfat (if ok, this would provide definitive proof that card is ok), trying on freshly installed latest ROM, trying with the same card formatted in fat32.
p107r0 said:
I'm afraid nothing beyond painfully obvious ones - trying with another similar card, trying the card on any other device supporting exfat (if ok, this would provide definitive proof that card is ok), trying on freshly installed latest ROM, trying with the same card formatted in fat32.
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Good suggestions... I hope the problem is with the card not the device.
gilbertgk said:
Good suggestions... I hope the problem is with the card not the device.
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device does not need to be hardware, it could be on the soft side as well, in such case reflashing/changing ROM could help
p107r0 said:
device does not need to be hardware, it could be on the soft side as well, in such case reflashing/changing ROM could help
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It seems like this is the last resort. I will reformat my note 8 and try again. I also forgot to mention, that few weeks ago I was able to transfer one 800 mb file but this stopped happening. So it seems like there is not enough memory to transfer although I tried clearing the memory.
I will let you know if this reformatting the note 8 will fix the problem.
gilbertgk said:
It seems like this is the last resort. I will reformat my note 8 and try again. I also forgot to mention, that few weeks ago I was able to transfer one 800 mb file but this stopped happening. So it seems like there is not enough memory to transfer although I tried clearing the memory.
I will let you know if this reformatting the note 8 will fix the problem.
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one more thing, just in case, check the card for errors on PC
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p107r0 said:
one more thing, just in case, check the card for errors on PC
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I already did that and no errors found
p107r0 said:
device does not need to be hardware, it could be on the soft side as well, in such case reflashing/changing ROM could help
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Reformatting the device didnt fix my issue. I am not sure now if it is the device or the SD. I need to test my sd in other devices and check if it will allow transferring of files
I am having the same issue as well. I try to move files from my internal too my external card and device reboots. I have the SanDisk 64GB card as well, it works fine in my S4. Could it be a software issue on the Samsung side?
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Memory Card Corrupt Issue

I reccently bought a 32gb kingston class 10 mmc.After inserting in my phone, it is showing mmc corrupted,tap to fix. No matter how many times I format, the same happened. For a couple of minutes it is reading and after a few minutes its showing corrupt error.
I am shocked to see that the files in Internal storage are hidden. My Music player showing no Music. My gallery not displaying more than half of the files. Even the locked image files in gallery are not shown. Someone in this forums said me to change the kernel.
Could anyone help me with the above issue? If kernel changing is the only solution, then which is the best kernel for LG LS990(Sprint)?
Thanku
Hi. What I found was the issue is only with the kingston mmc. Dnt know why, but it is the issue with. The kingston mmc is working fine in other phones except in fulmics. Bought sandisk 32gb class 10 and the card is working superfine in fulmics.
So for the guys who r facing issues with mmc, better change the mmc and check. Dnt buy kingston if you are using custom roms as i came to know lot of users are facing same issue only with kingston. ??
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krishna13 said:
Hi. What I found was the issue is only with the kingston mmc. Dnt know why, but it is the issue with. The kingston mmc is working fine in other phones except in fulmics. Bought sandisk 32gb class 10 and the card is working superfine in fulmics.
So for the guys who r facing issues with mmc, better change the mmc and check. Dnt buy kingston if you are using custom roms as i came to know lot of users are facing same issue only with kingston. ??
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Fulmics has an issue with exFAT but not FAT32. Format the SD card to FAT32. The Kingston SD card is probably exFAT and the Sandisk SD card is probably FAT32, I had to install a custom kernel to get my 64GB SD card to work as FAT32 is limited to 32GB and smaller SD cards.
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Fulmics has an issue with exFAT but not FAT32. Format the SD card to FAT32. The Kingston SD card is probably exFAT and the Sandisk SD card is probably FAT32, I had to install a custom kernel to get my 64GB SD card to work as FAT32 is limited to 32GB and smaller SD cards.
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Which kernel did you download? and was it difficult because I also have a 64 GB card and have this issue
sippinhenn said:
Which kernel did you download? and was it difficult because I also have a 64 GB card and have this issue
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I use solid kernel but xceed kernel is great as well. All you need to do is download the right version for your phone, in twrp wipe cache and dalvak cache, then flash the kernel and boot into Android, that's it, it's very easy, just make sure you make a backup.
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I use solid kernel but xceed kernel is great as well. All you need to do is download the right version for your phone, in twrp wipe cache and dalvak cache, then flash the kernel and boot into Android, that's it, it's very easy, just make sure you make a backup.
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Thanks, will do! Any settings in the kernel you had to manipulate to get the sd card to run?
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Thanks, will do! Any settings in the kernel you had to manipulate to get the sd card to run?
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Nope. If it says it's corrupt after a reboot just remove the card and put it back in and it will work ( that's a MM bug on most ROMs and kernels).
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The same as the SD card issue I had, however some people report fixes for the same issue they've described that haven't worked for me. Eventually messing around I came with a fix and I posted it here in a reply to my own thread on it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/lg-d855-sd-card-corrupt-issue-t3393511
Just offering another solution I know works at least in one case but, no guarantee its the exact same issue
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Nope. If it says it's corrupt after a reboot just remove the card and put it back in and it will work ( that's a MM bug on most ROMs and kernels).
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solid kernel did the trick, thanks a bunch!!
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solid kernel did the trick, thanks a bunch!!
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We can also format 64 gb mmc wid fat32 file system. Im using verizon model and it is not supported by xceed kernel and with solid kernel i face wake up lag on fulmics 5.3 rom. So i just just googled how to format mmc with fat32 file system. Now im using my Samsung 64gb card on fulmics 5.3 without any hassle of custom kernel.
akki7636 said:
We can also format 64 gb mmc wid fat32 file system. Im using verizon model and it is not supported by xceed kernel and with solid kernel i face wake up lag on fulmics 5.3 rom. So i just just googled how to format mmc with fat32 file system. Now im using my Samsung 64gb card on fulmics 5.3 without any hassle of custom kernel.
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The issue there is that FAT32 is not meant for storage devices larger than 32GB. And the so called "hassle" of a custom kernel is a personal opinion, I have been using custom kernels for some time and prefer them to stock kernels. It's not hard to flash a custom kernel anyway.
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