I have tried to use a samsung 64GB micro sd card in my galaxy s4, but everytime i put music on the sd it says the sd is damaged and needs to be reformatted. I contacted T Mobile and they told me that their version of the galaxy s4 would only take sd cards up to 32GB. I have read some other treads on this site to try and get around this, like the exfat thing of fat32, both of which failed. I have recently rooted my phone, successfully, and i was wondering if anybody could help me get past this 32GB sd card only bs. Now that I have rooted my phone is there any option i can take to successfully have my 64GB sd work in my galaxy s4. If you need more information please let me know. I would like to solve this problem as quickly as possible. Thank you in advance to anyone willing to try and help me.
Find a kernel that's exFAT compatible our reformat to FAT32. The factory firmware s should be compatible iirc.
Tmobile is wrong about only accepting 32GB sd card.
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baseballfanz said:
Find a kernel that's exFAT compatible our reformat to FAT32. The factory firmware s should be compatible iirc.
Tmobile is wrong about only accepting 32GB sd card.
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I have tried both ways exFat and Fat32. I have over 32GB on the sd card, but once i put the sd in my phone the phone tells me the the sd is damaged. I am new to all this ROM, Kernel, etc... stuff. Where could I find a kernel that supports exFat or FAT32 and how would I install this on my phone without messing it up?
I think they all support FAT32, stock firmware should support exFAT. You might just have a bad card.
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Have you tried a different 64gb card? I have no problem on stock rom using a 64gb card I got on amazon.
Like what he said. I've been on Stock for a month before switching to custom ROMs but within that month I've got no problems using my 64GB card. Try another card, might be your card is damaged in the first place...
I have tried 3 different cards. I get the same message with each card.
Did u try reformatting while the card is in the device? Or thru cwm?
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marielinn76 said:
Did u try reformatting while the card is in the device? Or thru cwm?
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I have tried reformatting while card was in the device. I am not sure how to go about formatting through cwm.
I also have a 64gb sd card. Works great.
wjl124 said:
I have tried reformatting while card was in the device. I am not sure how to go about formatting through cwm.
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cwm~mounts and storage~format
cyanics said:
I also have a 64gb sd card. Works great.
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That is awesome. I wish I could figure out how to get mine to work. What kind of sd do you use? What was your formatting method?
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cwm~mounts and storage~format
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When I try to format through clockwork I select mounts and storage, format external sd and then i get the message....."formatting external sd and then underneath it says error mounting external sd...skipping format. Any thoughts???
Maybe try reinstalling the Rom? Factory reset?
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wjl124 said:
When I try to format through clockwork I select mounts and storage, format external sd and then i get the message....."formatting external sd and then underneath it says error mounting external sd...skipping format. Any thoughts???
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I honestly think, if you've really tried 3 different sd cards, that you could have a bad MicroSD slot. You might go into T-Mobile and ask them if you can try your card in one of their S4's. If your card works fine in a different phone, then, if your phone is a recent purchase, exchange it, if it's relatively new, get a warranty replacement.
I formatted my 64gb card on my pc using an adapter & have had zero issues. Currently running Infamous v8.0.
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Format to Fat32. I recommend creating a Live USB of Ubuntu and doing it through gparted.
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Mine works fine
I have a sandisk ultra 64 in mine formatted out of the box for exfat and it works just fine. You should not be having those issues.
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I also have a 64gb sd card. Works great.
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What kernel are you using?
Could be a bummed sdcard. I had the same issue with a knockoff. Now I have a 64g exfat with no issues.
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hi im trying to get my ntfs formatted sd card working but i cant seem to mount it using NTFSSD. i always get an error saying $mftmirr does not match $mft android. any help would be appreciated
U can format as fat or ext4
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Either format the SD card with your phone/computer to Fat32, or, if you bought a 64GB SD card like some of us, follow the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794514
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Either format the SD card with your phone/computer to Fat32, or, if you bought a 64GB SD card like some of us, follow the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794514
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im trying to get my sd card to work so i can download files bigger than 4gb overnight instead of downloading it during the day when everyones awake. is this even possible?
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No idea.
I'm going to use my OG Evo 8GB sd card in my GS3 I just got. Should I reformat the entire sd in exFat? Format in my rooted OG evo? I'm using AmonRa in my evo. So Just asking some quick questions before I do anything. I tried to google the info but came up blank.
Thanks in advance.
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I'm going to use my OG Evo 8GB sd card in my GS3 I just got. Should I reformat the entire sd in exFat? Format in my rooted OG evo? I'm using AmonRa in my evo. So Just asking some quick questions before I do anything. I tried to google the info but came up blank.
Thanks in advance.
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I'd back up all your pictures, music, and etc first. Then format it.
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I'd back up all your pictures, music, and etc first. Then format it.
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Let the GS3 format do it or with Win7 and format to exFat?
Yes, backup all of your files and format it first in your computer. I would then install it and format it in the phone. When I first got mine I just used the sd card from my OG Droid. It completely messed up my phone -- to the point Best Buy completely replaced it for free -- and the rep told me that the S3 has a "known issue" of having problems with sd cards formatted in other phones. I am not certain I believe it, but better safe than sorry.
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Yes, backup all of your files and format it first in your computer. I would then install it and format it in the phone. When I first got mine I just used the sd card from my OG Droid. It completely messed up my phone -- to the point Best Buy completely replaced it for free -- and the rep told me that the S3 has a "known issue" of having problems with sd cards formatted in other phones. I am not certain I believe it, but better safe than sorry.
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Fat32 or exFAT in Win7?
I formatted mine FAT32. I know the S3 will not recognize a 64 gb sd card in exFAT because there have been a few threads about it. I am not sure if it is okay with a smaller card, but I know that FAT32 does work.
Neil Fruit said:
I formatted mine FAT32. I know the S3 will not recognize a 64 gb sd card in exFAT because there have been a few threads about it. I am not sure if it is okay with a smaller card, but I know that FAT32 does work.
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The S3 will recognize a card formatted as exFAT (my 64GB came formatted as exFAT) but the recoveries will not recognize exFAT. Since the OP was asking about an 8GB there would be no reason to use anything other than FAT32, and that does work in the phone and in the recoveries.
Now per the OP of the rom I was running my sd was partition to ext4. Reformatting should erase all that correct?
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Got it working. Thanks all. Now on to root.
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So I rooted my AT&T GS3 and put CWM on it. Everything seemed to be going well until I tried booting into Cyanogenmod and the phone said my SD Card was damaged. I moved the SD Card to another phone and it said it was fine. I reinserted the SD Card into the GS3 and booted into recover and attempted to mount the SD Card and it said there was a problem. I'm pretty confused as to what's going on here. I was using a 64 gig SD Card but it did the same thing with others. Anyone care to help?
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So I rooted my AT&T GS3 and put CWM on it. Everything seemed to be going well until I tried booting into Cyanogenmod and the phone said my SD Card was damaged. I moved the SD Card to another phone and it said it was fine. I reinserted the SD Card into the GS3 and booted into recover and attempted to mount the SD Card and it said there was a problem. I'm pretty confused as to what's going on here. I was using a 64 gig SD Card but it did the same thing with others. Anyone care to help?
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Format it as FAT32
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Was working fine up until I installed Death Star rom. I reverted back to Wicked and it continues to eject SD card right after it has been installed. I tried another 1gb sd card, works fine, no ejection. I put my 64gb sd in and it prepares it then ejects it, tried to manually mount it and it does the same thing. CMW will not mount 64gb sd card either. I did update CWM through Rom Manager (bought it FYI) but worked afer the update. This started happening minutes after it was updated.
Any ideas?
reformat your sdcard to fat32
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who is the manufacturer of the 64gb SD ?
aLdaRiS said:
reformat your sdcard to fat32
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I need help guy. I just did install miui rom in my note 2 everything work find except that my note can't see my 64gb SD card. my sd card work fine before i switch to this rom. Anyone here can help??
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I need help guy. I just did install miui rom in my note 2 everything work find except that my note can't see my 64gb SD card. my sd card work fine before i switch to this rom. Anyone here can help??
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What is the format of your external card?
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How can I check
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What is the format of your external card?
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How can I check ? I mean The phone could not see the sd card or I have to check from the computer? Also what format do I need for this rom?
Before I flash to this rom my phone can see sd card
johny.jle.m said:
How can I check ? I mean The phone could not see the sd card or I have to check from the computer? Also what format do I need for this rom?
Before I flash to this rom my phone can see sd card
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Like when you first format your card was exfat or fat32? I flashed MIUI rom to my Notell before and I am using 64Gb card exfat format and it works fine.
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Format via PC adapter to FAT32...
Then try again. ....g
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