Does the OGP support exFat ? I hate the 4Gb limit of FAT32. How can I overcome this limit ?
pallcsa said:
Does the OGP support exFat ? I hate the 4Gb limit of FAT32. How can I overcome this limit ?
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FAT32 supports partitions up to 32 GB. If you notice, out of the box the G Pro comes with a hidden partition and an 23 GB partition as Internal Storage. I have a 32 GB MicroSD card formatted as a single 32 GB FAT32 partition.
You only need ExFAT if you plan on using a 64 GB MicroSD card. Since LG advertises that the G Pro can support up to a 64 GB MicroSD card, then its likely that the stock ROM and kernel do support ExFAT. If for some reason it doesn't, then replacing the ROM with one of the Android 4.4 KitKat ROMs will surely do the trick.
DonS said:
FAT32 supports partitions up to 32 GB. If you notice, out of the box the G Pro comes with a hidden partition and an 23 GB partition as Internal Storage. I have a 32 GB MicroSD card formatted as a single 32 GB FAT32 partition.
You only need ExFAT if you plan on using a 64 GB MicroSD card. Since LG advertises that the G Pro can support up to a 64 GB MicroSD card, then its likely that the stock ROM and kernel do support ExFAT. If for some reason it doesn't, then replacing the ROM with one of the Android 4.4 KitKat ROMs will surely do the trick.
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Well, I bit the bullet and formatted my 32Gb sdhc card to exFAT and the OGP can read it flawlessly. I am very pleased with the results because I got rid of the 4Gb file size limit. The only small issue is that cwm recovery can`t read or write exFAT so I have to make backups to my internal memory and then move them to the SD.
pallcsa said:
Well, I bit the bullet and formatted my 32Gb sdhc card to exFAT and the OGP can read it flawlessly. I am very pleased with the results because I got rid of the 4Gb file size limit. The only small issue is that cwm recovery can`t read or write exFAT so I have to make backups to my internal memory and then move them to the SD.
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How do you format it into exFat?
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Well, it`s very easy. I put it in the card reader of the laptop and formatted it in the file manager of windows 7.
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Recently changed to a 32gb class 10 micro sd the other day and noticed in the latest TWRP that the option to format isn't there any more. Haven't partitioned a memory card since my og evo and was curious if things changed.
twrp format
twrp and cwm wont recognize memory cards in exfat format. it will only recognize ones in fat32 format. I used a program to convert my 64gb card to fat 32. There is a post on android central with link to the program. Its free too. Hope this helps.
munsterrr said:
Recently changed to a 32gb class 10 micro sd the other day and noticed in the latest TWRP that the option to format isn't there any more. Haven't partitioned a memory card since my og evo and was curious if things changed.
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I just purchased a new 64GB SanDisk SDSDQX-064G-A46A micro SDXC card from Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171773
The card works fine in my S3 and in my PC, but it will not mount in my S4, not even from Clockwork Recovery. Both my S3 and S4 are running the stock ROM, but the S4 is rooted where the S3 isn't. I went to the local T-Mobile store and while they didn't have an S4 to test my new card in, they did have a Note 3 which mounted my new card just fine. Additionally the 32GB card that was in the Note 3 mounted just fine in my S4.
What is going on here?
Format the card to Fat32 on your PC and see if that works.
dynospectrum said:
Format the card to Fat32 on your PC and see if that works.
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There is no option to format to FAT32, only exFAT. Additionally, from what I read here Windows cannot format FAT32 volumes lager than 32GB.
http://www.ntfs.com/exfat-comparison.htm
A bit more reading and it seems the kernel that removes the SetUID restriction causes issues with exFAT formatted cards. Thankfully the fix is easy, just needed to install this exFAT module from recovery. The entire process is described here.
re: fat32 formatter
typoknig said:
There is no option to format to FAT32, only exFAT. Additionally, from what I read here Windows cannot format FAT32 volumes lager than 32GB.
http://www.ntfs.com/exfat-comparison.htm
A bit more reading and it seems the kernel that removes the SetUID restriction causes issues with exFAT formatted cards. Thankfully the fix is easy, just needed to install this exFAT module from recovery. The entire process is described here.
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Here is a free windows utility which will format any size sdcards using FAT32.
Give it a try. Here is the direct download link: http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/download/fat32format.zip
Good luck!
typoknig said:
There is no option to format to FAT32, only exFAT. Additionally, from what I read here Windows cannot format FAT32 volumes lager than 32GB.
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There's plenty of software to format the 64gb card to Fat32. I'm running a 64gb card in Fat32 format right now.
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shouldnt need to format to fat32 i have 2 diff sandisc 64g cards in tmobile s4's and they are exfat and work fine.. are you sure you are on stock kernel.. if you change it lots of kernels do not work for exfat.
I found guiformat made mine work. Same card and I was having issues, too.
Hey guys I have a quick question.
I am about to buy a 64GB microSD card for my Xperia M and I was wondering if anyone knows what are the partition format types the
stock kernel supports. I have the impression that it only supports FAT32, which is kind of a bummer but not a deal breaker for me, but I might be wrong. Also things might have changed with the 4.3 update (which i haven't applied yet because of all the negative comments I read about it).
I have found through personal experience with past devices that as long as the card is formatted correctly the phone will be able to use it despite
the specifications saying otherwise. I have no interest in unlocking my bootloader in order to flash a custom kernel.
Share your knowledge please!
64 gig sd cards don't work on Xperia m
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paper13579 said:
64 gig sd cards don't work on Xperia m
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Well if you look at this thread i found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2505383 or any thread about this type of thing on most phones the general consensus is that they do, if formatted in a way that the device recognizes. My question is if the Xperia m only supports FAT32 or if perhaps something has changed with the 4.3 update.
No 64GB support (exFAT) news in sony websites or their forums.:crying::crying::crying:
So we have to format it to FAT32.
I have been using 64GB card from the first day of usage.
You could format it to FAT32 from your device itself.
At-least we could get more storage space, right?
I have 2 64GB cards.
SanDISK & Verbatim
Both are UHS1 Class 10 cards.
Actually both had FAT32 file system, when I purchased those
Thank you spknair!
I guess I will have to format it in FAT32, which is no big deal, I just wanted to know if there were any other options.
Stock kernel has support for FAT32 and ext2/3/4. Any USB disk or SD Card of any size will work as long as it have one of those filesystems. Also, you may take a look in ext2 if you want to carry files bigger than 4GB in SD Card. However, the card will be readable only in the phone and in Linux OSes...
Do the 128gb SD cards that you can buy come already formatted to support files over 4GB (exFAT) or will I need access to a PC to do so?
Thank you
I use one in mine and have been able to transfer items from phone memory to external SD that are larger than 12 gigs at times. (That was a UHD demo video.)
psufan5 said:
Do the 128gb SD cards that you can buy come already formatted to support files over 4GB (exFAT) or will I need access to a PC to do so?
Thank you
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yes right you just use them, nothing else to be done
I use 128 GB sdcard on exfat with no issues at all.
psufan5 said:
Do the 128gb SD cards that you can buy come already formatted to support files over 4GB (exFAT) or will I need access to a PC to do so?
Thank you
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exfat =upto 4gb per file (limitation of android)
ntfs = larger than 4gb file (not supproted by android phones)
NoelBonel said:
exfat =upto 4gb per file (limitation of android)
ntfs = larger than 4gb file (not supproted by android phones)
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Lol.
Exfat filesize limit is 16 billion megabytes... Fat32, what you meant, goes up to 4GB.
Apologies!
Pfeffernuss said:
Lol.
Exfat filesize limit is 16 billion megabytes... Fat32, what you meant, goes up to 4GB.
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My sincerest apologies for my stupidity. Hehe. Should be fat32. Ehe...so sorry bro.
What filesystem do you use on G4 SD-card?
Why? What version of OS you have?
exFAT for external micro-SD card in LG G4 H818P. R/w perfectly. BB used Win7 x64
sahalento said:
exFAT for external micro-SD card in LG G4 H818P. R/w perfectly. BB used Win7 x64
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It's faster then Fat32 or...?
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sahalento said:
exFAT for external micro-SD card in LG G4 H818P. R/w perfectly. BB used Win7 x64
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Do u do anything special to get exfat working? Do other apps see the exfat sdcard as an available source to access? I tried exfat but kept getting the error saying unsupported file system. Thanks
@welder73, not sure which is faster but exfat support larger than 4gb files while fat32 doesn't
About speed. I did'n see difference between exFAT and FAT32. About the same.
And I did'n do anything special to get exFAT. Just formatted micro-SD on PC via SDFormatter utility. I thing exFAT support may be available or not on different ROMs for different countries. I am on stock v10d-CIS. It's ok by default.
Also I saw then users flashed rooted system from one region to another stock ROM (SEA, PHL) - no exFAT support. May be answer is in some files in system (bin, etc) or in some files in another images from full KDZ/TOT.
Pterka said:
What filesystem do you use on G4 SD-card?
Why? What version of OS you have?
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ExFAT on a big SD card. Because it's a one way street on a phone capable of shooting videos that cost half a gigabyte per minute.
Stock marshmallow H815 EU.
Didn't have to do anything special other than format it using the native windows 10 format application. Phone accepted it no questions asked.
Speed wise don't expect observable differences over previous file systems. SD card hardware is the main factor.
You have to use Fat32 for SD cards smaller than 32 GB and exFat for SD cards bigger than 32 GB. Speed and reliability depends on the brand of the SD card. I used without issues a Samsung micro SDHC EVO UHS-1 (32 GB) and a SanDisk Ultra Android microSDXC, 64GB, 80MB/s, Class 10, UHS-I.