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I'm trying to copy .rar files to my phone over 4gigs and instead of using a dvd I'd like to put it on either my SD card or my phone storage. I have a 16 gig SD card with over 12 gigs free. I know I can convert it from fat32 with win7 so I'm not worried about that. I just need to know if he phone will support ntfs. I've searched online and can't seem to find a definitive answer... any help would be greatly appreciated!!
I apologize if this is in the wrong category I wasn't sure where to post this.
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Ysosrslawl said:
I'm trying to copy .rar files to my phone over 4gigs and instead of using a dvd I'd like to put it on either my SD card or my phone storage. I have a 16 gig SD card with over 12 gigs free. I know I can convert it from fat32 with win7 so I'm not worried about that. I just need to know if he phone will support ntfs. I've searched online and can't seem to find a definitive answer... any help would be greatly appreciated!!
I apologize if this is in the wrong category I wasn't sure where to post this.
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These phones don't support ntfs filesystems yet. Why would you want to use ntfs on a primarily storage drive anyways?
I like to transport sometimes large files via my cell phone. Or in the event that another storage device isn't working I can use this quickly and temporarily.
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NTFS isnt really any faster than fat32, its more of a security encryption issue and its not like fat32 doesnt support large file transfers. Plus i dont know of any device that doesnt recognize fat32.
Partitioning could be an option right? One partition in FAT32 for the phone and one in NTFS for file transfers.
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Since your transfering .rars I'm assuming your already use to using WinRar or a similar archiving tool, would it be out of the question to use it to split the file into pieces small enough to be compatible with a Fat32 formatted card?
My girlfriend got the HTC Wildfire S for MetroPCS a couple of weeks ago. It is a nice phone except for one little problem: The internal memory is crap. She has exactly 5 apps installed, all are moved to SD, and she has 7.14 MB or internal memory free. It is running the stock 2.3 Rom rooted. I need some help figuring out what to do. Before you guys make suggestions let me list what I have already done:
1. S-OFF and rooted, removed all bloatware, which moved it from 3.21 MB to 8 MB which seems like BS because a few of those apps were about 6 MB in size.
2. Moved apps to SD card partially in the applications menu in settings.
3. Cleaned caches
4. Uninstalled almost every application.
This is very frustrating because she cant update apps, she cant download apps, and it is frustrating because I have the old Huawei Ascend on CM7 and I have more apps and am faster than her phone, its ridiculous, I also wonder why after removing over 60MB or crap and bloatware it freed up about 7MB. Makes no sense. I don't want to do DT's app2sd script yet because she doesn't have a way to back up her stuff before the partition of the SD card. If anyone can explain another way or something I can do to fix this please..... It would be greatly appreciated.
Use Partition Wizard Home (Free) to resize your FAT32 partition and create your Ext(whatever your kernel supports) partition on a windows machine.
No need to back up. Doesn't destroy partitions.
My preference is Link2SD free from the market.
You can mass move your apps, dalvik cache and library files to the Ext(Probably Ext2 with stock rom kernel) from the SD card and internal to your Ext partition very easy.
Also you can set it up to auto do this when new apps are installed and choose which apps you want to keep fully internal for faster booting, startup, etc.
d33ps1x said:
Use Partition Wizard Home (Free) to resize your FAT32 partition and create your Ext(whatever your kernel supports) partition on a windows machine.
No need to back up. Doesn't destroy partitions.
My preference is Link2SD free from the market.
You can mass move your apps, dalvik cache and library files to the Ext(Probably Ext2 with stock rom kernel) from the SD card and internal to your Ext partition very easy.
Also you can set it up to auto do this when new apps are installed and choose which apps you want to keep fully internal for faster booting, startup, etc.
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I appreciate the fast reply. but here is my issue, she doesnt have a computer... is there anything else we can try?
AtmosFEAR4701 said:
I appreciate the fast reply. but here is my issue, she doesnt have a computer... is there anything else we can try?
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Someone else's computer...
Helped...3
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I did try that and. now the phone can't see the SD card. what shoud I do use a SD card reader. and wipe it?
raven.warsong said:
I did try that and. now the phone can't see the SD card. what shoud I do use a SD card reader. and wipe it?
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Is this the same question from two different people or one person logged on as two different people?
If your card is corrupt and can't be read try a program like Recuva on the PC (free) to get your files from it.
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Someone else's computer...
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Okay, I will get her phone on Thursday and try app2sd.
d33ps1x said:
Is this the same question from two different people or one person logged on as two different people?
If your card is corrupt and can't be read try a program like Recuva on the PC (free) to get your files from it.
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sorry different person. Got a new card read sd card checks out after partion it will just not read the card can all kind of test on the card formated changed partion back to fad 32 it will just not read the card mounts in windows just fine.
raven.warsong said:
sorry different person. Got a new card read sd card checks out after partion it will just not read the card can all kind of test on the card formated changed partion back to fad 32 it will just not read the card mounts in windows just fine.
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The card shows up and reads in windows?
AtmosFEAR4701 said:
The card shows up and reads in windows?
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yes and cant be read after any changes with mini tool partion wizard
if I make partions with windows storage manager it works fine. The only problem with that is windows see more that one partion on what it considers removal meda but cant create edit or change it. so gess im searching for a new partion tool or get some bootabe image of a linix distro and try it from there
Active partition, Fat32 and Primary partition?
raven.warsong said:
sorry different person. Got a new card read sd card checks out after partion it will just not read the card can all kind of test on the card formated changed partion back to fad 32 it will just not read the card mounts in windows just fine.
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Format it in windows using the partition software I mentioned and make sure it is:
1/ Fat32
2/ A Primary not a Logical partition
3/ Make it the Active partition
thanks I have been working on it and got it to see the sd card
what about the 2 partion should it be ext2 ext 3 or fad 32 I guss it dose not matter I have tried all 3 but link2sd will not see the 2 partion
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the phone will see the sd card I have tryed fad 32,ext2 ,ext 3 and ext4 that app will see none of them as the second partion are you shure I dont need root or some thing? sorry for all the nob questions
raven.warsong said:
thanks I have been working on it and got it to see the sd card
what about the 2 partion should it be ext2 ext 3 or fad 32 I guss it dose not matter I have tried all 3 but link2sd will not see the 2 partion
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Choose EXT3
Sorry for the double post but you have to be rooted from what I understand. There is also a script or application that you have to use to move the apps and you MUST be rooted.
thanks much I kind if figured that now sorry for wasting your time guess I should I read more or some thing
It's no problem good luck!
I have had good luck with this
http://androidforums.com/micromax-a70/422359-how-force-install-apps-sd-card-without-root-a70.html
sd card does not work
AtmosFEAR4701 said:
The card shows up and reads in windows?
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what should i do if d sd card reads in windows and does not respond in the phone?? is there any way to recover it?? bcos i cant take d risk of ruining the memory card as it is my brother's office phone n he will kill me if something goes wrong wit it
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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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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?
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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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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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?
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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 :/
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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 :/
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What do you mean by that? And how do i go about doing it?
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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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Are you using an aosp rom?
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Nope im on JediX19