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[Q] sd card not recognized!!help please!

Hi,
my htc wildfire s is not recognizing my sd card..i have tried soft and hard reset..even fashed 2-3 other roms..(clockwork mod is able to recognize my sd card if i specifically mount it, so i can install roms and patches)...i tried the solution gven in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243 but it didnt work...please help..!!currently my phone is bootloader unlocked and in s-on stage running cm7 rc1 stable version!

Have you formatted the sdcard to fat32?
sent from my android powered beast!

yes i have...also it was already in fat32!!hmmm..i did make a partition of 1gb ext2 for link2sd..but now am not able to view in in the partition manager......now i have only around 6gb for use...but that doesnt matter..i just want my card to be recognized in my phone!!

Some class 4 cards are not recognised. What class is yours?

i dont know...how do i find class f the card..its sandisk card that i bought..i m from india..also initially the card was working fine..after i made the partition this morning it stopped working...also card is mounting in clockwork mod recovery without any errors...so i guess theres no problem with the card..
P.S--if i revert back to non rooted stock HTC, will this be fine??

siddharthmani said:
i dont know...how do i find class f the card..its sandisk card that i bought..i m from india..also initially the card was working fine..after i made the partition this morning it stopped working...also card is mounting in clockwork mod recovery without any errors...so i guess theres no problem with the card..
P.S--if i revert back to non rooted stock HTC, will this be fine??
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Your class is the number in the circle on the card.
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i got it..its a class 4 sd card in that case..but it was working till now..wats wrong with it suddenly..??and as i said its mounting in clockwork mod perfectly..do i need to flash a stock rom or something??i tried flashing cyanogen and hensemod..both r working but without mounting sd card!!
P.S--it gives error wen i try to mount sd-ext saying "Error mounting sdcard/sd-ext"

siddharthmani said:
i got it..its a class 4 sd card in that case..but it was working till now..wats wrong with it suddenly..??and as i said its mounting in clockwork mod perfectly..do i need to flash a stock rom or something??i tried flashing cyanogen and hensemod..both r working but without mounting sd card!!
P.S--it gives error wen i try to mount sd-ext saying "Error mounting sdcard/sd-ext"
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I also had this problem with my 8gb class4 card. Bought a new one. Or you can run Thing ROM by einstein.frat, search it.

SanderTheNinja said:
I also had this problem with my 8gb class4 card. Bought a new one. Or you can run Thing ROM by einstein.frat, search it.
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the problem is not running roms..i can run any rom i want as i m able to mount the sd card in cwm..problem is card not getting recognized in any of the roms...without sd card,i cant save data,install more apps or anything...!!
P.S-i think i know the problem..i made an ext2 partition on the card for 1gb which it is not showing now even in the partition tool wizard..any ideas how to get it back,my ful card capacity???

solved it finally...it was a simple step...i had to make a partition in the sd card through cwm and give the swap size as 0..finally its working..thanks for ur support guys!!

No Luck For Me
I believe it may just be a hardware issue I am having. But maybe someone can point me out to something helpful.
I put the card in, it is not recognized, by either the phone, or by CWM
With the phone on, and in 'Settings' -> 'SD & Phone Storage', the card does not appear. I slowly pull the card out, and 'Mount SD' & 'Erase SD Card' both go from unavailable (greyed out), to full on available and White for a split second. After that nothing...
It does this with 3 different cards. an 8G Class 4, a 2G Class 10, and a 2G Class 4
I've contacted HTC about it, but who knows when they'll get back to me. Anyone here know of a solution?

Try formatting the sdcard or reset phone.
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Been there... done that
junxracr said:
Try formatting the sdcard or reset phone.
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Sorry. Tried that too. Multiple times
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It's as if the contacts inside the phone are screwed up. Like I said, when I pull the card out of the phone, while in the settings, it recognizes it on the way out for a split second.
I've been trying for the last half-hour to try to get it right to that point where it flashes the 'mount' to white... but I must just have goofy thumbs, because I can't quite get it...

Following you I have lost all my datas from SD card
siddharthmani said:
solved it finally...it was a simple step...i had to make a partition in the sd card through cwm and give the swap size as 0..finally its working..thanks for ur support guys!!
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Same problem I am facing. It is working fine with Minicm10 but not in Minicm9. Following you I have lost all my datas from SD card.Again I have inserted another card but same problem. Please anyone help...

I HAD THIS PROBLEM once.... i put my card in another phone(not a smartphone, nokia 2730...) and formatted it... after that my card starts working on my phone... try that...

TWRP Can't mount 64 GB external SD

Hey every1, for some reason the Sandisk 64GB microSD card won't mount using TWRP. When i try to mount the the externel sd it won't check the box. I can access it fine when I connect using the usb. Any suggestions?
Works fine with the 32GB card... Weird???

leprophotography said:
Hey every1, for some reason the Sandisk 64GB microSD card won't mount using TWRP. When i try to mount the the externel sd it won't check the box. I can access it fine when I connect using the usb. Any suggestions?
Works fine with the 32GB card... Weird???
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Needs to formated fat32. Edit: Twrp thread for note 2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33816559

deeznutz1977 said:
Needs to formated fat32
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Actually, it's fat32.
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Rhiannon224 said:
Actually, it's fat32.
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yup fat32

Thanks for your reply!
But, I don't have the option for "fat32", I do have the option, "NTFS, and exFAT"
I've even tried to formatting through phone, still didn't work.

leprophotography said:
Thanks for your reply!
But, I don't have the option for "fat32", I do have the option, "NTFS, and exFAT"
I've even tried to formatting through phone, still didn't work.
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Honestly TRWP hasn't been very stable on the Note II imo and experience, Try CWM recovery and see if it works. I used an adapter, plugged it into my pc and when I chose to format I had the option for fat32, I am on Windows 7, 64 bit.
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Rhiannon224 said:
Honestly TRWP hasn't been very stable on the Note II imo and experience, Try CWM recovery and see if it works. I used an adapter, plugged it into my pc and when I chose to format I had the option for fat32, I am on Windows 7, 64 bit.
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I tried this but, it did not work. Using an SD card reader, I still do not get the option to format to Fat32. Anyone have another suggestion? Also, CWM has the same issues. I cannot do a nano backup to the card.

leprophotography said:
Hey every1, for some reason the Sandisk 64GB microSD card won't mount using TWRP. When i try to mount the the externel sd it won't check the box. I can access it fine when I connect using the usb. Any suggestions?
Works fine with the 32GB card... Weird???
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I don't remember what program I used.. try this one let me know. .
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
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What is the fastest SD card Class that Galaxy Note 2 can handle?

leprophotography said:
Hey every1, for some reason the Sandisk 64GB microSD card won't mount using TWRP. When i try to mount the the externel sd it won't check the box. I can access it fine when I connect using the usb. Any suggestions?
Works fine with the 32GB card... Weird???
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latest update works great on my sandisk 64gb microsd card . It boots into recovery alot faster than the old version of TWRP. Will try this latest version for awhile and see.

sic_lic1o1 said:
latest update works great on my sandisk 64gb microsd card . It boots into recovery alot faster than the old version of TWRP. Will try this latest version for awhile and see.
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Nope, got the latest version, and same problem, no go.

deeznutz1977 said:
Needs to formated fat32. Edit: Twrp thread for note 2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33816559
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Hey Deez, I've downloaded the file, but when formatting there's no option for FAT32?

Ahhh Finally got it to work.
Here's the link!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28787632&postcount=2

leprophotography said:
Nope, got the latest version, and same problem, no go.
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Latest version backs up to and restores from my 64gb exfat card...
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farfromovin said:
Latest version backs up to and restores from my 64gb exfat card...
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So weird when I hit update it said theres no update. Then I tried to reinstall the open script, finally updated to v2.3.1.3. Yes, it works great with class 64gb class 10 card. Wow, backup speed were tremendously faster than regular sd card.

QUOTE=farfromovin;34295981]Latest version backs up to and restores from my 64gb exfat card...
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JaguarXT said:
What is the fastest SD card Class that Galaxy Note 2 can handle?
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This is the fastest. Believe me is worth the money, way faster writing than the class 4 card. .
64GB microSDXC Memory Card Ultra Class 10 UHS-I

You got TWRP to backup to & restore from ur 64gb exFAT sdCard?
farfromovin said:
Latest version backs up to and restores from my 64gb exfat card...
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For the life of me I can't get it to work. I have TWRP version 2.3.3.2, I just installed it straight from Goo Manager (as suggested on TWRP's website today). I have a 64gb Sandisk card, Class 10, exFAT (because I require to record LONG videos that go over the 4gb limit).
TWRP recovery can't see my external SD card, it won't mount it at all.
T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2, ROOTED but NO custom ROMS and using STOCK kernel, LK8.
What gives?
Thanks so much!
Kind Regards,
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Kal-El7 said:
For the life of me I can't get it to work. I have TWRP version 2.3.3.2, I just installed it straight from Goo Manager (as suggested on TWRP's website today). I have a 64gb Sandisk card, Class 10, exFAT (because I require to record LONG videos that go over the 4gb limit).
TWRP recovery can't see my external SD card, it won't mount it at all.
T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2, ROOTED but NO custom ROMS and using STOCK kernel, LK8.
What gives?
Thanks so much!
Kind Regards,
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SOLVED!! Just that fast! Thank GOD.
So here's what happened to me - I went to TWRP's website and THEY suggested on their site to install TWRP using Goo Manager because it was the "preferred" method. I obeyed. No dice. TWRP did install and I was able to successfully get the version that was right for my T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 phone, but the only thing that was wrong was that I could not mount my SD card in TWRP recovery.
Right on that same page on TWRP's site where they suggested to use Goo Manager, right on the same page, they had other options for installing TWRP, ODIN being one of them - and I loooove me some ODIN. So I went that route and decided to install TWRP through ODIN on top of the TWRP that I already had.
VOILA! ......as soon as I booted into TWRP I could see that my SD card was mounted PERFECTLY. exFAT, micro sdxc card, SanDisk, Class 10, no issue.
The fact that it's now mounted will permit me to test if I can make a backup straight to the card and restore from it, which is what I wanted to achieve this whole time.
For those that installed TWRP just fine and it SEEMS like it installed just fine and you ARE ABLE to make a successful backup to the internal SD card....that doesn't necessarily mean it was a good install especially if you can't mount your external SD card. Just install it again through ODIN and call it a day.
Cheers, my brethren.
=)

Kal-El7 said:
For the life of me I can't get it to work. I have TWRP version 2.3.3.2, I just installed it straight from Goo Manager (as suggested on TWRP's website today). I have a 64gb Sandisk card, Class 10, exFAT (because I require to record LONG videos that go over the 4gb limit).
TWRP recovery can't see my external SD card, it won't mount it at all.
T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2, ROOTED but NO custom ROMS and using STOCK kernel, LK8.
What gives?
Thanks so much!
Kind Regards,
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SOLVED!! Just that fast! Thank GOD.
So here's what happened to me - I went to TWRP's website and THEY suggested on their site to install TWRP using Goo Manager because it was the "preferred" method. I obeyed. No dice. TWRP did install and I was able to successfully get the version that was right for my T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 phone, but the only thing that was wrong was that I could not mount my SD card in TWRP recovery.
Right on that same page on TWRP's site where they suggested to use Goo Manager, right on the same page, they had other options for installing TWRP, ODIN being one of them - and I loooove me some ODIN. So I went that route and decided to install TWRP through ODIN on top of the TWRP that I already had.
VOILA! ......as soon as I booted into TWRP I could see that my SD card was mounted PERFECTLY. exFAT, micro sdxc card, SanDisk, Class 10, no issue.
The fact that it's now mounted will permit me to test if I can make a backup straight to the card and restore from it, which is what I wanted to achieve this whole time.
For those that installed TWRP just fine and it SEEMS like it installed just fine and you ARE ABLE to make a successful backup to the internal SD card....that doesn't necessarily mean it was a good install especially if you can't mount your external SD card. Just install it again through ODIN and call it a day.
Cheers, my brethren.
=)
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can you share the link?

New SD card

I just bought a new class 10 16gb SD card. What should I do? I want to put all my files at the previous SD card into it. I currently using cm 10 build 4.1. Thanks
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Turn off your phone.
Eject the card.
Copy *all* files within the old card into the new card.
Insert the new card.
Done

pepoluan said:
Turn off your phone.
Eject the card.
Copy *all* files within the old card into the new card.
Insert the new card.
Done
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Thx

SanDisk 16GB microSDHC Memory Card Ultra Class 10 UHS-I with microSD Adapter
Hello mates, greetings from Turkey.
i bought the following sd card and start using it in my i8150. However phone freezes / thinks a lot almost everytime when it starts using this SD i.e. during startup, previewing gallery, etc.
is this a known issue or something fixable?
here is the link of my new SD.

cozgun said:
Hello mates, greetings from Turkey.
i bought the following sd card and start using it in my i8150. However phone freezes / thinks a lot almost everytime when it starts using this SD i.e. during startup, previewing gallery, etc.
is this a known issue or something fixable?
here is the link of my new SD.
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Greetings from Greece too..
Maybe you have a "fake" or a faulty SD card. Try another and post results..

yannis_gr said:
Greetings from Greece too..
Maybe you have a "fake" or a faulty SD card. Try another and post results..
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i am sure it is not fake, but might be faulty.
i have no prob. with an old version 16 GB sd.
anyway, i will try the new card in another phone, then let you know the result.

cozgun said:
Hello mates, greetings from Turkey.
i bought the following sd card and start using it in my i8150. However phone freezes / thinks a lot almost everytime when it starts using this SD i.e. during startup, previewing gallery, etc.
is this a known issue or something fixable?
here is the link of my new SD.
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maybe you're copying a lot of files into your sdcard and some of it maybe a corrupt files.
try to format it again and put only the files you needed.
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stpdkid said:
maybe you're copying a lot of files into your sdcard and some of it maybe a corrupt files.
try to format it again and put only the files you needed.
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for an exact solution, i formatted everything (phone, internal sd, external sd by following the "go pristine" procedure).
then put the new update zip files to re-install the rom, open the phone in CWM mod.
CWM saw the contents of the ext.sd and i started installing zip file.
CWM was saying that it is installing the zip, however it was doing nothing as there were no further progress of installation.
at that point i figured out that my phone and my new sdhc class 10 ext.sd card are not able to communicate in a healthy way.
card is working in laptop, but has trouble working in the phone. most probably card was corrupted at the first stage while i am buying iti from store.
so i am giving up this.
just fyi.

cozgun said:
for an exact solution, i formatted everything (phone, internal sd, external sd by following the "go pristine" procedure).
then put the new update zip files to re-install the rom, open the phone in CWM mod.
CWM saw the contents of the ext.sd and i started installing zip file.
CWM was saying that it is installing the zip, however it was doing nothing as there were no further progress of installation.
at that point i figured out that my phone and my new sdhc class 10 ext.sd card are not able to communicate in a healthy way.
card is working in laptop, but has trouble working in the phone. most probably card was corrupted at the first stage while i am buying iti from store.
so i am giving up this.
just fyi.
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May I ....... You Must Format that SD with FAT32 mod .... try to format it on your laptop then put it in your mobile it Will work ... Try that now

ElGzzar said:
May I ....... You Must Format that SD with FAT32 mod .... try to format it on your laptop then put it in your mobile it Will work ... Try that now
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Already did that before re-install attempt. I am attaching the formatting properties i used.

i think the (Allocation unit size) should be Default or 4096

ElGzzar said:
i think the (Allocation unit size) should be Default or 4096
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Hi,
here is what i did last hour.
formatted again in "default" format and tried to re-install rom from ext.sd.
During first attempt, attached screen does not changed for 30 minutes, so i gave up again and force to shut down the phone by pressing down power button for 8 seconds.
I thought the phone will shut down only, but it restared in CWM mode. Then i gave another try and this time phone processed the zip file.
so far no new problems but let you know in case of one.

use that Rom RemICS 1.7
and here it's the Link: http://d-h.st/xwI

cozgun said:
Hi,
here is what i did last hour.
formatted again in "default" format and tried to re-install rom from ext.sd.
During first attempt, attached screen does not changed for 30 minutes, so i gave up again and force to shut down the phone by pressing down power button for 8 seconds.
I thought the phone will shut down only, but it restared in CWM mode. Then i gave another try and this time phone processed the zip file.
so far no new problems but let you know in case of one.
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have you try to format using minitool partition or gparted?

No. Did not try gparted. Will try it later.
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Here is new situtation:
Phone sometimes loosing connection to ext.sd especially When i try to open a video from ext.sd.
Looks like my ext.sd has defect since it departed from the factory.
Lastly i will try a new format via gparted and if it fails again to work properly i will use it in my laptop only.
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Twrp sd card

Does anyone know why I can see folders but no zips in my external sd card in Twrp it used to work now it doesnt so I moved zips ro internal and can use it rhat way but dont know why it stopped working.

raw2000j said:
Does anyone know why I can see folders but no zips in my external sd card in Twrp it used to work now it doesnt so I moved zips ro internal and can use it rhat way but dont know why it stopped working.
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Did you click SD card from internal to ex. You have to manually do it and switch

BACARDILIMON said:
Did you click SD card from internal to ex. You have to manually do it and switch
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Yes i did I see external card folders but no zips

raw2000j said:
Yes i did I see external card folders but no zips
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Plug into PC and see if you see them. Maybe all this stuff we been back and fourth with messed some stuff up
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raw2000j said:
Yes i did I see external card folders but no zips
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Check your settings. Enter Twrp click mount make sure ex SD is checked then click install and click the storage with am out of free space on it and click external. You stuff should be

Did you get it to work

BACARDILIMON said:
Did you get it to work
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Ya its working i think when i plugged to pc or uninstalled twrp mamager it got fixed somehow my zips are back

I also went to mount section on twrp and checked mount system and that seemed to do the trick mount sd card was already checked maybe that was it

Unable to copy to SD, even with SD KitKat Fixer Installed

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.