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Can't transfer large files to ExFat microSD

My MicroSD card is exFat formatted 100%.
When using Kies or connecting via USB to PC it won't transfer my files over 4gb.
The MicroSD is not fat, fat32, if that's what you're thinking is causing the problem.
I can however transfers large files over 4gb to my MicroSD if its directly put it into my PC SD slot. Using this method works and I now have huge 12gb movies on my MicroSD.
So here is my problem.....What's up with Kies and MTP protocol not allowing these large files to transfer?
Any help or knowledge on this would be great!

Try using AirDroid!:angel:

wonsanim said:
Try using AirDroid!:angel:
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Its not about airdroid, I don't think airdroid can find extenal sd anyways. Its about MTP and Kies not transferring larger files.

This could be an issue with JB. I had the same problem on my GS3. On ICS, I can copy HD movies larger than 4 GB to my microSD card (64 GB). But when I flashed one of the JB leaks, this didn't work anymore so I quickly went back to ICS.
Big disappointment that the Note II doesn't support UMS mode. MTP is pure garbage. If I was the developer of it, I'd just drag the whole project to the trash can - no hesitation - before anyone found out what crap I'd written!

abubasim said:
Big disappointment that the Note II doesn't support UMS mode. MTP is pure garbage. If I was the developer of it, I'd just drag the whole project to the trash can - no hesitation - before anyone found out what crap I'd written!
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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! YOU JUST SAVED ME FROM BUYING THIS! I fretted and worried that Samsung would f*ck this up like they did with the S3 and sure enough my fears have been confirmed.
Thank you!

rosedog said:
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! YOU JUST SAVED ME FROM BUYING THIS! I fretted and worried that Samsung would f*ck this up like they did with the S3 and sure enough my fears have been confirmed.
Thank you!
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You can have a try on this, it works for me~
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009

justinlee1230 said:
You can have a try on this, it works for me~
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
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Thanks, I do know of this already as I've already had the misfortune of buying the SGS3. I'm a firm believer that my phone should work for me from the get go and not against me. Combine that with the need of rooting and needing scripts - I feel it would be best if I bided my time waiting to see what HTC and LG come out with.

You're welcome!
At least this thread answered one question I had about the Note II: does it support ExFAT? So it does, and I will probably trade my SGS3 for it.

ciscostud said:
My MicroSD card is exFat formatted 100%.
When using Kies or connecting via USB to PC it won't transfer my files over 4gb.
The MicroSD is not fat, fat32, if that's what you're thinking is causing the problem.
I can however transfers large files over 4gb to my MicroSD if its directly put it into my PC SD slot. Using this method works and I now have huge 12gb movies on my MicroSD.
So here is my problem.....What's up with Kies and MTP protocol not allowing these large files to transfer?
Any help or knowledge on this would be great!
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I shared a 8GB file within my network. I accessed the folder (well, a shared network harddrive to be exact in my case) with File Expert and copied the file without issues to the external MicroSD (exFat). No need to pull out the MicroSD.

I can confirm that the SGS3 with the official JB ROM has the same problem. I can no longer copy large HD movies (+4GB) to my 64GB SDXC exFAT memory card.

abubasim said:
I can confirm that the SGS3 with the official JB ROM has the same problem. I can no longer copy large HD movies (+4GB) to my 64GB SDXC exFAT memory card.
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What methods have you tried? File Explorer with shared hard drives, put up a own ftp server or any some other variants it offers should work. Not all software seem to be able to copy big file according to reports made by users here and on other forums.
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swejuggalo said:
What methods have you tried? File Explorer with shared hard drives, put up a own ftp server or any some other variants it offers should work. Not all software seem to be able to copy big file according to reports made by users here and on other forums.
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I am having the exact same dilemma with Note 3. Anybody find a solution?

Get an external card reader... (I recommend something like this http://www.transcend-info.com/products/Catlist.asp?modno=396&cat_no=208 ).
Then you can transfer your large 4GB+ movies/files over.

[Q] I just bought a 64GB MicroSD Card but it the S4 won't recognize 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 ...

re: 64gb card
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?

re: install to external sd
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.

re: external sd
ragingazn628 said:
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.

Misterjunky said:
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.

re: exFAT
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.

Misterjunky said:
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.

[Q] USB OTB/Micro SD Card Reader

Question question regarding USB OTG Cables/Micro SD Card Readers. I know you can view content on them (movies, music, documents, etc). However, can you write to the flash drive/micro sd card? Basically, I'm curious because I know I could store roms on the flash drive or micro sd and play them from there, but I would like to store saves to it as well (so saves would not have to be stored on the Nexus 7).
I'm interested in the Meenova MicroSD Card Reader (I go for the card reader over a USB OTG because I do not need a large flash drive - a 64GB micro sdxc is sufficient), just curious if I can write to it as well or only read.
Thanks!

I've had no trouble writing to my Kingston 16GB SDHC through a usb reader.
The only thing I would mention is that you'll need a custom kernel to access NTFS file systems. Also you should note that the kernel in question needs to have write enabled for the NTFS module. This had me stumped when installing a kernel without it enabled, and it only ever mounted it read-only. Of course, if you're using FAT then you don't need to worry about any of this.

a9y said:
I've had no trouble writing to my Kingston 16GB SDHC through a usb reader.
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I'm close to purchasing the Nexus 7 2013. The one thing holding me back is the USB drive issue. I want to be able to access the drive via the microUSB port and read&write to it like I would on a PC. You know, open an excel file, modify it, and close/save. All on the USB drive. Are you saying that can be done easily enough? I don't mind rooting, either. Don't want to but can if necessary.

Thanks. So from your post and reading a few other posts, unless you're rooted, you cannot write to NTFS (only read), but you can write to Fat systems. I really don't plan on having any files greater than 4GB so I believe Fat will work. Thanks!

[Q] External Memory

hi there, search option is unvailable at the moment so I wasnt able to search for an answer to my question, hence new thread.
Is this possible to connenct some external memory to Nexus 7 like pendrive (via usb adapter) or memory card to usb adapter?
thanks

skwieradee said:
hi there, search option is unvailable at the moment so I wasnt able to search for an answer to my question, hence new thread.
Is this possible to connenct some external memory to Nexus 7 like pendrive (via usb adapter) or memory card to usb adapter?
thanks
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Pick up a USB OTG Cable and get a flash drive (flash drives are preferred over actual external hard drives, unless the hard drives has external power).
Buy the Nexus Media Importer app ($3 or $4, cant remember).
Done!
If you only need to read to it, then having the USB drive as NTFS is fine. If you need to write to it as well, it'll need to be Fat or Fat32 (keep in mind, it's a little tougher to format anything over 32GB to Fat32. Usually need a 3rd party program)

Kenneth196 said:
Pick up a USB OTG Cable and get a flash drive (flash drives are preferred over actual external hard drives, unless the hard drives has external power).
Buy the Nexus Media Importer app ($3 or $4, cant remember).
Done!
If you only need to read to it, then having the USB drive as NTFS is fine. If you need to write to it as well, it'll need to be Fat or Fat32 (keep in mind, it's a little tougher to format anything over 32GB to Fat32. Usually need a 3rd party program)
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no root required?
thx for an answer

skwieradee said:
no root required?
thx for an answer
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If you use Nexus Media Importer, no root required. If you are rooted, you can use Stickmount (free I believe).

[Q] N1 Storage query

I purcahsed my N1 a while ago, specifically the 16GB CM version, and after plugging it into my PC for data transfer I noticed that the root is 'sdcard'. Does this mean that within the phone there is likely a built in micro SD? If there is, does anyone know a way to replace that with another SD card? (I have a 32GB micro-SD that currently has no use and 16GB doesn't store all my music!)
Also, does anyone have a link to a video or something similar which shows the N1's insides. (Similar to an XDA unboxing, where the phone is taken apart for example)
Thanks in advance!

IAmOmicron said:
Does this mean that within the phone there is likely a built in micro SD? If there is, does anyone know a way to replace that with another SD card?
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It has a 16GB NAND flash memory module that is soldered onto the board. You can't remove it or change it. It's read as an SDcard so that it can be used properly by Android, that's all.

Harfainx said:
It has a 16GB NAND flash memory module that is soldered onto the board. You can't remove it or change it. It's read as an SDcard so that it can be used properly by Android, that's all.
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Unfortunately, that really gimps the mess out of the phone. Having only about 10gb usable after rom install and not having an external sdcard port AND having the internal flash soldered onto the board with no chance of upgrading it literally throws all the work they did making the camera adjustable.... into the trash can!

wonderworm said:
Having only about 10gb usable after rom install and not having an external sdcard port AMD having the internal flash soldered onto the board with no chance of upgrading it literally throws all the work they did making the camera adjustable.... into the trash can!
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http://www.meenova.com/
This little thing works wonders. It works natively with ColorOS and you can just toss a micro-SD into it. I suggest getting at least one to have for multiple phones/devices. :highfive: