I have a Samsung Portable SSD T7 and wanted to transfer files from Phone to it. The SSD already has files on it but Phone says I need to format it.
is there any way around this? I don't want to have to transfer all the files off the SSD just to convince phone it is formated.
thanks,
the only way I've ever been able to transfer files to a larger usb drive, is with USB Media Explorer (formerly Nexus Explorer). It costs a few bucks (but you can get a refund if it doesn't work).
The drive has to be in FAT32/NTFS or HFS format type, but it should work.
If it's formatted in ExFAT you may be able to use exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon Software. I've bought it to use my ExFAT formatted MicroSD card through an adapter - I don't have any external hard drives or SSDs to test with. I still use X-plore File Manager to access the card through Paragon's app.
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Hello everyone. I'm having a problem with transferring data more than 4GB on my galaxy. In order to mount my phone on mac i'm using the Android File Transfer, but this application is not allow you to transfer a file which is more than 4GB is like the same with the formats Fat32 and NTFS on hard drives. How i can solve this problem?
Just got mine Sandisk SDXC 64GB card and it come with exFat. I can transfer large file over 4GB with SDCard adapter plugged in computer, but can't with phone connected to computer and why is it that way?
Anyone have same problem and transfer larger file then 4GB doesn't work while connect with the phone?
Have not got a note 2 yet, but I believe it has got to do with the file format of your SDCARD. FAT32 only accepts max 4GB per file.
Silvina said:
Have not got a note 2 yet, but I believe it has got to do with the file format of your SDCARD. FAT32 only accepts max 4GB per file.
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Wish its that simple.
Read again what i wrote: "I can transfer large file over 4GB with SDCard adapter plugged in computer, but can't with phone connected to computer "
If the card is in fat32 and it wont transfer files larger then 4GB with the SD Card adapter, right?
Im not alone with this problem, alot others have same problem and no one know the reason. Why it cant larger files when plug in the phone with USB cable, but it works over Wifi and some apps. But with much slower speed if using wifi.
Format the card in a Win 7 pc as exfat, i believe the note will read exfat and that handles files of over 4gb. Other than that you need to root and use an NTFS mount app.
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Wish its that simple.
Read again what i wrote: "I can transfer large file over 4GB with SDCard adapter plugged in computer, but can't with phone connected to computer "
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Perhaps it's some sort of MTP limitation then.
Wouldn't the fastest way be to use a card reader?
- Frank
I can confirm exactly same observation on my new Note 2. I am using SanDisk UHS-1 64GB and Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. The card is formatted to exFAT (confirmed in Windows) and I can copy 8GB file to it, using cheap SD card <--> USB adapter. When I put the card into Note 2 and connect the phone to Windows, it will pop up as GT-7100 with "Card" (external SD card) and "Phone" (internal storage).
Once I try to copy the same file to "Card" (using Windows Explorer), the system first asks if I am sure (because the format may not be supported by phone) and then quits with error message saying the file size is not supported (and nothing is written to the "Card" filesystem).
It seems like some limitation on MTP (or whatever it is), but I am confused, because from other threads I understood, there should not be any limitation on MTP regarding the file size.
It seems the solution could be direct access to the card via USB mass storage protocol, but it is unfortunately not available too.
Anyone knows if it is just a glitch, or new "feature" in JB?
I've bought a 64 gb usb c flash drive how to move apps to it
I can't seem to mount ext3 second partition I've created
Good question. I'm curious about the answer as well.. Because our device doesn't have an external memory option
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Good question. I'm curious about the answer as well.. Because our device doesn't have an external memory option
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I've never seen that you could use a USB stick like an SD card in Android.
But I've certainly used USB storage on the LeMax2 to copy files to and fro. USB storage is accessible from file managers and usable e.g. for Titanium backup. I've even used a 250GB SSD on that port. That was NTFS and strangely enough I believe I have had issues with ext3 formatted storage on Android, but I believe it was only when I tried using that as file system for an SD card on Samsung Note 1 and 3 devices with stock ROMs.
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I've bought a 64 gb usb c flash drive how to move apps to it
I can't seem to mount ext3 second partition I've created
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I cannot uderstand what is idea to put apps to pendrive. Put some moves, mp3 etc not the apps thta need fast memory.
Hi everyone!
Is a5 2017 capable of accessing large ext storage devices?
I tried plugging in my seagate 2tb ext hdd using otg adapter but it wont let me access any files. It will only show seagate storage corrupted error. But if i plug my ext hdd in to any computer, everything works fine.
Otg adapter is ok since i can access my 16gb flashdrive connected to my device.
My device is a5 2017 running on android 6.1 and my ext hdd is seagate 2tb which i divide into 4 partitions.
Tia
2 TB? Do you use the power adapter also for your storage? Normally if you connect your storage device to a phone it will require it's own connector for power supply so it can run smoothly
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Beside power supply issue. And also, maybe android cannot read NTFS file system, phone just can read FAT32, exFAT
Both of you maybe right.. the larger the size, the more power it requires and my hdd is ntfs as well.. was hoping theres another way around though..
Hey,
has anyone had any success with using SD cards formatted with something other than FAT32 on the Redmi Note 8 Pro? The 4GB file size limit and limits on usable characters in file names (although there might be easy workarounds for that one, haven't tried yet) make FAT32 a really poor choice for me. I have tried formatting the card with exFAT, NTFS, as well as ext2/3/4, but it recognized none of them. I get that Xiaomi haven't licensed exFAT or NTFS, but I don't see why ext2/3/4 wouldn't work. Probably just disabled in the stock kernel?
There's also this option to use the SD card as an extension to the internal storage. Not sure what filesystem that uses, but it doesn't seem like a very transparent and portable thing to do.
My device is rooted, so I'd be interested in root-only options as well. It's probably possible to get it working with external apps that include FUSE drivers (I have exFAT working using EDS on another device), but I'd prefer a "native" solution.
Thanks!
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There's also this option to use the SD card as an extension to the internal storage. Not sure what filesystem that uses, but it doesn't seem like a very transparent and portable thing to do.
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When I cannot answer your other questions ATM, I can already answer that one since I tried it with other devices and this one is no exception.
As you suspected, that's definitely is not a portable solution. You can no longer use the SD card as a plug and play portable solution.
That said it does not sound like a very good idea to keep ejecting that SD tray to transfer files, that would be done more easily with either an hybrid USB-C USB-A pendrive or just an OTG USB-C cable.
However that's always good to have an SD card in there to backup important files with a few thumbs presses at any time.
Speaking of USB-C drives/OTG cables, it is possible those do not have the same limitations SD card might have when inserted internally. I have not looked into it just yet because I usually do not put files that big on my phone, but I can see it could be a problem (large video files or backups for example).
Hope this helps (a bit).
Regards.
PS: As root have you tried to manually mount those drives formated as ext{2|3|4} from a terminal?
Try this, -
Connect SD card to PC.
Do back up of important files from SD card.
Open 'Disk Management' in Windows.
In 'Disk Management' delete all partitions on SD card.
Leave SD card unformated.
Download software 'SD Card Formatter'
Format SD card with this software.
Test SD card on Redmi Note 8 Pro.
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