So
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In ubuntu do you just format
the card as FAT?
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jenol said:
So many users are having issues with sod screen freezes WiFi not working correctly and so on. The problem is the card has more than just apps on the ext extension on the card. Every one says to format the card with Windows which is fine. But one problem persists Windows can't see the ext extension which is a Linux format. And reminents of the build file system are on that too. Remember not all builds play nice with each other. So the best way to format the SD would be with a Linux disto like ubuntu so you can format the fat and ext extensions and voila all you're problems go away. You can do this with a live cd version from WWW.ubuntu.com so no need to install ubuntu just run the live cd without installing.
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i got a spare samsung 4gb class 6 sdcard which i havent opened yet
thinking of giving this a try as the pc i built for the kids runs Ubuntu
anyone else tried this method yet?
jenol said:
Yes Linux will format it to fat then in windows format it to fat32
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i take it as we format the card twice? once on Ubuntu then once in windows?
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I do not know much about linux
jenol said:
Yes Linux will format it to fat then in windows format it to fat32
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Could you explain a little about what this does and how and why it is better to format with linux first? Thanks!
Or you could use Paragon Partition Manager.
I've had no SOD's, screen freezes, etc.
zole2112 said:
Or you could use Paragon Partition Manager.
I've had no SOD's, screen freezes, etc.
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Could you explain a little about what this
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Yes I guess I should have asked what is the
"ext extension". Could not find anything on google except a file extension used by Norton, and I know that is not what you mean.
Also you say
"you can format the fat and ext extensions". Does that mean that in ubunto I do more than just format with FAT. I should do another step for the extensions? Sorry I don't know much about linux.
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"ext extension". Could not find anything on google except a file extension used by Norton, and I know that is not what you mean.
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On your Hd 2 when you loaded Android for the first time it made a data store and a ext. Extension partition http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Filesystems-HOWTO-6.html
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well i have a 16gb with 3.3gb left so this process is gonna take me a while. is there some kind of alternate way to do this. or certain files to look for.
And so a regular windows **** format will not clean out
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On your Hd 2 when you loaded Android for the first time it made a data store and a ext. Extension
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The ext extension. You need to do this with linux. Do I format with FAT only in ubunto or also one of the other format options? Thanks!
I downloaded and burned ubunto to a cd. Loaded it and formated the SD with FAT. I then re-booted windows and formated with regular windows format. I am now coping my backup to the SD. Were these the correct steps?
If you have a Mac I used Disk Utility and formatted it (FAT) Then I went to partition and did 1 Partition. When I just formatted I couldnt boot android thats why I partitioned
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The ext extension. You need to do this with linux. Do I format with FAT only in ubunto or also one of the other format options? Thanks!
I downloaded and burned ubunto to a cd. Loaded it and formated the SD with FAT. I then re-booted windows and formated with regular windows format. I am now coping my backup to the SD. Were these the correct steps?
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Yes that's correct
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If you have a Mac I used Disk Utility and formatted it (FAT) Then I went to partition and did 1 Partition. When I just formatted I couldnt boot android thats why I partitioned
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The card needs to be in fat 32 not just fat difference is file structures if you don't have a Windows machine you can format it on you Hd2 on windows mobile
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This thread is one giant collection of bull****
There is no "ext extension" unknown to windows, what you'll probably mean is a linux swap partition which isn't created on the sd card itself, it creates a virtual filesystem in a file.
There is only one correct way to optimally format your sd card, and that is in one partition with the FAT32 filesystem. How you accomplish this is up to yourself, any tool/OS is perfectly capable of doing that.
Please stop misinforming people!
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This thread is one giant collection of bull****
There is no "ext extension" unknown to windows, what you'll probably mean is a linux swap partition which isn't created on the sd card itself, it creates a virtual filesystem in a file.
There is only one correct way to optimally format your sd card, and that is in one partition with the FAT32 filesystem. How you accomplish this is up to yourself, any tool/OS is perfectly capable of doing that.
Please stop misinforming people!
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Now that shows your stupidity Linux swap is a swap file partition made by Linux which isn't visible on Windows either so stop trolling because apparently you don't know what your talking about go ahead fire up Windows and see if you can see the extensions partitions you won't then fire up Linux and there they are and yes I use Windows and Linux and MAC if you don't believe this ask any Dev on here and tell set you straight probably wouldn't answer you anyway since you don't know ****.
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hey peeps
just bought a 32gb sd card for my hero and began transferring files.
the idiot that i am i accidently disconnected thinking it had finished transferring and the sd card became unreadable
i reformatted it in windows 7 disk management and it only shows as a 8mb partition.
i tried deleting the partition but it wont let me. i have also tried windows xp disk management and also partition manager pro but it freezes and crashes
i loaded the windows xp setup disk and managed to delete the partition but still shows as a 8mb disk
im ripping my hair out as it was such a stupid mistake
any ideas on how to fix this would be greatly apreciated
thanks
sy
Will it let you resize the 8mb partition?
Sadly not. In the windows xp setup it shows as a 8mb device even though I managed to delete the partition
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Oh ive also tried formatting it using the clockworkmod recovery. Its unable to mount the card
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Greetings Symondo10
Why not use adb ?
See the following link for more help :
http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-manually-partition-your-sd-card-for-android-apps2sd/
Use the following code in recovery mode to inform you on any parts that mite all ready be on the card,
Code:
adb shell
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print
Regards
Steven
Hey thanks alot. Il check out n let you know what happens
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Symondo10 said:
Hey thanks alot. Il check out n let you know what happens
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DL a program called GParted, boot into it and do some low-level formatting. That should do the trick.
Andyt95 said:
DL a program called GParted, boot into it and do some low-level formatting. That should do the trick.
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Yeah this would be better as more user friendly with a nice gui to use,
I have this same problem. How did you fix it?
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I have this same problem. How did you fix it?
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I'd say gparted or any other low level formatting tool would work nicely.
Nope. Gparted wouldn't even see it. I ended up getting a refund from eBay. Oh well.
sounds like a problem i had when i formatted my pen drive with my mac. It would show on windows as a 16 mb partition. I dont know if this will help but try this and see if its the same issue. http://pitumbo.com/how-delete-gpt-partition-or-efi-mac-hard-disks-vista-or-xp
probleem resolve
for me was the same problem i just downloaded this program ( SD Formatter v2 0 0 3 ) and resolved the problem.
Soryy for mi poor English.
Does Amon RA recovery partition work with it?
easiest way is that you should go in the recovery mod and partition ur sd card gives swap and EXt values 0 and start partition your actual size of Sd card will come back again cheeerssssss
Hi, I stuck WP7 on my HD2 to check it out. I have now removed in and gone back to Android. WP7 has partitioned my sd card and I can't remove the partition. I have used windows disk management tool with no result. any ideas?
You can use the sd tool or put it in an android phone and reformat it in recovery only things I can think of at the moment
HTCNZ said:
Hi, I stuck WP7 on my HD2 to check it out. I have now removed in and gone back to Android. WP7 has partitioned my sd card and I can't remove the partition. I have used windows disk management tool with no result. any ideas?
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Use the free Panasonic SD Formatter Tool
Set options to FULL ERASE and size adjustment ON
If you're using windows, diskpart works great.
easiest way... SHOVE IT IN A CAMERA AND FORMAT IT.
sal2708 said:
easiest way... SHOVE IT IN A CAMERA AND FORMAT IT.
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They may nit work because he is trying to format the partition too.
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your way works the best
Thanks
my camera has always gotten rid of the partions and several other cameras too. i find that being the fast & most simple way of getting rid of the partions.
Thanks it worked
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Basically i'm trying to copy a 4gig video file over to my sdcard, but when i do it is telling me there is not enough space.
in my computer it is showing up with 9 gigs free.
Anyone encountered this?
is it fat32 or ntfs if it's fat32 make it ntfs that's what i do for mine
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is it fat32 or ntfs if it's fat32 make it ntfs that's what i do for mine
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its fat 32, do i have to format it ? Or is there a way to convert it
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never mind think i got it, ran a convert drive letter: /fs:ntfs.
will report when its done to see if it worked
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Worked cheers dude
Yeah, fat32 only supports up to 4gb files if it's bigger by anything it won't copy over. Looks like you got it figured out though.
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Yeah, fat32 only supports up to 4gb files if it's bigger by anything it won't copy over. Looks like you got it figured out though.
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Just to let anyone else know, android don't support ntfs, so if you convert it, you will have to format to get fat32 back
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So i used the verygreen's Size-agnostic SD and Cm7 installer on ma 1g, it turned out great. But i got this 4g now so i wanted to clear ma 1g so it cud be free of space. When i formatted my 1g tho, it told me it only has 116mb space in total. In so lost here can someone help me out?
You need to delete all the partitions and create a single one.
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You need to delete all the partitions and create a single one.
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... and use either MiniTools or EASEUS
I have the same problem, except no tool can see the 4 existing partitions. I have tried every tool I could find include EASEUS, SD Formatter, DiskPart, etc. My card has 31MB showing out of 8GB.
Try formatting it with your Nook Color or your cell phone.
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Try formatting it with your Nook Color or your cell phone.
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I tried my nook, windows XP, windows 7, every digital camera we had....nothing works. Windows 7 claims it is write protected (not possible with uSD).
Are you using an internal SD reader or external? There have been issues reported with internal readers not showing the partitions properly.
- Aerlock
Aerlock said:
Are you using an internal SD reader or external? There have been issues reported with internal readers not showing the partitions properly.
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I tried it on the laptop that I used to make the card (internal), another laptop (internal) and 2 different multi-card readers.
http://knol.google.com/k/adam-watters/allocate-unallocated-space-on-a-flash/pm2bmdiy9bl9/4
this will fix it
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http://knol.google.com/k/adam-watters/allocate-unallocated-space-on-a-flash/pm2bmdiy9bl9/4
this will fix it
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Wait, will this work if you're going to be using the microSD to run CM7 off of? In other words, can I reclaim the unallocated space without affecting the boot partition that contains CM7?
I wound up working the other partitions of mine through Ubuntu. Might try downloading a LiveCD, then run it off the CD and start up gparted.
I tried using gparted boot CD and had no luck. I send the card back for RMA.
It's has really been the pain in the arse. Really.
I use Lord's Ice Cold Sandwich. This happens occasionally, when I tried to download SD data for a game, the SD card remounts as being read-only.
I tried full-wipe flash, format SD card with Disk Utility of Ubuntu, then reflash it with Android's utility. I tried unmounting sdcard in CWM. I tried fix permission option in CWM. Nothing helps so far.
Thanks in advance!!! :angel:
There's an app on the Play Shop which claims to fix this, give it a try
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Would be nice if you can post the name of the app too, I can't find it.
hadobac said:
Would be nice if you can post the name of the app too, I can't find it.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.sdcardpermissionfix&hl=en
I guess the problem lies in permission thingy. Flash this zip file in here works: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458021
Gud luck!
i think your card is getting faulty ......
back up all data and then go for any experiments ....
commando0 said:
i think your card is getting faulty ......
back up all data and then go for any experiments ....
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I actually tried that. The other day I backed up stuff than formatted the thing with Disk Utility tool of Ubuntu. I then went extreme, formatted it again on Android.
I guess the app above might help. The thing is I'm still under 18 for a credit card, hence gotta wait another year to be eligible.... mannnnn
Apparently, the SD card is still in R/W mode, it isn't til I start download data for games, download music, use dolphin... that it becomes read only. The process usually goes for half the bar, than stop.
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Should I repartition the SD card with swap storage and ext4 and stuff?
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Just format the card with 4ext then reflash rom.
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Are you able to flash your SD card? If you are having the same files after the formatting which you had then I don't think anything will work rather than replacing your SD card