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Hi Chaps
Got probs with my 16gb class 4 micro sd card.
Bought an htc hd2 off ebay last week which came with the above card and winmo 6.5.
I wanted to test out WM7 which I did, didn't enjoy it so tried to get Android working.
Now I came across the 199mb problem which I fixed no probs but now the sd card will just not play ball in CWM. It says it makes the partitions but this is instant and should take a few minutes being a 16GB sd card. When I come to mount the thing it just error's and says cannot mount sd card.
I've tried doing a full erase using the samsung sd tool and that took over 3 hours to complete which is strange. I've also used the tool to create partitions which it does without any problems.
If I put the SD card in my fiancee's HTC Desire and mount and format it it works fine but when I come to mount it on my hd2 it still can't mount it.
I also have a 4GB micro sd card which is class 2 and this works perfectly with CWM both with partitioning and mounting.
I'm on the verge of snapping this card in half and buying a new one so before I do I thought I'd ask on here for any advice.
Many Thanks
Use Panasonic SD Formatter and format using that. Should work then. No even need for a full erase, but if you want you can, but not needed. It should recover the rest of the SD card.
Skellyyy said:
Use Panasonic SD Formatter and format using that. Should work then. No even need for a full erase, but if you want you can, but not needed. It should recover the rest of the SD card.
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Cheers for that, done a quick format and it finished but now windows won't read it. Just comes up with the message disk is not formatted do you want to format it now.
Is this normal?
No problem. Erm well I've formatted my 8GB class 8 using that and I've never encountered that problem. When your formatted did it come up that it was restored to 14/15GB? You might aswell go ahead and format it.
Skellyyy said:
No problem. Erm well I've formatted my 8GB class 8 using that and I've never encountered that problem. When your formatted did it come up that it was restored to 14/15GB? You might aswell go ahead and format it.
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Duh me, I had to remove it from the laptop and back in for windows to pick it up.
Just tried mounting the sd as USB storage and I get the following error
"E:Unable to write to ums lunfile (No such file or directory)"
Trying to mount the sd card I get this error:
"E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory) Error mounting /sdcard!"
As soon as I put my 4bg sd card in and try to mount it it works straight away
That's very odd. I don't know very much about SD cards/memory so I wouldn't know what's wrong with that.
I think you're best off getting a new card as I think that ones maybe worn out.
I recommend you don't use ebay for sd cards, they can easily be poor copies, just buy them from a recognised store, Amazon or Play
Cheers for the help guys. Think I'll just stick it in the digital camera as that seems to work fine and buy a new one from amazon or play.
yeah.. dont ever buy memory cards from ebay...
i tried buying one 32gb microsd before..
my comp doesnt even detect it..
Hi all. I have a stock a500 with 3.1. Not rooted. I put in the 16gb SD card with files in it and I don't get any indication of the card in the bottom right corner. My phone however will recognize it and the files that are on it. Any suggestions? Ty for any replies
"Try unplugging it, and plugging it in again" - Mistabishi 'Printer Jam'.
What FS is the card formatted to? Have you tried any other card that is known to work? Also, try formatting the SD as FAT32 again from the phone.
I am having the SAME issue on my acer. It wont recognize my 16gb sandisk card. I tried formatting as described and I tried another card. Both are showing up in my HTC inspire but nothing on the acer. Whats the deal? When I go to storage in settings- the external SD total space is recognized but it is not allowing me to access it for storage using app2sd?
this SD card worked just fine on the transformer I took it out of.
da9b16 said:
I am having the SAME issue on my acer. It wont recognize my 16gb sandisk card. I tried formatting as described and I tried another card. Both are showing up in my HTC inspire but nothing on the acer. Whats the deal? When I go to storage in settings- the external SD total space is recognized but it is not allowing me to access it for storage using app2sd?
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Are you even able to see the SD card? check /mnt/sd-external to see if it shows up. If it's there, create a directory, then delete it. Also, check the ".android-secure" hidden directory that should be on the SD card after using app2sd. If the permissions are not set correctly, you won't be able to use app2sd with it (reason for create/delete of the directory). Sidenote, I've seen quite a few apps named app2sd, some of them listed are showing up on my end as non-working with the A500 where others listed should work fine.
Forcefedfun said:
this SD card worked just fine on the transformer I took it out of.
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Still, that does not give me anything to go on. Did you format the card again? Is the card formatted in FAT32? Have you tried formatting the card from your computer using a card reader? I've had SD cards not show up before, reformatting them correctly solved the issue each time. If you don't know what filesystem the card is formatted with, grab a LiveCD with gparted on it (almost any gnome distribution) and I can help you from there. I haven't used Windows since XP SP2 was first released (FCKGW-... if you know what I mean) and I have refused to touch anything Apple since the IIe. Hence the signature.
formatting
Not sure what format they are in. I used a thunderbolt to for mate and a fsscinate and neither were visible. I'll go check what you recommended above though.
What are you guys talking about?
To the OP: You won't have any indication at the bottom. That feature doesn't exist on our devices (but some custom roms based on xoom and ?ASUS? have it). Just check the System screen to see if it finds your sd or simply make a photo from your camera (just set it to save the pictures to your SD). Or use a program and check /mnt/external-sd
To da9b16: a2sd won't work on this device (besides it has enough internal memory).
You'll only be able to access SD directly from your internal memory if you root the device and use a program that creates a symlink from /mnt/external-sd to /sdcard (USB Mount All does this but it's not free) or if you simply navigate to /mnt/external-sd with a file explorer.
I hope that this clears some confusion.
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What are you guys talking about?
To da9b16: a2sd won't work on this device (besides it has enough internal memory).
You'll only be able to access SD directly from your internal memory if you root the device and use a program that creates a symlink from /mnt/external-sd to /sdcard (USB Mount All does this but it's not free) or if you simply navigate to /mnt/external-sd with a file explorer.
I hope that this clears some confusion.
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I just needed to know what the MNT portion of that statement which tells me dir. Thanks! Done and done!
almost same problem
da9b16 said:
I just needed to know what the MNT portion of that statement which tells me dir. Thanks! Done and done!
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hey i have a similar problem , when i put my SD card does recognize but the apps like photo gallery or play music wont read any file from my SD card what can i do
I know that external storage of SD card is limited to Fat 32 and the max size is around 4 GB. What about internal storage? Can I transfer a 6 - 8 GB movie file onto the internal storage of the 7.7 ?
I have the Playbook and I can certainly put a 6-8 GB movie in it.
I saw a guy put 10GB mkv into /SDCARD
easy
$su
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/sdcard/blob
wait a few seconds and
ctrl+c
Earthbrain said:
I know that external storage of SD card is limited to Fat 32 and the max size is around 4 GB. What about internal storage? Can I transfer a 6 - 8 GB movie file onto the internal storage of the 7.7 ?
I have the Playbook and I can certainly put a 6-8 GB movie in it.
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to overcome the fat32 limitation you can format the sdcard to EXT4 and then copy anysize you want to it
all our phones by default can read linux partitions and fat partitions
if you are running Linux as your desktop PC you would not have any problem copying & pasting files to and from the phone
if you are a windows guy, just install the add-on for windows to read Ext2 partitions
FernandoMiguel said:
easy
$su
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/sdcard/blob
wait a few seconds and
ctrl+c
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Huh????? I have no idea what you just wrote. Any easy tutorial (step-by-step) how it can be done?
AllGamer said:
if you are a windows guy, just install the add-on for windows to read Ext2 partitions
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I have windows 7 (64-bit) on my PC. What add-on are you refering to? Is it an application that I have to install on Windows 7 ?
Hi just google Ext2 and you will be able to learn all about it.
AllGamer said:
to overcome the fat32 limitation you can format the sdcard to EXT4 and then copy anysize you want to it
all our phones by default can read linux partitions and fat partitions
if you are running Linux as your desktop PC you would not have any problem copying & pasting files to and from the phone
if you are a windows guy, just install the add-on for windows to read Ext2 partitions
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Does this work for external storage too?
Earthbrain said:
Huh????? I have no idea what you just wrote. Any easy tutorial (step-by-step) how it can be done?
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thats a shell commands to create a file for the time you wait... it should create a very large file very quickly, so you will see if it handles big files or not
Jade Eyed Wolf said:
Does this work for external storage too?
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yes, that's how i have it on my 64GB Sandisk microSD on my SGS2
AllGamer said:
yes, that's how i have it on my 64GB Sandisk microSD on my SGS2
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Eeeexcelent!! I shall have to get an EXT2/3/4 driver for my Win7 box and re-format my 64GB SD!
or just install linux in a virtual box inside windows
then use the VM USB pass through so when you plug it into the PC it will automatically mount on the virtual Linux box
if you want to do it your way, you'll need this http://ext2read.blogspot.com/2010/04/ext2read-22-released-now-with-lvm2-and.html
AllGamer said:
or just install linux in a virtual box inside windows
then use the VM USB pass through so when you plug it into the PC it will automatically mount on the virtual Linux box
if you want to do it your way, you'll need this http://ext2read.blogspot.com/2010/04/ext2read-22-released-now-with-lvm2-and.html
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So, using Ext2 volume manager, when I select a volume and want to change the partition type, A) will that essentially re-format the disk, and B) which one is ext4? I don't see that...
AllGamer said:
if you want to do it your way, you'll need this http://ext2read.blogspot.com/2010/04/ext2read-22-released-now-with-lvm2-and.html
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Please help.
After I run the above program, I don't know what to do next.
All I want to do is able to transfer my 6 GB .mkv movie file to my SD card so that I can either view it on my Galaxy Note or the Galaxy Tab 7.7.
How do I go about doing this? Is there a simple tutorial guide to using the above application? Do I use it to format my micro SD card? Will it work for a 64 GB card?
The internal galaxy tab 7.7 can take any kinf of file, it dont have de 4gb limitation, but the external sdcard is not readable if formatted in ext4, i have try it and the tab say that the sd is corrupted. I repeat GALAXY TAB 7.7 WITH HONEYCOMB CAN`T READ EXT4 FORMATTED MICRO SD
Raziel_Sicily said:
The internal galaxy tab 7.7 can take any kinf of file, it dont have de 4gb limitation, but the external sdcard is not readable if formatted in ext4, i have try it and the tab say that the sd is corrupted. I repeat GALAXY TAB 7.7 WITH HONEYCOMB CAN`T READ EXT4 FORMATTED MICRO SD
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You need use "drive mount" to mount a ext4-formatted sd card.
You can get it from android market.It's free apk.
Here are some of my experience:
1:I use gparted live cd to format my sd card.
2:ext2fsd as windows ext driver.
3:"Drive mount" to mount ext4-formatted sd card on tab 7.7.
What is the difference between EXT2 and EXT4 ? Which one should I formated into in order to be able to put 6 GB video file on the microSD card?
Linuschen said:
You need use "drive mount" to mount a ext4-formatted sd card.
You can get it from android market.It's free apk.
Here are some of my experience:
1:I use gparted live cd to format my sd card.
2:ext2fsd as windows ext driver.
3:"Drive mount" to mount ext4-formatted sd card on tab 7.7.
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I lovw you guy, with that program i am able to mount any kind of filesistem just tray ext4 and nfts they works!!
I have formatted in nfts copi 8gb mp4 of the lord of the ring and play it on my 7.7 with my microsd nfts with mount drive now all is perfect!! Thx ps my hard disk nfts works too
Can you format the 64 GB micro sd card in nfts format ?
Earthbrain said:
Can you format the 64 GB micro sd card in nfts format ?
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Always can, but i dont think android can mount ntfs
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Hi,
I've noticed that my 64GB Class 10 Micro-SD is not mountable in recovery but have validated that a 8GB Micro-SD is mountable.
Is there a way to mount a 64GB in recovery? What is the max supported size in recovery?
Thanks!
reTARDIS said:
Hi,
I've noticed that my 64GB Class 10 Micro-SD is not mountable in recovery but have validated that a 8GB Micro-SD is mountable.
Is there a way to mount a 64GB in recovery? What is the max supported size in recovery?
Thanks!
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Recovery does not care what size your sd card is. It does care how it is formatted.
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Recovery does not care what size your sd card is. It does care how it is formatted.
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Thanks for the response.
I let my S4 format the card. Is there a better way or so you know which format would be best.
reTARDIS said:
Thanks for the response.
I let my S4 format the card. Is there a better way or so you know which format would be best.
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The 64GB card comes exFAT formatted which is likely not supported yet by the recovery you are using.
If you can mount the sd card in a Windows PC you should be able to format it to FAT32 using the Windows disk management utility.
The downside to FAT32 is the 4GB file size limit.
Get EasyUS Partition Masters (GREAT PROGRAM and EASY to use) it can format your 64gb to FAT32. I did that with mine and it runs great in recovery. I had to do this on the SIII because i had like 5 roms i jumped from and these roms are not tiny.
kyhassen said:
Get EasyUS Partition Masters (GREAT PROGRAM and EASY to use) it can format your 64gb to FAT32. I did that with mine and it runs great in recovery. I had to do this on the SIII because i had like 5 roms i jumped from and these roms are not tiny.
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Awesome. Thanks!
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Awesome. Thanks!
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Your welcome
So is FAT32 the ideal format (sans file size limits)? I just bought a Sandisk 64GB SDXC last night & it was immediately not recognizable by the phone when installed. I formatted it to FAT32 & phone still doesn't recognize it. Looking for feedback ASAP!
LAYGO said:
So is FAT32 the ideal format (sans file size limits)? I just bought a Sandisk 64GB SDXC last night & it was immediately not recognizable by the phone when installed. I formatted it to FAT32 & phone still doesn't recognize it. Looking for feedback ASAP!
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I actually ended up using my Mac to format as FAT and that did the trick.
Been a fully usable and recognized by the phone amount now.
Also fully recognized in recovery mode, which was important to me.
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I actually ended up using my Mac to format as FAT and that did the trick.
Been a fully usable and recognized by the phone amount now.
Also fully recognized in recovery mode, which was important to me.
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Ok, well, I just let the phone format the card, it formatted it as FAT32. I'm backing all the stuff off my 32gb card from my laptop back onto the card . . . then my music . . . after I verify it'll read the contents.
LAYGO said:
Ok, well, I just let the phone format the card, it formatted it as FAT32. I'm backing all the stuff off my 32gb card from my laptop back onto the card . . . then my music . . . after I verify it'll read the contents.
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I actually did the same exact thing initially.
I put my 64GB micro-sd in, let the phone format it, loaded it up but then started to get errors reading the card and corruption warnings.
I couldn't see it or mount it when in recovery.
Android could still use it though.
If it took it out and connected it to a Mac or PC it'd not see it as a valid readable drive and would say it needed to be initialized.
It must be something about the way allowing the phone to format it but after formatting from my Mac it's been solid. No issues.
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I actually did the same exact thing initially.
I put my 64GB micro-sd in, let the phone format it, loaded it up but then started to get errors reading the card and corruption warnings.
I couldn't see it or mount it when in recovery.
Android could still use it though.
If it took it out and connected it to a Mac or PC it'd not see it as a valid readable drive and would say it needed to be initialized.
It must be something about the way allowing the phone to format it but after formatting from my Mac it's been solid. No issues.
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Well, phone formats it as FAT32. I stuck it back in my laptop, it was working. I copied a bunch of files to it, put it back in the phone, it was working, now back in the laptop copying my 30gb of music over. It seems to be working fine in the laptop. I hate messing with formatting/copying as it is just time consuming. I remember I thought I'd be sneaky & format some discs for a Synology NAS & copy the files over via SATA. That went over like a turd in a punchbowl because as soon as I plugged that formatted/loaded drive into the NAS, it didn't recognize it . . . and I had to do it all over again!
Ok, all 30GB copied music successfully & the apps see it no problem. I hope I don't have these problems others have had with these cards.
Thanks!
so I was looking at that new root post. and it request us to format the sd card to exFat.
so I was looking around in my house. and finally I found a sandisk 2GB micro sd. and I insert it to the phone, and format it. I thought it will ask me to format as exFat or something else. but it didn't. It just format by itself.
and I was thinking is there another way to format a sd card to exfat. or it is not possible for a 2G micro sd?
ksj0823 said:
so I was looking at that new root post. and it request us to format the sd card to exFat.
so I was looking around in my house. and finally I found a sandisk 2GB micro sd. and I insert it to the phone, and format it. I thought it will ask me to format as exFat or something else. but it didn't. It just format by itself.
and I was thinking is there another way to format a sd card to exfat. or it is not possible for a 2G micro sd?
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Google "format exfat xda" But a 2 gig is pretty small to do anything with. Bet you want to root mf3?
jd1639 said:
Google "format exfat xda" But a 2 gig is pretty small to do anything with. Bet you want to root mf3?
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XD you right!!!
well, I still can't find anyway to do it.
ksj0823 said:
XD you right!!!
well, I still can't find anyway to do it.
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Formatting it through the phone wont work, at least i have yet to see it done. At least on newer Android devices that wont allow you to mount the card. Essentially, formatting it while its being accessed via MTP really only erases the card, it doesnt change the file system...i believe.
cloudraker said:
Formatting it through the phone wont work, at least i have yet to see it done. At least on newer Android devices that wont allow you to mount the card. Essentially, formatting it while its being accessed via MTP really only erases the card, it doesnt change the file system...i believe.
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I put it into my phone. and connect it to my laptop. and I formatted it on the laptop. it doesn't work. so maybe I need to format it from the sd card reader or find a adapter?
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I put it into my phone. and connect it to my laptop. and I formatted it on the laptop. it doesn't work. so maybe I need to format it from the sd card reader or find a adapter?
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yes, you need to put it in an adapter or find an older Android device that allows you to mount the SD card as storage. Those are the only methods i know that will work.
Did you set the usb debugging before you connected the phone to the computer?
easiest way just get the 64gb samsung class 10 card on Amazon--already exFat--not that expensive and works perfectly on everything I have flashed so far--
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rugmankc said:
easiest way just get the 64gb samsung class 10 card on Amazon--already exFat--not that expensive and works perfectly on everything I have flashed so far--
just a thought
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That is not allways the case. I purchase one 2 months ago and did not had exFat. But it works perfectly.
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If you get the one here from Amazon that I am referring to it will be exFat.
Samsung Electronics 64GB Pro microSDXC Extreme Speed (UHS-1) Class 10 Memory Card (MB-MGCGB/AM)
Mine has been flawless and super fast--