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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?
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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
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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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I have an 8gb sd card for my evo and i need to put a 5.2 gig movie on it. Is there any way i can convert the sd card so that i can put files on it that are larger than 4gb? I formated it to NTFS and the evo wouldn't recognize it. PLEASSEEEEE HELLPPPPPPPPP. THANKS!
Not gonna happen. I don't believe Android has any NTFS support at this time and they probably aren't really looking in to it.
It does.
But fat32 is faster.
I'll test it out, but chances are I'm wasting my time.
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It does.
But fat32 is faster.
I'll test it out, but chances are I'm wasting my time.
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whenever I formated my card to NTFS and put it in my phone it never would recognize it, and wouldn't let me mount it till I formated it back to fat32.
i know it supports ext file systems but i don't know if those are only mounted as apps2sd or if it can be mounted as the main partition for everything
but if ntfs doesn't work it's worth a shot
edit: ext driver for windows http://www.fs-driver.org/
personally i would suggest one of the following options
option 2 compress the video so it is below the 4gb cap (1 file lower quality)
option 3 split it into 2 parts 4gb +1.2gb parts (would maintain full quality but would have 2 files)
i'm assuming your using windows (because u want ntfs) so i cant help with finding apps for compressing or splitting as i use mac but few min of google search should turn up an answer
you need a custom kernel with ntfs built in, or it wont work
none exist as of now, because its not worth the time
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you need a custom kernel with ntfs built in, or it wont work
none exist as of now, because its not worth the time
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Are there any ideas on how to compile a custom kernel with NTFS support?
Wait, why can't you put a file higher than 4GB on FAT32? I've return that I've had isos bigger than that on my flash drives.
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Wait, why can't you put a file higher than 4GB on FAT32? I've return that I've had isos bigger than that on my flash drives.
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your flash drive probably is ntfs or if mac hfs+
fat32 has a file maximum of 4gb no clue as to why but i do know it is there
good example is the ps3 only supports fat32 so games with files above 4gb are split into smaller sizes and cant be played off of external till parts are rejoined together on internal HDD or compressed to smaller sizes
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fat32 has a file maximum of 4gb no clue as to why but i do know it is there
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fat32 probably uses 32-bit addressing which allows up to 4gb to be accessible per file. Just like you can't recognize memory over 4gb on a 32-bit OS.
what about ext4 or 3 it supports lfs. 16gb files or some ****
And there are already ways to create an ext4 or ext3 partition on your sd card, doesn't aman ra do that? or sdpart or something. I dont remember I've never needed apps2sd or anything like that. I have such few apps. But I'm pretty sure that'll be the way to go since it is recognized so easily by linux anways.
I'm sure the OP just said NTFS because it is what he is familiar with, not because he actually wanted to use NTFS for any particular reason.
Afaik, no. Recompress the movie. Or just split it.
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.
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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.
I've recently figured out how to do this and it's pretty simple, but since there isn't a thread like this one yet, I might as well post a tutorial on how to do it and be of assistance to those of you who haven't figured it out yet.
1. Download and install the latest version of the app 'SGS3 Easy UMS'.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
2. Download and install the free 'EaseUS Partition Master 9.1.1 Home Edition'.
http://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html
3. Plug your phone into your computer with the SD card inside. Make sure the computer can recognize the phone is in MTP mode.
4. Open SGS3 Easy UMS and press 'UMS mode'. Your external SD card will now be recognized as a removable disk.
5. Open EaseUS Partition Master, select the removable disk and press 'Format'. Choose FAT32 as file system. Finally, press 'Apply'. Your SD has now been formatted to FAT32.
6. Go back to SGS3 Easy UMS and select 'Mount card'. Unplug the phone.
7. Restart your phone.
8. Enjoy!
PS: To be sure of your succes, you must use EaseUS Partition Master and nothing else. I tried Minitool Partition Wizard at first and it did not work.
I knew this already,
Btw sd card reader is very cheap, everyone has it.
Laptops have it inbuilt
Thanks. Good guide. Sometimes I just cannot find a card reader when I need it. This should solved my problem
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buggingme said:
I knew this already,
Btw sd card reader is very cheap, everyone has it.
Laptops have it inbuilt
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I know but i cheaped out on my custom pc by not getting one
Arsaw said:
Thanks. Good guide. Sometimes I just cannot find a card reader when I need it. This should solved my problem
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Your very welcome Glad I could help.
Joskezz said:
I've recently figured out how to do this and it's pretty simple, but since there isn't a thread like this one yet, I might as well post a tutorial on how to do it and be of assistance to those of you who haven't figured it out yet.
1. Download and install the latest version of the app 'SGS3 Easy UMS'.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
2. Download and install the free 'EaseUS Partition Master 9.1.1 Home Edition'.
http://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html
3. Plug your phone into your computer with the SD card inside. Make sure the computer can recognize the phone is in MTP mode.
4. Open SGS3 Easy UMS and press 'UMS mode'. Your external SD card will now be recognized as a removable disk.
5. Open EaseUS Partition Master, select the removable disk and press 'Format'. Choose FAT32 as file system. Finally, press 'Apply'. Your SD has now been formatted to FAT32.
6. Go back to SGS3 Easy UMS and select 'Mount card'. Unplug the phone.
7. Restart your phone.
8. Enjoy!
PS: To be sure of your succes, you must use EaseUS Partition Master and nothing else. I tried Minitool Partition Wizard at first and it did not work.
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Hey thanks. I'm going to give this a try as I have tried and failed formatting my card as a FAT32 that is workable with UMS mode it would work but never ever mount with the mass storage app. You're sure it mounts in mass storage mode right?
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Nice guide, but only necessary if you're one of the ones having trouble with your card on exFAT formatting.
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Hey thanks. I'm going to give this a try as I have tried and failed formatting my card as a FAT32 that is workable with UMS mode it would work but never ever mount with the mass storage app. You're sure it mounts in mass storage mode right?
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Absolutely sure
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/pic2bi.png/ (Zoom in)
As you can see in the photo, my SD card is running as removable storage, with file system FAT32.
NZtechfreak said:
Nice guide, but only necessary if you're one of the ones having trouble with your card on exFAT formatting.
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Well it benefits those that like to play movies on their PS3, Samsung HDTVs, etc.
But I guess getting a MHL cable would solve that.
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Nice guide, but only necessary if you're one of the ones having trouble with your card on exFAT formatting.
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And also because only Sammy based Roms support the exFAT file system.
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And also because only Sammy based Roms support the exFAT file system.
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Do you have a Ps3 or XBoX to connect it into to see if it works?
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Do you have a Ps3 or XBoX to connect it into to see if it works?
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I'm sorry, I do not, my ps3 just recently got the yellow light of death
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I'm gonna try it today with my girlfriends' brothers' xbox and get back to you.
This is not working for me. I get an error when pressing UMS mode. It tells me that it cannot find the path to my external SD card. Any Ideals?
I used this to easily format my 64gig micro to fat32
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
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I spent hours doing searches on XDA trying to find an app or other method since my sd card reader didn't want to work and then I came across this guide.
Absolutely amazing.
Thanks.
welll my microsd fried randomly today too (Lexar 32gb class 10) ... tried to do this method because I dont have a microsd reader... well didnt work out too well because it keeps saying "could not find location" to sd 1
I have Sandisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 which is exFAT formatted. The only problem I have is that Clockwork Mod will not mount it in recovery. My work around is to remove and replace the card with my old 32GB one which is FAT32 formatted.
* * * * * Will this procedure allow that (use with in recovery)?
Anyway there is an Amazon Black Friday weekend special for these for $35 delivered (with prime).
there is a warning / cautionary note which reads:
"Reformat into file system other than exFAT may cause instability"
When I moved my 128gb card from my Note3 instead of extSdCard it for some weird reason named it 18fa-adfa. It's there a way to rename it. I have Busy box installed, I just need to know the steps to do it. I tried using ES Explorer but got a task failure.
Worst case please tell me how to do a symbolic link.
Thanks.
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Use an sd adapter to put it in a pc and rename it there. Or connect phone to a pc in and try to change it in the windows file manager.
That did not work The drive label is not used as the root folder name. Any body else?
BSW DomPop Note 3
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That did not work The drive label is not used as the root folder name. Any body else?
BSW DomPop Note 3
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Did you try putting the microsd card in an sdcard adapter and inserting into a card reader on the pc? This will show as a drive letter and should allow you to rename or format the microsd card.
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Did you try putting the microsd card in an sdcard adapter and inserting into a card reader on the pc? This will show as a drive letter and should allow you to rename or format the microsd card.
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That's what I did. Like I said it does not use the label as the folder name.
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No way to rename the microSD, it's a new Android 6 feature: it refers to the microSD using some unique ID, not by the label.
But generally there are other ways to access the SD content, for ex. using /mnt/external_sd or similar
Nope, S7E's marshmallow doesn't have those other symlink names unfortunately... Even updating sdcards on the same phone is painful. I have to redo all of my foldersync folder pairs
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Nope, marshmallow doesn't have those other symlink names unfortunately...
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I have /mnt/ext_sdcard (or something like this) on my LG G3 with 6.0, on my Mate 8 with 6.0, and now waiting today for my new S7E to verify...
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I have /mnt/ext_sdcard (or something like this) on my LG G3 with 6.0, on my Mate 8 with 6.0, and now waiting today for my new S7E to verify...
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Ah I guess it's just S7E's marshmallow. From my post on foldersync's community, seemed like lots of people hated MM's folder structure.
Definitely nothing under /mnt except emulated and the UUID, which really sucks. Perhaps we can all complain?
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Definitely nothing under /mnt except emulated and the UUID, which really sucks.
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After having received and configured my new S7E I unfortunately must confirm what you said... in the Samsung's MM there are no friendly names referring to the microSD under /mnt nor under /storage, like in other MM smartphones...
There must be a way to symlnk a name? We need a small app for that. I'm sure rooting is required.
That is the 2nd thing Sammy messed up on, the 2nd is they are defaulting to Always on multi app pop up choosers. It is horrible.
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I just put the card in a SD card adaptor and renamed it on Windows.
Works fine on my S7 G935F with encripted SD card.
any update on this? I received my S7E and I hate this MM naming....
Bump.
Same problem here. Some file managers see it as Media Card, some as SDcard, but the majority see it as "random combinations of numbers and letters" that is identifiable to the card otherwise. More annoyingly, some file managers see it as both and treat it as 2 different SD cards each requiring their own permission. Galaxy S7 Verizon using SanDisk 64GB, Samsung 64GB and Samsung 128GB. Same results.
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No way to rename the microSD, it's a new Android 6 feature: it refers to the microSD using some unique ID, not by the label.
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I thought that quote was hilarious! :laugh: I guess everyone in this thread is too young to have ever used DOS or maybe even the Windows command prompt. This "unique ID" has been around for years. It's simply the Volume ID stored in the boot sector. It can be changed easily on NTFS and FAT32 boot records using a disk editor, Sysinternal's VolumeID utility or with the HardDiskSerialNumberChanger program. The problem with exFAT is that there is a checksum stored and if the boot sector is changed, Windows and Android will think the SD card is corrupt. Use Rufus to format it to FAT32 and you'll be able to change the Volume ID to whatever you want.
Volume in drive G is Sony Xperia
Volume Serial Number is 4E4C-8A5E
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Use Rufus to format it to FAT32 and you'll be able to change the Volume ID to whatever you want.
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I'm actually using exFAT, for me there are no chances on Android for the slow proprietary NTFS or the obsolete FAT32...
If I understand well, are you really going to use FAT32 on a 128 GB microSD used to store 4K recordings and videos?
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If I understand well, are you really going to use FAT32 on a 128 GB microSD used to store 4K recordings and videos?
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I was just saying that if you want to change the Volume ID, you're going to have to format the card in FAT32. I don't know if any Android phones support NTFS. When I had MBR hard drives, I used to change the Volume ID's on them so that's why I said it can be done on NTFS.
On my Sony Xperia M4 I'm currently using exFAT, but my LG phones only support FAT32, so I did use Rufus to format the 64 GB SDXC cards to FAT32 for them. I don't need to store anything over 4 GB and FAT32 is much more compatible if I have to use the card in other devices, like my pre-Cinavia Blu-ray player. My phone isn't capable of 4K recording and most apps probably don't write files larger than 4 GB since there are still a lot of phones in use that don't support exFAT at all.
In my opinion, it's good that Android 6 supports the Volume ID, especially if you switch out SD cards, because then an app won't accidentally overwrite data on the wrong card.
I've been using exFAT formatted microSD on all my phones since Lollipop cause AFAIK exFAT access should be faster then FAT32.
Even my latest microSD (Lexar microSDXC, 128 GB, 1800x, UHS-II) comes from factory already formatted in exFAT.
Moreover, exFAT is natively compatible with Windows at least since version 8, no special drivers or utilities needed, even exFAT formatting new media is possible within those Windows versions.
So, whenever possible, IMHO is wiser to use exFAT on latest Android versions.
hello all
in fact I don't know what happened to my fat 32 sd card
its formatted itself
and its name changed to another symbols
and when i try to recover it couldn't find any data
all media and documents disappear
do any body give some help
1 year work gone
no backup
no way to recover
itried all known recoveing programs on pc and apps on android phone
It's ****ing moronic something as simple as that can't be done
It's like the search thing that is non-existent on Android