hi i have the 16gb sdcard which is fat32 and i want to change it to NTFS because i need to put files on it larger then 4gb and when i tried NTFS android said it needs to reformat is there anything i can do?
Not sure if Android supports NTFS. But the driver (ntfs-3g) might be able to be included in the kernel.
NTFS will reduce the lifespan of your SD card too.
edit: If you have an EXT partition, stick the files on there then access them with a file manager?
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I am having issues with the following setup on my Nexus 7. I have the eForCity Micro USB OTG to USB 2.0 Adapter and the elago Mobile Nano I USB 2.0 microSDHC Flash Memory Card Reader. I have tried two microSD cards, one 32gb and one 64gb and I am unable to copy files to the card using both Root Explorer and ES File Explorer. It says that the copy failed. I have tried formatting the as exFat, NTFS and FAT32 and no luck. Anyone out there experience this?
Thank you in advance,
BD6675
You're missing a piece of the puzzle. If rooted, you should install Stickmount, which mounts external storage using the OTG Usb cable. I use it to read/write and stream media from a 32Gb microsd card using FAT32. Some custom kernels or roms natively support mounting, but I'm just stock, rooted, 4.2.1.
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You're missing a piece of the puzzle. If rooted, you should install Stickmount, which mounts external storage using the OTG Usb cable. I use it to read/write and stream media from a 32Gb microsd card using FAT32. Some custom kernels or roms natively support mounting, but I'm just stock, rooted, 4.2.1.
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Thank you for your reply. Sorry, I forgot to mention that I am rooted and I was already using Stickmount. I am able to mount both the 32gb and 64gb cards and see the content on them and access the content on them but I can not copy anything to either card when connected to the Nexus 7. Any other things I can try?
It appears that I need to have the card formatted to FAT32 in order to be able to copy to the card from the Nexus 7. Does this sound correct or is there a way to get the card formatted to NTFS or exFAT?
Some custom kernels and custom roms support NTFS, but I'm just using FAT32 which works perfectly unless you need support for files over 4Gb. Easiest way to get it to work is to just format your storage with FAT32.
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Some custom kernels and custom roms support NTFS, but I'm just using FAT32 which works perfectly unless you need support for files over 4Gb. Easiest way to get it to work is to just format your storage with FAT32.
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Yeah, that should suit me just fine. Thank you for your response.
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It appears that I need to have the card formatted to FAT32 in order to be able to copy to the card from the Nexus 7. Does this sound correct or is there a way to get the card formatted to NTFS or exFAT?
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this is correct. android reads, but doesn't support writing to NTFS or exFAT natively. some kernels add ntfs-g, which does give you write access, but it's buggy at best.
I have 64GB sdcard and my phone is rooted. I lost all my data on card because of exfat file system. I have found out it is very unreliable. Reliability is worse than FAT32 system.
I would like to have NTFS or ext4 file system on it instead of exfat. I tried several apps: ezymount, NTFS mounter, Paragon NTFS & HFS+. No app was able to mount the card. Is there some way to use NTFS sdcard in galaxy s4?
Never had any problem with exFat filesystem with any samsung device I've owned. You'd better check the reliability of the card you're using!
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I have 64GB sdcard and my phone is rooted. I lost all my data on card because of exfat file system. I have found out it is very unreliable. Reliability is worse than FAT32 system.
I would like to have NTFS or ext4 file system on it instead of exfat. I tried several apps: ezymount, NTFS mounter, Paragon NTFS & HFS+. No app was able to mount the card. Is there some way to use NTFS sdcard in galaxy s4?
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No easy way. The kernel and modules set it up for exFAT. There is no way to change it without a significant change to the kernel and some support in the OS, initramfs etc.
Ok, this is obviously not related to the Nexus 4. But I'm asking here anyway as this community has knowledgeable folk and I know it well. I did search but did not find a definite answer.
I have a non-rooted all stock phone. With a 32 GB micro SD card in it.
Question: How can I transfer files > 4 GB to the card?
If I format the SD card to NTFS, will the phone recognise the card?
If not, ext, etx2,.. format? How? And will my stock phone recognise the card? Will my Windows PC recognise the card?
FAT32 does not support files greater than 4gb. NTFS and exfat indeed would, and you'd be able to access either fine in windows
On your phone, it'll depend on your rom / third party apps. Stock roms generally only support fat partitions. I *believe* some newer samsung roms support exfat but that's on you to do your research.
CM has supported ntfs, exfat, and ext with rw access for a while now. Otherwise, you'd have to look into third party apps/tools. However, these generally won't "mount" them in the same manner as android natively would, and so the ability for apps to access them in the same manner may go out the window.
Hi, is it possible for our TN 7 to have exFAT support?
My SD CARD don't work with FAT32, NTFS or EXT4 fs, I tried to fromat it from Linux and Windows as well, always some problems.
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Hi, is it possible for our TN 7 to have exFAT support?
My SD CARD don't work with FAT32, NTFS or EXT4 fs, I tried to fromat it from Linux and Windows as well, always some problems.
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You may need to do a full format of the partition table.
Format sdcard in MSDOS then make fat32 partition. For any modern memory or storage, use GPT format and then make partitions to suit. Partitions are best in fat32 or ext4.
GParted is a partition manger GUI for Linux that should do the job.
Any update on this?
Does the TN7 support exFat formatted sd-cards or only Fat32. Would be quite a bummer ... due to the 4gb file-size limitation exFAT or NTFS (not happening for sure) would be highly prefered.
Edit (i think i found the official answer)
w_w_w.evga.com/support/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=59464
Well ... bummer!
Is there a possibility to add exFAT support through other means? A modded ROM maybe? Or a "patch"? (i read that there is something for the Galaxy S3 with CM10.1 and that CM11 supports exFAT from the start.)
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Any update on this?
Does the TN7 support exFat formatted sd-cards or only Fat32. Would be quite a bummer ... due to the 4gb file-size limitation exFAT or NTFS (not happening for sure) would be highly prefered.
Edit (i think i found the official answer)
w_w_w.evga.com/support/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=59464
Well ... bummer!
Is there a possibility to add exFAT support through other means? A modded ROM maybe? Or a "patch"? (i read that there is something for the Galaxy S3 with CM10.1 and that CM11 supports exFAT from the start.)
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I tried for a while with different apps to get another file system to work, but never could get it figured out. No matter what I did, fat32 is the only thing I could get to work.
Hi, is it possible for our TN 7 to have exFAT support?
My SD CARD don't work with FAT32, NTFS or EXT4 fs, I tried to fromat it from Linux and Windows as well, always some problems.
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Use "Bootice" by "www.ipauly.com" to format the sd card to FAT,FAT32,NTFS. Or you can try some another windows utility to format (I think your windows right click format fn is not working properly.) There are various options to choose, choose "partition editor -> your sd card -> create partition table as USB-HDD" option. This will recreate the partition table of the sd card.
I have tested exFAT with TN7, but it doesn't work. FAT,FAT32,NTFS work. I think EXT2/3/4 will not work with sd cards.
If those devices would at least support ext4 on their sd-cards ... just for files >4gb.
Thanks, will try bootice.
TEGRA NOTE 7 compatible micro SD card file system
I bought a 64GB micro SD that the TEGRA NOTE wouldn't read. As it turned out the problem was caused by the exFat file system on the card that the T.N. wouldn't even recognize. NTFS is recognized but it is read only and finally FAT32 is fully recognized, I am now able to read and write on my SD card. I used bootice by Pauly to perform the operations as suggested above, chose "USB-HDD" option and all is OK now.
Hi, as you all know Mi A1 supports Micro SD card, but I have question about the file system that it will support. I prefer the phone can use either NTFS or exFAT so that I can put files that is larger than 4GB on the memory card. But seems like the OS can't read both file format, only FAT32. Any idea?
Android OS generally is compatible with exFAT and FAT32.
NTFS is proprietary from Microsoft. So It cannot write to NTFS. (Solutions exist though, not worth the hassles)
More details can be found here.
I insert SanDisk 64GB card, exFAT
FS not recognized
insert the memory card to the phone.. then it'll show do you want to format it, do it..
after it's done, try moving the files you want to the memory card
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I insert SanDisk 64GB card, exFAT
FS not recognized
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Same here you mast format sd card and than works u can chose to merge with phones memory or to leave it like that.
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Same here you mast format sd card and than works u can chose to merge with phones memory or to leave it like that.
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After format file system is fat32
Try ApoMgr3.
Yes m1a1 will automatically format SD card now use the above to automatically shift your apps to it provided you use a very fast card.
yes, i face same problem. i want copy 6GB size videos to OTG flashdisk, but i didnt support with FAT32, also NTFS and ExFAT didnt support on Android Oreo too. didnt know how to fix.
For ExFAT you need to change the kernel to one that supports that file system.