Hi!
I ordered a new 64GB SDXC Sandisk card, my old card one was killed by the S3. Now I don't want to have the same problem with the S4...
Is the problem gone or is there anything I should not use (Kernel / ROM / exFat or FAT32 )??
This time the card has to stay "healthy" for a long time - they are not so cheap
The last card was preformatted in exFat and I was happy with it till it died (ca. 12 moths or more I used the card) Is there a problem with exFat? Some write that they format the card to FAT32 - I cannot see any advantage in FAT32 - it is more the opposite.
Perhaps someone has good or bad news.
All the best
lienot
I've had a 64GB SDXC Sandisk card since the day I bought my S4 with no problems at all.
I'm using WanamLite rom with perseus. I have aprox. 20 to 25gb of music.
Lienot said:
Hi!
I ordered a new 64GB SDXC Sandisk card, my old card one was killed by the S3. Now I don't want to have the same problem with the S4...
Is the problem gone or is there anything I should not use (Kernel / ROM / exFat or FAT32 )??
This time the card has to stay "healthy" for a long time - they are not so cheap
The last card was preformatted in exFat and I was happy with it till it died (ca. 12 moths or more I used the card) Is there a problem with exFat? Some write that they format the card to FAT32 - I cannot see any advantage in FAT32 - it is more the opposite.
Perhaps someone has good or bad news.
All the best
lienot
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I'm waiting for my new 64Gb sanDisk card to arrive. The last one was 2 days old and never worked in CWM. Worked sometimes in the device once booted. (Kept unmounting)
So have a couple of days to wait for the new one to be sent to me. (RMA)
Will report once i get it and see if it works.
Device: i9500
Kernel: Perseus
ROM: wanamLITE
Format: Fat32, exFAT, NTFS... none worked...
I have a 64gb sandisk that i used for many months in my i9305 with no problems, but as soon as i got my i9505 it keeps getting unmounted every day or two - very annoying!
I had the issue with MDE stock, as well as Adam kernel 1.3.2, 1.3.3, and 1.4. I want to try the MF4 stock kernel next, if i can find it.
I'm running exFAT, but I'm pretty certain it's not an issue with the card, as it worked in my SGS3 flawlessly.
I think i'll try reformatting it if the MF4 kernel doesn't work, but FAT32 isn't really an option for me as I often use my phone for downloading stuff from usenet.
My card is pretty heavily used - 1000+ photos and 2000+ mp3s, i'm wondering if that has anything to do with it
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MF4 kernel still had the issue, and wifi wasn't working. I have now flashed KT-SGS4 kernel.. so far so good (but it can take a day or two for the issue to show)
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I can confirm that my new 64Gb SanDisk card works perfectly. Flashed a ROM off the external SD card, and all is fine. Mounts automatically...
So if you are having an issue its with the card, not your ROM or Kernel.
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Im trying to use the android running fron the SD card from another post, the android is under development still, but or some reason it only works on my 2gb mem card and not my 16gb card. is it maybe because of the format?
the 2gb came with the phone, but i formated my new 16gb on the phone but it still doesnt work.
thanks
this is all on the htc hd mini (photon) btw
You just Format your 16GB SD to FAT32, and copy the Cotulla's Android to your SD then open Explorer on your phone, and tap on HaRET.
That is it.
Of me, the Android works, but it's too slow mine, microSD 8GB
i'm using an 16 gb microsd on my mini and it runs android very well (fast) and in my opinion any 16 gb card should work since 16 gb are relatively new and faster than the smaller ones .Keep trying ,format the card on pc ,i personally formated with the phone's formating tool
damn.. one of the times i tried it did the start up video (very slowy) and then froze, now just keeps freezing on the load bar agen. i formated it using the phone formater as its the only way i can. but still bein gay.
ive got a string feeling its due to the type of memry card, as my difrent branded 2gb one works fine, but when the android is eventualy 100% done i wont be able to have it all on my 16gb
ledavi said:
i'm using an 16 gb microsd on my mini and it runs android very well (fast) and in my opinion any 16 gb card should work since 16 gb are relatively new and faster than the smaller ones .Keep trying ,format the card on pc ,i personally formated with the phone's formating tool
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what brand/make is ur sd card?
thanks
it's Kingmax 16gb microsdhc class 2 (first time took android about 20 minutes to boot and now about 3-4 minutes )
Mine is writen (microSD), 8GB
in my Android, for first time had takes about 2 hours and creates Data File, but second time it's will boot about 33 Minutes (too much, isn't?) and the android runs but it's slow. I formated the SD with many Format programs.. all of them same things, I also upgraded my WinMo but it was same.
Finally!!! Those who use 64GB or bigger cards can use exFAT. I can confirm it works as I'm using it right now. No more 4,5GB file size limit! (tested writing 6,5GB mkv video to the card, worked without any issues) Writing big files to the card is about 10-11MB/s (when I was using fat32 it was 4-5MB/s). It's a shame that it doesn't work in CWM though (can't mount - gives me error). But I think devs will come up with solution for this quickly. At least Phil in his thread about Touch CWM said that he will provide fix when official LS7 will be released. So now you know and you can enjoy!
SMALL UPDATE:
If SGN says that your card is broken and needs formating than you should let it format the card. Mine was formated in Windows with SDFormatter application and still SGN gave me message that I need to format the card. After format in SGN it works as it should.
SMALL UPDATE2:
If you decide to buy a 64GB or bigger card for your SGN it would mean that it almost certainly would be SDXC micro exFAT formatted. In specification there is only said that card readers even if they are compatible with SDHC, might not be compatible with SDXC cards. And that would have been ok, but in my case my old SDHC compatible Imono card reader was destroying my SDXC cards! Who would have suspect it? It happened 3 times and I was able to use my card after I bought a new card reader certified for SDXC and whole operation of exchanging broken cards took almost 2,5 months! So be careful where you put you 60 dollar card into! Old reader might read the card properly but it can damage while writing stuff to it.
It's not really that important if you plan on using your card only with SGN. At least I don't have any issues with it now. But then there wasn't JB for SGN and so I was trying to use NTFS and so I needed a card reader.
waow very nice news thank you
So happy about this wait for the official update to come!
best news i heard today. thanks.
- post from SGN.
Does this mean we can use files larger than 4gb?
Well, it should. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT states that exFAT should be able to support file size of 16 Exibyte
squicky said:
Finally!!! Those who use 64GB or bigger cards can use exFAT. I can confirm it works as I'm using it right now. Writing big files to the card is about 10-11MB/s (when I was using fat32 it was 4-5MB/s). It's a shame that it doesn't work in CWM though (can't mount - gives me error). But I think devs will come up with solution for this quickly. So now you know and you can enjoy!
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If SGN says that your card is broken and needs formating than you should let it format the card. Mine was formated in Windows with SDFormatter application and still SGN gave me message that I need to format the card. After format in SGN it works as it should.
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That's grt
squicky said:
Finally!!! Those who use 64GB or bigger cards can use exFAT. I can confirm it works as I'm using it right now. Writing big files to the card is about 10-11MB/s (when I was using fat32 it was 4-5MB/s). It's a shame that it doesn't work in CWM though (can't mount - gives me error). But I think devs will come up with solution for this quickly. So now you know and you can enjoy!
SMALL UPDATE:
If SGN says that your card is broken and needs formating than you should let it format the card. Mine was formated in Windows with SDFormatter application and still SGN gave me message that I need to format the card. After format in SGN it works as it should.
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Thanks for the good news!
ITT:
Quoting entire OP and spamming thanks without using the thanks button.
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Care about file size. SPEED was the problem!
Good you say about cwm and exfat. Need a second card with me then at work, to dl and flash new roms when bored.
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can i formate my internal SD to exfat??
will it work.. ??
I dont need SD card for my use.. Just need 1gb of the total space in it..
I didn't try that, but I'm pretty sure it's not possible, as exFAT doesn't come from Google and it's not open standard (I think Microsoft is selling liceneses for this). Even though Android on diffrent brands of smartphones is modyfied here and there to accomodate the devices and enhance user experience it's still Android and I've never heard that android is supporting exFAT. Even if what I say is wrong (I'm still half noobish so it's possible ) there would be no real benefit from using exFAT on internal sdcard (well apart from "unlimited" file size - like it would matter on 11GB of free space anyway ) as the system was designed for hotswapping/external devices and we have internal sdcard which can't be removed.
What's more I have better writing speeds on my internal card (12MB/s) than on external 64GB exFAT (max 10-11MB/s). I don't really understand what you mean by "I dont need SD card for my use.. Just need 1gb of the total space in it." You think that beacuse of exFAT you will have 1GB more space on your internal sdcard?
It said mine was broken,bla,bla,..reformatted, then week later said same thing!
Don't want to wipe valuable stuff or take it out all the time to back up
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I don't really understand what you're trying to get across here? If you put a 32GB+ exFAT format in your SGN, it will tell you the card is corrupt and ask you to format it (which you should do and which you also mention in your update), which will change it to FAT32 format, so you lose the exFAT format.
Am I missing something here?
Today received sandisk 64 gb sdxc. It was formatted exFat out of the box. I copied all data from old ed to new one. All work fine except clockwork. Clockwork can't mount exFat. Installed rom: Ultimate N7000 xxls7 v4. Kernel: Phil's v3.5
Guys,
The inbuild storage space is less for me. I have a 16GB class 4 sd card which is also full and i need more space. I am planning to buy a 64 GB Class 10 microsd card. Will note support the 64GB class 10 microsd card?
The post above yours sais it does.
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Well I just ordered a 64gb class 10 from amazon. Nice discount from $59 to $39. Will be testing as soon as I receive. You guys should take advantage of the deal too!!
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Thats grt.
Would be really helpful
I'm sorry but who needs 4+ gb files on their phone?
Just format your 64gb card using this tool! Regular windows fat32 format is capped at 32gb, but this tool will allow you to format the whole 64gb. This way you can have both 64gb storage and the card recognized by custome recovieries. Works great on my Note2 and S3.
Ok, so I've just bought a Samsung class 10 SDXC UHS-1 card. I'm about to put it in the phone and then I read all about people having problems reading files, and wanting to download something to allow it to be formatted to fat32, etc. Could anyone please throw any light on this, as to how it it best formatted, and to what fat type, and possibly help me to understand why these people are having issues?
Personally I would have said let the phone format it, seeing as it's going to be using it?
1. Put it in the phone.
2. Press "Erase everything on SD-card".
3. ????
4. PROFIT!
No need to worry about formatting, the stock kernel only supports FAT32, and I believe EXT3 & 4, but you don't need to worry about those.
Some people have problems because they buy the cheapest 64GB microSD card available, and you know that cheap card = cheap NAND, which causes corruption of files and random unmounts.
You mean exFAT? That's what the phone formats it as, and the PC does too.
I am using exFAT because I put 4GB+ files there. FAT32 can't support that.
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You mean exFAT? That's what the phone formats it as, and the PC does too.
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I did not know it had ExFAT, but I just put the card into the phone and pressed "Erase everything on SD card".
Well, I've put shed loads on it and no problems so far, and in my card reader I get up to 16MB/s write, so it's all good. I guess problems are just down to the people who buy cheap knock-offs?
I didn't even do a format on my SanDisk 32gb class10.
I just popped it in and it works.
Think I might format to exfat though so I can store larger files.
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I got an S4 yesterday (USD 665 here in Muscat for the unlocked 16GB model) and put in the 64GB card I used before on Note II. It's formatted as exFAT.
On first power on, the phone complained that memory card was damaged and needed reformatting. Bummer! The S4 doesn't support exFAT???
I ignored the error and continued setting up the phone. After a few minutes I checked Settings->Storage and was given the option to mount the memory card. I tried and it mounted without any problems! Phew!
FAT32 is the way to go. Later, if you install a custom ROM exFAT won't be supported.
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soundping said:
FAT32 is the way to go.
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Not if you have files larger than 4GB, like full HD movies. FAT32 doesn't support files of that size.
abubasim said:
I got an S4 yesterday (USD 665 here in Muscat for the unlocked 16GB model) and put in the 64GB card I used before on Note II. It's formatted as exFAT.
On first power on, the phone complained that memory card was damaged and needed reformatting. Bummer! The S4 doesn't support exFAT???
I ignored the error and continued setting up the phone. After a few minutes I checked Settings->Storage and was given the option to mount the memory card. I tried and it mounted without any problems! Phew!
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If you don't mind using new kernel, Adam kernel supports exFAT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2264454
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If you don't mind using new kernel, Adam kernel supports exFAT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2264454
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Not sure why I would need that as the stock ROM does support exFAT as I said in the above post.
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If you don't mind using new kernel, Adam kernel supports exFAT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2264454
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I can confirm that my rooted i9505 (jfltexx from Vodafone Ireland) does support exFAT directly. I have a Samsung 64GB card which came preformatted with exFAT and it worked. I later formatted it directly in the phone and it was exFAT again. No problems whatsoever.
If you want to install a new kernel, however, you might get into trouble. faux123 wrote the following in his thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2273437 for the new faux kernel:
"NOTE: This kernel DOES NOT SUPPORT exFAT formatted 64 GB SDCards! In order to use 64 GB SDCards, you need to format it to NTFS, then use NTFSMount from Play Store to access your 64GB SDCard.
(This is due to LACK OF SOURCE CODE from Samsung/Microsoft for exFAT. Samsung licensed Microsoft's CLOSED SOURCE exFAT implementation. But Samsung under agreement with Microsoft DOES NOT release the source code and therefore we CANNOT build any support for exFAT formatted 64 GB SDCards)"
Hello!
I just bought a Sandisk 16 class10 card and put it in my S4.
It didn't take the card before a boot though I am using PAC rom.
I tried SD tool app on the phone itself and gave me about 8.5mb/s
On PC I used h2testw and got a ridiculous 7.7mb/s
Now I don't what's the problem.
Should I format the card into a specific format or PAC rom is slowing the USB in a way?
I noticed USB transfer files is slower with PAC
vegetaleb said:
Hello!
I just bought a Sandisk 16 class10 card and put it in my S4.
It didn't take the card before a boot though I am using PAC rom.
I tried SD tool app on the phone itself and gave me about 8.5mb/s
On PC I used h2testw and got a ridiculous 7.7mb/s
Now I don't what's the problem.
Should I format the card into a specific format or PAC rom is slowing the USB in a way?
I noticed USB transfer files is slower with PAC
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Thats really weird... I have a Class 6 lexar 8gb micro SD card and get about 15-17MB/s and on rare occasions 10MB/s you might have a faulty SD card though because a Class 10 should get in the mid-high 20's easily
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Thats really weird... I have a Class 6 lexar 8gb micro SD card and get about 15-17MB/s and on rare occasions 10MB/s you might have a faulty SD card though because a Class 10 should get in the mid-high 20's easily
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I formatted it in windows 8 as exfat, tried it again with the SD Tool app and got 22mb/s but when transferring files from PC to the phone it stays between 6 and 7mb/s.
It could be PAC rom messing with USB so I will flash TW 4.3 rom (Goldeneye) to see if it will change something.
It took me 2mins to transfer the 950mb of the rom while in the HTC One days it would have take 20sec...
Report on Echoe rom before flashing the new modem:
Using 400mb test file with H2testw Writing speed: 6.67mb/s and Reading speed : 19mb/s
Weird thing is that it starts first 4 secs with high 22mb/s then drop to 6!!
Dunno if new modem will change something
Could this card be a fake?
Looks like a Class 4 disguised in 10.
Tested speed of the card using the adapter on 2 different PCs and got 9.5mb/s.
Thanks God I have a warranty from the official Sandisk dealer,so I tell them I get between 6 to 10mb/s max while I should have the double.
I will try to format the card one last time before asking for a replacement just to double check
Hey can anyone help me with an issue am having with my external sd card. ... I Have Installed hyperdrive rls 8 a month now ... I used SS 3.75 and install it to my stock slot then flash the nc2 kernel with odin.. The rom is working fine with a few fc but my pictures keep erasing automatically after I transfer them to the phone or when I take a picture with the camera app..
version of note 3 retail
safe strap 3.75
bootloader you have nc2
Help plz
goddie392 said:
Hey can anyone help me with an issue am having with my external sd card. ... I Have Installed hyperdrive rls 8 a month now ... I used SS 3.75 and install it to my stock slot then flash the nc2 kernel with odin.. The rom is working fine with a few fc but my pictures keep erasing automatically after I transfer them to the phone or when I take a picture with the camera app..
version of note 3 retail
safe strap 3.75
bootloader you have nc2
Help plz
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You may not have the same issue as I did but on my s3 it was a sign my sd card was going bad. Do you have a spare to test with? I sent two 64gb cards back before I got a good one. I keep a 32gb as a spare and test.
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What kind of SD card do you have? Apparently, according to a thread here: http://www.discussny.com/technical-support/10143-samsung-galaxy-note-3-not-read-new-micro-64gb-card.html the Note 3 will not work with 64 GB SDHC cards. I know, I tried and also got the disappearing file problem. You have to use an SDXC type card.
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What kind of SD card do you have? Apparently, according to a thread here: http://www.discussny.com/technical-support/10143-samsung-galaxy-note-3-not-read-new-micro-64gb-card.html the Note 3 will not work with 64 GB SDHC cards. I know, I tried and also got the disappearing file problem. You have to use an SDXC type card.
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That article Samsung is full of **** my note 3 is working fine with my 64gb card. I did have an issue early on where my media services went bananas but that worked itself out. Mine is a 64gb pny SDXC class 10.
mirrin said:
That article Samsung is full of **** my note 3 is working fine with my 64gb card. I did have an issue early on where my media services went bananas but that worked itself out. Mine is a 64gb pny SDXC class 10.
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Well I'll agree that there seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding this issue. All I can say is I tried a genuine Samsung brand 64 GB SDHC Class 10 micro-SD card in my Verizon Note 3 4.4.2 NC4 and it did not work. I had the card permissions fixed so I could write on it, and I could download my entire mp3 directory from my PC (USB transfer) and see all the files on the card, but as soon as I rebooted, the directory name was still there but it was empty. Also, all the mp3 files on /mnt/extSdCard played at 10x normal speed (and I tried half a dozen different players) but if they were stored on /sdcard, they played fine (same identical files). I have a 64 GB SDXC card on order that's supposed to be here today, so I'll be interested to see if that works.
UPDATE
I just put a Kingston 64 GB Class 10 SDXC micro-SD card in the phone. It came up already formatted so I didn't do that. I applied the "enable write to external SD card" option in Wanam Xposed and rebooted, but that didn't take so I ran the SD Fix app from the app store. That worked. I've now been able to successfully download data from four different apps onto /mnt/extSdCard and they're all OK. I also downloaded my MP3's (using FE) and they play OK too. Everything is still there and working properly after a reboot.
So I guess it's true - 64 GB SDHC cards will not work in the Note 3, but SDXC will.