I've searched and can't find an answer to this question.. I have the "mf3" firmware update on my phone and the root method I found says I need to use an sd card that is formatted exFAT, not FAT32. Can someone please point me in the right direction or explain how to do this. I've formatted card on windows but it doesn't give me an option on the format type
Use EaseUS Partition Home
Google for it.
deadenz said:
I've searched and can't find an answer to this question.. I have the "mf3" firmware update on my phone and the root method I found says I need to use an sd card that is formatted exFAT, not FAT32. Can someone please point me in the right direction or explain how to do this. I've formatted card on windows but it doesn't give me an option on the format type
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got some problems yesterday. what I did was find a sd card adapter. then go to my computer right click that sd card. and then click format. it will let you select the fat32 or exfat and something else. if you try to format that micro sd by inserting the sd card to the phone and connect the phone to computer. It will NOT let you format as exFat.
so go find a sd card adapter.
ksj0823 said:
got some problems yesterday. what I did was find a sd card adapter. then go to my computer right click that sd card. and then click format. it will let you select the fat32 or exfat and something else. if you try to format that micro sd by inserting the sd card to the phone and connect the phone to computer. It will NOT let you format as exFat.
so go find a sd card adapter.
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Exactly. If your trying to format and you want something specific like NTFS, EXFat, or FAT32 then you must use a card reader. My Samsung came with one...
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Hi,
Yesterday my sdcard decided to stop working I just get the sdcard damaged notification, I am running modaco 3.0 and have it partitioned. I have tried putting the card in my pc but it won't detect it.
Anyone any ideas on how to fix this?
repartition your card in recovery menu.
I have a similar problem.
I want to format my card in the phone. I click unmount and then format. nothing happens.
I've repartitioned the whole card as 2gb Fat32 and still my phone wont format the card. I can read/write from the card no problem, but it won't format when it's in my phone.
any ideas?
JTopaz said:
I have a similar problem.
I want to format my card in the phone. I click unmount and then format. nothing happens.
I've repartitioned the whole card as 2gb Fat32 and still my phone wont format the card. I can read/write from the card no problem, but it won't format when it's in my phone.
any ideas?
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if your card works now, why do you want to format it?
I tried out wp7 on my phone a couple days again, but now has reflashed to nand android. The problem is that my sd is only recognized as having 200mb worth of space when in fact it is a 16gb card. How can i fix this problem?
same here!
ducklas1 said:
same here!
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Ah, C'mon, please search the forums:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913815
grab the partition manager from there and repartition your sd card and you are back to bussines.
this will work
download Attach Files and this should work then right click on card and format again fat 32 quick plz give me thank this will work
Also, you can format your sd card from android itself. Go to settings, unmount your sd card and format it. Easiest way.
If you have a custom rom you can format the partitions from the recovery menu too
im really confused so i want to unmount it plug in the usb and use window formatter to reformat is?
I just bought a new card because I believe my old one bit the dust. I would really like this card to be formatted to NTFS as opposed to FAT32. A lot of the media files I use are too big for FAT32. Can I just format the card in my pc first thing, then put it in the tablet? I see that people tend to use Flash Format in the settings, but I would guess that just sticks it back to FAT32.
I tried to format my sd card last night using Gparted (linux) and it will not complete the format. Through some web searching, the common answer to that is that your SD card is a goner. At this point, that card will not format, and will not be recognized by the tablet.
I ordered a new one, and would hope that I can just immediately format it. I know the tablet can read ntfs, because my usb drive is that format and it will read it.
Thoughts?
I just don't want to ruin a brand new sd card. Thanks.
YeeP said:
I just bought a new card because I believe my old one bit the dust. I would really like this card to be formatted to NTFS as opposed to FAT32. A lot of the media files I use are too big for FAT32. Can I just format the card in my pc first thing, then put it in the tablet? I see that people tend to use Flash Format in the settings, but I would guess that just sticks it back to FAT32.
I tried to format my sd card last night using Gparted (linux) and it will not complete the format. Through some web searching, the common answer to that is that your SD card is a goner. At this point, that card will not format, and will not be recognized by the tablet.
I ordered a new one, and would hope that I can just immediately format it. I know the tablet can read ntfs, because my usb drive is that format and it will read it.
Thoughts?
I just don't want to ruin a brand new sd card. Thanks.
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You can use MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition. http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html
10507 said:
You can use MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition. http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html
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Thanks for your response. I will check that software out. However, I am just wondering if it will cause a problem if I do reformat the sd card, before using it. I think I will use gparted for formatting, it is a good tool on my linux box.
Based on your response I would guess you are saying that it is ok to format the sd card ahead of time. Right?
It's definitely OK to format an SD card before being used. What errors does GParted give you? It might also be worth trying to format it to EXT4, unless you plan to be able to read it outside of Android/Linux.
Hi,
I got a Galaxy Y from a friend and I was trying to MOD it. I discovered that the internal SD is not available... and no way to get it back. I tried to wipe data, hard reset, stock firmware upload with ODIN but no way to get the internal SD back. I tried ADB in order to try to push the ZIP files in a ROM folder but of course no permissions as it's not rooted.
So, no way to root my mobile without copying the files to the SD?
Thanks in advance
Joe
I dont know what you mean by internal sd - galaxy y 5360/6102 doesnt have internal sd - it uses a mico sd card to which you will find the slot if you take the cover off and look on the right hand side of the phone
place any files you want on the sd card either via card reader or usb cable
please note that questions should be asked in the question and answer section and NOT the general section
marcussmith2626 said:
I dont know what you mean by internal sd - galaxy y 5360/6102 doesnt have internal sd - it uses a mico sd card to which you will find the slot if you take the cover off and look on the right hand side of the phone
place any files you want on the sd card either via card reader or usb cable
please note that questions should be asked in the question and answer section and NOT the general section
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Thanks Marcus,
I did not know the mobile had no internal SD.
That's the kind of information that saves a lots of time and work!
Thanks again.
Joe
Ok,
I tried to use a Miscro SD on the GT-S5360 but there was no way to have it acccepted by the phone.
I formatted the Micro SD (Sandisk 2G) in many ways (full formatting) and it was mounted OK with all my other phones (Galaxy S, LG L5II, Huawei) but not for the Galaxy Y. I tried to format the card with the other Samsung too but it did not work..
I've read a lot around about the "blank SD" issue on many mobiles and tried some of the suggested tricks but with no luck.
So, assuming there is no way to have a MicroSD installed on the phone, I resume the original question:
- Is there any way to root the GT-S5630 without an SD card?
Thanks in advance
Joe
well unless your sd card slot is damaged there should be no reason why it shouldnt work
the sd card needs to be formatted in fat32
there best way to do it is to inset your sd card into your phone
goto phone settings
storage
unmount sd card (sd must be unmounted before you can format it)
format sd card
you can also format it via your pc using a card reader as long as its fat32 but its best to format it using the phone or format it again using the phone as sometimes cwm may have problems mounting the sd card if you use something else to format it
You might find universal root tools via google but the quickest most simple way is just to use a root zip file and flash it in recovery or cwm
marcussmith2626 said:
well unless your sd card slot is damaged there should be no reason why it shouldnt work
the sd card needs to be formatted in fat32
there best way to do it is to inset your sd card into your phone
goto phone settings
storage
unmount sd card (sd must be unmounted before you can format it)
format sd card
you can also format it via your pc using a card reader as long as its fat32 but its best to format it using the phone or format it again using the phone as sometimes cwm may have problems mounting the sd card if you use something else to format it
You might find universal root tools via google but the quickest most simple way is just to use a root zip file and flash it in recovery or cwm
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Thanks Marcus, your replies are very quick .
I tried formatting the SD card FAT32 with different Allocation unit sizes, always full formatting, never quick.
The SD card is recognized as BLANK SD CARD (or unsupported filesystem) when inserted with the phone ON. The same occurs when I switch ON the phone with the SD card alredy inserted. The card is never mounted
The internal formatting functionality of the phone seems to be not working at all. The function FORMAT SD CARD is enabled but when launched it lasts just few seconds and nothing happens (the card is not mounted neither automatically nor by hand).
There could be some compatibility issues between the card and the phone and it could be worth to buy another SD to test the phone card reader again, but I'm not confident it will work.
Phone specs
Android Version: 2.3.6
Baseband: S5360XXMC2
Kernel version: 2.6.35.7
Build number: GINGERBREAD.XXMI1
Thanks again
Joe
joegalaxy66 said:
Thanks Marcus, your replies are very quick .
I tried formatting the SD card FAT32 with different Allocation unit sizes, always full formatting, never quick.
The SD card is recognized as BLANK SD CARD (or unsupported filesystem) when inserted with the phone ON. The same occurs when I switch ON the phone with the SD card alredy inserted. The card is never mounted
The internal formatting functionality of the phone seems to be not working at all. The function FORMAT SD CARD is enabled but when launched it lasts just few seconds and nothing happens (the card is not mounted neither automatically nor by hand).
There could be some compatibility issues between the card and the phone and it could be worth to buy another SD to test the phone card reader again, but I'm not confident it will work.
Phone specs
Android Version: 2.3.6
Baseband: S5360XXMC2
Kernel version: 2.6.35.7
Build number: GINGERBREAD.XXMI1
Thanks again
Joe
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allocation unit size is I think 16 kilobytes but just select default - quick format is fine if the card is not damaged
you can try using mini tool to delete the partition on the sd card and create a new one and format it to fat32
you can then try reformatting it on your phone after
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marcussmith2626 said:
well unless your sd card slot is damaged there should be no reason why it shouldnt work
the sd card needs to be formatted in fat32
there best way to do it is to inset your sd card into your phone
goto phone settings
storage
unmount sd card (sd must be unmounted before you can format it)
format sd card
you can also format it via your pc using a card reader as long as its fat32 but its best to format it using the phone or format it again using the phone as sometimes cwm may have problems mounting the sd card if you use something else to format it
You might find universal root tools via google but the quickest most simple way is just to use a root zip file and flash it in recovery or cwm
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marcussmith2626 said:
allocation unit size is I think 16 kilobytes but just select default - quick format is fine if the card is not damaged
you can try using mini tool to delete the partition on the sd card and create a new one and format it to fat32
you can then try reformatting it on your phone after
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Thanks for your help Marcus,
I tried MiniTool, with both FAT and FAT32 (the card is a 2GB card) but the result is still the same: BLANK SD CARD.
I will try to buy a new one tomorrow and see if it makes any difference...
Thanks again
Joe
Ok I got a new MicroSD today and everything seems to work fine.
Thanks again Marcus.
Regards,
Joe
Guys help me please. I partition my sd card. few months ago. last night i formatted my SD card. after that. SD card can't mount. please help me. what to do ? also my computer can't read it please help me how to fix it . thanks in advanced.
first backup any data you have on your sd card
remove all partitions with minitool and create a new partition of fat32 and format it with minitool
next boot up your phone with the sd card in
goto
settings
storage
unmount sd card
erase/format sd card
now go into cwm - you sd card will now be mountable
for the 2nd partition create it in cwm
cant remember exactly where the option is from memory but its under something like partitions
just create a 2nd partition of 1024mb with 0 swap
you can then copy any backups back to sd card
marcussmith2626 said:
first backup any data you have on your sd card
remove all partitions with minitool and create a new partition of fat32 and format it with minitool
next boot up your phone with the sd card in
goto
settings
storage
unmount sd card
erase/format sd card
now go into cwm - you sd card will now be mountable
for the 2nd partition create it in cwm
cant remember exactly where the option is from memory but its under something like partitions
just create a 2nd partition of 1024mb with 0 swap
you can then copy any backups back to sd card
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i don't have any backups i format my sd card by using my phone. in the settings. after that. i put some files in my sd card. then a day after. my phone can't mount my sd card. even my computer can't read my sd card so minitool will not work on this what to do. my sd card is not readable.
ChristianMonteon said:
i don't have any backups i format my sd card by using my phone. in the settings. after that. i put some files in my sd card. then a day after. my phone can't mount my sd card. even my computer can't read my sd card so minitool will not work on this what to do. my sd card is not readable.
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if you are unable to read your sd card via a card reader on a pc (not via phone usb cable) in order to delete partitions and recreate them, its best you get a new sd card
marcussmith2626 said:
if you are unable to read your sd card via a card reader on a pc (not via phone usb cable) in order to delete partitions and recreate them, its best you get a new sd card
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how sad. btw. Thanks :good:
My computer also once was not able to read my sd card but minitool partition wizard detected it.... What i did then was that i deleted all the partitions and created a new one with
Label--Android-SD
Type - Primary
File type -- Fat32
After i did this .. My phone and computer both read the sd card...
Hope this helps for u too..
Press thanx if it helps you
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Tanuj Chandolia said:
My computer also once was not able to read my sd card but minitool partition wizard detected it.... What i did then was that i deleted all the partitions and created a new one with
Label--Android-SD
Type - Primary
File type -- Fat32
After i did this .. My phone and computer both read the sd card...
Hope this helps for u too..
Press thanx if it helps you
Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2
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minitool partition wizard cant read my memory card too
ChristianMonteon said:
minitool partition wizard cant read my memory card too
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You are using card reader or usb cable..?
U have to use card reader..
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Tanuj Chandolia said:
You are using card reader or usb cable..?
U have to use card reader..
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I think that's not the problem, i use a MP3 player with USB
If you plug your sdcard on linux-based using anything it should be /dev/sdc
Do a dd if=/dev/sdc of=/home/[your user]/Desktop/sdcard.img
After that install WinImage http://www.winimage.com/
Open the img with winimage it will tell you where to connect,
choose first primary fat32 partition open menu -> extract all with subdirectories, :good:
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Best way to recover files but for the sdcard i think it will be better to buy a new one