Hello all,
I recently had to reformat my 2GB SD card, and now it only shows up as a 1GB. I have low-level formatted the card as well as all the standard formatting methods... Is there something I should know about these?
It's a Sandisk.
most probably fake??
the duo pros are on ebay say 4gb but really 2gb , it only shows once formatted , just a thought ?
There are fake cards on sales these days. They changed the `section` of the card to make it appeared 2GB on a 1GB card. I can't remember formatting the card will make remove this `section` or not.
Anyway, have you ever had more than 1GB of stuff in your card? Although these cards can report 2GB, it will cause error when you have data of more than the actual capacity (eg more than 1GB on a fake-2GB-1GB card). If you did have more than 1GB stuff on this card before, probably you need to find some other method of formating it (card reader? FAT system?)
Interesting. Formatting it from Linux would only give me 1GB, but when I put it back in the PocketPC, it formatted to 2GB just fine. And yes, I had put more than 1GB of data on it before. Well, thanks for the suggestions, and I guess this case is closed
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can anyone please tell me how to format mmc card for xda...there's 3 options in win xp ...fat32....fat...ntfs....i cant format it from the xda , keep getting error code 31.....an error occurred while formatting the storage card folder...........thanks
Try formatting to Fat or Fat 32, however if the xda wont format it there may be a problem, make sure the "lock" switch is in the off position. I have had a problem with sd cards before, what I did was a sd backup from the xda, it then seemed to work ok, just deleted the backup and it worked ever after.
theres no lock switch on the mmc card...i've tried storage tools and flash format...the card must be buggered
i have a different problem, but im sure its connected to the formatting somehow! my card only fills up HALF way!
there is 40% more room availble, all scans prooves this, yet i cant add anything to it, im thinking, its the way its formated, was there a 'directory' limit to how many files that can exist in root?
and wasnt it related to the type of formatting? so my question is...
which format/cluster/ect... is best to fully use a 256 card? and 512/1G.?
Hello,
I actually started a topic last week concerning the same thing. i'm copying bits and pieces of it here; it also helps address your concern about which format to use and the sd card limitations. the first point below address which format you should use for the sd card; in this case use FAT. by the way, i use an sd-card reader (usb plugged) to format the card; it shows up as "removable disk e" in my laptop's window's explorer.
1) i'm using a 512 mb card; i was having some difficulty because the memory of the card would only go up to around 300. at first i thought there was a problem with the card itself so i had to constantly erase the contents to make mp3s, files, pics, mpegs, etc fit. then i stumbled upon the pc command for formatting disks; there were 3 options to format the sd card: FAT, NTFS and FAT32. when i used fat32; the behavior was the same and the memory usage would only go up to 300 max. when using ntfs; my xda2 refused to recognie the card (it wouldn't show up in the explorer app). when i formatted using FAT, everything was great. i can now use the sd card to it's limits and am no longer restricted to the 300-mb trouble i was having.
question: what's the difference in the 3 formats? i don't really know but obviously using FAT format was the best thing to do, but what's with the other formats?
2 cents worth.
cheers mates
robson
thanks Robson...but i have sent to back for a replacement....i tried it in my reader but the pc could not see the sd card...so i went out and bought a 128mb card while i wait for the new one to come....had no problems with the 128 worked straight away
thanks for the tip - from now on FAT is to be my solution
one more thing to add, I do have 256MB SD card on my XDA I and WM2003, ver 4.0.21
I can use my 256MB card to the full limit, the card has been formatted with CnetX format utility (www.cnetx.com) with FAT16 and FAT32 and apart from the fact that content has been missing from time to time, so I had to re-load the files ... when I locked the card, everything is fine now
regards,
monika
today I have tested sandisk 512MB SD card ....
I am allowed to fill it up to the full limit of roughly 484MB
I am curious about the other thing .... buying 512MB SD card for its prce it's almost a rip-off and you get only 484MB in return, I remember old times back with IPAQ + PCMCIA sleeve with inserted flash card 1280MB of sandisk - the size written on the back of the card WAS EXACTLY matching what PPC2002 was showing .... 1280MB
to me it seems like either different "disk geometry" or disk format - can anyone explain it to me pls
regards,
monika
Does Wallaby support 1GB SD memory?
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Does Wallaby support 1GB SD memory?
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Yes it does.
thanks
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I have 1 gb KINGSTON SD card... No problem
Same here I have a Kinston 1gb miniSD card
MiniSD Cards For The T-Mobile MDA
I have a 1GB right now because I though it was the highest out there. However, I found out that Sandisk has a 2GB MiniSD out there. I did a little research and found it at good prices online. Thanks.
KingSton 1GB SD not Working
I had a 1GB KingSton and when a copy files I can only fill 512MB, anything else and I get the no more disk space error, however, it shows 998MB available, what can be happening?
4GB Card
I have a 4GB SD card that I'm using with my PocketLoox 720 PDA. The other day I wanted to try that with my old Wallaby. I had no hope at all because design of the Wallaby is rather old. However I was surprised because I was able to access my 4GB card with no problem whatsoever.
So the answer is yes. You can use a 1GB card and actually upto 4GB (for sure)
alpusm,
What is your 4GB SD card brand? I have 4GB Transcend, in my Wallaby, it will show correct size card in the memory information, but in Windows Explorer and Media Player, most files stored in the SD card will not show up (missing).
1GB has no problem with Wallaby.
I have a 32gb sd card and formatted with my nook tablet. I've tried to put the videos and photos files (over 2gb) to my device. It can be appeared first time. But some of the files disappeared after I reboot the device or connect to pc. And also I can't download some of the exter download files (almost 200mb to 1gb) from apk. I want to know it's the problem of the format method (fat 32) or my card problem? Thanks!
is that the way to partition the sd? HOw to do for nook tablet? Thanks
please help........!!!!
You do know that FAT32 will not handle a file over 4GB.....
I would format the card in a card reader on your PC and not let the Tablet do that.
It doesn't appear that he is trying to load a single file of over 4GiB, but rather that the collection is of the sizes that he mentioned.
Will FAT32 not handle a 32GiB drive, with a bunch of files of just say 50~500MiB each? Because I remember not too long ago doing just that on my PC...
FAT32 Should read just fine....hmm ...perhaps reformat the card for.another format and see if that fixes the issue? If not, your tab could have a bug somewhere. Try a factory reset
I thought the NT could only handle 16gb expandable storage. The guy in the store told me it is a combined 16gig internal and external to achieve 32gig and a 32gig card would not work.
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I thought the NT could only handle 16gb expandable storage. The guy in the store told me it is a combined 16gig internal and external to achieve 32gig and a 32gig card would not work.
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I am using a 32gb card in my Nook at the moment. It seems to recognize the entire 32gb just fine. Worth the <$40 it cost.
And to the OP, formatting my 32gb SD card was a b***h. I had to format it in win7 as just popping it in the Nook didn't work. I formatted as FAT32. I would suspect you may need to re-format the card with a PC as other posters have suggested.
I've been using a little free program from http://www.sdcard.org called SDformatter that works great for formatting SD cards.
By the way, some of my extra download files for the game displayed as 0b. And I can't delete.
Tel864 said:
I've been using a little free program from http://www.sdcard.org called SDformatter that works great for formatting SD cards.
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That is the suggested formatter for the SD card in the Nook Tablet based on a thread buried deep here on XDA.
I had recently bought a sandisk memory card 64GB SDHC XC I formatted it with my phone and now its does not mount and the capacity shoes up as 32.MB. I have used may software on the PC to resolve the problem but they all fail to format.
The physical capicity shown as 64GB
But the total phyical memory reported as 32.MB
How do I fix this????????????????????? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
akbar11 said:
I had recently bought a sandisk memory card 64GB SDHC XC I formatted it with my phone and now its does not mount and the capacity shoes up as 32.MB. I have used may software on the PC to resolve the problem but they all fail to format.
The physical capicity shown as 64GB
But the total phyical memory reported as 32.MB
How do I fix this????????????????????? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Download g-parted, boot it, format the sd-card to fat32, then reformat it under windows to exfat if you want to store files larger than 4gb.
akbar11 said:
I had recently bought a sandisk memory card 64GB SDHC XC I formatted it with my phone and now its does not mount and the capacity shoes up as 32.MB. I have used may software on the PC to resolve the problem but they all fail to format.
The physical capicity shown as 64GB
But the total phyical memory reported as 32.MB
How do I fix this????????????????????? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey there cowboy,chill!
Maybe it's a fake one?
Where did you get it?
What brand is it?
And how much did you pay for it?
Sure this isn't one of those dodgy cards? Where did you buy it?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA
I had the exact same problem when I first bought a 64GB card for my S3. Chucked it into my phone, formatted it and then found the phone would no longer recognize it.
Took it back to the retailers I bought it from, got it swapped and the second card has worked mint ever since.
Moral of the story: Probably just a dodgy card. Return it and get it another, most manufacturers offer a lifetime warranty.
Isn't this issue purely caused by the card format system? I thought maybe all card >32GB had to be manually reformated to FAT32 (and then to exfat to avoid the 4GB-limit) before mounting the card in the phone, and there wouldn't be an issue. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I plan to buy a 64GB card myself on of these days.
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Isn't this issue purely caused by the card format system? I thought maybe all card >32GB had to be manually reformated to FAT32 (and then to exfat to avoid the 4GB-limit) before mounting the card in the phone, and there wouldn't be an issue. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I plan to buy a 64GB card myself on of these days.
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exFAT doesn't suffer from the same 4GB file size limit and 32GB (Windows) partition size limit as FAT32, which is kinda the point of exFAT in the first place, so no, you should just be able to format it straight off using Windows, to the full 64GB size using exFAT.
That said, I don't have one, so can't speak for how the GS3 handles formatting it itself...
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exFAT doesn't suffer from the same 4GB file size limit and 32GB (Windows) partition size limit as FAT32, which is kinda the point of exFAT in the first place, so no, you should just be able to format it straight off using Windows, to the full 64GB size using exFAT.
That said, I don't have one, so can't speak for how the GS3 handles formatting it itself...
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Thanks for the info!
SD Card Tester ,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730285
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I hope this is the correct place to post this. I have a kyocera hydro edge II roote with framaroot. Running android 4.1.2. Used a 8gb micro sd with fat32 and ext2 partitions that worked fantastic for months. I bought a new 32gb micro sd card to replace my 8gb. The 8gb was partitioned 5gb fat32, 2gb ext2. I moved everything back to internal storage from link2sd. Took the new 32gb card and partitioned 22gb fat32, and 8gb ext2. Copied everything from 8gb fat32 to the 22gb fat32. Put the 32gb in my phone and everything was fine. Using link2sd I linked the apps from internal storage to the ext2 partition.
This morning my phone rebooted and didn't "recognize" the 22gb fat32. It recognized the ext2 just fine. If I go into my phone, under storage, it says I have like 17gb of storage left of the 22gb on my external sd card. So it would appear it does somewhat recognize it. HOWEVER, if I go to Apps, it only says I have 1gb of internal storage, and 1gb of external storage. So i removed my sd card and put it in my computer, and everything is there and the partitions appear fine. I backed up my sd card and reformatted, and my phone still only recognizes 1gb of external storage. Link2sd also only recognizes 1gb of internal AND 1gb external storage. So I downloaded Astro file manager. I open that up and it lists SDCARD0 at 1gb where everything is now going, and then externalSD at 22gb where nothing is going and all my old data is located. My pictures are being read off the 22gb partition. If I take a new picture, it is going to the 1gb whereever that might be. If I put in my old 8gb sd card it has the same results. I took my daughters clean new 8gb micro sd card with nothing on it, and it has the same results. 1gb internal, 1gb external. Once again though, it recognizes the card space under storage, and can be accessed through astro file manager, but it is not reading or putting data there.
I have no clue what's happened or what I can do to get my phone to recognize the 22gb as to where it should reading and putting data??? Do I need to do a back up and factory reset? Start completely over? What are my choices? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you SO much!!!!
OK.... I went into the storage settings, where the 22gb fat32 partition is recognized. I changed "Primary Storage" to the 22gb partition, and everything is back working. Any ideas why? Are there going to be any drawbacks to this?
thanks guys