Sorry if this has been answered before.
I try to move a 6 gb file to either internal or external SD card and keep getting the message that the file is too large for the destination folder.
Are there limitations for the file size? If so what are they?
Thanks!
poliziano said:
I try to move a 6 gb file to either internal or external SD card and keep getting the message that the file is too large for the destination folder.
Are there limitations for the file size? If so what are they?
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I'm guessing that both the internal and external SD cards are formatted as FAT32? If so, FAT32 filesystems have a file size limitation of 2^32−1 (4,294,967,295) bytes.
That makes sense. Thank you for the help.
rajeevvp said:
I'm guessing that both the internal and external SD cards are formatted as FAT32? If so, FAT32 filesystems have a file size limitation of 2^32−1 (4,294,967,295) bytes.
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Now that is exact! Definitely handy info to know. At least to stump your friends with. thanks!
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Is it true that it's impossible to put files larger than 4Gb on either the micro sd card or the phone's internal memory? If yes, can this limitation be overcome? I'm having in view large movie files, primarily.
tyapa said:
Is it true that it's impossible to put files larger than 4Gb on either the micro sd card or the phone's internal memory? If yes, can this limitation be overcome? I'm having in view large movie files, primarily.
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What file system is in use on them?
pulser_g2 said:
What file system is in use on them?
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Well, I don't know for sure, I read that there is a 2Gb ext4 system partition which is allocated to applications, and I don't know about the rest of the internal memory.
SD cards are usually formated as fat32, which puts this 4Gb limitation, and I don't know if the phone will work with a card formated as anything else.
tyapa said:
Well, I don't know for sure, I read that there is a 2Gb ext4 system partition which is allocated to applications, and I don't know about the rest of the internal memory.
SD cards are usually formated as fat32, which puts this 4Gb limitation, and I don't know if the phone will work with a card formated as anything else.
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Hmmm Ok. The EXT4 is /data, and the system partitions. So if it's using FAT32, then you are correct...
I don't think stock rom supports any other filesystems really though.
Can I only put a 4gb file on the prime? Because I cant copy A 8gb file on there?
No file size limit. Please search before posting or stick with the thread you started for some minutes ago.
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its the limits of fat32 format on the sdcard, format it to ntfs...see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427587
fuzzer said:
its the limits of fat32 format on the sdcard, format it to ntfs...see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427587
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Im triing to copy it to the internal storage can you change that also? wouldn't android be corrupted
no, do not attempt to change internal storage format...
just answered your other post....
MACBLACK91 said:
Im triing to copy it to the internal storage can you change that also? wouldn't android be corrupted
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The internal storage is a linux partition and can handle the size. The SD CARD is FAT32 by default because that is what is mounted via USB and is the most compatible among devices. Kinda like a USB Thumbdrive.
To save it to internal memory you would need to save it somewhere outside of the SDCARD mount. You might need root access to save there though. I haven't tried yet myself and most user files are saved to the SDCARD by default.
BTW, its better to keep your questions to one post. Asking the same question in different threads will lead to confusion.
Okay sorry don't wonna confuse someone. I'll keep it in mind for the future but thanks to all
it has to do with MTP, you can copy something bigger than 4gs to the sd card via a reader and then internally transfer it to main memory, or use something like wifi explorer to wirelessly move it over.
Hi iv connected my phone to my pc via usb I wanted to transfer 10GB file size over on to my sd card but it says file destination too small when there is enough space as my card is 16gb, any help please?
Your sd may be 16gb but you can use only 11.50 gb as the rest are used by the phone.. So I guess you have used over 1.50 gb already and there is not enough space... Try through an external sd or free some space...
zouz0una said:
Your sd may be 16gb but you can use only 11.50 gb as the rest are used by the phone.. So I guess you have used over 1.50 gb already and there is not enough space... Try through an external sd or free some space...
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But it says I have 11.5gb free?
The file size is only 9.75gb
I see that there is a usb storage in 11.50gb and a system storage in 1.97 gb. Maybe the second is for the applications and is taken from the usb storage...
Why does the phone use 4.5GB of the SD cards space? I thought there was internal storage too.
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Yeah I thought so too but somehow it does...
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I see that there is a usb storage in 11.50gb and a system storage in 1.97 gb. Maybe the second is for the applications and is taken from the usb storage...
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But my external sd card is 16gb and 11.5gb is free on that
It's not only one file, is it? The file system (fat32) can't handle such big files.
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Tubgirl said:
It's not only one file, is it? The file system (fat32) can't handle such big files.
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Yeah it is fat32, and yeah it is one file. Is there a way around this?
Fat32 can only handle file sizes of around 4GB each time. So each file you want to transfer can only be around 4GB in size. I believe the SGS2 works with an NTFS formatted card, and with NTFS you can transfer any file size.
Can the file you are trying to transfer be broken up into small segments or must it remain as a 10GB file?
Chris.
themadba said:
Fat32 can only handle file sizes of around 4GB each time. So each file you want to transfer can only be around 4GB in size. I believe the SGS2 works with an NTFS formatted card, and with NTFS you can transfer any file size.
Can the file you are trying to transfer be broken up into small segments or must it remain as a 10GB file?
Chris.
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It's a video file. So must stay as one. I'll try to convert sd card as ntfs
S2 can't recognise ntfs
Are you sure? Pretty sure I read somewhere that it does. Oh well, is fat32 the only format it reads?
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themadba said:
Are you sure? Pretty sure I read somewhere that it does. Oh well, is fat32 the only format it reads?
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Seems to be, because when formatted to NTFS it says unrecognised format please reformat
Anybody else got ideas?
Try encode with smaller bit rate and smaller resolution?
WHICH FORMAT IS SUITABLE FOR 32 GB SD CARD? I M USING EXT4 FOR EXTERNAL SD CARD,,,ANY PROBLEM WITH EXT4 AS EXTERNAL STORAGE? PLEASE HELP ME :good:
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WHICH FORMAT IS SUITABLE FOR 32 GB SD CARD? I M USING EXT4 FOR EXTERNAL SD CARD,,,ANY PROBLEM WITH EXT4 AS EXTERNAL STORAGE? PLEASE HELP ME :good:
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Many people would recommend "exFAT" file system, also some would recommend "FAT32" but due to the limitation of the file size, i won't recommend it, "EXT4" is good, but may not be a good choice for SDcard if you wanted to view the files on the PC using a "SDcard reader" one day, your sdcard then would be limited to read only, so you have 2 options:
1-format it as "exFAT"
2-just put it in the phone, Reformat the SD card with your phone Settings --> Storage/Storage & USB The file system on the freshly formatted SD card is the type that will give you the best performance with your phone.... in other words....(let the phone choose)
Regards Migo
migomujahid said:
many people would recommend "exfat" file system, also some would recommend "fat32" but due to the limitation of the file size, i won't recommend it, "ext4" is good, but may not be a good choice for sdcard if you wanted to view the files on the pc using a "sdcard reader" one day, your sdcard then would be limited to read only, so you have 2 options:
1-format it as "exfat"
2-just put it in the phone, reformat the sd card with your phone settings --> storage/storage & usb the file system on the freshly formatted sd card is the type that will give you the best performance with your phone.... In other words....(let the phone choose)
regards migo
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so exfat is best for sd card 32 gb?
Rajinakd said:
so exfat is best for sd card 32 gb?
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Yes, best for any sdcard
MigoMujahid said:
Yes, best for any sdcard
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but some people saying their default partition format is VFAT,,,,,
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but some people saying their default partition format is VFAT,,,,,
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As i told you, Individual files on a FAT32 drive can’t be over 4 GB in size, but in exFAT it has no limitations, if it worked good for you in phone or pc then it's fine, if you faced any problems reformat it to FAT32.
I've been trying to download some some files larger than 4GB. I downloaded them from MEGA but when it finishes the download, the downloaded file is just 4GB when the actual file is like 5.1GB.
I now this happens when trying to copy these kind fo files to the SD card. But why does it happens with the internal storage?
I have more that 14GB of storage free, so that shouldn't be a problem. The file system the data partition is formatted to is ext4.
Is there a way to fix this?
Isley_ said:
I've been trying to download some some files larger than 4GB. I downloaded them from MEGA but when it finishes the download, the downloaded file is just 4GB when the actual file is like 5.1GB ...
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4GB is a fat32 limit. I doubt whether it is a mere coincidence that your files just happen to be limited to that size. Check carefully the format of your internal storage very carefully - it may well be fat32, even though you think it is ext4. If it is ext4, only linux-based OSes will be able to read/write to it (without special drivers).
DarthJabba9 said:
4GB is a fat32 limit. I doubt whether it is a mere coincidence that your files just happen to be limited to that size. Check carefully the format of your internal storage very carefully - it may well be fat32, even though you think it is ext4. If it is ext4, only linux-based OSes will be able to read/write to it (without special drivers).
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This app says its ext4. Then what should I do to be able to have files greater than 4GB?
Or is it better to format my SD card?
I just tried formating my SD card to exFAT but my phone doesn't recognize it. It says it's corrupt. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. How do I fix this?
@Isley_ I don't think you should be trying to format your internal storage with external tools. Let the phone format it, and it should recognise it. In fact, I think the internal storage should be left well alone.
DarthJabba9 said:
@Isley_ I don't think you should be trying to format your internal storage with external tools. Let the phone format it, and it should recognise it. In fact, I think the internal storage should be left well alone.
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The problem is that the phone formats the SD to either FAT32 or VFAT which have a file size limit of 4GB.
Isley_ said:
The problem is that the phone formats the SD to either FAT32 or VFAT which have a file size limit of 4GB.
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Yes, it is a problem. However, not all ROMs support exFAT (probably the problem that you have now run into). You first need to ascertain that your ROM (or kernel) actually supports exFAT. If it does, then you should not have had any problem reading the internal SD.
Perhaps F2FS may be more widely supported, and perhaps this may be a solution to your problem. However, changing your data partition to F2FS will involved losing all your data (including data on the internal SD). I don't have any direct experience with F2FS, so I can't say how helpful it would be in your case. It may come with its own problems. You can experiment with an external microSD card.