I've been installing apps on my 16GB SD card, but just noticed that only 116MB of it are being recognized. So, I know I need to format it. My question is, can I just copy everything that's currently on it to my PC, format it, and then copy everything back?
Thanks!
loribuono said:
I've been installing apps on my 16GB SD card, but just noticed that only 116MB of it are being recognized. So, I know I need to format it. My question is, can I just copy everything that's currently on it to my PC, format it, and then copy everything back?
Thanks!
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should work without a problem
loribuono said:
I've been installing apps on my 16GB SD card, but just noticed that only 116MB of it are being recognized. So, I know I need to format it. My question is, can I just copy everything that's currently on it to my PC, format it, and then copy everything back?
Thanks!
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May I also suggest using SD Format to format. Windows format has sometimes not formatted uSD well. If you are only seeing 116MB you might use EASEUS to ensure the whole disk is available to you.
Both utilities are free and quite useful!
Thanks! And I did plan on using SD Format.
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Hello all, just got a new 16gb sd card and wondering how I should set it up. I plan on using bootmanager so I don't know if I need to partition the card or do anything else. Thanks for any advice.
dcaplinger76 said:
Hello all, just got a new 16gb sd card and wondering how I should set it up. I plan on using bootmanager so I don't know if I need to partition the card or do anything else. Thanks for any advice.
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Umm, just incase you have software already on it, but I would pop it in your pc, quick format to fat32, put it in your phone and you should be good to go. Unless you wish to copy over your previous recovery, then do so then install the card in to the handset.
zsibisi said:
Umm, just incase you have software already on it, but I would pop it in your pc, quick format to fat32, put it in your phone and you should be good to go. Unless you wish to copy over your previous recovery, then do so then install the card in to the handset.
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Is formatting to FAT32 the only option for a phone? I ask because there is a transfer limit on FAT32 (around 4gb) and none on NTFS. I discovered this while trying to transfer a 6gb movie to my 32gb card. Anyone know if I can reformat to NTFS and have no ill effects?
I think for most ROMs it needs to be fat32. I was looking into formatting it to ext4, but I have not tried it yet.
mulhiny said:
Is formatting to FAT32 the only option for a phone? I ask because there is a transfer limit on FAT32 (around 4gb) and none on NTFS. I discovered this while trying to transfer a 6gb movie to my 32gb card. Anyone know if I can reformat to NTFS and have no ill effects?
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I'm pretty sure if you format it to NTFS, your phone won't recognize it.
I suppose you could try it -- it shouldn't hurt anything.
FAT32 is the correct format for it.
zcink said:
I'm pretty sure if you format it to NTFS, your phone won't recognize it.
I suppose you could try it -- it shouldn't hurt anything.
FAT32 is the correct format for it.
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Hmm, I guess tonight I can try but I'm thinking you're probably right. That blows. What I was trying to do was take good quality movies and convert to 3D..Which makes for around a 6gb file..no good if I can't get it on the phone tho. Whole reason I got the 32gb card. Guess I'll have to get some more music, lol
You shold try the ntfs.
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i had my 8gb sd card working perfect.. all of a sudden it had stopped working.. wouldnt read at all in my phone, but in my girlfriends phone ( which isnt android ) it reads perfectly.
now, while flashing a new rom and clearing data.. i had this come up..
Formatting /sd-ext...
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
with all the rest working fine.
Backup the data and format the card in the phone.
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this was happening on my last sd card, after this started happening, i couldnt access anything on the card. So ive now changed to a 2gb card. havnt made an sd ext yet. so is that why ?
happened to me as well, SD got corrupted, it can be read from a pc, but cannot change the contents thus cannot re-format, luckily i can copy it, then bought a new one, problem solved, phone is working fine again.
vertcam9 said:
happened to me as well, SD got corrupted, it can be read from a pc, but cannot change the contents thus cannot re-format, luckily i can copy it, then bought a new one, problem solved, phone is working fine again.
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Well something like this happened to me too though in my case the card gets corrupted when I connect it to the PC and I have to format it everytime
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Mikee.H said:
Formatting /sd-ext...
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
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I think this is normal for sd card without ext partition.
have you try to un-mount and mount the sd-card?
can the sc card be read from recovery?
dianpadi said:
I think this is normal for sd card without ext partition.
have you try to un-mount and mount the sd-card?
can the sc card be read from recovery?
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mounting it from cwm ? nope i havnt tried that.
Im not having any troubles at the moment with this new SD Card. I just wanted to try and get the old 8gb sd working. having 2gb isnt enough for all my music and apps.
Ive formatted the old sd card. but it still shows as having 6gb.. so 2 gb missing ? AND.. i can put it in my girlfriends phone, and load it up on the computer. put anything on it i want, but it wont read in ANY phone..
Use panasonic sd formater under win.
Mikee.H said:
mounting it from cwm ? nope i havnt tried that.
Im not having any troubles at the moment with this new SD Card. I just wanted to try and get the old 8gb sd working. having 2gb isnt enough for all my music and apps.
Ive formatted the old sd card. but it still shows as having 6gb.. so 2 gb missing ? AND.. i can put it in my girlfriends phone, and load it up on the computer. put anything on it i want, but it wont read in ANY phone..
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its basically a throw away sd card now, so ill give it a shot lol.
hoping i got the right program
** tried that... didnt work. it formatted the Sd Card. but still wont read in my phone.
Also tried to Mount the SD card from Cwm. but i get
Error mounting /sdcard!
not sure if this will help anyone.. but i partitioned the sd card ages ago, all was working fine... now, after formatting, my 8gb sd card is still just nearly 6gb. so 2 gb is missing.
connect the sd card to the computer via a card reader. delete all the partitions and then format it using the fat32 system. try to read it now. if it still doesn't work try to format it using the fat system. maybe this will work.
vasuhsm123 said:
connect the sd card to the computer via a card reader. delete all the partitions and then format it using the fat32 system. try to read it now. if it still doesn't work try to format it using the fat system. maybe this will work.
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ill give it a try... format it using fat system?? sorry im not the smartest person on xda lol.
Hello. When trying to flash my mini X android box, I used sd card from my sgs2. After that, I inserted the card to sgs2 and rebooted.
The telephone said "Corrupted card" and asked to format. However, it formatted internal sd card!! And it doesn't see the external one.
I've tried formatting external sd to fat32. No luck.
What should I do?
Kondra007 said:
Hello. When trying to flash my mini X android box, I used sd card from my sgs2. After that, I inserted the card to sgs2 and rebooted.
The telephone said "Corrupted card" and asked to format. However, it formatted internal sd card!! And it doesn't see the external one.
I've tried formatting external sd to fat32. No luck.
What should I do?
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check the link below ma8, hope it will be of some help with ur issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1734826
Well, this may sound stupid or strange, but what I couldn't do with gParted or Windows partition was easily done by putting sd-card to my Note 10.1
My problem is solved by now. The only thing that bothers me is that my internal sd is formatted and everything's lost. If anyone knows how to recover all data, please pm me
Kondra007 said:
Well, this may sound stupid or strange, but what I couldn't do with gParted or Windows partition was easily done by putting sd-card to my Note 10.1
My problem is solved by now. The only thing that bothers me is that my internal sd is formatted and everything's lost. If anyone knows how to recover all data, please pm me
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for ur internal sdcard data lost issue, check the link below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351896
hi,
i have xperia sola with CM10.
yesterday i had 3GB free on the sd card and i moved there a 2GB file.
after i erased the file, i still have 1 free GB free.
it seems like the file wasn't erased at all although i erased it.
how can i have again free 3GB on sd card?
BreakingScorp said:
hi,
i have xperia sola with CM10.
yesterday i had 3GB free on the sd card and i moved there a 2GB file.
after i erased the file, i still have 1 free GB free.
it seems like the file wasn't erased at all although i erased it.
how can i have again free 3GB on sd card?
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Try backuping up the files you need and format sd card.
DaRk-L0rD said:
Try backuping up the files you need and format sd card.
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how do i format sd card?
BreakingScorp said:
how do i format sd card?
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You can connect your phone on your pc and format sd card. Otherwise try system->storage. There should be something about microsd card too mate.
i dont have the format option in storage (maybe becuse im on CM) and i didnt understand how to do it in pc
BreakingScorp said:
i dont have the format option in storage (maybe becuse im on CM) and i didnt understand how to do it in pc
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When you plug on your phone to your pc, go computer. You should see the microsd if i am not wrong.
Does your pc has SD Card Reader?
DaRk-L0rD said:
When you plug on your phone to your pc, go computer. You should see the microsd if i am not wrong.
Does your pc has SD Card Reader?
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nevermind i did it with the CWM.
thanks for your help! (i pressed thanks)
BreakingScorp said:
nevermind i did it with the CWM.
thanks for your help! (i pressed thanks)
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cwm was the easiest solution, but i wanted to help you backup your data, that's why i told you connect to the pc.
Everything works fine now mate?
DaRk-L0rD said:
cwm was the easiest solution, but i wanted to help you backup your data, that's why i told you connect to the pc.
Everything works fine now mate?
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i did backup earlier. i saved on the computer the important things.
everything works now
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i did backup earlier. i saved on the computer the important things.
everything works now
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ok
enjoy
Im on AICP 5.1.1, and decided to try cm13. Somewhere in the process, my sd card got formatted.
I used guiformat to reformat to fat32, but now I cant copy anything to the ex sd card. Permissions are rw, and I can see whats on it, storage reads the volume, but can't copy to it
Any help would be appreciated
goldsmitht said:
Im on AICP 5.1.1, and decided to try cm13. Somewhere in the process, my sd card got formatted.
I used guiformat to reformat to fat32, but now I cant copy anything to the ex sd card. Permissions are rw, and I can see whats on it, storage reads the volume, but can't copy to it
Any help would be appreciated
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i have seen several people report this issue from cm13, and worst problems with the card than yours, in some other help forums on xda.
i havent seen a fix posed yet, but i rarely visit the cm13 rom threads.
goldsmitht said:
Im on AICP 5.1.1, and decided to try cm13. Somewhere in the process, my sd card got formatted.
I used guiformat to reformat to fat32, but now I cant copy anything to the ex sd card. Permissions are rw, and I can see whats on it, storage reads the volume, but can't copy to it
Any help would be appreciated
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Sdcard .org
Their formatting tool worked for me. My 32 gib card was reading as 19 mib. I had to do a complete format tho not the quick one.
NOTE: My card was already blank, not sure what to do if you wanna recover what's on yours.
CASEY_K said:
Sdcard .org
Their formatting tool worked for me. My 32 gib card was reading as 19 mib. I had to do a complete format tho not the quick one.
NOTE: My card was already blank, not sure what to do if you wanna recover what's on yours.
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thanks, but it only formats to exfat, and I can't get that to work on my LG G3 running CM13.0 (MM).