[Q] About the 32gb sgs3 - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

in 16gb sgs3, only 11gb is usable for apps and data.
in 32gb sgs3, how much space is available for apps and data?
tia.

For the 32Gb, you can use 25,57 Gb of your SD storage.

schyzo001 said:
For the 32Gb, you can use 25,57 Gb of your SD storage.
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okay i'm guessing that's 25.57gb right?
cos if it's a comma i think you may have meant 25gb usable only for 32gb version and only 57gb usable for 64gb versions.

radeonxt said:
okay i'm guessing that's 25.57gb right?
cos if it's a comma i think you may have meant 25gb usable only for 32gb version and only 57gb usable for 64gb versions.
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Other countries use commas in their numbers instead of decimal points.
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joshnichols189 said:
Other countries use commas in their numbers instead of decimal points.
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That's a point! Why would he talk about the 64gb version without mentioning it first? :')

thanks anyway.
was just trying to be sure so as not be repetitive since not many know that some countries use commas instead of dots for the decimals.
again thanks.
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You're both wrong.
25.57 GB
If you spelled b without caps, it would mean Gigabites, GB means Gigabytes.
26Gb is 3.25GBs

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Ext Partition

Guys, i am having a one gb Ext 4 Partition on SD. Currently it has 800mb free. Can I use this space in emergency. As I am always living on the edge with my 8gb card. Its always about 98% full. So I always have to delete something to download something new. I think I can use this without harm via root explorer and I will try it. It might also be good for private stuff.
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Though the trick is working, it would be better for me to get a 16gb card. Or may be 32gb...
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lekhwani said:
Though the trick is working, it would be better for me to get a 16gb card. Or may be 32gb...
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32 gb may get you into some performance issue 16 gb is good enough

saying my sdcard is only 14.91 gb???

i have a pny class 10 16 gig sdcard.. when i go into sd & phone storage it says its only 14.91 gb??? why is that??? i just downloaded the app sd tools and it says the same thing!! 14.91!!!!!!! ?????????
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I'm pretty sure you are missing space because it is necessary for an sd card that size to have in unallocated partition of about 1gb. You *might* be able to resize it. All sd cards don't allow the user to use up the amount of space they claim to have.
bloodrain954 said:
Formating.
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This.......
so its normal.. im all set? is there anything i can do to make it better??? yes im still a noob!!!
evod3 said:
so its normal.. im all set? is there anything i can do to make it better??? yes im still a noob!!!
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No and whatever you do DON'T LISTEN TO BLOODRAIN!!!
Use maid sd card
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Its normal. Leave it how it is. My 16 gb came 14.xx gb do your good.
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There is a difference between bits and bytes, when you buy something ie 16GB card you are getting 16000000000 bytes, that translates to 14.91gb. You will NEVER buy something that says x amount of GB and it show up as that amount usable
. So multiply any advertised amount by .923 and you get the usable amount
NewZJ said:
There is a difference between bits and bytes, when you buy something ie 16GB card you are getting 16000000000 bytes, that translates to 14.91gb. You will NEVER buy something that says x amount of GB and it show up as that amount usable
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cool i thought something was up with me sdcard.. thanks for geting back
I'm too late for this but may help for future doubts. Every GB has 1024 MB and don't 1000 as we usual say, in that order, 1 MB has 1024 KB and 1 KB has 1024 B. After this short explanation we got: 16,000,000,000 B/1024(in order to get KB)= 15,625,000 KB/1024(to get MB)= 15,258 MB/1024(to get GB)= 14.90 GB you get in your card.
I was wondering why you haven't complained about the 8GB card that you got with your phone (or any other that you had before ) , lol

64GB MicroSD?

can anyone confirm theses work with the LTE?
Mech8 said:
can anyone confirm theses work with the LTE?
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Yeah, it's all good, just format it in your phone and your on your way.
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ryanalan82 said:
Yeah, it's all good, just format it in your phone and your on your way.
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Pix?
Mech8 said:
Pix?
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it works bro
if you searched you would have seen that
Worked on my 3d.....it works on the lte as well.
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ryanalan82 said:
Yeah, it's all good, just format it in your phone and your on your way.
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what he said.
Yes, it works fine. I bought the SanDisk Class 10 64gb from newegg.
spydc said:
Yes, it works fine. I bought the SanDisk Class 10 64gb from newegg.
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Sweet! How much did you pay?
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It was about $90 bucks. I have seen some cheaper for about $60 or so but that is the Class 6 version.
class 10 64gb are on ebay
shipped from china
for 65 dollars
Yeah, 64GB works great! Join the Par-TAY!
SanDisk 64GB Mobile Ultra microSDHC
It's only class 6 but still... $60 shipped!!!
http://www.adorama.com/IDSMUMSD64G....X&sourceId=1&iqrlId=1921297&turntoflow=answer
flex360 said:
class 10 64gb are on ebay
shipped from china
for 65 dollars
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I'm always skeptical of those Chinese electronics. They do say "official" so maybe they're legit.
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flex360 said:
class 10 64gb are on ebay
shipped from china
for 65 dollars
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beware.....those may not be actually 64 gb cards.
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64 gb microsd
DCLocal said:
It's only class 6 but still... $60 shipped!!!
No longer available
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toant103 said:
DCLocal said:
It's only class 6 but still... $60 shipped!!!
No longer available
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I guess they're back back in stock now, I just ordered one.
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but this is additional info on the subject. While 64GB cards are supported, they need to be formatted correctly to be fully compatible with AOSP roms. If you format the sd card in a windows PC, it will default to using the extFAT file system. I believe a Sense rom will also format using extFAT, but I cannot confirm that.
The extFAT filesystem not supported by AOSP roms due to licensing issues. The card should be formatted using the FAT filesystem, but Windows will not allow formatting of a volume larger than 32GB using FAT. To get around the issue, I formatted my 64GB with the FAT filesystem using a Linux computer. You may also be able to format directly in an AOSP rom to get the correct filesystem.
dmb6202 said:
Sorry to bump an old thread, but this is additional info on the subject. While 64GB cards are supported, they need to be formatted correctly to be fully compatible with AOSP roms. If you format the sd card in a windows PC, it will default to using the extFAT file system. I believe a Sense rom will also format using extFAT, but I cannot confirm that.
The extFAT filesystem not supported by AOSP roms due to licensing issues. The card should be formatted using the FAT filesystem, but Windows will not allow formatting of a volume larger than 32GB using FAT. To get around the issue, I formatted my 64GB with the FAT filesystem using a Linux computer. You may also be able to format directly in an AOSP rom to get the correct filesystem.
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AOSP supports exFAT just fine, using open-source exfat-fuse, the same way that Linux distros support it. You must be using an old ROM.
Captain_Throwback said:
AOSP supports exFAT just fine, using open-source exfat-fuse, the same way that Linux distros support it. You must be using an old ROM.
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I wasn't able to able to write to a 64GB exFAT card in the first AOSP-based ROMS I installed. Of course, that was a while back, potentially before the FUSE module for exFAT was rolled in. If I remember correctly, the first versions of ntfs-3g (the FUSE module for NTFS on Linux) were read-only. I may have been similarly limited by an early implementation of exFAT. Good to know it's fully functional now!
Mine works just fine. didn't even format it in the phone. Threw it in and I was good to go.

Upgrading the internal 16GB to 32GB

Is there any way to upgrade the internal 16GB storage to a 32GB? I'm not referring to the external MicroSD card.
It might be possible i think samsung use SD cards as their internal storage.
Yh of course there is sell ur 16gb version nd buy the 32gb version
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ORRRRRRRR you can try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772234
is it even possible ? unless there are motherboard with 32 gb for sale ?
This is not possible for the conventional person unless you have access to some pro level reflow ovens and flash chips.
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You need a laptop hard drive, super glue and a hammer.
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So is that basically a no, without serious mods to the phone?
Dude the internal flash memory is what's called smd in electronics (surface mounted device). Basically they are miniaturized semiconductor components with tiny solder pads which can only be joined with specialized equipment.
It's impossible to mess with it at home, that's why I sprung the extra cash for the 32gb version.
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This is indeed a very interesting notion since the galaxy s3 was my very first smartphone and android I thought to myself that with the 16gb internal SD with an extra external SD card it should suffice but I was very wrong as apps only install in the internal SD card and I'm almost at my limits since I have alot of HD games and apps installed.
SamGalS3_556 said:
Is there any way to upgrade the internal 16GB storage to a 32GB? I'm not referring to the external MicroSD card.
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Just buy a 64 GB micro sd card.
Have a look at Directory Bind. This should solve your space issues (assuming you have a micro sd card in your phone).
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Itadakiimasu said:
This is indeed a very interesting notion since the galaxy s3 was my very first smartphone and android I thought to myself that with the 16gb internal SD with an extra external SD card it should suffice but I was very wrong as apps only install in the internal SD card and I'm almost at my limits since I have alot of HD games and apps installed.
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Just use this? That should solve your problem..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772234
danieljamie said:
Just use this? That should solve your problem..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772234
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Im new to rooting so i don't like the idea of fiddling with it so is there any other means?
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Lot less hassle rooting than even thinking about opening up device and messing with that...
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Yeah but there's a mod to swap the Internal and external SD cards so you could buy a 64gb card and have lots of app storage. Its also a matter of time before the app2 SD gets sorted for s3
Oh well no worries, I can live with it
Itadakiimasu said:
Im new to rooting so i don't like the idea of fiddling with it so is there any other means?
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Using the galaxy s3 toolkit, rooting is very very easy... just follow the guide and you are rooted
Get a 32
Shug69 said:
Yeah but there's a mod to swap the Internal and external SD cards so you could buy a 64gb card and have lots of app storage. Its also a matter of time before the app2 SD gets sorted for s3
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hope so , so far there is no update on this , not sure if samsung gonna enable this,
even a china phone with android has this function

[Q] 128 gb micro sd card

I just read on some website that some phones support a 128 gb micro sd card. I have actually read it on many sites but when I go to look to buy one I find nothing. Any ideas?
IAmBrock said:
I just read on some website that some phones support a 128 gb micro sd card. I have actually read it on many sites but when I go to look to buy one I find nothing. Any ideas?
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I don't think so but yeah on my my phone's box it was written that supports upto 32 gb but 64 gb works flawless.. It would not hurt to try
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zubairamd said:
I don't think so but yeah on my my phone's box it was written that supports upto 32 gb but 64 gb works flawless.. It would not hurt to try
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Yeah I have a 64gb it holds a lot!
IAmBrock said:
I just read on some website that some phones support a 128 gb micro sd card. I have actually read it on many sites but when I go to look to buy one I find nothing. Any ideas?
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There are no 128gb micro sd cards out yet, only normal sized SD cards.
If you see any online they are just placeholders or are fakes..
baileyjr said:
There are no 128gb micro sd cards out yet, only normal sized SD cards.
If you see any online they are just placeholders or are fakes..
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exactly

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