Hey,
I'm currently running SuperNexus Build2, any like in any other AOSP rom, i cannot use my SD card. It is detected in the settings, but can't do anything else with it. I can use it CWM without problems, though.
I guess it is formatted in EXFAT, which isn't supported by AOSP roms.
What is the easiest way to reformat it? Should I format it in FAT32? I don't have any adapter, hope it won't be necessary. I bet it was asked many times before, but can't find anything relevant...
Format this card via phone in Settings - storage. It will be reformator in FAT32 filety system readable by phone. Backup all your data first from this sd.
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SirKunon said:
Format this card via phone in Settings - storage. It will be reformator in FAT32 filety system readable by phone. Backup all your data first from this sd.
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i tried this..to no avail. i cant even begin to understand why this only affects some people..guess that's the magic of these lovely devices..cant wait to make JB my daily driver tho..i cant wait
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Format this card via phone in Settings - storage. It will be reformator in FAT32 filety system readable by phone. Backup all your data first from this sd.
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I don't see such option available in settings. How about formatting external card via CWM? Any programs for W7 so I can do it via USB?
No,I formatted the card to fat 32, but it didn't solve the problem...
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I dont think Supernexus really supports SD Cards. Sure it appears there as available storage, but since all Google Nexus devices dont support external SD Cards, im guessing the AOSP doesnt include any code for formatting/using the cards. This is all left for device manufacturers and developers to implement... just a guess.
We would need someone with the expertise such as Faryaab to add real support for external cards.
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Simmo3D said:
I dont think Supernexus really supports SD Cards. Sure it appears there as available storage, but since all Google Nexus devices dont support external SD Cards, im guessing the AOSP doesnt include any code for formatting/using the cards. This is all left for device manufacturers and developers to implement... just a guess.
We would need someone with the expertise such as Faryaab to add real support for external cards.
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good thinking batman!!
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Hello,
Im about to root SGIII, do i need to have a microsd card in order to root
Yea you need a sd card
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No you can download su.zip from super su and flash it with a cwm recovery
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Just to clarify because of the disagreement, you do not need an sd card, but a pc/mac/etc.. is required AFAIK
Regards
Jack
No need of external Micro SD card. Internal sd card (storage space) is build in but is also no necessary to root if you flash root kernel via Odin. It is directly flashed to system partitions.
External sd was needed in S2 while rooting thru fake recovery.
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JSale said:
Just to clarify because of the disagreement, you do not need an sd card, but a pc/mac/etc.. is required AFAIK
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Thanks for replying.
I was to use Samsung tool kit for rooting, So i will postpone till i buy an sdcard. :crying:
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No need of external Micro SD card. Internal sd card (storage space) is build in but is also no necessary to root if you flash root kernel via Odin. It is directly flashed to system partitions.
External sd was needed in S2 while rooting thru fake recovery.
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Thanks Mate,
Then i can flash straight with Sam Tool kit :victory:
Root no sd card the original method .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
jje
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Hello,
Im about to root SGIII, do i need to have a microsd card in order to root
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no sdcard is needed for rooting..I came across this problem in CWM once where I was unable to mount the internal sdcard so I was unable to flash anything..if that happens then you can try using an sdcard..worked TWICE for me!!
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Root no sd card the original method .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
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Did it, works fine
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hi all i have been very annoyed with sonys attitude to getting the sd card mounting wrong even after speaking to them online and over the phone i got the same reply ... this is not a fault with sony this is something you will need to contact the app devs. unhappy with this i tried fixes found on the www all came up with the same problem it all works fine on the phone but not on pc so after a bit of work i think i have a solution
the vold.fstabs in the /etc needs to be tweaked as with all others on the net but this one works with the pc as well.
has been tested on my device if you replace it with the file attached (root access required ) after renaming original to .bak .
reboot device if you get sd error on reboot please delete and restore orginal and post your finding
please note i am not a dev i have some knowledge but just a hobbyist
i hold no responsibility MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP
http://www.4shared.com/file/2pDhBZ0x/rename_to_voldfstab.html
It's working ! Thansk you so much !!
Can i copy this and translate to Vietnamese to help someone in my country ?
Send them to this forum xda dont want threads to be copied
They can translate
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Hi.
Is this a bug on all Xperia GO?
I don't have any issue with my SD card on my phone, everything are working like it should i believe.
Could you please explain what kind of problem this is? The SD EXT card i believe is the extra memory card you insert into the phone. If so, i don't have any problem with that one.
Thanks in advance
CiscoX said:
Hi.
Is this a bug on all Xperia GO?
I don't have any issue with my SD card on my phone, everything are working like it should i believe.
Could you please explain what kind of problem this is? The SD EXT card i believe is the extra memory card you insert into the phone. If so, i don't have any problem with that one.
Thanks in advance
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this is a problem with all go and as far as i know all xperia 2012 phones where the internal memory is partitioned to system and user the user is then mounted as sd card meaning that after 4gb no more app data can be installed etc. this means that you SD CARD is unusable for apps and app data (apps2sd) will try to install to sd card but go to internal memory
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this is a problem with all go and as far as i know all xperia 2012 phones where the internal memory is partitioned to system and user the user is then mounted as sd card meaning that after 4gb no more app data can be installed etc. this means that you SD CARD is unusable for apps and app data (apps2sd) will try to install to sd card but go to internal memory
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Ahhh thank you very much for this info. Other words, this is a must have fix
if when you brought the fone you thort aaa a sd card slot then yes i feel its a must have i filled up my phone within about a hour
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Finally it works! Before i used the one from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32965824#post32965824
but not working. Now everything is ok. Thank You very much!
Uhu, I messed up.
I did everything you said, but right after restarting, some apps (usbotg, media service etc) stopped working and some apps as well, I think they were in internal storage.
One thing, as you were saying, the ext_sd will be sdcard and the sdcard will be ext_sd?
[Xperia Go] are the mountpoints the same in JB?
If I switch my internal and external sd mountpoints using ICS, will a upgrade to JB using SUS overwrite the(modified) vfold.fstab?
Isuspect the upgrade will unroot the phone
can i use in xperia go JB st27i? i tried, but unsuccessfully
Hi guys i want to format my micro sd card 32GB class 10 from Gskill.
So the question is initially it had FAT32 as its file system format i think so should i stick to that or use one of the following EXFAT or EXT4 ?
What are the advantages and disadvantages if any? Thanks.
Exfat will stop it working on some custom roms (possibly all) completely.
Ext 4 will completely prevent windows seeing it, fat 32 is the completely universal format and should be fine unless you are using single files 4GB and over.
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Perfect, thank you
delsus said:
Exfat will stop it working on some custom roms (possibly all) completely.
Ext 4 will completely prevent windows seeing it, fat 32 is the completely universal format and should be fine unless you are using single files 4GB and over.
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Thanks
just don't ask questions in this section anymore. thanks
@OP: as all newbies, you should start from reading the stickies...
one of it includes very important for you info...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240291
Hi. After reading hundreds of pages and dozens of threads, being unable to find the answer, I decided to register and post.
I'm running liquidsmooth 2.9 and had to format my 64GB card to fat32. It now shows up with 26.5GB available. I couldn't format it to 64 due to my USB dongle doesn't support SDXC cards (Hama microsdhc 2in1 reader, did not find any firmware upgrades for it either)
My question is, is there any way to format the card back to the full capacity without having to purchase another card reader? I've already bought 2 and would prefer to format it using USB mass storage through windows, but no software I've tried thus far gives me the option to format it larger than 27gb.
Help would be greatly appreciated!!
You need root for usb mass storage, then download any of the usb mass storage apps from play. Card readers are £2.
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rootSU said:
You need root for usb mass storage, then download any of the usb mass storage apps from play. Card readers are £2.
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I am running Liquidsmooth, so I am rooted. I'm currently on a small island where all computer peripherals are outdated and shipping is ridiculously expensive and takes many weeks. So if there is a way to recognize more than 27gb using Mass storage it would be great.
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Question [Q] Formatting a 64GB card using mass storage?
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34592799 may help
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34592799 may help
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You seem to have misunderstood the problem
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Hi. After reading hundreds of pages and dozens of threads, being unable to find the answer, I decided to register and post.
I'm running liquidsmooth 2.9 and had to format my 64GB card to fat32. It now shows up with 26.5GB available. I couldn't format it to 64 due to my USB dongle doesn't support SDXC cards (Hama microsdhc 2in1 reader, did not find any firmware upgrades for it either)
My question is, is there any way to format the card back to the full capacity without having to purchase another card reader? I've already bought 2 and would prefer to format it using USB mass storage through windows, but no software I've tried thus far gives me the option to format it larger than 27gb.
Help would be greatly appreciated!!
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Use EasyUMS on the i9300 and then format from your PC? Or format exFAT in a i9300 running a decent Sammy ROM?
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Use EasyUMS on the i9300 and then format from your PC? Or format exFAT in a i9300 running a decent Sammy ROM?
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I am using EasyUMS, it still only shows up as 26.5GB and when it was exfat, it would just say "Insert disk in drive" when I was using USB mass storage. Right now the card is formatted as FAT32 for it to be able to be recognized at all, I'm just wondering if anyone knows of a way to reformat it to get the full capacity in Liquidsmooth through usb. I have tried SD formatter 4.0, Easus partition master, Guiformat as well as a bunch of others. Any ideas?
Thanks for the replies so far!
1) take nandroid to internal memory
2) flash touchwiz rom (aosp doesn't support exfat)
3) format sd to exfat (standard touchwiz format, use storage menu)
4) using easy ums / sg usb mass storage enabler - mount exfat card in windows pc
5) using easeus, format fat32
Should work
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rootSU said:
1) take nandroid to internal memory
2) flash touchwiz rom (aosp doesn't support exfat)
3) format sd to exfat (standard touchwiz format, use storage menu)
4) using easy ums / sg usb mass storage enabler - mount exfat card in windows pc
5) using easeus, format fat32
Should work
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Thanks, I'll try this. I should have done this when I flashed back to stock rom, but for some reason I thought I could do it through usb with Liquidsmooth.
Let me know how you get on...
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Let me know how you get on...
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It worked beautifully. I had already flashed to stock earlier, and I guess from the relief from getting my full storage back (I was a little worried after reading about people having 64gb cards ruined in the phone) , I forgot to format it before reverting to Liquidsmooth.
Wish I didn't waste so much time trying to get the non-SDXC usb dongle to work It's just odd that this tiny stick should differentiate between SDHC/XC.
Thanks for the help. For those wanting to use a 64gb card with a non-touch wiz ROM, remember to format it before you flash and save yourself a lot of trouble.
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It worked beautifully. I had already flashed to stock earlier, and I guess from the relief from getting my full storage back (I was a little worried after reading about people having 64gb cards ruined in the phone) , I forgot to format it before reverting to Liquidsmooth.
Wish I didn't waste so much time trying to get the non-SDXC usb dongle to work It's just odd that this tiny stick should differentiate between SDHC/XC.
Thanks for the help. For those wanting to use a 64gb card with a non-touch wiz ROM, remember to format it before you flash and save yourself a lot of trouble.
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Cool. I thought it would work. Thanks for taking the time to update the thread.
Weird enough suddenly I found all my external SDCard files have all permissions like:
---rwxr-x
Why !?? This happens to every file I copy onto it.
I needed them like:
rwxrwxr-x
so far, the only rough and long way I found is through Aromafilemanager and PhilzTouch recovery.
Yet I have to change the permissions one file at a time.
Can anybody help?
Sounds like a problem unique to you, I've never heard of it.
Flash the official stock rom, format your sd card in your pc using the industry formatting tool and test.
If the problem disappears then it was probably some combination of your individual setup.
Yep. Also ensure you haven't got any scripts running at startup. Sd permissions are set on boot and cannot be changed afterwards
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Thank you, I'll surely restart from the beginning and report back
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Yep. Also ensure you haven't got any scripts running at startup. Sd permissions are set on boot and cannot be changed afterwards
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Which script could do that?
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Any mods that mount folders or swap storage.
Otherwise, something built into the rom.
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Sounds like a problem unique to you, I've never heard of it.
Flash the official stock rom, format your sd card in your pc using the industry formatting tool and test.
If the problem disappears then it was probably some combination of your individual setup.
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@boomboomer
which filesystem do i have to use in formatting extsdcard 8gb via pc? exFAT / FAT32 / EXT4 / NTFS ?
moreover, in this post and following on dev rom thread, it seems it's a normal behaviour... am i missing sth?
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4
Fat32 is the normal filesytem.
If it's common to your rom then your chef is the best one to approach, he may have set a script or mod.
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Any mods that mount folders or swap storage.
Otherwise, something built into the rom.
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I read through about 7 pages of sd card issues on the s3 and thought i cant read anymore, so i thought i would just ask. I've just bought an s3 and i got my 64gb sd card from my old phone to my new one. Problem is i have data from other games in the SD and titanium back up files in the externel sd card. Seems the S3 has its own built in SD card and only reads from that. I copied my TB files from externel to the internel. Now the games still require Extra files although they are in the externel SD. So how in the world do i get it to read my Externel sd instead of my internel? I thought of copying the files but i have 16 gb internel, 64 externel so its not gonna work considering i have 39 gb left in my 64 gb one,