I am looking to buy a 64gb SD card for my GNote2. I have read some reviews and have been leaning towards the Sandisk 64gb Ultra. I would like some feedback on people's preferences or some advice on what would be the best 64gb card to buy?
I just got the sandisk 64Gb ultra after doing some research , it is the perfect memory for it. Very fast.
Just make sure to format it fat32. And use directory bind to point your apps to it.
Good luck
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cyberma007 said:
I just got the sandisk 64Gb ultra after doing some research , it is the perfect memory for it. Very fast.
Just make sure to format it fat32. And use directory bind to point your apps to it.
Good luck
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Great thanks! So when I get it, just go ahead and format it on my PC (fat32) and I am good to go?
No do not format it to fat32. It is not necessary our note2 accepts exfat format and that will be the way it is shipped. Mine read perfect the moment I popped it in. I did format it in the phone and have over 30gb downloaded to it. 0 issues.
I have read issues with formatting it to fat32 and in the instructions it even warns against it.
When I got mine, it came exfat as well,
But my pc and phone did note like it.
Phone would eject the SD and pc write speed was super slow and would get error. Fat32 fixed all that.
Now SD is superfast now and working great.
I formated it with sd format tool thinking that may yhe issue. But it was not
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No do not format it to fat32. It is not necessary our note2 accepts exfat format and that will be the way it is shipped. Mine read perfect the moment I popped it in. I did format it in the phone and have over 30gb downloaded to it. 0 issues.
I have read issues with formatting it to fat32 and in the instructions it even warns against it.
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Did you swap out your memory so your SDcard is now your on board memory? That is where I have been hearing people having issues.
tenyrnote said:
I am looking to buy a 64gb SD card for my GNote2. I have read some reviews and have been leaning towards the Sandisk 64gb Ultra. I would like some feedback on people's preferences or some advice on what would be the best 64gb card to buy?
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Just put it in your phone and format it through there. That's what I did with my last two phones and have had zero issues.
Doin' big thangs from my Note Deuce
If you want cheaper but risk losing your data then get Sandisk 64GB otherwise for reliability get Samsung 64GB.
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If you want cheaper but risk losing your data then get Sandisk 64GB otherwise for reliability get Samsung 64GB.
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How is this statement true? I have SanDisk cards in my phone and I also videotape weddings and use SanDisk cards as well and have never had a problem. A lot of people buy them off ebay and they turn out to be fake so they become corrupt. You can't just say that Samsungs are more reliable.
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Did you swap out your memory so your SDcard is now your on board memory? That is where I have been hearing people having issues.
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No and if that's the reason for the fat32 format I apologize because I am not swapping int/ext.
My speeds were soso and I ran the lag fix app in the market and the card reads at 629mbps and writes at 9ish Mbps . seems good to me. Transfered 1gb file to PC in about 2 mins.
If you root and do custom roms you should do FAT32 because not all kernels (both for recoveries and for roms) have a good exFAT driver. TWRP, for example, doesn't support exFAT at all last I checked, so you wouldn't be able to read/write roms and backups from your SD card if you use TWRP with an exFAT card. FAT32 works fine though. I'm not sure the exact kernels and recoveries that are affected by this (I would expect recoveries and AOSP ROMs to be affected and TouchWiz to not really care).
Note that by default Windows doesn't let you format disks FAT32 that are bigger than 32GB; you can download a utility that will let you do it. I assume you could do it in Linux w/ mkfs.msdos -F 32, but I didn't try it when I did mine.
I dunno, I'm exfat and made a backup. I have a ROM. I may make another backup and test a flash
TWRP 2.4 supports exFAT now, however you may find that your ROM may not. I ended up formatting to FAT32 for it to detect in CM10.1.
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I will just leave or at exfat, fat32 has a 4gb limit per file. Swap doesn't concern me as I have plenty of internal space for those things.
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Hey guys.
I know that 64GB micro SDXC Cards are no supportet by our X10.
But has someone here testet this ?
http://androidcommunity.com/sandisk-64gb-micro-sdxc-cards-working-on-multiple-android-devices-20110927/
Well, well, well...This would be an early christmas for me if it works. Have been forced to constantly streamline my music collection and dare I say with the new Xperia specs showing just 32GB internal storage and no micro SD card support, I sincerely hope Sony, that if it is true, it is a one off experiment. The average consumer hungers for more storage each time, fact.
Even the newer phones came out these few months only supports 32GB micro SD.
And by the way, I thought all Xperia phones are using micro SD?
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Guys I' taking the plunge. If you see the youtube clip from the 1st post, all we need is to format it (probably with a SG SII) which should change the format to fat32 readable by our devices. If it should come to the worst I'll flog it on the SG II xda site or ebay.
Update 14/11/11 64GB micro SDXC Card works flawlessly with X10. Simply insert new card, phone will not recognise the format and will give message that card is damaged. Simply format (which is erase micro sd option on X10) and ENJOY!
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Guys I' taking the plunge. If you see the youtube clip from the 1st post, all we need is to format it (probably with a SG SII) which should change the format to fat32 readable by our devices. If it should come to the worst I'll flog it on the SG II xda site or ebay.
Update 14/11/11 64GB micro SDXC Card works flawlessly with X10. Simply insert new card, phone will not recognise the format and will give message that card is damaged. Simply format (which is erase micro sd option on X10) and ENJOY!
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sounds good!
where'd you get the card at and how much was it?
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sounds good!
where'd you get the card at and how much was it?
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Amazon UK, £114.95 + 1.95 postage, only one left in stock; go get it
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005LFT4...de=asn&creative=22218&creativeASIN=B005LFT40G
Happy X-mas
This is a fine xmas present! ;-)
149€ on amazon.de
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD... 64GB XPERIA!!!!
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Keep in mind, there might be a problem once you store files beyond the 32GiB limit of the SDHC standard. Weird things and corruption might occur.
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Oh yes, it's important to test if it work with files over 32gb uage or it's not useful then to buy it too, any updates about it?
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Update 14/11/11 64GB micro SDXC Card works flawlessly with X10. Simply insert new card, phone will not recognise the format and will give message that card is damaged. Simply format (which is erase micro sd option on X10) and ENJOY!
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Thanks a lot!
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Keep in mind, there might be a problem once you store files beyond the 32GiB limit of the SDHC standard. Weird things and corruption might occur.
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mhmm, thats because they created a new data format for SDXC and we're reformating to SDHC standard? I'll think i'll get a 64gb Card Not like the 128gb versions will come out soon, right ?
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mhmm, thats because they created a new data format for SDXC and we're reformating to SDHC standard?
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It's not about the reformat. It's lower than that.
When id comes to SDcard readers, micro or normal, there are basically two types:
Type 1:
Hardware/firmware-driven, that uses it's own hardware to manage the basic functions of the SD-card and presents is as an UMS device (USB Mass Storage)
The benefit from those readers are less utilisation of the main CPU followed by higher throughput.
The backside is the limited support of what standards it can use.
Type 2:
Software/"dumb" reader. It'll just provide a "physial" connection to the underlying USB-system, and presents it "as is": a SD-card flash memory.
In this "dumb" mode, the Operating system must provide all the routines in order to communicate properly with the attached SD-card.
The benefit with those are full range compatibility with future standards, but it depends on software, drivers and the main CPU, which might result in slightly lower speeds and "sluggishness" as the IO-operations increases.
However, if the OS and the SDHC/SDXC drivers in question is poorly optimised, the hit on the CPU can be drastically high whenever a read/write occurs.
So, which one is prefered then?
It's up to the manufacturers of the hardware and the operating system.
In our case here, Android can use both UMS devices, as well as generic/default SDHC and SDXC flash cards.
In my opinion, the type 2, "dumb" readers, are the "best" ones.
The only limitations of what cards these readers can use, is only limited by the operating system and the kernel modules/drivers provided.
And the "load" on the CPU as generally so small it's often neglectable, provided the drivers and OS is well optimised.
Which type the X10 smartphone uses I cannot tell.
I simply don't know, but it sounds promising, as there haven't been any "corrupted data" reports from the few who are using 64GiB cards...
... yet!
If the X10 smartphone does utilise the type 1 reader, the firmware/hardware based one, it might "kick back", as data stored beyond the 32 GiB limit of the readers limitation, might just "disappear into the void", never reporting any errors.
Users might notice this first when they try to access the previous stored files and finds out the content returned are just a stream of nulls. (null = digital void, nothing, nada, true zero, blank)
If and When this happens, only time can tell.
Someone has to try fill the card "to the brim", and copy back the content verifying everything is correct and proper.
Not just the filenames and filesizes, but also the content itself. (Checksum methods should suffice)
Just to +1 the above post. When the manufacturer states a maximum card size its not what the phone can mount but what it can reliably use. There's a good chance that you'll have corruption if you continue to use it.
Anyone got any news on this?
Does it truly work with all 64 Gibibytes, or is only half of it useful as I suspect?
got ne for myself! Sandisk Class 6 64gb !
Have something like 40gb full. Works well!
Awesome!
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got ne for myself! Sandisk Class 6 64gb !
Have something like 40gb full. Works well!
Awesome!
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can u post some benchmarks and screenshots plz and do you feel any kind of slowness or lag at all?
Nice this is very nice.
Maybe u should go to some IT shop and try it out.
I guess the X10 din show its support with 64G is coz at dat time, 64G micro-SDHC havnt come out yet.
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can u post some benchmarks and screenshots plz and do you feel any kind of slowness or lag at all?
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Wish i could -.- but somehow the Phone (or what ever, never took it out!) Corrupted the MicroSD Card!
Then Phone Plays dead with a Corrupted MicroSD Card. Wont start up !
put the Card into SD Card and reade on my computer and that one says corrupted format. Need to reformat -.- But then "Computer cant Format that card" -.-
AND the Card gets ****ing HOT! nearly burnt myself! more than 50°C for sure! Also only shows 30MB space! But i had over 40gb data on it! so its a real one!
Guess i'll got an defective Card -.-
But about the Read/write values. had something like 6-7mb write and 30mb read.
Haldi4803 said:
Wish i could -.- but somehow the Phone (or what ever, never took it out!) Corrupted the MicroSD Card!
Then Phone Plays dead with a Corrupted MicroSD Card. Wont start up !
put the Card into SD Card and reade on my computer and that one says corrupted format. Need to reformat -.- But then "Computer cant Format that card" -.-
AND the Card gets ****ing HOT! nearly burnt myself! more than 50°C for sure! Also only shows 30MB space! But i had over 40gb data on it! so its a real one!
Guess i'll got an defective Card -.-
But about the Read/write values. had something like 6-7mb write and 30mb read.
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This had to happen when SE said it was compatible with 32gb
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Hi guys,
I've did a search on the forums before posting but it seems no ones ansked the question!
Has anybody tried using a 64GB SDXC card via the SD connector?
I've already formatted the card into FAT32 but any data that's written to the card AFTER 30Gb +- cannot be read....although Im able to browse around the file structure.
any ideas guys?
Thanks all!
3.2 Stock, Samsung Galaxy 10.1 32 GB
I've been using a 64gb SanDisk cruiser USB drive since I bought my tab. I know it is not a direct answer to your question, but the thumb drive works fine in the official USB adapter.
I can however see the whole drive in windows, both XP PRO, and Win 7. The drive came pre-formatted FAT32 from SanDisk, entirely one partition, and apparently readable fine on anything I have run across. From what I understand, you should be able to format your card NTFS if you are using pershoot's kernel.
Later,
Jason
USB mass storage watcher in the market will allow you to mount a NTFS drive with stock firmware.
Since the tab only has a OTG USB connector, if the card adaptor supports sdxc then it should work. When you formatted the card, what was it formatted as before? Was it a quick or full format?
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thanks for the replies guys,
its a PNY 64GB SDXC it originally came in a exFAT format, Ive partitioned in quick format via 2 different programs.
Try a full format. With a large cluster size like 16k.
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One other thing to mention would be that there are tons of counterfeit SD cards on the market, and unless you got yours from a very reputable seller, there is a chance that it is hacked to report a higher capacity then it has.
The comment you made about being able to navigate the file system, but not open anything past 30g is pretty close to exactly how those counterfeit cards behave. I would be surprised if they used a 32g card as a base for the hacked card, but anything is possible... Anyhow, try H2testW, a google search will turn up download links. It is a free program that will write data to a target device until it fills the device. Then it will attempt to read it back and verify it's contents. After a certain number of mismatches, it will report the memory as likely defective.
This saved my butt a few times on some SDHC card purchases. It takes quite some time to run, especially with large drives, but the big plus here is that it verifies the flash memory before you put it in a device and loose a bunch of data that might be irreplaceable.
Good Luck,
Jason
Ive attempted to do a full format still no luck
The card isnt a knock off, its from a reputable seller and the contents are available to browse ( incl. read write) on a normal desktop computer.... could it just be Android doesnt like 64gb SDXC cards?
I see, I thought you meant that after 30g you could just see the file structure but not access. I'm not sure if it is possible with the tab's USB otg adapter, but if you can format it with the tab, it might work. I know this has worked for people with phones that the manufacturer said was limited to 32g sdhc, phone would not read the full 64g until the people formatted with Android and card in phone.
Other than that, I'd try format ntfs (think only win 7 has this capability for flash) but there are stand alone apps, as well as Linux and parted... Other than that I don't have any other ideas... It might be it doesn't like the xc cards, but I don't think anything electrically changed with the card spec. This is complete speculation, but it seems that if it can handle the 64GB of nand flash in my thumb drive, it ought to be able to deal with the 64GB of nand flash in a sdxc card.
Good luck,
Jason
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SDXC is different to SDHC in the same way that SDHC is different to SD.
Does the card reader indicate being able to support SDXC? If not, it's understandable why it is not working as expected and I'm a bit surprised it's partly working.
Are you using the same card reader for the computer with the Galaxy TAB?
At least with SD, they made a clear indication for different memory types / supported sizes. With XD, there was a 512MB limit where older devices would not recognise anything higher but the higher capacity cards were also just called XD.
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I keep reading about i717 users installing 64GB memory cards into their phones i thought that the i717 would only support a 32GB card...someone please give me some definite info
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64gb cards work fine from GB on up. In theory it would support even larger cards but a 129gb card would be too expensive for me when they first come out.
I installed a sandisk class 6 64gb card in my Note. It works flawlessly. Got it off Amazon Prime for $55 with free 2day shipping. This is what I did:
moved contents of 32gb card to desktop computer's hd
powered off
removed battery
removed 32gb card
inserted 64gb card
replaced battery
powered on
let the card format itself
moved contents of 32gb card from computer to new 64gb card
enjoy new roomier storage capacity
+1 I use the SanDisk 64GB card as well. No issues. I also formatted in the phone.
I also use a 64gb card with no problem.
What do you need a 64 for?
That is a **** load of memory for a phone haha. I mean I understand, I am trying to fill up my 32, I have like 7 left. I would have had less if my songs had not gotten all erased. But, I did have alot of adult stuff cause my ex loved watching that stuff on my phone haha, plus I loved to show it to my home girls, turned them hot like a kettle over an open flame But yes it works just gotta format it, checkout videos on youtube on how to do it if you have any trouble. Good luck brotha!
I had a lot of trouble with my 64 GB Sandisk. The phone (at the time a Flapjaxx ICS ROM) didn't like the exfat formatting it came with, but it also wasn't able to format it itself. I eventually formatted it as fat32 with a large enough block size and the phone is now happy with it.
I have a Sandisk 64g and works excellente
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I have a Sandisk 64g and works excellente
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I had a lot of trouble with my 64 GB Sandisk. The phone (at the time a Flapjaxx ICS ROM) didn't like the exfat formatting it came with, but it also wasn't able to format it itself. I eventually formatted it as fat32 with a large enough block size and the phone is now happy with it.
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I am also having problems. I am in BlackStar VIII Rom its ICS but it detects it but it wont format it self. I also tried to formate it on my Mac but my Mac can't see it. Its on OS mountain lion. It does detect it though and does allow me to format. Tell me what block size did you use? Thanks
Try loading your music collection! i have a sandisk 64 and 47 of it is filled with all of my music, works great though.
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Say you have the same exact micro SD make, could be sandisk or Samsung, class 10. Has anyone found that even though the 64gb card is usable, but not advertised as compatible that problems have occurred using the 64gb card?
The most important thing is making sure nandroid backups do not get corrupted. Also the larger the card, does it take longer for the media scanner to run?
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I think you would be taking a risk using a card not certified as compatible with the device. As for media scanning, it all depends on how much data is actually on the card, but of course it would take longer to scan a larger card (and prolong bootup, as well). I used to have just an 8gb card and noticed a dramatic change in bootup when I went to the 32gb card I now have because I was able to put a lot more of my MP3s and movie files on it.
So would it be accurate to say a nandroid backup is more likely to fail in a galaxy s ii using a 64gb card than a 32gb? And I mean data getting corrupted, md5 errors. Perhaps you remove the card/unmount it then try to later use it for backup.
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The problem I have found using cards larger than what's specified compatible is that the OS will try to copy data to a sector outside those on the largest supported card and then when it tries to read them later it can no longer find them because it doesn't recognize sectors beyond the card size limit. It may show the files in a directory structure because of the MBR or filetable reference, but it can't find the actual data because the data sectors are not recognized.
i'm using 32g class 10 and feel good !!! speed average about 10MB/s
I thought the max size supported was 32gb? Man I almost picked up that class 10 16gb Samsung at work (wouldve been $20 for an employee) but it turned out we had to order it which means no discount..
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The max size supported is 32gb, but 64gb will work fine in many cases. Some users have reported needing to format the card to use the fat32 file system, others have had it work fine out of the box. I read CWM won't be able to recognize it unless its fat32 however.
That's good info, Miami. Definitely makes sense.
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The max size supported is 32gb, but 64gb will work fine in many cases. Some users have reported needing to format the card to use the fat32 file system, others have had it work fine out of the box. I read CWM won't be able to recognize it unless its fat32 however.
That's good info, Miami. Definitely makes sense.
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Yeh unfortunately exfat isn't recognized, so gotta use fat32. Booo. Maybe some day
I'm thinking of formatting my 64GB MicroSDXC UHS-1 card and need to know a few things.
1. Does formatting from extFat to FAT32 cause any card issues? I read it's not good because it can degrade the cards performance and possibly lower it's lifetime use.
2. What is my benefit besides being able to use custom roms (If I wanted), allowing my nandroid backups via CWM to flash to the memory card, and few other things I can't think of offhand. (Medicine does that to you LOL)
3. Why did you go from extFAT to FAT32 on your 64GB MIcroSDXC memory card?
4. Have you noticed any performance or gain going to FAT32?
Thanks for taking the time to read this and help. I really appreciate it!
The card I have is here SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter SDSDQUA-064G-U46A.
I have the Samsung 64gb card and I left it at exFAT, I have no issues with the card.
I did switch to TWRP since it reads the card just fine.
I have done several backups and restores with no issues.
I have also flashed a couple of roms.
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I'm thinking of formatting my 64GB MicroSDXC UHS-1 card and need to know a few things.
1. Does formatting from extFat to FAT32 cause any card issues? I read it's not good because it can degrade the cards performance and possibly lower it's lifetime use.
2. What is my benefit besides being able to use custom roms (If I wanted), allowing my nandroid backups via CWM to flash to the memory card, and few other things I can't think of offhand. (Medicine does that to you LOL)
3. Why did you go from extFAT to FAT32 on your 64GB MIcroSDXC memory card?
4. Have you noticed any performance or gain going to FAT32?
Thanks for taking the time to read this and help. I really appreciate it!
The card I have is here SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter SDSDQUA-064G-U46A.
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1. I never worry about that crap. I just back my card up every once and a while.
2. EVERYTHING can read fat32.
3. EVERYTHING can read fat32.
4. Yes. It went from 0 to 100% working with CWM. That's an infinite increase.
It's like this...unless you are going to load high bit rate 1080p mkv movies onto your phone then watch them on a ridiculous 5" screen, then reformat to fat32 and USE the card you already paid for instead of worrying about a card you might have to pay for if this one fails.
My card is on the way. I will probably use use Cwm and format as fat32.
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DarkMenace said:
I'm thinking of formatting my 64GB MicroSDXC UHS-1 card and need to know a few things.
1. Does formatting from extFat to FAT32 cause any card issues? I read it's not good because it can degrade the cards performance and possibly lower it's lifetime use.
2. What is my benefit besides being able to use custom roms (If I wanted), allowing my nandroid backups via CWM to flash to the memory card, and few other things I can't think of offhand. (Medicine does that to you LOL)
3. Why did you go from extFAT to FAT32 on your 64GB MIcroSDXC memory card?
4. Have you noticed any performance or gain going to FAT32?
Thanks for taking the time to read this and help. I really appreciate it!
The card I have is here SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter SDSDQUA-064G-U46A.
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I have the same Sandisk card as you. I changed mine from exFAT to FAT32 because I was having the problem where the card would be reported as damaged once or twice a day. It would say something like "SD card damaged, try reformatting." I could clear the error by either rebooting the phone or unmounting/remounting the card, and all the data seemed to be intact. But it was annoying so I reformatted it to FAT32 about 3 or 4 days ago to see if it would help. Since then, the card has not reported as damaged again, but I have seen it unmount/remount by itself a couple of times.
So instead of messing with it any more, I decided to order the Samsung card, since lots of people are saying it seems to work better in this phone. Newegg has it for $59.99 plus an additional $9 off promo code. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147220
I have used the 65GB card both ways:
-extFAT
-FAT32
The only problems I ran into was with my Debian box. I use Debian as my daily driver, and the extFAT was not recognized. There are ways to add support for extFAT for Debian, but I just formatted it to FAT32 instead and have been using it that way ever since.
Sometimes, on my Windows 8 box, if I try to format it with Windows, it will format it to 32GB. I then have to go into Linux to reformat it to 64GB. Havent looked too much into it, but just an FYI.
Speed-wise though, I have not noticed any difference at all in speeds.
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