How do I set up the phone to make maximum use of the SD card? For some reason now I can't make good nandroid backups to the SD card, I end up with empty folders with bad dates (1970?). So I am carrying a nandroid on the internal memory for now, and that chews up 4+ gb.I would want as much as possible to go on the card, camera, music, etc.
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aldread said:
How do I set up the phone to make maximum use of the SD card? For some reason now I can't make good nandroid backups to the SD card, I end up with empty folders with bad dates (1970?). So I am carrying a nandroid on the internal memory for now, and that chews up 4+ gb.I would want as much as possible to go on the card, camera, music, etc.
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recovery doesn't play well with sd cards formatted in the exFAT file format. if you reformat your sd card to fat32 then recovery will work no problems and your phone won't know the difference.
two words of caution; backup your sd card before formatting since formatting erases all your data, there is a file size limitation in fat32 that you cannot have a file with a size over 4gb. you can have folders that have more than 4gb in them, but it will have problems if you have a movie file over 4gb in size.
i have a 64gb sd card that was originally formatted in exFAT and recovery wouldn't write to it. backed up the card, reformatted to fat32, copied everything back and now recovery backs up to the card just fine.
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Thanks! Was trying to remember the name of that app. I have a 32gig card coming in on Wednesday and can't wait to try it out.
Caching GMusic alone is worth it.
jackburnt said:
Thanks! Was trying to remember the name of that app. I have a 32gig card coming in on Wednesday and can't wait to try it out.
Caching GMusic alone is worth it.
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I went and got the premium version via in app purchase so I can just choose the main folder to mount and not every sub folder.
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BzBz said:
recovery doesn't play well with sd cards formatted in the exFAT file format. if you reformat your sd card to fat32 then recovery will work no problems and your phone won't know the difference.
two words of caution; backup your sd card before formatting since formatting erases all your data, there is a file size limitation in fat32 that you cannot have a file with a size over 4gb. you can have folders that have more than 4gb in them, but it will have problems if you have a movie file over 4gb in size.
i have a 64gb sd card that was originally formatted in exFAT and recovery wouldn't write to it. backed up the card, reformatted to fat32, copied everything back and now recovery backs up to the card just fine.
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Be careful formatting 64gb cards to fat32. After a while they have data corruption issues. My SD card started failing had to go back to exfat. Twrp has excellent ex fat support
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So I figure some people have purchased SDCards other than what HTC provided with our phones...
My question is: What format (based on card size) should we be using?
I had my SDCard (16GB Patriot Class 10) from my Incredible formatted as Ext4 which was causing me a major headache when I wanted to do a Nand Backup. My AmonRa and Clockwork could NOT mount the sdcard. Took me forever to remember that I had formatted it differently. I put in my old 8GB card that was FAT32 and all of a sudden, I could successfully do a Backup.
The catch is that since I am using a 16GB card, when you format (NO Quick Formatting I know) you have multiple options for Allocation Unit sizes. What size should be used?
Reason being is that I formatted the 16GB to FAT32 and default was 32kilobytes as the Allocation size and still I cannot mount the card in AmonRa.
Please help. Thanks.
I have the identical card I believe and I was using Fat32 Default allocation (which ends up being 4k I believe).
Also why were you using ext4? You do know you can partition your card so that you have both right? I can't think of a reason why you would need a 16gb ext4 partition.
What about a 64gb card? I read that someone put one in and had the phone format it and it works fine. No idea how they formatted it, they didn't mention it, so I didn't know there were options until seeing this thread. Got a 64gb card for xmas and would like to pop it in and load it up! Thanks.
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What about a 64gb card? I read that someone put one in and had the phone format it and it works fine. No idea how they formatted it, they didn't mention it, so I didn't know there were options until seeing this thread. Got a 64gb card for xmas and would like to pop it in and load it up! Thanks.
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I read elsewhere in the Rezound Accessories forum that if you format a 64g card FAT32 the phone should be able to handle it.
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Hi there guys
I have been having a problem with 3 sandisk 64gb micro sd cards. I always got them replaced but it is getting frustrating now. Obviously they are formatted in exfat format.
The problem starts when I copy data of over 30 gb. Once i copy the data n the sd is remounted or the phone is restarted i always get the message "damaged sd card" but when i read the card on pc through an adapter it shows the contents ok. So i want to know if anyone can help me so that I may not need to return the card this time around...
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Try to format it first in the phone, then start loading data on it.
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Try to format it first in the phone, then start loading data on it.
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I also tried it buddy but none of the methods seem to work .. i also tried formatting it then copying data through sd card reader as well as the phone itself... does it have to do anything with some file system issue or kernel related issue... im on stock kernel rooted...
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also had the same problem. i formatted the card to fat32 with 32xxx sectors with "GUIFORMAT" app for windows, the it works ok.
then after fat conversion, you can try to format the card to exfat using any app (not the windows one) search google, then it might work, didnt try myself as fat32 works great, and i can use it with the script that makes the card the phone memory, so now i got 64gb instead of 11.6gb of phone storage
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also had the same problem. i formatted the card to fat32 with 32xxx sectors with "GUIFORMAT" app for windows, the it works ok.
then after fat conversion, you can try to format the card to exfat using any app (not the windows one) search google, then it might work, didnt try myself as fat32 works great, and i can use it with the script that makes the card the phone memory, so now i got 64gb instead of 11.6gb of phone storage
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How can I get the script you talked about?
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No problems here. Got a Class 10 sandisk 64gb in.
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No problems here. Got a Class 10 sandisk 64gb in.
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where formatted?
how much fully card with data?
witch rom, kernel?
I have the class 10 64Gb Sandisk sd card too with no problems.
Card has about 55Gb info on it and I didn't format the card. Just put it into the phone. Recognised instantly and haven't looked back.
I have a 2nd SGSIII too with a 64gb class 6 sandisk sd card. Same applies but with a little less data on it.
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where formatted?
how much fully card with data?
witch rom, kernel?
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Came formatted in exfat, I then formatted it on my phone as well but it wasn't necessary, still exfat
59.47GB available
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Just got a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-1. Running Hyperdrive RLS2. I am intermittently getting a message that the SD Card is being checked for errors, and when I try to browse to the external sd card through a file explorer it is not recognizing the sd card. Sometimes it does read the card. I know on earlier phones, 64 GB cards were not compatible without formatting to a certain format. Is there a format that I need to use for the gs4?
It depends on the kernel you are running. For example faux kernel won't read exfat, which is what the newer sd cards are formatted in.
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Format in FAT32.
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Anyone knows how enable or install sd swap
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Format in FAT32.
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this. or format it from the phone settings.
BzBz said:
this. or format it from the phone settings.
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You have to format it on the PC. You can try this program > tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/
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You have to format it on the PC. You can try this program > tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/
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this program worked for formatting my 64gb sd card to fat32.
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm
Be cautious of fat32 on 64gb cards. Data corruption over time can occur. Happened to me. There is an init.d script over in the gs3 section that will let open source ROMs read exact cards. Using it on my s4 currently with aokp. Just make sure you make a .mounthere file containing /storage/sdcard1 and it will work on s4
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Is there a way to move apps to SD to free some internal memory? I'm currently running CM10.1
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Is there a way to move apps to SD to free some internal memory? I'm currently running CM10.1
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try foldermount.
Of course some of those applications should be movable to sd anyways. I wouldn't move anything that you use often. I wouldn't move anything that needs to be active most of the time, i.e. widgets.
My understanding---and someone correct me if I'm wrong---is no. The way the S4 mounts the SD card means that it's not recognized as external. I believe even the stock update doesn't really move apps, or at least appdata, to the SD card.
Now, I await someone to tell me that I'm wrong, or at least that I'm right for the wrong reasons.
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My understanding---and someone correct me if I'm wrong---is no. The way the S4 mounts the SD card means that it's not recognized as external. I believe even the stock update doesn't really move apps, or at least appdata, to the SD card.
Now, I await someone to tell me that I'm wrong, or at least that I'm right for the wrong reasons.
MW
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The SD card is recognized as external and is treated as such. What you're thinking of is the internal partition labeled SD card, which is emulated. The external card is its own entity in the file system and is denoted as external.
As for the OP, a third party app is the best and only way to move apps AND their data to your external SD card.
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Just want to clarify that foldermount is a solution for those apps you can't move into the SD card with apps2sd or some program like that.
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The SD card is recognized as external and is treated as such. What you're thinking of is the internal partition labeled SD card, which is emulated. The external card is its own entity in the file system and is denoted as external.
As for the OP, a third party app is the best and only way to move apps AND their data to your external SD card.
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You know an app that would work on GS4/CM10?
I picked up a new 64gb SD card and tried to use TWRP to backup a ROM and no luck trying to backup to the card, can do internal memory no problem.
Anyone think of a reason for this? I can move files to the card via USB and ES Explorer so it isn't a writable problem.
Maybe it needs formatting to the correct form?
I had to do that to my trusty 8gb sd card I've had for years to get it to work.
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Maybe it needs formatting to the correct form?
I had to do that to my trusty 8gb sd card I've had for years to get it to work.
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But how do you explain being able to transfer files to it while in the phone, and also download directly to it?
Are you able to choose the external card from within TWRP for backups or is it not even an option there. It should be there if you touch the bar that says internal.. Sorry not rooted ATM so I can't see exactly what it says.