i thought my question is just simple. but after googling, i still cant find easy answer for this.
does android support sd card formatted as ext3/ext4?
i try to use one on my android phone (xiaomi redmi note), but its unreadable. i try ext2, ext3, ext4, ntfs. none works. it said unreadable format. need to be formatted.
i need support for above 4 gig, since i download lots of hd movies and games torrent using my phone with wifi.
i dont want to partitioned my sd. i just want make my sd card functional on android for above 4gb file support.
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What is the best format for the SD card for our TFP's? I have 2 32gb class 10 SD cards that I want to use with my TFP and want to format it correctly the first time. Also would it be good of if I put it in my Evo3D and turned it to use either ext3 or 4 before using it in my TFP? Thanks in advance
Anyone know which wouldbe better, ntfs or fat32?
ext3 will be read by any android devices, but not natively if you mount it under windows (if you have that ... lol)with direct USB connection.
ext4 and ntfs kernel support is perhaps not natively implemented in all kernels, in custom ones and some stock ones for ext4 yes, but ntfs not sure at all..... (don't know for TFP still doesn't have mine).
that's why sdcards are still FAT32 formatted... you have heavy fragmentation, 4GB file limit, but you can read it in every OS.
If you use only network share (samba, Cifs) you can format as you want as long as the kernel support it.
Hello all , and i have a verry strange thing to report , i have a galaxy s2 with a 32 gb memory card , and when i bought the card and the phone , i could transfer movies that where like 14 GB :| , and after i formated the memmory card then it tells me that there is a file limit for fat32 , again when i bought the card i could easy put files above 4 gb on the card , i used to copy files on the sgs2 when it was in Mtp conection , so please some one can tell me what happened , why i cannot copy bigger files than 4 gb now ? because i formated the card :| ? when the card was brand new everything was fine , please some expert help i want awnsers ...
That is because the maximum file size for FAT32 is 4GB. Just format it to NTFS (Or whichever other filesystem android can use) and you'll be fine again.
You answered your own question. 4GB is the limit of Fat32.. format the card NTFS or ext2 or any number of other file systems that support larger file sizes
The SGS2 supports filesizes higher than 4gb with external SDcard?
Didn't know this always threw an error for me for filesizes over 4gb.
ok stop listen every one , i know if u formate it to ntfs it will suport bigger files than 4gb or exfat , believe me ive tried and if i formate it to ntfs or exfat , the phone will report the memory card as " Corupted memory card " formate now ?
Is there any other file system that android can use something else than FAT32 ???
Maybe ext file system will be the answer to your question.
Back in 2011 before my sgs2, i had HTC Desire which you could put ext filesystem to get more internal with custom roms, because of the little space that the Desire is born with.
i do remember that ext file system is the one that linux uses.
After all, android is using the linux kernel.
ext, ext2, ext3, ext4
You can use minitool partition wizard, to create/convert file system off your sd card.
Just re-format it in ntfs and be happy
I may be wrong, but I don't believe anything other than a NT based Windows OS can read NTFS formatted drives.
Honestly, the best answer I've found for this issue is to split movies into multiple files. It only takes minutes with mkv2vob (assuming they're mkv files), and it converts them into mpegs (despite the name).
It's totally free and a great little app to have anyway.
http://www.mkv2vob.com/showthread.php?tid=1
There is a NTFS kernel module available for Android -- a forum search will turn up multiple threads on the topic. I believe there's also been some work done on ext4 and/or exFAT support; both those filesystems allow files > 4GB.
Transferring a 14gb movie onto the phone is a retarded thing to do, the phone has 800x480 screen. Re-encode the movie..problem solved.
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Transferring a 14gb movie onto the phone is a retarded thing to do, the phone has 800x480 screen. Re-encode the movie..problem solved.
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I agree... If you use vuze or something, plug your phone in - it will detect it as a device, drag file into your phone down the left side and it will transcode it for you
Plenty of other converters but I don't know how proficient you are
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Transferring a 14gb movie onto the phone is a retarded thing to do, the phone has 800x480 screen. Re-encode the movie..problem solved.
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Not retarded if he wants to output it on the TV though
So does NTFS & 4gb+ file sizes work on external sdcards with the SGS2?
It won't work unless you root and look for a patch or something to read NTFS. Maybe ext will work (but, if you use Windows, you won't be able to read/write it).
Can i keep my 32gb micro sd in ntsf format? or will my gs3 not like it?
Short answer No
It will make you re-format and you will lose the data on the card.
I had this problem when I first installed my new Micro SD card.
Exfat
format your sd card as ExFat.. That will let you use it to store files larger than 4gb. I currently have a 32gb card formatted as ExFat and have 3 1080p movies at about 6-8gb each loaded. works great and I dont notice any slowedowns becuase of the format type.
give it a go, just backup your card first and then copy it all back after you have formatted! :good:
ok ill format exfat asap. thank you.... on a different note, i was reading that the note supports ntsf. so i just figured the gs3 would.
Wouldn't flashing the Siyah kernal give him ntfs support? I use this kernal and I can connect a 1Tb harddisk formatted in ntfs. Havent tried it with an sd card though
I've formatted the SD card as FAT32 and CMW recovery still telling me cannot mount SD card.
Cant download anything bigger than 4gb to external sd card. I have a T769 Blaze and have a 32gb external sd card installed, a sandisk hicap. I installed it factory and no luck. Read some forums and formated it to exfat, then ntsf, both read fine and can store up to 4gb but no more, tried all the various apps to get it to store when downloading but always get size limit error. How can I get my OS to allow bigger than 4gb to download to my 32gb sd card. Note: I have no issues when trying to move files from PC to phone, just downloading them from the Internet either by download site or torrent. Got some movies and software I need to get. OS is ics 4.0.4 rooted stock. I am a good pc geek but limited on android/linux skills.
Strange.
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Cant download anything bigger than 4gb to external sd card. I have a T769 Blaze and have a 32gb external sd card installed, a sandisk hicap. I installed it factory and no luck. Read some forums and formated it to exfat, then ntsf, both read fine and can store up to 4gb but no more, tried all the various apps to get it to store when downloading but always get size limit error. How can I get my OS to allow bigger than 4gb to download to my 32gb sd card. Note: I have no issues when trying to move files from PC to phone, just downloading them from the Internet either by download site or torrent. Got some movies and software I need to get. OS is ics 4.0.4 rooted stock. I am a good pc geek but limited on android/linux skills.
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If you used an NTFS formatted SD card, you should be able to put a > 4GB file on there without trouble. You may have formatted the card as vFAT instead on NTFS. The problem would then be that your phone wouldn't be able to read and write to the NTFS file system (your PC would have no problem). The only file system that Android can read/write to that handles files larger than 4GB is Ext2/3/4. Of course, that means that your computer will have to have special software to read/write an Ext2/3/4 file system (unless you are running Linux on your PC, or you have a Mac). You can move the files from PC to Phone because you are probably writing to the phone's internal storage which is Ext4, and the MTP protocol is handling the file system issue that you would normally have if you tried to write to the file system directly.
Good luck, let me know if you need anything else.
-Mike
So if I forrmat my sd cart to exr4, I'll be able to downlod torrents up to 4gb? Correct?
I just realise that the tablet doesn't support exfat formated sd card. I tried to connect the card via the port (phantom 4 footage) and say it is not support exfat /ntfs format. The strange thing is that my note 10 plus support exfat and open the files. Unacceptable for this device. I hope there will be a fix soon. Does anybody knows any other method to open this kind of formats?
If the card is larger than 32 GB, then it's microSDXC. These cards come from the factory already formatted as exFAT because that's what the SD Association's specification requires. microSDXC has been available since 2009; surely the S7/S7+ support it. You can learn more than you ever wanted to know about SD cards from the excellent Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_card.
I'd suggest you reformat your card, but not in your tablet. Instead, use the SD Association's formatting utility for Windows or Mac: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/. It configures the correct block size specific to your card.
My 512GB exFat card works just fine in my Tab S7+/LTE. I'd do like Steve suggests and reformat the card - sounds like either the block size is off or it isn't either of the formats you mention. Also AFAIK, NTFS isn't a supported option nor is HPFS.