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[GUIDE] How to format 64 GB microSD to FAT32 WITHOUT sd card reader.

I've recently figured out how to do this and it's pretty simple, but since there isn't a thread like this one yet, I might as well post a tutorial on how to do it and be of assistance to those of you who haven't figured it out yet.
1. Download and install the latest version of the app 'SGS3 Easy UMS'.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
2. Download and install the free 'EaseUS Partition Master 9.1.1 Home Edition'.
http://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html
3. Plug your phone into your computer with the SD card inside. Make sure the computer can recognize the phone is in MTP mode.
4. Open SGS3 Easy UMS and press 'UMS mode'. Your external SD card will now be recognized as a removable disk.
5. Open EaseUS Partition Master, select the removable disk and press 'Format'. Choose FAT32 as file system. Finally, press 'Apply'. Your SD has now been formatted to FAT32.
6. Go back to SGS3 Easy UMS and select 'Mount card'. Unplug the phone.
7. Restart your phone.
8. Enjoy!
PS: To be sure of your succes, you must use EaseUS Partition Master and nothing else. I tried Minitool Partition Wizard at first and it did not work.

I knew this already,
Btw sd card reader is very cheap, everyone has it.
Laptops have it inbuilt

Thanks. Good guide. Sometimes I just cannot find a card reader when I need it. This should solved my problem
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buggingme said:
I knew this already,
Btw sd card reader is very cheap, everyone has it.
Laptops have it inbuilt
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I know but i cheaped out on my custom pc by not getting one

Arsaw said:
Thanks. Good guide. Sometimes I just cannot find a card reader when I need it. This should solved my problem
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Your very welcome Glad I could help.

Joskezz said:
I've recently figured out how to do this and it's pretty simple, but since there isn't a thread like this one yet, I might as well post a tutorial on how to do it and be of assistance to those of you who haven't figured it out yet.
1. Download and install the latest version of the app 'SGS3 Easy UMS'.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
2. Download and install the free 'EaseUS Partition Master 9.1.1 Home Edition'.
http://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html
3. Plug your phone into your computer with the SD card inside. Make sure the computer can recognize the phone is in MTP mode.
4. Open SGS3 Easy UMS and press 'UMS mode'. Your external SD card will now be recognized as a removable disk.
5. Open EaseUS Partition Master, select the removable disk and press 'Format'. Choose FAT32 as file system. Finally, press 'Apply'. Your SD has now been formatted to FAT32.
6. Go back to SGS3 Easy UMS and select 'Mount card'. Unplug the phone.
7. Restart your phone.
8. Enjoy!
PS: To be sure of your succes, you must use EaseUS Partition Master and nothing else. I tried Minitool Partition Wizard at first and it did not work.
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Hey thanks. I'm going to give this a try as I have tried and failed formatting my card as a FAT32 that is workable with UMS mode it would work but never ever mount with the mass storage app. You're sure it mounts in mass storage mode right?
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Nice guide, but only necessary if you're one of the ones having trouble with your card on exFAT formatting.

SlimJ87D said:
Hey thanks. I'm going to give this a try as I have tried and failed formatting my card as a FAT32 that is workable with UMS mode it would work but never ever mount with the mass storage app. You're sure it mounts in mass storage mode right?
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Absolutely sure
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/pic2bi.png/ (Zoom in)
As you can see in the photo, my SD card is running as removable storage, with file system FAT32.

NZtechfreak said:
Nice guide, but only necessary if you're one of the ones having trouble with your card on exFAT formatting.
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Well it benefits those that like to play movies on their PS3, Samsung HDTVs, etc.
But I guess getting a MHL cable would solve that.
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NZtechfreak said:
Nice guide, but only necessary if you're one of the ones having trouble with your card on exFAT formatting.
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And also because only Sammy based Roms support the exFAT file system.

Joskezz said:
And also because only Sammy based Roms support the exFAT file system.
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Do you have a Ps3 or XBoX to connect it into to see if it works?
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Do you have a Ps3 or XBoX to connect it into to see if it works?
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I'm sorry, I do not, my ps3 just recently got the yellow light of death
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I'm gonna try it today with my girlfriends' brothers' xbox and get back to you.

This is not working for me. I get an error when pressing UMS mode. It tells me that it cannot find the path to my external SD card. Any Ideals?

I used this to easily format my 64gig micro to fat32
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
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Saviour
I spent hours doing searches on XDA trying to find an app or other method since my sd card reader didn't want to work and then I came across this guide.
Absolutely amazing.
Thanks.

welll my microsd fried randomly today too (Lexar 32gb class 10) ... tried to do this method because I dont have a microsd reader... well didnt work out too well because it keeps saying "could not find location" to sd 1

I have Sandisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 which is exFAT formatted. The only problem I have is that Clockwork Mod will not mount it in recovery. My work around is to remove and replace the card with my old 32GB one which is FAT32 formatted.
* * * * * Will this procedure allow that (use with in recovery)?
Anyway there is an Amazon Black Friday weekend special for these for $35 delivered (with prime).
there is a warning / cautionary note which reads:
"Reformat into file system other than exFAT may cause instability"

Help SD card not found on pc

Hello I was trying to make a boot able sd . Everything was fine till I expanded the 115 mb partition. I resized it and now my PC won't show the SD as storage, it just gives me error 10. Please help
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severinca said:
Hello I was trying to make a boot able sd . Everything was fine till I expanded the 115 mb partition. I resized it and now my PC won't show the SD as storage, it just gives me error 10. Please help
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If you were trying to make a verygreen bootable SD to install roms on, go to my tips thread linked in my signature and you will find a link there to my updated verygreen image that has already been expanded (to 203mb). It says it is for ics, but works great on CM7 too.

leapinlar said:
If you were trying to make a verygreen bootable SD to install roms on, go to my tips thread linked in my signature and you will find a link there to my updated verygreen image that has already been expanded (to 203mb). It says it is for ics, but works great on CM7 too.
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Thank you now I need my computer to recognize my SD card again
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severinca said:
Thank you now I need my computer to recognize my SD card again
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You need to give more detail. You mean when you put your SD in a card reader on your PC or when you connect the usb cable to the nook. And which PC operating system? And if in a card reader, what kind, built in or USB external?

leapinlar said:
You need to give more detail. You mean when you put your SD in a card reader on your PC or when you connect the usb cable to the nook. And which PC operating system? And if in a card reader, what kind, built in or USB external?
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thank you for the help. In the end all i had to do was assign the sd a drive letter, i feel stupid but a lesson learned.
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why every kernel dev keep saying ntfs work but doesnt

flash coffee kernel doesn't mount ntfs,than did perseus that didnt work now i dont even wanna flash Razer LTS cause that wont work,is any kernels out that work mounting it with paragon

Use exFAT format
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Deezy88 said:
flash coffee kernel doesn't mount ntfs,than did perseus that didnt work now i dont even wanna flash Razer LTS cause that wont work,is any kernels out that work mounting it with paragon
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Hi,
To quote from faux123:
NOTE: This kernel DOES NOT SUPPORT exFAT formatted 64 GB SDCards! In order to use 64 GB SDCards, you need to format it to NTFS, then use NTFSMount from Play Store to access your 64GB SDCard.
(This is due to LACK OF SOURCE CODE from Samsung/Microsoft for exFAT. Samsung licensed Microsoft's CLOSED SOURCE exFAT implementation. But Samsung under agreement with Microsoft DOES NOT release the source code and therefore we CANNOT build any support for exFAT formatted 64 GB SDCards )
Source:
look HERE

kevin95 said:
Use exFAT format
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I got 50 gb of files on a ntfs,i aint trying reformat and send it over the exfat,but i think that what im have to do

Deezy88 said:
I got 50 gb of files on a ntfs,i aint trying reformat and send it over the exfat,but i think that what im have to do
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I am rooted and use Paragon NTFS &HFS+ from the Play Store to display files on NTFS. Works quite well, actually.

faux123 said:
NOTE: This kernel DOES NOT SUPPORT exFAT formatted 64 GB SDCards! In order to use 64 GB SDCards, you need to format it to NTFS, then use NTFSMount from Play Store to access your 64GB SDCard.
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You need to do this, before he can see it.

robogo1982 said:
I am rooted and use Paragon NTFS &HFS+ from the Play Store to display files on NTFS. Works quite well, actually.
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too late had reformat and put them in exfat,good thing now i can use it in recovery,and its just like ntfs with no limits

Problem with Paragon mounter

Hy.
I have a 32GB NTFS SD Card and I installed the Paragon NTFS & HFS+ mounter. But it did not worked on my Samsung Galaxy S4 (4.2.2 android system). The program said it was successful but the phone said that I can remove the sd card safety. So what is the problem? How can I mount the NTFS SD Card on my SGS4?

Somebody?

Lewis0214 said:
Somebody?
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i used it fine idk what triggers ur prob.
do u see mount and unmount on paragon app if so using a file explorer go to /mnt/usbdriveA/
maybe its already there but ur device wont recognize

qazmed said:
i used it fine idk what triggers ur prob.
do u see mount and unmount on paragon app if so using a file explorer go to /mnt/usbdriveA/
maybe its already there but ur device wont recognize
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There is nothing in usbdriveA. Maybe because it is not exist in the mnt folder. It's in the storage/usbdriveA but it contain nothing. You sure you have a 4.2.2 android system?
And if I have this problem, how can I fix it?

Lewis0214 said:
There is nothing in usbdriveA. Maybe because it is not exist in the mnt folder. It's in the storage/usbdriveA but it contain nothing. You sure you have a 4.2.2 android system?
And if I have this problem, how can I fix it?
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it worked on my tab but not on my s4 as ordered otg for s4 but not here but still i use a 4.2.2 based rom on my tab 2 and it works however i checked the web and found not only u have this prob it seems s4 has this prob or the app isnt s4 compatible so wait for update mean while why not repartition ur strorage device u cud leave some nfts and change rest to FAT

qazmed said:
it worked on my tab but not on my s4 as ordered otg for s4 but not here but still i use a 4.2.2 based rom on my tab 2 and it works however i checked the web and found not only u have this prob it seems s4 has this prob or the app isnt s4 compatible so wait for update mean while why not repartition ur strorage device u cud leave some nfts and change rest to FAT
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Because FAT have a file size limit which is 4 GB. And a 1080p Blu-Ray movie is not 4GB.

Lewis0214 said:
Because FAT have a file size limit which is 4 GB. And a 1080p Blu-Ray movie is not 4GB.
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check this out its a pc program that formats fat more than 4 gb but its fat 32 i dont knw if s4 works with fat 32
http://community.spiceworks.com/top...ormat-hdd-to-fat32-larger-than-4gb-in-windows

qazmed said:
check this out its a pc program that formats fat more than 4 gb but its fat 32 i dont knw if s4 works with fat 32
http://community.spiceworks.com/top...ormat-hdd-to-fat32-larger-than-4gb-in-windows
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It did not work. Any other idea?

Lewis0214 said:
It did not work. Any other idea?
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Try exfat format s4 has built in compatibility

qazmed said:
Try exfat format s4 has built in compatibility
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Yeah. exFat works perfectly. But I cannot delete from the card while I using my phone. I can delete if I put my sd card into card reader on my pc.

Lewis0214 said:
Yeah. exFat works perfectly. But I cannot delete from the card while I using my phone. I can delete if I put my sd card into card reader on my pc.
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Check this video http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=4HRJf4YcjJg&desktop_uri=/watch?v=4HRJf4YcjJ
By the way press thanks

qazmed said:
Check this video http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=4HRJf4YcjJg&desktop_uri=/watch?v=4HRJf4YcjJ
By the way press thanks
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It just check the disk not modify. I can write on it in the phone but I cannot delete items.

Idk but deal with it see exfat is in its early days it will be modified as u knw microsofts ntfs is **** fast but not supportted by many devices search the web not xda and u can find ur missing link
am out right now will do more digging when back
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Lewis0214 said:
It just check the disk not modify. I can write on it in the phone but I cannot delete items.
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Idk but deal with it see exfat is in its early days it will be modified as u knw microsofts ntfs is **** fast but not supportted by many devices search the web not xda and u can find ur missing link
am out right now will do more digging when back

I try some programs, didnt work.
Try "USB OTG helper [root]" in market
This program work on my i9500 4.2.2 corectly

can t get mass storage working

Guys,
I accidentally deleted some very important files from my INTERNAL download dir. In order to try to recover these files I need my Phone to work as MASS STORAGE. The problem is that I cannot select this on my Note 2. I m looking for a way to make it work. Can someone help?
Details of my note 2:
GT-N7100
Android 4.1.2
N7100DDDMG1
kernel: 3.0.31 - 1071214
[email protected] - 08 #1
SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 1 16:01:15 KST 2013
Build: Android Revolution HD 19.0 by mike1986

Are you rooted?
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There is no mass storage mode for note2.
but it can be windows portable in windows 7 to acess internal storage.
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Bert.C said:
Are you rooted?
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how do i find out if i m rooted?

bitghost said:
There is no mass storage mode for note2.
but it can be windows portable in windows 7 to acess internal storage.
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i know i can access my internal 'hdd' by connecting my note 2 to my pc but in order to let revovery software like Recuva scan it to recover files it needs to be connected as mass storage (a drive letter)

sanderh said:
how do i find out if i m rooted?
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If your asking then more tban likely, your not.
Have a search through the Note 2 forums for a way to root your phone.
And then when you have done that theres an app on the play store that allows you to mount your internal storage as mass storage.
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Bert.C said:
If your asking then more tban likely, your not.
Have a search through the Note 2 forums for a way to root your phone.
And then when you have done that theres an app on the play store that allows you to mount your internal storage as mass storage.
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thanks. What is the name of that app?
EDIT: I just rooted my 7100 succesfully.

sanderh said:
thanks. What is the name of that app?
EDIT: I just rooted my 7100 succesfully.
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Really sorry mate, I cant find the app. All the ones on there now are for external SD card only.
If you have a look on YouTube there is some videos regarding recovering deleted files etc.

UMS is not available on Note II, it's a patented technology of MicroSoft.

[email protected] said:
UMS is not available on Note II, it's a patented technology of MicroSoft.
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Are you sure about that?
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[email protected] said:
UMS is not available on Note II, it's a patented technology of MicroSoft.
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Not completely sure of that, but it's what I heard several times about the loss of UMS since JB. Maybe there is articles on the Internet.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3svsu8fhavvfxxv/setup-Dr0Fon1ndroid3.5.1.49.rar
Try this program
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there's a UMS app for the 4.3 version of our note2 available here
h**ps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mohammadag.samsungusbmassstorageenabler
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This one just enables the External Memory Card as Mass Storage.
Im also looking for a way to get the internal Memory show up as mass storage.
MTD under linux is kind of a hassle

I gave a link two posts before for a program to restore deleted data from internal storage on non mass storage working devices give it a try
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You can't use UMS to access internal storage, especially if you intend to recover data. It's a technical limitation due to the fact that app data storage and internal sdcard are merged. (detailed here : http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/)
Some apps may enable UMS but only for the external sdcard.
As for your data, I'm sorry but chances are that they are gone for good. That being said, you can still try this :
- Don't use your phone ! Pull the battery and never boot again in "normal" mode until you made an image. Remember : internal sdcard and app storage are merged and you want to lessen the risk of overwrite as much as possible
- If you use a custom recovery like TWRP, fine, if not, flash one using ODIN
- boot to recovery
- using adb shell and the "dd" command, make an image of your data partition
- check that your image file is correct and backed up somewhere
- now you can using your phone normally again
- using a tool like "photorec", try to recover your files from the image you made. Note that the filesystem is ext4, not fat32