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EXFat is now supported on the SGS3!!! Tip for fast sdcard inside!

So I just seen that the SGS3 supports EXFat and files over 4gb's now. So if you want a really fast SD card, consider formatting from Fat32 over to exfat, and set block size to 16mb or 32mb. I know most if not all my files are 5mb or way over that, so not much space is wasted! I hope that helps someone
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Can you format ex fat in the phone itself or has to be pc? I purchased a 64gb sdxc card and will need to do this.
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Why on earth would you want a 32 MB block size? Seems like you would end up with a ton of wasted space.

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Can you format ex fat in the phone itself or has to be pc? I purchased a 64gb sdxc card and will need to do this.
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Well for me I have a lot of movies, huge pictures, music over 7mb. I myself use 16mb. But for people that want full speed from exfat will select 32mb.
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Can you format ex fat in the phone itself or has to be pc? I purchased a 64gb sdxc card and will need to do this.
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I don't have the phone or Id let you know. I do have my 32gb c10 ready to go when it gets here though
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So would that mean that any files I have under 16mb will in fact take up 16mb of space? Even files that are only a few kb?

Yes. I know it sounds scary, but most small items are stored on the phone sdcard.
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WARNING: Samsung's exFAT driver implementation is buggy!
exFAT is not an open standard. It is MS proprietary. Do not expect it to fully work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27415975&postcount=18
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1698672&page=2

jnadke said:
WARNING: Samsung's exFAT driver implementation is buggy!
exFAT is not an open standard. It is MS proprietary. Do not expect it to fully work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27415975&postcount=18
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1698672&page=2
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I didn't read the whole thread. But from what I saw, only 3 people had a problem. And at first he said he copied 1900 files and had corruption, then he states its a problem over 3000. I don't know if this is user error, or what. But thanks for the warning, Ill keep an eye out....... And if that guy was checking file by file for 1900 songs, that's some serious time, I call BS.
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TeamERA said:
I didn't read the whole thread.... , I call BS.
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A bunch of other people were having the same problem too.

jnadke said:
A bunch of other people were having the same problem too.
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It may well be correct, and now I can't wait to find out, damn 32gb PB pre order
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I unloaded my 64gb sd card, put it in the phone and it formatted it to exfat, I copied all my data back to the card and did a restore from mybackup pro, after the restore and reboot I then received a damaged sd card, i'm not sure what's going on, The only 2 options on windows is NTFS and exFat

Performance gain will be nominal. You're talking a phone here, not a database server dealing with heavy iOPS. I have a 64GB Class 10 in mine and performance could not be better. I also had a ***** of a time getting the card to register after I let my PC format it, had to, absolutely had to, let the device format it.
Note: I'm a heavy performance user who goes for maximum battery without overly sacrificing performance. Professionally, I build and configure SAN's for Exchange, SQL and vSphere. I make no claims to being a phone development god (thought about refreshing my skills there but frankly, don't have the time), BUT I'm also VERY good at what I do.
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ILA970JOSH said:
I unloaded my 64gb sd card, put it in the phone and it formatted it to exfat, I copied all my data back to the card and did a restore from mybackup pro, after the restore and reboot I then received a damaged sd card, i'm not sure what's going on, The only 2 options on windows is NTFS and exFat
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Had the same problem. I had no option but to let the phone format it. Delete the partition in windows and then you can format it. If you find another way though, let me know!
Sorry misread your post, I had the same error and had to let it reformat. Did you unplug it and put it into your PC? Were any corrective scans or anything done?

I removed everything back off the card, formatted it to fat32 and copied everything back to it, put it back in the phone and it's still saying it's damaged. Sucks, it's been in my EVO3D for a week now with no problems.

is the extra juice really worth the possibility of data corruption? Im not trying to be a wise guy, just really been wondering myself.

s3xda said:
is the extra juice really worth the possibility of data corruption? Im not trying to be a wise guy, just really been wondering myself.
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Well I must say now I'm worried. But I'm still going to test, I copy huge files to and from on a regular basis, if it saves me 3% in time each time, that is still worth it to me in the long run. I have very little patience, and all that time adds up.
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seems to be working now, I had 8,000 temp files in a MyBackup Pro Directory, Deleted them and now it's working

So if I were to format my 64gb card to exfat and download movies to my phone using adownloader or atorrent, I wouldn't be able to transfer them to my ps3?
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smark72 said:
So if I were to format my 64gb card to exfat and download movies to my phone using adownloader or atorrent, I wouldn't be able to transfer them to my ps3?
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I use xbox lol, I don't know if it would work on ps3.
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TeamERA said:
I use xbox lol, I don't know if it would work on ps3.
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Does it work and show up on the Xbox?
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smark72 said:
Does it work and show up on the Xbox?
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I don't have the phone yet, Ill let you know in here though.
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Music to SD

I'm trying to move my music that I download right to phone with gtunes. The app says it downloads to /storage/sdcard0/media/music/ but I cannot find it for the life of me when I plug it into the computer. Any ideas/suggestions that would help?
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jarzy00 said:
I'm trying to move my music that I download right to phone with gtunes. The app says it downloads to /storage/sdcard0/media/music/ but I cannot find it for the life of me when I plug it into the computer. Any ideas/suggestions that would help?
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Reboot phone and try again, it seems the phone doesn't update files or file locations it should find the files

tadgerloks said:
Reboot phone and try again, it seems the phone doesn't update files or file locations it should find the files
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/mnt/sdcard0 is your internal storage (emulated card)
/mnt/sdcard1 is your actual ext-storage
both are accessible via MTP (media mount) but your apps that store music ie spotify and google music will cache it on the internal storage aka sdcard0 and this creates a major problem that needs to be resolved.
samsung, moto have this problem.
only way to actually fix this is via unlocked bootloader to remove the internal partition that is not needed.
just my .02 on this. :cyclops:

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/mnt/sdcard0 is your internal storage (emulated card)
/mnt/sdcard1 is your actual ext-storage
both are accessible via MTP (media mount) but your apps that store music ie spotify and google music will cache it on the internal storage aka sdcard0 and this creates a major problem that needs to be resolved.
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I had read posts about trying to redirect google play music to cache on the external SD card by rooting and redirecting the internal mount point to the external card. This is over my head, but is that feasible with the RAZR M?

Any body been having this issue?? I've been trying to change my location foe downloading music to SD card instead of phone storage it used to be /storage/sdcard0/media/music but I changed it to storage/sdcard1/music and it keeps giving me that message in the little black box as shown in picture any suggestions as to why it does that?
Thanks
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Fantastic program called Directory Bind, this will solve this problem.
Cheers
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nathanalanlister said:
Fantastic program called Directory Bind, this will solve this problem.
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Does this app need to be side loaded? I don't see it in the play store.
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Side Loaded, I'll upload the newest compiled version to a drop and post a link this afternoon. Stay tuned
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nathanalanlister said:
Side Loaded, I'll upload the newest compiled version to a drop and post a link this afternoon. Stay tuned
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Does this require root?
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nathanalanlister said:
Fantastic program called Directory Bind, this will solve this problem.
Cheers
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OK how do you use this program to help me out??
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droidman89 said:
Any body been having this issue?? I've been trying to change my location foe downloading music to SD card instead of phone storage it used to be /storage/sdcard0/media/music but I changed it to storage/sdcard1/music and it keeps giving me that message in the little black box as shown in picture any suggestions as to why it does that?
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Yes this is what happened when I tried to change it as well. Very annoying!!
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I was able to find the offline cache on my RAZR M using Storage Analyzer with root access. I found the files at /data/data/com.google.android.music.files/ which was a directory I could not find using other tools.
I was then successful setting up a link to my external SD card using directory bind.
WooHoo, 10+ GB of music on my phone.

No need for rooting. Download San disk memory zone for free. In my opinion the only memory manager app ever need for internal to SD transfers. Available on android play store
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sugalips124 said:
No need for rooting. Download San disk memory zone for free. In my opinion the only memory manager app ever need for internal to SD transfers. Available on android play store
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Hmmm, not sure how that app would have told me the location of the hidden Google Play music cache. I can see the cached MP3 files, but it doesn't tell me where the files are, which is what I needed to be able to create a link to the external SD card.

Look. DL root explorer. Go to mnt. Then SD card0 is internal. Find the file with the music. Then after verifying the music backup one time (or move it song by song) and long press the music download or MP3 download or whatever that file is called until the menu pops up. Either chose cut or move. You will only have one of these as they mean the same thing. Then scroll up to parent folder and click that and get Bach to mnt. Then go to SD card1. And you can either find a music file there and merge them (that would be an option when you clicked a file) or you could just move it to the root of your external sd card. Either way the files have been moved to off board storage. Done. Got it?
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PS. Don't give a thought to the cache. That's totally different and I can tell you need to just forget about it for the time being. Get that file moved and I will tell you all about that file. (You can just delete it later tho or now.
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Peep this. Go to academy and look for the ear buds with an orange flat wire. They like $8 after tax. Man I promise they so loud if you don't turn em down for a lil but at first you will throw up. I don't remember the name but they come in a clear plastic case with a black wrap with silver words. I stole like three of em and bought two.(yeah they cheap so they may break) they sound really good and loud. Like I said they less than $10. Ten bux gets you then and a burger. Academy. I used to build bikes and grills.
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And I'm all about some free stuff. Government been stealing from me for twenty years. I'm tired of that. And now fiscal cliff. Really? Fiscal cliff. Bs. I'm tired of that. I been paying at least a whole day of work since I started. Anyone else had enough?
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Game data on sd WITH root

Hi at all, now i've rooted my gs4 and i'd like to move huge app data like games to sd card, i've tried foldermiunt and works great, but it let me only move 3 app's datas... do you know other ways?

noooooo said:
Hi at all, now i've rooted my gs4 and i'd like to move huge app data like games to sd card, i've tried foldermiunt and works great, but it let me only move 3 app's datas... do you know other ways?
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pay for the app? it's not expensive.
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beaver2233 said:
pay for the app? it's not expensive.
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I havo no card atm, so i asked if there was something similar or differetìnt but with the same proposal and maybe free

[Q] out of space?

My wife just got an M as a replacement for her old Rezound. She has had it for about three weeks and the phone is already telling her she is out of internal storage. However, when I look at her storage it appears that only her "Backup ASSISTANCE Plus" is full. It's unfortunately causing her phone to be worthless. Does anyone know how to fix this? Her phone is completely stock. Thanks in advance.
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txkorm said:
My wife just got an M as a replacement for her old Rezound. She has had it for about three weeks and the phone is already telling her she is out of internal storage. However, when I look at her storage it appears that only her "Backup ASSISTANCE Plus" is full. It's unfortunately causing her phone to be worthless. Does anyone know how to fix this? Her phone is completely stock. Thanks in advance.
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couple of tips:
1.) don't use backup assistance - use google to store your contacts
2.) make sure that your camera settings are set to save pics/vids to the mnt/external1 folder (no sdcard in internal storage)

jco23 said:
couple of tips:
1.) don't use backup assistance - use google to store your contacts
2.) make sure that your camera settings are set to save pics/vids to the mnt/external1 folder (no sdcard in internal storage)
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Might also want to disable Backup Assistant in the Application Settings.
Also, clear the cache and make sure that no leftover OTA updates are stored.
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jco23 said:
couple of tips:
1.) don't use backup assistance - use google to store your contacts
2.) make sure that your camera settings are set to save pics/vids to the mnt/external1 folder (no sdcard in internal storage)
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Thanks for the feedback. I tried to disable it but it wouldn't let me. I'll take another look tonight. I don't want to do a hard reset unless I have to but if I can't disable it, I'll have no other choice.
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Conclusion. This phone sucks if you can't put apps on the SD. 8gb internal hard drive is really only 4 gigs.
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txkorm said:
Conclusion. This phone sucks if you can't put apps on the SD. 8gb internal hard drive is really only 4 gigs.
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If you root, you can easily store apps on external. Also, internal is partitioned into 4gb halves. One for the the ROM and the other for media/etc. Personally, I don't understand how people fill that up so quickly. I use very few apps and all my media gets stored to my external SD. I'm still sitting at about 3.5GB available on my storage side.

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If you root, you can easily store apps on external. Also, internal is partitioned into 4gb halves. One for the the ROM and the other for media/etc. Personally, I don't understand how people fill that up so quickly. I use very few apps and all my media gets stored to my external SD. I'm still sitting at about 3.5GB available on my storage side.
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I understand it's portioned but I've never seen a phone require half of its internal storage. As for media, it's all going to her card. I guess if you use few apps your ok, but that's not the case with a 5 year. You shouldn't have to root for a phone to be functional with a relatively low amount of apps in use.
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Her phone....
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txkorm said:
Her phone....
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I've got just over 100 apps. Also, a little more than 1 gig of my internal space is dedicated to music.
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jco23 said:
I've got just over 100 apps. Also, a little more than 1 gig of my internal space is dedicated to music.
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How are you not having the same issue? Very interesting.
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Do you know if the phone was previously rooted? I know that nandroid backups get saved to internal storage if you don't specify and they will eat up the storage space quickly.

calbrs said:
Do you know if the phone was previously rooted? I know that nandroid backups get saved to internal storage if you don't specify and they will eat up the storage space quickly.
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It came straight from Verizon as a replacement phone so all I know is that it's a refurbished phone. I cleaned up the backup assistance so hopefully that will help. I have a theory that triggered the warning and loss of functionality. We'll see. If it pops back up, it's going back to Verizon.
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txkorm said:
How are you not having the same issue? Very interesting.
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gaining root access allowed me to clear out all of the Verizon bloatware.

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gaining root access allowed me to clear out all of the Verizon bloatware.
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Makes sense since this phone is loaded with it. This is our first Motorola smartphone. Is that a Motorola issue with excess bloat? I know all phones have it but this seems like a lot considering the limited amount of internal memory.
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txkorm said:
Makes sense since this phone is loaded with it. This is our first Motorola smartphone. Is that a Motorola issue with excess bloat? I know all phones have it but this seems like a lot considering the limited amount of internal memory.
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bloat is an issue with all Verizon android phones (the bloat helps bring down the costs on the device).
one of the drawbacks to this device is the lack of internal memory. however, the bigger drawback is in the OS that prevents folks from moving apps to their SD Card.
but once I rooted, and installed a "clean ROM", I got a lot more space.
with your wife's phone, I suspect she has the latest OTA baseband (check the phone settings, if the baseband is prior to May 2013, then you are in luck - DO NOT ACCEPT the UPDATE). if the baseband reads May 2013, then your only option is to gain root access and freeze/delete the bloatware.
if space is an issue, I highly recommend to go this route. otherwise, start trimming some of the apps she never uses.

[Q] Wanna save photos and videos taken by camera app inside micro sdcard

Hi to all members and developers of Xda,
I just bought Redmi note 4G and start to encounter a problem.
8GB internal storage is ok for the apps but for the videos and photos, i am sure that it won't be enough for me.
So I bought an micro sd card 32GB.
However, I still cannot find a way to let camera save in sd card. (Camera 360 also)
I am aware that this is because of kit kat.
My phone is already rooted.
Is there any solution for this using root permission?
Thanks
Phyo Aung Khant

phyoaungkhant said:
Hi to all members and developers of Xda,
I just bought Redmi note 4G and start to encounter a problem.
8GB internal storage is ok for the apps but for the videos and photos, i am sure that it won't be enough for me.
So I bought an micro sd card 32GB.
However, I still cannot find a way to let camera save in sd card. (Camera 360 also)
I am aware that this is because of kit kat.
My phone is already rooted.
Is there any solution for this using root permission?
Thanks
Phyo Aung Khant
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Open camera and go to settings and open the"save to external storage"switch
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Thanks.....
O... Thanks
I think I skipped that setting.
pang34 said:
Open camera and go to settings and open the"save to external storage"switch
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pang34 said:
Open camera and go to settings and open the"save to external storage"switch
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I don't know whether my software is incomplete but the Camera app has no settings.
I have Redmi Hongmi Note 4g LTE running Miui 66.44.22.00 and Android 4.4.4. It won't allow me to move anything to the SD card.
Any suggestions please?

Go to System Settings - Camera - Save to sd card.
From the middle of nowhere to the center of everywhere...

Thanks again! I couldn't find the settings anywhere - now I have.