128GB Micro SD Card....Do They Work? - ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Interested in this phone for the specs, and the fact it has root...xposed etc...
Does this phone support and work with 128GB micro sd card.
Was looking at a 32/64gb model in Red.

Hello, this is ASUS_USA. Zenfone 2 model ZE551ML Micro SD Card slot supports up to 64GB

Yes, I am using the Lexar 128 633X in the 551ML 4/64

Here is a picture of the card and the phone.

You should be able to use any sdxc card as the 64gb card is sdxc... If a 512Gb sdxc micro sd card came out you would be able to use this...
And yes I have tested a sandisk 128Gb micro sd card in my xenfone 2...

I am using the Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML (4GB RAM, 32GB ROM) and can confirm that a Sandisk 128GB MicroSD card works fine . Mine is formatted with FAT32; i am not sure whether ExFat would be supported as well.

browsingman said:
I am using the Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML (4GB RAM, 32GB ROM) and can confirm that a Sandisk 128GB MicroSD card works fine . Mine is formatted with FAT32; i am not sure whether ExFat would be supported as well.
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exFat is and OTG USB sticks work fine too... I have a 64Gb OTG card that was working brilliantly with it earlier, shame a friend wanted to borrow it cos I was gonna load it with stuff to do at work tonight...

Looks like Im going to have to pick up a 128gb sd card soon. Thanks for comfirming this since I was wondering the same thing for my Zenphone 2.

I'm running a Patriot 128GB microSDXC myself.

By the way, whats the best type of external microsdcard to use?
Do we need to be choosy in buying??
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tactician10 said:
By the way, whats the best type of external microsdcard to use?
Do we need to be choosy in buying??
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I always like a good ol' SanDisk

I'm just gonna add a little bit more here, You need a FAT32 formatted sd card for firmware updates if you are doing it manually and haven't rooted yet. The stock recovery won't recognise an exFAT formatted card (which is what most 128gb sd card are formatted) so when you put the update file on your card your card won't be recognised by the recovery.
Rooted with latest TWRP recognises card fine...

In anyone wants to know, I'm using a PNY 128GB card (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OP2P0ZO?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00).
Stock everything. No issues with the ZF2 recognizing the card or accessing.

Asus_USA said:
Hello, this is ASUS_USA. Zenfone 2 model ZE551ML Micro SD Card slot supports up to 64GB
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Seems like a lot are testifying that 128gb is working with their Zenfone 2. My question is will prolonged use of 128gb sd cards have any problem in the future?

mairon08 said:
Seems like a lot are testifying that 128gb is working with their Zenfone 2. My question is will prolonged use of 128gb sd cards have any problem in the future?
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Pretty sure you can't have any more info than what's currently available. The phone's only been available for a few months, that's as long as testing with 128GB exFAT or FAT32 will indicate stability for. Card size has no impact on a phone's microsd reader, just like sock size has no bearing on the size of a person's genitalia
FWIW I got a 128GB exFAT a week ago and haven't had any issues. If your phone has issues reading any card, it'll typically have trouble reading every card. Special exception is for devices that software/hardware don't support larger than 32gb, exFAT or Class UHS1 speed cards. Your Zenfone2 supports greater than 32gb, exFAT, and Class UHS1.

Asus_USA said:
Hello, this is ASUS_USA. Zenfone 2 model ZE551ML Micro SD Card slot supports up to 64GB
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Our only choices for backups using ASUS backup are internal device or SD card. If we can only use up to 64GB, some backups might not work if they are larger than that (apps and data) or close to that in size.

With unlocked bootloader and root I have no problem accessing the exFAT 128gb sd card even while using TWRP recovery.
Not sure if the newer roms support exFAT or I have a magical Zenfone 2 but it did an OTA update with the OTA file on the sd card ... No renaming of the file was needed...

My model ZE551ML is not reading exFat 64GB card. Can it be formatted to FAT32 or should be replaced? My PC is only giving me exFAT file system when I try to format it!!!

hmaxos said:
My model ZE551ML is not reading exFat 64GB card. Can it be formatted to FAT32 or should be replaced? My PC is only giving me exFAT file system when I try to format it!!!
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Mine (I think) is formatted FAT32 and works fine. It's just you cannot have any individual files over 2GB in size.
EDIT: Never mind. I just checked via mount command and it is listed as "texfat". Guess I didn't reformat from when I bought the card.

exFat doesn't seem to be readable at all!! Can it be converted to FAT 32?? Thanks.

Related

SanDisk Ultra 64GB microSDXC Class 10 Only $54.51

Found this really nice deal on Amazon.
Just ordered one
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007WTAJTO/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?redirect=true
I'd say be careful. If you check some reviews, I heard when they sell out, they replace it with Class 6.
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You don't have to worry if you buy from Amazon. If you buy from a third party make sure it says "fulfilled by Amazon", you'll get super saver shipping and it will be exactly as described.
It's Sold by Amazon and
Fulfilled by Amazon,
so I'm not too worried about it.
If they ship something other than what I ordered, I'll just return the item
I've always had good experiences with Amazon, as long as the Items are Sold by Amazon directly, or if the Seller's Return Policy is the same as Amazon's.
I read through All 12 pages of Amazon reviews.
This Is a Class 10 Card.
The 4th reviewer was only stating his opinion. Every Reviewer (111 of 112) received a Class 10.
And the 4th reviewer most likely also received a Class 10.
I'm actually using this card right now. Ordered it Saturday, got it Wednesday. Works like a champ.
From Amazon, of course. The price was cheaper than ebay, with none of the risk.
Bought this card last night...hope it works in a 16 GB verizon s3...
I would live to get one of these but I'm in Canada. Anyone want to order one for me?
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got this card today and it does not work...does anyone know if you need to do anything special?
bearklaws said:
got this card today and it does not work...does anyone know if you need to do anything special?
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What ROM are you using? Did you format the card?
senergy rom, and yes i formated it. i also transferd from old card to new card and still a no go.
went into setting /then to storage and tried to mount it that way also. it might be bad.
bearklaws said:
senergy rom, and yes i formated it. i also transferd from old card to new card and still a no go.
went into setting /then to storage and tried to mount it that way also. it might be bad.
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I can't see pics at work if you uploaded a pic with that, but does your computer read it? Does your phone say its corrupt? If everything says it's corrupt you can probably go to control panel -> hardware and do a full format (25/30 minutes). If nothing recognizes it at all, it's bad and you should request a replacement/refund.
had a hard time formatting the very first time. I am going to do a full format now, if that doesnt work, its going back. Thanks for the help.
Tried everything i know how...i am sending it back...thanks
Just received mine, and installed it in my S3.
Working Perfectly
This is what I did:
- I removed my SanDisk 32GB Class 6 card from my S3 after 'Unmounting' it.
- I saved All data on the card to a Folder on my pc
*the 32GB card is FAT32
- I installed the 64GB card into my S3, Formatted it, and Removed it after 'Unmounting' the card.
I transferrerd All data onto my New 64GB Card via my pc
- I installed the 64GB card into my S3 and Everything is Working Fine
*the 64GB card is exFAT
The 64GB card had 59.47GB Usable memory beforing transferring my folders over to it.
Biker1 said:
Just received mine, and installed it in my S3.
Working Perfectly
This is what I did:
- I removed my SanDisk 32GB Class 6 card from my S3 after 'Unmounting' it.
- I saved All data on the card to a Folder on my pc
*the 32GB card is FAT32
- I installed the 64GB card into my S3, Formatted it, and Removed it after 'Unmounting' the card.
I transferrerd All data onto my New 64GB Card via my pc
- I installed the 64GB card into my S3 and Everything is Working Fine
*the 64GB card is exFAT
The 64GB card had 59.47GB Usable memory beforing transferring my folders over to it.
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Nice...I could not even get my phone to see it...I did the same thing you did also...just a bad card,waiting for another.(thanks for the write up.)
bearklaws said:
Nice...I could not even get my phone to see it...I did the same thing you did also...just a bad card,waiting for another.(thanks for the write up.)
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Your card arrived in the cardboard/blister packaging?
Don't know what the odds are of getting a defective card, taking into consideration the Seller, packaging, etc. But hopefully your replacement card will have no issue.
Have you tried to install the card into another device, if one is available?
Biker1 said:
Just received mine, and installed it in my S3.
Working Perfectly
This is what I did:
- I removed my SanDisk 32GB Class 6 card from my S3 after 'Unmounting' it.
- I saved All data on the card to a Folder on my pc
*the 32GB card is FAT32
- I installed the 64GB card into my S3, Formatted it, and Removed it after 'Unmounting' the card.
I transferrerd All data onto my New 64GB Card via my pc
- I installed the 64GB card into my S3 and Everything is Working Fine
*the 64GB card is exFAT
The 64GB card had 59.47GB Usable memory beforing transferring my folders over to it.
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+1
I did exactly the same (my old 32GB FAT32 card to new 64GB exFAT one).
And everything is going fine...
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key_r said:
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I did exactly the same (my old 32GB FAT32 card to new 64GB exFAT one).
And everything is going fine...
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Sounds good to me
My S3 now has a capacity for 96GB of frigg'n
memory
That's a lot of memory!
does a 64gb card HAVE to be exfat? or can i make it fat32?
diz_dizane said:
does a 64gb card HAVE to be exfat? or can i make it fat32?
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You can but you can't format it using the Windows formatter. I used easeus software to format mine so that the card would be visible in clockwork recovery. exFAT is not supported there. Had a bit of a scare after formatting with the HP utility. Repartitioned in easeus but it would only read on the computer and it would FC system apps on my phone. Figured out that the partition needs to be primary not logical (what easus defaults to for new partitions) to work on the phone. All you have to do is pop the card in the computer, open easeus and format fat32. Don't mess with partitions
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nacron said:
You can but you can't format it using the Windows formatter. I used easeus software to format mine so that the card would be visible in clockwork recovery. exFAT is not supported there. Had a bit of a scare after formatting with the HP utility. Repartitioned in easeus but it would only read on the computer and it would FC system apps on my phone. Figured out that the partition needs to be primary not logical (what easus defaults to for new partitions) to work on the phone. All you have to do is pop the card in the computer, open easeus and format fat32. Don't mess with partitions
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I didn't realize that Clockwork didn't read exFAT.
I just did a backup to my Internal storage cause as you say, CWM didn't see the ext. SD card.
I'm gonna reformat the card now.
Thanks.
Is this what I need to use to convert to FAT32?
http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-380-easeus-partition-master
I'm going to do the following:
- format 64GB card in my S3, which will delete all data
- install Easeus onto my pc
- put 64GB card into my pc
- open Easeus Utility, and format 64GB card to FAT32.
- reinstall Folders previously saved on my pc from my 32GB FAT32 card to the newly formatted 64GB card
- install card into my S3, and I should be good to go?
UPDATE:
- Formatted 64GB card to FAT32
- CWM recognizes card
All is well in the neighborhood

[Q] 64gb SD card showing as 32gb

So I bought a 64gb sandisk microSD card but when I tried to format it using GUI format it only formatted to 32gb. I formatted it on an old vista laptop since I don't have an sd card reader. Any idea why it wouldn't show as 64gb?
Where did you buy it from? There are a lot of counterfeit cards for sale.
metalfan78 said:
Where did you buy it from? There are a lot of counterfeit cards for sale.
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This listing
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra...8&qid=1357260564&sr=8-8&keywords=64gb+sd+card
bestdayever said:
This listing
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra...8&qid=1357260564&sr=8-8&keywords=64gb+sd+card
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That's not a MicroSD card, you have the wrong listing.
Jereso said:
That's not a MicroSD card, you have the wrong listing.
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Woops, you're right. This one
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009QZH6JS/ref=twister_B009QZH7BU?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Woops, you're right. This one
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009QZH6JS/ref=twister_B009QZH7BU?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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That looks like the right one...but wasn't Amazon as well as Ebay, rumored to be selling fakes?
So it's a SanDisk? It should work just fine.
Our phones unofficially support 64GB cards as do most phones. I remember even asking the question when 64GB cards just started to come it whether I could use them. You may need to format the card into another format then your phone will recognize every GB of it.
You will not be able to do this with your phone but formatting it on your computer. I'll try finding that form link for you which has a tutorial.
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ndh777 said:
So it's a SanDisk? It should work just fine.
Our phones unofficially support 64GB cards as do most phones. I remember even asking the question when 64GB cards just started to come it whether I could use them. You may need to format the card into another format then your phone will recognize every GB of it.
You will not be able to do this with your phone but formatting it on your computer. I'll try finding that form link for you which has a tutorial.
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I used the GUI format which is a version of FAT32 format for windows to format the card. When I formatted it I ended up with 32gb instead of 64gb and wondering if it is just a problem with the laptop or the card. If the laptop micro sd card reader didn't support 64gb would it see the card as 32 or just not see it at all?
EDIT: I had my friend format my card with his stock S3 and it recognized all 64gb (although its in exFAT so my phone won't read it DOH) so it appears the laptop I used doesn't support SDXC and that was the issue. Gonna buy a media card reader for my pc to format the card. Thanks for the replys.
Glad you got it going. Here's the thread I started about it, if you're still interested http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-accessories/384806-64gb-micro-sdxc-card.html
ndh777 said:
Glad you got it going. Here's the thread I started about it, if you're still interested http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-accessories/384806-64gb-micro-sdxc-card.html
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Thanks for the link, but for me the issue was my microSD --> USB dongle converter which wasn't compatible with the SDXC. Not sure how the converter could limit this but obviously it did. Will try to find another usb dongle since its more convenient to have that than a SD card. i dont have a SD reader in my big PC either.
Next time you need to Format an SD Card, and want to do it on the PC / Laptop. Use SD Formatter. It has never failed me once. It has even saved a few SD Cards that were allegedly done. I've used the program on several older PC's and Laptops. With nothing more than the SD Card Adapter. But it does require the card to be out of the Device. So not having an SD Card Reader port on the PC /Laptop is an issue .
i had the same but solved
:good:
bestdayever said:
So I bought a 64gb sandisk microSD card but when I tried to format it using GUI format it only formatted to 32gb. I formatted it on an old vista laptop since I don't have an sd card reader. Any idea why it wouldn't show as 64gb?
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try using some other card reader or leptop with in built card reader and this time use "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition" google and download
and just run it then unmount ur card and then mount manually u will see 2 partitions on ur SD card reader just delete 2nd partition and click apply and then after format it to exfat by using stock windows tool built in windows ....
Think used Mac or other os format it .???
I have a SanDisk ultra 64 gig micro sd card from walmart I bought for 59 dollars and everything I use it with see 64 gigs. Don't buy the cards online there cons and if you can get a refund. I paid 100 for a 32 gig micro sd card a few years ago, so 59 for 64 gig is a steal. I have the sprint gs3 also.
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Two different 64gb SD cards not working after 5.0 upgrade

I had a SanDisk 64gb card that I was using with KitKat that stopped working after upgrading to Lollipop. I thought that maybe that issue was caused by not unmounting the card before the upgrade.
I then purchased a PNY 64gb card from Amazon and the behavior is the same, the OS will not recognize the card so I can't mount it. I do have a 32gb card that works fine. Anyone seeing this problem with their G Pad?
It would help if you told us what ROM you are running.
If it's a 64GB card, it's probably formatted exFAT, and your variant of Android 5.0 probably doesn't recognize that.
techinv said:
I had a SanDisk 64gb card that I was using with KitKat that stopped working after upgrading to Lollipop. I thought that maybe that issue was caused by not unmounting the card before the upgrade.
I then purchased a PNY 64gb card from Amazon and the behavior is the same, the OS will not recognize the card so I can't mount it. I do have a 32gb card that works fine. Anyone seeing this problem with their G Pad?
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You must reformat your card to fat32.
DeanGibson said:
It would help if you told us what ROM you are running.
If it's a 64GB card, it's probably formatted exFAT, and your variant of Android 5.0 probably doesn't recognize that.
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Running stock 5.0, rooted, with Sleek kernel. Prior to the upgrade, was running stock 4.4.2 rooted.
64gb cards, as stated in OP.
Edit: Working after a format to fat32. I hadn't thought that was necessary because I didn't have to do it on KK with the same card.

[Q] 128GB sd card

can anyone confirm yes or no that the G Pro can access a 128gb sd card.
According to LG's website, it only supports 64 GB
http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phones/lg-E980-optimus-g-pro/technical-specifications
I cannot confirm the 128 GB though.
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cmccarter said:
can anyone confirm yes or no that the G Pro can access a 128gb sd card.
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It only supports upto 64gb
asingha94 said:
It only supports upto 64gb
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I think it will only automatically format up to 64GB microsd cards. I'm pretty sure it is possible to format a 128GB microsd manually but I don't know how exactly one would achieve this, as most of the time when I format my card manually it does not recognize it on the phone.

Bootloader error?

Hi,
When I turn my phone on, it sometimes shows up with this message: http://i.imgur.com/vxq4QQo.png
Any idea how to fix this?
Thanks!
That's a recovery error, when there is no MOFD_SDUPDATE
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Even though the Zenfone 2 supports 64gb sd card the recovery (stock) doesn't recognise the micro sd card if it bigger than 32gb or formatted anything other than FAT32.
You either need to put the OTA file on a 32gb or less micro sd card and flash or format your micro sd card FAT32, doing this will result in not being able to put files larger than 4gb on it.
Lucky for me I have an sd card to micro sd card reader adaptor and a 4gb sd card...
Hi,
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try those
Edit: Truth be told, I don't actually have the phone yet so I cannot try it. That's a picture from the eBay seller.
I snagged a "for parts" 4GB version for less than $100. If the only problem is it needs to be re-flashed, then I think I got a great deal.

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