Help samsung tab 2 "10.1" with 64gb sd

[powderhound]

Hi,
I have read several forums but I'm still not clear on the answer to this question
"Can I use a 64gb SD card in my samsung tab 2 "10.1"?

Ideally I would like it to be able to support large files, ie > 4GB for films, etc.

I have tried formatting on the tab but his shows the card as "SD card blank or has unsupported file system"
Formatting under Windows 7 as either NTFS or exFAT will not mount on the tab.

Any help\ suggestions would be welcome

 

[powderhound]

can anyone help me please?

 

[Romulous]

Hi,
I have read several forums but I'm still not clear on the answer to this question
"Can I use a 64gb SD card in my samsung tab 2 "10.1"?

Ideally I would like it to be able to support large files, ie > 4GB for films, etc.

I have tried formatting on the tab but his shows the card as "SD card blank or has unsupported file system"
Formatting under Windows 7 as either NTFS or exFAT will not mount on the tab.

Any help\ suggestions would be welcome

Hi powderhound.

The 64GB card will work just fine however this will have to be formatted as FAT32 which as you may know has the file size restriction of <4GB.

One way around this is to either use 3rd party software such as Pavtube to split the files and convert to a format recognised by the Tablet then they can be played as normal, allbeit with a pause.

Or, resample the films to just below the 4GB limit.

To be honest though mate, i have converted a lot of my sons DVDs to around 2GB and the picture quality and sound are fantastic, this will allow you to cram more onto your tablet.

Here is a link to SD Formatter which is far superior to the windows bundled app.

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/

Hope this helps.

 

[powderhound]

Thanks for your response
I've tried formatting as you said but when I put the card in the Tab it goes through preparing the card and then the next option is to remove the card.
If i go to Settings | Storage | Mount SD it just flashes preparing the card but no card is mounted :-(
If I put a smaller card in, 1Gb, it mounts it.

Does the TAb 2 support 64gb?

Thanks again

 

[Romulous]

It will support the 64GB card no problem, it's to do with how the card is formatted.

If you have a phone that has an SDHC card slot, try formatting it and inserting it in the tab when it is off then boot up the tablet.

Let me know how you get on.

 

[powderhound]

well that's a step forward
Formatted as FAT32 and inserted in the tab switched off - now I can see it

Brilliant - don't feel it's completely wasted now but would be even better if it would support large files

 

[Romulous]

Brilliant, glad it worked.

And you are right, for technology that is so new it would be nice to support larger files.

Perhaps in the future one of the custom rom devs will work some magic.

 

[subway21]

Well... Since a samsung galaxy tab 2 only supports a maximum of 32gb it does not strike me as odd you have trouble.

But it looks like you found a way to plugin a 64 gb card.

Are there any downsides or does it just function ?

 

[PaulGT11]

Hi,
I have read several forums but I'm still not clear on the answer to this question
"Can I use a 64gb SD card in my samsung tab 2 "10.1"?

Ideally I would like it to be able to support large files, ie > 4GB for films, etc.

I have tried formatting on the tab but his shows the card as "SD card blank or has unsupported file system"
Formatting under Windows 7 as either NTFS or exFAT will not mount on the tab.

Any help\ suggestions would be welcome

I enquired at my local store about putting a 64gb card in my tab but they said that they have had reports of it becoming unstable so I stuck with a 32 gb card.