MicroSD card support for the Tablet? Possible file systems, card sizes, files >4GB, etc. [duplicate]
asked 2016-04-16 09:07:16 +0300
Now, at least some, users have received their long awaited Tablets (me being one of the lucky few =). I have just given it a short test run so far but it seems handle all tasks I need it for.
However, there is one thing I have not figured out yet. That's the support for microSD cards. I know there was some discussions/polls regarding this a year ago but do not know what it resulted in.
Before ordering some new SD-cards for it I think it would be good to have a bit better understanding about its capabilities. Things that would be great if it worked is: Support for 128GB SDXC cards and a file system capable of handling files greater than 4GB.
Anyone having better knowledge than me regarding this? Maybe we could collect some useful guides and links to third part solutions here.
//j
SDXC support was paid for by tablet supporters but later ditched by Jolla for financial reasons. You could try to re-format SDXC cards to supported file systems. However, you will lose your data, probably lose conpatibility to other devices - and, above all, will lose performance, reliability and speed if you don't put a lot of effort into aligning the logical blocks of the file system to the physical ones of the card.
In short: Don't buy and use such cards.
ossi1967 ( 2016-04-16 10:24:12 +0300 )edit128 GB SDXC card formated to Ext4 without journaling works well in Jolla-Tablet! Since I'm only using Linux it's just perfect combination to synch data from PC to Jolla Tablet! I'm using this since about 1 month & I'm very satisfied!!!
Marti Masa K ( 2016-04-16 11:58:07 +0300 )edit