max sd card size

[pidi123987]

Hi like the title says what's the max SD card size i9195 can handle ? Im using customs ROM AICP marshmallow..

Thanks

 

[rookie12]

Idk but 64GB handles flawlessly

 

[Snofru1]

I have no problem using a 200 GB micro SD. In fact anything up to 2TB should work.

 

[jack_daws]

please is any information abou sd card speed ???

how speed can s4 mini phone read / write sd card ?

has a meaning/purpose purchase UHS U3 microsd card read 90 / write 45 MB/s ???

or phone dont utilize at this speed ?

 

[zurpher]

FAT32 or exFAT for 200 GB micro SD card?

I have no problem using a 200 GB micro SD. In fact anything up to 2TB should work.

A friend has problems with a SanDisk Ultra 200GB on Galaxy S 4 Mini with stock ROM.. The micro SD card is not recognized. Is that perhaps a formatting issue? Are your cards formatted as FAT32 or exFAT?

 

[Snofru1]

A friend has problems with a SanDisk Ultra 200GB on Galaxy S 4 Mini with stock ROM.. The micro SD card is not recognized. Is that perhaps a formatting issue? Are your cards formatted as FAT32 or exFAT?

exFAT. Recently I have also used a 256 GB Samsung card without issue (filled more than 50% with data). I have been using CyanogenMod and Lineage ROM for a long time now so I am not sure if Stock ROM could be an issue.

 

[TheRealKeyserSoze]

I have no problem using a 200 GB micro SD. In fact anything up to 2TB should work.

Not possible on any S4 Mini because the maximum allowed size is 64 GB.

 

[BanditQuest]

exFAT. Recently I have also used a 256 GB Samsung card without issue (filled more than 50% with data). I have been using CyanogenMod and Lineage ROM for a long time now so I am not sure if Stock ROM could be an issue.

That seems to answer one question it is not the hardware that is the limitation but rather the version of Android software running in Galaxy S4 phone. I could not get Samsung to answer this question directly. Samsung official position is 64GB is the maximum.

I am going to test 128GB micro SD in S4 standard ROM (AOS 5.0.1) try and fill it with test data and see what happens. From your comment it looks like it would be best for me to follow your example and install CyanogenMod or Lineage custom ROM to use a 128GB micro SD in the S4 (that will be my next test).

It is hard to know if I am dependant on any Samsung features as some are not obvious if all you have ever used is Samsung Android. I moved to Quickpic app for local photo management but have read Samsung apps are better for picture taking do you know anything about that?

Can you install apps to load from micro SD card using exFat on CyanogenMod or Lineage ROM in Galaxy S4?

Are there any features you "lost" moving to 3rd party ROM on the Galaxy phone that you really missed?

 

[Snofru1]

I have used larger than 64 GB micro SD without issues even with stock Android 4.2 on the S4 Mini. My feeling is that the 64 GB limit is somehow arbitrary and originates from the time where nothing bigger than 64 GB was available. The theoretical limit should be 2 TB.

I have been using Samsung Apps as well as Quickpic and both are alright, maybe depending on personal priorities. Quickpic though is only for organizing pictures, not shooting them AFAIK.

Can you install apps to load from micro SD card using exFat on CyanogenMod or Lineage ROM in Galaxy S4?

Yes, but the amount of internal memory you are saving is only very small as a lot of data will still be saved in internal. You could use the SD card als adopted storage though, meaning you will have huge internal memory then. The downsides are that the memory becomes much slower than before and you cannot take out the SD card anymore.

Are there any features you "lost" moving to 3rd party ROM on the Galaxy phone that you really missed?

No.

 

[alimori]

For testing I tried to insert a 128GB uSD and my S4 mini VE (GT-i9195i) sees it perfectly. Both by checking the memory setting menu inside the phone and on the PC by connecting it to USB.

microSD - Samsung EVO (Yellow) 128GB [100MB read - 100MB write].
GT-i9195i VE - Android Kit Kat 4.4.4, TWRP 3.3.1-0, SuperSU Pro V2.82