Hello!

Right now it appears that sdcards have to be formatted in FAT32 to be useful, which is a problem because FAT32 isn't very robust and doesn't support large files.

Android itself can handle ext4 just fine, it just needs to be enabled for sdcards. It would be great if this could be implemented in future firmware updates (shouldn't take much work).

Thanks,

Mr Dong

Will forward that to the tech team

What about NTFS ? My current device supports it and it has the advantage (overt EXT4) to be supported by Windows and Linux platforms (I don't know about MacOS) in case you want to read the card from a computer.

Aeron wrote:

What about NTFS ? My current device supports it and it has the advantage (overt EXT4) to be supported by Windows and Linux platforms (I don't know about MacOS) in case you want to read the card from a computer.

NTFS isn't a great file system for flash media, and unlike for EXT3/4 where support is already in Android there is none for NTFS.
The BV8000 also doesn't allow for a quick removal of the SD card (it's behind a cover which requires a screwdriver) so NTFS support would make even less sense than with phones where the sd card can be inserted and removed quickly on the go.

I know this, but EXT3/4 is a GNU/Linux filesystem, so it's really no convenient if you need to read the card from outside of the phone.
exFAT would propably be better suited to this use. What I meant with NTFS was, it's way better to use a filesystem that allow softwareless acces from different platform (Linux, MacOS and Windows based).

I understand, but the point in asking for ext3/4 support was not to make it easier to take out the card and read it in a PC (which, since it's behind a sealed metal shield, isn't really easy anyways), it's because the FAT32 system limits the max file size which means that say a 5GB iso can't be saved on the large 256GB sd card in the slot but has to be saved to the (much smaller) internal memory which uses ext.

exFAT would be fine as well as would in theory be NTFS but neither of them are part of Android which makes it a lot more difficult to add support. Also, exFAT is Microsoft proprietary and would require BV to buy a license (i.e. pay $$$).

Another thing is that it's really not a good idea to remove the sd card from the sd card slot in the phone often as the connectors are really only made for a low number of connections and then the slot fails. If you need to move large amounts of data from a PC to the phone then you're better off with an USB memory stick and the USB to go cable.

The SD card in the BV8000 Pro is best seen as an extension of the internal memory, not as removable storage.

MrDong wrote:

The SD card in the BV8000 Pro is best seen as an extension of the internal memory, not as removable storage.

I mostly use it as a backup, but I fully understand what you're saying