XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 02/02/2025 16:37, Kenny McCormack wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Frank Slootweg   wrote:   
   >> Janis Papanagnou  wrote:   
   >>> On 02.02.2025 15:50, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> [...]   
   >>   
   >>>> Android is *nix based, yes, but uses an MsDOS filesystem (FAT).   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, I know. For some reasons inferiors concepts are invented and   
   >>> they also don't die once they've got widely spread.   
   >>   
   >>   To be clear, Android's native filesystem is not FAT (but ext4), but if   
   >> you use a (Micro)SD-card in an Android device (which is partly the   
   >> subject of this ... ahem ... 'thread'), then the filesystem on that card   
   >> is FAT (assuming it's not used as an extension of Internal Storage   
   >> ('disk' space)).   
   >   
   > Yes, all true.  Interestingly, at least the one time I tested this, when I   
   > formatted an SD card to ext4, then inserted it into a phone, it did not   
   > recognize it.  Odd, because obviously, it *can* recognized ext4   
   > filesystems.  But it only seems to be able to do FAT on the SD card.   
      
   Interesting. I didn't know about the FAT/ext4 file system issue.   
      
   Seems the latest high-capacity cards (SDXC, SDUC) use exFAT   
   (). Actually, SDXC cards have   
   been around for quite a time; those should be recognisable in a phone.   
   What make/age of phone was yours?   
      
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   Jeff   
      
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