topic Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card in XPERIA archive

Xperia Z1 Memory Card

Richy — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:21:24 GMT

I bought a Xperia Z1 and it is expandable upto 64Gb. So i bought this Scan Disk Memory card but it is not showing in the phone. Does Xperia Z1 support exfat32 format?

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

Uliwooly — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:28:00 GMT

it should be Fat 32 but I'm not 100% certain

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

Richy — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:39:02 GMT

Is there any way to find it?

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

Uliwooly — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:18:59 GMT

None that I'm aware of

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

GeoffH — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 22:38:10 GMT

I put a brand new Kingston 64gb card into my Z1 and it worked straight away, it is formated exfat

I suspect your card is faulty - have you tried it in anything else

and I've never heard of that make before

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

Archanos — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:40:59 GMT

SDHC are suppose to be formatted with FAT32, SDHC standard supports max of 32GB capacity.

SDXC (64GB and more) are always exFAT formatted out of the box, otherwise they cannot be used.

you can easily find out the filesystem by inserting the card to any SD reader (USB stick or built in laptop's reader) and checking it's properties on the computer (Windows XP with exFAT patch installed, Vista SP2+, Windows 7, Windows 8, some modern linux distros).

If your card is 64GB it should be formatted with exFAT filesystem, it is designed for exFAT, otherwise it might not work at all.

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

husseinsky — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 17:06:45 GMT

so what !!!!!!!!!!!! ?????????????

me too he same

i have sandisk 64 gb card what we have to do to make it work with z1

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

rency_07_22 — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 02:27:06 GMT

I have my SanDisk 64 GB microSDXC UHS-1 card and put it in from the box, and as of today, I still haven't encountered any issues. exFAT format should be okay with Z1.

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

Akeyla — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:09:18 GMT

i am experiencing the exact same problem but with a sony 32gb micro SD, did you ever resolve the issue??

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

_alexdon_ — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:17:56 GMT

Probably it is the sony card incompatibility or you could go for a low level format.

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

kaslokesh — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 07:43:06 GMT

Maybe your card is formatted in NTFS mode... Connect it to Pc using any card reader and then format it in FAT32 or exfat mode... Then reinsert in mobile.. Otherwise may be your card maybe damaged one..

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

MMK777 — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:19:19 GMT

I have the same issue , its not reading sd card , and i tried 2 card both not working , i format it several times , its like nothing there , any official response ??

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

Sam — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:29:33 GMT

@MMK777 - In your case it sounds like a possible issue with the SD Card reader and as such I would advise you to contact your local Xperia Care team so that it may be assessed by an authorised repair agent.

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Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

Tunchie — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:10:11 GMT

Hi Guys,

Had the same issue. Works fine on the PC and other devices. Plug it in to my new xperia Z1 and nothing.

Then I did the old helpdesk support technique and while SD card plugged in I shut down and restarted the Z1 and it was visible after that.

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

PrashanthA — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:42:34 GMT

Today I tried inserting SD card from my friends mobile.

The SD Card was not detected by my xperia Z1.

The card is working in all other mobiles.

It has just been 2 weeks since I got this phone.

Please provide me a suggestion regarding this.

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

_alexdon_ — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:59:08 GMT

You do not have your own card?What brand was the card?

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

PrashanthA — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:29:01 GMT

It was SanDisk Memory card 8 gb memory.

I didn't need a memory card before, this was the first time I tried a memory card into the mobile.

Let me know how to resolve this.

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

_alexdon_ — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:45:00 GMT

Try to low level format the SD card before using it.

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

PrashanthA — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:58:12 GMT

Correct me if I'm wrong...Isn't 8gb low ...

If not what do ypou mean by low level format..

please advise..

Re: Xperia Z1 Memory Card

_alexdon_ — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:00:46 GMT

Low level format is a format for the card,but a lot more powerful.It will erase anything on it,with no way of recovering.Take a look here.