The whole ‘does an Android smartphone need expandable storage' debate has been raging for many years and it has been a real roller-coaster of a ride. One year Samsung's flagships have microSD card slots, the next year they don't, then support is back again. Up and down, up and down. Google never seems to want to include microSD card support in its Nexus line, but the individual OEMs who manufacture the Nexus devices do include support on other handsets they make!
32GB Lexar Memory Stick Not Formatting Solution You need to format memory stick to fix not formatted problem on your Lexar memory stick. You can connect the memory stick to your computer and right click the memory stick, and then you can choose 'Format' option to format the memory stick. This tutorial will show you guys how to get Windows to recognize your USB Flash Drive. Alex mace orphan. This does not apply for Windows 10 as of new builds in 2019. Download Lexar USB format tool – free AOMEI Partition Assistant and run it. In the main page right-click the write-protected disk and then select Format Partition. Select NTFS or FAT32 file system from the drop-down menu and click OK to exit.
If you do have a smartphone that does include a microSD card then one of the first questions you are likely to ask is this: What is the highest capacity microSD card that I can use on my phone? And it is a good question, but the answer may not be as simple as you were hoping. To get to the bottom of this we are going to need to look at the different microSD standards, the different file systems supported by Android and by desktop OSes like Windows & OS X, plus we will need to take a peek into the murky world of patents.
microSD cards and the SD Association
Let's start with the basics. The standards for SD cards and microSD cards is defined by the SD Association. It was set up in 2000 by Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba to develop and promote memory card storage standards. Basically the SD Association makes sure all SD related technology (readers, cards etc) are compatible. At present there are three standards when it comes to the capacity of SD and microSD cards:
Type of card | Max Capacity | File System | Backwards Compatibility |
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SD | 2GB | FAT32 | SD |
SDHC | 32GB | FAT32 | SD, SDHC |
SDXC | 2TB | exFAT | SD, SDHC, SDXC |
So basically the original SD card standard supported cards up to 2GB. Then came SDHC which extended the capacity to 32GB and then more recently the SDXC standard was released to boost the capacity to 2TB. All the standards are backwards compatible, which means that a device with a SDXC support can use all three types of SD card, but a device with a SDHC support can only read SDHC and SD, but not SDXC.
When it comes to handsets you may have noticed that some OEMs will says something like this, 'expandable storage via microSD card up to 32GB.' what that probably means is that device has a SDHC compatible card reader. Technically any Android device which supports SDXC could advertise 'expandable storage via microSD card up to 2TB.' But because 2TB microSD cards don't exist (yet), most OEMs will say something like 'expandable storage via microSD card up to 128GB' where the '128GB' bit could be a different capacity depending on when the device was released and what is the highest current microSD capacity that is commercially available.
FAT32, exFAT and Microsoft
As well as defining the physical characteristics of the memory cards, the SD Association also recommends how data is stored on the cards. If you imagine that the SD card is a block of storage space, any device that wants to read a file from that block needs to know where the file starts on the block and where it ends. It needs to be able to find that data from the file name (actually the full path name) and it also needs to know some information about the file's permissions, etc. The way the files are organized on a storage device is controlled by the file system. There are lots of different file systems. On Windows you are probably using NTFS, on OS X it is HFS+ and on Linux most likely ext4.
Back in the late 1970s Microsoft produced its first version of a file system called FAT (File Allocation Table). It was originally developed for use on floppy disks, however over the years it has found its way onto hard disks, DVDs, USB flash drives and SD cards. It was the default file system for Windows until Windows XP. There have been several different variations of FAT (mainly based around the size of the table elements in the allocation table). These different variations are known by the number of bits that can be stored in each table location. The original FAT used 8 bit entries, and is today referred to as FAT8, then came FAT12, and with the inclusion of a hard disk in the IBM PC AT we got FAT16. For Windows 95 OSR2 Microsoft released FAT32.
The Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) file system is another Microsoft design.
As you can see from the table above, FAT32 is the recommended file system for SD and SDHC cards. However FAT32 does have some limitations including a maximum file size of 4GB. While the idea of a 4GB file was probably unimaginable to people installing Windows 95 (from floppy or 650MB CDROM), today recording high quality video can easily create a 4GB file. To overcome these limitations a new filesystem was adopted, exFAT.
The Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) file system is another Microsoft design, that was first introduced in 2006 as part of Windows CE 6.0. It allows for files that are larger that 4GB and it was adopted by the SD Card Association as the default file system for SDXC cards. For the testing section below I bought a 128GB microSD card from Kingston, and by default it was formatted using exFAT.
Since FAT32 and exFAT belong to Microsoft here we actually find how Microsoft is managing to make billions of dollars from Android. If an OEM wants to use FAT32 or exFAT it needs to pay a license fee to Microsoft. I am not one for conspiracy theories, but it is 'interesting' how the SD Association used exFAT for SDXC. FAT32 is possibly understandable, it was the dominant industry standard, but exFAT was not used by anyone other than Microsoft, then all of a sudden every smartphone OEM, digital camera maker, media player manufacturer might need to pay Microsoft a royalty to support SDXC and exFAT… hmmm…
Interestingly Windows won't format SD cards bigger than 32GB using FAT32. However it is possible using third party tools. If you try to format a 64GB (or larger) USB flash drive or SD card under Windows you will have to choose between NTFS and exFAT.
Adoptable storage
Since we are talking about microSD cards, it is worth mentioning adoptable storage. Once a microSD has been inserted into a smartphone, the question arises, how should Android use it? The simplest way is for the extra storage to be used for media like photos, music or videos, and treated in a similar way to a USB flash drive on Windows. The phone isn't dependent on the card in anyway and can operate with or without the card. This allows the user the freedom of taking out the card and using it on a PC, and then popping it back into the phone when needed.
However it would also be nice to have the option to use the extra storage as if it was internal storage and install apps on to it, plus store app data on it. This has been possible in the past with the various 'move to SD' mechanisms, however it has one major pitfall, security. If I move an app over to the SD card and start storing my personal private data on that card then I open myself up to data theft. If someone removes the SD card from your smartphone they only need to plug the card into a SD card reader on a PC or laptop to get access to your unencrypted data.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow introduced the idea of adopting external storage so that it acts like internal storage. When a microSD card is adopted, it is formatted and encrypted to only work with that device. Now you can safely store both apps and private data on the card. One interesting feature of adoptable storage is that it isn't limited to 2TB like SDXC, but can actually use media up to 9 Zettabytes… Now, where did I put that 9 Zettabyte microSD card, I know it is here somewhere!!!
Flash drives and USB OTG
Although we have been talking about SD cards, it is interesting to note that much of our discussion also applies to USB flash drives. Many Android devices can connect to USB flash drives via a microUSB to USB OTG adapter. Like SD cards, USB flash drives can be formatted as either (but not limited to) FAT32 or as exFAT. Also the restrictions about file size etc apply equally to FAT32 formatted USB flash drives.
As I mentioned earlier, Windows won't format large USB drives as FAT32, you need to pick exFAT, rather than NTFS, if you want to have any chance of the drive working with Android. Having said all that, my 128GB USB flash drive (from Lexar) came pre-formatted as FAT32, which means it wasn't formatted using the built-in Windows format tool!
Testing some devices
To test the support for FAT32, exFAT, and SDXC I got hold of a 128GB microSD card and a 128GB USB flash drive. Then I tried to use them on a variety of different devices from the Raspberry Pi to a Sony TV along with lots of Android devices. This is what I found out:
USB flash drive formatted exFAT
For this test and the next one, I took my 128GB USB flash drive, copied some files onto it and connected it to a selection of devices, using a OTG adapter when necessary (i.e. for the Android phones).
Doom 2016 dlc packs. Let's start with what didn't work. The Raspberry Pi running Linux won't read exFAT files and neither does a laptop running Linux. This is due to the licensing issues around exFAT, it belongs to Microsoft and while there are some open source exFAT drivers they aren't in the mainstream for legal reasons. However the exFAT formatted USB drive is recognized by Chrome OS running on my ARM based Samsung Chromebook. As you would expect Google and Microsoft have a wide ranging set of patent and cross licensing deals (which probably cover FAT32 and exFAT). They even recently agreed to stop complaining to the regulators about each other.
There were two other devices which I tried which didn't work with exFAT. One was my Sony Bravia (non-Android) TV and the other was a Motorola Moto G (2015) running CM 12. All the other devices I tested work fine including the Samsung Galaxy S7, Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Note Edge (AKA Note 4 Edge), Asus Zenfone 2, OPPO F1 Plus, and Huawei Mate 8.
USB flash drive formatted FAT32
I reformatted the USB drive as FAT32 (using a third party tool, as Windows won't do it) and tried it again on the devices that had problems with exFAT. The good news is that the Raspberry Pi and my laptop running Ubuntu were able to read the USB drive without any problem. Which is to be expected really. Also my Sony TV had no trouble with the FAT32 formatted USB drive. I did a quick couple of tests to make sure that some of the Android devices could still read the flash drive using an OTG cable, and they could. The only device that still didn't want to read the drive was the Moto G running CM 12.
microSD card formatted exFAT
For the next two tests I used a 128GB SDXC microSD card. For the first test it was formatted as exFAT. I copied over some files and then tested the card in a range of different devices. Starting with what didn't work, the SD card wasn't recognized by the Xiaomi RedMi Note 2, the ZTE Star 2 nor the Elephone P6000. The latter two are running Android 4.4. KitKat.
However the card worked perfectly on a bunch of other Android devices including the Huawei P9, the Samsung Galaxy S7, the Huawei Mate 8, the Galaxy Note Edge, the Moto G (2015) running CM 12, the ASUS Zenfone 2, the OPPO F1 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo, and my Samsung Chromebook.
microSD card formatted FAT32
I changed the format of the microSD to FAT32 and tried the devices that didn't previously recognize the card and the good news is that they worked! The Xiaomi RedMi Note 2, ZTE Star 2, and the Elephone P6000 all mounted the card and where able to read the files on it. As a side test, I reformatted the card again as exFAT an put it back into the Xiaomi RedMi Note 2. As before the card wasn't recognized, however there was a option to reformat it. When I did the RedMi Note 2 reformatted it as FAT32 and it worked!
I tried the FAT32 formatted card on a Raspberry Pi 3. The Pi was able to boot and install Raspbian (via NOOBS) from the card without any problems.
Wrap-up
So what does all this mean? Basically it seems that support for exFAT is the stumbling block for some devices. Imovie drag and drop. For a device to officially support large SDXC cards it must be capable of reading and writing to exFAT formatted media. During my tests I found several devices that don't support exFAT and so don't officially support SDXC cards over 32GB. However in every case where a device couldn't access the 128GB card with exFAT, I was able to reformat the card as FAT32 and it worked, even in phones that were 2 years old and running Android 4.4 KitKat.
Bottom line, if you have a microSD card slot in your phone it will probably work with large (>32GB) SDXC cards and if it doesn't then a quick reformat of the card to FAT32 will likely solve your problems. As for 2TB cards, when they do eventually come out, your phone should support those as well!
A lot of people on the WiiBrew forums and on the #wiihelp on EFnet IRC have reported problems using the Twilight Hack or loading Homebrew applications in the Homebrew Channel. These same people claim to have fixed their problems by using a different SD or SDHC card. The purpose of this page is to collect data about the SD or SDHC card you are using to determine which SD and SDHC cards cause problems and which don't.
- User: Input your username.
- Card Type: What type of card you are using.
- Card Size: What size your card is.
- Card Manufacturer: Who made your card.
- Twilight Hack: Yes or no, successful usage of Twilight Hack with this card.
- Homebrew Channel: Yes or no, successful usage of Homebrew via the Homebrew Channel using your card? (Not initially installing the channel, just using it once it has been installed)
You might try comparing the page for Mini at BootMii/SD Card Compatibility List
Note: SDHC cards do not work with the Twilight Hack, only the Homebrew Channel beta 9 or greater. MMC cards do not work in the Wii at all. Also try to follow the order when posting your test.
Note: If it does not work for you (especially with an SDHC card), please try again after reformatting on the Windows command line (Start > Run > cmd) using: format h: /fs:fat /a:4096
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User | Card Type | Card Size | Card Manufacturer | Twilight Hack | Homebrew Channel | Comments |
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Bwmdjeff | SDHC | 2gb | Toshiba | Not tested | Yes | Works exactly like it should |
Pixdoet | microSDHC in Kingston adapter | GB 004 | Adata | Not tested | Yes | Works fast. Scam warning took 31 seconds to load |
Stan-f | microSDHC Class 4 in SD Adapter | GB 008 | Kingston(Card and Adapters) | Not tested | Partial | |
HomerJC | SDHC | GB 3.72 | Sandisk | no | no | Doesnt work at all. And I checked the lock twice! |
LGDX_lepou | SDHC | GB 008 | CoreMicro | Not tested | Yes | Works fine. I didn't test the Twilight Hack but with Letterbomb it works perfectly. |
Stan-f | microSDHC Class 4 in USB Adapter | GB 008 | Kingston(Card and Adapters) | Not tested | Yes | Slows down when charging apps |
Error | MicroSD in SD Adapter | GB 002 | Kingston(Card and Adapter) | Not tested | Yes | |
arn` | SD Class 2 | GB 001 | Panasonic | Yes | Yes | Tested with HBC 1.0.3 |
Pishta68 | SD | MB 512 | PNY | Yes | Yes | Tested with HB browser |
arn`/Sakisds | SD | GB 002 | Transcend | Yes | Yes | Works perfectly(tested with all hbc versions and with a lot of apps). |
code2lfe14 | SD | GB 004 | Hp | no | Yes | Works perfectly(Tested with HBC from 1.0.1 to 1.1.0 versions and with a lot of apps)HackMii Installer, HomeBrew Browser, DVDX and DVDX v2. |
Kakkoii | SDHC Class 4 | GB 004 | Duracell | Yes | Yes | But apps in HBC such as HBB and Wad Manager cannot read the SDHC card. This is very odd, since everything else on the Wii can. |
hykosphy / lego6245 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 008 | Kingston | Not tested | Yes | Works with HBC 1.0.3 and earlier |
Jservs7 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 008 | Transcend | Not tested | Yes | |
AntFucker | SD HighSpeed 60x | GB 002 | TakeMS | Yes | Yes | |
neit_jnf | SDHC Class 6 | GB 032 | Topram | No | Yes | |
neit_jnf | SDHC Class 6 | GB 008 | Transcend | No | Yes | |
neit_jnf | SD | GB 002 | Wphoto (Walgreens) | Not tested | Yes | |
SpanishFly | SD Class 4 | GB 002 | Panasonic | Yes | Yes | |
SpanishFly | SDHC Class 6 (133x) | GB 004 | Sandisk | Not tested | Yes | |
baffle-boy | Micro SDHC | GB 004 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | |
Justing6 | SD | GB 002 | Patriot | Yes | Yes | |
Ron/Sakisds | Ultra II SD Plus | GB 001 | SanDisk | Yes | Yes | Tested with HBC from 1.0.0 to 1.0.6. USB Stick also works. |
Ron | SD | GB 002 | SanDisk/Nintendo | Yes | Yes | Tested with HBC 1.0.5 and 1.0.6 |
Vortex099 | SD | GB 002 | SanDisk/Nintendo | Yes | Yes | |
MadCatMk2 | SD | MB 512 | ExtreMEmory ('Allaround') | Not tested | Yes | |
Drugold | Micro SD (with SD Adapter) [FAT16/32] | GB 002 | Transcend | Yes | Yes | |
Drugold | SD (133x) [FAT32] | GB 004 | Transcend | No | Yes | |
CashMan | SD | GB 002 | Toshiba | Yes | Yes | |
Clorox | SD | MB 256 | Nintendo (I think) | Yes | Yes | |
Arikado | SD | GB 002 | SanDisk | Yes | Yes | |
Flark | SD | GB 001 | Kingston | Yes | Yes | |
Octoroks | SD | GB 001 | Dane-Elec | Yes | Yes | |
Baffle-boy | SD | GB 002 | Dane-Elec | Not tested | No | Wasn't recognized by anything on the Wii. |
Pinball Wizard | SD | MB 512 | SanDisk | Yes | Yes | |
Pinball Wizard | SD | GB 001 | SanDisk | Yes | Yes | |
Rldowling03 | SD | GB 002 | DSE | Yes | Yes | |
Arzuk | SD | GB 002 | Lexar | Yes | Yes | |
Jesse | SD | GB 002 | Lexar (Multi-Use) | No | No | Model # LSD2GBASBWMC Rev B - Cannot be read by Wii at all in FAT16 or FAT32 |
Jesse | SD | GB 002 | HP | Not tested | Yes | Model # L1877A#707-EF |
Wiiboy59 | SD | GB 002 | Lexar SD Gaming Edition | Not tested | Yes | |
Notsogr8one | SD | GB 002 | Kingston | Yes | Yes | |
Duhow | SD | MB 128 | Kingston | Yes | Yes | |
Ninjafish1990 | SD | GB 002 | SanDisk | Yes | Yes | Tested with HBC 1.0.1 to 1.0.3 |
Ninjafish1990 | SD | GB 002 | Toshiba | Yes | Yes | Tested with HBC 1.0.1 to 1.0.3 |
Ninjafish1990 | Micro SDHC Class4 (with SD Adapter) | GB 004 | Kingston | Yes | Yes | Tested with HBC 1.0.1 to 1.0.3 |
bg4m3r | SD | MB 256 | Kodak | Yes | Yes | |
bg4m3r | SD | GB 002 | Lexar | Yes | Yes | |
Whodares | SD | GB 001 | EMTEC | Yes | Yes | |
Wiiboy59 | SD | GB 002 | EMTEC | Not tested | No | Wii doesn't show any content even though files are shown on the PC. Other SD cards work though. |
Whodares | SD | GB 002 | OCZ | Yes | Yes | |
DragonQ | SD Hi-Speed 150x | GB 002 | OCZ | Yes | Yes | Tested with HBC 1.0.6, HackMii Installer v0.6, HomeBrew Browser 0.3.8, DVDX v2 |
Yossi | SD | GB 002 | Kingston | Yes | Yes | |
DrLucky | SD | GB 002 | PNY | Yes | Yes | |
Drugold | SDHC Class 6 [FAT32] | GB 016 | Transcend | No | Yes | |
Gerome | SDHC Class 6 [FAT32] | GB 016 | Transcend | No | Yes | |
BlueDragon | SDHC | GB 004 | Toshiba | Not tested | Yes | |
JP | SD | GB 004 | Transcend | Yes | Yes | |
Notsogr8one | SDHC Class 4 | GB 004 | PNY | Not tested | Yes | |
Yossi | SD | MB 512 | Connect 3D | Not tested | Yes | |
Arzuk | SDHC | GB 004 | Lexar | Not tested | Yes | |
Yossi | Micro SD (with SD adapter) | GB 002 | Kingston | Not tested | Yes | |
Yossi | Micro SD (with SD adapter) | GB 002 | Patriot | Not tested | Yes | |
JerryX | Power Saves SD Card | MB 512 | Datel | Yes | Yes | BootMii loads extraordinarily slow compared to other cards. |
Clorox | Micro SD (with SD Adapter) | GB 002 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | |
KnoWei | SD | GB 001 | Datel 'MAX Memory' | Yes | Yes | |
NSSVelocity | SD | MB 512 | Impact | Yes | Yes | |
NSSVelocity | SD | GB 002 | Kodak | Not tested | Yes | |
NSSVelocity | SDHC Class 4 | GB 016 | Kodak | No | No | |
teknecal | Micro SD (with SD Adapter) | MB 064 | SanDisk | Yes | Yes | |
lanjoe9 | SDHC (133x) | GB 004 | Zap Glider | Not tested | Yes | |
lanjoe9 | SD (66x) | GB 002 | Zap Glider | Yes | Yes | |
ML™ | SD (66x) | GB 002 | EMTEC | Yes | Yes | |
malexous | Micro SD (with SD Adapter) | GB 002 | SanDisk | Yes | Yes | |
denper | SDHC Class 2 | GB 004 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | |
OneUp | SDHC Class 2 | GB 008 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | |
Starsplash | Micro SD (with SD Adapter) | GB 002 | I-O DATA | Yes | Yes | |
Starsplash | SDHC Class 6 | GB 016 | PQI | Not tested | Yes | |
Digdug | Mini SD (with SD Adapter) | MB 512 | Kingston | Yes | Yes | |
Digdug | Micro SD (with SD Adapter) | GB 002 | Kingston | Yes | Yes | |
Starsplash | SD Class 4 | GB 002 | Hagiwara Sys-Com | Yes | Yes | |
Starsplash | Micro SDHC Class 2 | GB 008 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | |
böllö | SD | MB 016 | Panasonic | Yes | No | |
WiiCracker | SD | GB 002 | Ricoh | Yes | Yes | |
Starsplash | SDHC Class 6 | GB 004 | A-DATA | No | Yes | |
Sunmight | SDHC Class 6 | GB 008 | A-DATA | Not tested | Yes | |
frozzted | SDHC Class 6 | GB 002 | ATP | Yes | Yes | |
Gumble | SDHC Class 4 | GB 008 | Kingston | Not tested | No | |
Xjph | SDHC Class 4 | GB 016 | Kingston | Not tested | Yes | |
Chizad | SDHC 2.0 | GB 016 | PQI | Not tested | No | |
Brx017 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 008 | Patriot | No | No | |
denper | SDHC Class 4 | GB 004 | Dikom | Not tested | No | |
HelpMii | Micro SD (with SD Adapter) | GB 001 | Kingston | No | No | |
yoshicircuit | SDHC Class 6 | GB 004 | Verbatim | Not tested | No | |
mushroom | SD | MB 128 | Jessops | No | No | |
Q_Kid | SDHC (Fat32) | GB 004 | Presidents Choice | Not tested | No | |
Q_Kid | SD (Fat32) | GB 002 | DaneElec | Yes | Yes | |
WiiPower | Micro SDHC class4 (with SD Adapter) made in Taiwan | GB 004 | Kingston | Not tested | Yes | |
Kkh3049 | Micro SDHC C04G (Japan) (with SD Adapter) [FAT16/32] | GB 004 | Kingston | Not tested | No | |
Rambytes | Micro SDHC class4 (with SD Adapter) [FAT16/32] | GB 004 | Kingston | Not tested | No | |
Rambytes | Micro SD class2 (with SD Adapter) [FAT16/32] | GB 002 | Kingston | yes | yes | |
MiniMii | Optima HD SDHC class4 [FAT] | GB 016 | PNY | Not tested | No | |
jimitha | SDC-32M [FAT16, see below] | MB 032 | Canon | Yes | Yes | See notes below |
coreduo0099 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 016 | PQI | Not tested | No | See notes below |
coreduo0099 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 008 | A-Data | No | Yes | |
coreduo0099 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 016 | A-Data | Not tested | Yes | DEC 18 2009: Second confirmation by mia1dolfan. Fully functional, thanks coreduo0099!! [Google Product Search] |
n2kra | Micro SDHC Class 4 (with Adapter) | GB 004 | PNY | Not tested | No | See Wii SDMenu note |
fallen101 | Micro SDHC Class 4 | GB 008 | PNY | Not tested | Yes | |
Lakitu | SD | GB 002 | First Champion | Not tested | Yes | |
Wolfdre | SDHC class 4 platinum II 60x | GB 016 | Lexar | Not tested | Works with 4.0 SD menu and HBC 1.0.3 | |
ej | SD | GB 002 | Maxell | Yes | Yes | |
Alexanderpas | SD (with 'Official Nintendo Seal') | GB 002 | SanDisk | Yes | Yes | |
Appitizer | SD | MB 512 | A-DATA | Yes | Yes | |
norac_egres | SDHC Ultra II class 2 [FAT32] | GB 016 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | |
MiniMii | Kodak SDHC (SanDisk?) | GB 004 | Kodak | Not tested | Yes | |
brass | SDHC Class 4 | GB 004 | Kingston | Not tested | No | |
Xeiden | SDHC Class 4 | GB 004 | Kingston | Not tested | Yes | But only before first app run |
NintendoManiac64 | SDHC Class 4 | GB 004 | Kingston | Not tested | No (see note) | Yet BootMii's SD file browser works (though bootmii itself cannot boot from the card) |
Wiiguy | SD (with 'Official Nintendo Seal') | GB 002 | SanDisk | No | Yes | |
Wiill | SD | GB 002 | SanDisk | Yes | Yes | |
Sam6226 | SD | MB 512 | Lexar | Yes | Yes | |
Extrems | SD | GB 002 | Kingston | Yes | Yes | |
Extrems | SD | GB 002 | Lexar | Yes | Yes | |
TheStorm | SDHC Class 4 | GB 008 | Toshiba | Not tested | Partial | No apps which use libfat work |
SquidMan | SD with USB Connector | GB 002 | ATTiA Tech | Yes | Yes | |
ghee22 | Micro SD (with SD Adapter) [FAT32] | GB 004 | Dane-Elec | No | No | |
malexous | SD | MB 016 | Panasonic | Not tested | Yes | böllö reports that Panasonic 16MB does not work with the Homebrew Channel but my card does |
Chainsawkitten | MicroSD with SD adapter | GB 001 | Transcend | Not tested | Yes | |
LightInDark | SDHC (Class 6) | GB 008 | Integral | Not tested | Yes | Card reads, can be used for installs and apps. But sometimes the Wii/HMC will loose the card and un-mount it when loading some apps such as Supersonic Wii |
Khaledh | SD | GB 002 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | |
Weebat | SDHC (Class 4) | GB 004 | Panasonic | Not tested | Yes | Tested with HBC 1.0.6. Most apps (such as HBB, MPlayer) can not access SD-Card. Exception: GeeXboX 0.1alpha7 works without problems. |
ummwat | SDHC Class 4 | GB 008 | Panasonic | Not tested | Yes | Wii Family Edition; HBC 1.1.0; System Menu 4.3U; LetterBomb. All apps tested so far work. |
DarthRiko | Optima HD SDHC class4 | GB 008 | PNY | Not tested | No | |
dag | Dane-Elec SDHC class4 | GB 016 | Dane-Elec | Not tested | Yes | Only worked after reformatting on Windows command line using: format h: /fs:fat /a:4096 |
mia1dolfan | Kingston SDHC class4 | GB 032 | Kingston | Not tested | Partial | Homebrew Channel 1.0.6 starts apps off card, but applications unable to mount SD:/ - such as Homebrew Browser (FAT16 4096 sector size trick did not work) - DEC 12 09 |
User:Filgoto | Kingston SDHC class4 | GB 016 | Kingston | Not tested | Partial | Homebrew Channel 1.0.6 starts apps off card, but they are not able to mount SD:/ for example Homebrew Browser, Wad Manager 1.5 (FAT16 4096 sector size trick did not work) |
mia1dolfan | SanDisk Extreme III SDHC | GB 004 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | |
Dragonsss | OCZ SDHC Class 6 | GB 004 | OCZ | Not tested | Partial | Cannot run any apps |
trymion | MicroSD in SD Adapter | GB 001 | Kingston/Japan (Both SD and Adapter) | Not tested | Yes | |
Ratty | MicroSD in SD Adapter | GB 001 | Sandisk | Not tested | Yes | |
Legacy | Ultra SDHC Class 4 (100x) | GB 004 | Sandisk | Not tested | Yes | |
AaronMosh7 | SDHC Memory Card | GB 008 | Toshiba | Not tested | Partial | Sometimes it shows up and sometimes it doesn't show up on the homebrew channel. |
hizzle | SDHC Ultra Class 4 | GB 008 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | 2010-01-23 Confirmed and working with homebrew channel, downloaded apps and emulators. |
howieu | SDHC Memory Card | GB 032 | Microcenter | Not tested | Yes | Works fine. Some games (Rick Dangerous) only black screen. Hard to know. |
howieu | SDHC Memory Card | GB 016 | Kingston | Not tested | Not Really | Worked, but then gave some strange errors. Had to turn off Wii and turn back on. Then same situation occurred again |
wiihelper | MicroSD in SD Adapter | GB 002 | Centon | Not tested | Yes | It works perfectly fine with a normal FAT format. Sometimes the Homebrew Apps will stay black screen and you'd have to restart. |
jiangyan86 | SDHC | GB 008 | Kingston | Not tested | No | 4.0U |
earthbound22 | SD Memory card | GB 002 | Kodak | No | No | Shows nothing at all on either |
Nameguy | MicroSDHC in SD Adapter | GB 016 | Lexar | Not tested | Yes | It seems that BootMii and the Homebrew Browser cannot mount to the disk. It may be because (but is VERY unlikely that) the lock button is always being pushed to LOCKED when put in some devices. Also, Gecko OS does not load cheats (but this may not be because of the disk, as there are other cases of this). |
Lunakoa | SDHC C6 | GB 004 | Crucial | Not tested | No | Homebrew recognizes and launches Apps, but those apps will not see the SD card. Apps like Homebrew Browser, Multi-Mod Manager, and MPlayer do not work. You can use this to launch bootmii, priloader or Banner Bomb, those work. |
mdbrim | SDHC Class 4 | GB 016 | Toshiba | Not tested | Partial | Some apps work, others do not. (libfat worked on some, didn't on others) could not mount in some cases. Even after the format h: /fs:fat /a:4096 it still didn't. |
mdbrim | SDHC Class 2 | GB 016 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | worked great even without a format. (note this is the non Ultra II (which also works) (see above)) |
jrash06 | Micro SDHC | GB 004 | Kingmax | Not tested | Yes | |
kraylord | SD (HyperSpeed 133x) | GB 004 | takeMS | Not tested | Yes | Works fine. Article number: MS4096SDC-SD4 |
Paco103 | SD | GB 001 | Lexar | Yes | Yes | Works fine. Installed Homebrew with Indiana Pwns |
Iced | MicroSD C01G (Japan) (with SD Adapter) [FAT32] | GB 001 | Kingston (Card and Adapter) | Not tested | Yes | Homebrew, BootMii and a number of Apps work. Used for all steps of softmod including NAND backup on a 4.0U |
Rasori | Extreme SDHC (Class 10) UHS 1 | GB 032 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | HBC, BootMii work, no problems with Apps so far. Recognized at boot. |
JustinPayne | SDHC Class 10 (SP032GBSDH010V10) | GB 032 | Silicon Power | Not tested | Yes | Came formatted. Originally installed Homebrew using letterbomb on a Patriot 2 gig SD. Moved existing files over to 32GB card. Homebrew reported an update. After updating there were no issues. Ran some apps as well as Scumm. All seems fine. |
Mikha | SDHC Class 4 | GB 016 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | Tried to run various games from the card. All seems like it would read from it, and save back to it through apps. Only thing is that a N64 VC game would get TO the card, but not back again. But Seems fine though. |
C-TR | microSDHC in SD Adapter (Class 4) made in China | GB 008 | Kingston | Not tested | Yes | Works fine |
Purplewowies | Sandisk microSDHC in Sandisk adapter | GB 008 | SanDisk | Not tested | No | Would not do Letterbomb (had to use microSD in same adapter), and would not do anything in Homebrew Channel |
Clefairy | microSDHC in SD adapter (Class 10) UHS-I | GB 016 | A-DATA | Not tested | Yes | Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii work, no problems with any apps. |
Clefairy | microSDHC in SD adapter (Class 10) UHS-I | GB 016 | A-DATA | Not tested | Yes | Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii work, no problems with any apps. |
xobyot | SD Optima SD-M02G | GB 002 | PNY | Not tested | Yes | No Problems, System Menu 4.3 - LetterBomb, Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii, tested many apps |
xobyot | SDHC Class 6 SD6/4GB | GB 004 | Kingston | Not tested | Yes | No Problems, System Menu 4.3 - LetterBomb, Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii, tested many apps |
xobyot | SDHC Ultra 30MB/s Class 6 SDSDH-016G | GB 016 | SanDisk | Not tested | Yes | No Problems, System Menu 4.3 - LetterBomb, Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii, tested many apps |
seandgibbonsy | SDHC Platinum II 45MB/s Class 10 | GB 008 | Lexar | Not tested | Yes | No Problems, System Menu 4.3 - LetterBomb, Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii, tested many apps |
MegaSuperab | MicroSDHC in SD adapter (Class 4) | GB 016 | Kingston | Not tested | No | Hombrew tested on vWii using SmashStack |
jous | microSDHC in SD Adapter (Class 10) | GB 016 | Samsung evo | Not tested | Yes | HBC Browser working. Wiixplorer starts, but does not find sd card. Other apps work fine. |
Jasjar | Sandisk Ultra SDXC UHS-I | GB 064 | Sandisk Ultra | Not tested | Yes | Works fine with Homebrew Channel. Nintendont works 100%. |
takerukoushirou | SDHC Card 4GB Class 6 | GB 004 | entryx | Not tested | Yes | Homebrew Channel, System Menu 4.3 and apps work perfectly fine. BootMii hangs during boot, but runs fine under HBC. |
takerukoushirou | microSDHC 32GB Class 10 in SD adapter | GB 032 | Kingston (card and adapter) | Not tested | Yes | Works fine with System Menu 4.3 and Homebrew Channel. BootMii boots without issues. |
MtheInsomniac | SDHC | GB 032 | Toshiba | Not tested | Yes | h: /fs:fat /a:4096 does not complete, used typical formatting. Homebrew Channel via Letterbomb works perfectly on Wii 4.3. Tested GCMM & FSToolbox0.3. Was able to backup all saves with GCMM, the latter does not boot. |
DimensionPizza | microSDHC UHS-1 32GB SD and adapter | GB 032 | Sandisk (card and adapter) | Not tested | Yes | Works fine with System Menu 4.3 and Homebrew Channel (test on vWii). |
tkrn | SDHC Class 4 | GB 004 | Fujifilm | Not tested | Yes | Works fine with System Menu 4.3 and Homebrew Channel. |
CommodoreCrunch | SDXC Class 3 | GB 256 | PNY | Not tested | Yes | I wasn't expecting a card this high capacity to work. BootMii, HBC, and any apps I try seem fine. |
JoHNNy352 | SDHC Class 10 | GB 032 | Walmart onn. | Not tested | Yes | I did not see the command provided above when I started, so I had to use this article to set it up as FAT16. You should set it up as 4 GB, but you can use 32 GB (FAT32) when everything's set up. You can get a Class 10, 16 GB onn. SD card for just $5.74, so I highly reccommend this card. |
GalaxyJiggy | SDXC Class 3 | GB 128 | Samsung | Not tested | Yes |
- Note on SDC-32M: The 32MB card that came with my camera worked fine--but only after correctly reformatting. The original, failing format was FAT12. Reformatting with the 'official' program failed too (result was also FAT12). But formatting FAT16 from the Windows command line worked, and both the Twilight Hack and HBC loaded up:
Command For Linux Users:
- Note on PQI 16GB Class 6: formatted using [Panasonic Formatter] with size adjust and it worked for the Wii SD menu, but not for HBC. Without [Panasonic Formatter], did not work for either.