Friday, 18 May 2012

Samsung Galaxy S3: User manual causes exFAT consternation, we have an update!

The recent release of the User Manual for the S3 has caused a bit of a stir for those looking forward to the exFAT support we reported is native to the S3. It states there is support only for Fat32 formatted cards up to a maximum size of 32GB, which is obviously counter to what our research found, and even contradicts Samsung's own official launch announcement where they specifically mention support for cards up to 64GB in size.

If the presence of an official Samsung document excluding exFAT support has set your teeth on edge, we have some good news.

You see, I'm in touch via Twitter with @Amon_Ra - known Android developer and all around good guy (follow him now!), and he has actually had an S3 in his possession since last week for testing
purposes. I asked him to test exFAT support for me, and this was his reply:

@NZtechfreak I formatted an 8Gb microsd to exFAT using Windows 7. It works without issues in the S3.

So there you have it, actual user confirmation that exFAT works natively on the S3. You can relax now on that count. Now all you have to worry about is the million other questions you have about the S3, and the interminable wait for it's release...
Posted by NZtechfreak at 12:52
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7 comments:

  1. iTK19 May 2012 at 12:14

    thanks, always enjoy reading your blog,
    if you will review it i'll have only 2 questions
    - multi-tasking, is it like htc one x or sgs2
    - does it support usb host "api", and i dont mean usb sticks, gamepad, mouse ect.

    kind regads

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    1. NZtechfreak19 May 2012 at 12:16

      Hi there!

      Certainly will look at these things. Going off the Note and S2 ICS builds the multitasking should be like stock Android, rather than the One X implementation. Know what you mean about api, will certainly report that (likely Chainfire will tell us first). In fact I think we virtually say that it does already, since XDA members have already used Chainfires DSLR controller with it.

      Can tell you about multitasking later today, since in an hour or so I will have an S3 in my hands!

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    2. iTK19 May 2012 at 15:43

      cool, congrats on your new galaxy :)
      i will order mine when the 64gb version will be out

      i asked about the multi tasking because every reviewer missed the htc one x "Tweak" lol

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  4. Anonymous1 June 2012 at 13:12

    I plan to get the S3 in the coming weeks (upgrading from iPhone 4 - woop woop!) and am just gathering info for the swith-over. I was thinking of getting a samsung 32GB class 10 card for £20-25 (amazon). But having seen this I am now confused (sorry a little new to this stuff).
    So if I get this, then would I then have to use W7 to format it and make sure it's exFAT not FAT32? And using this, will it affect the warrenty? As it seems a little unclear whether Samsung say it can be used (though their website states 64GB cards work). Thanks.

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