Just a word of caution for those of you who may be considering swapping the stock GSIII ROM for a recent CM10 build: you may have trouble with your removeable SD card afterwards. Specifically, as I've read in posts elsewhere, CM10 currently only supports FAT32 formatting, not the exFAT format used for larger SD cards (like my 64 GB microSDHC card). As a result, after installing CM10 and booting your GSIII, you may get an error message that says your card cannot be read and needs to be formatted. Worse still, you might get the same error message if you pop the card and put it into your computer to check it out.
DO NOT REFORMAT IT UNLESS YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY BACKED UP ITS DATA. YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING ON IT, AND IT ISN'T NECESSARY TO DO SO.
Instead, you can follow the instructions in the above-linked post, or (if you're running a Windows machine) launch a command prompt (by running CMD), and use the good old DOS CHKDSK utility to fix the file system. For example, if your computer shows the "unreadable" SD card as drive letter F:, launch the command prompt and type:
The "/r" option tells Windows to repair any errors it finds. It may or may not be necessary, and you may or may not see the process end. In my case, after CHKDSK appeared to freeze, I closed the window and checked Windows Explorer. Sure enough, my microSDHC card was fully readable, with its files intact. *Whew.* Even better, once I restored my GSIII to the stock ROM, the fixed card worked fine.
Hope this helps. {Jonathan}
DO NOT REFORMAT IT UNLESS YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY BACKED UP ITS DATA. YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING ON IT, AND IT ISN'T NECESSARY TO DO SO.
Instead, you can follow the instructions in the above-linked post, or (if you're running a Windows machine) launch a command prompt (by running CMD), and use the good old DOS CHKDSK utility to fix the file system. For example, if your computer shows the "unreadable" SD card as drive letter F:, launch the command prompt and type:
The "/r" option tells Windows to repair any errors it finds. It may or may not be necessary, and you may or may not see the process end. In my case, after CHKDSK appeared to freeze, I closed the window and checked Windows Explorer. Sure enough, my microSDHC card was fully readable, with its files intact. *Whew.* Even better, once I restored my GSIII to the stock ROM, the fixed card worked fine.
Hope this helps. {Jonathan}
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