My only reason going back to iPhone

[Yongjin Lee]

I do live events very often and I usually use my cell phone to record them.
I need about an hour to an hour and a half to record continuously but Android phones seem to have this 4 GB limitation when it comes to recording.

Is there any way to get around this?
I really love this phone but I will have to go back to using iPhone if this is a permanent issue...

 

[vasekvi]

I do live events very often and I usually use my cell phone to record them.
I need about an hour to an hour and a half to record continuously but Android phones seem to have this 4 GB limitation when it comes to recording.

Is there any way to get around this?
I really love this phone but I will have to go back to using iPhone if this is a permanent issue...

Perhaps an alternate camera app?

 

[eshropshire]

Perhaps an alternate camera app?

I believe the 4 file limitation is due to the Android file system

 

[Yongjin Lee]

Perhaps an alternate camera app?

Hello, vasekvi.
I have tried other camera apps and they did not work or recording sound sounds horrible...

 

[Yongjin Lee]

I believe the 4 file limitation is due to the Android file system

Yes I assume so..

 

[vasekvi]

I did a Google search and it seems like there may be a workaround for the file size limit if you use SD card

 

[Yongjin Lee]

I did a Google search and it seems like there may be a workaround for the file size limit if you use SD card

I've tried.
My storage option is set to external and my SD card is formatted exFAT.

Still don't work

 

[vasekvi]

Do you have your phone in a tripod recording for these extended periods of time?

 

[chanchan05]

The problem when storing is that exFAT itself is limited to 4GB file sizes on creation of the file. It doesn't matter if its a video or a photoshop file or whatever. Other than just splicing together the videos using video editing software on a PC, no idea.

 

[Rukbat]

Format an SD card as ext4 and there won't be any size limitation, except the size of the card.

 

[Yongjin Lee]

Do you have your phone in a tripod recording for these extended periods of time?

Yes I do

 

[vasekvi]

Your needs are somewhat unique apparently. Perhaps a digital camera would suit your needs?

 

[Yongjin Lee]

Format an SD card as ext4 and there won't be any size limitation, except the size of the card.

Hi Rukbat,
I tried formatting as ext4 as you suggested.

My phone recognized my sd card as corrupted and says that it cannot be used.

Thanks for the idea though I really appreciate it.

I'm kind of desperate here.

 

[Golfdriver97]

How old is the card?

 

[Yongjin Lee]

How old is the card?

My SD card?
I just bought them from Amazon when I got the phone.
So about few months in my possession.. don't know exact manufacture date...

 

[Golfdriver97]

My SD card?
I just bought them from Amazon when I got the phone.
So about few months in my possession.. don't know exact manufacture date...

Ok. So age should in theory not be an issue. Some people reuse older cards, and I was thinking that may be the case here. If it is that new, I would ask the manufacturer if it is still under warranty. It never hurts to ask.

 

[Yongjin Lee]

Ok. So age should in theory not be an issue. Some people reuse older cards, and I was thinking that may be the case here. If it is that new, I would ask the manufacturer if it is still under warranty. It never hurts to ask.

Are you suggesting there is something wrong with my sd card?
I've tried a couple of other sd cards with the same outcome.

 

[Golfdriver97]

Are you suggesting there is something wrong with my sd card?
I've tried a couple of other sd cards with the same outcome.

I tried looking through the thread and could not find this reply, but did you try to reformat the card in the phone?

 

[Yongjin Lee]

I tried looking through the thread and could not find this reply, but did you try to reformat the card in the phone?

Yes I have.
defaul is exFAT and formatted as ext4 as suggested and re-formatted to exFAT

 

[Golfdriver97]

Aside from testing all your other cards to make sure the one isn't defective in some way, I'm not sure what to suggest. I guess the SD reader in the device could be faulty.