User's Guide

how to use a micro sd card

HOW TO USE A MICRO SD CARD

SD Cards are small memory cards that you can read, write, and delete data on. They are

available in three sizes: standard SD, mini SD, and micro SD (or microSD). SHIELD portable

has a slot on the back of the device for a microSD card. The card can be loaded with music,

pictures, and videos as well as game and app files to free-up space on the SHIELD portable

internal storage drive.

Preparing The SD Card

• 32GB (or less) microSD cards - SHIELD portable supports FAT32 data format. Most

microSD cards that are 32 GB or less are already formatted as FAT32. If the memory

card is not formatted, format to FAT32, using your PC or Mac computer.

• 64GB (or higher) microSD cards - Android does not support the exFAT file system out-

of-the-box. Because the standard FAT32 file system does NOT support partitions greater

than 32 GB by default, 64 GB cards come pre-formatted as exFAT. If you want to use a

64 GB microSD with SHIELD portable, it has to be converted to a file system format that

is supported by stock Android, which in this case is NTFS. Format the 64 GB microSD

card to NTFS using your PC or Mac computer.