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SteveDi
Newbie

Re: Roku Ultra 4, can't format new microSD card

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Thanks for this, just tried inserting after boot up and it worked perfectly! Brand new 32gb class 10 card, was not recognized at all when installed while the Roku was unplugged. You’re right, this should be included in Roku’s instructions or FAQ document.

mce3
Newbie

Re: Roku Ultra 4, can't format new microSD card

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I had the same microsd card recognition issues.  Did all the same troubleshooting.  Never got the popup Roku microsd message until I did the slow Win10 format and then inserted the microsd card into my 4630X while it was powered up.  Roku then recognized,  formatted and accepted the card.  Roku now seems to switch faster between channels.  I will monitor this awhile before I change to a different streaming device.

Thanks HamburgerHelper for the detailed post.  

WDee
Channel Surfer

Re: Roku Ultra 4, can't format new microSD card

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Or Roku could try making decent products.  Cheers.

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liljonny
Reel Rookie

Re: Roku Ultra 4, can't format new microSD card

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Zaap
Reel Rookie

Re: Roku Ultra 4, can't format new microSD card

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I had this same issue recently. Dusted off the old Roku 4 for new projector. I was too lazy to find a card reader for my PC so I wondered would a MacBook work. Formatted my SanDisk 32Gb with MSDOS on the MacBook... regular not 'slow' so it took a couple seconds. Popped it in the Roku and it formatted fine! So people may want to try a fast format first and if it doesn't work then the slow. 

andyross
Roku Guru

Re: Roku Ultra 4, can't format new microSD card

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What format the SD card in before is not important. As long as the Roku doesn't recognize it, it will ask to format it.

For DOS/Windows, a fast format simply creates the directories and other info. A "slow" format will also read the entire card to look for any bad spots to mark as unusable. That is why the Roku format can take a long time.

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skier05
Newbie

Re: Roku Ultra 4, can't format new microSD card

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I did the slow format with my laptop and it still doesn't work . 

tricknology
Channel Surfer

Re: Roku Ultra 4, can't format new microSD card

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This method did not work for me.

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Zaap
Reel Rookie

Re: Roku Ultra 4, can't format new microSD card

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@andyross wrote:

What format the SD card in before is not important. As long as the Roku doesn't recognize it, it will ask to format it.

What does this even mean? If it didn't matter how the card was formatted by another device, then no one here would be talking about using the slow format option vs fast. 


 

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MATT20
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Re: Roku Ultra 4, can't format new microSD card

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Thank you.

I had the same problems here with a locked up box after inserting a new PNY 32g/b (name brand) 

sd card in the micro sd port.  Upon insertion WITH the box powered up and set to

"settings' mode, the sd card was immediately recognized an formatted in about 4 minutes.

After that, the settings function automatically took over and 'updated' the channels to the new sd card.

done.

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