Roku Device Features, Settings & Updates

[wayBack]

I am following the guidelines in this link:

https://support.roku.com/article/208756158 

Trying to install a SanDisk Ultra microSDHC UHS-I 16gb card.  

The format option never shows up on the Roku home page.  I can put this card into my computer and reformat it and use it fine.  Please advise on how to resolve. 

[Sheenders]

I am having the same issue using a SanDisk 32G microsd.  Roku 3 doesn't recognize the disk.  I have formatted the disk on my computer but the disk is not recognized by my Roku 3.  Any advice would be helpful.  Thanks.  Sheenders

[wayBack]

Roku eventually sent me an email stating, "We apologize, that we did not mention in the earlier mail. But Roku will support 2 GB or 4 GB storage capacity."

I bought a 2 GB (from Roku as they had the best price) and it worked. 

[buythecee]

I'm glad Roku finally mentioned to someone that it was a size limit - thanks for the post!  It would be nice if they updated their website as a requirement.  I just discovered you could use any size card over 4GB, if you can't find a MicroSD card that size anymore, or if you already purchased a larger one: 

Delete the existing partition on the MicroSD card and recreate only one partition that's 4GB (4096MB) in size. 

I left the volume label blank, left segment size to default, and drive letter doesn't matter.  On Windows 10, you can find this utility by right-clicking on the start button, and selecting Disk Management.  Caution! make sure you don't reformat the wrong media, like your C: drive :-)

Afterwards, insert the card into Roku, and select system restart.  It worked for me, hopefully for you as well.  

[buythecee]

Also forgot to mention, use FAT32 for the File System type.  Good luck!

[NoWeb]

I am having the same problem. I have a new 16 GB micro SD from SanDisk. I've tried changing the partition size to 4 and even 2 GB, formatted as FAT32, but my Roku 3 still does not recognize the SD. I am about to give up on this.

[Android8675]

Interesting. I wonder if FAT32 is the only requirement? Windows 10 won't format FAT32 beyond 4gb, but there are other FAT32 formatters that let you format beyond 4gb with larger "allocation units". I guess if Roku can handle these larger allocation units there may be no reason you couldn't take advantage of MicroSD cards larger than 4gb.

/shrug. Something to play with tonight.