Hacking 128 gig To 256 gigs SD2Vita Upgrade ....

[SuperDan]

Well as you can read im planning to upgrade my SD Card to 256 gigs >> Mostly for PSP games as i really have all the Vita Ones Already ( I had Vita since day one .. played everything ) ...
For the most part ive been using my Vita for Moonlight i enjoy playing my PC Games ,,,, on my handheld while the kids play PS4 in our living room ...
Anyways
is there a basic guide for me to upgrade & did they ever get passed the 500 Bubble limit ? yet ..... any help would be great TY Dan~~!~~

 

[lamvuong]

The bubble limit is still there, you just need to format with the zzblank.img and then format it as per normal with exfat. When that is done just copy the content over.

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[SuperDan]

The bubble limit is still there, you just need to format with the zzblank.img and then format it as per normal with exfat. When that is done just copy the content over.

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fair enough i will do that then ...........thanks

 

[yeshuachrist]

(seen fragmentation corruption, from deleting and replacing about 60 gigs of psp/ps1 games, inbetween installing a few new ones .................. had issue of 256 gig cards not working the the past, not to mention the speed/loading issues for larger card (considering the vita's speed limit) ................. this may not be issues anymore ............. one issue is how a 265 gig would perform on 3.60 firmware versus 3.68 to 3.72, because of the "quality updates" ......... not to mention, the new nintendo will has 10.0.0.0? firmware update that allows custom button mapping now ............. as nintendo did some improvements, sony may of done the opposite ............. (like the pattern of disabling third party controllers or etc. when a console is disputed the ps4's life cycle maybe reaching last 1/2 years of length, right before ps5 is finished)

(these are practices from the 1990s that continue today)

 

[SuperDan]

Well i already put a 256 gig Sd Card in my N3DS as i collected over 300 gigs of Moflex films ... & they became rare since the " ISO " Site got taken down ....... so i thought i'd back up my favorites on my N3DS
but many people on Reddit have upgraded to 256 on Vita without issues ... should be fine i could always use the card in something else if all goes wrong .... but im hoping it will work ...

 

[SeongGino]

you just need to format with the zzblank.img and then format it as per normal with exfat.

Oh no, it's not that simple.
If you're using cards higher capacity than 128 GB, you'll have to make sure that the card is formatted with a 32kb allocation size. Otherwise, high capacity cards will run into the false storage bug, where the perceived free space diminishes at a faster rate than it should.

Source: reddit threads, am using a 200 GB card and have had this issue the first go around.

 

[SuperDan]

You'll have to make sure that the card is formatted with a 32kb allocation size

Exactly what I was looking for if it helps my case any.. Both the SD cards are exactly the same make SanDisk Ultra...

 

[lamvuong]

You'll have to make sure that the card is formatted with a 32kb allocation size

Exactly what I was looking for if it helps my case any.. Both the SD cards are exactly the same make SanDisk Ultra...

I didn't have to do this on my 256gb, I only have to do this when I went to 400gb. 32kb block size made the card run a lot slower.


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[ZeroSene]

For size under 128GB, use default (fixed:this is 128kb cluster, not 32kb)
For size higher 128GB, use 64kb
Edited: wrong info

 

[SeongGino]

For size under 128GB, use default, it is 32kb
For size higher 128GB, use 64kb, because 32 is not enough and make report of space incorrect, cause problem even more later.
Hope this clear any confusion.

It's the other way around. 64kb for <=128, 32 for >128. Usually, the higher the better (performance) but at the cost of smaller files constrained to that absolute minimum.

I didn't have to do this on my 256gb...

I know for a fact I did. Lowered the allocation unit size on my 200 GB card and the storage was being correctly read. Using the default size caused free space readings to go out of whack.
This was only a few weeks ago that I went through this, so I know I'm not high. I guess I usually am, but, not in this instance for sure.

 

[ZeroSene]

Yes, i checked, the default setting format scale to the drive size, which make 128kb cluster and cause problem.
Sorry for my ignorance, but why so many guide instruct sd2vita user to format 64kb for >128gb

 

[SuperDan]

Well I'm going to order it today from Amazon.. I will definitely keep you posted on how it works out...

 

[SuperDan]

Hello There Reading this!!! Yes You
Well just got back from work got my 1st weekend off in 9 weeks & my new 256 SD card is here early...
So atm I'm copying all my stuff off my Sd2vita to my laptop with Hidden stuff shown..... It's saying 3 hours but that may vary you know how it goes....
When that's done I'm planning to Format the new SD card to Exfat 32 bit clusters... Add the Image To SD... Then Copy everything over to it then once that's done do the Autoplugin setup.. Then if that works I guess I must refresh my licenses and livearea..
Am I missing anything?? That's the Question.. Very stoned.. Planing on having a few beers... & watching Lone Wolf & Cub Series.... If I have missed something let me know gang... I don't fancy messing with it all weekend like a pure noob again

 

[SeongGino]

Hello There Reading this!!! Yes You
Well just got back from work got my 1st weekend off in 9 weeks & my new 256 SD card is here early...
So atm I'm copying all my stuff off my Sd2vita to my laptop with Hidden stuff shown..... It's saying 3 hours but that may vary you know how it goes....
When that's done I'm planning to Format the new SD card to Exfat 32 bit clusters... Add the Image To SD... Then Copy everything over to it then once that's done do the Autoplugin setup.. Then if that works I guess I must refresh my licenses and livearea..
Am I missing anything?? That's the Question.. Very stoned.. Planing on having a few beers... & watching Lone Wolf & Cub Series.... If I have missed something let me know gang... I don't fancy messing with it all weekend like a pure noob again

Format only by flashing zzBlank.img to the card, reinsert the card, then format when prompted.
Google will fill you in on the rest.

 

[Hayato213]

Let see , format the card first using win32diskimager with zzblank, then format the card as exFAT, 64kb cluster. If you can access it via usb port from Vitashell use that, under windows go to Control panel-> file explorer options -> unselect hide protected operating system files if it is checked. By default it won't show all the neccessary files you need to copy if that is checked, which would result a fail when you copy ux0 over.

 

[SuperDan]

Format only by flashing zzBlank.img to the card, reinsert the card, then format when prompted.
Google will fill you in on the rest.

OH right you are! I see I will flash 1st!
Thanks for the heads up

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Let see , format the card first using win32diskimager with zzblank, then format the card as exFAT, 64kb cluster. If you can access it via usb port from Vitashell use that, under windows go to Control panel-> file explorer options -> unselect hide protected operating system files if it is checked. By default it won't show all the neccessary files you need to copy if that is checked, which would result a fail when you copy ux0 over.

Alot of previous post say to exfat 32 clusters.... Did you personally use 64klb clusters.. & everything was all gravy

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Edit: still 2 hours to copy everything

 

[Hayato213]

OH right you are! I see I will flash 1st!
Thanks for the heads up

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Alot of previous post say to exfat 32 clusters.... Did you personally use 64klb clusters.. & everything was all gravy

32kb would show incorrect size available in Vitashell/Molecular shell vs what is shown on PC.

 

[SuperDan]

32kb would show incorrect size available in Vitashell/Molecular shell vs what is shown on PC.

Errr what so do 64klb clusters?,

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Yes, i checked, the default setting format scale to the drive size, which make 128kb cluster and cause problem.
Sorry for my ignorance, but why so many guide instruct sd2vita user to format 64kb for >128gb

Well I thank you for the time & good guidance.. Question atm is what cluster size 32klb or 64klb for 256 gig

 

[Hayato213]

Errr what so do 64klb clusters?,

It fix the incorrect size that vitashell, molecular shell and the size that Windows show available space left on SD card, that was pretty much the reason to use 64kb cluster, it is based on the size of game size overall, 3DS game size are smaller than Vita game in general.

 

[SuperDan]

Yes Sir Ree Bobby!
64klb for me well is still cracking on copying everything I will certainly keep you posted...