The 32gb athena mod thread has been about for a while, but with the imminent release of 16gb micro sdhc's and 32gb micro sdhc's to follow shortly after is there still a need for such a mod?
Would you risk bricking your device and voiding your warranty to install an ssd or prefer a memory card as an alternative. I am reliably informed that the read/write speed of internal drives is quicker in benchmarking tests, but how much bearing does this have on performance? what i know from experience is that the transfer speed of sdhc cards with a reader is much quicker than the software alternatives of wm5torage and activesync.
I would like to hear what you think the advantage of an ssd over a memory card of the same capacity is. If you were to buy a 32gb card would you even consider removing or disabling the microdrive to save battery life? Or would you prefer the full 40gb and utilise the two storage mediums for different purposes?
I think replacing the internal microdrive with a 1" SSD would help battery life as well as give us even more potential capacity. We would be able to have full movies on the drive instead of having to use an SDHC card with the lower transfer rate.
adamelphick said:
I think replacing the internal microdrive with a 1" SSD would help battery life as well as give us even more potential capacity. We would be able to have full movies on the drive instead of having to use an SDHC card with the lower transfer rate.
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The speed of an SDHC card versus an SSD for viewing movies is completely irrelevant. An SDHC is MORE THAN FAST ENOUGH to watch a movie smoothly, even one of a very high bitrate.
The transfer speed of files TO an SDHC card using a card reader is VERY HIGH in comparison to transferring files over activesync or via WM5torage to an internal drive however. This for me is the crucial factor, since i'd much rather be able to copy new films onto a card as quickly as possible. The only way the extra speed of an internal drive might make a difference is with the installation of programs, but you would still be able to install programs to the 8gb microdrive AND have a 32gb card.
Try copying 2gb of data to your microdrive with wm5torage, and 2gb to an sdhc card with a reader.
Actually, my choice is C, which is to do BOTH the options listed.
That's basically what i said eaglesteve.... don't want to limit out memory potential... the MD is cack compared to a decent SSD module - not due to its access times which for MD are good, but due to its shock resistance and battery life.
I agree, Both would be great, but the cost of the 32 Gig unit is going to be a lot more than the difference between the X7500 price and the X7510s.
Realistically our current options pricewise will be the X7510 with 16Gig internal and a 12Gig MicroSD card.
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For me, replacing the 8GB MD with a 32GB SSD would be, as they say in the UK, "the dog's bollocks..." I am a pilot and the MD, in addition to its shock and vibration sensitivity, is only good for 10,000 ft and below in unpressurized cabins. This alone would be enough to make me switch. Mechanical disks are in the early stages of extinction.
Does the Gtab use an actual sd card as the internal memory? If so, could I simply take the unit apart and change the card for a class 10 with maybe more storage space?
From what I've read it does not, it uses chips soldered to the mainboard.
While I'm waiting for my Transformer+dock to be delivered, I'm looking to see if someone has experience using a USB cardreader on it.
I want to use my transformer to view pictures from my Sony camera (so it uses MemoryStick). So either I use the (bulky) proprietary camera USB cable or I use an external cardreader to access the Memorystick...
I suppose the internal cardreader in the dock doesn't support MS, right?
Any suggestions?
The eeePads card reader is micro SD and the docks card reader is full sized SD.. BUT here's an elegant suggestion to solve your problem... :
..I bought a 16Gb Class6 microSD card on amazon uk that came with a full sized SD adaptor & Sony memory stick adaptor bunled in
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0032CJIUG/ref=oss_product
.. so you put that card & memory stick adaptor in your Sony camera to take pix.. then when you're ready to view on the tablet, simply take the card out of its adaptor from the camera and put directly into the tablet (micro SD) or swap it into the full sized SD adaptor and read via the dock..
Nice!
Thanx for the tip.
I was just wondering if the brilliant corners rom reads external micro sd cards?
Hi all....
Going on hols on Thurs and am taking an additional spare (class 4) 16gb microSD card, to go with the 32gb class 10 in my GS3 atm, as I'm planning on doing a lot of 720p cam stuff + pics, which can quickly swallow up storage on cards....
I've also got a USBOTG cable and a few pen drives filled with movies, music vids etc for the plane that I could also use if need be....
My question is about the hot-swapping of microSD cards on the S3. As it's now just a case of removing the battery cover to get access to the card; what is the correct procedure for swapping out the cards without causing any data corruption....is it simply, remove batt cover - eject card - insert new card....or do you have to unmount it via' Storage' in the phone's settings first....??
Ta for any advice....
Unmount first.
As for the rest, it's as you described.
Defintely unmout the SD card first then remove it (Not sure if you will have to remount the new one or if it will do it automatically).
K....thought so - just thought I'd check! Thanks for the quick answer both
Definitely unmount in storage first, or you'll find out the hard way (like me) that it can fry an SD card quite easily. Ruined a brand new 64GB card by just popping it out :silly: