So I know that many of these questions could be answered through some googling, but in general I trust the people here more than on other sites. I recently bought a G1 and rooted it and put on the latest stable cyanogen mod, etc. just to make sure I could do it, but now I want to invest in a bigger/better sd card than the 1GB it ships with so...
What are the advantages to getting a class 6 card? Are there any roms that won't run right without it?
Is there any reason to get a 16GB card as opposed to an 8GB? (or a 4GB for that matter)
(I know this one is very much a matter of opinion) What's your preferred brand?
Thanks for any answers to any of the questions!
drjones18 said:
So I know that many of these questions could be answered through some googling, but in general I trust the people here more than on other sites. I recently bought a G1 and rooted it and put on the latest stable cyanogen mod, etc. just to make sure I could do it, but now I want to invest in a bigger/better sd card than the 1GB it ships with so...
What are the advantages to getting a class 6 card? Are there any roms that won't run right without it?
Is there any reason to get a 16GB card as opposed to an 8GB? (or a 4GB for that matter)
(I know this one is very much a matter of opinion) What's your preferred brand?
Thanks for any answers to any of the questions!
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the advantages of gettig a class 6 is SPEED
roms will run without a class 6, but to enjoy full speed, youd need a class 6.
welll i think 16gb is too much. 8gb is jsut fine. they are about 20 bucks or less on amazon. 4bg are like 10.
and a prefered brand is sandisk ofcoarse, or transcend.
thanks! i'll look around on amazon
I was just using the stock class 2 2gb that came with the phone, but I figured i'd try a class 6, managed to get a 4gb transcend from amazon for like, £6 including shipping, and the difference it makes is HUGE especially if you are thinking of taking any of the hero roms for a spin
Well worth getting imo. As for what size to get, it really depends on what you want on there, I found 4gb to be perfect for what I needed.
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I was just using the stock class 2 2gb that came with the phone, but I figured i'd try a class 6, managed to get a 4gb transcend from amazon for like, £6 including shipping, and the difference it makes is HUGE especially if you are thinking of taking any of the hero roms for a spin
Well worth getting imo. As for what size to get, it really depends on what you want on there, I found 4gb to be perfect for what I needed.
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I think class 6 is a must. Many of the latest ROMs are maximizing the G1's potential and I wouldn't want to do anything that hold that back.
As for size, it's purely personal. I shelled out the big bucks for a 16GB because I have a ton of music on my phone. If not for that I'd go with an 8GB since a class 6 Transcend is only ~$20 which isn't a great deal more than the 4GB. With the 8GB you can ensure that you will not run out of space when you need it.
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Hi, im going to buy a MicroSDHC 8gb, Class 4, but im not sure if it is compatible, can someone say me if whether is compatible?
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Hi, im going to buy a MicroSDHC 8gb, Class 4, but im not sure if it is compatible, can someone say me if whether is compatible?
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8GB are supported. I use a 8GB Class 4 by myself, without probs.
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8GB are supported. I use a 8GB Class 4 by myself, without probs.
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thanks you very much One last question, doesnt affect if is microSD or microSDHC?
im using a nokia 8gb class 4 recovered from a craked 5800 and is working fine.
.victor said:
thanks you very much One last question, doesnt affect if is microSD or microSDHC?
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I do believe anything over 4gb is classified as a SDHC. If you can get a class 6 that would be better as it is faster.
16gig's works as well with the possibility of 32. I just don't know if anyone has tried 32gig's
I don't even know of any 32gb micro sd card for sale.
Newegg doesn't carry them.
I am running a 16gb Ridata class 6 and it works fine.
However for the price, I would have to suggest a sandisk Ultra 8gb micro sd
It has about 3 times the read speed as my class 6.
They are both about $50
I wanted more space for media storage and I port around several apps that I use on different computers.
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I don't even know of any 32gb micro sd card for sale.
Newegg doesn't carry them.
I am running a 16gb Ridata class 6 and it works fine.
However for the price, I would have to suggest a sandisk Ultra 8gb micro sd
It has about 3 times the read speed as my class 6.
They are both about $50
I wanted more space for media storage and I port around several apps that I use on different computers.
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I don't know of anyone who carries them either but 32 gig's is part of the Micro SDHC standard and on adverts for best buy I do notice the logo for some phones that they can accept 32gigs cards. They are around though but I believe mostly in Asia and in small numbers.
Also I'm not sure but I don't think the slot on the G1 takes advantage of anything faster then class 6 for SDHC memory cards. This is because it would draw more voltage and the device might get to hot.
32GB Class 4's are supported.
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32GB Class 4's are supported.
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Thats too big, and probably expensive. Should be saving those pennies for nexus..
I just purchased a 32GB microSDHC on ebay for under $30!!! Just got it in the mail and have been testing it to make sure it actually works, and it works fine. I am having a few problems. Nothing really major, just some issues between the phone, Windows 7, and Lucid Lynx Ubuntu. The phone, as well as Windows 7 only recognizes 31.2 GB and Ubuntu recognizes 34GB. I am unable to partition the card for Apps2SD with the console, parted, or in Ubuntu. In Amon RA's recovery it says it has partitioned the card but the time it takes to do it is too fast. In parted I get an input\output error and it asks me if i want to retry\ignore\cancel and parted is only recognizing 33.6GB. If i retry or cancel in parted it goes through and the print command says my partitions are there as I have set them up but the phone and Ubuntu don't recognize them and disk utility in Ubuntu says my ext partition is not clean when I run the partition check. I don't know what else to try and have put this here only because the 32GB card is mentioned. Any and all help and info is very much appreciated.
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Sorry dude, I think you were scammed. eBay is notorious for these fake cards. Allow me to explain.
A lot of this stuff popped up when the PSP came out. People wanted cheap Memory Stick Pro Duo cards. These manufacturers found a way to hack the sectors, making the card look bigger than it actually is. You could make a 1gb card look like a 4gb card.
Firstly, you would get tons of I/O errors. This is because it is trying to address places that simply don't exist.
Secondly, the memory would fail at random intervals. This was because they bought cheap flash chips.
The problem is that there is no way to guarantee authenticity from eBay unless you're buying it direct from the manufacturer.
IMO, only buy Sandisk products. They are the only ones reliable out there. And yes, they aren't the cheapest, but they are the most reliable.
Here is the best pricing I could find for you:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1280509434&sr=1-1
Being though Amazon, you can trust it IMO.
Hi all,
I'm quite sure I had this setting in Villain 5.4, but since I got 5.5, this setting is missing in settings->applications. Is there a way to put it back easily, or maybe my customizing the app2sd script ? Or at least, can I execute the script again sometimes to do it ?
Also, just another question : I know someone who has a 16gb sd card class 2 on a desire (great phone btw) and I said that since he moved his apps to sd, he don't feel any difference, even with class 2. Does it worth buying a class 4 or 6 when these are twice or even more the price ???
Thanks
LTourist said:
Also, just another question : I know someone who has a 16gb sd card class 2 on a desire (great phone btw) and I said that since he moved his apps to sd, he don't feel any difference, even with class 2. Does it worth buying a class 4 or 6 when these are twice or even more the price ???
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It very much depends on the quality of the card. My Sandisk 16gb Class 2 card writes at 7.5mb/s, which is faster than the class 6 minimums.
Regards,
Dave
This is the one I thought buying, because it was the cheaper without being an unknown company
Where did you get yours and at what price ?
Amazon - see here.
Regards,
Dave
OK, thanks, that's the one I saw too just asked to be sure that I have found the best price
now, anyone regarding my first question ?
FYI,...
Here's the one I'm considering at the moment,...
Transcend 8 GB Class 6 microSDHC Flash Memory Card with adapter
Customer reviews
"...I was getting write speeds of over 6MB I think the fastest was something like 6.70MB per second..."
"... Write speed with this card is the slowest of the lot, barely creeping above 5.3MB/sec..."
Hmmm,... I really dont know,... is this a good buy?
Considering the fact that the 16gb Sandisk seems to do its jobs very well, I'd rather buy the 16gb one...
Hello,
I want a new MicroSd HC Card for my Hero.
After doing some research on the internet, I am confused...
Some people say, that it is senseless to buy an expensive class 6 or 8 card for the phone, because it can not handle the extra speed a card with a higher class has.
Currently I own a Toshiba Class 6 8gb Card,
but this one has not enough space.
I thought about buying 16 or 32gb.
Do you have any recommends for me?
150 views but no one can answer???
poor!
I bought a 16GB micro SD card from play.com - their own make I think. It only cost £15.49 including delivery. It is working fine for me - I use it for sat nav and music mainly and have had no problems
I do prefer Kingston's SD cards. Never had any problems at all with them, and they seems to work pretty good, and fast.
i bought 16gb class 6 and it works perfect. i can load anything i want; mp3, videos, photos...you can buy without any doubt
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Three answers in less than a week but no acknowledgement or thank you ....... poor!
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Three answers in less than a week but no acknowledgement or thank you ....... poor!
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Maybe because not every person in this world is able to go every day to his computer or because the answers weren't satisfied enough??
I actually asked for one product I should buy and not just: Buy a 16gb class 6
Taking delivery of my phone soon.
What's the latest on microSD cards?
Are 32GB worth it? Do they work?
Any particular minimum Class I should get, even if I have to get 16GB?
Thanks
M
Mus said:
Taking delivery of my phone soon.
What's the latest on microSD cards?
Are 32GB worth it? Do they work?
Any particular minimum Class I should get, even if I have to get 16GB?
Thanks
M
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am using class 6 works fine.
I use an 8Gb, class 4 without any issues. Resco is installed on the card.
Although if your going to flash a ROM from a micro SD card use one < 8Gb.
Thanks,
Al
From my experience, it's not the class or size that matters. It's the make. (Obviously a smaller card with a higher class will have faster r/w speeds, but that's not usually a noticeable issue.)
I never buy any SD cards now that are not SanDisk, and I can't remember the last time I had one that didn't work.
Some brands seem to get a lot of complaints.
The class wouldn't really matter if you're just using it to store data/apps.
I use a Nokia N900 and run Android off the SD card. A higher class gives a better speed when running an O/S off of one. But using one to store data/apps wouldn't give a noticable advantage of one class than another.
Obviously the size does matter but depends on what you'll use it for.
Plus for flashing use < 8Gb.
Thanks,
Al
PS. I agree with the brands. I don't buy cheap non-branded ones. Although I've never had an issue with any of the 'cheap' ones.
The size of the card depends on your needs. If you cram a lot of stuff in there or apps, then aim for 16gb or 32gb.
You can find 32gb on amazon from $70 up (sandisk, kingston, dane elec -- those are deem legit 32gb cards) and most of them should give real class 4 performance (even when they're listed as class 2 like sandisk).
For me I like San Disk,but I want to test Toshiba 16GB Class4.The seller told me that Toshiba quality is good also and I decided to buy it.
Never had any problem with file transfer and running android on SD card.
I've used it 4 months now.So far so good.
I use a kingston 8gb class 4.. Never had any issues with performance
Thanks for all the replies guys.
I'll probably run Android off the card initially with the standard WM 6.5 tweaked. Maybe put some SatNav on there too.
As for Apps depends what I come across. For WM I have an old large build of offline Wikipedia and some dictionaries etc.
Ta
I had my 8GB SanDisk in my G1 for 2 years, then my HD2 for about 8 months, then randomly one day it stopped working.
If I plugged it in, all of my content appeared on the phone such as pictures. Then after about 30 seconds it would freeze, and then the phone would say no SD card is inserted. I managed to copy all of my pictures across on the PC luckily before it froze.
Granted it was old - but they do fail after a while.
So I am shopping for a new Micro SDHC card for my 3d and I am a bit torn. I have read that Class 6 is enough for our phones and that Class 10 would be overkill/unnecessary. I always thought faster would be better, but now I'm not sure. I have been looking at the 32gb by Patriot and Lexar, both in class 10.
I could save some mulah by getting a class 6 versus class 10, but that's not my concern. My main concern is compatibility and stability of the card with my 3d and future devices..
In addition to my desire for overall performance and stability, I should also note that I use bootmanager and would like optimal performance when booted to an SDcard ROM.
so my questions are these:
1. which class should I purchase, and why?
2. would you suggest any specific brand over the other? --I am currently looking at patriot and lexar, but open to any suggestions.
Thanks!
byg.nick said:
So I am shopping for a new Micro SDHC card for my 3d and I am a bit torn. I have read that Class 6 is enough for our phones and that Class 10 would be overkill/unnecessary. I always thought faster would be better, but now I'm not sure. I have been looking at the 32gb by Patriot and Lexar, both in class 10.
I could save some mulah by getting a class 6 versus class 10, but that's not my concern. My main concern is compatibility and stability of the card with my 3d and future devices..
In addition to my desire for overall performance and stability, I should also note that I use bootmanager and would like optimal performance when booted to an SDcard ROM.
so my questions are these:
1. which class should I purchase, and why?
2. would you suggest any specific brand over the other? --I am currently looking at patriot and lexar, but open to any suggestions.
Thanks!
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Not sure if there is a technical limit to the thoroughput on the sdcard device. With that said, if you're relying on the OS running off the sdcard (Boot Manager), you'll probably want the fasted sdcard possible. Personally, I wouldn't want my OS running off the sdcard, but not everybody sees this the same.
Regarding brands, I've had the best support with Sandisk sdcards. Received a "fake" one once from an authorized retailer and they sent me a replacement for free. No hassle and I was very impressed. I had an "Adata" class 8 sdcard die on my few months back and wasn't very happy about that.
Hope that helps!
byg.nick said:
So I am shopping for a new Micro SDHC card for my 3d and I am a bit torn. I have read that Class 6 is enough for our phones and that Class 10 would be overkill/unnecessary. I always thought faster would be better, but now I'm not sure. I have been looking at the 32gb by Patriot and Lexar, both in class 10.
I could save some mulah by getting a class 6 versus class 10, but that's not my concern. My main concern is compatibility and stability of the card with my 3d and future devices..
In addition to my desire for overall performance and stability, I should also note that I use bootmanager and would like optimal performance when booted to an SDcard ROM.
so my questions are these:
1. which class should I purchase, and why?
2. would you suggest any specific brand over the other? --I am currently looking at patriot and lexar, but open to any suggestions.
Thanks!
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I bolded the key phrase here: buy the 10.
Boot manger says on there website they recommend a class 6 or better. So I'm thinking the better the card the better the performance. I'm running a samsung class 10 sd and I get 9.8 mbps read speed & 42+ mbps write speeds and IMO its more than worth the investment and the warranty for the card. Just under 70 bucks @ frys. Its definitely a substantial boost in performance from the class 6 16gb I had in my Evo3d before. Patriot from what I was reading was giving to many hit & miss user comments on new egg and Amazon so its like a 50/50 chance. Pny also. Sandisk I would recommended good name brand also Samsung. Imo just read the users feedback on whatever card you choose to get a general idea of how the card is. Also I'd definitely recommend class 10 after having one.
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Not sure if there is a technical limit to the thoroughput on the sdcard device. With that said, if you're relying on the OS running off the sdcard (Boot Manager), you'll probably want the fasted sdcard possible. Personally, I wouldn't want my OS running off the sdcard, but not everybody sees this the same.
Regarding brands, I've had the best support with Sandisk sdcards. Received a "fake" one once from an authorized retailer and they sent me a replacement for free. No hassle and I was very impressed. I had an "Adata" class 8 sdcard die on my few months back and wasn't very happy about that.
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Thanks, I appreciate your input.
If you haven't ran Bootmanager, you may not understand fully. BootManager is the equivalent of dual booting OS on a PC.... it actually has 5 slots for you to install different roms simultaneously.. 1 for the main phone rom (just like normal) then 4 additional slots that can be booted and run from the SD card. Even on a class4 card, I have had a great experience running roms from the SD. So good, as a matter of fact, that I cant tell the difference between the rom installed to the phone and the rom installed to the SD... I am currently setup with MIUI as my actual phone rom, Senseless in an SD slot, and planning on installing CM7 on another.
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Boot manger says on there website they recommend a class 6 or better. So I'm thinking the better the card the better the performance. I'm running a samsung class 10 sd and I get 9.8 mbps read speed & 42+ mbps write speeds and IMO its more than worth the investment and the warranty for the card. Just under 70 bucks @ frys. Its definitely a substantial boost in performance from the class 6 16gb I had in my Evo3d before. Patriot from what I was reading was giving to many hit & miss user comments on new egg and Amazon so its like a 50/50 chance. Pny also. Sandisk I would recommended good name brand also Samsung. Imo just read the users feedback on whatever card you choose to get a general idea of how the card is. Also I'd definitely recommend class 10 after having one.
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So you have noticeable differences between class6 and class10? I mean, i know that they will test differently, but do you really see/feel the difference when browsing/writing files to the SD?
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I bolded the key phrase here: buy the 10.
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Thanks, I was leaning toward 10 for that exact reason...
byg.nick said:
Thanks, I appreciate your input.
If you haven't ran Bootmanager, you may not understand fully. BootManager is the equivalent of dual booting OS on a PC.... it actually has 5 slots for you to install different roms simultaneously.. 1 for the main phone rom (just like normal) then 4 additional slots that can be booted and run from the SD card. Even on a class4 card, I have had a great experience running roms from the SD. So good, as a matter of fact, that I cant tell the difference between the rom installed to the phone and the rom installed to the SD... I am currently setup with MIUI as my actual phone rom, Senseless in an SD slot, and planning on installing CM7 on another.
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Interesting, I've been wondering how bootmanager is setup and operates. I would imagine one of the reasons you don't notice much "lag" between the difference of using a ROM off internal memory or sdcard could be the amount of RAM on the device. EVO 3D has a good amount of RAM for the time frame/development cycle it was released in.
Android attempts to load up a lot into RAM in the hopes that at some point in the future, the application will be used again and switching will be smooth/easy. The more RAM in the device, probably the less "lag" to be noticed.
Going off this thought, the boot time might be the place to notice the most difference between internal memory and sdcard located ROMs. Either way, getting the faster sdcard, especially when relying on Bootmanager, should have a better impact/performance result.
If you weren't reliant on using Bootmanager, I wouldn't suggest getting the more expensive/quicker sdcard, but since you are, I think Bootmanager users would be the best candidate for a quicker sdcard.
If you do get the faster sdcard and wanted to go the extra mile. Posting up boot times for the same ROMs using the different speed sdcards would be very interesting! Perhaps Bootmanager has some kind of marketing material showing this already, but an independent user's personal results would be interesting!
Hope that helps too!
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So you have noticeable differences between class6 and class10? I mean, i know that they will test differently, but do you really see/feel the difference when browsing/writing files to the SD?
Thanks, I was leaning toward 10 for that exact reason...
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Yes a huge difference with the class 10. The class 6 16gb I had doesn't even compare when it comes to reading from the sd and writing to the sd. You should notice a great speed increase. Just load up an app like antu bench mark and run a custom test on the sd you have now and save the results. Then when you get the class 10 do the same. You will definitely see the difference. Also the app is free on the market.
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