Anybody know the speed of the Stock MicroSD card that came with our Vibrants? I threw in a 16GB Class 2 and honesty it seems kinda laggy. I was able to Transfer files to it via my PC at what appeared to be around 9MB so I would of only assumed that was pretty close to what we had in there before.
One that came with mine is a class 2. 2gb anyway so I threw it out. I use a transcend 16gb class 6 instead.
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Its a class 4 Sandisk...
VICosPhi said:
Its a class 4 Sandisk...
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Thanks the only thing I couldn't figure out is normally they are labled with well a number and it was blank so I could only assume it was a Class 1, but ...........
You can test the data speed. I recall class 4 also.
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I have rooted my nc and its running android 2.3.7 on a sd card. There are times that it works great, but there are times when I click on an app it freezes and I have to do a hard reset. What could be the problem.
What brand is your SD card?
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I'm using Transcend
oseguedafrancisco said:
I'm using Transcend
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That is your problem they only SD card with good performance is a Sandisk class 2 or 4 8GB or above. There isn't really anything you can do other than get a new card.
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That is your problem they only SD card with good performance is a Sandisk class 2 or 4 8GB or above. There isn't really anything you can do other than get a new card.
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+1 on his advice. Was getting random force closes on Transcend class 6, have had no problems with 16gb sandisk class 4 I was using for as install or the sandisk 8gb class 4 test card for new builds.
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angomy said:
+1 on his advice. Was getting random force closes on Transcend class 6, have had no problems with 16gb sandisk class 4 I was using for as install or the sandisk 8gb class 4 test card for new builds.
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Gotta go with Sandisk as well.
Tried Transcend, PNY and Kingston cards of 4-16G capacities and c6-8 speeds and they're all handily beaten by my Sandisk cards so far as stability.
Dan
i get alot with my transcend too. where would be the cheapest place to buy the 16 GB?
danvee said:
Gotta go with Sandisk as well.
Tried Transcend, PNY and Kingston cards of 4-16G capacities and c6-8 speeds and they're all handily beaten by my Sandisk cards so far as stability.
Dan
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what about speed wise?
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what about speed wise?
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It is speed. Sandisk has the fastest random write speed which is what seems to cause those lock ups. SD card class is just measures one (relatively unimportant) indicator of SD card "speed" (sustained read).
Sustained read and write are great if you're using your card to backup large media or picture files but more or less worthless for running an operating system. Same principle is in place for SSD. Manufactures advertise sustained transfer rates but the important stat for a OS drive is access time (which determines the speed of random read/writes).
Here's a link to a 32gb sandisk for $30 http://slickdeals.net/da/mem-i/p46847290/k4569/u125110/r4
These work just as well as the 16gb ones.
Got this 32gb class 4 few weeks ago - runs great...
gallahad2000 said:
It is speed. Sandisk has the fastest random write speed which is what seems to cause those lock ups. SD card class is just measures one (relatively unimportant) indicator of SD card "speed" (sustained read).
Sustained read and write are great if you're using your card to backup large media or picture files but more or less worthless for running an operating system. Same principle is in place for SSD. Manufactures advertise sustained transfer rates but the important stat for a OS drive is access time (which determines the speed of random read/writes).
Here's a link to a 32gb sandisk for $30 http://slickdeals.net/da/mem-i/p46847290/k4569/u125110/r4
These work just as well as the 16gb ones.
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thx, i actually went got the 8GB one for 20 bucks locally bc i didnt want to wait for an online order. seeing it works so well ill prob get the 32 GB one..
so the 32GB works in there? i didnt think they could read them over 16GB....
thx
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thx, i actually went got the 8GB one for 20 bucks locally bc i didnt want to wait for an online order. seeing it works so well ill prob get the 32 GB one..
so the 32GB works in there? i didnt think they could read them over 16GB....
thx
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32gb is theoretically the maximum, since 64gb cards will all be part of the new SDXD standard. Then again, several people have found that the 64gb SDXC cards work in their SDHC devices so we'll just have to wait until someone tests one in the nook color to know for sure if it'll support it (I wouldn't hold your breath, our hardware is fairly old).
I can certify that the 32gb works fine, as can numerous others who I've seen post.
Although 99.999999999999999% of the MicroSD Cards which are 32GB are Class 2, I noted that the 16GB which Verizon stocked in the Rezound is a Class 4. I suspect that means we should go no lower than Class 4.
Anyone know of a good and legitimate 32GB SD card which is Class 4 or even better? I note that Class 6 and Class 10 all tend to be brands I have never heard of (other than 1 by PNY).
Recommendations are appreciated.
Sandisk has a class 4 32gb micro on Amazon for $37. I just ordered mine, and it should be here in a few days. I'll let you know what I think of it when it gets here.
Anything faster?
Anyone successfully use a Class 6 or 10 that was NOT a fake and actually worked close to speed?
This is a Class 10 but I don't want to guinea pig it
http://www.amazon.com/PNY-microSDHC-Flash-Memory-P-SDU32G10-EFS2/dp/B005BOMU3K
Someone put in a 64gb, don't know what class, and the RZD formatted it and it worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353148
I asked about class in there and someone said unless you are going to move large amounts of stuff regularly then class 2 or 4 is fine.
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I asked about class in there and someone said unless you are going to move large amounts of stuff regularly then class 2 or 4 is fine.
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Yeah, the only real difference is the transfer time. If you're swapping a lot of data on a daily basis (like copies of your BluRay movies), then a higher class rating makes it go faster, but doesn't have any other effect on the performance of the phone, to my knowledge.
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Yeah, the only real difference is the transfer time. If you're swapping a lot of data on a daily basis (like copies of your BluRay movies), then a higher class rating makes it go faster, but doesn't have any other effect on the performance of the phone, to my knowledge.
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JD, there's a thread elsewhere on xda that talks about card speeds and basically recommends that the sweet spot is a 32g class 4 card. I have 3 of 'em (all bought at various sales just under $40). One is in my Rezound; one is in my tablet, and one is kept synced to the one in my phone via Microsoft Synctoy....because all cards ultimately fail.
i was reading somehwere that this may affect the speed of how videos write to the card if you save to card..is that true?
i'm gonna get a 32 gig as well, but should i go for class 4 or 6?
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JD, there's a thread elsewhere on xda that talks about card speeds and basically recommends that the sweet spot is a 32g class 4 card. I have 3 of 'em (all bought at various sales just under $40). One is in my Rezound; one is in my tablet, and one is kept synced to the one in my phone via Microsoft Synctoy....because all cards ultimately fail.
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Do you have an amazon link to the one you found to be the best?
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Someone put in a 64gb, don't know what class, and the RZD formatted it and it worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353148
I asked about class in there and someone said unless you are going to move large amounts of stuff regularly then class 2 or 4 is fine.
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Yeah that 64 GB is a class 6. It's part of Sandisk's new mobile ultra cards. They make em in all sizes I believe.
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i was reading somehwere that this may affect the speed of how videos write to the card if you save to card..is that true?
i'm gonna get a 32 gig as well, but should i go for class 4 or 6?
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That's a valid concern. I don't know the bitrate at which the camera records the various formats that it is capable of, but I'd say that a Class 4 is a safe bet in any case.
For a smartphone doing HD recording you want "atleast" a 4. Anything slower might get stuck in swapping. Personally I think it's one of those things with go with what you can afford/feel comfortable with. Though I'm also using a class 10 16GB since I can't stand being bogged down on transfers. I mean honestly, it's an LTE phone, not an HD camera. I don't need a 32gb, I stream everything.
Play back is a different story, a class 2 32gb works fine as long as the app does proper buffering. Though it will always load faster with a faster SD card.
"Sandisk has a 64GB micro SDHC card out, although its $219."
Ouch. Not cheap.
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"Sandisk has a 64GB micro SDHC card out, although its $219."
Ouch. Not cheap.
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This one works and is a much better price, especially when mom gives it to you for xmas.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Mobil...510U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1326679568&sr=8-2
Thread about it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353148
I have the Pro versions and backup weekly. I just noticed, it was taking 3.5Gb of internal storage so I offloaded to desktop, then deleted. phone seems a little faster? not to mention I would only really need it if I lost phone, so being on card would be no help. what do you all do?
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I have a 32gb ext-sd so i just leave it on there. I backup all of my nandroids to my pc though.
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I have a 32gb ext-sd so i just leave it on there. I backup all of my nandroids to my pc though.
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Odd that you mention it, I have Lexar 32Gb Class 10, nothing on it. I keep everything on my desktop (naturally) but I use ZumoCast.
Anything above a class 6 doesn't really benefit on a mobile phone (especially android) Supposedly its actually bad for the SD card. I had 2 different brands of class 10 including lexar and it will only read at about 6mb. I paid extra money for nothing because my 16gb class 4 sandisk out performed them both lol.
The lexar fried by the way because it couldn't handle the constant flashing and whatnot probably. He rage quit on me!
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Anything above a class 6 doesn't really benefit on a mobile phone (especially android) Supposedly its actually bad for the SD card. I had 2 different brands of class 10 including lexar and it will only read at about 6mb. I paid extra money for nothing because my 16gb class 4 sandisk out performed them both lol.
The lexar fried by the way because it couldn't handle the constant flashing and whatnot probably. He rage quit on me!
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I agree, and I disagree. I originally had a SanDisk 32Gb Class 2, I found a cheap KomputerBay 32Gb class 6 I got. The SanDisk was 3 times (seriously over 3 times) faster so I returned it the next day. When I lost my phone last month and I saw the Lexar Class 10 for $60.00 I got it? I have not done any benchmark test, but I'm happy with it.
I have heard that for most, its an overkill. But I have also heard it all depends on what your doing? I would assume games like GTAIII and MW3 would benefit from the faster reads as would HD Video?
Not my field of expertise, but Im happy.
@HCdroid posted this... Thought I'd share. Much better deal than the 32GB sandisk class 4 I just bought last week... SMH
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24344027
[One-Day Amazon Gold Box Deal] SanDisk Ultra Class 10 SD Cards
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These are full size cards and will not work with the Amaze I believe (we use micro-sd). Correct me if I`m wrong though.
Yeah I looked at pic and just saw slot in the bottom so I assumed it was a micro that came with an adapter... I was wrong yet again :banghead:
I'm still gonna get the 64GB to put in my 32GB Toshiba Thrive... ~100GB will be plenty
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I saw your post on Android-Dev first. I responded over there with the same thing these guys said. Almost a great find though. I'd love to get a class 10 64 GB micro-SD for $50.
Other than read/write speeds when hooked up to a computer, is there any other benefit to getting a class 10 card? I have a 16GB class 4 card in my phone, and it works fine when it is in the phone, ie: I don't have any sort of lag when playing music stored on the sd card, etc.
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Other than read/write speeds when hooked up to a computer, is there any other benefit to getting a class 10 card? I have a 16GB class 4 card in my phone, and it works fine when it is in the phone, ie: I don't have any sort of lag when playing music stored on the sd card, etc.
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Well, you need a class 6 at least for 1080p recording... Class 4 can only do 720p. And do a backup once on your class 4... Then do a backup on a class 10... You would be shocked how slow the class 4 is. Same goes for copying files
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Well shoot, I didn't know that about the video recording. Looks like I am gonna have to get me a higher class card now to take advantage of the video on this thing!
Hope this hasn't already been posted, figured it was a pretty good deal.
64GB Sandisk
Thank you so much for posting this deal! I surfed through my wallet and through all of the left over best buy gift cards I had I ended up with a free 64gb microsdxc! This was an amazing deal to begin with, but you just cant beat that!
Nice, not to bad at all. Glad you got one!
Don't forget to reformat the card in your phone - or else it won't work.
I've had mine for 4 months I think? It's great - I love it. I won't be able to live with less memory ever again - which will be a problem with most of the next gen phones seemingly going away from memory cards.
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I won't be able to live with less memory ever again - which will be a problem with most of the next gen phones seemingly going away from memory cards.
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If we refuse to buy said items they won't head that direction!! I will not be lead by a company to have less choices..
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Hope this hasn't already been posted, figured it was a pretty good deal.
64GB Sandisk
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Thanks for the link, I went to my local Frys and got them to price match....hate waiting for shipping
does sandisk make any higher than class 6?
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does sandisk make any higher than class 6?
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I'm not sure, but I don't think so yet (64gb).
This link shows benchmark pics of a class 10 16gb vs. SanDisk class 6 64gb, and the SanDisk is actually faster than the class 10 card.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...c-card-huge-capacity-meets-impressive-speeds/
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I'm not sure, but I don't think so yet (64gb).
This link shows benchmark pics of a class 10 16gb vs. SanDisk class 6 64gb, and the SanDisk is actually faster than the class 10 card.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...c-card-huge-capacity-meets-impressive-speeds/
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I wish I knew what brand that class 10 card was. It's garbage. I just ran that tool thrice and my average read/write was 10.9/4.9MB/s respectively with a Class 4 SanDisk 32MB. That said, I'm also pretty pissed I paid 65 dollars for this card when I could have gotten better speed and more powahhhh for not much more if I waited. FML.
In case anyone doesn't know, the class rating on these cards is the minimum write speed the card will achieve, provided you're not copying a movie from a USB 1.0 PC or something else that would bottleneck it.
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To be fair you can't go with the read/write on a card unless you test empty. My 32GB card surpasses the Class 10 it is if empty but get near full and it' just below a Class 6. So the tests mean absolutely nothing unless you are testing with an almost full card. It's time I moved to a 64GB card my 32GB is too full with the games on it.. LOL
Wrong.
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To be fair you can't go with the read/write on a card unless you test empty. My 32GB card surpasses the Class 10 it is if empty but get near full and it' just below a Class 6. So the tests mean absolutely nothing unless you are testing with an almost full card. It's time I moved to a 64GB card my 32GB is too full with the games on it.. LOL
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I ran my tests without removing any files and it still exceeded the write speed for it's class. My card has 20GB free of the 30GB available.
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