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Hi, just got my new Hero and wanted to purchase the cheapest and best micro SD card for it..
I read somewhere that the 'Class 6' cards were the way to go..!!
Can someone advise me if this one will work in my Hero before I click buy.!!
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=104986
If not any suggestions..???
Thanks
Wish I'd seen this sooner! I got ripped off on eBay for an inferior product.
Go for it!
Do you have one of the 'Transcend' then?? I've not seen them before..!! I had assumed it was the same but thought i'd check.!!!
Thanks for your help.. What do you think of the Hero BTW??
The 2GB card that my Hero came with is made by Transcend. And with the Album app its way faster than the SanDisk 8GB Class 4 card I was going to use until I realised it was so slow in comparison.
Some SD card tests in the Hero would be great if someone has a few to try out
bazz71 said:
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=104986
Thanks
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This is the exact same one I got from 7dayshop.com. It works fine. I have taken out the 2GB card and put it away.
bazz71 said:
Do you have one of the 'Transcend' then?? I've not seen them before..!! I had assumed it was the same but thought i'd check.!!!
Thanks for your help.. What do you think of the Hero BTW??
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No - the eBay seller sent me un unbranded un classified (Class 2?) card when their ad clearly stated class 6.
As for the Hero - it's awesome!
Edit: I used a utility to test the speed of the card I was sent and it performs at around 8MB per sec - above the class 6 spec. I tested the card that came with the Hero and it came out at just over 1MB per sec - below even class 2. Guess which card I'm using now?
Cheers
Just ordered one of these because of this thread
long live xda-crew!
Me too!! cheers guys
Ordered..... thanks for that find.
Terran
TheBrit said:
I used a utility to test the speed of the card I was sent and it performs at around 8MB per sec - above the class 6 spec. I tested the card that came with the Hero and it came out at just over 1MB per sec - below even class 2. Guess which card I'm using now?
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What utility did you use ?
I have a class 4 card that I wanted to use and its slower in Album than the stock 2GB card the Hero came with.
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What utility did you use ?
I have a class 4 card that I wanted to use and its slower in Album than the stock 2GB card the Hero came with.
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It's called Drive Speed Checker.
Is that an Android app or PC app ? Can't find it on the Market.
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Is that an Android app or PC app ? Can't find it on the Market.
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It's a PC App. You get it here.
Grrr, literally just bought a lexar class 4 from my memory for slightly more money, wish I had checked this.
Do all apps have to be reinstalled when insert a new card or can I just simply copy the contents of old memory card to new one?
ta
stripey_tiger said:
Grrr, literally just bought a lexar class 4 from my memory for slightly more money, wish I had checked this.
Do all apps have to be reinstalled when insert a new card or can I just simply copy the contents of old memory card to new one?
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I copied one card to the other using my PC. Had to restore some album art using Album Art Grabber but that was it.
Great stuff, thanks - gonna order one of these this week
With SD Cards in the Hero using A2SD, what is more important - the read speed or the write speed?
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With SD Cards in the Hero using A2SD, what is more important - the read speed or the write speed?
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depends what you're doing, doesn't it? if you're gonna be writing lots of data to the card, then obviously the write speed (i'm thinking, for example, if you're taking lots of pictures with the camera, installing lots of applications maybe, etc etc). if you're just interested in reading from the card - e.g. listening to your music collection - then you'd want that to be pretty fast. my guess is that the bottleneck, in general, is going to be the write speed on any card - but i don't know much about these cards, still learning ;-)
Excellent find thanks
Got one on order so all looking good for my newly rooted G2
Have fun Devchef1
joemax said:
The 2GB card that my Hero came with is made by Transcend. And with the Album app its way faster than the SanDisk 8GB Class 4 card I was going to use until I realised it was so slow in comparison.
Some SD card tests in the Hero would be great if someone has a few to try out
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The speed in album app is more related to if your thumbnails are created correctly on your sdcard. There is an increasing number of persons that realizing that they have this problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=558168
Hi Guys,
Any idea if the x10 could handle a class 10 sd card
appreciate your experience
x10i_droid said:
Hi Guys,
Any idea if the x10 could handle a class 10 sd card
appreciate your experience
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Yes, running 8gb class 10, all sd card operations run a LOT faster. Picture to picture is great.
Great !!!
As i am ver eager to move my apps to SD so thought of having a good investment with me..
was aiming for at least 16 GB...
Any Specific brand you recommend ?
Thanks Again
x10i_droid said:
Great !!!
As i am ver eager to move my apps to SD so thought of having a good investment with me..
was aiming for at least 16 GB...
Any Specific brand you recommend ?
Thanks Again
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Stick with one of the major brands and suppliers. Saw some post where some got really cheap ones and they were fake!
Tony_C said:
Stick with one of the major brands and suppliers. Saw some post where some got really cheap ones and they were fake!
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oh,i can't agree more.
as i bought a fake one last sunday.
totally no use.files i copied in mostly gone!
Yes suppliers are the most important part. I bought a "brand" but it was Counterfeit. I was able to get money back when I confronted the seller who feigned innocence but he was quick to refund
I got a class 4 32gb with a tiny usb adapter since all my card readers didn't handle the shdc cards. Now I have 5000 songs + backups and 2gb free.
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just a question i have N1 and i will sell it but i need to know if the atrix come with microSD just to know if start ordering one and let the nexus one go with microSD or something i have 16 gb class 6
o would like to know if its posible or if its included what class and capacity are the microSD
thanks a lot
zen kun said:
just a question i have N1 and i will sell it but i need to know if the atrix come with microSD just to know if start ordering one and let the nexus one go with microSD or something i have 16 gb class 6
o would like to know if its posible or if its included what class and capacity are the microSD
thanks a lot
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Unfortunately, it does not include it's own SD card.
Saschwatch said:
Unfortunately, it does not include it's own SD card.
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thanks a lot
zen kun said:
thanks a lot
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The Atrix has 16gb of internal storage (around 10gb avalaible). You don't need to buy an external sd.
Whipon said:
The Atrix has 16gb of internal storage (around 10gb avalaible). You don't need to buy an external sd.
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oh
but what about videos?when you record?all are in storage???so all my music will be there?(well i guess yes since i doubt you cant recrod with the camera w/o scard)
thanks
I've been using the built-in storage for videos and pictures taken with the camera.
I used my external SD for music and other videos before it died on me.
But if you have your own SD card with music in it, the Atrix should be able to recognize them. It did for me, using the built-in music player.
Title says it all. Wasn't sure if this was posted yet.
This phone rocks- upgraded from a Motorola Atrix.
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I'll get that later on. I only bought a 16 GB for moderate use.
Good to know, thanks for sharing! I wonder if 64GB is the limit?
I bought a sandisk 64gb card a few days ago for my Note as well, dumped a lot of content on it.
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rgarjr said:
I bought a sandisk 64gb card a few days ago for my Note as well, dumped a lot of content on it.
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H-O-L-L-Y Snickeys!
64GB? That's a wonderful thing.
How much does a 64GB mirco SD set you back?
I have 32GB now, Class 4. But does aok right now.
64gb Micro Sd
It will set you back $100-150 I'll keep my 32gb for now
JGuinan007 said:
It will set you back $100-150 I'll keep my 32gb for now
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Yeah, for "now" 32GB is perfect for me.
I mean right now I have all my music on Google Music, so that saves me approx 16GB of data, and I do have a few Media Hub movies, so 32GB is spacious right now.
Err0xx said:
Title says it all. Wasn't sure if this was posted yet.
This phone rocks- upgraded from a Motorola Atrix.
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Thanks, I had some customers that asked.
Yeah, I've never seen one under $120. Considering that's around three 32GB microSDHCs, I'm holding off--not that I have any trouble filling a 32GB card, but still.
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Yeah, I've never seen one under $120. Considering that's around three 32GB microSDHCs, I'm holding off--not that I have any trouble filling a 32GB card, but still.
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That's the cheapest I have seen them thus far. Wonder how fast it'll be before it significantly drops in price. So far, the 32GB ones have dropped a fair amount in price.
I'm gonna upgrade to a 32GB one from 16GB once I purchase my Note.
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Good to know, thanks for sharing! I wonder if 64GB is the limit?
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International version was reported to support 128GB, but there isn't a microSD that size yet, so the test was done with a regular SD card and an adaptor:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356754
Aerials said:
That's the cheapest I have seen them thus far. Wonder how fast it'll be before it significantly drops in price. So far, the 32GB ones have dropped a fair amount in price.
I'm gonna upgrade to a 32GB one from 16GB once I purchase my Note.
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Yeah 32GB are definitely at a good price point; I bought an excellent SanDisk class 4 from Newegg for $33, and could have saved a few bucks with a less reputable brand.
I haven't seen prices drop at all on microSDXC cards in the last four months. I'm not holding my breath at this point that they'll be priced competitively with smaller cards any time soon.
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International version was reported to support 128GB.
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Have you ever seen anyone selling a 128GB microSDXC? I don't think there is any technological limitation of the phone that would prevent your phone from reading even larger cards, as long as you can format them with a supported filesystem, and the SDXC standard allows up to 2TB. The limitations are just based on what's available.
... there isn't a microSD that size yet, so the test was done with a regular SD card and an adaptor:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356754
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... there isn't a microSD that size yet, so the test was done with a regular SD card and an adaptor:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356754
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That's pretty cool, thanks for the link. I'm not quite brave/crazy enough to clear a space in the back of my phone to install a full-size SD card though.
I got the same 64gb sandisk microsdxc and it doesnt work for me...phone wont recognize it. It's formatted into FAT32 and my HTC Evo 4G and PC can see the card and read/write to it just fine.
What file system do you have on that card?
64GB was 100 at bestbuy but they sell out quick on the site.
You have to put it in the phone and format it in the phone itself
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... there isn't a microSD that size yet, so the test was done with a regular SD card and an adaptor:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356754
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Well in THAT case. My phone supports my 3TB external HD
carhigh said:
You have to put it in the phone and format it in the phone itself
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thanks! that helped. used PC app to delete the partitions on the card, put it back in the phone and then went to Settings-> Storage -> Format SDCard
Hope this experience saves time to others.
Note does not see sd card contents
Having a little trouble with the external card being seen by the Note. I have a samsung 32 GB, class 10. I have pics loaded, ringtones and apks on it. Pics and apks are in the root of the card. Ebooks are in a folder called ebooks. Ringtones are in a folder- Forget how labeled, but copied from my infuse card. They work correctly.
My app installer does not see the apks. Gallery does not see the pics, but the ringtones are selectable by the settings thru contacts or setting sounds. STock ebook reader does not see my ebooks that are in a folder "ebooks".
With the file explorer on the note was able to open the sd card and install the apks manually.
How do I get the note to see the stuff on the external card?
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Well in THAT case. My phone supports my 3TB external HD
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Did you mean via USB OTG or did you actually connect that much to the micro SD slot via an adapter?
Just wondering what you guys would recommend for a good quality sd card for this phone? Also...how hard is it to put your stuff on the SD card rather than it going straight to internal storage??
I use a SanDisk 16 GB microSd card. It works fine, I've used it on my Xoom, BIONIC, and now my S4 and I got no complaints. Fits everything I want (I don't put any movies on it, just pictures and music). It isn't that difficult to move stuff to and from it, either go in an app on your phone and move stuff or plug it into you'r computer. Also, many apps, like the camera app, have settings that save pictures and videos straight to your external SD.
I think it's a must for an S4 user to have external storage, as TouchWiz/Bload take up almost 7GBs of internal storage.
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I use a SanDisk 16 GB microSd card. It works fine, I've used it on my Xoom, BIONIC, and now my S4 and I got no complaints. Fits everything I want (I don't put any movies on it, just pictures and music). It isn't that difficult to move stuff to and from it, either go in an app on your phone and move stuff or plug it into you'r computer. Also, many apps, like the camera app, have settings that save pictures and videos straight to your external SD.
I think it's a must for an S4 user to have external storage, as TouchWiz/Bload take up almost 7GBs of internal storage.
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Thanks! I guess I will do some research. I just know there are like different grades of microSD's but I will do some more research
I use the Sandisk 64GB MicroXDXC UHS-1 from Amazon. It's around $50 from Amazon. I've used it in my S3 as well. No issues besides every now and then it will say the card is damaged or give an error. A simple reboot fixes the issue. Best card for the monwy as I habe 2 of them. One in my S4 and one in my Tab 2 7.0. You should also try and find a USB reader for MicroSD cards to transfer your files as it's much faster than using the USB cable to transfer to the phone.
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I use the Sandisk 64GB MicroXDXC UHS-1 from Amazon. It's around $50 from Amazon. I've used it in my S3 as well. No issues besides every now and then it will say the card is damaged or give an error. A simple reboot fixes the issue. Best card for the monwy as I habe 2 of them. One in my S4 and one in my Tab 2 7.0. You should also try and find a USB reader for MicroSD cards to transfer your files as it's much faster than using the USB cable to transfer to the phone.
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Would it be stupid to buy a class 10 microSD? can the phone even really utilize the speed capability of a class 10? I am looking at that card right now, maybe the 32GB version, I don't think I would ever come close to using 64GB haha
CC268 said:
Would it be stupid to buy a class 10 microSD? can the phone even really utilize the speed capability of a class 10? I am looking at that card right now, maybe the 32GB version, I don't think I would ever come close to using 64GB haha
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Mine is class 10 and works well. You get the faster data transfers by using a USB adapter to transfer large files and music collections. It runs pretty decent I think.
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Mine is class 10 and works well. You get the faster data transfers by using a USB adapter to transfer large files and music collections. It runs pretty decent I think.
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Alright I will probably buy one on amazon right now then 32GB
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Alright I will probably buy one on amazon right now then 32GB
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Sounds good. A 32GB should format to fat32 unlike the 64GB ome.
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I just got the 64gb Sandisk and it works great but like the other guy said I got a error in the gym today and a reboot fixed it. I wanted a 32gb but the 2 local stores I went to were out.
i am using a 16gb sandisk class 10 card, and it works well. was under $20 at best buy and came with an adapter.