Micro-SD memory card for S3 - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hello everyone, im new and i have a question: i want to buy a memory card for my GT-I9300, but i dont which memory card i should buy, because i play a lot of games on my phone, like need for speed so i need a really fast memory card. so what will be the speed i need fo a memory card?
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For speed, I recommend you keep games and apps on internal memory, and you can put all the songs videos, pictures on an sd card.

But is 95 mb/ps reading speed enough for large games?
(thanx for the answer by the way )
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Look at the top of this thread for SD card info. It's sticky'd

keep games and apps on internal memory...that give you speed to launch them

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SD Card class?

Hi guys, jus wanna knw if there is any difference in the performance of the phone (other than jus transferring files to n from pc) according to the class of the sd card?
Thanx
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Yes there is. The class tells you the transfer speed for witch the card is rated.
For example, my card is class 10. That means that its capable of transfer speeds of up to 10mb/s. Same for others.
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So that transfer speed of 10 mbps refers to the speed @ which files are being transferred to n from pc right?
My question is apart from that will it affect the performance of phone when i hv apps in ext (a2sd)
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Yes, speed class is guaranteed write-to-card speed in megabytes/second (read speed is usually even higher). Obviously, the bigger class, the better, but high-class also much pricier. And you unlikely too see much speed difference if you just want to put some apps on SD card (well, depends on the app - some games are 300Mb+, and you'd see the difference).
But if you for example want to watch movies on your phone, you may find that slow speed class, like 2, is a pita to wait for while a movie transfers from your pc ;-). Class 10 would be a real hit then (especially if you write files using a cardreader, it may be not as good via USB to a phone).
Hv a class 2 1gb card, planning to get class 6 8gb card. So i should see significant performance improvements while havin ext partition right?
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[Q]S3 storage capacity. Is it enough?

hi. just a quick question. is SGS3 storing game data downloads to internal or external sd?
i know there are apps to link to external sd but just want to know cause i might take the 32gb version. thanks
Depends on game to game and app to app. Some apps allow external storage game data while others don't. For example gta 3’s latest update was to be able to move the data onto external storage.
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generally if you install 3 or 4 hd games it will simply fillup your internal sd. so if you are an avid gamer then its better to hold out a little and get 32 gb
Yeah the 32gb might be better if you're into gaming. I have nova3 and mass effect among other games installed and they've really eaten up alot of space. Out of the 16gb, you only have access around 11.4gb which less than what the S2 offers
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Would moving apps to as card...

Increase performance?
I've a 32GB class 10 sd card, very curious to know if having another place for apps to load from would increase or decrease performance?
Thank you
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Although I tend to try to store my data mostly on my sdcard the internal memory def is faster at reading and writing ..

[Q] Micro SD cards

Hi guys
I'm looking to buy a Micro sd card, samsung 32GB, class 10
So my questions are:
1- If someone already using sd card just like this one, tell me is it working fine with your android device?
2- Do you think that patriot or some other manufacturer cards are better then samsung?
3- Does your phone in some cases really feals faster with an sd card with bigger class number ( does reading speed of your card effect phone's speed? )
4- I heard that class 6 ( 6 MBps ) is more than enough for android devices, and also that some class 10 cards slow down a device, is it true?
5- Will i ever have enough memory on my phone
I know that there are the same threads on forum somewhere, but i need answers quickly and thats why im opening this one..
Marchello1 said:
Hi guys
I'm looking to buy a Micro sd card, samsung 32GB, class 10
So my questions are:
1- If someone already using sd card just like this one, tell me is it working fine with your android device?
2- Do you think that patriot or some other manufacturer cards are better then samsung?
3- Does your phone in some cases really feals faster with an sd card with bigger class number ( does reading speed of your card effect phone's speed? )
4- I heard that class 6 ( 6 MBps ) is more than enough for android devices, and also that some class 10 cards slow down a device, is it true?
5- Will i ever have enough memory on my phone
I know that there are the same threads on forum somewhere, but i need answers quickly and thats why im opening this one..
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1. It works fine.
2. It just user preference. Their both great.
3. Reading and writing to the SD card will be faster. It won't affect phone speed unless your device is using certain mods such as swaps, int.ext. sd swaps, etc. or you have apps on your SD card.
4. While class 6 may be quite fast for a device, there is no way a class 10 could be slower.
5. That's up to you .
tnx Theonew
if i understood it well, an app called swapper 2 can allow device to use some memory from partitioned sd card like a ram memory and provide it a slightly better multitasking, and speed.. ?
And i have read that it can also affect an sd card's life..
So, is it worth it?
Marchello1 said:
tnx Theonew
if i understood it well, an app called swapper 2 can allow device to use some memory from partitioned sd card like a ram memory and provide it a slightly better multitasking, and speed.. ?
And i have read that it can also affect an sd card's life..
So, is it worth it?
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Yes, swapping can degrade the life of the SD card but it is worth it if your device is a low-end one (and slow). It will assist in stuff like gaming, etc.
No, I really don't think its worth it. It really affects the cards life and does not really add much ram, even for slow phones...
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krismerful said:
No, I really don't think its worth it. It really affects the cards life and does not really add much ram, even for slow phones...
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An additional 256mb is quite a lot compared to 192mb (total).
Quick benchmark of Samsung SD card class 10 in the ASUS Transformer TF101.
Code:
[email protected]:/home/kuisma# hdparm -t /dev/block/mmcblk1p2
/dev/block/mmcblk1p2:
Timing buffered disk reads: 60 MB in 3.09 seconds = 19.43 MB/sec
Reference, the internal nand flash (/data partition):
Code:
[email protected]:/home/kuisma# hdparm -t /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7:
Timing buffered disk reads: 52 MB in 3.10 seconds = 16.79 MB/sec
If comparing read vs write, large blocks vs small, sequential vs random etc, the SD Cards wins a few times, the internal flash a few. It's more or less a draw. I would say this SD card got "good enough" performance, although far from SSD performance.
good enough for smartphone
are you talking about solid state disk?
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Marchello1 said:
are you talking about solid state disk?
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"SSD" was referring to "solid state disk", yes.
i found one for a 40€, micro sd, 32 gb class 10, its a good price here, im buying it next week
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[Q] buying xperia sola

hey guys, i know that xperia sola has 8gb internal memory but 5gb user available right?
so which memory card should i buy?
should i buy 16gb or 8gb would be enough?
i only gonna put like 50 songs, probably one 720p video which usually takes 700mb, some casual android games from the market, and some heavy gameloft games like mc3, nova and so on.
which should i buy considering it has 5gb internal memory available for user which makes it a total of 11gb if i 8gb+internal memory and a total of 19gb if 16gb+internal memory.
and which colour colour should i pick. white or red? i dont want black i have been using so many phones with black colour my whole life so white or red? :laugh:
If u have to put so many things on the memory i suggest u to take a 16 gb class 10, a ext sd card make all very slow if it is not enogh good!
I prefer the red one,but when i bought it there is only white -.-
Since the price is almost the same for 8&16 (at least where I live) I'd get a 16. You won't have to worry about the space if you decide to put more files in it later on.
But make sure the class is high enough or it will make your device laggy. I'm not sure what class would be good enough for android as I always use the class 10 cards from my cameras, but I think 4 minimum.
Oh and I'd get red, it's an eye catcher.
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First of all the user accessible memory is 4gb only.
Now to answer your question, it'd be better if you go for 16gb.
Reason - You said that you will play heavy games like mc3. Now when you install these games from the play store, they download a big chunk of data on your internal memory (usually 1gb+) now since the user accessible internal mem is just 4 gb, you'll only be able to keep 2-3 games at max.
But there is an app by the name "gl to sd". Using this app, you can transfer those "big chunks" of game data to your external memory. (requires root).
Now you can keep around 5-6 games along with those songs and 720p movies you mentioned.
I am using Xperia Sola with a class 4 16gb mem card. have about 5-6 big games(mc3, asphalt 7. dead space, gta3, max payne etc), around 300+ songs, and still have 3-4 gb free in my mem card. Moreover I keep my internal mem of 4gb as free as possible.
Argasil said:
If u have to put so many things on the memory i suggest u to take a 16 gb class 10, a ext sd card make all very slow if it is not enogh good!
I prefer the red one,but when i bought it there is only white -.-
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16gb it is! thanks.
class 10 card is expensive here so im just gonna take 16gb class 6 :laugh:
Sirence said:
Since the price is almost the same for 8&16 (at least where I live) I'd get a 16. You won't have to worry about the space if you decide to put more files in it later on.
But make sure the class is high enough or it will make your device laggy. I'm not sure what class would be good enough for android as I always use the class 10 cards from my cameras, but I think 4 minimum.
Oh and I'd get red, it's an eye catcher.
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i thought red color looks amazing too
rohit3221 said:
First of all the user accessible memory is 4gb only.
Now to answer your question, it'd be better if you go for 16gb.
Reason - You said that you will play heavy games like mc3. Now when you install these games from the play store, they download a big chunk of data on your internal memory (usually 1gb+) now since the user accessible internal mem is just 4 gb, you'll only be able to keep 2-3 games at max.
But there is an app by the name "gl to sd". Using this app, you can transfer those "big chunks" of game data to your external memory. (requires root).
Now you can keep around 5-6 games along with those songs and 720p movies you mentioned.
I am using Xperia Sola with a class 4 16gb mem card. have about 5-6 big games(mc3, asphalt 7. dead space, gta3, max payne etc), around 300+ songs, and still have 3-4 gb free in my mem card. Moreover I keep my internal mem of 4gb as free as possible.
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thank you im gonna take the 16gb card class 6.
about moving apps from internal memory to sd. im not too worry about it. i recommend Link2sd. it is much much better than any apps out there that have the function to move apps to sd.
Izzy Stinson said:
16gb it is! thanks.
class 10 card is expensive here so im just gonna take 16gb class 6 :laugh:
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That should be fine, I think class 10 is overkill.
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