Have any of you seen the 16gb mega 6.3 available on reputable sites?
Amazon and newegg only have the 8gb model.
Curious if the 16gb is a delayed launch for some reason.
inurb said:
Have any of you seen the 16gb mega 6.3 available on reputable sites?
Amazon and newegg only have the 8gb model.
Curious if the 16gb is a delayed launch for some reason.
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16GB is available from Asia but not in Europe unless you buy from Hong Kong sellers. Not sure if they ever will be available here in the UK. You may use Foldermount to solve the shortage in internal memory.
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Yes, Negri Electronics, back order now, but I bought one on 7/4. Shipped 7/5 from China, arrived in Texas Monday am FED X. I changed language, then all good, great device.
I haven't seen any from a trusted seller, but honestly why do you want a 16gb when you can just put a 32 or 64gb card into the 8gb?
I just picked an 8gb mega 6.3 for 447 on amazon. The price was good and ill just put my 64gb card in it.
Use foldermount to mount the android folder to the external sd and you can use the full capacity of your external SD as internal storage if you want.
baileyjr said:
Use foldermount to mount the android folder to the external sd and you can use the full capacity of your external SD as internal storage if you want.
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with 8GB internal storage, I'm not sure that you would ever need to do this though.
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with 8GB internal storage, I'm not sure that you would ever need to do this though.
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Which is about 5gb after the OS.
Try installing 2-3 gameloft games and you would have no space left at all.
baileyjr said:
Which is about 5gb after the OS.
Try installing 2-3 gameloft games and you would have no space left at all.
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I thought they downloaded all of their game data to the SD card without you having to do anything extra
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I thought they downloaded all of their game data to the SD card without you having to do anything extra
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No the data goes on the internal SD.
Very few games have the option to move it to the external... Bards tale is one of the few I can think of that does.
baileyjr said:
No the data goes on the internal SD.
Very few games have the option to move it to the external... Bards tale is one of the few I can think of that does.
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Well I don't really play Gameloft games so I'm no expert.
That's pretty weird...
I have the following apps that cannot be moved to the SD so I use Foldermount:
Wiki Encyclopedia Offline: 3.6GB
Need for Speed Most Wanted: 2.2GB
Final Fantasy 4: 439MB
Copilot: 357MB
Minion Rush: 356MB
I have many others but they are under 100MB each so I don't move them with Foldermount.
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What are the practical performance differences between the two configurations. I know more RAM is always better, but is it worth $100?
Thanks,
Roger
bassplyr said:
What are the practical performance differences between the two configurations. I know more RAM is always better, but is it worth $100?
Thanks,
Roger
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It isnt ram, its storage. All you 'gain' is more room to store apps, music, movies etc. The tablet as almost all honeycomb tablets come with 1 gig of ram. If you see yourself packing the tablets with movies/photos etc then yes the 32 gig one is worth it.
At $100 for a 16gb increase it is far less expensive to just add a $20 16gb microSD card to expand to 32gb from a 16gb model.
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At $100 for a 16gb increase it is far less expensive to just add a $20 16gb microSD card to expand to 32gb from a 16gb model.
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Probably is til Sony patches it (and i hope they do) the sd slot is basically just a file transfer/media storage rather then true storage.
And keep in mind that the 16GB version only offer 8.9GB of storage !
piflechien said:
And keep in mind that the 16GB version only offer 8.9GB of storage !
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that of course isnt counting the 3.8 gigs to install apps on
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Probably is til Sony patches it (and i hope they do) the sd slot is basically just a file transfer/media storage rather then true storage.
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with the correct 3rd party apps on the market you can use an sd card as true storage!!i got a 32gb sd card full of movies working with mx video player pro which you need for divx/xvid/avi movies anyway!! Got the card for £29.99 and its a class 10!
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with the correct 3rd party apps on the market you can use an sd card as true storage!!i got a 32gb sd card full of movies working with mx video player pro which you need for divx/xvid/avi movies anyway!! Got the card for £29.99 and its a class 10!
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what app is it?
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what app is it?
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Well you can use File manager HD to look for and open files, or say if you have movies use MX Video Player. On both apps the sd card shows as sdcard2
Pretty much every single 3rd party none sony/asus/google/htc apps can play/view file directly from the SD card.
Only thing you need to know is that your SD card is located at:
/mnt/SDCard2/
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what app is it?
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I really hope you can gather data from SD card with stock music and video apps.
Like ken says 599 us dollars,
Get it my 32gb have 8gb left
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hi - could someone please explain the storage setup?
I swapped my 16GB Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for a 16GB Sony and as mentioned previously, it only shows 8.92GB internal storage (USB) plus 3.94GB internal storage so that's approx 3GB for the OS and sample files!
I assume this is just the way Sony split up the 16GB?
On the Samsung it showed approx 15GB from new
Just trying to clarify....
thanks
AirwolfUK said:
I assume this is just the way Sony split up the 16GB?
On the Samsung it showed approx 15GB from new
Just trying to clarify....
thanks
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The storage is splitted between storage for application installation and data such as files, videos, photos, etc..
Trying to understand why a 32gb scandisk sdcard shows 7.3 gb used and says 1.3 gb free? Very odd. Any ideas?
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Do you have any backup type programs that might run automatically? Some might hidden files. Or do you have 2 partitions?
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Did you buy it from the US or some other country? Cause it might me fake? Just a thought
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Second the fake SD card check. Back up all your files and try running h2testw 1.4 to see if it is actually a 32GB card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730285
If you have flashed an image of sdcard with smaller capacity, this could happen...
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First off You did not say in what device did You put your card to get that readings . Your cellphone , Mac , Windows pc .... It depends on card formatting . Maybe it was formatted so that only some OS can see it . Try using some cannon cameras or nokia cell phone to reformat it . ( I had a program on my PC that can recognize any formatting and create ANY partition on the card ) .
Im aware of the fake sd cards. Which is why I didnt buy it on ebay and purchased from amazon. Its just in the flyer. Have not partitioned or done anything to it. Titanium is installed but no auto backups are scheduled. Is there a market app that will show whats consuming the card, if anything?
Astro file manager shows the total capacity is 8.9gb. Time for a new card.
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IF you are talking about the internal SD memory, you are only looking at one of 3 partitions.
The 32GB 3G and Wifi version has its internal memory split between 8GB of app storage and 20GB of “tablet storage,” which works like the SD card on an Android smartphone. On the 16GB Wifi-only model you get 4GB for apps and 9GB of tablet storage. Both models set about 8GB aside for the OS.
If you are talking about an external SSD card, then either it is incorrectly formatted or you are using an application that doesn't recognize large SD cards.
I highly recommend SDFormatter from Panasonic / Trendy for formatting SD cards. Far far better than Windows or Linux built-ins and can fix many woes. Free to download. Do not use it on your Flyer internal memory, formatting that will cause big problems.
DigitalMD said:
IF you are talking about the internal SD memory, you are only looking at one of 3 partitions.
The 32GB 3G and Wifi version has its internal memory split between 8GB of app storage and 20GB of “tablet storage,” which works like the SD card on an Android smartphone. On the 16GB Wifi-only model you get 4GB for apps and 9GB of tablet storage. Both models set about 8GB aside for the OS.
If you are talking about an external SSD card, then either it is incorrectly formatted or you are using an application that doesn't recognize large SD cards.
I highly recommend SDFormatter from Panasonic / Trendy for formatting SD cards. Far far better than Windows or Linux built-ins and can fix many woes. Free to download. Do not use it on your Flyer internal memory, formatting that will cause big problems.
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A number of good points there. One thing, be absolutely sure you are looking at the external and not the internal SD if you go anywhere near partitions. re-partitioning the internal memory can perm-brick a device.
Formatting the internal memory is a no brainer. The 32 gb card clearly showed its max capacity. Will try to copy all content then reformat. It looked authentic when it came packaged.
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Im aware of the fake sd cards. Which is why I didnt buy it on ebay and purchased from amazon. Its just in the flyer. Have not partitioned or done anything to it. Titanium is installed but no auto backups are scheduled. Is there a market app that will show whats consuming the card, if anything?
Astro file manager shows the total capacity is 8.9gb. Time for a new card.
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Amazon has vendors that sell fake SD cards too. I got two in the past.
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Im aware of the fake sd cards. Which is why I didnt buy it on ebay and purchased from amazon. Its just in the flyer. Have not partitioned or done anything to it. Titanium is installed but no auto backups are scheduled. Is there a market app that will show whats consuming the card, if anything?
Astro file manager shows the total capacity is 8.9gb. Time for a new card.
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Keep in mind that Amazon acts as a storefront for a myriad independent sellers. Wouldn't surprise me if fake SD cards are sold on Amazon, too.
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Astro file manager shows the total capacity is 8.9gb. Time for a new card.
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In Astro file manager the external SD Card is listed as ext_sd.
When I open Astro it is showing the internal SD storage(8.9gb). I then scroll down to ext_sd to see the external one
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Keep in mind that Amazon acts as a storefront for a myriad independent sellers. Wouldn't surprise me if fake SD cards are sold on Amazon, too.
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I was wondering the same when the OP mentioned they bought from Amazon, whether it was from Amazon themselves, or another seller. I'd trust an SD card purchased from Amazon themselves.
After contacting Amazon, they immediately offered a full refund and noted "the wrong item was sent." Even though an independent seller sold the sd card, Amazon was responsible for the sale.
I've been wondering which GS3 to buy, the 16gb or 32gb model? I would usually go with the 16gb as there's the option of using an external sd card anyway, however, the phone performance is better with apps installed on internal memory and also there are still apps in the market that don't get transferred to the sd card. Another concern is the size of apps that keep growing everyday (I think now min. is 4gb) such as amazing games launched recently (e.g. Nova 3) and since this is a beast of a phone, and I'm planning to keep it for the next 2 yrs, I was wondering if 16gb would suffice?!!
Any thoughts from anyone would be appreciated.
Be greedy and go for more, why settle for less?
16Gb is more than enough for just apps, plus you get up to 64Gb extra for external storage. Also, you can only get the 32Gb version in the UK if your on Vodafone, otherwise you have to wait a month.
I just cancelled my pre-order so that i can get the 64GB version
I have a feeling that it may not be available
I have a bad feeling that 64gb is a myth.. Even if its not, most likely its in aug or sept.
As I got it, 32GB version will be available in UK from Vodafone only, for a month. Other countries do not fall into that.
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Some German stores say they will have 32 GB version at the end of May
http://www.preissuchmaschine.de/in-Handy-ohne-Vertrag/Smartphone/Samsung-Galaxy-S3-I9300-32GB.html
Never really bothered me about internal storage if there is a Micro SD slot and that basically gives you infinite storage. Though personally I never filled up my GS2 storage of 16GB, I don't keep useless albums and just pick my songs so I only had like 2GB of songs. I find apps on the Android market to be really poor compared to what is on IOS so I barely played any games. When I do play games I just realise how **** the touch screen is for control and want proper buttons lol. With dropbox giving me 50GB free and having unlimited data on 3 I just put all my pirated Windows software on there lol.
I really don't care, I'm happy with the 16GB. Enough for apps.
As for movies/music/pictures, that's what I'm buying a 32GB Micro SDHC for. q
with the amount of flashing I do the 16gb one is fine for me as I only store my things on the external sd card
people always misleading by MicroSD extension.
You cannot increase internal storage by MicroSD. You will just add one more storage. But since most applications know only about one storage, they will continue use only internal storage. All games put their caches to /sdcard which is internal storage.
of course, it's still possible to hack games and change path /sdcard to /sdcard/external_sd. Some hacks allow to swap internal and external storages permanently.
This is android, and many tweaks possible. But if you plan to use phone as just regular user then you should know that internal storage won't be extended by adding MicroSD.
Actually, I use MicroSD in my SGSII just for media such as photos (made by SGSII camera), video, music. All applications related files are on internal storage. In this scenario, 16gb of internal storage for me is not enough, so i bought 32gb version. And i can easily swap microsd without loosing functionality, since all data are in internal.
A Galaxy S3 16GB is £500, the Galaxy S3 32GB is mostly going to be around £600.
You may as well go to Amazon and purchase the 64gb micro sd card from Sandisk class 10 for £55 and have 80GB. I mean seriously, 80GB is enough to be fair.
I guess the real question is how much faster is the nand/internal storage Vs Sandisk MicroSDXC?
Would the difference actually be noticeable in day to day use as a non dev
I don't mean off the cuff comments like its faster etc
I would like to see actual facts & figures.
I am going to buy 32GB version for storing Apps, games, videos and lots other things. Then after buying phone if i buy 16gb version, I feel annoying if i need more capacity, buying a memory card putting it in my phone. Its better to have 32gb version.
MrPhilo said:
You may as well go to Amazon and purchase the 64gb micro sd card from Sandisk class 10 for £55.
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Or £45 from Play.
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I guess the real question is how much faster is the nand/internal storage Vs Sandisk MicroSDXC?
Would the difference actually be noticeable in day to day use as a non dev
I don't mean off the cuff comments like its faster etc
I would like to see actual facts & figures.
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Following on from this, I found a nice little review of Sandisk's 64Gb MicroSDXC
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/04/01/review-sandisk-64gb-microsdxc-card-huge-capacity-meets-impressive-speeds/
Going for a full powerhouse,,Galaxy S3 launching here in India on 31st,,will be going for 64GB version w/o a doubt if available else 32GB & last and least preferable is 16GB
I'm getting 16GB with 32GB MicroSD card.
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I've been wondering which GS3 to buy, the 16gb or 32gb model? I would usually go with the 16gb as there's the option of using an external sd card anyway, however, the phone performance is better with apps installed on internal memory and also there are still apps in the market that don't get transferred to the sd card. Another concern is the size of apps that keep growing everyday (I think now min. is 4gb) such as amazing games launched recently (e.g. Nova 3) and since this is a beast of a phone, and I'm planning to keep it for the next 2 yrs, I was wondering if 16gb would suffice?!!
Any thoughts from anyone would be appreciated.
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Actually performance on my SGS2 was better with my class 4 32gb Sandisk Card than the internal storage.
16gb is more than enough for apps,
Its more than suitable for the next 2 years
JD
I have a 64GB SDXC on the way from Hong Kong. I have preordered the SGS3 16GB version.
80GB will be enough for me since I don't use my phone to listen to music. I listen to music all the time, so I want to have a dedicated player for that. And I really love the sound quality of my rockboxed Sansa Clip Zip. For mega-ultra-super emergencies (mp3 player battery empty) I have a Subsonic music server setup so I can stream my music from my HTPC at home which is turned on 24/7, so that's my failsafe.
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I nearly bought a 16G one today, but then held my temptation as I wasn't sure about the requirements for this bigger phone. Some are right that apps are getting bigger and bigger. On the other hand I keep all the media on the card. On my s2 half of int storage is still free after a year, so unless someone advices that with this kind of usage and for apps etc 16G is not enough ; I guess I should go for the 16G. Any comments folks?
I plan on buying the 16GB model, but how much free space is there once the tablet arrives?
t0m3k38 said:
I plan on buying the 16GB model, but how much free space is there once the tablet arrives?
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About 13 gig
t0m3k38 said:
I plan on buying the 16GB model, but how much free space is there once the tablet arrives?
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13.05 gb total space available. That is what mine shows. Not really bad at all, not like I thought it would be. I have couple play movie rentals downloaded, 112 apps installed as well as a few dozen songs on the nexus 10. Only 2.6gb used, still have 80 percent left (10+ gb) . Also ordered a micro OTG USB cable so I can use USB stick/sd card for extra storage (no need to root for photo, video or music streaming if you use nexus media importer)
Hope that helps,
Ed
Wow glad I got a 32gb.. I have 11gb left and for WHAT? No music yet, well other then the free google gives you. no movies..Apps and 2-3 games. Must me BIG games and APPS! hehe
Buy a 64 GB usbstick and everything is OK ;0))
I would not recommend getting 16gb. My note 10.1 is 16gb and I have a 64gb and its not enough space. I can't keep all my games saved on my tab at once. I keep all my media saved on my sd card and only save game files on my system.
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I would not recommend getting 16gb. My note 10.1 is 16gb and I have a 64gb and its not enough space. I can't keep all my games saved on my tab at once. I keep all my media saved on my sd card and only save game files on my system.
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Mine was a Christmas gift, so I can have nothing to complain about. If I had the choice, I would have got the 32gb as well.. But after filling my tab2-7 int space and a 32gb sd card, I don't think that would be enough space either. But besides the usb memory stick ad on (got my cable from Korea today, works great!!!) there is the option of cloud storage. One service giving you 50gb free now!
That's the one thing about the large nexus 10.....You will more than likely be using it around the house and a wifi signal. Plenty of room for movies and music now! We only need an app that will allow us to install and RUN apps from cloud services.
If you are going to allow multiple users on the n10,then you must get the larger one.... But that probably won't be enough if one of the users is a gamer (grin) just such a large price difference for 16gb....Although I did once pay that for 1mb on my first IBM XT 16mhz system... 1mb simm chip, not gb! (gotta love this tablet!)
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I want to change my 256GB MicroSD card to a 400GB one but my supplier says it won't work in the M5.
I don't think there is a reason why it shouldn't but has anyone tried a 400GB and can confirm it's working?
works fine in mine. i have never had an issue putting in a larger sd card no matter that the manufacturer said was compatible
It works..but without root it's totally unnecessary cause huawei doesn't allow "app2sd"
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mediapad-m5/help/apps-to-sd-t3795227
i do have mine rooted. I never bother to move apps to the sd card. I do however keep a 100gb of music, tons of video, and like to keep twrp backups for a long time. So it is easy to run out space on a 256gb card.
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It works..but without root it's totally unnecessary cause huawei doesn't allow "app2sd"
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mediapad-m5/help/apps-to-sd-t3795227
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You mean it's unnecessary for you.,,
Like the previous poster I also like to fill up my SD card with lots of music and other data for offline use.
My 256GB card only has 218GB usable storage when formatted with ext2FS instead of the expected 238GB.
Why is that?
Using this app I have been successful with moving q lot of apps so my SD card.
Flavio said:
You mean it's unnecessary for you.,,
Like the previous poster I also like to fill up my SD card with lots of music and other data for offline use.
My 256GB card only has 218GB usable storage when formatted with ext2FS instead of the expected 238GB.
Why is that?
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Hey
Did you finally buy the 400gb sd card ?
Does it work with the tablet ?
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works fine in mine. i have never had an issue putting in a larger sd card no matter that the manufacturer said was compatible
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Hi
Which sd card model do you have ?
I want to buy a Samsung 512GB but doesn't know if it will work.
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Hi
Which sd card model do you have ?
I want to buy a Samsung 512GB but doesn't know if it will work.
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I have the Samsung brand card. You need to be careful buying no name cards especially on eBay. There are a lot of counterfeit ones out there that will read as the large advertise in your PC but are actually smaller ones.
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I have the Samsung brand card. You need to be careful buying no name cards especially on eBay. There are a lot of counterfeit ones out there that will read as the large advertise in your PC but are actually smaller ones.
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Ok thank you for the advice.
I ll try to buy the card from a local store or sold by amazon and not a reseller.
My tablet is not rooted, do you think it will make a difference for the 512GB SD card to be recognized properly ?
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Ok thank you for the advice.
I ll try to buy the card from a local store or sold by amazon and not a reseller.
My tablet is not rooted, do you think it will make a difference for the 512GB SD card to be recognized properly ?
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All my tablets and phones are rooted, so I can't say 100%. ...but at least 99% sure it won't make a difference.
Usually vendors are listening supported sd cards available at the moment of the device release. Over the years, I'm using high capacity sd cards in many devices which are not supporting them officially. Never had an issue. Only couple of times had to format it in the device itself.
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Ihave to buy microSD or sdxc?
I would say (maybe not completely correct) that microsd is describing physical format, sdxc or similar technical specifications, like speed. Sdxc should work. I can check later which type I have.
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I'm trying a Sandisk 400G, it works fine!