Micro sd card size - Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers

Hi guys,
Would like to know what's the biggest size of micro SD card which is supported by the Redmi 5 Plus.
GSMARENA says 128GB, but im not sure where they get that information.
Kindly help before I make the purchase. Thanks\\

Yep.
The maximal storage size amounts to 128 Gigabyte.

UsPdSr said:
Yep.
The maximal storage size amounts to 128 Gigabyte.
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You mentioned Maximum storage size amounts to 128GB.
Does this mean the 32GB + Micro SD = 128GB?
Or the MicroSD max size is 128GB?
Anyone have tested a bigger SD card on this device?
Thanks

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2 GB micro SD ultra card

Hi,
Can anyone having micro SD 2GB ultra card can tell us about its performance? I have heard that 2Gb card as such had some impact on the performance of the phone and slows it a bit down? Is there any improvement using this faster card?
I have SanDisk 2GB MicroSD - in my opinion it's quicker than my previous 1GB.
I have seen sandisk 2gb ultra II micro sd card in the market. I just wanted to know if it improves the performance over the simple 2gb micro sd card?
i have a SanDisk 2GB standard MicroSD and performance is great, no slow downs on anything.
its a lot faster than a 1Gb card (can't remmeber make, probably SanDisk) that was with my Universal, that was sloooow...
sorry that that doesnt really answer your question, but in my opinion i think that there isn't much gain in opting for the Ultra MicroSD card, as there's not anything wrong with the standard one!
Comparing performance with different flash cards, be sure they are formatted with the same file system (FAT16/FAT32) and the same cluster size. Instead, your comparision results ae meaningless.
Lurker0 said:
Comparing performance with different flash cards, be sure they are formatted with the same file system (FAT16/FAT32) and the same cluster size. Instead, your comparision results ae meaningless.
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And what are the best in your opinion? (cluster size and 16/32)
sergiopi said:
And what are the best in your opinion? (cluster size and 16/32)
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I'd suggest you to search for existing threads and articles.
There is no a one-for-all solutions. One thing that I'd recommend is to format with one FAT copy (again, do a search). Then, the bigger the cluster size, the better berformance, but, OTOH, the more space is wasted. With a statistics provided e.g. by SK Tools anybody may make their decision on how to balance. SK Tools also a good tol to format cards with.
As for FAT16 vs FAT32, this is the last thing to decide. If a chosen cluster size allows FAT16 for the card, better to use it. If it does not - you have no a choice but to use FAT32. The only drawback of FAT16 is a fixed root directory size, which is not a big isue with large (16K to 64K) cluster sizes required for FAT16 on big cards.
But the main point for this thread still is: comparing flash card speeds, use the same format parameters.
Had anyone done this kind of comparison on different micro sd cards?
It imaging that this level of testing is about pointless, the typical bottleneck here is likely to be the reader device, not the card.
The phone will likely be the slowest aspect, at least when compared to a desktop reader...
You might find a turtle that can sprint, but it will still be a turtle

[Q] Format SD Card - Allocation Unit Size???

Hi guys,
I have a 8GB SD Card
when formatting it i can specify a Allocation Unit Size
What should it be? now i'm trying 16kb, i can also go higher like 32 kb ...
whats the difference?
morphnike said:
Hi guys,
I have a 8GB SD Card
when formatting it i can specify a Allocation Unit Size
What should it be? now i'm trying 16kb, i can also go higher like 32 kb ...
whats the difference?
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You need to format it by (fat32)
kurt-willems said:
You need to format it by format32
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yes that i know, it is FAT32
but there is also Allocation Unit Size...
does that matter for Android? once I saw somewhere it should be 16 kb, but why?
with my old card, the maximum was 16kb, now with my new card I can go higher... should I?
Few days ago I purchased a 8GB Class 6 SD card. Found somewhere on this forum video of guy testing card on different Allocation size. On his test 32kB gave the best results. So I used 32kB and it is working ok.
sorry i have edited this to remove my question and post in correct forum.
clyder said:
Found somewhere on this forum video of guy testing card on different Allocation size. On his test 32kB gave the best results.
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care to share the link? I'm intrigued, cause my understaning is that bigger cluster size improves speed, but wastes more space (slack after small files)

[Q] best allocation unit size for microsdhc?

in win7 i can choose between 32k and the new 64k when formatting the card. which should I do which is best for the phone,or should I just format it in recovery?
dyetheskin said:
in win7 i can choose between 32k and the new 64k when formatting the card. which should I do which is best for the phone,or should I just format it in recovery?
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What file format? FAT32?
Generally I just leave it at the stock settings, which I believe is 4K allocation unit size. Android runs off a ton of smaller files, I think the larger allocation unit sizing is just going to be inefficient on space. Since this is flash based storage there probably is going to be minimal or no performance differences, I would think.
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nevermind, I need to read things first. For the SDCARD, which is mostly general storage, small file sizes arent likely a reason to opt for 4k over 32k or 64k, but I still don't know if you'll get any performance gain. Honestly, try both and benchmark them. Let us know if one is for some reason significantly better than the others..
I just benchmarked 14 tests between both 32K and 64K allocation unit sizes and 7 different caches between 128 and 4096. The sweet spot for me was 64K when formatting the card and setting sd-booster to 4096. my card is a 32gb lexar sdhc class 10. I get roughly 9.1 for write and 22.6 for read.
What did you use to format? When I put my 64gb sdxc card I got a message saying the card is damaged would you like to format it and I said why yes, I would like to format it and it just did it without any options. All I know is that it formatted as FAT32. Can I check in the phone what allocation unit size it is at?
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What did you use to format? When I put my 64gb sdxc card I got a message saying the card is damaged would you like to format it and I said why yes, I would like to format it and it just did it without any options. All I know is that it formatted as FAT32. Can I check in the phone what allocation unit size it is at?
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no you cant check on the device. the options are in windows7 in the format screen
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no you cant check on the device. the options are in windows7 in the format screen
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Okay, thanks. I formatted in the phone since I figured it would format it properly. I saw that it was FAT32 when I was putting some music on it but never check anything further than that.
Antutu Benchmark results (my card is class 6):
Write - (5.0 MB/s) 50
Read - (5.7 MB/s) 57
Internal card results:
Write - (7.0 MB/s) 70
Read - (6.4 MB/s) 64
I have no idea if that's good or bad. My first smartphone so I've never had to pay that much attention to this stuff.
Were your speeds MB/s also? If so, maybe I'll try reformatting, although mine is class 6 so I don't know how much to allow for that.
I also saw something about Android OS supposedly not supporting more than 32gb but mine is 64gb. Would that be a factor?
Allocation size should be based on "average file size"
If apps, keep it smaller, or the normal 4k. Music/movies, you can up it a few notches.
Benchmarking this with benchmark programs are useless as they have preset small files they use to bench the speeds. Being flash memory, allocation size will also most likely put forth no noticeable speed difference on already speed limited SD cards. if seektime mattered, allocation would also. in our cases allocation only has the effect of potentially wasting space.
just use the smallest allocation size for the most use of the space on your card. you select higher allocation unit sizes, all the teeny files android and apps use will take up the amount of space equal to the allocation size, regardless of its true size (4k allocation means ALL files take a minimum of 4K, or in increments of 4K. therefore files <4k take 4k, 4+ to 8 take 8k, 8+ to 12 take 12k.)
Yes 64gb cards are usually fine on aneroid. What are keeping on there, pron???
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nrfitchett4 said:
Yes 64gb cards are usually fine on aneroid. What are keeping on there, pron???
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I never keep pron on my aneroid. I wouldn't know how to get it on/in (?) there!
lol mmm Pron

[Q] Is 16GB enough for SGS3 and everyday comprehensive use?

I know, i can have external memory, but it is slow comparing to NAND internal memory
How much of internal memory will left after all the system? 11GB?
On my galaxy s 16gb (rough comparison) SD card partition is 13.4 and app partition is 1.8. Rest is system partitions.
Touchwiz will probably take a bit more and Samsung may partition differently.
Its enough for me end up with 4gb free
With 5gb music.
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if i read it right the built in 16 gb will have 10.5 gb usable as internal sd which is 1 gb lesser than my sgs2. Thank god sgs3 has the sdcard slot .
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if i read it right the built in 16 gb will have 10.5 gb usable as internal sd which is 1 gb lesser than my sgs2. Thank god sgs3 has the sdcard slot .
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I am getting the 64gb version plus the 64gb SD XC card I got now....128gb heaven....
pachi72 said:
I am getting the 64gb version plus the 64gb SD XC card I got now....128gb heaven....
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Do you really carry 128 gb of data's with your phone. Then get a extra battery too.
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forumhookersdotcom said:
Do you really carry 128 gb of data's with your phone. Then get a extra battery too.
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Yes I do.. And that data is my music.. I don't like cloud streaming at all.
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Taken from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25767422#post25767422
Partition sizes:
/system: 1G (might more: df command rounding error), 315Mb Free.
/data: 11G (shared with /sdcard, pure Ext4)
/cache: 1G
Mount options: optimized Ext4 settings (same as those introduced in Voodoo lagfix)
Sd Cards & additional storage.
Internal: /mnt/sdcard
External: /mnt/extSdCard
USB sticks: /mnt/UsbDriveA to FAK8975C
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Damn ill take a 16 gb and 16 ext. Also the ext battery but deff not both 64.
Where have you seen info about extended batteries?
I never use more than 3 gig on my phone so 16 gig is plenty. Out of the 3 gig that I use, most of it is ROMs and kernels that are on it
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I'll be happy with the 16GB one, already have a 32GB card but i may get a 64GB card too.
Yes. Put a 62 GB SD card in it and there you have it you will never run out of storage. Plus you can utilize the Dropbox Storage they give u
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To each their own.
I think I'll buy a 32 Gb phone and buy an sd later as and when required. (Since internal memory is faster)
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Yes. Put a 62 GB SD card in
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You meant 64 GB
i think ill grab a 16GB version of the GS3..already have class 4 32GB never used it had it on my note but i returned it due to pixel issues..still a virgin but now i might get the higher speed sandisk 64GB.. that way when i get new Nexus/NOTE2/GS4 ect.. ill just buy the ones that have the lowest GB built inn and just popped the 64GB.. im good with a built in 16GB..got to love this SD slots coming from a iphone/ipad user..still like my apple stuff but its time for a change
question ? whats faster internal memory or the new Sandisk card when the phone reads it..i mean the Sandisk reads 30mb sec* i mean that plenty fast already..will there be a big difference when the phone reads the internal memory or the SD high read cards.?
will my class 4 32GB work good enough on the GS3? will there be like a little lag due to its a calss 4? or thats good enough?
markysd said:
i think ill grab a 16GB version of the GS3..already have class 4 32GB never used it had it on my note but i returned it due to pixel issues..still a virgin but now i might get the higher speed sandisk 64GB.. that way when i get new Nexus/NOTE2/GS4 ect.. ill just buy the ones that have the lowest GB built inn and just popped the 64GB.. im good with a built in 16GB..got to love this SD slots coming from a iphone/ipad user..still like my apple stuff but its time for a change
question ? whats faster internal memory or the new Sandisk card when the phone reads it..i mean the Sandisk reads 30mb sec* i mean that plenty fast already..will there be a big difference when the phone reads the internal memory or the SD high read cards.?
will my class 4 32GB work good enough on the GS3? will there be like a little lag due to its a calss 4? or thats good enough?
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No, there won't be any lag
Class 4 is good ....
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I'll buy 32GB SGS3
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markysd said:
i think ill grab a 16GB version of the GS3..already have class 4 32GB never used it had it on my note but i returned it due to pixel issues..still a virgin but now i might get the higher speed sandisk 64GB.. that way when i get new Nexus/NOTE2/GS4 ect.. ill just buy the ones that have the lowest GB built inn and just popped the 64GB.. im good with a built in 16GB..got to love this SD slots coming from a iphone/ipad user..still like my apple stuff but its time for a change
question ? whats faster internal memory or the new Sandisk card when the phone reads it..i mean the Sandisk reads 30mb sec* i mean that plenty fast already..will there be a big difference when the phone reads the internal memory or the SD high read cards.?
will my class 4 32GB work good enough on the GS3? will there be like a little lag due to its a calss 4? or thats good enough?
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San disk 64gb is class 6
sent from a 96gb N7000
NAND memory, the integrated one, is the one used in SSD disks. It is faster than SD cards

[Q] bad read and write speeds

hi ive got a genuine 32gb samsung class 10 micro sd that i ordered from play.com im doing some speed test and im only getting 13mb read and 11mb write speeds would it be because im using a old sd card reader?
thanks in advance
exfat as you can transfer files above 4gb if you are going to watch 720p movies or even 1080p movies. fat32 restricts you to only 4gb files. so yh exfat all the way. i think the siyah kernel can read ntfs, im not too sure. But yh exfat is the way to go.
Are you talking Mb (Megabit) or MB (Megabyte, 1MB = 8 Mb)
(The first letter is always in upper, since a lower-case m means milli which equals 0.001 instead of Mega which equals 1'000'000)
I'd guess MB: Class-10 cards have a minimum Write speed of 10 MB/s so you're still in the boundaries.
Also note that a card that has once been filled already is slower than a "virgin" card.
But of course old SD-card readers can make a difference.

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