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Can this SD card be used for XDA2/MDA2? This can transfer write 9Mb/s, and read up to 10Mb/s. Does XDA2/MDA2 support this format speeds?
If yes, is it better to buy this than just a regular SD cards? Because I saw it on the net that they have a sale on this card that almost the same price compare to regular SD card. Less than $70 after rebate.(256Mb)
here's the link:
http://www.jandr.com/JRProductPage.process?RestartFlow=t&Section_Id=1&Product_Id=3729513
DON'T USE SCANDISK SD CARD, MANY MANY PROBLEM
USE PANASONIC 256 SD CARD, THE QUALITY IS BETTER THAN SCANDISK, THIS 256 SD CARD IS FASTER THAN SCANDISK
horsy said:
DON'T USE SCANDISK SD CARD, MANY MANY PROBLEM
USE PANASONIC 256 SD CARD, THE QUALITY IS BETTER THAN SCANDISK, THIS 256 SD CARD IS FASTER THAN SCANDISK
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I´ve got an SanDisk SD card with 256 MB since 2 Years and didn´t have any Problem with it....
Stefan
PS: Why are you using capital Letters?
There are no problem with sandisk... You can easily use Sandisk!
The Sandisk ultra II will work with XDA2, but I don't know if the XDA2 will write 9MB/s and read the 10MB/s. It will then simply just speed down..
I hope that helps you a bit.
btw, the prize difference is not that big.
/Deathrow
Thanks for the input guys, really appreciate it.
@Deathrow: Thanks for the tip!
nothing wrong with sandisk their cards are the most compatable brand out.
ive had my 256mb sandisk too for nearly a year never had one problem with erase or dataloss :\
if only that site delivered to the uk id buy one of them
I have the a 256 MB Scandisk too for over 14 months and had no problems with it.
My brother in law bought a 128 mb sandisk SD card from the US.. and the first time he opened it, tried it - it didn't work. Devices cant read the card, he tried it on a lot of devices, tried formatting it and still cannot be read.. since it was bought from the US, he has no way of returning it..
i agree with the prvious post, that panasonic sd cards are better
sleekool said:
My brother in law bought a 128 mb sandisk SD card from the US.. and the first time he opened it, tried it - it didn't work. Devices cant read the card, he tried it on a lot of devices, tried formatting it and still cannot be read.. since it was bought from the US, he has no way of returning it..
i agree with the prvious post, that panasonic sd cards are better
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so in other words it was faulty? so you compare a faulty card to that of a working one
the sense in that :|
Yes.. its faulty and its a sandisk... get that? I have also browsed through other forums where they have a lot of problems with the sandisk card...
Lexar and Panasonic SD cards are better than Sandisk , in other words, SD cards "made in Japan" are really the best !
After 2 SD Sandisk with the same problem as above (I was happy, as I've bought them in a store in my town, I returned them ..) , I buy only , Lexar or Panasonic , no problem and really fast ...
SANDISK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????
I'm in Nigeria where there is no right of return, so you can guess my grief when I shelled out a lot of cash to buy a sandisk 256Mb SD card that turned out to be bad. Since then I buy ONLY lexar. A word is enough for the wise, as the yorubas will say!
I do use few Sandisk SD cards (from 64MB to 512MB) .... and so far so good
regards, monika
SanDisk Ok? not sure...
I bought last year a 256mo SanDisk but after one month, it dead :'(
The seller sent to me another one and all seems to be OK for 1 year. :wink:
For me Sandisk is not ok
I comared the speed of a Sandisk 128MB and some others (i.e. delkin).
Sandisk had only half the Speed (with USB Reader) than the others.
As I tried to open a 4Meg Pocketstreets map from the Sandisk Card on the XDA1 - Pocketstreets hang.
It worked with all other Cards
I'll never by a Sandisk again!!
Fidl
Suprperry: Just for your info, I live in Australia, and ordered a SD ULTRA II 256MB to use with my XDAII. Got it off an ebay store called aussiememory. I recived it 2 days ago, and have had not a single problem. In terms of the faster speeds, I did a quick benchmark with Pocket Mechanic (I just put it on, havent fiddled enough yet), and I was only getting something like 1.4MB/s, or something like that, for read. Like I said, I havent mucked around with the program, and Im sure there is 1 specific test to accurately test the speeds. When I find out properly, I will post.
Also, this pocket mechanic is a great tool for the XDAII. You can select any type of format, memory scan and repair, defragment, etc, all while your card is in the device. I used it on the ULTRAII in the XDAII, and you just have to have it on permanent power while you use any tests in pocket mechanic.
Rb26DETTGT_R said:
Suprperry: Just for your info, I live in Australia, and ordered a SD ULTRA II 256MB to use with my XDAII. Got it off an ebay store called aussiememory. I recived it 2 days ago, and have had not a single problem. In terms of the faster speeds, I did a quick benchmark with Pocket Mechanic (I just put it on, havent fiddled enough yet), and I was only getting something like 1.4MB/s, or something like that, for read. Like I said, I havent mucked around with the program, and Im sure there is 1 specific test to accurately test the speeds. When I find out properly, I will post.
Also, this pocket mechanic is a great tool for the XDAII. You can select any type of format, memory scan and repair, defragment, etc, all while your card is in the device. I used it on the ULTRAII in the XDAII, and you just have to have it on permanent power while you use any tests in pocket mechanic.
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Thanks for the info m8! And thanks for the tip on pocket mechanic, really appriciate your effort!
THANKS guys for all the input/comments on this particular card, really appriciate it!
Sandisk seem to be slower in comparison and it seems also that either their quality control is sloppy or lots of rejects are being recycled on the market by dealers, it reminds me of a guy selling Intel cpu chips cheap, turned out they were all from the reject skip, gave Intel a bad name around here but it wasnt their fault really.
SD Memory Card - Problems - Data Loss
I'm using the SD card on a PDA (XDA 2). After having successfully copied several mp3 files and also loads of pictures on to the card, the next day, they just disappeared. I this I noticed loss after I installed an applic like BatteryPack. The files I copied onto the card used up quite a lot of space on the card and there was just 50MB remaining. The card is still showing 50MG remaining, but there is no sign of the MP3s or the pictures I copied onto it.
Can anyone help me? May be the card is faulty. Is there a way of formatting the card so that at least I can reclaim the 256MB of memory? I'm using ActiveSync to access the card on my PC. I can see it in explorer but cannot format as option to format is not there.
I am worried about it's (SD Card's) realibility now. If I use it for storing new pictures or other important files and loose them like I just have, that would be very annoying.
Thanks in advance - Ustad
http://www.softwinter.com/storagetools.html
has anyone used a 1GB sd card on their xda2 . :?:
As I stated in a similar thread:
I have been using a SanDisk 1GB SD card in my i-mate for several months now and it works flawlessly.
Not yet . . .
Hi
I only got my XDAII on Wednesday - still a bit green! But my company has ordered a 1GB SD card for it - which should be here next week. I'll let you know how I get on with it!
Andy.
I have a 1Gig, and a friend of mine has a 1Gig in his IMate, they both work fine, you have nothing to worry about...
and I have 1 Gb "noname" card. Works fine.
Transcend 45x 1 GB SD-card works great on XDA II, and it is pretty cheap, the max speed is really 45x (6-7 MB/s).
Works great
I've got my 1GB card - unbranded - and it works flawlessly!
How much do these cards cost and where can I get the cheapest ones from?
100-150 € for the moment, prices are always going down, check online stores, use price comparaison sites.
Expansys are good
I brought a 1 Gig SD Card from them and they were very good, on the uk site they are now only £75 which is good value
I have just ordered a KingMax 60x 1Gig SD card from my friend in Malaysia for RM500 (US$131) I am currently using a Transcend 45x 512mB SD which has worked very well.
Ed
I need a fast 1GB sd-card for my MDA-II.
Which one is the best?
There are quite some "bad" SD cards for sale.
You might want to check www.pocketgps.co.uk
Bottom line: Toshiba, Panasonic & Lexar manufactured SD cards are the best for PocketPC hardware, especially if youre using TomTom.
DO NOT USE Sandisk (not just my experience).
Note that a lot of brands have their cards manufactured by one of the named manufaturers. Kingston SD cards are very likely to come from Toshiba.
Also note that speed is not the most important factor, it's stability that make things work.
Kingmax
I have been using a Kingmax 1G card for a few months now. I have been very happy with it. It was inexpensive and it is fast. The only disadvantage I can think of is that it doesn't have a hardware write-protect. That is because it is waterproof. I don't know about you, but if my Xda II falls in the toilet, the SD card isn't going to be my biggest worry!
Good luck!
Pretec is the worlds fastest and I have one. Works Great! Check out there website for more info.
http://www.pretec.com/product/SSD/MMC/Commercial_MMC.htm
Cheers,
Mike
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I have been using a Kingmax 1G card for a few months now. .....!
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Do you also use the SD for TomTom Navigator 3, or are you 'just' storing data on it?
Storing & Retrieving is not the isue, its the stressed reading that makes SD cards collapse . . .(until soft-reset) TomTom Navigator 3 is know to be stressfull to SD cards and pushes the less stable ones over the edge.
A good test would include:
Install a TomTom 3 Map & POI on SD
Drive on the motorway at >= 120km/h (to generate enough map-data throughput) in following situations: a. with POI switxched on and b. without POI switched on. If it works, let it recalculate a new route (yes, while driving!) and eventually increase speed.
Please publish the results, especially for Kingmax & Pretec.
FYI: Sandisk failed at both, same with Extrememory (just a bit better). Kingston is OK without POI but fails with POI.
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.....A good test would include:
Install a TomTom 3 Map & POI on SD
Drive on the motorway at >= 120km/h (to generate enough map-data throughput) in following situations: a. with POI switxched on and b. without POI switched on. If it works, let it recalculate a new route (yes, while driving!) and eventually increase speed.
Please publish the results, especially for Kingmax & Pretec.
FYI: Sandisk failed at both, same with Extrememory (just a bit better). Kingston is OK without POI but fails with POI.
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Edsub, wowwwww thanks! Now I know why my old sd-card locked-up 1 month ago on the highway!!!! This was exact the case!
wat about Kingmax and LExar sd-cards?
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CoreyMck said:
I have been using a Kingmax 1G card for a few months now. .....!
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Do you also use the SD for TomTom Navigator 3, or are you 'just' storing data on it?
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A good test would include:
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I don't own a GPS that I can connect to my Xda II. I'll be happy to try it if someone wants to give me one. If you know of any software that will perform a stress-test, I can try that for you as well.
I've got a traxdata SD card and most of the time its works fine.
Sometimes when i drive and plot a route in tomtom it freezes up.
Not all of the time.
chears,
I use an Kingmax 1GB sd card and have had no problems whatsoever!!!!!
Will be hopefully using it with TomTom 3 this weekend.
Will let you know when I do.
I've just had to send my Kingmax 1Gb SD Card back as it started exhibiting some "strange" behaviour.
Moving files from the phone memory to the SD Card would basically send the file into oblivion as it would not appear on the SD Card and the original file being deleted!
Tried formatting on the PPC but wouldn't work, tried formatting in my PC but format would fail...
EDIT: TomTom3 worked fine from it. Although every now and again it would take AGES to load in the map when on map view mode. Screen updates were also slow but that may well be down to my 4800bps wired GPS unit
I use a Lexar 1GB with copilot 5 works great have had no issues at all paid $79.00 usd
mm, I would like to know a website that sells Lexar 1GB SD memory for around $80 (and ships them to The Netherlands) . . . .
i-mate jam + 1gb lexar >> works fine, no problem.
Not sure bought mine at FRY'S www.outpost.com is their website.
does the all the 1G lexar sd speed at 32? where can i find one in uk
cheers
So which card is the best? Reading through the messages it appears that for TomTom Navigator it's between Kingmax and Pretec, and possibly Lexar?
Did anyone get some recommendations from Tomtom directly as to which cards work the best with their product?
Not sure bought mine at FRY'S www.outpost.com is their website.
@Argeles: You misunderstood. Best choice for use with TomTom are Lexar, Panasonic or Toshiba manufactured SD cards.
Toshiba is also sold under the Kingston brand.
Check www.pocketgps.co.uk for more info and query on specific brands.
Just wring with a update:
I am using a Kingsmax 1GB card and got my GPS receiver yesterday. Been using it since yesterday with TomTom 3 with no problems whatsoever. Even recalculating route while driving.
I'd recommend the KingsMax card going on my experience. The choice is yours!?!?
well, I heard that there is really no big difference between ordinary 1 gb card and 1gb high-speed card. However you pay almost 30euro more for the high-speed card. Lexar 1gb costs 79 euro and Lexar HS 1gb costs 100 euro.
I bought yesterday in Holland at MyCom shop a 1gb card (Apacer) for 69 euro. It is really fast and has 1 year gurantee!
Test results are super:
Read: 0.70mb/sec (tested with PocketMechanic)
Write: 0.02mb/sec
My old SanDisk 256mb read only 0.10MB/sec
Hi, guys
This is a great forum, and I learnd a lot of stuff on this site. Thanks for all your hard work.
I'm a new user of windows mobile and I'm currently with an o2 orbit 2. I have 3 1G cards separately stored applications & co-pilot, music and movies. The question is how i can switch between different storage cards without harming my device. Do i have to switch the device off to change the card, are there any implications for doing that? Cheers.
fantasist said:
The question is how i can switch between different storage cards without harming my device.
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The Cruise/Polaris's storage card is supposed to be hot-swappable, per HTC the manufacturer. With the price of storage cards going down every day, have you considered buying an 8gb card? I bought one for about $70 with my new Cruise, and now I see them on ebay for $55-60. Good luck...
You can "hot-swap" the µSD card of the o2 Orbit2 (I do ), and, of course, also of the TC.
I bought a 8GB Class 4(!) µSDHC card on ebay.de for 39,95€ (+postal charges)
EDIT: Here: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130194411701
thank you for your reply.
I'll use hot-swap for now. And buy a 8G card in a few days.
anything I should be aware of when buying the 8G card?
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thank you for your reply.
I'll use hot-swap for now. And buy a 8G card in a few days.
anything I should be aware of when buying the 8G card?
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Personally, I prefer SanDISK brand...
If anyone's interested, I saw an online article somewhere, that stated that sandisk and toshiba both had 16gb microsd cards starting up production, and toshiba actually had found a way to cram 32gb on a card, but sandisk was still working on it. bet we'll all have 32gb cards by next Christmas... Man, back in the early 80's when I had my Atari 800XL, if you'd have told me I'd have 32gb on a portable phone, I'd have laughed at you... heheheee
Seriously. I remember I had a 20 MB hard drive on a 8088/86 computer. That thing was huge and weighed a ton. Now we can have 32 GB on something smaller than my fingernail.
Yeah I have an 8 GB card from amazon for about $60 if i recall correctly. They're definitely worth it.
if you want to use your sd card as some kind of "ram-extender" you may try to get a fast one.
I eg install all programs on my card to have as much ram free as possible, there for I bought the fastest I found.
aleph305, do you notice any difference in speed - can the Polaris take advantage of a faster card? (Perhaps there is a maxspeed)
first : sry 4 the delay.
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and now. number three, the larch ...
no ... ehm
I guess so.
on a magician I installed pocketplus on the card (noname 2gb @ approx. 12r/5-9w mb/s) and the today screen becomes unusable.
then bought a panasonic 2gb 150X (approx 20-22r/14-18w mb/s) and pocket plus runs like it where at the ram.
Therefore I can confirm that the magician will and Im pretty sure every device will when you use the card as "ram".
ps
- you have never enough ram
- your ram is never fast enough
Hi!
a few weeks ago I bought myself a nice 16GB sd card on e-bay. The seller had 100% positive feedback on similar items, so I thought, this must be a nice guy. However, whenever I try to copy files to the desire after 2GB or so the transfer freezes and the file system of the card gets damaged, so I have to format it. Any suggestions as to how this could be explained/fixed? Otherwise I'm asking my money back (thank you paypal!)
i've a 16gb sandisk sdhc class 2 but never had such problems, maybe is something software related?
Ok heres the deal...
There is a chance the sandisk you purchased is not real, its fake, a 2GB reprogrammed to appear as 16GB. The packaging will appear perfectly real etc, due to the nature of memory carads returning them to sellers is near impossible as they will direct you to manufacturer.
The card might be damaged, have you tried a reformat, delete partition and recreate?
have you tested this in another machine?
+1 fake SD card. It's really hard to find legit SD cards on ebay
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16GB san disk play.com 34.99 free postage
Job Done
Get your money back mate, take the guy to the cleaners....
Then walk this way------------http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/6738120/SanDisk-16GB-Micro-SD-HC-Memory-Card/Product.html
JD
JupiterDroid said:
16GB san disk play.com 34.99 free postage
Job Done
Get your money back mate, take the guy to the cleaners....
Then walk this way------------http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/6738120/SanDisk-16GB-Micro-SD-HC-Memory-Card/Product.html
JD
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haha.
is there any reason why i shouldn't get the pny 16gb card from play.com? its £7 cheaper than the sandisk
It's your choice mate. I've had bad experiences with Sandisk cards in the past and only buy Kingston ones now.
i had the same issue with a 16gb kingston...package and all was 16gb, but it was a very slow 8gb...thrown it away.
Its seems more and more of the 16Gb cards from ebay are fake.
Have heard more and more reports of this recently.
I've had the same issue with large cards coming from eBay, so I'd decided not to be a cheapskate again and plumped for the best 16GB I could find.
Scan dot co dot uk
LN32905 - Kingston 16GB Class10
I also picked up an 8GB card for my Hero (Legendroid):
LN32725 - Transcent 8GB Class6
Haven't regretted it at all, however the price of the 16GB is a LOT.
Yeah i'd be looking to get a refund on that, sometimes the seller isn't at fault though, it could be that his/her supplier has a fake batch of cards. This is getting more and more frequent and a quick google search will show many horror stories as well as ways of checking to see if your card is actually a fake.
My advice would be to stay clear of ebay for memory and buy from a reputable distributor like play.com or mymemory.com
I purchased a sandisk 16GB ultra mobile (class4) from mymemory.com, think it was around the £45 mark at the time. Currently using around 9GB of it with no issues. Also transfers files much faster than the 4GB class2 that my desire was bundled with.
I am also having this kind of trouble with a Sandisk 16GB card.
The possibility that it is fake is very small for 3 reasons:
1. It works perfectly as a 16GB at my computer
2. It works perfectly as a 16GB at my camera
3. It was bought at the Sandisk master distributor here in Israel.
I tried to format it in the following way:
1. In recovery mode I partitioned the card.
2. I upgraded ext2 -> ext3 and then again ext3 -> ext4
3. took the card to the computer and formatted it FAT32.
4. copied the material from the old card to the new one.
And still, when I try to turn the Desire on with this card on it, it stays booting forever.
I am using REDUX Gingerbread rom.... is there something I am missing?
Thanks in advance,
Helio
heliod said:
I am also having this kind of trouble with a Sandisk 16GB card.
The possibility that it is fake is very small for 3 reasons:
1. It works perfectly as a 16GB at my computer
2. It works perfectly as a 16GB at my camera
3. It was bought at the Sandisk master distributor here in Israel.
I tried to format it in the following way:
1. In recovery mode I partitioned the card.
2. I upgraded ext2 -> ext3 and then again ext3 -> ext4
3. took the card to the computer and formatted it FAT32.
4. copied the material from the old card to the new one.
And still, when I try to turn the Desire on with this card on it, it stays booting forever.
I am using REDUX Gingerbread rom.... is there something I am missing?
Thanks in advance,
Helio
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use gparted / any partition manager to check whether you have duplicate ext partitions, it causes freeze, and make sure both fat and ext are "primary" drives and not "logical" drives
heliod said:
I am also having this kind of trouble with a Sandisk 16GB card.
The possibility that it is fake is very small for 3 reasons:
1. It works perfectly as a 16GB at my computer
2. It works perfectly as a 16GB at my camera
3. It was bought at the Sandisk master distributor here in Israel.
I tried to format it in the following way:
1. In recovery mode I partitioned the card.
2. I upgraded ext2 -> ext3 and then again ext3 -> ext4
3. took the card to the computer and formatted it FAT32.
4. copied the material from the old card to the new one.
And still, when I try to turn the Desire on with this card on it, it stays booting forever.
I am using REDUX Gingerbread rom.... is there something I am missing?
Thanks in advance,
Helio
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When you've copied the material from the old card to the new one... did you copied all partitions with a nandroid restore (and not just fat32 partition) ?
I just bought a 16GB card on ebay for £20 delivered, class 6. He specifically said it would meet the class 6 spec so I will Paypal him if it doesn't. I'll also test it in linux by dd'ing all the way to the 16GB to ensure it works.
Will report back.
Its seems more and more of the 16Gb cards from ebay are fake.
My £20 delivered turned up. It's a Lexar (apparently) and testing shows;
write speed: 8.4mb/s
reading: 8.1mb/s
So I'm not sure, read speed should be higher!
Second time got 7.9mb/s and 15.2mb/s. I think it's legit.
Same happens to me!
Yeah I've been stung with a knock off SD card as have two of my friends. I was 'lucky' mine was just poor quality so it had really bad read/write speeds and was able to send it back. My friends cards just didn't work and they couldn't get refunds.
The cards on eBay are cheap for a reason, pay the extra and get it from a reputable retailer is my advice.
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