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I just ordered a T-mobile Desire and I wanted to get a decent sized SD card for it to take away with me. I had a couple of questions though:
I wondered if I needed any special type of SD card. I looked on Dabs and they have SD cards that have a different class such as class 2, 3, 10, 8 etc.
I wondered if the Desire had some of the same issues as the HD2 has had. That if you use larger SD cards, they might not work or somehow drain the battery. So I wondered if it's best to keep the size down?
Lastly, I wondered where is best to buy SD cards from in the UK to get the best deals?
I also wondered where is best to buy second batteries on price as I am going away and definitely want a 2nd battery to take with me.
Cases too..... are they worth getting?
Thanks
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I just ordered a T-mobile Desire and I wanted to get a decent sized SD card for it to take away with me. I had a couple of questions though:
I wondered if I needed any special type of SD card. I looked on Dabs and they have SD cards that have a different class such as class 2, 3, 10, 8 etc.
I wondered if the Desire had some of the same issues as the HD2 has had. That if you use larger SD cards, they might not work or somehow drain the battery. So I wondered if it's best to keep the size down?
Lastly, I wondered where is best to buy SD cards from in the UK to get the best deals?
I also wondered where is best to buy second batteries on price as I am going away and definitely want a 2nd battery to take with me.
Cases too..... are they worth getting?
Thanks
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Regarding the SD Cards, "Class" is attributed to the speed of the SD Card eg. Class 8 has a higher data transfer rate than Class 2. So when you can, always go for the highest class memory card as this will improve transfer speeds and also if you use Apps2sd on Android (install apps on sd card) it will result in better performance. I have no idea about the issue regarding battery drain, however, I have never noticed any visible changes in battery life using large (16/32gb) cards in my Nexus One over smaller ones.
As for batteries, cases etc. Ebay is always my first stop for accessories. I have bought numerous items from reputable sellers at prices far lower than specific online retailers. Don't be sucked in by gimmicky branding such as "invishield" or "raptor skin" etc, you'll find they all come from the same Hong Kong factories. That said, you tend to get better finishes on the more expensive products but I am using a silicone skin that cost £2.85 and bought 5x screen protectors for 99p and everything is sweet!!
Enjoy the Desire.
Regards.
thanks for the help on the class thing. I didn't know! I'll have to find where in the UK is best to buy the cheapest 16 gig SD card
dunno about apps2sd but when playing music I only have a class 2 SD which set me back about £22 for a 16gb one from ebay UK seller and it all works fine. Though as far as I am aware the better the class the faster the SD card I think ill only use mine for music atm and happy with what its doing
If you can afford it though go for the best class you can!
I'll have to have a look on ebay. I think I'll look for a silicon case for it if I can.
I'll also look on ebay for a 16 gig card too..... thanks.
ebay or ebuyer are probably the cheapest for that sort of stuff unfortunately dabs is quite expensive
I want to go for a 16GB card but I'm also wanting a fast one but struggling with finding anything above a Class 2. Can anyone point me at any 16GB Class 4, 6 or 8's they come across.
Many thanks!
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I also wondered where is best to buy second batteries on price as I am going away and definitely want a 2nd battery to take with me.
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The best price I found for official HTC batteries was Handtec. Even with their postage, it's still very good value (total £18.19) and they say they have them in stock.
norm2002 said:
The best price I found for official HTC batteries was Handtec. Even with their postage, it's still very good value (total £18.19) and they say they have them in stock.
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Are these exactly the same batteries or more powerful ones?
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Are these exactly the same batteries or more powerful ones?
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According to their website, just the normal 1400mAh version.
I ordered a class 2 16GB San Disk sd card from Carphone Warehouse £29.99 Delivered
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I ordered a class 2 16GB San Disk sd card from Carphone Warehouse £29.99 Delivered
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that's a great deal. I looked at that last night. However, as I want to get two SD cards. One for music and another for stuff like video etc, i thought I'd have a really good look. Managed to find one on play.com for £17.99.
Hope you don't mind me posting that now you already got yours Mr Goose
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UPDATE: I got it wrong but after looking again on play.com I found a PNY class 4 for £27.99
Bandare said:
that's a great deal. I looked at that last night. However, as I want to get two SD cards. One for music and another for stuff like video etc, i thought I'd have a really good look. Managed to find one on for £17.99.
Hope you don't mind me posting that now you already got yours Mr Goose
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That isn't micro SD.
I'm too looking out for a class 8 (or so) microSD card that is 16GB. Not had much luck.
Thank goodness Mr goose added a link. I just checked again what he bought and yes, I got it wrong. Thank goodness for double checking and Mr goose adding a link!
Back to looking.
I currently have a Sandisk Class 4 8Gb Micro SDHC in my Blackberry Bold, which I will probably transfer to my Desire (when I get it).
Do you think this would be fast enough for Apps2SD (when the Desire gets rooted)?
What is the fastest class out there at the moment?
I will eventually buy a 16 or 32Gb one I think, but will stick to the 8Gb at the moment.
StuMcBill said:
I currently have a Sandisk Class 4 8Gb Micro SDHC in my Blackberry Bold, which I will probably transfer to my Desire (when I get it).
Do you think this would be fast enough for Apps2SD (when the Desire gets rooted)?
What is the fastest class out there at the moment?
I will eventually buy a 16 or 32Gb one I think, but will stick to the 8Gb at the moment.
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I saw some class 8 cards......
Just to let you guys know you don't really need class 8.
I have a class 2 16gb card. Apps2SD was fine on the G1 and ran like they were on the actual phone (even though people recommend 4 or 6).
The data transfer rate is also fine.
16GB MicroSDHC Cards on Amazon
I had a little look around last week and found the following speedy, but expensive 16GB cards on Amazon:
Transcend 16 GB Class 6 microSDHC Flash Memory Card £52.67
KINGSTON 16GB microSDHC Class 10 Flash Card £85.11
Personally, I feel that's too much money. I think it's a better idea to come down a size to 8GB, because you can find the following:
Transcend 8 GB Class 6 microSDHC Flash Memory Card £13.99
You can buy several 8GB cards for the price of those 16GB jobbies if you don't mind swapping them. Also, time will eventually bring the price of those 16GB high speed cards down to a more sensible level, if you're prepared to wait.
I haven't yet decided whether or not to replace the supplied 4GB card, but if I do, it'll be one of those <£15 8GB cards.
I would have posted the above as links, however, this board thinks I'm trying to post spam. So you'll have to paste the above descriptions into amazon.co.uk and search for these yourself.
Bandare said:
that's a great deal. I looked at that last night. However, as I want to get two SD cards. One for music and another for stuff like video etc, i thought I'd have a really good look. Managed to find one on play.com for £17.99.
Hope you don't mind me posting that now you already got yours Mr Goose
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UPDATE: I got it wrong but after looking again on play.com I found a PNY class 4 for £27.99
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I'm not saying it would be a problem for you but you've already got a Desire yes? You are aware that the memory card is not "hot swappable" as the battery has to be removed to get the card out?
What I am saying though is, personally, it would drive me nuts.
Kingston have recently released a class 10 16gb microsd, but as you can imagine, it's a bit pricey! Most retailers online have it for sale at about £85-90.
Just bagged one of these for £39.99, thought it was a good deal
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=112725
Hello,
I have it, bought on Amazon at 32€
It works fine.
I bought Lexar 32gb class 10 for 47$...
www.amazon.com/Lexar-MicroSDHC-Memory-Reader-LSDMI32GBSBNAR/dp/B004AM610M
Waiting for delivery...
I can vouch for LEXAR. perfect at around 10MBPS for video files and ROM zips lol. Bought mine for 50
Thanks for the heads-up on this.
Been looking around for a while for a decent 32GB card and this seems to be the cheapest of it's kind. There are some cheaper ones around but a lower class of 6 or 4.
Pinball_ said:
Just bagged one of these for £39.99, thought it was a good deal
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=112725
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Just ordered one too for just under €30, amazing that the prices are dropping so fast!
http://azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/?ID=453820
In for the updates.
I currently have a Patriot 32GB Class 10... It's awful. Likely the worst card on the market. I've had so many issues with it. It corrupts easily. It's happened a few times this year. Each time it did it I lost just about everything on the card. (Luckily I use TI Media Sync to back up my card to my FTP server.)
I don't use USB to mount the card as a drive that often. Usually I use Samba or something to wirelessly move files. But the times it has corrupted was when it was either sitting idle or I was watching a video.
I just ordered the ADATA 32GB Class 10 since it's got a lot of good reviews. But I'd like to see how you guys do with this card. I could always sell my ADATA card and buy this one if it turns out to be better.
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Never mind. I canceled my order for the ADATA card and just ordered the US version of this one. I like Samsung products. Their SSDs are freaking amazing and their customer support has been really good so far. This one was only $2 more than the ADATA one so it wasn't worth the wasted time to try the ADATA first.
scm_crash said:
In for the updates.
I currently have a Patriot 32GB Class 10... It's awful. Likely the worst card on the market. I've had so many issues with it. It corrupts easily. It's happened a few times this year. Each time it did it I lost just about everything on the card. (Luckily I use TI Media Sync to back up my card to my FTP server.)
I don't use USB to mount the card as a drive that often. Usually I use Samba or something to wirelessly move files. But the times it has corrupted was when it was either sitting idle or I was watching a video.
I just ordered the ADATA 32GB Class 10 since it's got a lot of good reviews. But I'd like to see how you guys do with this card. I could always sell my ADATA card and buy this one if it turns out to be better.
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Never mind. I canceled my order for the ADATA card and just ordered the US version of this one. I like Samsung products. Their SSDs are freaking amazing and their customer support has been really good so far. This one was only $2 more than the ADATA one so it wasn't worth the wasted time to try the ADATA first.
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Can you share the link where to get the Samsung's
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jhobert said:
Can you share the link where to get the Samsung's
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This is what I bought: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TUQV0E
Would you share the link
dazdeeuk said:
Would you share the link
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What link? The one I posted above?
atticus182 said:
Just ordered one too for just under €30, amazing that the prices are dropping so fast!
http://azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/?ID=453820
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I tried to order one but they do not ship to Greece. Sh...t
Thanks for the info though.
freco said:
I tried to order one but they do not ship to Greece. Sh...t
Thanks for the info though.
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Have someone in the UK buy it and mail it to you.
Azerty.nl only ship to Holland and Belguim so that not an option.
play.com have it cheap too at £34.99 with free shipping:
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/...tml?_$ja=tsid:11518|cat:23960650|prd:23960650
Been running ADATA 32G C10 card for quite a few months now . Not a single hiccup
ever ! Great card quality and highly recommended .
I am waiting for micro sd's to go on sale. Lexar 32gb one on amazon up to $66 ._.
Got the Samsung card today.
First off, it's the first and ONLY large capacity SD card I've put into my laptop that was recognized. My Laptop has recognized all cards 4GB and down, but it didn't recognize either of my 16GB or 32GB cards without asking to reformat them. I don't know why. I wasn't expecting my laptop to recognize this 32GB card. But it did. So that's a BIG plus.
Secondly, I'm using RoboCopy to move over all my stuff from my phone over USB to the new card in the SD slot. There's about 20GBs of crap to send over. Robocopy isn't telling me how fast it's going, but it's taking about 5 seconds to copy over 100 MB, so I put that at > 10MB/s easily. Probably a lot faster. I'll run crystal mark on it as soon as I get done copying my crap over and then I'll do an SD Speed test on my phone.
For the record I've never been able to get the Patriot 32GB card in my phone right now to write faster than 8MB/s (which I honestly believe is due to the phone's limitations, not the cards).
The only reason I'm changing cards at all is because the Patriot keeps corrupting. I've lost so much, thanks to the patriot SD. The one week I turned off Titanium Media Sync is the one week my SD card freaked out. LOL That'll teach me to turn off backup.
Anyway, I'll post up the results from both cards if I have time.
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Below is the link you requested for:
http://azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/?ID=453820
FYI, SanDisk's having a black Friday sale. the 32gb micro sdhc is $50 on their site. can't make out what class from the pic on my mobile.
I would have bought SanDisk if I could find a class 10 micro SD, but I couldn't find ANYONE who sold a SanDisk 32GB class 10.
I think that pretty much all 32GB Class 10 MicroSDs are garbage and SanDisk doesn't want to tarnish their name.
On the flip-side, I've found that the Samsung is just as fast on my Sensation as the Patriot, which is fine. I never had a problem with speed. Lets see how long this one lasts, though.
title says it all, i want to get a new micro SD card cuz i dont have enough space for my music on my 16GB so i wantex to know if brand really matters when buying micros cuz i can get a cheaper price on smaller name brands. so, opinions?
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I would say it depends on where you buying them from. I would never buy a micro sd card from ebay or similar sites because they might say Samsung on them and you can get them from real cheap, You wouldn't know if they are REAL samsung micro sd cards.
I usually buy mine from newegg.com and they start at $10 for 16gb
I can't say what the difference is to the phone. I bought a 32GB PNY class 10 so I would be able to cut the time it takes to download from my computer to the card with a reader. I have a usb3 port and usb3 reader on my PC which is used mostly for photography. But when I transfer music and movies to my card for my phone it is faster by three fold.
The faster the card, really the better. If you get some random off brand, who knows where that card came from, and if the speed rating is even accurate. Some places house brands are pretty good though, I dunno who makes Microcenter's memory but they are very cheap and have yet to have a problem with them. However the real issue would be reliability. It's always a good idea to backup your card, but I rather have my data and photos on a name I can trust. 60 bucks for the PNY 32gb class 10 was a good deal for me.
On this particular phone, you can consider the SD card like your computer's hard drive. Would you really go get some off-brand from ebay for your PC to save a few dollars? I know I wouldn't. Not worth the headache of losing important data.
I understand faster cards works better. However, I never really notice any difference in speed in my class 4, class 6 or class 10 in Galaxy 4g. I do notice little different in my galaxy s2. I can see the difference when I run benchmarks but in my opinion the speed of card also depends on speed of your device.
i would love to get a PNY one, but ive bought three usb drives from them and all of them habe literally fallen apart...
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I would say it depends on where you buying them from. I would never buy a micro sd card from ebay or similar sites because they might say Samsung on them and you can get them from real cheap, You wouldn't know if they are REAL samsung micro sd cards.
I usually buy mine from newegg.com and they start at $10 for 16gb
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I would agree with this. The name only is relevant if your buying from a unknown vendor. But if your going with newegg or some other online retailer other than some random ebay auction as long as it is the size you want I dont think it really matters.
The class of the sdcard is somewhat releveant depending on what you are doing with it. The typical android user will not notice that much of a increase of a class 10 over a class 4. But if your taking bunches of photos and videos or playing videos on your phone the class ten are going to perform "better".
Just to reiterate the name brand isnt as much of a issue if you are buying from a legit source. I bought a dane elctric one several years back and haven't had any problems other than the adapter went out. The card itself works flawlessly.
for short, i would buy a memory card with reasonable price and wouldn't easily break ;-)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1150369
When I was looking for a new sd card I found this article to be extremely helpful. It even has some different name brands for comparison as well as links to more information about different classes and user reviews.
@jiggly
im gonna read through that guide tonight cuz thats just what i needed!
i intend to buy from best buy so i'll have to get whatever i can from them
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here's what i found on Best Buy.com, suggestions on which one?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemp...SP&sp=-bestsellingsort+skuid&usc=abcat0800000
as well as this:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/SanDisk...Card/3695074.p?id=1218427115873&skuId=3695074
My PNY 32GB class 10 speed.
Sequential
21.59MB/s read - 11.55MB/s write
This is using a 50MB file.
I would like to test the 4k transfers, but in order to test with a file size less than 50MB I would have to wipe the card. I'll do it just not any time real soon.
Juls317 said:
here's what i found on Best Buy.com, suggestions on which one?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemp...SP&sp=-bestsellingsort+skuid&usc=abcat0800000
as well as this:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/SanDisk...Card/3695074.p?id=1218427115873&skuId=3695074
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It really depends on how exactly you are using your sd card. I know in the OP you said you have a lot of music. Do you typically clear all of your music and transfer all new stuff to the phone?
I have been using a sandisk class 6 for quite some time now and I absolutely love it. It is perfect for my needs. But I do not do a lot of heavy music on my sd card. I have read that even the class 10 Lexar sd cards have terrible random speeds, so I would definitely avoid them at all costs.
no, i just drop music on the card from my laptop, never a complete replacement
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Juls317 said:
no, i just drop music on the card from my laptop, never a complete replacement
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Reading that post jig posted I would say a class 4 or 6 would be best.
eollie said:
Reading that post jig posted I would say a class 4 or 6 would be best.
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I would definitely agree with that.
This site has a really good deal on a class 4 32gb for today only. I order from them quite a bit. The only issue I ever have is sometimes it takes a while to be delivered.
avoid amazon? or..
if I order from amazon, should I be wary of the brand name? like, have some of you bought via amazon what appeared to be a kingston or whatever known brand, only to find it probably is not?
I read the advice about watching the source carefully....
I have not ever had that issue with amazon before. I guess that it is possible but very unlikely in my opinion.
Its not like ebay where i would never trust that it is legitimate. I have ordered quite a bit from amazon without a single hitch or mistake.
Always be wary of ordering online though... because it can happen.
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if I order from amazon, should I be wary of the brand name?
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As long as it is from amazon and not a store. But again amazon is better about policing its stores than ebay is. I have bought from amazon many times and not once had a problem with getting a different product then what I ordered.
that's comforting. so I shall order the sandisk 32gb microsd from them. not bad for 25 bucks I guess. I hear it works fine in the Galaxy s 4G.
you know.... this is an aside... I am getting that phone [its on the way] for my wife, but I fear I shall like it. .. then what? but she's never used Android b4 so maybe she will barf
I found out about two weeks ago there was a 128 gb micro sd out, and it was going for $200, but if you pre ordered it with Amazon you only paid $119.00, but you had to wait 4-6 weeks for it to be sent to you. I didn't have the extra funds in my account to get this.
So i said to myself i'll wait, and get it when i have to extra cash to spend. Now that i have it, Amazon is no longer selling it at that price.
here's why on the bottom of of the amazon page.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...d=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
But i found this on Newegg and i wonder if it's, because i can't find this product on the web.
But if it is, it's only $69.95 with extras....Please reply and help me make a choice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA33C1DU4105
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I found out about two weeks ago there was a 128 gb micro sd out, and it was going for $200, but if you pre ordered it with Amazon you only paid $119.00, but you had to wait 4-6 weeks for it to be sent to you. I didn't have the extra funds in my account to get this.
So i said to myself i'll wait, and get it when i have to extra cash to spend. Now that i have it, Amazon is no longer selling it at that price.
here's why on the bottom of of the amazon page.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...d=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
But i found this on Newegg and i wonder if it's, because i can't find this product on the web.
But if it is, it's only $69.95 with extras....Please reply and help me make a choice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA33C1DU4105
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Here are my rules with buying flash:
1) "never buy flash sd or micro sd from online retailer. Period!
2) only buy flash sd or micro sd from a store with an excellent return policy such as bestbuy or futureshop.
Yes you'll pay premium dollar but the reality is there are fake memory cards everywhere and the retalers don't even know they are selling it and if they don't even know they are selling it, good luck proving it!
Also 69 is way too good to be true! you need at least clash 10 on android and and heck Sandisk is the only memory card manufacturer that has proven their use on android, if it not Sandisk, forget about it!
I hate fake memory cards, worst thing about them is how much time you invest in trying to fix them! You spend the first week in denial that you could possibly been sold a fake memory card and spend all this time formatting and re-formatting them with different applications and operating systems, try different roms, different kernel combinations, posting help because your rom is acting buggy, lose data? and all the while reason for all your woes has been due to using a fake memory card.
Very probably fake, i was buying mine twp months ago and the one with the largest storage was 64 gb. More than enough for 99% of uses.
That wouldn't even work for our phone. You going to use it on the Find 7 or something?
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I found out about two weeks ago there was a 128 gb micro sd out, and it was going for $200, but if you pre ordered it with Amazon you only paid $119.00, but you had to wait 4-6 weeks for it to be sent to you. I didn't have the extra funds in my account to get this.
So i said to myself i'll wait, and get it when i have to extra cash to spend. Now that i have it, Amazon is no longer selling it at that price.
here's why on the bottom of of the amazon page.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...d=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
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I got mine from Amazon for the $119 price a couple of weeks ago. I formatted it to Fat32 with 8k clusters...no issues at all. Card is detected at proper size and is detected in custom recovery fine also.
cantenna said:
Here are my rules with buying flash:
1) "never buy flash sd or micro sd from online retailer. Period!
2) only buy flash sd or micro sd from a store with an excellent return policy such as bestbuy or futureshop.
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I've bought them from Amazon.
They need to be sold and shipped by Amazon.
I've had one fail. No issues was able to get a new one.
diminished5th said:
That wouldn't even work for our phone. You going to use it on the Find 7 or something?
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How did you come to the conclusion it wont work.
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LeonDuhaney said:
I found out about two weeks ago there was a 128 gb micro sd out, and it was going for $200, but if you pre ordered it with Amazon you only paid $119.00, but you had to wait 4-6 weeks for it to be sent to you. I didn't have the extra funds in my account to get this.
So i said to myself i'll wait, and get it when i have to extra cash to spend. Now that i have it, Amazon is no longer selling it at that price.
here's why on the bottom of of the amazon page.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...d=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
But i found this on Newegg and i wonder if it's, because i can't find this product on the web.
But if it is, it's only $69.95 with extras....Please reply and help me make a choice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA33C1DU4105
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the one sold on new eggs is fake, anything at 64gb or above are micro sdxc, not micro sdhc as stated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665521
diminished5th said:
That wouldn't even work for our phone. You going to use it on the Find 7 or something?
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Works just fine, as has been shown numerous times. At the moment the specsheet for the S4 was made there were no 128GB cards.
So I assume you just looked at the specs to get that (wrong) assumption?
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Works just fine, as has been shown numerous times. At the moment the specsheet for the S4 was made there were no 128GB cards.
So I assume you just looked at the specs to get that (wrong) assumption?
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128GB SD cards will work with our phones with a SD to MicroSD adapter. i use one now.
in fact it will go up to 256GB
NOTE must be formatted to Fat32 to best compatability, also depending on your kernel.
Sandisk are making some (soon) though?
The 128GB card works on the S4, even though I have mine in my Note 3.
LeonDuhaney said:
I found out about two weeks ago there was a 128 gb micro sd out, and it was going for $200, but if you pre ordered it with Amazon you only paid $119.00, but you had to wait 4-6 weeks for it to be sent to you. I didn't have the extra funds in my account to get this.
So i said to myself i'll wait, and get it when i have to extra cash to spend. Now that i have it, Amazon is no longer selling it at that price.
here's why on the bottom of of the amazon page.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...d=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
But i found this on Newegg and i wonder if it's, because i can't find this product on the web.
But if it is, it's only $69.95 with extras....Please reply and help me make a choice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA33C1DU4105
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Update 04/07/2014
It's back at $119....but they won't ship out til they arrive.
So pre order.
Newegg price says $69......wtf?
obviously scammers. 3rd party selling through newegg.
Real. sandisk Has Release that
lhadi said:
Real. sandisk Has Release that
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I believe he was talking about the Samsung from Newegg. This is definitely fake. As said before, anything above 32GB is SDXC, not SDHC like in the picture. Also Samsung has not yet releases 128GB. Also, look at the picture. "12" is of a different font /size than "8". The reviews for the seller "Redtagonline" has 2 stars out of 5. Just preorder from Amazon. Make sure you format it as either Fat32, or eXFat if your Kernel supports exFat
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Card is detected at proper size and is detected in custom recovery fine also.
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Have you actually copied files/data to it to fill it to its advertised capacity?
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Man, Amazon still advertising @ $119 but been out of stock forever.
I have the Sandisk 128gb from Amazon in my S4, it works great without problem.
The micro sd to SD card adapter that comes with the micro SD did not work with either PC or Mac, so I had to plug my card into my card reader instead, which worked fine.
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Here are my rules with buying flash:
1) "never buy flash sd or micro sd from online retailer. Period!
2) only buy flash sd or micro sd from a store with an excellent return policy such as bestbuy or futureshop.
Yes you'll pay premium dollar but the reality is there are fake memory cards everywhere and the retalers don't even know they are selling it and if they don't even know they are selling it, good luck proving it!
Also 69 is way too good to be true! you need at least clash 10 on android and and heck Sandisk is the only memory card manufacturer that has proven their use on android, if it not Sandisk, forget about it!
I hate fake memory cards, worst thing about them is how much time you invest in trying to fix them! You spend the first week in denial that you could possibly been sold a fake memory card and spend all this time formatting and re-formatting them with different applications and operating systems, try different roms, different kernel combinations, posting help because your rom is acting buggy, lose data? and all the while reason for all your woes has been due to using a fake memory card.
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I've had better luck with returns with Amazon than with Worst Buy which will never get my business again. To each his own.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Memor..._cp_147_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=19KGDX5HP1GJV8EC5K0M
They're having a nice sale on SD Cards today. I bought one and had Best Buy price match the sale. I'll be keeping my Note 4. No SD, no money from me.
Couldn't resist. Need more space for music and pictures.
How about a 500gb Micro SD card...15 bucks??? 2% space used??? SERIOUSLY?
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How about a 500gb Micro SD card...15 bucks??? 2% space used??? SERIOUSLY?
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Jesus Harold Christ.....
@dugryce since you brought it up, not the community.. mind taking a picture of that Class 10 500GB micro sd card, on a piece of paper with XDA written on it ?
Oh...did I say 15 bucks? I meant 9!!! It takes FOREVER to get, but works flawlessly! Got it from Geek...it's an app, and it's amazing!
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Jesus Harold Christ.....
@dugryce since you brought it up, not the community.. mind taking a picture of that Class 10 500GB micro sd card, on a piece of paper with XDA written on it ?
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Sure...no problem! Here it is...
Better photo...in HD! 500gb Class 10 Micro SD Card...I paid 15 bucks!
@xxSTARBUCKSxx Here...this seems to be the BEST photo I could take. Please, I welcome your feedback. I was only trying to share with the Community.
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@xxSTARBUCKSxx Here...this seems to be the BEST photo I could take. Please, I welcome your feedback. I was only trying to share with the Community.
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I appreciate that. I was only trying to see what the product sent to you looked like and dize reference. Glad you got a good deal on 512 GB of micro storage. Could you please report after reaching 200GB + of space used. Im actually really curious and intrigued if they sold you a legit working 512er.
All constructive here. Not calling you out or trying to make you feel crappy about your purchase. Just genuinely intrigued if the threshold exceeds ~ 200GB . Thanks again for the photo! Nice purchase and thanks for the share.
Yea the only thing I've seen close to that was a regular sdxc card for $800.
Edit: did a little searching http://www.cnet.com/news/microdia-will-sell-a-1000-ish-512gb-microsd-come-july/
I was really expecting to see 60 bucks but got 70 instead lol
Well, I'm kind of new to this realm of XDA, and when I saw the opportunity in Geek to purchase such a high volume of space for just 15 bucks, I jumped. It did take FOREVER for it to arrive, and of course I knew nothing about "fake" SD cards...so far, no issues. When and if I can ever get above 200gb, I'll let everyone know. Some suggested that I load a bunch of Linux images on it to check capacity. I might try that via Google Drive. Again, I heard speak of a 2TB Micro SD card coming out soon from somewhere, so I thought, a half TB was nothing too special. Ignorance is bliss, I guess.
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Well, I'm kind of new to this realm of XDA, and when I saw the opportunity in Geek to purchase such a high volume of space for just 15 bucks, I jumped. It did take FOREVER for it to arrive, and of course I knew nothing about "fake" SD cards...so far, no issues. When and if I can ever get above 200gb, I'll let everyone know. Some suggested that I load a bunch of Linux images on it to check capacity. I might try that via Google Drive. Again, I heard speak of a 2TB Micro SD card coming out soon from somewhere, so I thought, a half TB was nothing too special. Ignorance is bliss, I guess.
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https://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/h2testw-14-gold-standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/ here is a simple tool, to check if the card has 500gb of space, might take a while, and it will give you all the results, i bet it's a fake, but what ever
I bought a 128GB generic SD card from a ebay seller for 8 bucks. So far it's been performing good. I'm happy and so is my wallet.
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I bought a 128GB generic SD card from a ebay seller for 8 bucks. So far it's been performing good. I'm happy and so is my wallet.
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There is no way that is a real working card. Clearly fake. Man why are we even talking about this. Xda users shouldn't be so gullible. As quickly as you can, fill it up with anything. Unmount the card, and remount it. Go and check your files. The folders will all be there, but the beginning files you put on the card wiki be gone.
It will take some time to fill up, depending on how new your computer is. Maybe it will hold 16 gb, than after that all the folders above say 16 gb will still be there, but go into the folders that copied the first 16 gb , and the data won't be there. Don't be surprised if it only holds 8 gb though.
The card is real and working great
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The card is real and working great
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I'm not believing that. Try what I said than report back. Confirming that all files, and I do mean all files copied to card are there. Doesn't count if you have like 6 gb on there.
Not trying to come off as a ****. Nobody makes cards for that cheap. Dugryce closed his thread cause he is butt hurt that he got scammed. He went on the defensive when people are just telling him to test his card. No way any of these cards are real. The ones in the opening post, yeah that's real. But 500gb for $15, come on now. If a 500 gb micro sd actually existed right now it would be $500+ which it doesn't exist. Or 128 for $8, that doesn't even make sense.
Things not to cheap out on, electronics, and auto parts. Lol, would you buy a no name knock off Xbox one from Ecuador for 10% the cost of an actual Xbox and expect it to play perfectly fine Xbox one games. No, of course not, it would probably light up and have some half ass menu system and that's it.
LOL at what this thread turned into. Hope someone else was able to scoop up an sd card when they were on sale.
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LOL at what this thread turned into. Hope someone else was able to scoop up an sd card when they were on sale.
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I know you were trying to help and your link is a good deal. But we don't need a bunch of people who don't know any better going on eBay and wasting time and money. Just trying to help people not get scammed. There are good deals to be had it there, but within reason. If it seems way to good to be true than someone is making a buck off you at your expense.
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The card is real and working great
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Goldeneye...I believe you...I bought a 128 gig card before I got my 512 gig and put 30 gigs of music on it. Still works fine. Paid 9 or 10 bucks from China. These guys ragged on me about my 500gb card...so I loaded it up with 340gb of data to test it. Took freakin' 3 days...worked fine. These guys aren't the end all be all of information. The arrogance of these people AMAZES me. They don't corner the market on what exists and what doesn't. Just people that want to hate on people looking to share a good find. I wouldn't give them the satisfaction of seeing anything ever again. I told the moderator who gave me a warning about my own thread that I wouldn't share anything with these ungrateful haters again in life...so I just kept the results to myself. Your card is most likely fine. Just leave it alone. I believe you have a functional card.