Hello , i will buy 16 or 32 gig card for dhd,
Is phone capable of using class 10 or i should get class 6?
16 or 32Gb. The answer to this is what you want to store on the card. Unlike windows, android stores nearly all apps in the phones memory, so the SD card is really only for photos, documents, music, ebooks and a few files that are needed for some apps. So ask yourself how much data you want to store.
In my opinion, Class 10 will be a waste, as you are limited to how fast the phone can read write to SD card. A Class 4 should be all that is needed, as you will not notice much difference between a Class 4, 6 , 10 as you are talking about read/write speeds in nano seconds.
The other thing to remember is a 32Gb Class 10 card will cost GB£150
A 16Gb Class 4 card will cost around GB£15, 10 times less.
thanks for good answer,
i want to hold quality movies on my sd card and alot of music. hd video recording will be also needed
Does anyone know what is htc desire hd write speed?
is class 6 optimal write speed sd card for it?
32gb is too expensive , i get 16 gb class6.
A class 6 16GB should be fine
malex1 said:
Unlike windows, android stores nearly all apps in the phones memory, so the SD card is really only for photos, documents, music, ebooks and a few files that are needed for some apps.
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Very interesting. So, is that space enough to store your applications (at least a decent amount of applications that a heavy user will require - and I assume that most people here are heavy users) or will it be like my old TyTN that I needed to remove applications in order to install another one that might be more important?
malex1 said:
16 or 32Gb. The answer to this is what you want to store on the card. Unlike windows, android stores nearly all apps in the phones memory, so the SD card is really only for photos, documents, music, ebooks and a few files that are needed for some apps. So ask yourself how much data you want to store.
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sorry to say this, but you are wrong, apps can be stored in the SD
NoEnd said:
sorry to say this, but you are wrong, apps can be stored in the SD
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No he is right. There are many apps that can only be stored on the phone itself. It's to the developer of the phone to decide. Until now, there are way more apps that run from then phone memory. He wasn't saying apps can't be stored.
MyMemory.co.uk have a good price on their own class 4 32GB card, have one on the way for my DHD will see how it goes, the postage seems to take a while from Jersey to here.
I've just bought a Kingston Class 4 32Gb micro SDHC - £80, and tested it with h2testw (or whatever it's called!) and got a very respectable 4.72Mb/sec write speed, and 15.7Mb/sec read speed - more than enough for Android. And loads of space for everything!
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I've just bought a Kingston Class 4 32Gb micro SDHC - £80, and tested it with h2testw (or whatever it's called!) and got a very respectable 4.72Mb/sec write speed, and 15.7Mb/sec read speed - more than enough for Android. And loads of space for everything!
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I have a Kingston 8GB Class 4 Card which is about a year old. I get regular write speeds of 8.26 MB/S and reads of 18.1 MB/S.
Not sure if this is an anomaly or what but I would say that class 4 is just fine. Now just need more capacity!
I just bought this kingston 32gb class 4 micro sd card
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180591007001&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123
I don't understand why the price difference is so huge between what you guys brought, is it possible that this card is a fake? if it is what do you think i should do next?
MrGarak said:
MyMemory.co.uk have a good price on their own class 4 32GB card, have one on the way for my DHD will see how it goes, the postage seems to take a while from Jersey to here.
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It would be great if you could post your opinion of the card once you've used it.
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amazon is too annoying, brings up anything and everything, don't trust ebay
mymemory has class 2 or class 10 for £80+
help
NM, found a thread on this forum and got one ordered. yay!
from? link?
Bought all my SD Cards from these guys http://www.mobymemory.com/micro-SD.asp
this thread isnt in the wrong section at all.............
Can I ask why people care about the class? I've just got a class 2 32gb card from Vodafone for £89. I've not noticed any problems or slowdown taking pictures or playing media...which are the only things my card is used for. Transfers are no slower than any other device I connect via USB.
What's the big fuss?
it's for running apps from in the (hopefully) near future.
class 6 means (i think) a minimum 6Mb/sec transfer rate
oh, got it from memory cow
Yes, but most people have suggested they see no difference when using apps2sd with the "slower" cards. It seems there's a lot of assumptions being made leading to actual sales decisions where it may not be needed.
See this fellow who thought a faster card would solve his issues: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708859
So where is no differences between class 2 and class 6 ?
Because i have dilemma now, i want to buy some high capacity microSD card, and if i take 32GB it will be class 2, and if i take at same cost 16GB card it will be class 6.
And does any body try to buy 32GB card from Ebay ? ( i am worrying that 32GB is not GB, its Gb, and that means just 4GB )
Thanks for help
i woul;dn't trust the cards off ebay tbh
I went ahead and bought the Transcend 16gb class 6 card through OFFTEK. It arrived with the adaptor, and was very prompt.
http://www.offtek.co.uk/item_detail....at=1&subcat=74
Pretty good price too. I just copied everything to my desktop, swapped cards and copied back.
The new card works great, but i did notice that the full card size is stated as "14.96gb" on the phone, rather than 16.
I also wonder if there is a difrence between a class 2 or class 6 card when playing movies, apps or taking pictures on your SD card.
because that would make the difrence between going for a 32gb or 16gb card.
well, i noticed a difference when copying files. both cards broke 10MB/sec on large files, but the old card dropped damn quick when copying loads of small files - e.g photos.
i'd imagine it would be like this when looking through an album or flicking from one image to the next. it's not about the max speed, but the minimum.
hi mate,
what do you think about this one
http://cgi.ebay.it/16-GB-SD-HC-card...=ViewItem&pt=Memory_Cards&hash=item4aa2174e76
I know you don't trust ebay but class 10
monkeydrufy said:
hi mate,
what do you think about this one
http://cgi.ebay.it/16-GB-SD-HC-card...=ViewItem&pt=Memory_Cards&hash=item4aa2174e76
I know you don't trust ebay but class 10
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37 euro's for class 10/16GB seems waaay to cheap for me.
I also doubt it's a micro sd
dragonithe said:
37 euro's for class 10/16GB seems waaay to cheap for me.
I also doubt it's a micro sd
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right it is not a micro-sd, I have see bad
THE CLASS OF AN SD CARD IS TO DO WITH ITS WRITE SPEED NOT ITS READ SPEED, YOU WONT NOTICE ANY DIFFENCE WHEN READING FROM IT
deviouscreation said:
The new card works great, but i did notice that the full card size is stated as "14.96gb" on the phone, rather than 16.
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Perfectly normal not to get the quoted capacity, combination of space lost due to formatting and the tendency of hardware producers to size storage media in decimal (ie. 16 000 000 000 bytes) rather than the binary equivalent - which the OS displays (16 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes).
I've confused myself with that statement - in short the hardware manufaturers use a commonly accepted, flattering but actually incorrect notation to lead you to believe that you are getting more for your money - HTH
Kingston make a 16gb class10, but it's pretty expensive (~100€)
http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SDHC?&filters=size:16384|Class:class 10
http://www.kingston.com/frroot/flash/sdhc_micro.asp
Oh, and by the way, up to what class num can the Desire actually handle ?
I picked up my SanDisk 16GB Class 6 from the Carphonewarehouse when i went and got my Desire,,, i beleive it was £42
IMO i have always used Class 6 cards, i think they are the business, i dont care for read and write speeds i just need something that works and is reliable, SanDisk have always had my back so there ya go
Just bought one of these from 7dayshop. Decent speeds according to these gadgies.
I'll let you know what it's like when it arrives.
BS...
Now... If they'd only ship to Finland.
for some reason that still seems expensive to me
i can find faster 16GB card for less
AllGamer said:
for some reason that still seems expensive to me
i can find faster 16GB card for less
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And where is that?
Canada most local computer stores sell them cheap, brand names one too:
Transcend
OCZ
Adata
Kingston
Patriot
SanDisk
(listed in order of personal biased preference in relation to speed/price/reliability)
AllGamer said:
Canada most local computer stores sell them cheap, brand names one too:
Transcend
OCZ
Adata
Kingston
Patriot
SanDisk
(listed in order of personal biased preference in relation to speed/price/reliability)
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And they are sandisk, and not some cheap one's which won't do over 9MB/s?
the first 2 brands are actually better and faster for less than Sandisk
yes sandisk is sandisk, they are always expensive
Can someone please elaborate on this class thing? I noticed that Toshiba SD class has different ranks, but none of the sandisk cards I find says anything about read write speed. Thanks.
Depending on the class, that's how fast the write transfer is I think. Class 2 = 2mbps, Class 6 = 6mbps. I don't think that's the literal translation though, better wikipedia it up.
I personally will find it very difficult to use a 16GB Class 2 card since I do a lot of transferring between computer and phone. I transfer videos, music, comics, and very nice photos.
Is there any way to tell the class from the package of a sandisk micro SD card? I have read plenty of stories about how people ordered a class 6 SD card online, only to find that it is actually a class 2.
on real authentic ones it's printed on the package inside the sealed plastic, also in the card itself
specially any model that is Class 4 or better
if it's not marked on the SD card then it's a Class 2
ah I see. Thanks.
AllGamer said:
Canada most local computer stores sell them cheap, brand names one too:
Transcend
OCZ
Adata
Kingston
Patriot
SanDisk
(listed in order of personal biased preference in relation to speed/price/reliability)
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anywhere in particular, Im in brampton and would like a 16GB card for cheap, canadacomputer has one for 44$ but maybe you know somewhere for cheaper? Would it make sense to buy two faster 8GB cards and hide one under the back cover somehow? (im sure a card is thin enough to fit under there no problem?)
Better SD buy !!
Brownstone said:
Just bought one of these from 7dayshop. Decent speeds according to these gadgies.
I'll let you know what it's like when it arrives.
BS...
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16gb class 6 transcend works very fine (speed matters)
45 euro !!!
Wrong is not right
The.Opethian said:
Depending on the class, that's how fast the write transfer is I think. Class 2 = 2mbps, Class 6 = 6mbps. I don't think that's the literal translation though, better wikipedia it up.
I personally will find it very difficult to use a 16GB Class 2 card since I do a lot of transferring between computer and phone. I transfer videos, music, comics, and very nice photos.
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megabitpersecond !!!! you mean megabytepersecond
mbps =megabit
mB =megabyte
Class 6 = 6 megabyte
So you are wrong 8 times
I have a 16 gb class 2 sandisk in my phone and i have seen white speeds up to at least 5 MB/s. So i am wery satisfied with card.
Does the class only affect speed when copying files, or does it matter when using apps and such, watching videos, viewing photos? I ask because Class 6 is really expensive in my country
Is it possible to get 32gb c4?
kazim said:
Does the class only affect speed when copying files, or does it matter when using apps and such, watching videos, viewing photos? I ask because Class 6 is really expensive in my country
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Yea i'm wondering about that two. I don't really care about speed regarding copying files from pc to phone, but i would be worried about watching videos and lags and and all.
Will.1 said:
Yea i'm wondering about that two. I don't really care about speed regarding copying files from pc to phone, but i would be worried about watching videos and lags and and all.
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As far as I know it is only write speed. Meaning when you copy data TO your card, read speed on my card is a lot faster then write speed.
But that also means that if you record 720p video to your sd card it matters if your card is fast enough...
But just get yourself a SANDISK CLASS 2. as I said I have no problems with speed of that card..
Going to buy the DHD on monday and i read about troubles with the "slow" class 2 microsd card which comes with the DHD (like 720p recording isnt smooth enough).. should i get a 16gb class 6 sd card? or is class 4 enough? or is even the 8gb class 2 which comes with the DHD fast enough?
Thought about a Transcend 16gb class 6 (but its pretty expensive.. 56€ = ~65$ i think).. so maybe a cheaper (class 4 or class 2) is enough?
thanks
zakazak said:
Going to buy the DHD on monday and i read about troubles with the "slow" class 2 microsd card which comes with the DHD (like 720p recording isnt smooth enough).. should i get a 16gb class 6 sd card? or is class 4 enough? or is even the 8gb class 2 which comes with the DHD fast enough?
Thought about a Transcend 16gb class 6 (but its pretty expensive.. 56€ = ~65$ i think).. so maybe a cheaper (class 4 or class 2) is enough?
thanks
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I have had no problems with the card provided. I find it hard to belive htc would supply a sd card that is not capable of using all features of the device. I am sure someone disagrees, your best bet is to stick with the one provided. If you do have any problems with the class 2, you can always try a class 4.
Try eBay, here are 2 good (and free shipping) deals I took. Still waiting on delivery, but you can't really beat the price.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280603123927 <-- 32GB (at least class 4/6) (ebay removed item, possibly fake, awaiting 'shipment', card arrived, working 100%, not fake )
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260710352568 <-- 8GB class 10
If anyone buys a higher class SDCard could you provide a mini review. I'm in the market for a well priced, but balanced with performance SDCard.
Reading manufacturer reviews is pointless, and inexperienced users are the same.
Anyone who can recommend a good/great SDCard will get my thanks, and maybe a thank-you donation.
I will let you know as soon as I get them
Please do, I much prefer a good user review to a standard "It works" review. Many thanks & Merry Xmas
My DHD came with an 8 GB class 4 Sandisk, so don't know if the included card varies, depending on where you buy it? Since you're talking about class 2 and all.
Anyway, I bought a 16 GB class 4 Kingston, the worst piece of crap I've ever had, corrupted data and apps on sd constantly and slow transfer speeds via USB. Don't know if that's just the way that card works with the phone, or if I got one from a bad batch. But anyway, now I'm waiting for a replacement Sandisk 16 GB class 2, hoping it'll do a better job.
if we buy another sd card apart from the stock sd do we need to copy paste some folders which are spesific for some apps or the apps will recreate them in the new sd?
The one included with mine is only a class 2. (cant remember name now, sorry)
eozen81 said:
if we buy another sd card apart from the stock sd do we need to copy paste some folders which are spesific for some apps or the apps will recreate them in the new sd?
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Copy the contents of the old sdcard to a folder on your pc. Then copy that to the new sdcard after formatting it. Just did this last night when I put in my new (Xmas pressie!!) 32GB card. I formatted the card first in the phone.
HTH.
Dave
dvhttn said:
Copy the contents of the old sdcard to a folder on your pc. Then copy that to the new sdcard after formatting it. Just did this last night when I put in my new (Xmas pressie!!) 32GB card. I formatted the card first in the phone.
HTH.
Dave
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Thanks a lot Dave, so soft copy/paste for files & folders is enough for new SD card transition.
Good to know that. BTW Which SD card is your 32 GB, did you notice any speed improvements with your new SD?
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Thanks a lot Dave, so soft copy/paste for files & folders is enough for new SD card transition. ...
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It was for me. I actually formatted the card in my old Nokia E71, plugged the E71 into my PC and mounted the card. Then 'copy n pasted' the files over. Seems a weird way to do it but a) my SD to microsd adaptor card is b&ggered so had to use the (a) phone and b) I only have USB2 connectivity on my PC so copying the c. 25GB of music etc I have took several hours. Tying up the old phone was preferable to tying up my current DHD.
One thing though. I'd read that the best way to format an SD card was using 'sdformatter' from http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/ .... which sounded like a good plan. However the formatted card couldn't be read on XP Pro SP3 PC. Hence why I formatted it on the Nokia. That worked a treat.
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... Good to know that. BTW Which SD card is your 32 GB, did you notice any speed improvements with your new SD?
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I got this one ... http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SDHC/MyMemory/MyMemory-32GB-Micro-SD-(SDHC)-Card---Class-4 .... Not noticed any speed improvements, though probably as I haven't used it much yet. To be honest the reason I got it was mainly to hold all my music so getting rid of an MP3 player. Any sd card is fast enough for that. I haven't checked out the exact feeds and speeds but I'm suspecting that any card is also fast enough for video/still shots as I haven't noticed any problem yet!
Cheers
Dave
I got the 8GB class 10 one (around $20 inc shipping, got here in less than 2 weeks), quick test show read speed to be 17.4MB/sec (looking for a decent app to measure write speed, preferably non destructive unlike the way HD Speed does)
As for the 32GB one. Think it was a scam, ebay removed page. Gonna wait a little, as it did have a shipping number before all the details disappeared, if it does not arrive, I will contest the $14 I paid for it.
Update: The 32GB one, not a scam, just arrived. Sandisk 32GB class 4, tested, all working What a bargain!
Coming from HD2 with class 10 microsd. I had class 10 because android was installed in the sdcard (before the nand hack).
Now, since the sensation is running from internal, is a class 4 32GB good enough?
Coz I won one for $29 bux free shipping lol...
I think the phone comes with a stock 16gb class 2 card.
Edit. Found a thread that asks that question Lol.... Looks like it comes with a class 2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651438
bangsters said:
Coming from HD2 with class 10 microsd. I had class 10 because android was installed in the sdcard (before the nand hack).
Now, since the sensation is running from internal, is a class 4 32GB good enough?
Coz I won one for $29 bux free shipping lol...
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Depending on the usage your Class 4 may actually be better than a Class 10. The SD card class speeds were developed with a narrow focus on sequential write speed because that is that cameras/video cameras need in order to write the information to the card as it is being created by the camera. But when used in a phone you don't really use it in sequential read/write it is more often than not used with random read/write, and often lower class cards perform better in these tasks than higher class cards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1150369
I have a 32gb class 4 card in my phone and its giving me no problems at all.
So in my experience its good to go
As someone who regularly likes to move giant files over, I appreciate the Class 10. If you're just moving music and stuff occasionally...you'll be fine.
Thanks. I was initially looking for a class 10. But since it was a steal at $29 bux with a minute left, I went ahead with the bid. didn't expect to win but I did, so might as well use it with the sensation
Very good programs for testing your memory are:
h2testw_1.4 in order to verify that the XXGB card you bought is actually XXGB
CrystalDiskMark3_0_1b in order to do a benchmark to see what is the real speed of your card. The apps on android are not reliable for these tests.
Once I get the card I'll post my feedback. Coming from a 16GB class10 hopefully I won't notice the difference.
I have a sandisk Micro SD 32Gb class4 for my HTC Sensation. So far so good, I have not found any problem with it . Also I bought it from HTC Showroom in Vietnam with a great deal (about $42 only)
Hi, I have an lg p500 with cyanogenmod 10.1.5 and s2e. I also have a 2gb sand disk card, but I'm asking for the better size of sd card, and wich branch. I want to put s2e and swap and have some free memory to put music and other things. I heared about "classes" in sd cards, but I don't know how to choose the appropiate for my purposes. Thanks since now. And forgive me about my English.
Concerning SD cards for your phone you actually can't do much wrong.
The Classes in SD Cards (e.g. 4, 6, or 10) roughly tell how fast the SD card can handle (read/write) files. That means, the higher the class the faster is your SD card.
I'm using a Class 4 card and I feel it's actually sufficient. But If I had to buy a new one, I'd take a Class 10 card, since SD cards aren't really expensive nowadays.
I'm using a 16gb card and never had any trouble with insufficient space.
Btw, just google "sd card test" or "sd card review" to find out which brands are useful and which are bad.
€dit: The maximum possible capacity for a SD card for your phone is 32gb.
Helbelinc said:
Concerning SD cards for your phone you actually can't do much wrong.
The Classes in SD Cards (e.g. 4, 6, or 10) roughly tell how fast the SD card can handle (read/write) files. That means, the higher the class the faster is your SD card.
I'm using a Class 4 card and I feel it's actually sufficient. But If I had to buy a new one, I'd take a Class 10 card, since SD cards aren't really expensive nowadays.
I'm using a 16gb card and never had any trouble with insufficient space.
Btw, just google "sd card test" or "sd card review" to find out which brands are useful and which are bad.
€dit: The maximum possible capacity for a SD card for your phone is 32gb.
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Ok, I live in Argentina, where whatever you want to buy is more expensive than other countries. Specially if you want electronics thisngs, so I have to choose carefully, and, obviously, pay a lot more than in other places.
So, the question is when I go to the shop, and search for a sd card, where I have to look to know if it is class 10, 9 or whatever, or how I figure out wich class is without buying and testing it.
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Ok, I live in Argentina, where whatever you want to buy is more expensive than other countries. Specially if you want electronics thisngs, so I have to choose carefully, and, obviously, pay a lot more than in other places.
So, the question is when I go to the shop, and search for a sd card, where I have to look to know if it is class 10, 9 or whatever, or how I figure out wich class is without buying and testing it.
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The class will be printed on the SD card, in a small circle. You won't even need to open the package to know which class the card is.
Example look at the images here: https://www.google.co.in/search?q=3...oAA&biw=360&bih=615&rlz=1Y1XIUG_enIN549IN549#
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If u check Wikipedia about SD cards, it states that even Class 4 cards are sufficient for HD video recording (however, when using a HD cam, I would rely on a Class 10 card.)
If you accordingly just want to listen to music with your phone and store some apps --> Class 4 is definitely enough.
Thanks a lot, now I know where I have to look, and I think 8gb sd It's ok in money and capacity. Now I have a 2gb sd.
chalo99 said:
Thanks a lot, now I know where I have to look, and I think 8gb sd It's ok in money and capacity. Now I have a 2gb sd.
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I use 6class 8GB card even with INT2EXT4+ and I find it enough for our small phone