Hi guys,
I'm a newbie to Android and the Transformer will be my first tablet and Android device. My question is what is the maximum capacity for a Micro SD card that i can put into the transformer? I am leaning towards buying a 16 gig transformer and using a Micro SD card if needed for additional storage but just want to make sure. Any help would be appreciated.
I think it supports micro SDHC, which currently biggest capacity is 32GB.
Currently 32GB is the max they sell because that is the max size the SDHC standard can support
For cards higher then 32GB they use the SDXC which there are no MicroSD cards available for that standard yet
supposedly they are backwards compatible with SDHC slots although the standard says it wont work with Linux (Android) without an ExFAT driver but doesn't really make sense because FAT32's max size is 2 TB, who knows
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDHC#SDHC_and_SDXC_compatibility_issues
Maybe the cards are formatted to exFAT by default. Reformatting to FAT32 or ext2 should help.
would i be able to us both the micro SD card slot and the SD card slot since both are available for use provided you get the dock or would the dock slot override the micro SD card slot? also off topic would i be able to load unbuntu or another distro of linux?
I am not sure about running 2 SD slots (Eee Pad & Dock) someone who owns one will have to try it out
Also the Eee Pad Transformer comes with one of the best remote desktop applications for android (Very Fast) called splashtop
Unfortunately it requires special software which is only available for Winodws and OSX, you could try messing around with the software in WINE but im not sure how that will work out
You could also download VNC software of the Market and try remoting into a Linux box if you want to access it.
Also there is this developments going on if you are interesting in reading
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/ubuntu-10-10-on-android-the-slightly-less-difficult-way/
I think it needs a special kernel to run but depending on how popular the transformer gets it could be ported
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Originally Posted by Matchstick View Post
I currenly have a Class 6 (I think) Sandisk 8GB micro-SDHC card in it that I was using in my HTC Desire so micro-SDHC cards should definitely work.
I have heard reports that you can't use a card > 16Gb in the tablet but that's unconfirmed AFAIK.
I've also heard rumours that the keyboard's full-size SD card slot will take SDXC format cards which supports >32Gb capacity but again I've seen no confirmation of that.
I am snapping this up as soon as it's released here.
Questions on the storage:
1-As mentioned above, is this confirmed that the tablet microSD won't accept anything larger than 8GB?
2- If i get the dock and say I have a 16gb microsd card in the tablet and 32gb sd card in the dock, i should be able to access BOTH of these from the tablet (while docked) correct? So theoretically, I would have 16GB-built in flash on tablet + 16GB microsd card on tablet + 32GB SD card in dock = 64GB?
3-I just want to find out if by docking the tablet, the tablet storage just acts like another drive?
Thanks
KG
1- Even though I have the original manual here as a pdf, there's no info on what is the maximum size of SD card in the tablet slot.
2- I'm 99% sure that it's like that. Everything else would be stupid because many android applications store data on the (tablet) sd card.
3- yes, quite sure it does.
As a plus, you can use the USB 2.0 ports to add external hard drives.
Quote from manual:
USB Port (2.0)
The USB (Universal Serial Bus) is compatible with USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 devices such as keyboards, pointing devices, flash disk drive and hard disk drives.
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Hope I could help.
Regards,
qwer23
There's a way to use USB host without the dock? I don't want to buy the keyboard because i've already got a 13" notebook for mobility, i just need a tablet but the USB host is necessary for me.
qwer23 said:
1- Even though I have the original manual here as a pdf, there's no info on what is the maximum size of SD card in the tablet slot.
2- I'm 99% sure that it's like that. Everything else would be stupid because many android applications store data on the (tablet) sd card.
3- yes, quite sure it does.
As a plus, you can use the USB 2.0 ports to add external hard drives.
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Hope I could help.
Regards,
qwer23
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Thanks for the reply!
In that case, I can't wait to get this tablet what a great concept, best of both worlds. No need to buy a case, just shut the lid and you can carry it on travel without worrying too much just like a laptop, with all the various expandability options, no need to worry about HDD space either.
When combined with dock, it actually has 2 3.5mm sockets, which means I can use 1 device and myself and my wife can watch the same thing with 2 headphones and not worry about viewing angles thanks to the IPS screen...
So long as the 16GB tablet+dock comes in at around $500 or less, I am good...!
KG
Any answer on maximum capacity?
qwer23 said:
1- Even though I have the original manual here as a pdf, there's no info on what is the maximum size of SD card in the tablet slot.
2- I'm 99% sure that it's like that. Everything else would be stupid because many android applications store data on the (tablet) sd card.
3- yes, quite sure it does.
As a plus, you can use the USB 2.0 ports to add external hard drives.
Quote from manual:
Hope I could help.
Regards,
qwer23
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Did you by any chance find out what is the maximum capacity of the microSD card that can be used in the tablet?
I have a 16Gb class 10 installed and working perfect. I'm just thinking to purchase one of 64Gb and I'm not sure it will work.
There is no rated max capacity, I've see people who put 128GB cards in there (NTFS formatted) that work fine.
That's great news. I'll try to find a good deal on a 64Gb card and use it with my Transformer
Does anyone know if we can connect an external USB drive to the TF101 without the dock? Thanks.
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Does anyone know if we can connect an external USB drive to the TF101 without the dock? Thanks.
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yes you can but you need to mod your charging cord or buy the asus proprietary port/usb dongle
When i got this tablet, it came with a 16 GB Lexar Micro SDHC card. The only problem is that my TF-101 doesn't recognize it even though it says preparing External Storage. I have a SD card adapter, but idk if it will work with a SDHC, so idk if I can format it to Fat32. Any ways to solve this?
Plug it into a PC if you can, and check what filesystem its formatted as. Then try reformat it to fat32.
And just to clarify, the "HC" part in SDHC simply stands for "High Capacity", which generally means SD cards larger than 2GB.
Some devices can have issues with certain SDHC cards (like my Wii and my N7B), but to my knowledge TF101 is not one of those devices.
Of course, that said, that doesnt mean some weird china-knockoff brand will work, but Lexar isnt that bad and shouldnt pose any issues imo.
So uh, yea, try reformatting it to fat32.
I've several MicroSD cards. One of them, a 16GB one, is unable to work with TF using internal slot. The card works in my PC under Linux and/or Win7, but NOT in TF using internal slot. If I plug an external SD reader in the dock USB port, card is read without any problem.
Of course my other cards work like a charm with internal slot. Why? I don't know.
My solution: use this 'special' SD microUSB card in other device and buy a new one with my TF.
My Lexar 32gb class 10 quit working suddenly as well...the past couple of days it has not been recognized when in the micro SD slot BUT when I put it in an adapter and insert it in my dock it will work just fine. The only thing I have changed was update to the latest OC ICS kernels...wonder if that's the issue?
Does it?
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Does it?
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I'm using http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007WTAJTO/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00
Confirmed working for me, at least.
Thanks a lot, mate!!
Same here, just make sure to format the card to either NTFS or FAT32, the a700 doesn't like exFAT, which Win7 wants to use.
A700 SDXC Card
Yes, with caveats
I got a New in package SanDisk card and tried it : No go. I tried to reformat the card on my Win 7 machine Quick Format to NTFS. No go. I then Full Formatted it that worked so In put it in and it was all good. Soon, using USB to my Acer Veritone Desktop i7, I gradually go nothing happening and in a micro-to-full-size card adapter I would get Write Protect notices and this just kept getting worse and worse until I couldn't unlock the card with a nuke.
This has been reported on the Iconia forum as gradually turning into a read-only memory
Now the rest of the story, after the mini-update of 6, Nov, I can USB write and delete although it is a bit finicky with Windows Explorer but it's always been like that
I am also getting the Western Digital My Passport 500 GB hard drive formatted to NTFS as recommended by MobileTech
I can confirm SDXC 64GB are recognised and usable with the A700. For FAT32, as Windows refuse to format higher capacity than 32GB, you can use FAT32 guiformat.
Has anybody try 128GB SDXC?
I bought 2 Sandisk 64gb Micro SDXC cards and put one in the pad ant the other in the keyboard using the SD card adapter that came with the cards. Everything was fine the cards were mounted and were also recognised in Windows XP SP3 when I connected the pad to my PC using the Asus USB cable that comes with the pad. The problems started when I had over 33gb of data to transfer to one of the cards, it was going to take a long time and I thought it would be quicker if I connected the Micro SDXC card directly to the PC using a USB adapter - one of those small adapters that I got with some 32gb Micro SD cards - I tried two, one was a Lexar LRWM01U-7000 (Rev A) and the other a SanDisk D33D21.
Windows said the cards were RAW and had to be formatted so I formatted them and ended up with cards of only 27.4gb. Asus support said "the TF700 has been tested with micro and full size SD cards up to a capacity of 32GB. You may find Larger capacity cards also work but these have not been confirmed".
The best help came from Sandisk who have been very good and quick to respond. They thought that the TF700T may not support 64gb Micro SDXC cards and even offered to replace my 2 cards with 4 32gb Micro SD cards. They told me that the adapters I used (Lexar LRWM01U-7000 (Rev A) and the other a SanDisk D33D21) support only MicroSD/SDHC cards up to 32GB, not MicroSDXC 64GB cards. They suggested I try again with a USB card reader that supports Micro SDXC. So I bought a Trust multicard USB 3 reader which supports MicroSDXC. I could now see all the unused part of the cards in Disk Management. I used the free EaseUSPartition Master to wipe the card and then set it as an unformatted active partition. I then used SDFormatter V3.1 to format the cards to exFAT and everything now works fine. (The Sandisk 64gb Micro SDXC cards come formatted in exFAT when new)
I have seen comments that the cards have to be formatted in FAT32 but I have not found this to be the case. exFAT seems to work fine on the TF700T. The problem lies with Windows XP it will not recognise an exFAT 64gb Micro SDXC card when it is plugged directly into a dedicated Micro SD slot on the Trust multicard USB 3 reader, however if you put the Micro SD card in the SD adapter that comes with the card and then put this in the dedicated SD slot on the reader Windows XP will now see the card (Windows 7 SP1 however will recognise the card without having to use the SD adapter). I presume from the comments regarding FAT32 that a card with this format may well be recognised by XP in the dedicated Micro SD slot on the reader but I have not tried this. If you want FAT32 then you can do this with EaseUSPartition Master but if you need files of more than 4gb you will have to use exFAT.
sorry, you need to rephrase that if you want anyone to read it. As it is now, it is way to compact to read.
I bought 2 Sandisk 64gb Micro SDXC cards and put one in the pad the other in the keyboard using the SD card adapter that came with the cards.
Everything was fine the cards were mounted and were also recognized in Windows XP SP3 when I connected the pad to my PC using the Asus USB cable that comes with the pad.
The problems started when I had over 33gb of data to transfer to one of the cards.
This was going to take a long time I thought it would be faster if I connected the Micro SDXC card directly to the PC using a USB adapter.
It was one of those small adapters that I got with some 32gb Micro SD cards. Tried two, one was a Lexar LRWM01U-7000 (Rev A) and the other a SanDisk D33D21.
Windows said the cards were RAW and had to be formatted.
Formatted them and ended up with cards of only 27.4gb.
Asus support said "the TF700 has been tested with micro and full size SD cards up to a capacity of 32GB.
You may find Larger capacity cards also work but these have not been confirmed."
The best help came from Sandisk who have been very good and quick to respond.
Sandisk thought that the TF700T may not support 64gb Micro SDXC cards and even offered to replace my 2 cards with 4 32gb Micro SD cards.
I was told that the adapters I used (Lexar LRWM01U-7000 (Rev A) and the other a SanDisk D33D21) support only MicroSD/SDHC cards up to 32GB, not MicroSDXC 64GB cards.
They then suggested I try again with a USB card reader that supports Micro SDXC.
I then bought a Trust multicard USB 3 reader which supports MicroSDXC.
Now all the unused parts of the cards in Disk Management could be seen.
Using the free EaseUSPartition Master to wipe the card and then setting it as an un-formatted active partition.
I then used SDFormatter V3.1 to format the cards to exFAT and everything now works fine.
(*The Sandisk 64gb Micro SDXC cards come formatted in exFAT when new.)
I have seen comments that the cards have to be formatted in FAT32 but I have not found this to be the case. Formatting in exFAT seems to work fine on the TF700T.
The problem lies with Windows XP it will not recognize an exFAT 64gb Micro SDXC card when it is plugged directly into a dedicated Micro SD slot on the Trust multicard USB 3 reader.
Although if you put the Micro SD card in the SD adapter that comes with the card and then put this in the dedicated SD slot on the reader Windows XP will see the card
(*Windows 7 SP1 however will recognize the card without having to use the SD adapter.)
I presume from the comments regarding FAT32 that a card with this format may well be recognized by XP in the dedicated Micro SD slot on the reader but I have not tried this.
If you want FAT32 then you can do this with EaseUSPartition Master but if you need files of more than 4gb you will have to use exFAT.
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Mmmm...lots of good info there thanx!
My dad and I bought a handful of these when they went on sale on Amazon. Mine worked fine after formatting, but both if his were saying the same thing yours did. I thought that was odd, it seemed like they were 32 gig cards. So I opened up a partition tool on my laptop and it turns out that Sandisk has over 30 gigs partitioned as unused space. All you have to do is delete the partitions and repartition the whole card on one partition and you'll be good to go. I used Fat32 if anyone is interested.
Sent from my unlocked Transformer Infinity
thanks for the helpful post. can you also run some sd card tests? i'm curious to see how true their class 10 rating is.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using xda app-developers app
I ran a few compared to my Lexar class 10 and they performed about the same. ~10 write and ~30 read.
Sent from my unlocked Transformer Infinity
Hi, I currently use a MicroSD card (Samsung EVO Plus 128 GB MicroSDXC UHS-1 (class 10)) for my music library. This adds a little bit of time to boot up as Android is scanning / indexing the card. Would this still be the case if using a 128 GB USB stick instead? Are there any advantages of using USB sticks over MicroSD cards?
CARRisma said:
Hi, I currently use a MicroSD card (Samsung EVO Plus 128 GB MicroSDXC UHS-1 (class 10)) for my music library. This adds a little bit of time to boot up as Android is scanning / indexing the card. Would this still be the case if using a 128 GB USB stick instead? Are there any advantages of using USB sticks over MicroSD cards?
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I found that a good quality stick works better. I use Scandisk Extreme Pro usb 3.1 (64gig)
Of course it won't read at the 3.1 level but it does seem to respond pretty fast. I have given up on the micro cards altogether... I find them just too slow.
I carried out a little experiment. I inserted my 128 GB MicroSD card into a USB reader thingy. After Android had scanned / indexed the card, booting up is noticeably quicker. So, USB is the way forward for performance. Obviously the MicroSD card itself isn't slowing it down, it's either the hardware / slot or the cache setting for MicroSD.