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Unbranded 32Gb micro sd card

Anyone bought this 32 gb Micro Sd Card from ebay. I just got in the mail and so far so good my transfer rate from PC to SD a 360mb file is 4.60mbps while the regular sandisk 8gb is 6.20mps. Its cheap so wasn't surprise . Anyone else
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120746278677&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
CAN SOME MOVE THIS TO THE ACCESSORIES SECTION ,SORRY

i think Its cheap coz the class less than 6
maybe 4
the most important is the class
class 10 will be the best

its class 4

I bought one and got ripped off. It was labeled 32gig but it was only 4.
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Havoc1127 said:
I bought one and got ripped off. It was labeled 32gig but it was only 4.
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lol that sucks
but anyways, 32gb, whatever class it is, for $29 isnt bad

class 4 is good enough for a mobile phone. If you just use it to store mp's/photo's.
Higher then class 4 is only interesting when filming/photographing on a high resolution and thus need a high read/write speed.
Anyway, $29 for 32 gig is a very nice price!!
Still... don't know why this in the dev. forum

Havoc1127 said:
I bought one and got ripped off. It was labeled 32gig but it was only 4.
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I bought a SD card and a thumb drive. Both turned out to be fakes from China. The 32 GB thumb drive only held 14 GB of data and was flaky at that. The SD card was slow and was also unbranded. I would be very careful about what data you save to it. It might just go south on you.
Keep an eye on sales ads. I just got a 8GB class 10 micro SD at bestbuy for $19.99
**This is in the dev thread because it was a mistake on the OP part. He asked for it to be moved, but the MODs have not done so. I suggest sending them a PM bro. Might get a better response.

There are free programs, like h2testw, you can download to test the sd cards and usb drives. I purchased one a while ago that was supposedly a 32gb, and windows detected it as a 32gb. I tested it and it was really 1GB.

BE REALLY CAREFUL INDEED,
I bought exactly the same 2 weeks ago on Ebay, same packaging exactly, about same price.
It was a fake that was only 2Go, with a ridiculous transfer rate of 2.2Mo/sec with downs to 150ko/sec
So I bought another one 32Mo, branded, class4, more expensive of course! (I also think we don't really more than class 4 unless your're really impatient when transferring big files from your PC to your SD card. Class 4 is already enough for the Sensation HD recording, and having class 10 wouldn't speed up any app except for some benchmarks that take SD card write/read into account)

Check microcenter. I picked up a 16 gig class 10 today for $28+tax... Well worth the price.
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I took a chance on one of these. The seller has 100% positive feedback and has sold a ton of them. So hopefully it works out. He also will fully refund my money if it doesn't work. So reward outweighs the risk.
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It's a good deal the seller also said hell do a refund ,but for it's 32gb
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I had a class ten crap out twice I it's on kingston and wintec's website that there not recommended for android phones
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Got the card today here are the test.
Card has just over 31GB free
4.4 writing speed
18.3 read speed
That from using the SD tools app.
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Scoop24 said:
Got the card today here are the test.
Card has just over 31GB free
4.4 writing speed
18.3 read speed
That from using the SD tools app.
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What class is it?

It's class fake. Only hold 3GB. Now other people seem to be fine with theres. So maybe mine it deffective who knows . I was fully refunded though.
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32 GB microSD card Samsung class 10, but my skyrocket and PC only sees 29GB...

(Q) I have a 32 GB microSD card Samsung class 10, but my skyrocket and PC only sees or recognizes 29GB. Is this normal? Does someone knows as to why this is happening?? I mean is almost 3GB lost space right...
Thanks in advance. :)
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r3dp0is0n2012 said:
(Q) I have a 32 GB microSD card Samsung class 10, but my skyrocket and PC only sees or recognizes 29GB. Is this normal? Does someone knows as to why this is happening?? I mean is almost 3GB lost space right...
Thanks in advance. :)
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yes this is normal it holds some file on the card needed for partitions ect but its normal

yes its normal i also see 29.71GB

I thought the 32gb in the name counts 1000 mb in a gb whereas the computer counts 1024mb in a gb or something so they make seem like you're getting more than what it actually is...

Same for hard drives for your computers as well
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All memory devices have to reserve space for tables... like for holding filenames and pointers to the first sector of each file...

It's both reasons combined (100vs 1024 and the space used by the drive mapping)
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Thanks everyone's help!
SkyIce 7.3 Speed

People... stop wasting money on class 10 cards. A class 6 is sufficient and it won't make your **** smaller...

Watch it man. You can do what ever you want with your money. Just treat other ppl the way you wanted to be treated!
Midiman57 said:
People... stop wasting money on class 10 cards. A class 6 is sufficient and it won't make your **** smaller...
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appdroid said:
Watch it man. You can do what ever you want with your money. Just treat other ppl the way you wanted to be treated!
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+1. !!
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Midiman57 said:
People... stop wasting money on class 10 cards. A class 6 is sufficient and it won't make your **** smaller...
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So what are you using for a small...?
Sky Ice Cream RC 7.3 Speed!!

Midiman57 said:
People... stop wasting money on class 10 cards.
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I agree that Class 6 is sufficient.
But keep in mind that read/write speed increases with classification (duh). And just like some of us overclock our CPU's even though 1.5ghz is sufficient, we do it because we can.
Also, class 6 are harder to find than class 10 for some reason.

Same here
But when they say 32 GB i feel they must make 32 GB available after checking in computer. What say dudes ? I'm going to fire an email to Sandisk.

Custom rom gives more space?

I recently bought a galaxy tab 2 7" 8GB, but I can only use 4 of it. Would installing a custom rom give me more space? Its a shame that they really only give you 4gb
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iblakejames said:
I recently bought a galaxy tab 2 7" 8GB, but I can only use 4 of it. Would installing a custom rom give me more space? Its a shame that they really only give you 4gb
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No, you will need to jump through a couple hoops and leverage your sdcard slot, by using a swap script, or an app like foldermount, gl2sd, or similar. Personally, i used the swap script when i was using 4.1.x, but now i use foldermount. The p3113 swap script is on these forums, and foldermount is in the play store, or the thread for it, which are in the android apps and games forum, or software development, i forget which.
Oh yeah, every option requires root access.
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Okay, thanks for the clearup, im already rooted so ill try the apps
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Just a quick question since it's brought up. What class sd card is suggested for doing this method? I've read that class 4 is better than class 10 for doing this, but that was on my Xperia Play. Just wanted to make sure before I invest in one.
Thanks.

maddog00 said:
Just a quick question since it's brought up. What class sd card is suggested for doing this method? I've read that class 4 is better than class 10 for doing this, but that was on my Xperia Play. Just wanted to make sure before I invest in one.
Thanks.
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I don't know if it is true,but I had a class 4 SD card on my xperia mini,and i when I bought a class 10 16 GB,the phone was about 30% faster with swap then class 4 with swap.
So I believed in classes ;D
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maddog00 said:
Just a quick question since it's brought up. What class sd card is suggested for doing this method? I've read that class 4 is better than class 10 for doing this, but that was on my Xperia Play. Just wanted to make sure before I invest in one.
Thanks.
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Class 4 = 4mbps
Class 10 = 10mbps
You tell me.
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I have a 32 GB U1 which U1=Class 10 fyi.
My tab has 16GB storage but only about 12GB useable so it would make sense a 8GB only has about 4 useable.
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Class 4 will never be as good as a class 10. I am running a Samsung Class 10 UHS-1 70MB/s read and 20MB/s write card and that is about as good as it gets. Anything higher is not supported by our device (read and write speed-wise you would be over-compensating way too much).

I read somewhere that when using the sd card for apps and the such.
Ah, here it is:
This higher class # = higher speed across the board is a bit of a misnomer. Lower class (4&6) seem to have higher random access speeds, so when pulling up files lower than 6MB, it may behoove you to have a lower class card. Seems handy when pulling up photo and MP3. If you're transferring large files you may see speed increases for things like full movies or apps. Is it worth 10 seconds every now and then? I'll let you decide.

iblakejames said:
I recently bought a galaxy tab 2 7" 8GB, but I can only use 4 of it. Would installing a custom rom give me more space? Its a shame that they really only give you 4gb
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Yes, it definitely gives u a lot more space because stock roms are filled with bloatware (pre-installed apps), which according to me are useless. If you flash a custom rom it is not filled with all that crap and will give u a lot more of storage like if you have an 8gb tab 2 u will get only about 3-4 gigs of free space on stock but if you switch to custom rom you will have around 6-7 gigs of free space.
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No one has tried repartitioning space from system to data? System takes up over 1.4 gigs, so with most ROMs your wasting a gig of space.
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[Q] Slow class 10

Anybody else with a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB class 10 / UHS-1 find the write speeds slow?
I'm pretty sure it's a genuine part. It's at 8 MB/s write with my laptop

Not everyone but some have problems with SanDisk 64gb class 10 i had one and mine kept crashing it wnt show my storage or wnt pop up in my computer .. I would go with a samsung.. Look around online and u can find a hood price for them specially winter/holidays are coming

twistedillutions said:
Not everyone but some have problems with SanDisk 64gb class 10 i had one and mine kept crashing it wnt show my storage or wnt pop up in my computer .. I would go with a samsung.. Look around online and u can find a hood price for them specially winter/holidays are coming
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Well that sucks. Maybe I can get a warranty represent. But I bought it in Taiwan, no receipt...

It's a phone not a computer with 16GB of ram.
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Droid316 said:
It's a phone not a computer with 16GB of ram.
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So getting close to the advertised speed, like I have with every other SanDisk, is unreasonable?

Your sdcard works right? Slow or fast it works right? I'd be happy.
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My card seemed to work fairly well until it crapped out. SanDisk is sending a new one out so I'll test it out once I get it.
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Droid316 said:
Your sdcard works right? Slow or fast it works right? I'd be happy.
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That's like buying a brand new sports car with a turbo boost leak and then being like "oh well". My 2.3 GB nandroid backups take about 13 mins. So TWRP is writing much slower.

I suggest checking my thread on the SD card you may need to reformat it and clean it up. Also try ROM toolbox pro to turn the write speed up. I write at 55 MB a sec
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128GB microSDXC works fine

As written in the title, I purchased it and it works fine.
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Miller Time said:
As written in the title, I purchased it and it works fine.
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wow ..... nice by the which company microSDXC are you using?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...d_t=201&pf_rd_p=1746172362&pf_rd_i=B00CNYV9C4
This one is $119 OUCH!

I believe the one I purchased is the linked one.
It was about 15,000 yen though
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As long as you use FAT64 file system, you can even use 512GB SD (technically possible but it won't be available for couple of years).

Currently, I use my 64GB micro-SD card formated in FAT32. Can I format a 128GB micro-SD card in FAT32 and use it in the same way?

I didn't do any formatting to use it.
And it works.
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sapienta said:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...d_t=201&pf_rd_p=1746172362&pf_rd_i=B00CNYV9C4
This one is $119 OUCH!
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I'd wait for a good 600x or 633x chip to come out. I did a test with 633x over the Ultra and that the 2x speed increase is great. Though backing up to SD with large apps that have been moved to SD causes a bottle neck, and cannot be resolved unless you add an OTG Thumb drive, to allow backups to the thumb drive while allowing full reads from device and external SD without need to have writes slow down the processes between reading.