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Kingston Class 10 Micro SDHC Yes or No

I am about ready to buy a 16 GB class 10 micro sdhc for my Nexus One. Any ideas if this is a good card. Will it be totally compatible? And will I be able to transfer at the advertised speed? Does anyone have one of these?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139121&Tpk=SDC10/16GB

I think a class 6 is enough. Don't see a need for a class 10.

If HD recording ever gets adapted....or divx playback I'm sure the extra speed wouldn't hurt. The question is whether or not to nexus 1 will utilize it.

My class 6 micro sdhc card is only transferring at 2 MB/s through the data cable from phone to computer and vice versa. Either my card is taking a **** or something is wrong, it's definitely not 6 MB's.

So if I can pick up a class 10 micro sdhc and actually being able to copy music onto my sd card mounted in my phone at 10 MB/s I would be really pleased.

I just pulled the my micro sd card out of the phone and plugged it into a micro sdhc to usb adapter, and I transferred music onto the card through the adapter and it transferred at 6 MB/s no problem. So there is nothing wrong with my micro sd card. WTF Has it always been this way.
What I mean is: while the card is in the nexus and when you transfer music to the phone through the data cable, is the nexus only able to transfer at 2 MB/s? Through the Data Cable?

tommyarmour said:
I just pulled the my micro sd card out of the phone and plugged it into a micro sdhc to usb adapter, and I transferred music onto the card through the adapter and it transferred at 6 MB/s no problem. So there is nothing wrong with my micro sd card. WTF Has it always been this way.
What I mean is: while the card is in the nexus and when you transfer music to the phone through the data cable, is the nexus only able to transfer at 2 MB/s? Through the Data Cable?
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Yup... I've noticed this too. It was the same on my G1. The card is capable of 6mb/s but the phone can only do 2mb/s through the usb...

uansari1 said:
Yup... I've noticed this too. It was the same on my G1. The card is capable of 6mb/s but the phone can only do 2mb/s through the usb...
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That really is a bummer, I don't know why in the hell I haven't noticed this before. It really doesnt matter to me how fast my sdcard card is then. Because I never ever remove it from my phone. So a class 2 is pretty much all you need because that is the only speed the phone will ever transfer at.

tommyarmour said:
That really is a bummer, I don't know why in the hell I haven't noticed this before. It really doesnt matter to me how fast my sdcard card is then. Because I never ever remove it from my phone. So a class 2 is pretty much all you need because that is the only speed the phone will ever transfer at.
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Unless you're rooted and run Apps2SD... but yeah, I'm unrooted on my N1 and plan on staying that way and I don't understand it either. Maybe there's a way to speed it up with a software update?

i get a steady 5.6...

piggie916 said:
i get a steady 5.6...
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Let me get this right. You have your micro sdhc card in your phone. Then you plug the the usb data cable into your phone, then you mount the phone to your computer by the pull down menu on your phone, then you can transfer music to your sdcard at 5.6 MB/s? Are you sure about that? And you have to be able to transfer music off of your phone onto your computer at the same speed I assume.
The reason I am mentioning all this is I partition my sdcard to 3 partions fat32, ext3, and swap. So another words I had to transfer everything off of my sdcard, and transfer it back on after you created the partitions. And if you have 6 gigs of music this can take a very long time. Then I formatted my sdcard again for 1 partition and had to do everything again. At 2 MB/s that is a very long wait.
I guess I could of just pulled the sdcard from the phone and plugged it into my adapter and transferred at 6.0 MB/s. This sucks you would imagine the nexus could do this np.
It's amazing you can do it at 5.6 MB/s to your phone. Maybe you got a better version of the Nexus than I did?

Don't forget, there are two sides to the issue, the phone side and the computer side. Perhaps you could try another computer? I average 5.5MB/s from my Linux workstation.
Are you going through an old USB hub or direct to the computers ports?

rotohammer said:
Don't forget, there are two sides to the issue, the phone side and the computer side. Perhaps you could try another computer? I average 5.5MB/s from my Linux workstation.
Are you going through an old USB hub or direct to the computers ports?
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Direct to the computer ports, and I am running windows 7, maybe I should try my ubuntu pc.

The phone's USB interface might be the limiting factor; when the phone is communicating directly with the SD card, it may be able to use its full potential. This would matter when you're recording video or using Apps2SD. Meaning that class 6 cards aren't necessarily pointless.
Also note that class 6 means 6 MB/s write speed, not read speed (as has been kind of said above - just waned to make it clear) - if you're reading it at 6 MB/s, that doesn't necessarily mean it's working right.
I don't have one to test with, sadly.

What I wanna know is where are the 32Gb Micro SDHC cards??

I have a 16GB a-data micro SDHC transferring via usb at speeds between 2-3MB/s
when i put the card in a card reader instead of the phone, xfer speeds are between 5 and 8MB/s
I'll try copying files to SD via wifi and bluetooth. if either of those are faster than 2-3MB/s, then the usb may be the bottleneck.

Are you guys benchmarking , or just going by screen stats ?

dang i didn't know they even made class 10.... I bought a class 2 16gb when they first came out, it just died actually so i'm waiting for sandisk to replace it. I've considered a class 6 but i don't see the point with 32gb cards coming out soon.
I've seen pre orders for late april on the 32gb's. other then that you can get one now if you import it from asia.

I am just wondering exactly what speed the Nexus One is capable of transferring at? Cause I can see alot of people are having the same problem as I am having with higher class sd cards. I know for a fact my class 6 sd can transfer at 6 MB/s and it does when its not in my Nexus One, so it's either the Nexus or the Data Cable that is eating the other 4 MB/s, cause I am only cable of transferring at 2 MB/s and no more.
Now when I talk about transferring I am solely talking about transferring music or data off of my Nexus to my computer and vice versa. I want to think it's just my Data Cable. But I wish I had this answer, I will today for sure.

Now is there a low speed Data Cable, maybe that is what Google sent me a low speed one, and maybe this 1 penny high speed data cable might solve me some problems.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...11189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B0018A6W94

Micro sdhc to sd half sized

anyone know of something like this that exists? my laptop protrudes sd cards, so I was thinking if I got a half sized micro sdhc to sd converter it would work, however I cannot find such a thing, anyone have any ideas? Also I don't have any spare usb ports

I always buy my SD cards micro, as I have a micro to mini converter and the mini sits inside my mini to full converter. That way I can use my card in anything. You can pick them up on Amazon for next to nothing. At least that's what I assume you mean
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no i mean my sd card protrudes my laptop, like it only goes in half way, the rest sticks out. That is why I wanted a half sized converter from microsdhc to sd.

Memory card Help

People im looking to buy a 64 gb mem card for the s4 but would a Micro SD XC type work or just a micro sd?
Also should i be wary when buying from ebay or just get it from amazon for a couple quid more??
Based in the UK - if that helps
cheers, all

Yes Micro SDXC will work on the galaxy s4, it has somekind of extension which i forget what is it. If u want u can change or reformat the extension to fat32 so your s4 can read it..
bm_99 said:
People im looking to buy a 64 gb mem card for the s4 but would a Micro SD XC type work or just a micro sd?
Also should i be wary when buying from ebay or just get it from amazon for a couple quid more??
Based in the UK - if that helps
cheers, all
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jason_son said:
Yes Micro SDXC will work on the galaxy s4, it has somekind of extension which i forget what is it. If u want u can change or reformat the extension to fat32 so your s4 can read it..
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ok mate, so when i get the card i need to format it to fat 32, can i do this from the s4?/ or do i need to put the car into a pc or laptop or something?

bm_99 said:
ok mate, so when i get the card i need to format it to fat 32, can i do this from the s4?/ or do i need to put the car into a pc or laptop or something?
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Do not buy off ebay. Lots of counterfeit and scam products. Buy somewhere that you can be sure of what you are getting. Also, some people are reporting problems with SanDisk - mine works fine, but there are enough reports that maybe the new ones have issues.
I am not sure what format the phone puts on the card. But most of the time you can just pop it in the phone and use it. If the phone doesn't recognize it, it will ask you to format. Exfat has the advantage of working with files bigger then 2GB, but unless you are copying movies (that have not been resized) then this should not be an issue. Most phones do NOT support exFat, but unless you are swapping the card between devices, this should not be an issue either.
So, I would just pop the card in the phone and start using it. If you don't usually remove it, you could format it on the phone first, just for kicks (I never do unless it asks me) and you should be good to go. Windows handles Fat32 and ExFat, so there is no real issue with the computer.
HTH!

i had issues with a sandisk 64gb microsd on 2 different s4's. these were purchased from Amazon so they were legit.
switched to a samsung microsd 64gb, also bought via amazon, and it just plain works. and is faster on the phone - mounting or unmounting happens instantly. the sandisk took time. etc...

pixelsquish said:
i had issues with a sandisk 64gb microsd on 2 different s4's. these were purchased from Amazon so they were legit.
switched to a samsung microsd 64gb, also bought via amazon, and it just plain works. and is faster on the phone - mounting or unmounting happens instantly. the sandisk took time. etc...
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today ive got samsung microsd 64g, confirm is working great in exfatmode. My phone formatated in exFAT

Dual internal micro sd card adapter

Hey there folks, I was wondering if there was a special type of internal adapter to exist that would allow me to use 2, 64 GB micro sd cards in my phone. I'm looking for like a male micro sd card input-to-dual female micro sd card output adapter to connect to the female micro sd card input in the inside of my phone. It would use the same concept of the cable that is used to connect a desktop hard drive to the power source, then from the power source to the motherboard to make the drive primary or slave.... I think cuz I cant remember the name of that kind of cable?
Anyways, it would look kind of like this:
__________ _____
\_PHONE_/ __ \M-SD/
I I / \___/
I_I_______/
I _____
I____/M-SD\
\ ____ /
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Why not just get a wireless hard drive? I have one and it's awesome.

Interesting - what brand do you have?

I have the SanDisk 64 GB Micro SD Card. It's the Class 10, grey and red-colored one. Iv'e never had any issues with my card, I just want to be able to add another 64 GB card without having to lug around a hard drive. There was a guy who had a similar kind of cable adapter setup but it was a male micro sd card input-to-dual female (reguar-sized) sd card output and his S3 was able to recognize his total memory of 128 GB's. How expensive, how big in physical size, and how big in GB size are wireless HDD's these days??
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They had something like that before, can't seem to find it, you can try to contact them.
The price isn't cheap nor expensive.
http://www.redtron.com/
you can also try this place.
http://dx.com/

The sandisk 128gb sd cards work with the s4, so this might be the easiest solution.

Yes, I realize the 128GB micro SD Card from SanDisk works with the Galaxy devices but I had initially asked the question way before the 128GB mSD came out this year. But still, if such a PCI type of card reader extender exists & it could let your galaxy device read (2) 128GB mSD cards.... WOW!
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Ahh ha! I found it... kind of. It's basically this: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2014...rd-Compact-Flash-CF-Card-Type/1889508912.html but has (2) strips coming off if it to tie into a set of dual micro SD TF adapters. This would allow you to input the male side of this adapter into the back of the phone/tablet, while you could potentially input (2) 128GB micro SD cards into each slot of the TF adapter. If I remember correctly, this guy's version years ago was similar to what I'm looking for but his had 2 TF slots each for 2 separate regular-sized SD cards and was able to read up to 128GB's or so with his. Im saying, take the same technology but add 2 TF adapters to input (2) 128GB micro SD cards instead and put the male end of the adapter into the female micro SD card slot into the back of the tablet/phone.
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I bought a female USB to male micro USB adapter and I can plug a thumb drive into my phone. It works great for transferring files. Now I just need a splitter to power an external hard drive to see if my phone can read that too.
It also works with a wireless mouse and keyboard USB dongle.
Similar to this:
http://www.cablewholesale.com/products/usb-firewire/usb-2.0-cables/product-30u2-21100.php?utm_source=GoogleShopping&utm_medium=organic&gclid=Cj0KEQjwo82eBRCR1Yr2u-G-sK8BEiQAbrSjVKXXSZGmryevIlcw9Ba7QB4yBwXzpL_lsmo6hWFJ7D8aAiOt8P8HAQ

The only dual micro sd adapter I have ever seen was for the playstation portable. 2 cards into one memory stick adapter. I have used the full sd to micro sd with a 128gb card. Worked fine when formatted to fat 32.
Now that 128gb micro sdxc cards are availble, no need for that Macguyver stuff.
Now if you could find an microsd to otg cable adapter with multiple microsd slots, that would be a winner.

Yeah, now you're talking... with "the micro usb-to-multiple micro SD card slot!" Imagine if there was an OTG cable just like that with support for dual/triple micro SD cards each at 128GB's and that the OTG cable could read it on all Galaxy tablets & the S4 & S5's?! Ohhhh the insanity!! :what:
The iSheep would have heart-attacks!
I shall buy the first OTG triple micro SD card cable you make if you patent it and build it!
:thumbup::beer:
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...or just get an OTG cable and format an external portable drive to Fat32 and duct tape it all together 2TB in the palm of your hand!
honestly, and thin film OTG ribbon cable with built in USB hub and multiple SD card slots should work it could be thin enough fold over and to be double sided taped to the exterior of your battery cover without being too obvious. this would add maybe 2-3mm overall in thickness. probably wouldn't be to durable though. maybe integrate it into a TPU cover/case to protect the thin cable...
but then we are starting to get ridiculous.

See, now you're getting somewhere with your "usb hub & multiple SD card slots" idea MadMan. I saw an OTG cable with dual female micro SD slots but it was too thick (like an inch thick) and had a super sticky/tacky tape on the back so one could attach it to the back of your phone or phone case. Just too bulky. Although, the Wifi idea is something to look into as well but I'm usually not in areas that have Wifi, thus the desire for more space without carrying around an external HDD.
I was looking for basically a male Micro SD Extension Cable (like you see below) with a ribbon type connection but has dual female Micro SD slots so it could fit between the back of the phone and front of the battery or back of phone and front of phone case... not for the extension cable to be put on the back side of the phone case.
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Bumpins

Interesting

the psp adaptors work good but are very flimsy

Just get a dual interface flash drive, micro usb + usb PC storage. The sandisk ones are pretty cheap and go up to 128gb. Theyre really small too, dont stick out much on the phone. Plus the storage speeds are much faster than micro SD and all your files are on one storage. I use mine for screen recording games with no lag or stutter, whereas writing to the micro SD causes a lot of games to pause so the card can catch up. Easier transfer to PC or sharing with other USB readable devices too. Much more worth it than a dual micro SD port (though it sounds pretty awesome)

Ok, so ya'll can keep this post going but I have officially lost interest due to my S5 having caught fire last week! Due to the damages to the phone, being a very long-standing TMobile customer, and misinformation from a few folks.... I have now received a FREE upgrade to a Galaxy S8! So happy now! Now I'll just swap over my *still working, yet undamaged* 64 GB Micro SD Card but maybe get the 256 GB SanDisk Micro SD Card in the future just for the hell of it... cuz I can! :silly:

Here's a pic that I took with my burner phone of my S5 after it caught fire.

spicy_puerto_rican said:
Here's a pic that I took with my burner phone of my S5 after it caught fire.
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And how in the hell did you manage that? :angel:

Do These Exist ?!

I've trying to look for these products although I'm not sure if they exist or not.
1) A MicroSD extension cable which simply uses a ribbon cable to extend the port, ideal is you want to use a case which for a phone which has a removable back.
2) An SD card which can essentially hold 2 MicroSD cards within it. A standard SD card adapter usually holds only 1 MicroSD card although I personally their is enough for 2 cards, I was wondering does it exist ?
If these products are out their, I would be grateful if you could provide details on how I can purchase them. I am a UK resident so would shopping be available. Thank You
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Don164 said:
I've trying to look for these products although I'm not sure if they exist or not.
1) A MicroSD extension cable which simply uses a ribbon cable to extend the port, ideal is you want to use a case which for a phone which has a removable back.
2) An SD card which can essentially hold 2 MicroSD cards within it. A standard SD card adapter usually holds only 1 MicroSD card although I personally their is enough for 2 cards, I was wondering does it exist ?
If these products are out their, I would be grateful if you could provide details on how I can purchase them. I am a UK resident so would shopping be available. Thank You
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Why do you need this cable? If your phone has a slot for 1(!) micro sd card you will never be able to mount 2 sd cards as the device can't handle it!!! If you need more space just go for a bigger micro sd card

LS.xD said:
Why do you need this cable? If your phone has a slot for 1(!) micro sd card you will never be able to mount 2 sd cards as the device can't handle it!!! If you need more space just go for a bigger micro sd card
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I'm mainly asking on someone's behalf although im partially interested myself
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