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Recommended 32GB Speedy microSD?

What would you guys recommend as a speedy and stable 32GB microSD card for the Galaxy S 4G? I was looking at the Patriot LX Series on Newegg but the relatively poor reviews concern me.

Given the pricing at this time, I'd go with an 8 GB, Class 6 card and wait for prices to drop on even the 16 GB, Class 6
32 GB or Class 10? IMHO waaaay too expensive at this time. Are you really writing that much data that often? The read speeds of even the Class 2 card that the SGS4G shipped with is comparable to Class 6 cards.
I've had good luck with the Transcend cards -- Class 6, 8 GB ~$18, 16 GB ~$55

well I am down to about 3GB on my stock 16GB class 2 card so I am definitely looking at 32GB microsd cards only.
I am honestly not particularly concerned about the price and I'd be willing to pay up to $200 for one as long as it is fast and stable. My current class 2 card is quite slow when loading applications and when looking through things like my pictures gallery which is stored on the card as well.

Go to Pricegrabber's website and input the following part number - TS16GUSDHC6-P3
16GB Transcend microSDHC going for 125.00 Class 6 device I am getting it...

nycplayboy78 said:
Go to Pricegrabber's website and input the following part number - TS16GUSDHC6-P3
16GB Transcend microSDHC going for 125.00 Class 6 device I am getting it...
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What does the -P3 buy you? The TS16GUSDHC6E card is only $55 at Amazon
Transcend's site doesn't suggest that there are tiered performance based on the suffix.

Yangorang said:
What would you guys recommend as a speedy and stable 32GB microSD card for the Galaxy S 4G? I was looking at the Patriot LX Series on Newegg but the relatively poor reviews concern me.
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I was looking at that one too... Anyone know if that brand is any good i've never heard from them before...
i'm also looking into getting a 32GB sd card but i want fast and well 32GB... i dont mind if its costly but has to be good for the job...
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Patriot is some of the best PC Ram and SSDHD's you can buy for PC's. So I would assume based on the fact it's similar tech that their microSD's would be of similar top notch quality.

heartspains88 said:
Patriot is some of the best PC Ram and SSDHD's you can buy for PC's. So I would assume based on the fact it's similar tech that their microSD's would be of similar top notch quality.
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thanks for the info man... i didnt know that...
i give you a +1 because i cant find the thanks button on the app :!
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gohere, I got one and it works good

I was lucky and just got a 16gb micro sd card from Radio Shack for 25$ yesterday. They seem to have the best sales so far.

http://www.amazon.com/Komputerbay-M...EEHI/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1307229858&sr=8-8
hows that?

Lower class means faster speeds or opposite?

Eric-1987 said:
Lower class means faster speeds or opposite?
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lower is slower

How much slower? And do you know the class of the SD card that came with the evo?

Best Buy had the 16gb Class 10 card for 49.99...Is that really a best buy or is it a sham?

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Yangorang said:
What would you guys recommend as a speedy and stable 32GB microSD card for the Galaxy S 4G? I was looking at the Patriot LX Series on Newegg but the relatively poor reviews concern me.
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I bought the Transcend 32GB Class 4 about 2 weeks ago and so far so good. It did about 4MB/s writing (upgraded from a Transcend 8GB class 6) while copying content from the older card (about 7GB of data). I watch movies from SD, move apps to SD, snap some picks and shoot videos without issues. This is all on a KG4 rom if that makes a difference.
If you are going to copy large files (like movies) all the time, a faster card might help but the Lexar's are dang expensive!
Hope this helps.
Mark

Go here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15269669#post15269669 for a lot of useful information about 32 GB SD cards.
It seems for cellphones the sandisk 32 GB class 4 card seems to be the best performing for everyday use.
I hope this helps.

I have a Wintec class 10 and to be honest, its the way to go. Nothing beats the speed.

Just received my PNY 32gb class 10 the other day, and so far its blazing fast on Whitehawkx's Valhala ROM.
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crackpot said:
Just received my PNY 32gb class 10 the other day, and so far its blazing fast on Whitehawkx's Valhala ROM.
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Glad you went with the class 10! Its a win for sure. Do an SD benchmark test and you'll be amazed at the results.

[Q] Microsd card 16 or 32GB ?

What sdcard can you recommend 16 or 32 GB? Of course I am considering only 16GB class 10 and 32 GB class 4.
I would like to know some points of view, like if it is useful to have 32GB rather than 16, how works the phone, I mean slower or normally with 32 and so on.
Thanks for your help

Well tell me this.. are you even using 16 or even 8gb of data on your micro sd card? 32 and 16 seem overkill.

Actually I have almost full my current 8GB, you know some ROMs for emulators ,some movies etc. so maybe 16 shall be ok.
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Sebalos said:
Actually I have almost full my current 8GB, you know some ROMs for emulators ,some movies etc. so maybe 16 shall be ok.
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My advice is that if you can afford to pay for a good 32gb from genuine traders, then go for a 32gb. It will save you the trouble of buying a 32gb sooner than later.
I have a 32gb on both my winmo and on my DZ. Can record without crossing everything for fear of running out of space.

YOSEFE said:
My advice is that if you can afford to pay for a good 32gb from genuine traders, then go for a 32gb. It will save you the trouble of buying a 32gb sooner than later.
I have a 32gb on both my winmo and on my DZ. Can record without crossing everything for fear of running out of space.
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Ok ,as i know the newest is 32GB class 4, so i will buy that one.
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Sebalos said:
Ok ,as i know the newest is 32GB class 4, so i will buy that one.
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Be very careful if you buy from eBay. I bought a fake, but since I had paid using paypal, I got my money back.

if you're going 32gb, then I'll be assuming you'll be putting your music library in there.
I"m also in the market for a 32gb micro sd (maybe if i can get my paws on a class 10, but that's really dropping some serious money on it [atleast for me]) since my music library is at a scant 16gigs (maybe more, but i havne't checked) so I wouldn't mind 32gb so i have lots of leeway to get my stuff in there.

There is only one question here:
Music or no music?
If you have music on your phone, go for the 32GB.
If not, I'd go for the faster 16GB.

I just bought a 32GB Class 10 Patriot card for a little over $100 at Frys .
Definitely an improvement over the 16GB Class 2 I was using . Buy the best
once and never look back IMO

id say grab a kingston 8gb class 10, just got mine for 19.99 ill wait on a 32 class 10 when they're not so obscenly priced..
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AZ2ENVY said:
I just bought a 32GB Class 10 Patriot card for a little over $100 at Frys .
Definitely an improvement over the 16GB Class 2 I was using . Buy the best
once and never look back IMO
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I have one of these too, make SURE you follow the format instructions on patriots forums otherwise the card is going to go tits up and corrupt all your data once it stores over 16GB of data. There are "issues" with newer android/wm7 phones and patriot class 10 32gb microsd cards (they admit its true). Their current workaround/fix is to format it a specific way WITHOUT LBA and with 32k clusters.
I haven't tried it yet since, I said screw it, and went back to my 16GB a-data class 6. I lost all my data on the patriot 3 times and using my phone for music is not that important.
Other people on that forum say the "fix" works though so it may benefit you to format it per the instructions if you haven't already and you are worried about data loss.
I put the 32gb patriot card in my dslite so my daughter has more games to play. She's 6 and is beyond happy with all the stuff on it now. Anyways, here are the two important threads over on patriots website for the 32gb class 10 LX card.
http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6332
and
http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6362

ratchetrizzo said:
I have one of these too, make SURE you follow the format instructions on patriots forums otherwise the card is going to go tits up and corrupt all your data once it stores over 16GB of data. There are "issues" with newer android/wm7 phones and patriot class 10 32gb microsd cards (they admit its true). Their current workaround/fix is to format it a specific way WITHOUT LBA and with 32k clusters.
I haven't tried it yet since, I said screw it, and went back to my 16GB a-data class 6. I lost all my data on the patriot 3 times and using my phone for music is not that important.
Other people on that forum say the "fix" works though so it may benefit you to format it per the instructions if you haven't already and you are worried about data loss.
I put the 32gb patriot card in my dslite so my daughter has more games to play. She's 6 and is beyond happy with all the stuff on it now. Anyways, here are the two important threads over on patriots website for the 32gb class 10 LX card.
http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6332
and
http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6362
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Wow I had no idea ! Thank you very much for the heads up ! I will be returning
it tomorrow .

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211519
I just bought that, wanted a class 10 32GB, but not for $100, that's insanely over priced.

brfield said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211519
I just bought that, wanted a class 10 32GB, but not for $100, that's insanely over priced.
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I didn't notice enough of a speed difference between the class 10 and class 6 on my g2 anyway. I DO, however, notice a difference in speed when I use the class 10 card on my ds lite. Certain games don't stutter or freeze with it.

Ok i have bought 32GB class 4 Kingston for some about 90USD. As i had been reading i have found the highest class 4 for 32 instead class 10 :/ so i was too fast.
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ratchetrizzo said:
I didn't notice enough of a speed difference between the class 10 and class 6 on my g2 anyway. I DO, however, notice a difference in speed when I use the class 10 card on my ds lite. Certain games don't stutter or freeze with it.
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Good to know, because I have an AceKard 2i and the original DS.
But if yo go to the Dev section, there is a mod to increase the cache sizes and boost read rates profoundly.

i found you a 16gb sandisk(none of that fake chinese stuff) for 25 with free shipping,im thinking of getting one cuz my 8gb isnt cutting it no more(alot of music and pics),hope this helps
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sandisk-16GB-Mi...gital_Camera_Memory_Cards&hash=item2eb39bcf19

[Q] Which MicroSD do you use??

Hi there, I just bought the Sensation and I started the research for a good Micro SD to use on it. On my previous phone (the Desire I have in my sign) I had a Sandisk 8GB Class 6 which never gave me any prob, but I'm reading here and there that with the size of the new ROMs having less than 16Gb would mean meeting a few problems when it comes to have more than a couple of nandroid on your SD, plus video & pics in HD require more & more space.....SO: I wanted to get a 16GB class 6 or 10 but I'm having quite a hard time to find a Sandisk one (I'm wondering if Sandisk even produce something like that...) and at the same time I read here & there in various forum people having some trouble with non-sandisk memory card
At this point I thought to ask all of you which card do you use and if and what problems did you experience with it(?!?)
Tried to use the search tool but couldn't find out much out of this subject...
P.S. If you choose "Other" in the poll please then specify with a post which one you use exactly!

I have the Lexar 32 GB class 10. It works perfectly fine.

Sandisk 32gb, class 4, its perfect

SanD ftw! Haha

PNY 32GB Class 10 working flawlessly.

So it looks like SanDisk wins once again anybody else?

the Kingston 32gb class 4.
Works perfect

meteor999 said:
Sandisk 32gb, class 4, its perfect
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Same one I have

i have a 32gb class 2 on oreder from ebay for $20. Does anyone think i may have isues being a class 2?

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i have a 32gb class 2 on oreder from ebay for $20. Does anyone think i may have isues being a class 2?
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Probably not. mmmmmaybe some choppiness on hd video playback, but more than likely the only thing you'll notice is it takes longer to transfer large files too and from the card.

ProximaC said:
Probably not. mmmmmaybe some choppiness on hd video playback, but more than likely the only thing you'll notice is it takes longer to transfer large files too and from the card.
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Great to know! thank you!

Scandisk 16gb class 4

Adata 8gb class 6
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Mmmmmm...still looks like Sandisk is winning with more then half of the memory cards in use out there!
But nobody told us any bad experience so far with any memory card....anybody there who lost everything due to mem failure or who wasn't able to install a new Rom due to his cheap memory card??

Patriot Class 10 16gb
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I currently have a Kingston 8GB Class 4 running and so far no issues, been using it in my previous phone and works like a charm. I have also ordered a Memorette 32GB Class 10 from ebay, but don't know if it comes or not as there were some problems after checkout. Hope it comes in the end so I have a lot of space for all the content I would like on my Sensation

SanDisk 16GB class 4
6MB/s write, 20MB/s read. Works brilliantly, and pretty cheap off eBay.
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I used Scandisk 8GB class 4. What would you recommend?

Using 32GB class 4 sandisk. Satisfied with it and it hasn't gave me any problems. Pretty pricey though.
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I use Lexar 32GB Class 10, I bought it because of the price and the card is great, the speeds are real

[Q] 32GB SD Cards

Hi all,
I'm thinking about buying myself a bigger SD Card soon.
I'm thinking about going for a 32Gb card, I can't justify splashing out for a 64Gb card IMHO.
I've been looking at a few cards, I've seen and heard that these are pretty good.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005FQLN28/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&s=computers&psc=1
I've been looknig at the first 4 from this search: http://www.play.com/Search.html?searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0&searchstring=32gb+micro+sd
The card I posted a link to first is in that list, I'm wondering about the classes though. Which class would be best? I've heard that either 6 or 10 are the best for phones.
Does anyone have any Exp. with one of these cards?
Cheers,
T-L-H

I have a SanDisk 32GB Class 4. Works fine, I got it on sale for about £16.50 which was a bargain.
IMO Class 4 or Class 6 is best for phones, unless you transfer films and things often
If you're going to buy a Class 10 I'd go far a SanDisk Ultra due to the better small file write speeds.

I use 32GB Sandisc card class 4, for me it's OK

I use a Lexar Class 10 32GB. Works like a charm! £29.99 from Amazon UK! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lexar-32GB-...2ZTM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329762527&sr=8-1
Better deal than that

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I use a Lexar Class 10 32GB. Works like a charm! £29.99 from Amazon UK! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lexar-32GB-...2ZTM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329762527&sr=8-1
Better deal than that
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same here super fast speeds xD
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madindehead said:
I use a Lexar Class 10 32GB. Works like a charm! £29.99 from Amazon UK! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lexar-32GB-...2ZTM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329762527&sr=8-1
Better deal than that
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Dammit, got my Lexar Class 10 32GB for £42.95 from 7dayshop -.-

Useful thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1150369

Thanks for all the input everyone.
32GB Sandisc card class 4 it is for me then me-thinks!

The-Last-Hylian said:
Thanks for all the input everyone.
32GB Sandisc card class 4 it is for me then me-thinks!
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Play.com have it for £17 today when I checked.

I have a question and need assistance from experienced members here, I have a HTC Sensation and i am also looking forward to increase my SD Card memory to max 32 GB Class 10, now i have doubts over this, kindly open HTC official site and check Sensation technical specs, it says that Expansion slot: microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) and while i was checking the product on an online site, it says Fully compatible with SD 3.0 Standards, the product is Transcend Micro SDHC 32 GB Class 10. so my question is that since HTC says sensation is SD 2.0 compatible, will it runs SD 3.0 Standard card without any problems ?
kindly answer as i need to take decision asap.
thanks

Buy.com 32gb class 4
On sale today (2/23/12) for $33USD. Shipped free in the US, not sure about international, sorry..
http://www.buy.com/prod/sandisk-sds...high-capacity-microsdhc-1-card/219031153.html

Samsung 32GB Class 10 or Sandisk 32GB Class 4

I'm very tempted to get one of these cards. I did search and read a lot about the sandisk card. But there isn't much about the samsung class 10 card. Can someone please shed some light on it.

save yourself some cash and get a samsung 32gb class 6,

Dacoit said:
I'm very tempted to get one of these cards. I did search and read a lot about the sandisk card. But there isn't much about the samsung class 10 card. Can someone please shed some light on it.
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I try both on my Sensation....i think Samsung is just a little bit better but noothing special.

samsung or sandisk
you should look at the sandisk mobile ultra 32gb class 6.
not the cheapest card,but I would say the undisputted class six speed demon.

take the class 4 one, you dont need the speed of a class 10 on the phone it's just wasting money

Have a search for one of the SD card threads which should have detailed benchmark data in. Maximum read and write speads are not the only important factors. If you mean this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-MB-MSBGAEU-32GB-Class-Micro/dp/B005FY61EK, I can confirm it works well. I benchmarked mine before I put anything on it and, in megabytes per second it scored:
Seq Read: 20.06 Seq Write: 12.10
512k Read: 19.82 512k Write: 11.86
4k Read: 4.777 4k Write: 1.270
4k QD32 Read: 4.917 4k QD32 Write: 1.271
The 4k read and write values are apparently very important for us as the phone will read and write lots of small files to the SD.
These speeds ECLIPSE my Sandisk 16GB class 4 card and explain why Android on my old HD2 was slow whenever I put apps n stuff on the SD card. Hope this helps you make your mind up. Try and find that thread : )

I'm looking at the Sandisk Mobile Ultra class 6. I think I will go for that. Anyone's got one yet?

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I'm looking at the Sandisk Mobile Ultra class 6. I think I will go for that. Anyone's got one yet?
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Saw this in a shop today and thought of getting it but it's a waste of money really. I think I'll just go for the Class 4 or 6 32 GB sandisk card.

Hello there!

isn't a class 10 better for multi-booting a rom from an sd-card? I think both brands are pretty good

I got the class 10 Samsung the ouzo posted the link for, blazing fast & apparently waterproof, so if your phone ends up in a beer glass (happens more often than I'd like) the data is safe
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It is always better to buy the fastest card. My choice would be Samsung Class 10

Yep. Go for speed first.

16gb class 4
I've been using a 16gb class 4 sandisk and it works exactly as stated. Usually writes between 4-5 MB/s and reads between 20-30 MB/s. Its been very consistant and I've had no problems. If your looking for a dependable card id go with the sandisk.

I have one of the original 32gb SanDisk Class 2 MicroSDHC cards and a PNY Class 10 32gb
So far I haven't noticed a difference, Other than I filled the SanDisk already and got the PNY so I could archive the SanDisk

Dacoit said:
I'm very tempted to get one of these cards. I did search and read a lot about the sandisk card. But there isn't much about the samsung class 10 card. Can someone please shed some light on it.
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dude have u bought sandisk 32gb class 6...i have to buy that card...what are ur reveiews about that card..??

Not sure who's in the US here but I just bought this one from best buy for 34.99 it's going up in price now. And it's from a legit store. They have a lot of other ones for sale cheap online.
SanDisk mobile ultra 32GB class 6
The 64GB is also on sale last time I checked.
http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=3695074&pid=1218427115873
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I got the Samsung 32gb and must say class 10 over 4 anyday

Does the clad of your memory card affect how full hd videos record ?? I'm using a class 4 and it sometimes freezes during playback then picks back up would a class 10 eliminate this.
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OreoBoyVa said:
Does the class of your memory card affect how full hd videos record ?? I'm using a class 4 and it sometimes freezes during playback then picks back up would a class 10 eliminate this.
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Didn't mean to quote my self...
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