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I went looking for a microSD card over the weekend and was really disappointed in the prices I found. A lot of the deals were already sold out at Fry's and CompUSA (Tiger Direct).
I'd like to start this thread to help others (and me ) find the best deals on expanded memory for our phones.
Any good finds?
This 16BG class 10 card was on sale this weekend at Fry's for around $10, but it was gone by 9:30 on Saturday morning.
http://www.frys.com/product/6877856?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
I got a 64gb microsd from scan disk, it ran me about 220, that's a lot but hey it's worth it to be packing a 80gb lte device
Check out. buy.com
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poloboogie said:
I got a 64gb microsd from scan disk, it ran me about 220, that's a lot but hey it's worth it to be packing a 80gb lte device
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The 64gigs works on the SR? I've been wanting to get one but had no clue as to them working in it.
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androidpixar said:
The 64gigs works on the SR? I've been wanting to get one but had no clue as to them working in it.
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i may be wrong, but i dont think the rocket was able to support a 64gig card.
this would be GREAT
AmazonBasics cards are cheap and great quality
You may want to look into getting Sandisk branded cards instead of just any old card.
Some of the class 10 cards out there have atrocious small block random read/write speeds, and that has been a major issue for the Nook Color world. That being said, we aren't running a complete OS off the SD card on our skyrockets, but even running apps off the card may cause speed issues.
Nook Color SD Card Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005633
All of the benchmark data in that thread summarized into a google docs spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjPE3ZAD2eVudE9vZmQ3aHlfTkFvU2J4ZUplRDJQTEE
I can't vouch for any cards other than what I've seen -- Class 10 Patriot, Class 10 A-Data, 3x Class 4 SanDisks, and an unmarked SanDisk. Everything (including the unmarked SanDisk) except for the Class 2/4 SanDisks were atrocious in running a SD card based OS on my Nook. My Class 4 SanDisks benchmarked somewhere between 20x and 40x faster than the other cards for small block writes.
This is my card, AmazonBasics 16 GB microSDHC Class 10 Flash Memory Card with SD Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058GH4U0/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
Always beats my gf's sansdisk in speed tests
This is not the first time I have heard the Sandisk 64Gb microsd works after a reformat. Now they are down to $150 for a class 6 and I am seriously about to try one out.
draztikrhymez said:
AmazonBasics cards are cheap and great quality
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Thanks, that looks like a good quality card. I was going to hold off on buying a microsd for my phone, but $27 for 16GB and those speeds people are posting looks really good. In for one.
So to wrap up the 64gb arc, it works on the SR without any glitch? Cos me want it!
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So this is the THIRD 16gb sd card my phone has munched... now, i'm using cheap class 4 SD cards from radio shack (shut up, it's radio shack.), and I'm HOPING that's the issue.
Can anyone confirm or shed some insight as to why this might be happening? Is it just my "thrifty" purchasing habits or is there something to legit be concerned about here?
thankfully, after the first one I saved my playlists... now, all the apps I moved to the external SD after rooting... that's another story. *groan*.
I'm using the following Class 10 SD Cards in two different phones and have not had any issues... I'm thinking you're getting what you pay for, go with higher quality.
http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-MicroSDHC-Memory-Reader-LSDMI32GBSBNAR/dp/B004AM610M <-- VERY GOOD CARD
http://www.amazon.com/Patriot-Signa...6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1327335933&sr=1-6 <-- LOW COST, BUT WORKS FINE
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So this is the THIRD 16gb sd card my phone has munched... now, i'm using cheap class 4 SD cards from radio shack (shut up, it's radio shack.), and I'm HOPING that's the issue.
Can anyone confirm or shed some insight as to why this might be happening? Is it just my "thrifty" purchasing habits or is there something to legit be concerned about here?
thankfully, after the first one I saved my playlists... now, all the apps I moved to the external SD after rooting... that's another story. *groan*.
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I've been using the Patriot 16Gb class 10 with out any issues. Its cheap and hasn't had any issues. I've flashed a few roms from it too. I noticed Frys electronics has the 32Gb for $30.
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I've been using a lexar 16 GB not sure the class but no problems...even pulled it 3 times w/o unmounting still no problem and got the card from office depot next to my job
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I bought some cheap no name brand on ebay...it hasn't died yet...although its only been a couple of days...
I've got a 32gb Sandisk Class 4 card for $30 and it's running like a champ. 2 Partitions on it (fat32/ext4) and it's still working like a champ
I bought a semi-cheap, $44 32G PNY from Best Buy. It's a class 4 and works fine. A class 10 is kind of overkill for this kind of device. An honest salesperson will tell you this.
Midiman57 said:
I bought a semi-cheap, $44 32G PNY from Best Buy. It's a class 4 and works fine. A class 10 is kind of overkill for this kind of device. An honest salesperson will tell you this.
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honest... salesperson?? I thought this was an english speaking board? What strange language are you going on in??
Midiman57 said:
I bought a semi-cheap, $44 32G PNY from Best Buy. It's a class 4 and works fine. A class 10 is kind of overkill for this kind of device. An honest salesperson will tell you this.
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I record HD videos directly on the external device and having a class 10 card is beneficial. I've had problems with lower classes before where sometimes video recording would stop after a couple of seconds and an error would appear indicating HD recording on this card is not supported.
Been using a Class 10 Patriot card (32 GB) with no problems for a couple of months now.
Since I've upgraded to CM10, can my Infuse now use XDHC cards? I would love to have a 64GB card in my phone if it is possible.
It should be mountable and accessible. Insert it and see for yourself.
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Since I've upgraded to CM10, can my Infuse now use XDHC cards? I would love to have a 64GB card in my phone if it is possible.
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I didnt think the Infuse could handle over 32GB, I just picked up a 32GB & 64GB SanDisk Ultra (Class10) cards recently, the 64GB was not able to be mounted but the 32GB was..
I dont know if its my hardware, but im experiencing the same Read-errors on this (3rd) MicroSD card i have used on this phone. I am CM10 as well, at first it was great, but since i have had a couple files that were not accessible, the entire experience has turned to crap.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25433747
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SWEET! I'm going to buy one.
Hello guys, im thinking to get a new 64gb micro sd card for my s4 19505, currently using a 32gb samsung class 10 one with no issues at all.
So I"ve found 2 choices which im interested in. Can someone please suggest which one would be more better and compatible with the s4 as i have read that some cards give problems. Neverthess i found the following two on ebay:
Samsung Essentials 64gb Class 10:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=111210443073
Samsung Pro UHS-1 64gb Class 10:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151162891126
The price difference is not much. If anyone has owned either one, could you please give some feedback and advice. Thanks
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I would go with the Pro in the second link. The first one looks entry level (might even be fake).
I have the pro, it's ok, not sure if it's a problem with my phone or pc, but if I try to copy too much onto it at once (usually when I copy a few albums at a time), it fails after a while (10 mins or so), meaning I have to copy things over bit at a time leaving a bit of time between the copying, almost like the card gets hot or copy cache gets overloaded (not sure if it does). It's a step up from the sandisc ultra 64GB ones I've had that just refuse to work (had two that just don't work any more). Could be due to me running Pac Rom (I've kept it updated to the most recent stable build). Just to mention, it has the same issues regardless of format (NTFS or FAT32). Never had any of these issues with 32GB cards. Still, the sammy one does at least work. Hope that helps.
Thanks for feedback, still not sure which one to get out the two, was feeling the pro one but as its mentioned that it has some errors im having 2nd thoughts now.
Currently have the 32gb Samsung essentials version which is flawless... maybe the 64gb of it could be just as good?? Anyone currently have one and could please shed some light? Thanks
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Any reason you are looking at ebay? Personally there are too many fakes on ebay that I would not trust purchasing something like that there. You can easily find this on Amazon or Newegg.
@cbb77, I prob wont get it from ebay, its for demostration purposes only.
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any 64gb will do, you won't get full speed on any phone apart from the note 3.
Didn't know how much a sd card mattered as far as the difference between them all. Glad i read this before I bought one for mine.
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Didn't know how much a sd card mattered as far as the difference between them all. Glad i read this before I bought one for mine.
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So which one did you end up buying? And any feedback on it please?
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I got my 64 Samsung from Amazon. Don't remember which exact one, it doesn't say pro on it though. Card has been lovely. No problems, ever.
kuljit55 said:
Hello guys, im thinking to get a new 64gb micro sd card for my s4 19505, currently using a 32gb samsung class 10 one with no issues at all.
So I"ve found 2 choices which im interested in. Can someone please suggest which one would be more better and compatible with the s4 as i have read that some cards give problems. Neverthess i found the following two on ebay:
Samsung Essentials 64gb Class 10:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=111210443073
Samsung Pro UHS-1 64gb Class 10:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151162891126
The price difference is not much. If anyone has owned either one, could you please give some feedback and advice. Thanks
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I bought a 64GB MicroSD card on ebay and it was fake. Between receiving it and returning it, took me 3 weeks, and I had to pay for return shipping. It turned out it was stamped as a 64GB card but only held 4GB. Save your time. I then went on amazon about 6 months ago and bought samsung branded 64GB micro SD card and have never had any problems with it to date. I definitely recommend the samsung micro sdxc UHS-1 Class 10. It's the one i'm using.
@clip3009 Have you managed to backup and restore roms successfully on the samsung pro 64gb card? Some users have experianced problems :-S
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farfromovin said:
I got my 64 Samsung from Amazon. Don't remember which exact one, it doesn't say pro on it though. Card has been lovely. No problems, ever.
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Did you manage to backup and restore roms successfully? Would you possibily have a link or image of the card's packaging?
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Buy a Samsung card. I am on my 3rd SanDisk Ultra 64gb card now. For some reason it is just very bad with the S4.i never had a problem on the Note 2.
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I have an i9505 and a SanDisk 64gb, It works perfectly with my work Windows 7 machine transferring information and doing all data reads/writes from recovery or within the ROM, but as soon as Windows 8 gets ahold of it, it just crashed the explorer windows and I have to unplug it haha.
Cheers for the info.
m4rc0s1s said:
I have an i9505 and a SanDisk 64gb, It works perfectly with my work Windows 7 machine transferring information and doing all data reads/writes from recovery or within the ROM, but as soon as Windows 8 gets ahold of it, it just crashed the explorer windows and I have to unplug it haha.
Cheers for the info.
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Set your computer to dual-boot Ubuntu.
kuljit55 said:
@clip3009 Have you managed to backup and restore roms successfully on the samsung pro 64gb card? Some users have experianced problems :-S
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I had issues with the newer twrp. Never had issues with backup or restores. I still have a nandroid of mdl if I want to go back. Im using twrp 2.6. For some reason the newer versions like 2.6.1 and up it hangs on recovery and I have to try atleast two more times to get in recovery. I dont have ang issues with 2.6 tho. My 64gb samsung is going strong!
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I think if you wait it out, there is usually huge sd card discounts on amazon, which should be more reliable than buying off of ebay
risx said:
I think if you wait it out, there is usually huge sd card discounts on amazon, which should be more reliable than buying off of ebay
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I mite have to then
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I'm using a Samsung 64GB UHS-1 Class 10 and I have nothing to complain about.
The only thing is that I can not reach speeds above: written 12.9MB/s and read 19.5MB/s.
At the moment I have a 32gb ultra SD card in my s4. The SD card is damaged for whatever reason. So I was wondering, what's the best type of SD card for me to get. I spent 20$ on my sdcard. So I'm willing to spend the same amount more or less.. Don't need anything more than 32gb or probably anything over 16. Of course the more the merrier.
Thanks in advance.
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I got sandisk 16gb from amazon. Paid a good $22 for it. Around the same time, bought samsung 16gb micro sd while it was on sale for my tablet.
Three months into use, sandisk just stopped working. All the photos I took over the period of three months lost with it. Mind you, I'm not tech- illiterate, so I attempted different methods to recover my data with no luck.
Contacted sandisk, and received a new micro sd through warranty. A months into use, it failed again. Luckily, I had backed up my photos with dropbox, so no real losses except wasted time.
Didn't even bother to file warranty and tossed the sd out.
Been using samsung microsd for good six months with no problem.
This is my experience, and you may have (had) better luck than I.
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Rakcoon said:
I got sandisk 16gb from amazon. Paid a good $22 for it. Around the same time, bought samsung 16gb micro sd while it was on sale for my tablet.
Three months into use, sandisk just stopped working. All the photos I took over the period of three months lost with it. Mind you, I'm not tech- illiterate, so I attempted different methods to recover my data with no luck.
Contacted sandisk, and received a new micro sd through warranty. A months into use, it failed again. Luckily, I had backed up my photos with dropbox, so no real losses except wasted time.
Didn't even bother to file warranty and tossed the sd out.
Been using samsung microsd for good six months with no problem.
This is my experience, and you may have (had) better luck than I.
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SanDisk Ultra 64GB is perfect, Class 10. Working since 8 months!
I have SanDisk class 10 and my S4 is rebooting randomly. So if you can, go away from that card.
I have a SanDisk 32 Class 10... my phone won't boot with it in. I took it out. It's in my car somewhere.
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Had to warranty my 32gb Sandisk Class 10 ... was causing weird issues and lost everything. New one is good so far. Wonder if there's a bad batch out there.
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If you search the forums, you will find that MANY people report (and I experienced it too) that any card other than a Samsung can be problematic. I have a 32GB Class10 card from A-Data or Kingston or some other major name and it worked fine in my Atrix for a year or so. Got my S4 and put the card in it. Regularly and routinely, the phone would "lose" the card or claim it needed formatting because it was "damaged."
My Samsung card has had zero issues. You should be able to get a 32GB Sammy for about $20.
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If you search the forums, you will find that MANY people report (and I experienced it too) that any card other than a Samsung can be problematic. I have a 32GB Class10 card from A-Data or Kingston or some other major name and it worked fine in my Atrix for a year or so. Got my S4 and put the card in it. Regularly and routinely, the phone would "lose" the card or claim it needed formatting because it was "damaged."
My Samsung card has had zero issues. You should be able to get a 32GB Sammy for about $20.
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Where can I find one? Amazon? I was told the same thing as you stated in the first sentence. Just might go with a Samsung card. I was going to get a Kingston, but it makes more sense to go with the same name brand my phone is Lol. Since I've had multiple issues with San disk.
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Just got a 64gb Class 10/UHS1 Samsung micro Sd at BestBuy....$59. No issues after 4 days. Sandisk cards errored several times a day. FWIW.
I must be the only one to never have a problem with any SanDisk cards ever in my life. Have a 64GB ultra in my S4 now. Running just fine for months.
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Where can I find one? Amazon? I was told the same thing as you stated in the first sentence. Just might go with a Samsung card. I was going to get a Kingston, but it makes more sense to go with the same name brand my phone is Lol. Since I've had multiple issues with San disk.
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Yup I shop at Amazon first.
I've used a Sandisk 16gb SDHC UHS-1 and a Sandisk 64gb SDXC UHS-1. Both are reliable and have survived multiple drops.
You are not the only one !
Stealyourface said:
I must be the only one to never have a problem with any SanDisk cards ever in my life. Have a 64GB ultra in my S4 now. Running just fine for months.
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Out of 2100 reviews (posted up to Feb 2013) on Amazon, the SanDisk Ultra has a 4.5 star average (1500 of the reviews give it a full five stars). It’s the most popular and best-rated on Amazon.
A few complain doesn't make it everybody.
I am on SanDisk fast Micro SD cards in the last 10 years without one issue.
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A few complain doesn't make it everybody.
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Here on XDA there are significantly less problems with Samsung SD's compared to Sandisk. Especially using the larger (64GB for example) sizes.
When using an SGS4 and in need of a large card simply use the Samsung one. And format it Fat32 when not in need of files >=4GB. Best combo of compatibility.
IMHO, of course
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Where can I find one? Amazon? I was told the same thing as you stated in the first sentence. Just might go with a Samsung card. I was going to get a Kingston, but it makes more sense to go with the same name brand my phone is Lol. Since I've had multiple issues with San disk.
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Yup I shop at Amazon first.
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I looked at amazon, they have ultra extreme pro, and what not. What is best? I'm probably going to buy a 32gb.. Any suggestions?
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I've had my 32gb UHS 1 Sandisk SD for a long time, well over 6 months and I have never had a problem. I had a 16gb Samsung SD card before that with no problems I just needed more storage.
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I looked at amazon, they have ultra extreme pro, and what not. What is best? I'm probably going to buy a 32gb.. Any suggestions?
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I got this one: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MicroSDHC-Class-UHS-I-Memory/dp/B00AWBHFRI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392524189&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+class10+32gb
Faulty Batch
Stealyourface said:
I must be the only one to never have a problem with any SanDisk cards ever in my life. Have a 64GB ultra in my S4 now. Running just fine for months.
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I am using the same SanDisk Ultra 64Gb same as you, though the first one that I bought gave me a lot of problems (Constantly ejecting, then eventually, the phone no longer recognizes it.) Then I bought another 64Gb and I never had any problems from there.
It seems that those having issues with Sandisk probably got theirs from a faulty batch that Sandisk even admitted.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/SanDisk-says-it-produced-some-bad-32GB-and-64GB-microSD-cards_id40986
Got a SanDisk class 4 32gb. Bought it over 2 years ago and still working! Ordered a 64gb card so will be upgrading to that which
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sd card in my phone can not be read. does this mean it is broken?