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I wanted to buy a micro sd card in UK for.my nexus one possibly 16gb or 32gb...i looked over at ebay and price of 32gb is.quite weird as its only under £25 and 16gb is of about £20...has any of u bought it from ebay uk before?? I need to be sure if the.cards.are not fake
Thanks
90% of them are fake so be careful do research and go on and buy one if you like to gamble.
Agreed.
It's probably fake. Most people are not stupid. Even if they are not tech savvy they can easily find out what an item is worth and charge appropriately.
Hi guys,
I have recently purchased 32gb kingston's class 4 micro sdhc card and encountered a problem with it. Basically the problem is that when I put more than 1.8gb of music on the card everything above that just doesnt get recognised. It is shown in the music player but when you click to play it says "file format is not supported". Another example is if I have 1.8gb of music and try to put a video on the card it says that "format is not supported" aswel. The strangest thing is that it plays music for few seconds then it crashes. At first I thought that it could be a fake memory card but I used h2testw to check the capacity of the memory card and it worked without any issues.
Some screenshots:
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(Sorry I'm new member and cannot post any links in the forum)
I would really appreciate if somebody could help me
Did you let h2testw completely finish? Because it will write all 32GB of data but reading the data is when it finds the problem.
yvrRome said:
Did you let h2testw completely finish? Because it will write all 32GB of data but reading the data is when it finds the problem.
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I actually havent I did it up to 12gb gunna let it do it now for whole 32gb. I still think that it is the phone issue. Still ill let it run through out and post the results
You have to let it finish, it'll try and write 32GB since the card is programmed to show 32GB. But really all it's doing is overwriting existing data (if it's fake). So when h2testw starts to read the data, that is when it'll find if your card is real. It'll tell you how much your card can really hold.
If bought from eBay there is a high possibility that it is a fake, unfortunately.
Thanks yvrRome I did let it finnish and it turns out it is fake... it only wrote 1.8gb and the rest was corrupted, this means its fake. This actually good news because this means that its not my phones fault. And Nivki I did bought this from ebay and to make it worse its second time ive been scammed on ebay purchasing 32gb micro sd in a row lesson for me purchase things like these from retail shops
It could also be just a bad card. I would still recommend buying from a retail shop, though.
Newegg now has the Kingston class 4 32gb MicroSD cards for just over $100.
Ebay + Kingston + 32GB + Honk Konk + China
1/10 its a fake .
jje
only buy from reputable store sources
never buy SD cards from ebay 99.99999999999999999999% they are fake
In the whole city of melbourne, there is nothing over 8gb class 2 card. What a sad place where i live...
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I bought from ebay 16gb card,had a similar problem.all files above 1gb were non supported format. I bought a sd reader and connected it to a pc,using usb... same problem,I.e. card is defected.
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I received a card today that was bought from eBay, i figured if i bought a brand named card(Kingston) that the chance of it being counterfeit was lower. I began to sync my samsung Vibrant with Double Twist and only about 20% of the songs were transferred.
I tried re-formatting the memory card in Windows 7 and the capacity is somehow reset to only 2GB...THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I've seen this happen. After that i try inserting the card into my phone and it' shows space unavailable... 2 PCs won't read it either.
Something this unreliable has to be fake. I recommend running a test with H2testw 1.4 to tell you if it's genuine or not.
Also, Kingston can actually verify your card for you. Maybe useful if you want to ask the sellers for info on the back of the sd card package first before buying! Good Luck
****KINGSTON MEMORY VERIFIER****
BTW- are 32gb cards just really unreliable should I go with 16GB ? I have a vibrant running ginger clone.
thanks for the link http://www.kingston.com/asia/verifyflash/
very handy for future purchases.... but it'll eventually be cracked by the counterfeiters people in time and generate fake "real" keys that passes the test
reneimas said:
Hi guys,
I have recently purchased 32gb kingston's class 4 micro sdhc card and encountered a problem with it. Basically the problem is that when I put more than 1.8gb of music on the card everything above that just doesnt get recognised. It is shown in the music player but when you click to play it says "file format is not supported". Another example is if I have 1.8gb of music and try to put a video on the card it says that "format is not supported" aswel. The strangest thing is that it plays music for few seconds then it crashes. At first I thought that it could be a fake memory card but I used h2testw to check the capacity of the memory card and it worked without any issues.
Some screenshots:
h t t p ://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk16/reneimas/SC20101117-221229.png
h t t p ://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk16/reneimas/SC20101117-221008.png
h t t p ://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk16/reneimas/SC20101117-220655.png
(Sorry I'm new member and cannot post any links in the forum)
I would really appreciate if somebody could help me
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i think u own a fake card
Most of the memory cards bought from eBay are fake, unfortunately. I've came across a lot of victims as I work in a Kingston service centre.
I feel sorry for TS
Ebay = need to reasearch seller a little
I have bought quite a few memory cards and usb flash drives from ebay and I have never had an issue however, I do a little 'reasearch' before I click on buy.
I always look at ALL of the seller's negative and neutral feedback. This gives you a really good idea if they are selling legitimate ones. Also look at how much crap they sell, if they have only sold a few items sold I would go some where else.
I usually single out a few 'sellers' that sell a LOT of brand name memory cards. I also list items from the most expensive first to the cheapest, usually all the dodgy stuff ends up way back at the end. Being from australia I also filter it out so that i only see items that are goign to be shipped from Australia (double check feedback to see if theres any indication items are shipped from china/hong kong)
Just like kingston, I beleive sandisk also have something on their website to confirm if you bought a legitimate card.
i bought A DATA 32GB Class 4 from Amazon USA and it's good , but i recommend class 10
I found out about two weeks ago there was a 128 gb micro sd out, and it was going for $200, but if you pre ordered it with Amazon you only paid $119.00, but you had to wait 4-6 weeks for it to be sent to you. I didn't have the extra funds in my account to get this.
So i said to myself i'll wait, and get it when i have to extra cash to spend. Now that i have it, Amazon is no longer selling it at that price.
here's why on the bottom of of the amazon page.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...d=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
But i found this on Newegg and i wonder if it's, because i can't find this product on the web.
But if it is, it's only $69.95 with extras....Please reply and help me make a choice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA33C1DU4105
LeonDuhaney said:
I found out about two weeks ago there was a 128 gb micro sd out, and it was going for $200, but if you pre ordered it with Amazon you only paid $119.00, but you had to wait 4-6 weeks for it to be sent to you. I didn't have the extra funds in my account to get this.
So i said to myself i'll wait, and get it when i have to extra cash to spend. Now that i have it, Amazon is no longer selling it at that price.
here's why on the bottom of of the amazon page.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...d=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
But i found this on Newegg and i wonder if it's, because i can't find this product on the web.
But if it is, it's only $69.95 with extras....Please reply and help me make a choice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA33C1DU4105
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Here are my rules with buying flash:
1) "never buy flash sd or micro sd from online retailer. Period!
2) only buy flash sd or micro sd from a store with an excellent return policy such as bestbuy or futureshop.
Yes you'll pay premium dollar but the reality is there are fake memory cards everywhere and the retalers don't even know they are selling it and if they don't even know they are selling it, good luck proving it!
Also 69 is way too good to be true! you need at least clash 10 on android and and heck Sandisk is the only memory card manufacturer that has proven their use on android, if it not Sandisk, forget about it!
I hate fake memory cards, worst thing about them is how much time you invest in trying to fix them! You spend the first week in denial that you could possibly been sold a fake memory card and spend all this time formatting and re-formatting them with different applications and operating systems, try different roms, different kernel combinations, posting help because your rom is acting buggy, lose data? and all the while reason for all your woes has been due to using a fake memory card.
Very probably fake, i was buying mine twp months ago and the one with the largest storage was 64 gb. More than enough for 99% of uses.
That wouldn't even work for our phone. You going to use it on the Find 7 or something?
LeonDuhaney said:
I found out about two weeks ago there was a 128 gb micro sd out, and it was going for $200, but if you pre ordered it with Amazon you only paid $119.00, but you had to wait 4-6 weeks for it to be sent to you. I didn't have the extra funds in my account to get this.
So i said to myself i'll wait, and get it when i have to extra cash to spend. Now that i have it, Amazon is no longer selling it at that price.
here's why on the bottom of of the amazon page.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...d=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
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I got mine from Amazon for the $119 price a couple of weeks ago. I formatted it to Fat32 with 8k clusters...no issues at all. Card is detected at proper size and is detected in custom recovery fine also.
cantenna said:
Here are my rules with buying flash:
1) "never buy flash sd or micro sd from online retailer. Period!
2) only buy flash sd or micro sd from a store with an excellent return policy such as bestbuy or futureshop.
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I've bought them from Amazon.
They need to be sold and shipped by Amazon.
I've had one fail. No issues was able to get a new one.
diminished5th said:
That wouldn't even work for our phone. You going to use it on the Find 7 or something?
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How did you come to the conclusion it wont work.
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LeonDuhaney said:
I found out about two weeks ago there was a 128 gb micro sd out, and it was going for $200, but if you pre ordered it with Amazon you only paid $119.00, but you had to wait 4-6 weeks for it to be sent to you. I didn't have the extra funds in my account to get this.
So i said to myself i'll wait, and get it when i have to extra cash to spend. Now that i have it, Amazon is no longer selling it at that price.
here's why on the bottom of of the amazon page.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...d=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
But i found this on Newegg and i wonder if it's, because i can't find this product on the web.
But if it is, it's only $69.95 with extras....Please reply and help me make a choice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA33C1DU4105
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the one sold on new eggs is fake, anything at 64gb or above are micro sdxc, not micro sdhc as stated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665521
diminished5th said:
That wouldn't even work for our phone. You going to use it on the Find 7 or something?
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Works just fine, as has been shown numerous times. At the moment the specsheet for the S4 was made there were no 128GB cards.
So I assume you just looked at the specs to get that (wrong) assumption?
Pfeffernuss said:
Works just fine, as has been shown numerous times. At the moment the specsheet for the S4 was made there were no 128GB cards.
So I assume you just looked at the specs to get that (wrong) assumption?
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128GB SD cards will work with our phones with a SD to MicroSD adapter. i use one now.
in fact it will go up to 256GB
NOTE must be formatted to Fat32 to best compatability, also depending on your kernel.
Sandisk are making some (soon) though?
The 128GB card works on the S4, even though I have mine in my Note 3.
LeonDuhaney said:
I found out about two weeks ago there was a 128 gb micro sd out, and it was going for $200, but if you pre ordered it with Amazon you only paid $119.00, but you had to wait 4-6 weeks for it to be sent to you. I didn't have the extra funds in my account to get this.
So i said to myself i'll wait, and get it when i have to extra cash to spend. Now that i have it, Amazon is no longer selling it at that price.
here's why on the bottom of of the amazon page.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...d=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
But i found this on Newegg and i wonder if it's, because i can't find this product on the web.
But if it is, it's only $69.95 with extras....Please reply and help me make a choice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA33C1DU4105
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Update 04/07/2014
It's back at $119....but they won't ship out til they arrive.
So pre order.
Newegg price says $69......wtf?
obviously scammers. 3rd party selling through newegg.
Real. sandisk Has Release that
lhadi said:
Real. sandisk Has Release that
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I believe he was talking about the Samsung from Newegg. This is definitely fake. As said before, anything above 32GB is SDXC, not SDHC like in the picture. Also Samsung has not yet releases 128GB. Also, look at the picture. "12" is of a different font /size than "8". The reviews for the seller "Redtagonline" has 2 stars out of 5. Just preorder from Amazon. Make sure you format it as either Fat32, or eXFat if your Kernel supports exFat
officerdoofy said:
Card is detected at proper size and is detected in custom recovery fine also.
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Have you actually copied files/data to it to fill it to its advertised capacity?
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Man, Amazon still advertising @ $119 but been out of stock forever.
I have the Sandisk 128gb from Amazon in my S4, it works great without problem.
The micro sd to SD card adapter that comes with the micro SD did not work with either PC or Mac, so I had to plug my card into my card reader instead, which worked fine.
cantenna said:
Here are my rules with buying flash:
1) "never buy flash sd or micro sd from online retailer. Period!
2) only buy flash sd or micro sd from a store with an excellent return policy such as bestbuy or futureshop.
Yes you'll pay premium dollar but the reality is there are fake memory cards everywhere and the retalers don't even know they are selling it and if they don't even know they are selling it, good luck proving it!
Also 69 is way too good to be true! you need at least clash 10 on android and and heck Sandisk is the only memory card manufacturer that has proven their use on android, if it not Sandisk, forget about it!
I hate fake memory cards, worst thing about them is how much time you invest in trying to fix them! You spend the first week in denial that you could possibly been sold a fake memory card and spend all this time formatting and re-formatting them with different applications and operating systems, try different roms, different kernel combinations, posting help because your rom is acting buggy, lose data? and all the while reason for all your woes has been due to using a fake memory card.
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I've had better luck with returns with Amazon than with Worst Buy which will never get my business again. To each his own.
Paid 80 bucks for this from amazon about a month ago. 40 bucks after i used my rewards. What do u guys think? REAL OR FAKE? Looks official to me. Came from China.
fake. real one comes with an SD adapter which is grey. at least the ones ive seen anyway.
zurkx said:
fake. real one comes with an SD adapter which is grey. at least the ones ive seen anyway.
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They said they are sending me the adaptor seporatly. Not sure why. Here is the email i got through them from amazon.
Hello There My Friend, I Wish that everything is great and You Are Okay, Be Noted that You will get 2 Shipments or 2 Package the first will have the SAMSUNG Micro SD 128gb And the Second will have the Adapter for the SD, If You face any problem with our items Just let us know here and we will solve any problem according to your wish and as you like, Thank you And best wishes!
good to know youre getting a fake adapter with your fake card lol.
It could be that a version of this is sold overseas, which does not include the sd card adapter.
However, what does worry me is the text for '128' looks slightly off imo. You can notice it more with the '2', but it seems a little stretched or elongated vertically.
I would try some sd card benchmarks
Find out easily... http://www.heise.de/download/h2testw.html
Looks fake. I purchased the same card from Amazon (ships & sold by Amazon) and it came with the adapter. If it was shipped from a third party it more then likely is fake.
Plus, why would your model number be 16D when it's a 128GB card?
Here's the one I got:
YEAHP, it's fake lolol. Time to call amazon and my credit card.
Money credited back to my account including my points. Knew amazon would back me up as well as my credit card, so i took a shot at it.
I never, ever buy flash memory from amazon or ebay... 99% of them are fake. You are pretty much stuck buying from authorized resellers as there are so many fakes you are more likely to get a fake one than not (most people just don't know it yet because they didn't hit the upper limit of the actual storage capacity which has been faked).
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Money credited back to my account including my points. Knew amazon would back me up as well as my credit card, so i took a shot at it.
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Just make sure if you purchase anything from Amazon that it says "Ships & Sold by Amazon" and you should be fine.
felloffthetruck said:
Just make sure if you purchase anything from Amazon that it says "Ships & Sold by Amazon" and you should be fine.
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I always buy like that...but i did take a shot knowing amazon had me just incase. When i was ordering it i knew it was gunna be fake but again...i took a shot
Has anyone here gotten legit working 32gb or 64gb cheap MicroSD cards from eBay? There are a lot of complaints that they are 2gb cards faked as 32gb, but some of these sellers have 99 positive feedback for every 1 negative feedback.
If you have received a legit working 32gb or 64gb generic Micro SD card on eBay- please share the buyer you used!
I bought a 64 gb micro sd card from luxetown for 15.95 + 1.93 in shipping. Wasn't a fake 2 gb in disguise for me.
I got a 128 GB SD card on there, i have had it for a while now and its still working pretty good. sadly, i don't remember who the seller was
Dont bother i bought 3 cards from different sellers all fake 8 gb cards
D4rkD4ni said:
Dont bother i bought 3 cards from different sellers all fake 8 gb cards
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+1 bought a supposedly sandisk 128GB but turned out to be a 8GB fake.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S 5 (SM-G900W8)
I got scammed multiple times, now I get all from amazon or retailer stores.
WELL I JUST GOT THIS...4 DAYS NOW AND IM OK
http://www.ebay.com/itm/22174096601...l?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=221740966019&_rdc=1
Ebay MicroSD
I always bought the MicroSD from ebay, no problem.
bx10r said:
WELL I JUST GOT THIS...4 DAYS NOW AND IM OK
http://www.ebay.com/itm/22174096601...l?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=221740966019&_rdc=1
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Hi...how's your cheap microSD 64 GB behaving right now...is it still ok? Unfortunately I'm from Romania and I bought this kind of microSD card https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEunUj7sRSI ...I bought it from a person like you and me, I tried it and it showed me 62,57GB in ES File Explorer...everything seemed to work just perfect until I copied some more files and it cracked...now whenever I insert my microSD card, I get nothing!
Actually I found out that the card signature could be scratched...I think it was toothpaste)...and now I have to once bit, twice shy so I would like a microSD card like yours ...I'm waiting for your reply...thanks in advance!
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Otherwise, I woud like a 64gb microSD card...I have an samsung s5 g900f and I would like something cheap but not fake...I might pay for it up to 15$...thanks a lot
last1left91 said:
Hi...how's your cheap microSD 64 GB behaving right now...is it still ok? Unfortunately I'm from Romania and I bought this kind of microSD card https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEunUj7sRSI ...I bought it from a person like you and me, I tried it and it showed me 62,57GB in ES File Explorer...everything seemed to work just perfect until I copied some more files and it cracked...now whenever I insert my microSD card, I get nothing!
Actually I found out that the card signature could be scratched...I think it was toothpaste)...and now I have to once bit, twice shy so I would like a microSD card like yours ...I'm waiting for your reply...thanks in advance!
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Otherwise, I woud like a 64gb microSD card...I have an samsung s5 g900f and I would like something cheap but not fake...I might pay for it up to 15$...thanks a lot
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Nah, stay away. Glad it wasnt expensive. Everytime i took a pic it wouldnt ahow in the gallery...if i made a nandroid same thing...went out and bought a sandisk 64 for 30.00 at walmart...now im good. only to get the s6 64gb 2 days later...lol. so wife now has more memory...lol. id invest in a good one...lesson learned..
I never buy any SD cards from Ebay.......it's such a minefield!!
I bought an 32gb sd card from ebay a few months ago but it always had issues with mounting and storing photos from the camera. It wiped the whole sd card last week.. So i do not recommend buying a sd card from ebay.. to much risk.
I bought an evo 64gb last wrek and it is a fake. Got my money back thought.