I just got a groupon email for the PQI Air Drive... This might be a good solution for people needing more storage! I am going to pick one up for myself for sure.
Features
32GB capacity flash drive
Wirelessly transfer photos, music, videos, or documents
Simultaneously shares files with up to five computers, devices, or Terminators
Memory slot supports SD or SDHC cards up to 32GB capacity
With S+ app, flash drive is compatible with most mobile devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, Samsung Galaxy II and III
Download S+ Flash app from iTunes, Google Play, or the Kindle Fire App Store for wireless transfers to/from iOS and Android devices
Battery capable of supporting up to five hours of continuous playback
Built-in USB2.0 cable for charging the battery and wired connections
One-year manufacturer’s warranty
Dimensions: 3.35″x2.13″x0.31″; 1.92 ounces
50 bucks more you can get the seagate goflex sattelite.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Z0S7K6/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
Just went on sale for 50% off.
biggiestuff said:
50 bucks more you can get the seagate goflex sattelite.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Z0S7K6/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
Just went on sale for 50% off.
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I don't need anything that big.. this PQI is perfect for what i need since you can swap out the SD card in it. I will be able to take the 32gb micro card in my Vivid and with the adapter throw it right in the PQI.
shogunmark said:
I don't need anything that big.. this PQI is perfect for what i need since you can swap out the SD card in it. I will be able to take the 32gb micro card in my Vivid and with the adapter throw it right in the PQI.
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I wish it supported up to 64 gb, would order one in a heartbeat if it did.
djkinetic said:
I wish it supported up to 64 gb, would order one in a heartbeat if it did.
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IF i had a 64gb card i would try it
FYI, link in the OP is a referral link...
In for 3, thanks OP!
bradwi said:
FYI, link in the OP is a referral link...
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your right, ill fix that! I was in a hurry when i saw it, so i just clicked and grabbed the email link straight from Groupon, completely forgot it was a referral link.. I removed the referral part. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
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I wish it supported up to 64 gb, would order one in a heartbeat if it did.
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Pretty sure it supports 64gb, even if it doesn't say it. 64gb sd cards are usually sold as SDXC preformatted with ex-fat filesystem. While this drive may not be SDXC ex-fat compatible, you can reformat it as fat32 and still be able to use it. I did it in my galaxy s2. 64gb sdxc wouldn't read till i reformatted it as fat32, then it worked beautifully! Galaxy s2 said it would only support up to 32gb cards, but that wasn't completely true...
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Pretty sure it supports 64gb, even if it doesn't say it. 64gb sd cards are usually sold as SDXC preformatted with ex-fat filesystem. While this drive may not be SDXC ex-fat compatible, you can reformat it as fat32 and still be able to use it. I did it in my galaxy s2. 64gb sdxc wouldn't read till i reformatted it as fat32, then it worked beautifully! Galaxy s2 said it would only support up to 32gb cards, but that wasn't completely true...
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If thats true I may still order one.
Just got mine today and i can confirm that it DOES support my sandisk 64gb micro sdxc card. It will probably even support higher capacities, but 64 is the biggest i have. I dud have to reformat the sdxc's ex-fat partition though. In order for it to be seen, it needs to be formatted as a fat or fat32 file system.
I'm happy.
One suggestion though, don't use the app from the play store the manufacturer says to use - it sucks. Use any file manager that supports lan sharing. I tried both es explorer and total commander and both work by connecting anonymously to 192.168.2.1.
The air drive uses 2.4ghz WiFi and supports 8 channels.
Highly recommended as an external storage solution because its portable and extremely versatile.
Nuff said.
dankoman said:
Just got mine today and i can confirm that it DOES support my sandisk 64gb micro sdxc card. It will probably even support higher capacities, but 64 is the biggest i have. I dud have to reformat the sdxc's ex-fat partition though. In order for it to be seen, it needs to be formatted as a fat or fat32 file system.
I'm happy.
One suggestion though, don't use the app from the play store the manufacturer says to use - it sucks. Use any file manager that supports lan sharing. I tried both es explorer and total commander and both work by connecting anonymously to 192.168.2.1.
The air drive uses 2.4ghz WiFi and supports 8 channels.
Highly recommended as an external storage solution because its portable and extremely versatile.
Nuff said.
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Perfect!! I am glad i took the jump on that. I had seen bad reviews for their app, but i was not real worried because i knew that Astro and ES both would support it. I know i got the shipping email the other day, so hopefully i will have mine today when i get home.
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Perfect!! I am glad i took the jump on that. I had seen bad reviews for their app, but i was not real worried because i knew that Astro and ES both would support it. I know i got the shipping email the other day, so hopefully i will have mine today when i get home.
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I was surprised at how small it is. Literally is the size of a stack of about 4 or 5 credit cards.
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I was surprised at how small it is. Literally is the size of a stack of about 4 or 5 credit cards.
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nice hopefully mine comes in today!!
Just got mine and I didnt realize it comes with a 32gb card already lol...guess I don't really need to pop my 64 in there, and its super small, for 50 bux was a great deal, thanks OP =)
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Just got mine and I didnt realize it comes with a 32gb card already lol...guess I don't really need to pop my 64 in there, and its super small, for 50 bux was a great deal, thanks OP =)
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you are welcome.. but [email protected] it, you all are making me jealous! I hope i have mine waiting for me when i get home.
I kinda want to open mine up... I want to see if its somehow possible to hack this up and make use of the battery when you dont need it for storage... I would also like to see if the firmware can be hacked, i would like to be able to change the private ip it uses (according to their site its not changeable).
The similar device without Groupon tricks for the same $49.99:
Kingston Wi-Drive 32 GB USB 2.0 Pocket-sized Portable Storage WID/32GBZ
joedoe said:
The similar device without Groupon tricks for the same $49.99:
Kingston Wi-Drive 32 GB USB 2.0 Pocket-sized Portable Storage WID/32GBZ
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not similar as the kingston is a fixed 32gb where as the pqi house a 32gb sdcard included, but can be swapped out for a larger sd card, as long as the card is formatted fat32 a 64gb and possibly 128gb card can be used.
Whenever I check my tracking with DHL it doesn't show up as anything, and when I cross reference it with USPS it says it was transferred to another carrier.
Did anyone get tracking updates or know which carrier is handling it? Or did it just appear in your mailbox?
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Sorry if this has been answerd alread..I have search google and here with no luck...Just purchased the Gtab (currently charging) and I want to get an sd card 8 16 or 32 .. Would like to get a class 6 16gb but don't want to pay 70 to find out it will not support the full 16..
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I am looking at getting the. A-Data micro SDHC 16gb Class 6..from compusa if that helps
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Gtab will support up to 32gb microsd. so yes 16gb will work just fine, this is what I am currently using as I don't want to pay around $100 for a 32gb card. I am using a 16gb class 4 (Patriot memory) and it works really well, I have also tested a 16gb class 2 (SanDisk) and I really don't see any difference in the feel or performance. I assume that higher class would be faster data transfer but haven't had any issues with a class 2 or 4 yet (I keep my music library on SD2).
I purchased a couple of those from NewEgg. That manufacturer has given me NOTHING but problems with their SDHC cards.
Just an FYI
xBANGx said:
I am looking at getting the. A-Data micro SDHC 16gb Class 6..from compusa if that helps
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They also have the Patriot Class 4 might just go with that 30 cheaper....
What were the problems you were having with the a-data?
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I have an OEM 32GB Sandisk microSD, and it works just fine in the device (so far).
As for ADATA, I have a relationship with them now which I will pass on... in 2008, my wife had gotten me a Class 6 16GB SDHC by ADATA, it had a "lifetime limited" warranty. Last July, I started using it pretty heavily in my Pandgital Novel, a LOT of remove / reinserts as I was testing mods on it. It quickly disintegrated (literally, the outer case fell apart - I have never seen anything like it).
So, I called them. Several times. At first they weren't going to honor the warranty as they claimed it was unusual wear and tear. But, I was persistent and slightly irate at points ("I will never buy from you again, and neither will anyone in Slatedroid!") and they eventually caved and gave me an RMA. It was a long process but my replacement card is now on its way to my home. So, in the end, they did honor the warranty but "the squeaky wheel gets the oil", as the saying goes.
Very insightful..Thanks for the replies..Won't know till I am there.Might just get a 32gb and be done with it...At work and can't wait to get off so I can root this thing...
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Just a reminder (its been pointed out in this forum and many others), but you're wasting your money on a "faster" class micro sdhc card for use in a g-tablet. The higher class cards are all with respect to WRITE speeds. You also need special hardware to take advantage of the faster write speeds. Usually fast writing hardware is only found in expensive digital SLR cameras. If your device doesn't mention the ability to make use of the faster write speeds then a class 2 card will perform identically to a class 6 card, etc.
I am 95% sure that Adata makes the cards that Micro Center sells cheap, under their name.
With that in mind, I have bought many MicroSD(HC), SD(HC), and USB flash drives over the years from them, and had a few fail. However, they have a lifetime warranty on them too, and all I have to do is take it to the store, and they replace it on the spot. No receipt, nothing.
They don't have a 32GB MicroSDHC card yet, but I am eagerly waiting for them to so I can get one. Best they got for now is a 16GB for $24.
Like roebeet mentioned... nothing but failure after failure on all of them. Lifetime warranty or not, it's not worth the hassle returning it, copying data, etc..etc..
I guess, it all depends on if your time is worth more to you then a few dollars more for a "name brand" SDHC card that won't fail after a few months.
Size of card.
I answered this 3 weeks ago. The limit is 32GB, and my Sandisk works well on my stock gTablet. I bought the micro card locally at a Verizon Wireless store. No other retailer in the Philadelphia area carried a 32GB micro card, not even on their Web sites. I have audio and video files on the card; no hiccups when playing same.
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Tom
64GB microsd limt
According to the manual (gttp://w w w .viewsonic.com/assets/104/20736.pdf sorry can't post URLs yet) on p. 54:
"The G Tablet currently supports up to 64GB micro SD cards. It
is recommended that the G Tablet be used with at least a 32GB
micro SD card to ensure the best user experience."
I've been using a 32GB SanDisk class 2 which seems to be working well.
64GB microsd...
/whistles
So has anyone taken the plunge and actually tested out a 64?
usafle said:
So has anyone taken the plunge and actually tested out a 64?
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Try to find one. I did and failed completely. 64GB SD and CF, yes. But no micro I could find anywhere. I got a couple of 16s from Amazon, and almost filled them with media (left room for a backup folder on each) and I am going to rotate them.
Here's a 32GB Class 6 for only $56 http://www.mwave.com/mwave/SKUSearch_v3.asp?px=PW&scriteria=AB02429
It would be nice to know if the gtab supports SDXC as well as SDHC. What say you Viewsonic?
Supposedly there is no real distinction between SDHC and SDXC 3.0 specs. Hardware wise it is the same. Other OSes (Android?) should be able to support SDXC with support drivers. This would mean any current SDHC device can be SDXC with a software update. SDHC won't support SDXC 4.0 specs (which isn't final yet) which features higher data transfer rates. That is according to wikipedia at least...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital
I don't believe micro SDXC cards exists just yet.
I still don't understand why manufacturers aren't using full size SD cards, they're cheaper and with tablets the size they are, a full size SD won't add much to it. It would save everyone a lot of money.
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Supposedly there is no real distinction between SDHC and SDXC 3.0 specs. Hardware wise it is the same. Other OSes (Android?) should be able to support SDXC with support drivers. This would mean any current SDHC device can be SDXC with a software update. SDHC won't support SDXC 4.0 specs (which isn't final yet) which features higher data transfer rates. That is according to wikipedia at least...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital
I don't believe micro SDXC cards exists just yet.
I still don't understand why manufacturers aren't using full size SD cards, they're cheaper and with tablets the size they are, a full size SD won't add much to it. It would save everyone a lot of money.
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^ This. On an iphone sized device, sure uSD makes a decent savings size. On a 7+ inch tablet not so much. I wouldn't mind playing around with some USB SD readers and seeing if they work. If so you might be able to fit one somewhere in the chassis. There is the USB port, just need space to solder to the leads and add a hub and/or reader.
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Gtab will support up to 32gb microsd. so yes 16gb will work just fine, this is what I am currently using as I don't want to pay around $100 for a 32gb card. I am using a 16gb class 4 (Patriot memory) and it works really well, I have also tested a 16gb class 2 (SanDisk) and I really don't see any difference in the feel or performance. I assume that higher class would be faster data transfer but haven't had any issues with a class 2 or 4 yet (I keep my music library on SD2).
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I think I have the same Patriot 16GB SDHC Class 4, and just like the reviews on NewEgg state it seems to run @ Class 6 speed. The price was good and so far I'm happy with it.
Shortly after I posted that, I went and looked around and couldn't find one either.
I also realized I am only running a 16GB SD card... thought I had a 32. Doh!
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Try to find one. I did and failed completely.
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Just bagged one of these for £39.99, thought it was a good deal
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=112725
Hello,
I have it, bought on Amazon at 32€
It works fine.
I bought Lexar 32gb class 10 for 47$...
www.amazon.com/Lexar-MicroSDHC-Memory-Reader-LSDMI32GBSBNAR/dp/B004AM610M
Waiting for delivery...
I can vouch for LEXAR. perfect at around 10MBPS for video files and ROM zips lol. Bought mine for 50
Thanks for the heads-up on this.
Been looking around for a while for a decent 32GB card and this seems to be the cheapest of it's kind. There are some cheaper ones around but a lower class of 6 or 4.
Pinball_ said:
Just bagged one of these for £39.99, thought it was a good deal
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=112725
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Just ordered one too for just under €30, amazing that the prices are dropping so fast!
http://azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/?ID=453820
In for the updates.
I currently have a Patriot 32GB Class 10... It's awful. Likely the worst card on the market. I've had so many issues with it. It corrupts easily. It's happened a few times this year. Each time it did it I lost just about everything on the card. (Luckily I use TI Media Sync to back up my card to my FTP server.)
I don't use USB to mount the card as a drive that often. Usually I use Samba or something to wirelessly move files. But the times it has corrupted was when it was either sitting idle or I was watching a video.
I just ordered the ADATA 32GB Class 10 since it's got a lot of good reviews. But I'd like to see how you guys do with this card. I could always sell my ADATA card and buy this one if it turns out to be better.
EDIT:
Never mind. I canceled my order for the ADATA card and just ordered the US version of this one. I like Samsung products. Their SSDs are freaking amazing and their customer support has been really good so far. This one was only $2 more than the ADATA one so it wasn't worth the wasted time to try the ADATA first.
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In for the updates.
I currently have a Patriot 32GB Class 10... It's awful. Likely the worst card on the market. I've had so many issues with it. It corrupts easily. It's happened a few times this year. Each time it did it I lost just about everything on the card. (Luckily I use TI Media Sync to back up my card to my FTP server.)
I don't use USB to mount the card as a drive that often. Usually I use Samba or something to wirelessly move files. But the times it has corrupted was when it was either sitting idle or I was watching a video.
I just ordered the ADATA 32GB Class 10 since it's got a lot of good reviews. But I'd like to see how you guys do with this card. I could always sell my ADATA card and buy this one if it turns out to be better.
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Never mind. I canceled my order for the ADATA card and just ordered the US version of this one. I like Samsung products. Their SSDs are freaking amazing and their customer support has been really good so far. This one was only $2 more than the ADATA one so it wasn't worth the wasted time to try the ADATA first.
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Can you share the link where to get the Samsung's
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jhobert said:
Can you share the link where to get the Samsung's
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using xda premium
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This is what I bought: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TUQV0E
Would you share the link
dazdeeuk said:
Would you share the link
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What link? The one I posted above?
atticus182 said:
Just ordered one too for just under €30, amazing that the prices are dropping so fast!
http://azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/?ID=453820
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I tried to order one but they do not ship to Greece. Sh...t
Thanks for the info though.
freco said:
I tried to order one but they do not ship to Greece. Sh...t
Thanks for the info though.
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Have someone in the UK buy it and mail it to you.
Azerty.nl only ship to Holland and Belguim so that not an option.
play.com have it cheap too at £34.99 with free shipping:
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/...tml?_$ja=tsid:11518|cat:23960650|prd:23960650
Been running ADATA 32G C10 card for quite a few months now . Not a single hiccup
ever ! Great card quality and highly recommended .
I am waiting for micro sd's to go on sale. Lexar 32gb one on amazon up to $66 ._.
Got the Samsung card today.
First off, it's the first and ONLY large capacity SD card I've put into my laptop that was recognized. My Laptop has recognized all cards 4GB and down, but it didn't recognize either of my 16GB or 32GB cards without asking to reformat them. I don't know why. I wasn't expecting my laptop to recognize this 32GB card. But it did. So that's a BIG plus.
Secondly, I'm using RoboCopy to move over all my stuff from my phone over USB to the new card in the SD slot. There's about 20GBs of crap to send over. Robocopy isn't telling me how fast it's going, but it's taking about 5 seconds to copy over 100 MB, so I put that at > 10MB/s easily. Probably a lot faster. I'll run crystal mark on it as soon as I get done copying my crap over and then I'll do an SD Speed test on my phone.
For the record I've never been able to get the Patriot 32GB card in my phone right now to write faster than 8MB/s (which I honestly believe is due to the phone's limitations, not the cards).
The only reason I'm changing cards at all is because the Patriot keeps corrupting. I've lost so much, thanks to the patriot SD. The one week I turned off Titanium Media Sync is the one week my SD card freaked out. LOL That'll teach me to turn off backup.
Anyway, I'll post up the results from both cards if I have time.
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Below is the link you requested for:
http://azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/?ID=453820
FYI, SanDisk's having a black Friday sale. the 32gb micro sdhc is $50 on their site. can't make out what class from the pic on my mobile.
I would have bought SanDisk if I could find a class 10 micro SD, but I couldn't find ANYONE who sold a SanDisk 32GB class 10.
I think that pretty much all 32GB Class 10 MicroSDs are garbage and SanDisk doesn't want to tarnish their name.
On the flip-side, I've found that the Samsung is just as fast on my Sensation as the Patriot, which is fine. I never had a problem with speed. Lets see how long this one lasts, though.
Anyone having issues with using a 128gb micro sd card? I bought one from ebay (not Sandisk) and formated to fat32. Phone recognizes card without issues but there are issues saving stuff to the card. Here's a few of them:
My podcast app folder is on the card and often it gives me an error saying feed had an error saving eipsode.
Also had issues having Titanium Backup folder on the sd card, not saving the latest backup.
Did a nandroid backup with TWRP which gave me no errors but when I went to look for the backup, it was not there.
Tried using sd card as default picture folder but noticed some pictures I was taking not being stored.
Anyways, if you have a Sandisk 128gb on your S5 let me know if it's running smoothly. If so, I'll bite the bullet and spend the $$$ to buy the sandisk.
Uhh there is issues writing to EXT SD.
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Anyone having issues with using a 128gb micro sd card? I bought one from ebay (not Sandisk) and formated to fat32. Phone recognizes card without issues but there are issues saving stuff to the card. Here's a few of them:
My podcast app folder is on the card and often it gives me an error saying feed had an error saving eipsode.
Also had issues having Titanium Backup folder on the sd card, not saving the latest backup.
Did a nandroid backup with TWRP which gave me no errors but when I went to look for the backup, it was not there.
Tried using sd card as default picture folder but noticed some pictures I was taking not being stored.
Anyways, if you have a Sandisk 128gb on your S5 let me know if it's running smoothly. If so, I'll bite the bullet and spend the $$$ to buy the sandisk.
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Uhh there is issues writing to EXT SD.
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I applied the update with the NextApp SDFix app to fix that issue.
CeloCRF said:
Anyone having issues with using a 128gb micro sd card? I bought one from ebay (not Sandisk) and formated to fat32. Phone recognizes card without issues but there are issues saving stuff to the card. Here's a few of them:
My podcast app folder is on the card and often it gives me an error saying feed had an error saving eipsode.
Also had issues having Titanium Backup folder on the sd card, not saving the latest backup.
Did a nandroid backup with TWRP which gave me no errors but when I went to look for the backup, it was not there.
Tried using sd card as default picture folder but noticed some pictures I was taking not being stored.
Anyways, if you have a Sandisk 128gb on your S5 let me know if it's running smoothly. If so, I'll bite the bullet and spend the $$$ to buy the sandisk.
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the SanDisk 128GB SDcard works great in my Sprints S5.
ChadH42 said:
the SanDisk 128GB SDcard works great in my Sprints S5.
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Thanks. Guess I got what I paid for on ebay. I'll get the sandisk one.:good:
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Thanks. Guess I got what I paid for on ebay. I'll get the sandisk one.:good:
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Try formatting on the phone
Send from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5
I didn't think anyone but Sandisk made a 128Gb microsd card. You should verify that it is *actually* 128Gb instead of a smaller card just reporting 128.
*edit* Upon further reading, that looks like the classic fake card scam. It is actually a smaller card like an 8Gb, where it simply overwrites data after the first 8Gb is used.
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Try formatting on the phone
Send from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5
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Thanks, but I tried that already with no success. I already purchased the SanDisk version. Now I have to wait for Amazon to ship it once they put it back in stock. For the mean time, I'm using my old 64gb SanDisk from my S3.
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I had big problem when formatting a 64GB card to FAT32. You should stick to exFAT.
Only buy memory products from reputable vendors. If you buy on Amazon, make sure it is "sold by Amazon.com". I bought a fake Sandisk card from a 3rd party store on Amazon.
CeloCRF said:
Anyone having issues with using a 128gb micro sd card? I bought one from ebay (not Sandisk) and formated to fat32. Phone recognizes card without issues but there are issues saving stuff to the card. Here's a few of them:
My podcast app folder is on the card and often it gives me an error saying feed had an error saving eipsode.
Also had issues having Titanium Backup folder on the sd card, not saving the latest backup.
Did a nandroid backup with TWRP which gave me no errors but when I went to look for the backup, it was not there.
Tried using sd card as default picture folder but noticed some pictures I was taking not being stored.
Anyways, if you have a Sandisk 128gb on your S5 let me know if it's running smoothly. If so, I'll bite the bullet and spend the $$$ to buy the sandisk.
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Yeah sounds like you bought a "hacked" card. Pretty classic on eBay when new classes and sizes of cards come out.
sporklover said:
Yeah sounds like you bought a "hacked" card. Pretty classic on eBay when new classes and sizes of cards come out.
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Hi,
Care to expound on the "hacked" card?
I've actually seen some of those 128gb generic microsd cards being sold on ebay for $49.
seller seems to have almost 2000 positive feedback.
Might just wait for the sandisk one to be sure.
sherwink20 said:
Hi,
Care to expound on the "hacked" card?
I've actually seen some of those 128gb generic microsd cards being sold on ebay for $49.
seller seems to have almost 2000 positive feedback.
Might just wait for the sandisk one to be sure.
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Hacked was a poor word choice, but frauds terms have been reprogramming smaller flash storage storage so to show as larger ones and selling them on ebay for sometime. As far as I know only Sandisk is making and selling them, so generic branded cards throws a red flag. With sizes like that, it would take sometime typically before the fraud is detected.
http://fightflashfraud.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/a-guide-to-fake-flash1.pdf
stopeject said:
I had big problem when formatting a 64GB card to FAT32. You should stick to exFAT.
Only buy memory products from reputable vendors. If you buy on Amazon, make sure it is "sold by Amazon.com". I bought a fake Sandisk card from a 3rd party store on Amazon.
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Forgot where I read on the S3 that the 64GBshould have been formated to fat32, but I never had problems after doing so. And it was an original sandisk microsd card.
And yes, I bought it from the Sandisk amazon store, fullfilled by amazon under amazon prime. It will arrive tomorrow and I'll post back here confirming if it works or not.
stopeject said:
I had big problem when formatting a 64GB card to FAT32. You should stick to exFAT.
Only buy memory products from reputable vendors. If you buy on Amazon, make sure it is "sold by Amazon.com". I bought a fake Sandisk card from a 3rd party store on Amazon.
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sherwink20 said:
Hi,
Care to expound on the "hacked" card?
I've actually seen some of those 128gb generic microsd cards being sold on ebay for $49.
seller seems to have almost 2000 positive feedback.
Might just wait for the sandisk one to be sure.
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Exactly the one I purchased from ebay, thinking I was saving 80% from the originals from SanDisk. And I left a positive feedback for seller on ebay because I got the card 3 days after paying for it before I tested it out to see the problems. My mistake.
One thing I would like to point out though is that the card itself never gave me problems when connected to a PC via adapter. It would show its content and save whatever I added to without any problems. The issue was the card properly functioning inside the phone, as I listed on the OP.
CeloCRF said:
Exactly the one I purchased from ebay, thinking I was saving 80% from the originals from SanDisk. And I left a positive feedback for seller on ebay because I got the card 3 days after paying for it before I tested it out to see the problems. My mistake.
One thing I would like to point out though is that the card itself never gave me problems when connected to a PC via adapter. It would show its content and save whatever I added to without any problems. The issue was the card properly functioning inside the phone, as I listed on the OP.
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sporklover said:
Hacked was a poor word choice, but frauds terms have been reprogramming smaller flash storage storage so to show as larger ones and selling them on ebay for sometime. As far as I know only Sandisk is making and selling them, so generic branded cards throws a red flag. With sizes like that, it would take sometime typically before the fraud is detected.
http://fightflashfraud.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/a-guide-to-fake-flash1.pdf
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Thanks for the inputs guys, might stay away from it and just buy the sandisk one instead of generic ones. better be safe than sorry.
Appreciate the feedbacks!
CeloCRF said:
Forgot where I read on the S3 that the 64GBshould have been formated to fat32, but I never had problems after doing so. And it was an original sandisk microsd card.
And yes, I bought it from the Sandisk amazon store, fullfilled by amazon under amazon prime. It will arrive tomorrow and I'll post back here confirming if it works or not.
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I had two 64GB Sandisk cards fail withing a month or two after I formatted them to FAT32 and used in S3. I had to do it because I was on a kernel without exFAT support. Sandisk replaced both cards under warranty. I chatted with their tech support, and they couldn't tell me if FAT32 is officially supported, Their response was "people on XDA say it works":laugh:
Anyway, the card you ordered will come exFAT formatted, and currently I see no reason to change formatting to FAT32.
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I had two 64GB Sandisk cards fail withing a month or two after I formatted them to FAT32 and used in S3. I had to do it because I was on a kernel without exFAT support. Sandisk replaced both cards under warranty. I chatted with their tech support, and they couldn't tell me if FAT32 is officially supported, Their response was "people on XDA say it works":laugh:
Anyway, the card you ordered will come exFAT formatted, and currently I see no reason to change formatting to FAT32.
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Yeah, I'll stick with exFAT on this new one.
stopeject said:
I had two 64GB Sandisk cards fail withing a month or two after I formatted them to FAT32 and used in S3. I had to do it because I was on a kernel without exFAT support. Sandisk replaced both cards under warranty. I chatted with their tech support, and they couldn't tell me if FAT32 is officially supported, Their response was "people on XDA say it works":laugh:
Anyway, the card you ordered will come exFAT formatted, and currently I see no reason to change formatting to FAT32.
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I bought a samsung 64gb class 10 on amazon. $30'ish
Got the new sandisk 128gb today and I can confirm it works flawlessly. Therefore, the problem was with the cheap and genetic card sold on ebay. Thanks everyone for your feedback and assistance on the matter.:good:
I have a 128 GB "successfully" running in my Sprint Galaxy S5 (900G) here. Lately it has been very stable. Up until about a month ago once every couple weeks it would seemingly flakes out, and any apps I had installed there had translucent icons ... I'd have to format and remounted to be recognized.
But for the last 3-4 months I've had no issues with it. I can move apps to it (at least some, others can move with an associated risk the app describes, and some cannot at all - I use App Manager III and I don't move apps that show up but have the warning "x" on them - )
I've had no issues mounting or having it recognized, or running apps from it asidre from the flakiness I described, which is probably because it is a class 10 speed - it's a very small space for 128 GB to function, the thing runs HOT, if you use some kind of dual-layer case the heat could be your issue (if there is still an issue there). Let me know!
I got a Samsung Galaxy s5 gold. My old 32gb card is full. I purchased a Samsung evo 64g card off eBay but it turned out to be a Pos. Is there another brand out there that is trustworthy and works great that's fast etc...?
Can't go wrong with a sandisk ultra class 10 SD card.
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Sandisk.
It's the market leader, and the company responsible for developing the larger sized cards.
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Thanks everyone. Going with sandisk 128gb ultra
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=201344889347&alt=web
SoCalArm said:
Thanks everyone. Going with sandisk 128gb ultra
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=201344889347&alt=web
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You do realize that this is faker than Milli Vanilli, right? Apart from saying "Ultra" on the packaging but "Extreme" on the card, the cheap price is a dead give-away. A Sandisk 128gb microSD card will be $85-90 minimum, more for higher data transfer speeds.
Planterz said:
You do realize that this is faker than Milli Vanilli, right? Apart from saying "Ultra" on the packaging but "Extreme" on the card, the cheap price is a dead give-away. A Sandisk 128gb microSD card will be $85-90 minimum, more for higher data transfer speeds.
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Yea I just realized that. I am going to Walmart now to grab a legit card. F*eBay
SoCalArm said:
Yea I just realized that. I am going to Walmart now to grab a legit card. F*eBay
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Go with Amazon, unless Wal*Mart's prices are the same. Amazon usually has the best prices, and they can definitely be trusted as long as you're buying directly from them or the purchase is "fulfilled" by them.
Went to Best Buy and got a Samsung Evo 64 gigabyte $30 I'm still having problems... I took my old SD card copied it all to my desktop in a folder. Then plug in phone with new card format using phone and then drag and drop but the folder DCIM with all my pics and videos transfers half way and than an error pops up saying the phone disconnected or something. I have tried using the ten different card readers I have and many times Windows Vista or Xp says Windows cannot read card w/o formatting which does NOT work.
Got it working. Using the adapter that came with the microSD card
I'm of the opinion that eBay is not a good place to go for SD cards. I'm using a Samsung Evo 32 GB card (purchased in-person from MicroCenter) in my Avant and it's been trouble-free.
One thing to watch out for if you're using a card reader on a PC: make sure it can handle MicroSDXC cards.
I see in the specs that the SD is limited to 200GB. I have a 256gb - wll that be recognized but limited to 200gb, or will it not be recognized at all?
If so, could it be partitioned to 200gb to get around this limitation?
From what I've heard they said 200 because that's where the technology is. Why say 1tb when there is no 1tb. So in theory it should work.
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I see in the specs that the SD is limited to 200GB. I have a 256gb - wll that be recognized but limited to 200gb, or will it not be recognized at all?
If so, could it be partitioned to 200gb to get around this limitation?
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You have a 256GB micro SD card?
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You have a 256GB micro SD card?
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Saw someone on here in another thread (might have been the Int. S7 forum) that said they had a "200GB" SD. Didn't seem right. It should be 256GB but what do I know. Turns out SanDisk makes a 200GB card... weird, right? Anyway, they do exist.
Edit: from what I'm reading around the web, 200GB is the current cap on microSD cards? A 256GB card is most likely fake and will read at 200 or lower capacity. Is this right?
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KCRic said:
Saw someone on here in another thread (might have been the Int. S7 forum) that said they had a "200GB" SD. Didn't seem right. It should be 256GB but what do I know. Turns out SanDisk makes a 200GB card... weird, right? Anyway, they do exist.
Edit: from what I'm reading around the web, 200GB is the current cap on microSD cards? A 256GB card is most likely fake and will read at 200 or lower capacity. Is this right?
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I been using sandisk 200 gp sd card with 90 mgbs transfer and it works great. I do have a 512 gb sd card i got off ebay. i used it in my note 4 and lg4. it works, but i believe it to be unreliable. i just tried it in the s7 and it reads 500gb and i can access all files and pics. so i do believe if you could find a good 512 g card it will works. this is a cheap one i got off ebay. just fyi. regards.
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I been using sandisk 200 gp sd card with 90 mgbs transfer and it works great. I do have a 512 gb sd card i got off ebay. i used it in my note 4 and lg4. it works, but i believe it to be unreliable. i just tried it in the s7 and it reads 500gb and i can access all files and pics. so i do believe if you could find a good 512 g card it will works. this is a cheap one i got off ebay. just fyi. regards.
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SD cards of that size do exist. I should have clarified that I was talking about MicroSD, no standard sized cards. 200GB is the largest MicroSD size currently available.
I take that back there is a 512GB MicroSD but at about $1,000 (US) I don't think many here have it lol. Who made your 512GB card? Have you tested it to make sure it actually hold that much? Cons are very tricky and its very easy to change the capacity a card reports to a computer.
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it is a microsd and was bought on ebay. came from china. on a pc or on the phone it clocks in at about 500 gb.
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SD cards of that size do exist. I should have clarified that I was talking about MicroSD, no standard sized cards. 200GB is the largest MicroSD size currently available.
I take that back there is a 512GB MicroSD but at about $1,000 (US) I don't think anyone here has it. Who made your 512GB card? Have you tested it to make sure it actually hold that much? Cons are very tricky and its very easy to change the capacity a card reports to a computer.
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it is a microsd and was bought on ebay. came from china. on a pc or on the phone it clocks in at about 500 gb.
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That's what you were being told. It's easy for those cons to make a 32gb card tell a pc or even a phone that it's actually 500gb. The test is to see how much you can actually put on it before you get errors. I bought a 64gb card on Ebay and it came from China. I learned very quickly that it couldn't handle that much data. I moved a few apps over no problem but as soon as I moved 20gb of music over I could no longer read the card. Get rid of the music and the card is readable. I complained to the seller and they said they'd exchange it. Well for the price and the time it took I decided not to. At the very least I got a thumb drive style microsd card reader out of that deal.
I wish 512 gb memory cards were affordablr
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That's what you were being told. It's easy for those cons to make a 32gb card tell a pc or even a phone that it's actually 500gb. The test is to see how much you can actually put on it before you get errors. I bought a 64gb card on Ebay and it came from China. I learned very quickly that it couldn't handle that much data. I moved a few apps over no problem but as soon as I moved 20gb of music over I could no longer read the card. Get rid of the music and the card is readable. I complained to the seller and they said they'd exchange it. Well for the price and the time it took I decided not to. At the very least I got a thumb drive style microsd card reader out of that deal.
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I was just keeping my mouth shut lol. I tried to hint at that to him but he seemed dead set that it was somehow the only 512GB microsd in existence or a got a $1,000 object for 1/100th the price. Oh well, some have to learn lessons the hard way.
San 200's are $79 on amazon right now.
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You have a 256GB micro SD card?
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