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Wow! We now have a Rhodium CDMA thread!!
Just a post to let those who purchase a CDMA/GSM TP2 that I am using a 16Gig RiData Class 6 card purchased from Newegg for $50 about a week and a half ago with no issues.
I do recall a post for GSM versions that Transcend branded memory did not work.
Please post your results for those who are looking to purchase higher capacity memory.
J
look at rom development
I don't have a 16GB Transcend but I bought an 8GB one off of eBay for pretty cheap and it works well with my Telus TP2.
16gb duracell, working well.
Class 7 ?
Hi,
I just bought an PNY 8G premium micro sd
Read: 15 MB/s
Write: 7 MB/s
Capacity: 8 GB
Trans speed: 15 MB/s
I think it has the best performance you can get at the moment. If i'm wrong please tell me wich one is better in speed and quality (besides its capacity of course).
I have a 16GB kingston bought off E-Bay ... working flawlessly, it's only class 2 I believe, but I notice no lag when loading up or transferring apps.
http://cgi.ebay.com/KINGSTON-16GB-M...45ec2dd652&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_2784wt_931
arasarn said:
16gb duracell, working well.
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40$ future shop
same here
inspireqc said:
40$ future shop
same here
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how the hell did u get it for $40??! I just got it for $80 after tax
well the cost is 37.50 $ ...
and I'm a "good" customer there
Cheer
40.00 AMAZON just placed my order....
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDSDQ-016G-A11M-Sandisk-16GB-Microsd/dp/B001F6YRNO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1252479397&sr=8-2
inspireqc said:
well the cost is 37.50 $ ...
and I'm a "good" customer there
Cheer
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lol I'm a good customer there too I buy everything from there.. It was 69.99 and 80 after taxes.. dammit
jsinger said:
I am using a 16Gig RiData Class 6 card purchased from Newegg for $50 about a week and a half ago with no issues.
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I have the 16Gig RiData Class 6 card in my T-Mobile Touch Pro 2, it's working like a champ! I got it from Newegg for 46 bucks.
what's the max size for the microsd that the touch pro 2 will support?
jtadeo said:
what's the max size for the microsd that the touch pro 2 will support?
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32gb SDHC max
4G $12 on DX http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.21924
Any takers?
http://www.buy.com/prod/topram-16gb...h-sd-adapter-class-4/q/loc/101/211495185.html
$40
When comparing prices, please make sure to note the speed class also. This is talked about in another thread somewhere, but basically there are class 2, 4, 6 and coming eventually 10. Class 2 is the slowest, but also the least expensive. The speed is supposedly important when transferring data back and forth from the micro SD card to the PC or phone, accessing data stored on the card from a program running on the phone, and when using programs that are stored on the card. I don't have anything to compare what that means in real life terms, people with Class 2 don't seem to have any complaints, but I'd imagine watching a movie stored on the card would be the true test, and that may be answered in another thread.
I happen to have a Transcend 8gb Class 6, which is working great.
16 GB?
Not to be an @ss, but more importantly, what do you need 16 GB for?
I have a 4 GB with TomTom maps taking up half and I can't imagine filling the rest of it with pictures or video. Just curious what people actually use the capacity on a phone for, other than to say they have it...
I would assume most want it for video and music. Ipods come in MINIMUM 4GB these days.
true
fronc said:
I would assume most want it for video and music. Ipods come in MINIMUM 4GB these days.
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True, I guess I don't use my phone for entertainment too much, mostly work. So I never think to use it for a music or video player.
amazon is too annoying, brings up anything and everything, don't trust ebay
mymemory has class 2 or class 10 for £80+
help
NM, found a thread on this forum and got one ordered. yay!
from? link?
Bought all my SD Cards from these guys http://www.mobymemory.com/micro-SD.asp
this thread isnt in the wrong section at all.............
Can I ask why people care about the class? I've just got a class 2 32gb card from Vodafone for £89. I've not noticed any problems or slowdown taking pictures or playing media...which are the only things my card is used for. Transfers are no slower than any other device I connect via USB.
What's the big fuss?
it's for running apps from in the (hopefully) near future.
class 6 means (i think) a minimum 6Mb/sec transfer rate
oh, got it from memory cow
Yes, but most people have suggested they see no difference when using apps2sd with the "slower" cards. It seems there's a lot of assumptions being made leading to actual sales decisions where it may not be needed.
See this fellow who thought a faster card would solve his issues: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708859
So where is no differences between class 2 and class 6 ?
Because i have dilemma now, i want to buy some high capacity microSD card, and if i take 32GB it will be class 2, and if i take at same cost 16GB card it will be class 6.
And does any body try to buy 32GB card from Ebay ? ( i am worrying that 32GB is not GB, its Gb, and that means just 4GB )
Thanks for help
i woul;dn't trust the cards off ebay tbh
I went ahead and bought the Transcend 16gb class 6 card through OFFTEK. It arrived with the adaptor, and was very prompt.
http://www.offtek.co.uk/item_detail....at=1&subcat=74
Pretty good price too. I just copied everything to my desktop, swapped cards and copied back.
The new card works great, but i did notice that the full card size is stated as "14.96gb" on the phone, rather than 16.
I also wonder if there is a difrence between a class 2 or class 6 card when playing movies, apps or taking pictures on your SD card.
because that would make the difrence between going for a 32gb or 16gb card.
well, i noticed a difference when copying files. both cards broke 10MB/sec on large files, but the old card dropped damn quick when copying loads of small files - e.g photos.
i'd imagine it would be like this when looking through an album or flicking from one image to the next. it's not about the max speed, but the minimum.
hi mate,
what do you think about this one
http://cgi.ebay.it/16-GB-SD-HC-card...=ViewItem&pt=Memory_Cards&hash=item4aa2174e76
I know you don't trust ebay but class 10
monkeydrufy said:
hi mate,
what do you think about this one
http://cgi.ebay.it/16-GB-SD-HC-card...=ViewItem&pt=Memory_Cards&hash=item4aa2174e76
I know you don't trust ebay but class 10
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37 euro's for class 10/16GB seems waaay to cheap for me.
I also doubt it's a micro sd
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37 euro's for class 10/16GB seems waaay to cheap for me.
I also doubt it's a micro sd
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right it is not a micro-sd, I have see bad
THE CLASS OF AN SD CARD IS TO DO WITH ITS WRITE SPEED NOT ITS READ SPEED, YOU WONT NOTICE ANY DIFFENCE WHEN READING FROM IT
deviouscreation said:
The new card works great, but i did notice that the full card size is stated as "14.96gb" on the phone, rather than 16.
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Perfectly normal not to get the quoted capacity, combination of space lost due to formatting and the tendency of hardware producers to size storage media in decimal (ie. 16 000 000 000 bytes) rather than the binary equivalent - which the OS displays (16 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes).
I've confused myself with that statement - in short the hardware manufaturers use a commonly accepted, flattering but actually incorrect notation to lead you to believe that you are getting more for your money - HTH
Kingston make a 16gb class10, but it's pretty expensive (~100€)
http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SDHC?&filters=size:16384|Class:class 10
http://www.kingston.com/frroot/flash/sdhc_micro.asp
Oh, and by the way, up to what class num can the Desire actually handle ?
I picked up my SanDisk 16GB Class 6 from the Carphonewarehouse when i went and got my Desire,,, i beleive it was £42
IMO i have always used Class 6 cards, i think they are the business, i dont care for read and write speeds i just need something that works and is reliable, SanDisk have always had my back so there ya go
I recently bought a Kingston 32GB Micro sdCard off a top rated eBay seller.
I have had issues with copying some files to it from my old 8gb card that came on the DZ.
So what I did was put it through the h2testw, with the following results:
Warning: Only 31189 of 31190 MByte tested.
The media is likely to be defective.
1.8 GByte OK (3825600 sectors)
28.6 GByte DATA LOST (60049472 sectors)
Details:160.0 MByte overwritten (327744 sectors)
0 KByte slightly changed (< 8 bit/sector, 0 sectors)
28.4 GByte corrupted (59721728 sectors)
160.0 MByte aliased memory (327744 sectors)
First error at offset: 0x0000000074bf8000
Expected: 0x0000000074bf8000
Found: 0x000000079d400000
H2testw version 1.3
Writing speed: 2.03 MByte/s
Reading speed: 7.45 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Can someone please interpret the results for me in English?
Thanks for your help.
I think you either have a bad or fake card
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YOSEFE said:
I recently bought a Kingston 32GB Micro sdCard off a top rated eBay seller.
1.8 GByte OK (3825600 sectors)
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This should tell you all you should know....
It is well known that the 32GB card from ebay selling for $40 or less are fakes. Usually what they do is re-code a 2GB card to seem like a 32GB card. I tooka risk witha an ebay bid for $20...they were selling like hotcakes with great reputation....soon after the purchase the guy sky rocketed on negative reviews due to the fact that he was not deliivering, and the few were fakes. I am still in dispute wiith the guy and paypal.
In plain English you got ripped off. If you bought it thorugh paypal, file a claim.
Just out of curiosity....what was the seller's name?
Crey23 said:
This should tell you all you should know....
It is well known that the 32GB card from ebay selling for $40 or less are fakes. Usually what they do is re-code a 2GB card to seem like a 32GB card. I tooka risk witha an ebay bid for $20...they were selling like hotcakes with great reputation....soon after the purchase the guy sky rocketed on negative reviews due to the fact that he was not deliivering, and the few were fakes. I am still in dispute wiith the guy and paypal.
In plain English you got ripped off. If you bought it thorugh paypal, file a claim.
Just out of curiosity....what was the seller's name?
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I was wishing for the better. Thank you for highlighting the problem for me.
I bought it off Turtle Rock based in the UK, and I paid over £40 pounds through paypal.
I sent the diagnostic test to Kingston Technologies, and have sent a querry for a replacement or a refund through the eBay querry system.
Kingston Tech will be getting back to me with an answer on the genuineness of the card. i now don't expect to hear differently to your response.
Last of all, the card became unreadable on my phone, pc and digital camera.
I shall give the seller/eBay two business days before taking the matter further.
Am now beginning to wonder if eBay is only good for non-tech items like covers and furniture that one can see and assess on first sight.
My last card for my winMo came from Amazon UK. It is a 16GB. I have no problem with it at all.
If its too good to be true, it probably is
There is no way a 32gb card cost only 20 right now
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fsrkewd said:
If its too good to be true, it probably is
There is no way a 32gb card cost only 20 right now
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turtle_rock_uk have responded to me and advised me to return the defective item for a refund.
I have sent the item via Royal Mail's "Signedfor" route. Since it is weekend, I expect that the item will be with them on Monday.
turtle_rock_uk themselves are toprated sellers, good communicators, and am now waiting to see how quickly they will refund me in order to buy another card, which will hopefully work.
While one can pickup a bargain, I think it is also true that cheap can be expensive. Having paid £49, today I had to spend another £2.10 to send back the item.
I will let you know how we conclude this arrangement.
Where can I find the SD Card diagnostic app? I tried searching for H2Testw in the market, but didn't find it.
Queue515 said:
Where can I find the SD Card diagnostic app? I tried searching for H2Testw in the market, but didn't find it.
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It's not on market. You must just google for it. You will get it there.
Hmm...
Anyone know if using a micro SD to SD adapter affects the results?
Queue515 said:
Hmm...
Anyone know if using a micro SD to SD adapter affects the results?
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The best way to verify this yourself is to test say, a genuine SanDisk card after you have tested the one you are not sure about, and see what results you get.
I thought that I should update you on my experience with turtle_rock-uk,
They were very prompt to give me a full refund through paypal.
I am now waiting for the paypal transfer to show on my bank account.
I decide to not order through eBay. Instead I have now placed an order for a sandisk 32gb class 2 card with MobyMemory at a cost of £54.49.
I am hoping they can deliver tomorrow or Saturday.
Cheers.
ordered the sensation today and wanna ask first how is the card that comes with the device? are people using it or most of you bought a new one?
2nd, which card would you recommend?
It's not a bad card, 8gb class 4 so it's fast enough for most everything. What is too bad is that the phones doesn't have more built in memory. I can fill 8gb fast so for me, a 16 GB card is minimum and the higher the class the better imho.
There are a lot of cards out there, I would recommend a name brand unit and at least class 6. I've got a 32gb class 10 from newegg and it works great (cant find link right now).
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...sspagename=VIP:feedback&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller
good enough? or too much?
That's a link to the seller's feedback so I don't know what item you were looking at. Feedback seems good though.
A Data 32GB here.
sorry, this is the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/Team-Class-10-S...C_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item45f3cbb0e0
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sorry, this is the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/Team-Class-10-S...C_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item45f3cbb0e0
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You need a micro sd. That link is the wrong one.
ok i give up.. can anyone recommend me on a good and not expensive 16gb card?
I brought a 16gig pny card, its been very good so far.
Newegg has the ADATA 16GB Class 10 card for $25 right now. I bought it for $35 when I got my phone last month & I thought even that price was worth it
Try not to buy anything that are related to storage on ebay or online in general, e.g. microsd card, external harddrive, usb stick...they tend to be always fake. Best to go to local stores with good reputation for these things.
I bought a Lexar 32GB class 10 microSDHC card.
17 MB/sec read
8 MB/sec write
this was using SD tool for android.
I am hoping that once S-OFF is achieved, and we get cyanogen running on this device, the speeds will improve. The card cost me about $90 shipped, and came with a USB to microSDHC adapter. At this point I am very disapointed in the card's performance. Even when using my computer to transfer the data to it, the best I got was about 8 MB/sec write.
Also after a full format on Windows 7, the card only shows 29.8 GB capacity
though the detailed figure was 32,005,685,248 Bytes
I am hoping this card is not a fake. Can anyone else confirm their benchmarks with a 32 GB lexar class 10?
locate a Lexar 16gb class 6 from a reputable dealer.
can be had for around $20.
I get around 7-9mb write and around 17-20mb read speed.
seems like about the same speed as the class 10 Lexar above.
32gb version is too expensive still. don't understand why they cost almost 5 times more when the capacity is only double.
WhiteSites said:
I bought a Lexar 32GB class 10 microSDHC card.
17 MB/sec read
8 MB/sec write
this was using SD tool for android.
I am hoping that once S-OFF is achieved, and we get cyanogen running on this device, the speeds will improve. The card cost me about $90 shipped, and came with a USB to microSDHC adapter. At this point I am very disapointed in the card's performance. Even when using my computer to transfer the data to it, the best I got was about 8 MB/sec write.
Also after a full format on Windows 7, the card only shows 29.8 GB capacity
though the detailed figure was 32,005,685,248 Bytes
I am hoping this card is not a fake. Can anyone else confirm their benchmarks with a 32 GB lexar class 10?
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Your capacity is correct. The difference is due to the fact that a properly calculated byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, or terabyte is calculated in base-2. The manufacturers have long been in the habit of calculating in base-10, hence the difference in what's claimed and what you actually see.
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Try not to buy anything that are related to storage on ebay or online in general, e.g. microsd card, external harddrive, usb stick...they tend to be always fake. Best to go to local stores with good reputation for these things.
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I think it might be a bit much to imply that any online vendor should be avoided when purchasing flash memory. As long as it's from a reputable vendor (not a ebay seller or amazon seller), you should be OK and in the event that you end up with a fake you would be protected by the vendor's return policy.
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Like white i purchased a lexar 32gb class 10 card. Although transferring to the card was slower than claimed from my hard drive but transferring from my old micro sd to the new one i recieved much higher speeds with a class 6 limit due to the old card. As for onlkne vendors i have purchased all my external/internal and sd cards from ebay. I have had 1 problem but that was my fault because the offered price was too good to be true
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hmm i read an article on the main xda page about microsd cards.. it says the sandisk one has better i/o and random reads and writes.. so now im really lost..well in the end.. u still cant transfer more than 4gb file onto your microsd card.
vvilliamm said:
hmm i read an article on the main xda page about microsd cards.. it says the sandisk one has better i/o and random reads and writes.. so now im really lost..well in the end.. u still cant transfer more than 4gb file onto your microsd card.
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why cant you transfer more than 4gb file onto the card?
sorry for not being specific. You cant transfer more than a 4gb file because that's the limit for a fat32 microsd.... i believe.. lol
Yep, fat32 has a file size limit of 4Gb.
now i doubt there will be any difference between sd cards. We need a2sd or d2sd in order to evaluate better. On the HD2 there was a major difference between class 2 and a class 6 card. On the sensation i have tried class 2 and class 6 the performance seems the same.
To start, I'm using the Katana ROM. I just was delivered a shiny new 64GB SD card. The phone reads it fine, I have some stuff on it that the OS picks up, ES File Explorer can read stuff and so does Titanium. The problem is after I move an app to SD that app is no longer available. Anyone have this issue or a solution to it? I still have about 6GB open on internal storage so I'm not starved for space but would REALLY love to use this thing. It's formatted as a FAT32 partition. Thanks in advance for any help.
I thinks folks are using link2sd to do that. I believe someone around here posted a guide somewhere on how to set it up.
I have a video tutorial, but it's for a different phone and I'm not sure if it would be the same for this phone.
Thanks, I'll look into that
Either I got a bogus card or link2sd doesn't like ext4. I can get my Linux box to create two partitions using gparted but after it crates them it doesn't like the second one. I think I may be out the money for this card...
If you got a good brand card from a reputable source you should be fine. It can be tricky sometimes to setup your partitions.
Try minitool partition wizard and see if you have any luck with it. I have a video tut at the bottom of this page for minitool...
http://androidcreations.weebly.com/how-to-setup-link2sd.html
I got it from geek.com on a recommendation of a buddy who has a note 4 and uses a 128GB card from them. I'll try your link and report back. That's what I get for buying a $7 64GB card I suppose.
I am now 99% convinced it's a bad card and I'm just out the $7. I finally got it to work after more playing with it and file system scans, moved a couple minor apps over, rebooted, it worked some more, moved some bigger apps over and it corrupted the apps I moved. Lesson learned. I'll just put my old 16GB card back in this and get a 64 or 128 card at a later date. Perhaps a Christmas idea for the woman friend (I'm 35, girlfriend sounds dumb at this stage, lol).
Now I know, and according to G. I. Joe knowing is half the battle
lerner17 said:
I got it from geek.com on a recommendation of a buddy who has a note 4 and uses a 128GB card from them. I'll try your link and report back. That's what I get for buying a $7 64GB card I suppose.
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I agree, $7 for a 64gb card is questionable. Just do what I did and head over to walmart and grab you a samsung evo sd card for $20. It's very reliable and fast. I noticed when there's no sale at walmart it's $20 for the 32gb evo and when there's a sale it's $20 for the 64gb evo. Either way I think it's well priced.
I'll have to go check that out for sure then. The kicker is he paid I think $6 for his 128GB with no issues through them, heh
Off topic, but wanted to mention other than this SD card issue which isn't in any way the ROMs fault my phone has been solid with improved battery life thanks to your Katana ROM, so thanks again for that
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I'll have to go check that out for sure then. The kicker is he paid I think $6 for his 128GB with no issues through them, heh
Off topic, but wanted to mention other than this SD card issue which isn't in any way the ROMs fault my phone has been solid with improved battery life thanks to your Katana ROM, so thanks again for that
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No problem, thank you. Keep an eye out, I'll be updating the rom some more.
Amazon has some good deals for sandisk 32 and 64 gb cards, i got my 32 gb one from them for $13.
Yup. I've been duped.
The media is likely to be defective.
3.7 GByte OK (7911693 sectors)
58.7 GByte DATA LOST (123152115 sectors)
Details:140.6 MByte overwritten (288141 sectors)
0 KByte slightly changed (< 8 bit/sector, 0 sectors)
58.5 GByte corrupted (122863974 sectors)
140.6 MByte aliased memory (288141 sectors)
First error at offset: 0x00000000ef003e00
Expected: 0x00000000ef003e00
Found: 0x0000000000000000
H2testw version 1.3
Writing speed: 8.11 MByte/s
Reading speed: 13.0 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
lerner17 said:
Yup. I've been duped.
The media is likely to be defective.
3.7 GByte OK (7911693 sectors)
58.7 GByte DATA LOST (123152115 sectors)
Details:140.6 MByte overwritten (288141 sectors)
0 KByte slightly changed (< 8 bit/sector, 0 sectors)
58.5 GByte corrupted (122863974 sectors)
140.6 MByte aliased memory (288141 sectors)
First error at offset: 0x00000000ef003e00
Expected: 0x00000000ef003e00
Found: 0x0000000000000000
H2testw version 1.3
Writing speed: 8.11 MByte/s
Reading speed: 13.0 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
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what gave you this?
A program called h2testw. It was designed to check for false SD cards
lerner17 said:
A program called h2testw. It was designed to check for false SD cards
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ohhh i see gonna give it a look see