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32 GB MicroSD

I am trying to find a 32GB MicroSD card preferably class 6. The only one I have been able to find is class 2 and it's available from Buy.com. I've tried Google, Frys.com, New Egg, etc. Anybody know where I can get one?
Like to have it in hand when I get my Evo in 2 weeks.

Don't know if 32GB class 6 Micro SDHC cards are out there yet. I have a 16GB class 2 Kingston and it out performed my 8GB class 6 Transcend when I did speed tests on it.

AdamLeonard said:
I am trying to find a 32GB MicroSD card preferably class 6. The only one I have been able to find is class 2 and it's available from Buy.com. I've tried Google, Frys.com, New Egg, etc. Anybody know where I can get one?
Like to have it in hand when I get my Evo in 2 weeks.
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the card on best.com is 350...its better off buying a 32gb iphone

Only Class 2 cards are in production at the present time.
I doubt Buy.com or anywhere other than Sandisk has them actually in stock to sell right now, Sandisk haven't even been able to keep up with their own orders.
I wouldn't worry about it being Class 2 too much to be honest, it doesn't really make a difference for in-phone use, only transfer speeds when loading information to the card. I have one in my Desire, works great (also works in my HD2 and X10).

I bought a "ebay rip off" that actually ended up being 31.2GB AFTER the format. It also says class 6, but I haven't tested that yet. I got the card for a whopping $18.88 with free shipping

v6ttgnx said:
I bought a "ebay rip off" that actually ended up being 31.2GB AFTER the format. It also says class 6, but I haven't tested that yet. I got the card for a whopping $18.88 with free shipping
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try putting 30 gb of stuff and see if it runs

Card ran Just fine on the computer! I haven't MAXED the card because I don't have 31.2GBs of stuff to put on it. I did put 10.5GB on it.
EDIT: I have not tested the card on the phone, it seems I have some files on the card from my HD2 phone that were blocking my EVO's access to the card, but I will surely solve this problem. It did read putting on a few folders, maybe 200MB of stuff. The SD & Phone storage setting showed loss of the memory, it also showed 31.2GB of space left when I inserted the card with nothing on it.

You really ought to test it out. Most of the "bogus" cards show up as the correct amount, but typically they take a smaller card (2,4,8, or 16GB assuming), and hack it to look like 32. It'll work great until you try to write more information to it than the card actually holds (so 2,4,8, or 16GB's). If your card holds more than 16GB's, you are golden.

where to buy 16GB micro sdhc class 6 from?

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

dragonithe said:
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

help me chosing optimal sd card.

Hello , i will buy 16 or 32 gig card for dhd,
Is phone capable of using class 10 or i should get class 6?

16 or 32Gb. The answer to this is what you want to store on the card. Unlike windows, android stores nearly all apps in the phones memory, so the SD card is really only for photos, documents, music, ebooks and a few files that are needed for some apps. So ask yourself how much data you want to store.
In my opinion, Class 10 will be a waste, as you are limited to how fast the phone can read write to SD card. A Class 4 should be all that is needed, as you will not notice much difference between a Class 4, 6 , 10 as you are talking about read/write speeds in nano seconds.
The other thing to remember is a 32Gb Class 10 card will cost GB£150
A 16Gb Class 4 card will cost around GB£15, 10 times less.

thanks for good answer,
i want to hold quality movies on my sd card and alot of music. hd video recording will be also needed
Does anyone know what is htc desire hd write speed?
is class 6 optimal write speed sd card for it?
32gb is too expensive , i get 16 gb class6.

A class 6 16GB should be fine

malex1 said:
Unlike windows, android stores nearly all apps in the phones memory, so the SD card is really only for photos, documents, music, ebooks and a few files that are needed for some apps.
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Very interesting. So, is that space enough to store your applications (at least a decent amount of applications that a heavy user will require - and I assume that most people here are heavy users) or will it be like my old TyTN that I needed to remove applications in order to install another one that might be more important?

malex1 said:
16 or 32Gb. The answer to this is what you want to store on the card. Unlike windows, android stores nearly all apps in the phones memory, so the SD card is really only for photos, documents, music, ebooks and a few files that are needed for some apps. So ask yourself how much data you want to store.
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sorry to say this, but you are wrong, apps can be stored in the SD

NoEnd said:
sorry to say this, but you are wrong, apps can be stored in the SD
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No he is right. There are many apps that can only be stored on the phone itself. It's to the developer of the phone to decide. Until now, there are way more apps that run from then phone memory. He wasn't saying apps can't be stored.

MyMemory.co.uk have a good price on their own class 4 32GB card, have one on the way for my DHD will see how it goes, the postage seems to take a while from Jersey to here.

I've just bought a Kingston Class 4 32Gb micro SDHC - £80, and tested it with h2testw (or whatever it's called!) and got a very respectable 4.72Mb/sec write speed, and 15.7Mb/sec read speed - more than enough for Android. And loads of space for everything!

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nubbin said:
I've just bought a Kingston Class 4 32Gb micro SDHC - £80, and tested it with h2testw (or whatever it's called!) and got a very respectable 4.72Mb/sec write speed, and 15.7Mb/sec read speed - more than enough for Android. And loads of space for everything!
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I have a Kingston 8GB Class 4 Card which is about a year old. I get regular write speeds of 8.26 MB/S and reads of 18.1 MB/S.
Not sure if this is an anomaly or what but I would say that class 4 is just fine. Now just need more capacity!

I just bought this kingston 32gb class 4 micro sd card
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180591007001&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123
I don't understand why the price difference is so huge between what you guys brought, is it possible that this card is a fake? if it is what do you think i should do next?

MrGarak said:
MyMemory.co.uk have a good price on their own class 4 32GB card, have one on the way for my DHD will see how it goes, the postage seems to take a while from Jersey to here.
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It would be great if you could post your opinion of the card once you've used it.

Need SD Card advice

Hi. I recently purchased an Epic, upgrading from my EVO. I like that it has a 16GB card preinstalled. However, I notice that its only a class 2.
I'd like to properly store and run some apps off my card, and I'd like to get a faster card, say a class 6. What's a good brand for SD cards? If you know any sites with some great deals on class 6 16GB cards, please let me know. Thanks.

Usually newegg has some good deals

Don't pay attention to the class rating.The class 2 part means that it has a minimum speed of 2MB/s. Realistically, it should perform much faster than that. My read speeds (with my Epic in mass storage mode) are around 10 MB/s and my writes are between 3-7 MB/s.
Unless you really notice your apps are lagging when loading off the SD card, there's no need to buy a new card just for the class rating. If you do get a new MicroSD, be sure to get a bigger one, not just a theoretically faster one.

which microsd card

Going to buy the DHD on monday and i read about troubles with the "slow" class 2 microsd card which comes with the DHD (like 720p recording isnt smooth enough).. should i get a 16gb class 6 sd card? or is class 4 enough? or is even the 8gb class 2 which comes with the DHD fast enough?
Thought about a Transcend 16gb class 6 (but its pretty expensive.. 56€ = ~65$ i think).. so maybe a cheaper (class 4 or class 2) is enough?
thanks

zakazak said:
Going to buy the DHD on monday and i read about troubles with the "slow" class 2 microsd card which comes with the DHD (like 720p recording isnt smooth enough).. should i get a 16gb class 6 sd card? or is class 4 enough? or is even the 8gb class 2 which comes with the DHD fast enough?
Thought about a Transcend 16gb class 6 (but its pretty expensive.. 56€ = ~65$ i think).. so maybe a cheaper (class 4 or class 2) is enough?
thanks
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I have had no problems with the card provided. I find it hard to belive htc would supply a sd card that is not capable of using all features of the device. I am sure someone disagrees, your best bet is to stick with the one provided. If you do have any problems with the class 2, you can always try a class 4.

Try eBay, here are 2 good (and free shipping) deals I took. Still waiting on delivery, but you can't really beat the price.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280603123927 <-- 32GB (at least class 4/6) (ebay removed item, possibly fake, awaiting 'shipment', card arrived, working 100%, not fake )
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260710352568 <-- 8GB class 10

If anyone buys a higher class SDCard could you provide a mini review. I'm in the market for a well priced, but balanced with performance SDCard.
Reading manufacturer reviews is pointless, and inexperienced users are the same.
Anyone who can recommend a good/great SDCard will get my thanks, and maybe a thank-you donation.

I will let you know as soon as I get them

Please do, I much prefer a good user review to a standard "It works" review. Many thanks & Merry Xmas

My DHD came with an 8 GB class 4 Sandisk, so don't know if the included card varies, depending on where you buy it? Since you're talking about class 2 and all.
Anyway, I bought a 16 GB class 4 Kingston, the worst piece of crap I've ever had, corrupted data and apps on sd constantly and slow transfer speeds via USB. Don't know if that's just the way that card works with the phone, or if I got one from a bad batch. But anyway, now I'm waiting for a replacement Sandisk 16 GB class 2, hoping it'll do a better job.

if we buy another sd card apart from the stock sd do we need to copy paste some folders which are spesific for some apps or the apps will recreate them in the new sd?

The one included with mine is only a class 2. (cant remember name now, sorry)

eozen81 said:
if we buy another sd card apart from the stock sd do we need to copy paste some folders which are spesific for some apps or the apps will recreate them in the new sd?
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Copy the contents of the old sdcard to a folder on your pc. Then copy that to the new sdcard after formatting it. Just did this last night when I put in my new (Xmas pressie!!) 32GB card. I formatted the card first in the phone.
HTH.
Dave

dvhttn said:
Copy the contents of the old sdcard to a folder on your pc. Then copy that to the new sdcard after formatting it. Just did this last night when I put in my new (Xmas pressie!!) 32GB card. I formatted the card first in the phone.
HTH.
Dave
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Thanks a lot Dave, so soft copy/paste for files & folders is enough for new SD card transition.
Good to know that. BTW Which SD card is your 32 GB, did you notice any speed improvements with your new SD?

eozen81 said:
Thanks a lot Dave, so soft copy/paste for files & folders is enough for new SD card transition. ...
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It was for me. I actually formatted the card in my old Nokia E71, plugged the E71 into my PC and mounted the card. Then 'copy n pasted' the files over. Seems a weird way to do it but a) my SD to microsd adaptor card is b&ggered so had to use the (a) phone and b) I only have USB2 connectivity on my PC so copying the c. 25GB of music etc I have took several hours. Tying up the old phone was preferable to tying up my current DHD.
One thing though. I'd read that the best way to format an SD card was using 'sdformatter' from http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/ .... which sounded like a good plan. However the formatted card couldn't be read on XP Pro SP3 PC. Hence why I formatted it on the Nokia. That worked a treat.
eozen81 said:
... Good to know that. BTW Which SD card is your 32 GB, did you notice any speed improvements with your new SD?
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I got this one ... http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SDHC/MyMemory/MyMemory-32GB-Micro-SD-(SDHC)-Card---Class-4 .... Not noticed any speed improvements, though probably as I haven't used it much yet. To be honest the reason I got it was mainly to hold all my music so getting rid of an MP3 player. Any sd card is fast enough for that. I haven't checked out the exact feeds and speeds but I'm suspecting that any card is also fast enough for video/still shots as I haven't noticed any problem yet!
Cheers
Dave

I got the 8GB class 10 one (around $20 inc shipping, got here in less than 2 weeks), quick test show read speed to be 17.4MB/sec (looking for a decent app to measure write speed, preferably non destructive unlike the way HD Speed does)
As for the 32GB one. Think it was a scam, ebay removed page. Gonna wait a little, as it did have a shipping number before all the details disappeared, if it does not arrive, I will contest the $14 I paid for it.
Update: The 32GB one, not a scam, just arrived. Sandisk 32GB class 4, tested, all working What a bargain!