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Good Quality MicroSD 16Gb - Class 6

Hey everyone,
I've been looking for a Class 6 16Gb microSD and I've just had one delivered from Amazon.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110605484160&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
£20.85 and it is closer to a Class 10 than a Class 6.
Just thought I'd share my find!
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cheers mate, gonna order one today. i have a 32gb class 6, but it has been giving me problems. DHD keeps unmounting sd card and then when sd card mounts again it says Read Only sd card. I think the sd card is faulty because other sd cards work fine.

kudzie76 said:
cheers mate, gonna order one today. i have a 32gb class 6, but it has been giving me problems...
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I've had issues with cheap cards in the past, but this seems really good.
It's a totally unbranded card, but the card test window using H2testw on eBay is spot on. 9.85Mb/s write speed is very quick for a Class 6, almost a Class 10.
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If you go direct to site you can save an extra £2.00
http://www.lowpricememory.co.uk/
Get in!!
misterzak said:
Hey everyone,
I've been looking for a Class 6 16Gb microSD and I've just had one delivered from Amazon.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110605484160&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
£20.85 and it is closer to a Class 10 than a Class 6.
Just thought I'd share my find!
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Damn you. Oh well, its still a great card!
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just ordered one, so i should have it beginning of next week. cant wait to test it out
thanks guys

kudzie76 said:
just ordered one, so i should have it beginning of next week. cant wait to test it out
thanks guys
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Have got a chance to test the card? Is it great a bargain to go for??

Damn only available in UK

Burning_aces said:
Damn only available in UK
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They deliver on their cite internationally but 16gb are sold So, is there anyone who have tested this memocard?

kermez said:
They deliver on their cite internationally but 16gb are sold So, is there anyone who have tested this memocard?
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Oh ok sweet ill have a look
Thanks.

kermez said:
They deliver on their cite internationally but 16gb are sold So, is there anyone who have tested this memocard?
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I ordered one around 10th November on their website along with PHILIPS headphones and I received only the headphones . Last Friday I contacted them just to check if they have sent the memory card and still waiting for an answer. This is the first time something I bought over the internet is not delivered. I guess they should've used some kind of tractable service for their international deliveries. It doesn't cost that much more and the customer is paying for the postage anyway...
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Damn, sold out

I have been using a Samsung Plus, it's a shame they don't do it in a 16Gb version it's a really nice card, very fast and quite unique looking.

Can anyone post another link the product list has ended on the link provided

Does anyone have opinion regarding this card:
http://cgi.ebay.com/LEXAR-16GB-Clas...gital_Camera_Memory_Cards&hash=item3a60da68cf
I am thinking of ordering it but don't know anyone who have it and can't find any reviews of this specifically type.

been using this card lexar 16gb. so far no issue. replaced by 4GB trascend CL6 card due to capacity

im using kingston 16gb class10 ,few days back i flashed a rom, when the phone restarted it said blank sdcard...wtf try in another phone.. same blank sdcard,try pc wouldnt find the sdcard. gutted its corrupted as i did put a 1gb ext4 partition also a 256mb swap file. so i nearly chucked it in the bin but didn't cause it cost me alot, so left it on the side. about a hour ago decided to try it lol, an it bloody worked!! sorry abit off topic but trying to say if it f**ks up don't throw it away ..try it again

cattleprod said:
im using kingston 16gb class10 ,few days back i flashed a rom, when the phone restarted it said blank sdcard...wtf try in another phone.. same blank sdcard,try pc wouldnt find the sdcard. gutted its corrupted as i did put a 1gb ext4 partition also a 256mb swap file. so i nearly chucked it in the bin but didn't cause it cost me alot, so left it on the side. about a hour ago decided to try it lol, an it bloody worked!! sorry abit off topic but trying to say if it f**ks up don't throw it away ..try it again
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Wow, and I have thought that kingston is the best. Even if you shell money for kingston it appears it;s not problem proof.
Btw, is there real difference between stock model and 6th or higher class in playing movies or reading large documents?

Yes you do notice a different in files loading up from sd card not so on films and quicker in transfer of files from pc to phone.
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I've got a strange 4gb card lying around in my house...no one knows where it came from lol. Anyways, in Windows, it writes at around 20mb/s average. Reading speeds are around 50mb/s...very strange. I don't use it because I now have a 16gb class 4...which writes around 4 mb/s....the 4gb says Class 4 on it but it's 5 times faster than that!

Micro SD card deals

I went looking for a microSD card over the weekend and was really disappointed in the prices I found. A lot of the deals were already sold out at Fry's and CompUSA (Tiger Direct).
I'd like to start this thread to help others (and me ) find the best deals on expanded memory for our phones.
Any good finds?
This 16BG class 10 card was on sale this weekend at Fry's for around $10, but it was gone by 9:30 on Saturday morning.
http://www.frys.com/product/6877856?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

I got a 64gb microsd from scan disk, it ran me about 220, that's a lot but hey it's worth it to be packing a 80gb lte device

Check out. buy.com
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poloboogie said:
I got a 64gb microsd from scan disk, it ran me about 220, that's a lot but hey it's worth it to be packing a 80gb lte device
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The 64gigs works on the SR? I've been wanting to get one but had no clue as to them working in it.
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androidpixar said:
The 64gigs works on the SR? I've been wanting to get one but had no clue as to them working in it.
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i may be wrong, but i dont think the rocket was able to support a 64gig card.
this would be GREAT

AmazonBasics cards are cheap and great quality

You may want to look into getting Sandisk branded cards instead of just any old card.
Some of the class 10 cards out there have atrocious small block random read/write speeds, and that has been a major issue for the Nook Color world. That being said, we aren't running a complete OS off the SD card on our skyrockets, but even running apps off the card may cause speed issues.
Nook Color SD Card Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005633
All of the benchmark data in that thread summarized into a google docs spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjPE3ZAD2eVudE9vZmQ3aHlfTkFvU2J4ZUplRDJQTEE
I can't vouch for any cards other than what I've seen -- Class 10 Patriot, Class 10 A-Data, 3x Class 4 SanDisks, and an unmarked SanDisk. Everything (including the unmarked SanDisk) except for the Class 2/4 SanDisks were atrocious in running a SD card based OS on my Nook. My Class 4 SanDisks benchmarked somewhere between 20x and 40x faster than the other cards for small block writes.

This is my card, AmazonBasics 16 GB microSDHC Class 10 Flash Memory Card with SD Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058GH4U0/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
Always beats my gf's sansdisk in speed tests

This is not the first time I have heard the Sandisk 64Gb microsd works after a reformat. Now they are down to $150 for a class 6 and I am seriously about to try one out.

draztikrhymez said:
AmazonBasics cards are cheap and great quality
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Thanks, that looks like a good quality card. I was going to hold off on buying a microsd for my phone, but $27 for 16GB and those speeds people are posting looks really good. In for one.

So to wrap up the 64gb arc, it works on the SR without any glitch? Cos me want it!
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Keep the 16GB or return for the 32GB?

I have been torn about keeping the 16GB or getting the 32GB. I just don't know what to do. I have used a large amount of storage on the 16GB already and my 30 day return is up tomorrow. Any suggestions?

See the thread int eh android development section about Apps2SD that you can run without rooting or anythig. The author is TweakerL. Look it up.

Return for 32 imo. Unless your a pop the collar with your hat turned backwards kinda guy. Then keep the white.

I faced the same dilemma and decided to switch from 16gb to 32gb... If not it would have bothered me.
The only thing I miss is the White color...

I don't have the white one.

jeepers128 said:
I have been torn about keeping the 16GB or getting the 32GB. I just don't know what to do. I have used a large amount of storage on the 16GB already and my 30 day return is up tomorrow. Any suggestions?
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I have the 16 GB but I used this app to move my data folders to my 64GB microSD card. You can actually move any folders over, not just data folders.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
I like the white color so this works out really well for me. This app effectively turned my White 16GB note into an 80GB note.

hairdewx said:
I have the 16 GB but I used this app to move my data folders to my 64GB microSD card. You can actually move any folders over, not just data folders.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
I like the white color so this works out really well for me. This app effectively turned my White 16GB note into an 80GB note.
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Can you confirm a 64gb card works? Sammy's website says up to 32gb cards can be used.
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Why would you pay loads of ectra money fo 16GB extra, when you can buy a 16GB uSD for a few pennies?

Szadzik said:
Why would you pay loads of ectra money fo 16GB extra, when you can buy a 16GB uSD for a few pennies?
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I don't view $50 as loads extra. Plus no matter how big your microsd card is you'll always have 16gb less with a 16 vs 32 model.

Blueback22 said:
Can you confirm a 64gb card works? Sammy's website says up to 32gb cards can be used.
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I have a 64GB card in there now and it detected as 59GB free. It's formatted FAT32.

I went right for the 32 gb because id second guess like yourself . Plus my a500 is 16 gb and runs out fast. So 32 + 64 gives me 86 gb of storage
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hairdewx said:
I have a 64GB card in there now and it detected as 59GB free. It's formatted FAT32.
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Nefariouss said:
I don't view $50 as loads extra. Plus no matter how big your microsd card is you'll always have 16gb less with a 16 vs 32 model.
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Availability of the 3G 32GB version is a problem too, at least in Europe. No 3G, no tablet for me personally.

I ordered (and have been using) the 16gb in white for 2-3 weeks, and just decided yesterday to order the 32gb in deep gray, instead. Although I try to store all of my media externally, I use up that space quickly. At the same time, I find it to be a PITA to swap things between internal and external, such as backups and ROMs. I don't mind paying $50 more for twice the memory, but I wouldn't have paid much more than that at all.
As for the color, while I like the white, I'm not fond of the silver/gray borders; I think it makes the device look kinda cheap, like a toy, though I do like that it resembles my Skyrocket. However, the border on the Skyrocket is not only a lot slimmer, it's chrome, which is much more appealing to me. I wish they had done something similar in this case.
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hairdewx said:
I have a 64GB card in there now and it detected as 59GB free. It's formatted FAT32.
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All 64GB cards show as 59GB. It happens with all storage devices. That's to do with the fact that you're never going to get the full amount that you get told you will, because a portion of that memory is actually being used by the storage device for information pertaining to its self.

zaslamel42 said:
All 64GB cards show as 59GB. It happens with all storage devices. That's to do with the fact that you're never going to get the full amount that you get told you will, because a portion of that memory is actually being used by the storage device for information pertaining to its self.
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It shows as 59GB mainly because manufacturers give the storage sace in 1000s wile your tablet counts it in 1024s.

I looked at this for mine and decided to go for the 32 gb model since DRM protected movies cannot currently be moved to the SD card.
Google Play phone support guy advised that they have rec'd a lot of requests to enable this, so perhaps in the future it won't be an issue.

SD card suggestions.. Please help.

At the moment I have a 32gb ultra SD card in my s4. The SD card is damaged for whatever reason. So I was wondering, what's the best type of SD card for me to get. I spent 20$ on my sdcard. So I'm willing to spend the same amount more or less.. Don't need anything more than 32gb or probably anything over 16. Of course the more the merrier.
Thanks in advance.
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I got sandisk 16gb from amazon. Paid a good $22 for it. Around the same time, bought samsung 16gb micro sd while it was on sale for my tablet.
Three months into use, sandisk just stopped working. All the photos I took over the period of three months lost with it. Mind you, I'm not tech- illiterate, so I attempted different methods to recover my data with no luck.
Contacted sandisk, and received a new micro sd through warranty. A months into use, it failed again. Luckily, I had backed up my photos with dropbox, so no real losses except wasted time.
Didn't even bother to file warranty and tossed the sd out.
Been using samsung microsd for good six months with no problem.
This is my experience, and you may have (had) better luck than I.

SanDisk
Rakcoon said:
I got sandisk 16gb from amazon. Paid a good $22 for it. Around the same time, bought samsung 16gb micro sd while it was on sale for my tablet.
Three months into use, sandisk just stopped working. All the photos I took over the period of three months lost with it. Mind you, I'm not tech- illiterate, so I attempted different methods to recover my data with no luck.
Contacted sandisk, and received a new micro sd through warranty. A months into use, it failed again. Luckily, I had backed up my photos with dropbox, so no real losses except wasted time.
Didn't even bother to file warranty and tossed the sd out.
Been using samsung microsd for good six months with no problem.
This is my experience, and you may have (had) better luck than I.
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SanDisk Ultra 64GB is perfect, Class 10. Working since 8 months!

I have SanDisk class 10 and my S4 is rebooting randomly. So if you can, go away from that card.

I have a SanDisk 32 Class 10... my phone won't boot with it in. I took it out. It's in my car somewhere.
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Had to warranty my 32gb Sandisk Class 10 ... was causing weird issues and lost everything. New one is good so far. Wonder if there's a bad batch out there.
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If you search the forums, you will find that MANY people report (and I experienced it too) that any card other than a Samsung can be problematic. I have a 32GB Class10 card from A-Data or Kingston or some other major name and it worked fine in my Atrix for a year or so. Got my S4 and put the card in it. Regularly and routinely, the phone would "lose" the card or claim it needed formatting because it was "damaged."
My Samsung card has had zero issues. You should be able to get a 32GB Sammy for about $20.

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If you search the forums, you will find that MANY people report (and I experienced it too) that any card other than a Samsung can be problematic. I have a 32GB Class10 card from A-Data or Kingston or some other major name and it worked fine in my Atrix for a year or so. Got my S4 and put the card in it. Regularly and routinely, the phone would "lose" the card or claim it needed formatting because it was "damaged."
My Samsung card has had zero issues. You should be able to get a 32GB Sammy for about $20.
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Where can I find one? Amazon? I was told the same thing as you stated in the first sentence. Just might go with a Samsung card. I was going to get a Kingston, but it makes more sense to go with the same name brand my phone is Lol. Since I've had multiple issues with San disk.
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Just got a 64gb Class 10/UHS1 Samsung micro Sd at BestBuy....$59. No issues after 4 days. Sandisk cards errored several times a day. FWIW.

I must be the only one to never have a problem with any SanDisk cards ever in my life. Have a 64GB ultra in my S4 now. Running just fine for months.

ixJay said:
Where can I find one? Amazon? I was told the same thing as you stated in the first sentence. Just might go with a Samsung card. I was going to get a Kingston, but it makes more sense to go with the same name brand my phone is Lol. Since I've had multiple issues with San disk.
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Yup I shop at Amazon first.

I've used a Sandisk 16gb SDHC UHS-1 and a Sandisk 64gb SDXC UHS-1. Both are reliable and have survived multiple drops.

You are not the only one !
Stealyourface said:
I must be the only one to never have a problem with any SanDisk cards ever in my life. Have a 64GB ultra in my S4 now. Running just fine for months.
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Out of 2100 reviews (posted up to Feb 2013) on Amazon, the SanDisk Ultra has a 4.5 star average (1500 of the reviews give it a full five stars). It’s the most popular and best-rated on Amazon.
A few complain doesn't make it everybody.
I am on SanDisk fast Micro SD cards in the last 10 years without one issue.

itzik_man said:
A few complain doesn't make it everybody.
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Here on XDA there are significantly less problems with Samsung SD's compared to Sandisk. Especially using the larger (64GB for example) sizes.
When using an SGS4 and in need of a large card simply use the Samsung one. And format it Fat32 when not in need of files >=4GB. Best combo of compatibility.
IMHO, of course

Originally Posted by ixJay
Where can I find one? Amazon? I was told the same thing as you stated in the first sentence. Just might go with a Samsung card. I was going to get a Kingston, but it makes more sense to go with the same name brand my phone is Lol. Since I've had multiple issues with San disk.
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Yup I shop at Amazon first.
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I looked at amazon, they have ultra extreme pro, and what not. What is best? I'm probably going to buy a 32gb.. Any suggestions?
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I've had my 32gb UHS 1 Sandisk SD for a long time, well over 6 months and I have never had a problem. I had a 16gb Samsung SD card before that with no problems I just needed more storage.

ixJay said:
I looked at amazon, they have ultra extreme pro, and what not. What is best? I'm probably going to buy a 32gb.. Any suggestions?
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I got this one: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MicroSDHC-Class-UHS-I-Memory/dp/B00AWBHFRI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392524189&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+class10+32gb

Faulty Batch
Stealyourface said:
I must be the only one to never have a problem with any SanDisk cards ever in my life. Have a 64GB ultra in my S4 now. Running just fine for months.
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I am using the same SanDisk Ultra 64Gb same as you, though the first one that I bought gave me a lot of problems (Constantly ejecting, then eventually, the phone no longer recognizes it.) Then I bought another 64Gb and I never had any problems from there.
It seems that those having issues with Sandisk probably got theirs from a faulty batch that Sandisk even admitted.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/SanDisk-says-it-produced-some-bad-32GB-and-64GB-microSD-cards_id40986

Got a SanDisk class 4 32gb. Bought it over 2 years ago and still working! Ordered a 64gb card so will be upgrading to that which
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SD card
sd card in my phone can not be read. does this mean it is broken?

SD Card for S5

Now that CM allows my S5 to use the SD as internal storage I need a bigger one. I want a fast one within the bounds of this phone so I'm not paying for tech I cannot use. I listen to music and store some pictures but a lot of that is cloud based. Thanks!

This Sandisk 64GB sd card is pretty fast. for ~$20, cant go wrong.

There's a 200gb on Amazon for 79

The Android Attorney said:
This Sandisk 64GB sd card is pretty fast. for ~$20, cant go wrong.
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Ah thats the fella I have in mine.

If you need insane amounts of storage, you really CANNOT go wrong with a Samsung one:
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Clas...id=1469114722&sr=1-1&keywords=Samsung+sd+card

I agree with Lightning here, the Samsung EVO is the best bang for the buck. This is what I have in my phone:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P3NMVVU/
Works flawlessly.
If you want something faster (for say shooting HD video), there is the EVO+ and the EVO Select as well:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0118LR9Z8
https://www.amazon.com//dp/B01DOB6YW4

dont get the 200 gb one as the phone is limited to 128 and wont be able to use 1/3rd of it. I use a class U1 PNY 128 gb card and its pretty snappy. I got it for $35 on amazon during the last cyber monday event, but they might even be cheaper now. Id just read the reviews on amazon for 128 gb cards. There are many people who buy them just to test them and theyll list their real world results in a transfer speed rating

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dont get the 200 gb one as the phone is limited to 128 and wont be able to use 1/3rd of it. I use a class U1 PNY 128 gb card and its pretty snappy. I got it for $35 on amazon during the last cyber monday event, but they might even be cheaper now. Id just read the reviews on amazon for 128 gb cards. There are many people who buy them just to test them and theyll list their real world results in a transfer speed rating
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I presume you mean 256 or whatever it is. I've the 64 gig one. Seems grand. I'm only new back on android after a few years on iPhone. 64 is plenty for me . 128 would be cool just to show off. We don't have cyber sales here in Ireland that I know of.

No. The 200 gig card is what I was referring to. What I said also applies to a 256 or anything above 128 really as the phone cannot read anything higher than 128. Yes, 200 gb is a strange storage size for a SD card, but a 200 GB card does exist
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https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-200GB-Micro-SDSDQUAN-200G-G4A/dp/

Personally recommended class 10 UHS-3

as the phone cannot read anything higher than 128.
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Are you absolutely sure about that? Even a S3 can read a 256GB card

muhaba said:
as the phone cannot read anything higher than 128.
Are you absolutely sure about that? Even a S3 can read a 256GB card
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Have you personally confirmed this? I ask because the answer I gave was based on Samsung's own hardware limitations listed in the phones specs

youdoofus said:
Have you personally confirmed this? I ask because the answer I gave was based on Samsung's own hardware limitations listed in the phones specs
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i think this limitations is because there was no more than 128 GB at the time of it's release but in theory it can handle up to 2 TB
even though there is no 2 TB micro SD Card yet, since it supports SDXC

zakijesk said:
i think this limitations is because there was no more than 128 GB at the time of it's release but in theory it can handle up to 2 TB
even though there is no 2 TB micro SD Card yet, since it supports SDXC
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If that is the case then HUZZAH!!!!

sonybansi said:
Personally recommended class 10 UHS-3
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I understand why! Sadly they are not available in my country yet, so I bought a 32GB Samsung EVO+ Class 10 UHS-1, and now I don't get the "your SD card is slow" when formatting as adoptable, which I got with a class 10.

youdoofus said:
Have you personally confirmed this? I ask because the answer I gave was based on Samsung's own hardware limitations listed in the phones specs
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Samsung said that the S2 couldn't take any more than 32GB yet in fact it supported 64GB. So, it doesn't mean much what they say.

lingowistico said:
Samsung said that the S2 couldn't take any more than 32GB yet in fact it supported 64GB. So, it doesn't mean much what they say.
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That's a fair point, but I just haven't seen anyone confirm the over 128 GB cards working and I'd hate for a guy to buy one and it only recognize 128 because they're stupid 'spensive!!

can confirm that the S5 has no issues with a 200GB microsd....SDXC class 10....although after formatting, only 186GB available.....

Not sure if anyone has done it yet, but I just pounced on and ebay auction for a 256gb evo+. If there is any intrest in a definitive answer to whether it is compatible or not, I will post back in about a week when I get it. As mentioned above, it should work being sdxc. Wish me luck!