https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extr...eywords=SanDisk+extreme++microSDXC+128GB&th=1
https://www.sandisk.com/home/memory-cards/microsd-cards/extreme-microsd
My moto x pure is on the way but Ive been searching out micro sd cards and this seems to be the best price/performance ratio I can find based on my limited understanding.
Can anyone state otherwise or have an alternative suggestion based on current market?
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-mc12...rd_wg=tK97L&psc=1&refRID=7WWS1TFZTSYQHVXY0YS0
In my experience the biggest issue you will have is counterfeit cards I had 2 PNY cards of the 128 gb variety both supposedly fast cards neither were as fast as advertised they had decent read speeds but the write speeds were around 7MB/s or lower the Last sandisk card i had just quit working very abruptly. Since then i have stuck with G.Skill Sony and samsung cards the g.skill i have is very old and it is also slow the sony's i own preform adequately but the newer samsung cards i now swear by have really impressed me both reads and writes are blazing fast...
Im using this one, Read at 45 MB/s and Write at 18 MB/s. Its ok for me, dont know if will work good for you.
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-microSDXC-Standard-Packaging-SDSQUNC-064G-GN6MA/dp/B010Q588D4
Lexar cards are pretty good just get them from a reputable company and be careful of Amazon as they are full of counterfeit cards.
I got this one for my X Pure. That said, I did get it at Best Buy last year on a sale for about $23 + tax. Pretty darn excellent performance except for the slow write speeds. Normally I wouldn't care about stuff like that but transferring a lot of videos into it can become a bit of a last question from Jeopardy, but completely stretched out.
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Memo...id=1484212153&sr=1-5&keywords=samsung+sd+card
got it
appears to be a legit card first and foremost uhs-1 u3 and 119gb useable.. Retail packaging ..Atto shows read and write just under 20 mb s with included adapter in my built in card reader.. no where near the 90 mb/60 mb potential but to be expected in standard usb card reader. ill see how it does with 4k video on the moto x
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appears to be a legit card first and foremost uhs-1 u3 and 119gb useable.. Retail packaging ..Atto shows read and write just under 20 mb s with included adapter in my built in card reader.. no where near the 90 mb/60 mb potential but to be expected in standard usb card reader. ill see how it does with 4k video on the moto x
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I should mention i tested the samsung cards in my phone and laptop and the write speeds were around 40 MB/s in both read was in the 85-90MB/s As far as my phone goes i did not see much change but when i move things to and from the phone it is a lot faster
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https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-mc12...rd_wg=tK97L&psc=1&refRID=7WWS1TFZTSYQHVXY0YS0
In my experience the biggest issue you will have is counterfeit cards I had 2 PNY cards of the 128 gb variety both supposedly fast cards neither were as fast as advertised they had decent read speeds but the write speeds were around 7MB/s or lower the Last sandisk card i had just quit working very abruptly. Since then i have stuck with G.Skill Sony and samsung cards the g.skill i have is very old and it is also slow the sony's i own preform adequately but the newer samsung cards i now swear by have really impressed me both reads and writes are blazing fast...
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I got the same Samsung card but from Amazon directly instead of a 3rd party seller, only paid $33 for it a few months ago, but I see the price has gone up since then. Hasn't made my phone explode as of yet :laugh::laugh::laugh:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P3NMVVU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I also have a 64gb PNY that I've had no issues with that I bought at a local box store, everything benched within (or close enough to) advertised parameters.
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I should mention i tested the samsung cards in my phone and laptop and the write speeds were around 40 MB/s in both read was in the 85-90MB/s As far as my phone goes i did not see much change but when i move things to and from the phone it is a lot faster
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I got the same Samsung card but from Amazon directly instead of a 3rd party seller, only paid $33 for it a few months ago, but I see the price has gone up since then. Hasn't made my phone explode as of yet :laugh::laugh::laugh:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P3NMVVU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I also have a 64gb PNY that I've had no issues with that I bought at a local box store, everything benched within (or close enough to) advertised parameters.
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Got my moto and the app I found to test in phone shows around 40 mb write and 80 mb read... Not bad, Although this is the same or slower than your reported speeds for the samsung but was this the evo Plus? JJust asking for the benefit of others mostly it depends whats available for the $ AT THE TIME. It would be interesting though if the evo plus performed better than the sandisk UHS-1 u3 rated card
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Got my moto and the app I found to test in phone shows around 40 mb write and 80 mb read... Not bad, Although this is the same or slower than your reported speeds for the samsung but was this the evo Plus? JJust asking for the benefit of others mostly it depends whats available for the $ AT THE TIME. It would be interesting though if the evo plus performed better than the sandisk UHS-1 u3 rated card
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Mine was NOT the Evo Plus card.
Well, if anyone is looking at a decent deal on a 128gb card, B+H has this Samsung 128 GB card cheap: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...g_mb_mc128da_am_128gb_evo_micosdxc_class.html
best buy has it on sale as well, but for $60: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung...=4568502&productCategoryId=pcmcat351600050002
i just ordered one from B+H for my MXPE. (32gb/32gb just isn't cutting it)
UPDATE: the $40 at B&H was well worth...
You really must buy these things on Black Friday - Cyber Monday weekend. It is the cheapest time for flash memory and downloadable software ( antivirus upgrades, photo software, etc etc)
This card dropped to $ 99 , then $49. I grabbed for all of our Androids, and have 2 left over for other uses that may come up. Even if $49.99 is too expensive, they had the 64gb for $25.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sandisk...-class-10-memory-card/5110501.p?skuId=5110501
..It is the uhs-I class 3 as photo shows.. not 10 as description says. Best Buy listings have several errors in wrong photo in correct listing, and vice versa.
( Btw... The Extreme Pro is now their UHS-II products.. Which you would get no use out of..And one test I saw said it could run slower in a uhs-I device..And those did not drop as much in price, if at all for the holiday sales.)
I'll chime in and say that it depends on if you're planning on doing adoptable storage (or 50/50 or 75/25 percent externalSD/adoptable space like I do), I have your answer right here.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01273JZMG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
You MUST go with the Samsung EVO+. This recommendation is valid as of mid-2016, that's when I bought mine, so perhaps something has come out since then that's faster.
But assuming not, which is probably the case, I did my research and the Evo+ is the only card on the market that can consistently hit the highest RANDOM r/w speeds. That's important because many cards will advertise their high R/W speeds but they are referring to the sequential speeds, aka writing a block of sequential data in a linear fashion to the card, aka image or video data. Adoptable storage means reading from many separate sectors of the card (where different apps' data is stored) and writing back to them, all at as high a speed as possible to maintain interactivity with your finger, which will always be bottlenecked compared to a predictable sequential write.
Trust me, I didn't think it mattered when I bought a 128GB PNY card for relatively cheap (not a fake one either, I didn't want to take chances so I bought legit off Amazon), set it up in adoptable storage and then balked as Facebook and Snapchat would hang for full seconds at a time, making the apps all but completely unusable. And this was a pretty highly-reviewed card, but then again most of the cards you'll find on the front page of an Amazon search are too. I did some googling and while I can't remember my sources, if you look around you'll find that the Evo+ is kind of in a league of its own, as it's the most recent iteration of Samsung's line and is essentially the fastest card available right now. I returned the PNY and splurged on a 64gb Evo+, dropping some storage space quantity in favor of quality. While apps aren't still quite as PERFECTly responsive as on the internal storage, it's a HELL of a lot better than with the other card, like an order of magnitude better, and in the 6+ months I've been using it I actually haven't noticed the infinitesimally small lag which makes it great in my book.
So, if you are only planning on using the card to take pictures and video, music, or other static data you'll probably be ok with any decent cheap card. But if you're even thinking of setting up adopted storage, or honestly even if you aren't, I'd recommend going with the most blazingly fast card you can get because otherwise you're just going to have a bad time. This is one of those things where cutting corners even a little bit brings down the whole house of cards.
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i know that there are different classes of cards: 2, 4, or 6 but what are the main idifferences and will it effect my phone in anyway if i get a 2 compaired to 6?
Heard that Class 4 is the optimum for the Nexus one...anything more than class 4 it wont make a lotta difference.
I can tell you I have an 8g Sandisk Class2 and an 8g Transcend Class6. The Sandisk blew it away in speed comparisons. Not all SDs are equal. I wouldn't have believed it but I tested it myself. Yo have to have root and adb but there is a speedtest on Cyanogen's forums. I tested each 3 times and averaged. The Sandisk was faster by a considerable amount. I also think the Class4 would be optimal and would spend a bit extra on the Sandisk.
I just got a 16gb Patriot Class 2 to replace the 4gb Class 2 stock sd card. My response the first time I opened Gallery "OMFG HOLY CRAP". Instead of the typical 3-5 second load I am at about .5-1 second. Write speed is amazing. This card is just fan-damn-tastic.
I can say I tried a Class 6 16gb off-brand prior to this (my dog ate it) and it had none of the characteristics of this current card.
So for my money, before you consider Class, consider Brand / Quality. The better quality cards will always outperform the lesser cards. If you are worried about the Class (transfer/write speed) then get a good brand and higher class...but for me, the Class 2 Patriot is amazeballs.
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I just got a 16gb Patriot Class 2 to replace the 4gb Class 2 stock sd card. My response the first time I opened Gallery "OMFG HOLY CRAP". Instead of the typical 3-5 second load I am at about .5-1 second. Write speed is amazing. This card is just fan-damn-tastic.
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hhmm, never heard of Patriot.
I've used SanDisk and Transcend before.
My current one is the stock one that came with the phone.
However, with your "OMFG HOLY CRAP" emotional outburst I'm thinking of researching that brand
I really want a 32 gb microsd card for the n1. Yeah I know its kinda overkill but it would be my card for life really. I just wish there would be a day when I could walk into a best buy and pick one up.
i used patriot ram in my computers, good brand, didnt know they made sd cards, i think ill grab one, right now i have 4gb scandisk class6 seems fast and smooth
I have this one coming...
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2010/KINGSTON/Kingston-Class10-16GB-SDHC-Review/p2.htm
I have no idea if there will be anything worth forking out over for a class 10 card but since my wife has been belly-aching for speedier storage in her video camera I figure I got nothing to lose. Doesn't wow me in the phone it can find a home in her camera. Somebodies got to take one for the team....
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I really want a 32 gb microsd card for the n1. Yeah I know its kinda overkill but it would be my card for life really. I just wish there would be a day when I could walk into a best buy and pick one up.
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http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandis...disk-first-to-ship-32-gigabyte-microsdhc-card
They will come. In fact, a webshop here home has put it up for pre-sale allready and has a unconfirmed arrival date June 1st.
price will be here $180 dollars +/-. But will be way cheaper in the states.
http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=594226
(site is in Norwegian)
The thing that bothers me about Sandisk (besides the price) is even on their own website they don't list what speed class the cards are. On Amazon I can only find class 2 cards. What's up with that? Maybe class 2 would be enough but I'd be more comfortable with class 4 or 6. Do they even make them in that speed?
ChillRays said:
I really want a 32 gb microsd card for the n1. Yeah I know its kinda overkill but it would be my card for life really. I just wish there would be a day when I could walk into a best buy and pick one up.
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I want one too, but not at their current going rate of $200.
I'll probably end up picking up a 16gb one soon since the 32gb ones aren't in any hurry to get cheaper.
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The thing that bothers me about Sandisk (besides the price) is even on their own website they don't list what speed class the cards are. On Amazon I can only find class 2 cards. What's up with that? Maybe class 2 would be enough but I'd be more comfortable with class 4 or 6. Do they even make them in that speed?
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On amazons search I typed in 16 GB class 6 micro SD and it pulled some up along with a passel of other sd cards.
The class # classification has merit behind it. But unfortunately cheap manafacturers are abusing the system.
I bought a sandisk 16gb class 2 card not too many weeks after it appeared on the market as the first 16gb card. Never have i wanted for more speed. Songs load up instantly in the music player and the gallery has no lag at all. Don't fall victim to high class # claims. Just go with a manufacturer that you know and trust. For me that's sandisk.
im already sending back my first class 10 card.bought it from newegg but had to get kingston to replace.had problem with corrupt data and making my nexus go loopy.kingston replaced it without any hassles.
krabman said:
I have this one coming...
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2010/KINGSTON/Kingston-Class10-16GB-SDHC-Review/p2.htm
I have no idea if there will be anything worth forking out over for a class 10 card but since my wife has been belly-aching for speedier storage in her video camera I figure I got nothing to lose. Doesn't wow me in the phone it can find a home in her camera. Somebodies got to take one for the team....
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hey guys i stay in dubai and i have searched the computer vendors and they only have sandisk class 2 cards and nokia's class 4 cards so if i buy nokia's class 4 mu 44 will it function properly if i want to install app2sd?
Not sure why i cant find it on the bestbuy website but i know its still there at the store bc i seen them there again just a few days ago, i bought mine a few months ago but anyways i found a PNY 4 gig class 6 HC-->high capacity i think, its in the camera section and sells in the black and red pack, not the black and gold one they also have. I bought mine regular price $22.99 which isnt too bad for not buying it on the web. It made my G1 songs and pics load blazing fast and ive since replaced my stock nexus card and have noticed a night and day difference on certain things pertaining to sd. just thought id share what i thought was a good deal. Later, veritas
also wanted to add that ive prolly reformated with parted literally between 100-175 times and really no slower rates on anything and barely a smidge shaved off the top
Hey guys,
got my new SanDisk 32GB MicroSDHC (Class 2) Card yesterday and it is performing great so far.
But before that, I'd like to warn you that there are tons of fake cards floating around.
I bought a 32GB Card one week ago and it turned out to be fake:
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I've tested to write the full capacity to the card but apparently this card only holds up to 1,9GB.
DON'T BUY FROM EBAY OR OTHER "SMALL BUSINESS SHOPS" You'll most likely get a fake card.
Really pissed after this experience I decided to buy from a reliable computer shop and spend more money and received my 32GB Card yesterday, and what can I say? It's better than I expected for a Class 2 card.
Check out the results here:
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As you can see, this card is genuine and you can write up to ~30GB to it.
The write speed with 5,21mb/s is pretty good for a Class 2 Card. Also the read speed is quite decent with 14 mb/s
This is more than sufficient for HD video recording and all the other things you'd wanna do with your Galaxy S.
I didn't expierence any lags with my phone using this card. Switching between photos, music etc.... all goes very smoothly.
Here's also a HDTune (3.50) shot for you guys interested in the read iops:
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Verdict: All things considered, I think this card performs fairly well without slowing down my Galaxy S. Watching tons videos/photos, listening to a huge music library and not having to worry about storage is really great.
The only downside of this card is the price (I've paid 108€) but considering the fact that the iPhone with 32GB is bloody expensive and with this card you would have up to 40GB of storage on your Galaxy S, this card is really a bargain and I fully recommend it.
That's great! I'm also considering to buy one the 16gb class4 version, but it seems difficult to find in Europe.
Where did you get your 32GB card?
30424 Mbye = 29.7109375 gb
What happened to the rest of the 2gb?
accinfo said:
30424 Mbye = 29.7109375 gb
What happened to the rest of the 2gb?
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some space will be taken by the file allocation table when the card is formatted as with all drives from harddrive to memory cards.
also the 32gb is somewhat less than 32gb in true storage size
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Where did you get your 32GB card?
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I've bought it in Germany (ARLT Computer).
talking about memory and disk stuff,
32GB=32.000.000.000 bytes
wich is, 30517,58 MB or 29,80 GB
this is for the simple fact
a 8GB hard disk contains 8.000.000.000 bytes
a 8GB ram stick contains 8*1024*1024*1024=8589934592 bytes
That's a lot of cash considering a non-fake Toshiba Class 2 16gb is currently selling for £17.99 delivered in the UK?
€108 equates to about £90!
32GB cards are currently considerably more expensive than 2 x 16GB cards.
Where's the deal on that 16GB in the UK btw...?
So you can use micro SD HC cards with the galaxy s? I was told that you had to use an adapter because the device only has a micro SD slot? Sorry if this is a silly question, i haven't really dealt with external flash storage that much apart from my old sony ericsson walkman phone which used stick pro duo or something like that.
newsgroupmonkey said:
That's a lot of cash considering a non-fake Toshiba Class 2 16gb is currently selling for £17.99 delivered in the UK?
€108 equates to about £90!
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well I bought my 32GB sandisk at vodafone inkl an usb card reader for I believe 80pounds but couldnt find them anywhere else neither carphonewarehouse and other stores ... was worth the money ...
kempas said:
32GB cards are currently considerably more expensive than 2 x 16GB cards.
Where's the deal on that 16GB in the UK btw...?
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Can be found here
They also have a Sandisk one for only 2 pounds more.
that is right, currently it is not worth buying the 32GB
is cheaper to have 2 x 16 GB of Class 6
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that is right, currently it is not worth buying the 32GB
is cheaper to have 2 x 16 GB of Class 6
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Er, that depends. To me having a 32GB card is well worth the extra expense, may not be to others, but its not a black and white issue as you suggest.
@GalaxyFan88 how's your Sandisk 32Gb? It doesn't lag your SGS?
I'm also considering on buying one. I'll check out the price here at Singapore's COMEX event tomorrow. Last time I checked it is still SGD168
Volcacius said:
That's great! I'm also considering to buy one the 16gb class4 version, but it seems difficult to find in Europe.
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No they're not: http://www.memoryc.com/products/des...microSDHC_Memory_Card_w_SD_adapter/index.html
Bought from them previously, reliable. This card should be good enough to use in my HD sanyo.
I don't know about class 2 cards... whats the HD bitrate on i9000?
DaRkMyk said:
@GalaxyFan88 how's your Sandisk 32Gb? It doesn't lag your SGS?
I'm also considering on buying one. I'll check out the price here at Singapore's COMEX event tomorrow. Last time I checked it is still SGD168
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Yea, it doesn't lag; at least there is nothing what I would describe as "laggy".
It does take some time to load 100s of photos on the gallery app, but I think this is quite normal.
At least if I view a hires picture, it opens up near instantly. Switching between pics and focusing also happens very quickly.
I'm happy with it so far. Having used this card for more than two months I don't have any complaints at all and I fully recommend it.
How is 720p hd recording with the card? Try it and see if the recorded video is stuttering. Ty.
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it records to the internal SD
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Yea, it doesn't lag; at least there is nothing what I would describe as "laggy".
It does take some time to load 100s of photos on the gallery app, but I think this is quite normal.
At least if I view a hires picture, it opens up near instantly. Switching between pics and focusing also happens very quickly.
I'm happy with it so far. Having used this card for more than two months I don't have any complaints at all and I fully recommend it.
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Great!!! Gonna buy today! wee.. I hope my Media Scanner service won't choke up when I load all my media...!
Have you tried to play 720p MKVs from the memory card, how was it?
Long time lurker looking forward to (when available) getting a Transformer
Could any users advise whether it is worth getting a class 6 or 10 micro SD card, or would class 2 be fast enough?
I'm looking to primarily using it to store music and video so would there be any problems with playback using slower cards?
Also any recommendations for cards welcomed too. Thanks
I've got this Sandisk 16GB one and it works perfectly, it's only a class 4 but works perfectly and is fast enough. The picture is wrong on the listing though, it shows a class 2 but the product is a class 4!
The class rating is basically the write speed the card is capable of so obviously the higher speed the better. Any class card will suit your purpose though, as the read speeds are always pretty fast. If I was buying one I'd probably get a class 10 though as the prices are almost the same as class 2 ones. This one looks decent PNY 16GB Micro SD Memory Card / Class 10 from play.com
It's not just write speeds. Read speeds vary wildly too, and they're not generally marked anywhere. For the best read speeds, you either want to research individual card models (and stay with name brands, because off-brands -- even relatively well-known ones -- frequently vary wildly from card to card of the same model, because they use whatever controller etc. is cheapest on the day), or you want to go for cards with high write speeds (which are generally faster for reads too).
Either way, go major name brand if you want speed. And buy from somewhere well-trusted -- Amazon direct (not a third party selling through Amazon), a major retail chain, etc. Flash cards are one of the most common counterfeit products around, because they're tiny, a standard size / shape, and extremely easy to smuggle.
I was looking to buy a 32Gb micro sd card but I am not sure what class this phone will take. I was thinking about buying a class 10 but I wanted to know if anyone else has any experience?
homegeek said:
I was looking to buy a 32Gb micro sd card but I am not sure what class this phone will take. I was thinking about buying a class 10 but I wanted to know if anyone else has any experience?
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I'm using an adata 32gb class 10 card and it flies. Check on newegg for cards if you haven't already. The price seems to be dropping on these cards recently. What was once 120 dollars is down below the 100 mark or less!
I am running a 16 gig class 4 Sandisk card, and it runs well.
Played with the camera some, and recorded some video to test it out. Haven't had any problems there.
Also loaded some movies to the sdcard, and played them both on the device and through a video cable to a t.v., didn't see any issues so far - but I haven't had a lot of time to dig into it. Currently only tested .avi video using mobo player.
No problems transferring data back and forth through the device to the sdcard when plugging into the computer. Loads up right away as an external drive (windows machine), drag and drop, edit files on the device, etc... no problems.
I have a pny class 10 (8 gig) I could compare it to if you're interested, otherwise i'll get around to that eventually anyway.
Is there a god benchmark app to use on the device itself to compare memory cards?
(I know these card capacities are way below what you're asking, but I don't have any 32 gig cards to throw at the question yet - may be a while before I get any)
Blue6IX said:
I am running a 16 gig class 4 Sandisk card, and it runs well.
Played with the camera some, and recorded some video to test it out. Haven't had any problems there.
Also loaded some movies to the sdcard, and played them both on the device and through a video cable to a t.v., didn't see any issues so far - but I haven't had a lot of time to dig into it. Currently only tested .avi video using mobo player.
No problems transferring data back and forth through the device to the sdcard when plugging into the computer. Loads up right away as an external drive (windows machine), drag and drop, edit files on the device, etc... no problems.
I have a pny class 10 (8 gig) I could compare it to if you're interested, otherwise i'll get around to that eventually anyway.
Is there a god benchmark app to use on the device itself to compare memory cards?
(I know these card capacities are way below what you're asking, but I don't have any 32 gig cards to throw at the question yet - may be a while before I get any)
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Search "SD Tools" on the market man, very interested to see your results
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This reference might come in useful http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/sdcard_data_charts
What's the cheapest place to buy cards? Usually I've bought from Amazon. I always have thought it was cheaper than Newegg. Thoughts?
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What's the cheapest place to buy cards? Usually I've bought from Amazon. I always have thought it was cheaper than Newegg. Thoughts?
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I always trust Newegg with my SD cards. They have a good selection at good to very good prices and their customer service is Eggcellent! (sorry, I couldn't resist )
Everytime I've had an issue with any of their cards (only 2 times now), they promptly remedied the situation to my satisfaction.
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Search "SD Tools" on the market man, very interested to see your results
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I can most definitely say that the class 10 shows a significant speed difference on the phone then the class 2 and 4 cards i've been swapping in and out.
I'll be picking up some more class 10 cards from different manufacturers to do a speed comparison like I did with the Nook Color, but for the moment I feel completely safe in recommending a class 10 card over a lesser class.
On the Nook Color, we were running CM7 from the MicroSD card itself, and learned that the operating system depends on small-block read/write moreso then large-block read/write in order to run well.
It was hard, at first, to figure out what was making a difference, but after tons of people posted up test results using a specific benchmark software we narrowed it down to SanDisk brand cards, specifically the class 2/4 cards in the largest capacity you could find as the winners of quality.
All other manufacturers were focusing on large-block read/write speeds to use as their metric for quality, while SanDisk paid extra attention to small-block read/write to give a balanced card.
This made a lot of sense from a general manufacturing standpoint for the majority of businesses out there. Digital cameras/camcorders and file storage were the main usage of flash memory cards - and that kind of stuff is all large chunks of data. Streaming video, transferring large files or groups of pictures has little to nothing to do with small-block read/write.
When it became evident that SanDisk was the only manufacturer focusing on the actual specifications we needed to rely on to run an operating system from the flash memory card, the general recommendation became to say get a SanDisk over in the Nook Color forums here at XDA.
From the research i've done in that direction, carrying it forward here, i'm finding that small-block read/write has little impact on the proper running of this phone. We aren't running the operating system from the memory card, like we were there, and the information transferred back and forth is in greater chunks.
Generally speaking, and before I can conclusively state anything, PNY looks like they are going to be our recommendation here for this phone. I say this not to make that recommendation now, but to challenge people to prove that wrong.
PNY has built their business around speed based on large-block read/write capability for their flash memory. They were my general recommendation before my Nook Color experiences for that reason.
My class 10 PNY card (8 Gig) blows away everything else i've got in this phone so far. I've run a couple class 4 SanDisk (16 Gig) a class 2 SanDisk (16 Gig) and 5 different class 4 SanDisk (8 Gig) cards in this phone so far.
I don't have conclusive speed test data correlated from the phone yet, but it's coming. (There's a ton of stuff i'm testing all at once on this phone, I simply don't have time for it all even with the long days i'm putting into it)
Right now the new ROMS starting to filter out are getting put on my testing schedule, as well as constant video testing with as many televisions as I can come into contact with using several different cables. The GPS / A-GPS issue is my biggest front-and-center concern at the moment, and until that's hammered out to my satisfaction I won't be able to sit down and speed test the memory cards in the phone within a variable-controlled testing environment.
Give me a few weeks to get the rest of it worked out and i'll be able to sit down and make side-by-side speed test comparisons of all the cards I have, and that'll give me some time to get more cash together to get some decent class 10 cards to use in the testing.
Right now, my class 10 card seems to perform the best. Can anyone refute this, or substantiate it with their own results?
If you do get a 32GB, the Lexar 32GB Class 10 is an excellent choice. I've done extensive research before purchasing mine off of newegg ...
The card is solid and has impressive read/write speeds that can't be touched to date. If you google it, you should be able to find some comparisons as I did. (Note: It may not show up on the first page of results...I remember going through a lot and typing different words when researching...)
Advice: DO NOT BUY THE PIECE OF CRAP ONES OFF OF ?BAY. THOSE ARE PIECE OF JUNKS FROM CHINA AND MOST ALL FAKES. THEY ARE 2GB CARDS WITH A PROGRAM HACK TO HAVE IT READ AS 32GB. ANYTHING MADE IN CHINA, STAY AWAY. WE ALL KNOW THAT...
THE LEXAR IS REPUTABLE AND IS MADE IN KOREA, WHICH IS THE BEST OF THE BEST IN CHIP / MEMORY, PERIOD. WELL LCD'S TOO...
FYI: I'm not one to fall for second best when I could enjoy having the best of the best. Lexar 32GB Class 10 is the way to go.
homegeek said:
I was looking to buy a 32Gb micro sd card but I am not sure what class this phone will take. I was thinking about buying a class 10 but I wanted to know if anyone else has any experience?
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don't get a 32g class 10 patriot card unless they fixed them
the one i got in january keeps corrupting data on my phones but no other devices.
iunlock said:
If you do get a 32GB, the Lexar 32GB Class 10 is an excellent choice. I've done extensive research before purchasing mine off of newegg ...
The card is solid and has impressive read/write speeds that can't be touched to date. If you google it, you should be able to find some comparisons as I did. (Note: It may not show up on the first page of results...I remember going through a lot and typing different words when researching...)
Advice: DO NOT BUY THE PIECE OF CRAP ONES OFF OF ?BAY. THOSE ARE PIECE OF JUNKS FROM CHINA AND MOST ALL FAKES. THEY ARE 2GB CARDS WITH A PROGRAM HACK TO HAVE IT READ AS 32GB. ANYTHING MADE IN CHINA, STAY AWAY. WE ALL KNOW THAT...
THE LEXAR IS REPUTABLE AND IS MADE IN KOREA, WHICH IS THE BEST OF THE BEST IN CHIP / MEMORY, PERIOD. WELL LCD'S TOO...
FYI: I'm not one to fall for second best when I could enjoy having the best of the best. Lexar 32GB Class 10 is the way to go.
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Half the stuff in your home is prolly from China.
Anywayz, I know that the Class 10 cards actually do give better speeds. My question is does it matter for our phones? Is the SD card a bottleneck for the Doubleshot?
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Anywayz, I know that the Class 10 cards actually do give better speeds. My question is does it matter for our phones? Is the SD card a bottleneck for the Doubleshot?
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Yep, positively.
I had a PNY class 10 8-gig card, specifically advertised as "high speed data transfer" and it was.
I had a bunch of SanDisk class 4 - 8 gig cards, and some SanDisk class 4/2 - 16-gig cards laying around from the memory speed tests I did on the Nook Color.
Whereas the Nook Color requires manufacturing attention to small block read/write data paths, the MT4GS requires large block read/write data paths to be more robust on the physical circuitry of the card.
I restore half a dozen to a dozen CWM backups on my phone a day. There was a noticeable shortness in the time spent restoring a full backup from the class 10 PNY card.
What we learned last time, and the links are in the bottom line of my signature, is that SanDisk cards are ideal for the Nook Color, because that particular manufacturer makes a more balanced card. For the ( for now ) niche market of running an android installation from a MicroSD card, either you get a SanDisk card or you go home crying.
This phone, or any phone, is just the kind of device that the class 10 MicroSD cards are targeted at and made for. Large block read/write transfer applies to things like:
-Streaming media (movies, music)
-Playing media from the MicroSD card
-Playing most games, at least the higher-end graphics-wise ones.
-Transferring large chunks of data...like recovery images, folders of pictures, movies, etcetera and so on...
When the phone tries to grab stuff from the MicroSD card, it usually does so in large enough grabs where it falls into the category of large block file transfer.
I was trying to do memory tests on this phone with benchmarks that can be compared like the threads in my sig, but for the moment i'm too wrapped up in other stuff for this phone.
Until I can throw blocks of time at testing, and only testing in one sitting I can't control the variables I can influence enough to validate my results to myself, let alone to share here. Meanwhile, i'm keeping an eye on this thread, so keep asking questions and experimenting!
Nice, Blue! I'm going to pick up a class 10. I am specifically wondering about gallery rendering. I use my MT4GS for looooooooots of photos and videos. I open the gallery constantly and it takes a while to pull all of the content. I currently have a 32gb class 4. I'll report back my findings.
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Nice, Blue! I'm going to pick up a class 10. I am specifically wondering about gallery rendering. I use my MT4GS for looooooooots of photos and videos. I open the gallery constantly and it takes a while to pull all of the content. I currently have a 32gb class 4. I'll report back my findings.
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Yep, you'll notice a sizeable difference going from a class 4 to 10, even though you didn't mention the manufacturer.
I really, really wanted to use the stock gingerbread gallery from Google, but it's just not as good with loading pictures as the stock HTC gallery is.
I've compared them both using the same memory cards, and while the Google gallery is good using a class 10 card (PNY in my case, 8 gig) anything less and it won't load all the pictures the first, second, or even third time you kick it up.
I like the Google gallery better, because it means I can eliminate the sense frameworks altogether on the MT4GS, but it just can't compare to how well and correctly the sense gallery works.
Shame, looks like i'm stuck with sense, but i've not been loading anywhere near the number of pictures you are talking about.
I am eagerly awaiting whatever results you care to share moving up to a 32G class 10 card - let me know what manufacturer you end up going with.
I want one, but it's just so hard for me to justify the cost of it against other things I have to spend my money on, since I have about a dozen MicroSD cards here sitting in front of me.
I just broke my class 10 PNY card yesterday - pulled the cord from the pc before it said ready to eject, while it was trying to make it ready to eject. Now the card won't format in any device or compter I put it in - dammit.
Maybe I can convince myself to buy one if it seems like it made a drastic difference to you, since I don't have any class 10 cards left now.
It all depends on what card you get. I recommend both 32GB cards in my signature.
I have a pny 32gb class 10. $50 at bestbuy few weeks ago. So fare i have no lag or issue.
LEXAR 32GB class 10. My QuickPic gallery opens up instantly. Load times are negligible. The photos are just there! I moved up from a SanDisk 32gb class 4.
SD Tools measures it as writing at 10MB/sec.
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I wanted a balanced card for everyday moderate use. Based on Blue6IX's comment in post # 14, I decided to go for SanDisk. Observing that the MT4GS came with a SanDisk Class 4 card and the speed was sufficient for my moderate use, I just upgraded the size with a 32GB SanDisk Class 4 card.
Since I changed my signature, I'm running a Wintec 32GB class 10 card in my Doubleshot and an ADATA 32GB class 4 card in my Vision. Both cards run pretty well, especially since I have the real A2SD running in the Vision.
I also recommend PNY's cards. Best Buy has those on the shelves if you don't want to wait for UPS to deliver it.
I just ordered a 64GB card from Sandisk. It's supposed to come in Tuesday. If it works I'll post back here.
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i want good fast microSD for my tablet but alot of them on the web so i want hear from you guys which one i should get
PS. i live in EU
Just get an Sandisk or Samsung brand as they have the best quality, the price is around £62 last time i looked.
John.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
Just get an Sandisk or Samsung brand as they have the best quality, the price is around £62 last time i looked.
John.
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If you are shopping online be careful of fakes if you decide to go for sandisk (there are a lot of fake sandisk cards) You are also going to want a UHS-1 card for fthe faster transfer speeds, especially if you plan to load app data on the card.
I personally like the Samsung Evo microSD line, since I am not in Europe I can't give you prices over there, but they are between $90-$140 USD in the States at nation wide retailers (far far less at more specialized stores, ones I trust)
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If you are shopping online be careful of fakes if you decide to go for sandisk (there are a lot of fake sandisk cards) You are also going to want a UHS-1 card for fthe faster transfer speeds, especially if you plan to load app data on the card.
I personally like the Samsung Evo microSD line, since I am not in Europe I can't give you prices over there, but they are between $90-$140 USD in the States at nation wide retailers (far far less at more specialized stores, ones I trust)
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i know i got troll two time from ebay
Samsung 128 GB Grade 1 Class 10 EVO Micro SDXC Memory Card
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Gra...4545&sr=1-2&keywords=Samsung+Memory+128GB+Evo
John.
I have to ask because it will bug me. What are you planning on putting on your tab that you need 128GB of microSD space. I could easily understand if more applications actually took advantage of app2sd but even rooted there are some heavy issues with getting it to sortof work. Are you a massive music or movie fan that needs a large collection on your travels away from your home data storage solution (nas, pc, dvd boxes, ect....)?
I have my 64gb filled with my Anime episodes video`s, I wish i had the money for an 128gb, but not at the moment.
John.
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I have to ask because it will bug me. What are you planning on putting on your tab that you need 128GB of microSD space. I could easily understand if more applications actually took advantage of app2sd but even rooted there are some heavy issues with getting it to sortof work. Are you a massive music or movie fan that needs a large collection on your travels away from your home data storage solution (nas, pc, dvd boxes, ect....)?
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for torrent, games, movies,