Which 32gb card should I get? I heard there are classes for each.
When I buy one, what is the best method that I should transfer my data from the 8 GB one to the new one?
Is there anything else important that I have to know like reformatting the new card before using it? Will the phone do that already?
Thanks!
I doubt they have the faster classes yet. The 8gb that came with the Evo is a class 2, and for most people that's fine. If you have unusually high bitrate MP3s or something, you might run into issues with a class 2, but you should probably be fine.
Most of the higher class cards are made for cameras and such. RAW on DSLRs are like what, 50+ mb files? You need a fast memory card to be able to take more than one shot at a time.
I always move things from a smaller card to a bigger one via my PC and copy and paste. I usually set up a folder on the desktop, copy into there, then copy that out into the new card. You get a nice backup of your card that way too.
You shouldn't need to do anything special to install the card, just pop it in. If you just copy and paste like I do, the phone won't miss a beat, all your ringtones and stuff will show right back up.
Check Verizon, They were having a spexial, 95 bucks for a scandisk class 2 works fine for all but hiher bitrate stuff. Beware of cheap ones on ebay and such, thay are almost always fakes.
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As far as transfering, copying the whole thing to your pc and back to the new card will be fine.
If you want to be careful about it, snag a windows app that will generate md5 hashes recusively and check on card then on disk and then on new card.
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Thanks all.
Borg1982 said:
Which 32gb card should I get? I heard there are classes for each.
When I buy one, what is the best method that I should transfer my data from the 8 GB one to the new one?
Is there anything else important that I have to know like reformatting the new card before using it? Will the phone do that already?
Thanks!
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Only Class 2 32GB microSDHC exists.
Go with the Kingston 16 GB Class 10
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Micr...?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1281321236&sr=1-12
When I added my card I just formated it and put it in and it works fine. Not sure if I had to copy files from the old one but every thing works fine.
rhconcepts said:
Go with the Kingston 16 GB Class 10
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When I added my card I just formated it and put it in and it works fine. Not sure if I had to copy files from the old one but every thing works fine.
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ordered mine on friday, cant wait for it arrive this week sometime
(i wasnt allowed 2 post a link here since im a new user, but buy the 1 from etech, ull save about $8 over the link above...)
i got it for $99.98 including tax+shipping, etc... it also comes with the adapter...
rhconcepts said:
Go with the Kingston 16 GB Class 10
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Micr...?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1281321236&sr=1-12
When I added my card I just formated it and put it in and it works fine. Not sure if I had to copy files from the old one but every thing works fine.
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I got this card and I was disappointed in it's performance. I downloaded an SD speed tester from the market and tested my stock 8gb class 2 card and got around 1.75mb/s write time and around 2.5mb/s read time. With the 16gb class 10 (as above) I got marginally better results; 2.28mb/s write and 3.42mb/s read. Better, yes, but I probably would have gotten the same with a class 6 and maybe even a class 4. *shrug* These are only my experiences, maybe you'll have better luck.
jerryparid said:
Only Class 2 32GB microSDHC exists.
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http://www.buy.com/prod/3c-pro-32gb...ss-4-with-sd-adapter/q/loc/101/216378749.html ?
http://www.buy.com/prod/topram-32gb...card-class-4-with-sd/q/loc/101/216378751.html ?
spiicytuna said:
I got this card and I was disappointed in it's performance. I downloaded an SD speed tester from the market and tested my stock 8gb class 2 card and got around 1.75mb/s write time and around 2.5mb/s read time. With the 16gb class 10 (as above) I got marginally better results; 2.28mb/s write and 3.42mb/s read. Better, yes, but I probably would have gotten the same with a class 6 and maybe even a class 4. *shrug* These are only my experiences, maybe you'll have better luck.
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it may also be the it isn't the card that is the bottleneck, could be the r/w of the phone. if it can't write that fast, then having a fast card isn't going to do anything but sit there wasted.
My 16gb class to write speed was 7mb read 4mb on my evo
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What class is the default EVO 8 GB card?
timothydonohue said:
it may also be the it isn't the card that is the bottleneck, could be the r/w of the phone. if it can't write that fast, then having a fast card isn't going to do anything but sit there wasted.
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That is exactly my point. The op + others could save money by going with a cheaper card. I found out I have a 4gb class 4 at home, so I will test that tonight to see what its throughput is and post back here.
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martyzidek said:
My 16gb class to write speed was 7mb read 4mb on my evo
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Which program are you using to benchmark?
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Hello all,
Ive got a spare 16GB Micro SDHC card which i have swapped for the stock 2GB version that came with the Desire, but it is only a Class 2.
Having read that its best to use Class 6, should i shell out £50 for a new one, or will i not notice a difference in class ?
Dunno - I'm using a class 2 16gb card myself and I don't notice much slowdown if at all. I'm surprised these things haven't come down in price after two years... key thing is do you notice any slowdown with apps that access the SD card? like I say, I haven't thus far...
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i read somwhere that class 4 is enough coz the phones do not support hihger speeds. class 6 will help you if you will take card to the card reader straight to the computer... it think
hot-fuzz said:
... Having read that its best to use Class 6 ...
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Where have you read that, please?
tomeeq12 said:
i read somwhere that class 4 is enough coz the phones do not support hihger speeds. class 6 will help you if you will take card to the card reader straight to the computer... it think
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Thats what i ......... think. Im sure it only matters if its connected to the PC, and in that case i dont care.
I read it on another forum that i wont link too
Class 6 are almost double the price of Class 2.
You don't NEED to get one, I did use a Class 2 card for a few days and didn't have any problems.
Personally I am using a Class 6 now, as I regularly transfer a lot of big media files onto the card, so the extra speed is worth it for me.
If you don't fancy forking out though, you don't have to.
I totally agree, My desire came with a 4gb sandisk class memory card which I initially assumed was class 4 until I took the card out yesterday...connecting the desire to my pc and switching to usb drive mode, i am able to transfer my movies etc to the memory at +/- 8Meg per sec which is more than adequate enough for me...I was about to get a 16gb one but was thinking of getting the class 6 one until i discovered the one I currently have is class 2, so I just made up my mind and went for a class 2 16gb, saved me money....
They only refer to the write speed of the card, i came from a 8gb class 6 and now have a 16gb class 2 and notice no difference, only difference is the write speed from pc to card.
Even though i got a class 2 i still see 4-6mb/s so happy enough with that.
I have a class 10 16Gb card in phone. Read and write speeds seem to be limited to around 8Mb per second (copying uncompressed music). Using an adapter, the computer is able to copy at 14Mb+ using the same card.
They just seem a big outlay for nothing to me, lets face it the only big write time is when you transfer everything across from your previous card once the stuff is on there the write times really won't be much of a problem.
The main reason you will find people suggesting class 6 and above SD cards is due to "Apps to SD". For the Newbies "Apps to SD" or A2SD is a modification that has been done on most android phones (though not the desire at time of writing) which allows the Apps you download to be stored on the SD card rather than the phones limited internal memory. I am not sure if it makes a huge difference to the faster processor phones, but in the G1 days it was noticeable. For just moving music and pictures about it isn't really important to have a faster card and we may have to wait a while for A2SD anyway. I will pop over to the N1 forum and see if they can shed some light on this.
Anyone using a microSD 16GB Class 4, if so are they any good? I'm looking at buying one for the Desire. Also where's the best place to get a deal on one of these card?
Hello people,
I just came across this microsd card deal:
http://mobile.dailysteals.com/Default.aspx
this is samsung 16 gb class 2 micro sd card. But I am not sure if this is a good deal or not? can anyone tell me ?
Thank you,
Class 2 cards are SLOOOOW! I'd much rather spend a few bucks and get a faster one. I wouldn't get anything less than class 6, and usually go for the class 10 cards. Basically, the speed for a class 2 card is 2 MB/s, a class 6 is 6 MB/s, and so on.
bknust said:
Class 2 cards are SLOOOOW! I'd much rather spend a few bucks and get a faster one. I wouldn't get anything less than class 6, and usually go for the class 10 cards. Basically, the speed for a class 2 card is 2 MB/s, a class 6 is 6 MB/s, and so on.
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Yes that is what I read somewhere. Just wanted to confirm. Thanks for helping me out.
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Classes only apply to minimum write speed, not read speed, which is far more important.
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Classes only apply to minimum write speed, not read speed, which is far more important.
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Right: a Class 2's and a Class 6's speed-differences will only be apparent when copying files to the SD card from the PC.
Samsung 16GB C2 MicroSD
Subtotal : $14.99
Shipping Charges : $4.99
Total Charges : USD$19.98
Yes, that is a good deal. I paid USD$28 for my Sandisk just yesterday, and that was the best deal I could find (on eBay). Mine did come with a USB-reader, though.
waghoba said:
Yes that is what I read somewhere. Just wanted to confirm. Thanks for helping me out.
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Don't be fooled into buying a card on class speed alone - 16gb and 32gb class 6 are very pricey. If you mostly store movies and music on your SD card a class 2 is fine. Even for recording video on the phone, class 2 works fine.
If you are wiping your SD card or filling it with new data all the time, then maybe you want faster write speed - but I would rather save my $$$ for now. The same class 6 cards will be half price in a few months.
alphadog00 said:
Don't be fooled into buying a card on class speed alone - 16gb and 32gb class 6 are very pricey. If you mostly store movies and music on your SD card a class 2 is fine. Even for recording video on the phone, class 2 works fine.
If you are wiping your SD card or filling it with new data all the time, then maybe you want faster write speed - but I would rather save my $$$ for now. The same class 6 cards will be half price in a few months.
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PhrProfess said:
Right: a Class 2's and a Class 6's speed-differences will only be apparent when copying files to the SD card from the PC.
Samsung 16GB C2 MicroSD
Subtotal : $14.99
Shipping Charges : $4.99
Total Charges : USD$19.98
Yes, that is a good deal. I paid USD$28 for my Sandisk just yesterday, and that was the best deal I could find (on eBay). Mine did come with a USB-reader, though.
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Classes only apply to minimum write speed, not read speed, which is far more important.
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Thank you for all of you for your replies...but unfortunately the deal was gone by the time I decided to buy
Now waiting for next best deal, at least now I know that just for storing music and vids class 2 is fine !
Go over to G1 forum and search this. Not sure what our phone's max read/write speed is but I am sure its similar to HTC devices- Class 6. You can spend the money on the class 10 but its useless for mobile devices.
Also, some say its only for pc -read/write- not 100% true. however, maybe for our particular phone....
For example- on the dream you can use your SDcard as a swap file placing an EXT2/3/4 partition on it. The class 6 has better performance and longer life than a class 2- i dont recall why exactly but you can easily google it. It was something about after so many read/writes it will burn out the SD but there is more technical factors to it. It has to do with bit allocation and spreading the writes over the card as to continual writing to the same spot- IIRC(dont quote me on that I havent thought about this in a looong time). Now, as this pertains to our devices- well it doesnt really since we dont utilize SDCard swap files and such for our devices. So talking in a circle, I guess for our situation it does only relate to PC writes..
^o hai thx
malfuncion said:
Go over to G1 forum and search this. Not sure what our phone's max read/write speed is but I am sure its similar to HTC devices- Class 6. You can spend the money on the class 10 but its useless for mobile devices.
Also, some say its only for pc -read/write- not 100% true. however, maybe for our particular phone....
For example- on the dream you can use your SDcard as a swap file placing an EXT2/3/4 partition on it. The class 6 has better performance and longer life than a class 2- i dont recall why exactly but you can easily google it. It was something about after so many read/writes it will burn out the SD but there is more technical factors to it. It has to do with bit allocation and spreading the writes over the card as to continual writing to the same spot- IIRC(dont quote me on that I havent thought about this in a looong time). Now, as this pertains to our devices- well it doesnt really since we dont utilize SDCard swap files and such for our devices. So talking in a circle, I guess for our situation it does only relate to PC writes..
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Hey that's a lot of technical information, but thanks. Now I understood that the class doesnt really matter. So next time if any good deal is out I will just jump on it.
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Bought a 32 gb micro class 10 today and its acting really weird. Still have my 16gb and it works perfect.
Running stock 2.2 still, is 16gb max or what? If yes and I upgrade to 2.3 legit upgrade will it work with a 32 gb?
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No, it's the class 10. Lot's of threads on this, try a class 6 card.
Class 10 is not so good on desire z. Try a class 4 or 6 card
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Ok so... I bought another one with a class 4.
Class 10 no name: everything works normal but transfer is super super super slow...
Class 4 kingston: weird when I open my computer and turn on the usb connection the H drive (sd card) keeps showing up and disappearing then showing up and disappearing over and over... wtf gives?
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ok so im throwing both the sd cards in the reader and formatting them. see if that fixes my problem.
if you still got the packaging and recipt you can still return the cards if they dont work
I'm running a 32GB Class 10 card with no problems. Maybe it's just your card. I had problems with the partitions on my original Wintec card and the company sent me a new one as a replacement.
blackknightavalon said:
I'm running a 32GB Class 10 card with no problems. Maybe it's just your card. I had problems with the partitions on my original Wintec card and the company sent me a new one as a replacement.
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Ya, thats the one. Finished formatting and copying files to the cards. The Wintec one which is class 10 is running a little bit weird. I'm try the kingston class 4
evilcuber said:
Class 10 is not so good on desire z. Try a class 4 or 6 card
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I have 16GB Class 10 Joyflash (noname). Could you tell, why Class 10 "is not so good on desire z", becouse I dont understand this.
If card reader of desire is slow, on level of Class 6, if you put Class 10, doesnt change anything, but why "is not so good"?
I can safely say that my 32 GB class 6 has no issues. I've been reading on the subject and for some devices the class 10 is flaky... might just be a firware/software issue. Who knows.
But I'm ok with my class 6. Write: 9mb/s and read 24.3m/s
Ok so after everything last night I ended up keeping the kingston class 4 instead of the wintec class 10.
One thing that everyone should know if they are planning to upgrade soon and have forgotten this. The speed to write to a micro sd is slow then the speed to copy from a micro sd. This is my experience last night at least... I can copy a certain file to my desktop in 40 seconds but to put it on took 2-3 minutes.
Anyways, just be patient and go to a place you can get refunds so you dont get screwed with a bad card lol. With my experience the 32 gb class 10 wintec sucks, the write speed was insanely slow. So I stuck with a name brand instead, I really wanted a sandisk but they werent available.
Mog said:
Ya, thats the one. Finished formatting and copying files to the cards. The Wintec one which is class 10 is running a little bit weird. I'm try the kingston class 4
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Actually, my original Wintec card was screwing up and wouldn't keep the data partitions written. The replacement I got from Wintec is working the way it should, and it actually is acting like a class 10 card.
Mog said:
One thing that everyone should know if they are planning to upgrade soon and have forgotten this. The speed to write to a micro sd is slow then the speed to copy from a micro sd. This is my experience last night at least... I can copy a certain file to my desktop in 40 seconds but to put it on took 2-3 minutes.
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Class ratings refer only to write speed. And write speed is always going to be slower than read speed.
redpoint73 said:
Class ratings refer only to write speed. And write speed is always going to be slower than read speed.
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This AND, class ratings were documented before smartphones for the purpose of professional photography use in cameras. I have never had any speed issue with my good old class 2 card in my smartphone.
iDAREK said:
I have 16GB Class 10 Joyflash (noname). Could you tell, why Class 10 "is not so good on desire z", becouse I dont understand this.
If card reader of desire is slow, on level of Class 6, if you put Class 10, doesnt change anything, but why "is not so good"?
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Lots of threads on this, search "sd card"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804421&highlight=sd+card
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849494&highlight=sd+card
Also, check this out...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022678&highlight=sd+card
SuperDave81 said:
No, it's the class 10. Lot's of threads on this, try a class 6 card.
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Thank You: I can confirm this.
I had to put a SD in my old DesireZ/Vision for one of my son (10 years... there's no religion....) to replace a old 4GB crashed one.
The phone is running SenseI ROM (fine ROM: a very good way to replace the stable CM7 and run ICS 4.0)
I bought on Amazon Samsung EVO uSD 16GB Class10... and it was not recognized... So I read it on the PC to see if is was good or not: it was OK!
Recovered the trouble upgrading the Galaxy S2 of the other son from a old 8GB class 4 (probably Kingston o Transcend) to the brand new 16GB EVO Class 10, and putting the old 8GBB in the Desire Z: quickly recognized and optimally mounted both cards over both the 2 phones!
But I was disappointed... more than speed performance I thought that Class 10 memory card were also better on quality, due to a more robust and stable architecture of the chips inside.... and
much more recommended for the "systemdisk-like" use on Android Smartphones!
I bought a 32g microsd class10,but the problem is when i try to pass all my files from my other microsd,there a missing files like clockworkmode,and i cant open some of my pictures,i put the micro sd in my inc2 and download the clockworkmode from alpharef or rom manager and i can see the file but incomplet also if i try to pass my stock rom i can see the process but whn i open the clockworkmode and look in the save file there not any stock rom in there,if try to go in to recovery mode dont let me jist reboot and i have to select reboot.if ltry to save my current rom using rom manager its look like is doing something but the download bar dont do nothing,and then i check the saved rom and its in the file but imcomplite i dont know what to do with....thanks...
What is the brand on the card? It may look good, at 32gb class 10, but if its not from a decent manufacturer it may not be worth the small price you paid.
Personally, I stick with pny or sandisk.
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Try formatting the card.
FC127 said:
What is the brand on the card? It may look good, at 32gb class 10, but if its not from a decent manufacturer it may not be worth the small price you paid.
Personally, I stick with pny or sandisk.
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yea you are right the card is not for a decent manufacturer,but I e-mail the guy and he gave my money back and he told me that i can keep the card.there are not pny 32g class 10,I can find 16g but not 32g,thanks...
TheAtheistReverend said:
Try formatting the card.
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I did that but nothing change,I tried the card in a unrooted droid inc1 and there ate not differences.but what im going to do is save all videos and photos in my laptop and start from cero,taking pictures,videos,ect,ect,ect,and i will let you know guys........
FC127 said:
What is the brand on the card? It may look good, at 32gb class 10, but if its not from a decent manufacturer it may not be worth the small price you paid.
Personally, I stick with pny or sandisk.
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I bought another microsd 32g class 10, But this one is PNY and work great i dont have any issue transfering my files.I boughted in Newegg.
Thanks for the FYI on Pny.
I know they are a cheaper brand(price-wise) so I tended to avoid them for more name-brands.
is it a simple COPY > PASTE affair to upgrade to a new card?
i read in the past that other phones used the sd card for swap and such, which needed different procedures to upgrade but the Inc2 doesn't have any of that dependency
i picked up a 32GB Class 4 Sandisk card which should be arriving tomorrow. Hope the upgrade goes as smooth as yours
ps. you should do some benchmarks of your pny class 10 vs the OEM card. as i understand it, the sd controller in our phones aren't rated for class 10 speeds, which is why i didn't bite on the faster (more expensive) class 10 card. it would be interesting to see a comparison though.
you can use something like AnTuTu Benchmark or SD Tools. both available from the market.
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ps. you should do some benchmarks of your pny class 10 vs the OEM card. as i understand it, the sd controller in our phones aren't rated for class 10 speeds, which is why i didn't bite on the faster (more expensive) class 10 card. it would be interesting to see a comparison though.
you can use something like AnTuTu Benchmark or SD Tools. both available from the market.
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This. a class 10 is kinda pointless for a phone. i remember reading somewhere on here about how any card above a class 6 will slow the phone down.
Also that off brand sd card was probably not a 32gb nor a class 10.
I bought something similar off ebay a while back and it ended up being a card that was labeled 32gb class 10 but the benchmark stated it was a 200mb class 2 or something like that. They take these already labeled 32gb class 10 cards which failed the test off the line and resell them as such although they are not.
glad you got your money back
i used AnTuTu Benchmark with the OEM 16gb class 4 card.
read: 4.4 MB/s
write: 16.6 MB/s
the Sandisk 32GB Class 4 card I picked up, according to the reviews, have above-standard write speeds for a Class 4 (something like 5-6MB/s). i'll post up scores when it gets in but i would suggest this one just for it's brand name and consistent reviews
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171487
Buy that card from Taobao?
hey guys. i have been trying to migrate over to the 32GB sandisk card without luck. the file transfers over just fine but my phone can't identify where the apps are (the card is recognized in the phone, including the full capacity).
i'm trying to resolve this before doing the benchmark. any help is appreciated!
Ps: i just copy>pasted from the old card to the new card. nothing fancy and no errors. and yes i do use App2SD
junknstuff said:
hey guys. i have been trying to migrate over to the 32GB sandisk card without luck. the file transfers over just fine but my phone can't identify where the apps are (the card is recognized in the phone, including the full capacity).
i'm trying to resolve this before doing the benchmark. any help is appreciated!
Ps: i just copy>pasted from the old card to the new card. nothing fancy and no errors. and yes i do use App2SD
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Did you unmount the old on from your phone, stick the new one in and format the new one first?
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junknstuff said:
hey guys. i have been trying to migrate over to the 32GB sandisk card without luck. the file transfers over just fine but my phone can't identify where the apps are (the card is recognized in the phone, including the full capacity).
i'm trying to resolve this before doing the benchmark. any help is appreciated!
Ps: i just copy>pasted from the old card to the new card. nothing fancy and no errors. and yes i do use App2SD
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Did you try rebooting after you put the card in
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buy a new card,hehe
I think,the problem is the sd card, i had problem before with the first 32g sd card but when i purchase a 32g pny sd card class 10..i could swipe everything whit no problems.
Now here's a question for all of you:
What is the MicroSD Card that is included with your phone? I know it's a 16GB, but does yours have a company branded on it, and also what class is your SD card?
The reason I ask this is because I want to know if they switched the SD Card on my phone with a crappy one and took the good one just before I picked it up. The SD card that came with my phone is just a plain generic Class 2 card. CLASS 2!! It doesn't even have where it is made at. I'm thinking, are you serious?!?! The transfer rate is so horrible, averaging only at 1.5MBps. Takes me over 30 minutes to transfer about one 1GB of files.
My friend who got the rezound at least got a Class 4 card, even though it's generic and made in Taiwan. But his transfer rate is averaging at 15MBps.
So I just wanna double check with all of you and make sure we all have the same type of SD card.
p.s. Also, this could be the reason why the phone sometimes perform sluggishly. I have a feeling when it pulls anything from the SD Card, may it be a large app, music or videos etc, it will have to wait to read from it.
OH! could this be the MAIN reason behind the slow response when taking pictures? I read that this phone has a horrible camera speed, but it might be due to the SD Card being slow and can only write at very low speed to the card.
I also noticed the slow performance of the included micro sd card, and I can't even access it from my card reader, but only through the phone's "mass storage" mode. Anyway just ordered a Sandisk class 4 32GB card from amazon...
The default card that came with mine is a Class 4 8GB made by Kingston. It doesn't say Kingston on it, but I have an actual Kingston SD card to compare it to.
aquariuz23 said:
Now here's a question for all of you:
What is the MicroSD Card that is included with your phone? I know it's a 16GB, but does yours have a company branded on it, and also what class is your SD card?
The reason I ask this is because I want to know if they switched the SD Card on my phone with a crappy one and took the good one just before I picked it up. The SD card that came with my phone is just a plain generic Class 2 card. CLASS 2!! It doesn't even have where it is made at. I'm thinking, are you serious?!?! The transfer rate is so horrible, averaging only at 1.5MBps. Takes me over 30 minutes to transfer about one 1GB of files.
My friend who got the rezound at least got a Class 4 card, even though it's generic and made in Taiwan. But his transfer rate is averaging at 15MBps.
So I just wanna double check with all of you and make sure we all have the same type of SD card.
p.s. Also, this could be the reason why the phone sometimes perform sluggishly. I have a feeling when it pulls anything from the SD Card, may it be a large app, music or videos etc, it will have to wait to read from it.
OH! could this be the MAIN reason behind the slow response when taking pictures? I read that this phone has a horrible camera speed, but it might be due to the SD Card being slow and can only write at very low speed to the card.
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If that's the default save spot, then yes, that could possibly be the issue. How big are the pictures?
LiViD said:
The default card that came with mine is a Class 4 8GB made by Kingston. It doesn't say Kingston on it, but I have an actual Kingston SD card to compare it to.
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8GB class 4?? wow that is small in size, although it is a class 4 card. Livid, is it because you are on Bell? Could this be carrier related? Also, how is your camera? Is it having that speed issue in between pictures?
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If that's the default save spot, then yes, that could possibly be the issue. How big are the pictures?
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bmxant, I took some pics and at full res, they average at around 1.3-1.5 MB, which is just right there with the speed, giving it a second or 2 delay in storing/saving them onto the sd card.
Sandisk Class4 16gb in mine. Mine was ordered and sent directly from AT&T site...I'm leaning toward them swapping out the card on yours.
If you're only writing at 1.5Mb's, that would definitely cause an extra second of lag. Would be nice if we could see a comparison between the Class 2 SD card vs Class 4.
How much cheaper could they get? It's bad enough the phone has 4GB of internal storage. They should of included either a 32GB Class 2, or 16GB Class 4.
Edit: Just read Namuna's post. Why would they swap out the card?
Namuna said:
Sandisk Class4 16gb in mine. Mine was ordered and sent directly from AT&T site...I'm leaning toward them swapping out the card on yours.
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Alright thanks, I just need some more confirmations and I can visit the store again and confront them with it. I will make them open a fresh box in front of me and check it, unless of course they've swapped all in that store lol!
@aquariuz23: It probably is carrier related. You guys got double on the SD storage and RAM storage versus what we got. I feel a little screwed in that regard, but meh.
For photo taking, it only took one second to snap the picture and store it on the card. The gallery took 5 seconds to read 84 pictures that were stored on the SD card.
LiViD said:
@aquariuz23: It probably is carrier related. You guys got double on the SD storage and RAM storage versus what we got. I feel a little screwed in that regard, but meh.
For photo taking, it only took one second to snap the picture and store it on the card. The gallery took 5 seconds to read 84 pictures that were stored on the SD card.
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That sounds pretty good, what does Antutu say your write speed is?
Topram Class6 16GB here. SD Tools report 18.5MB/sec read and 5.5MB/sec write, which is pretty accurate for C6. (btw, card manufactured in 2009)
This phone I bought used, can't confirm the card is the original.
6.3 MB/s write and 13 MB/s read. It's about average for a Class 4 SD card.
what do u guys use to test the read/writes of the sd card? I wanna do a test on mine as well.
aquariuz23 said:
what do u guys use to test the read/writes of the sd card? I wanna do a test on mine as well.
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I always used Antutu
Tested with SD Tools
http://www.amazon.com/KOMPUTERBAY-C...&s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1325197909&sr=1-11
Think this is worth it?
I am getting an average of 2.9MB/s Write and 11.1MB/s Read. Seems like a typical class 2 card. Took it a while to run the test too since it's so slow lol.
I got 5.4MB/s write, 15.5MB/s read (Antutu) on the 16GB Class 2 card from my Captivate that I wiped and stuck in the Nitro and gave the one that came with it to my Captivate (running hacksung's ICS). Is the included card that bad?
According to AnTuTu:
3.4 MB/s write
>50 MB/s read
According to SD Tools:
5.7 MB/s write
20 MB read
Nothing like some consistency between utils.
Namuna said:
According to AnTuTu:
3.4 MB/s write
>50 MB/s read
According to SD Tools:
5.7 MB/s write
20 MB read
Nothing like some consistency between utils.
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That just crippled my trust in AnTuTu's tests...sorry but there is no microSD card with >50mb/sec read speed, it's impossible.