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Some Windows Phones have a Secure Digital (SD) card that's used to expand the amount of storage space on the phone. If your phone has one, it's in an SD card slot underneath the battery cover on the back of your phone.
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This is exactly what I was hoping to hear.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804194

RustyGrom said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804194
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opps sorry

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[Q] micro sdxc 64gb Card to SGS2?

Is it possible that SGS2 would manage micro sdxc 64gb Card?
gsmarena says no
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9100_galaxy_s_ii-3621.php
but they could be wrong?
SDHC host -could- be compatible with SDXC card, but...
From what I'm understanding in the link below, the hardware in our handset won't be the problem with accepting an SDXC card... but we'll be waiting on Android to recognize such a card.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#SDHC_and_SDXC_compatibility_issues
tobin_o said:
From what I'm understanding in the link below, the hardware in our handset won't be the problem with accepting an SDXC card... but we'll be waiting on Android to recognize such a card.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#SDHC_and_SDXC_compatibility_issues
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Sir you are correct, thats indeed the current problem. Although it is not a very big problems, since linux doesnt see the difference, thus accepting sdxc cards This could be fixed with a software update. Lets hope Samsung is watching us here
hm.... !!!
How hard would it be for a dev to implement it do you think?
Not that difficult IMHO.... Because hardware requirement for both types of cards are the same.... So only the cost factor & availability of high capacity storage are minimal. Hence they are not used commonly....
Otherwise imagine sgs2 utilizing 2TB of storage from sdxc ????? WOW !!!!!!
That would be sexy..... Devs are you listening ????
Any news with 64gb on sgs2? I know this is dead topic since a while, but there's 2.3.4 leaked already, anyone checked is it works now / discover how to make 64gig fully working?
Unfortunately, there don't appear to be any microSDXC cards on the market at the moment -- even full-size SDXC cards are a bit hard to come by.
Just HOW MUCH storage do you folks need
I'll get a 32GB SD card after ive purchased some other accessories first and that for me will be more than enough.
jonny68 said:
Just HOW MUCH storage do you folks need
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NEVER enough...
rickgillyon said:
NEVER enough...
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so true, so true!
64GB... waiting for the day.
yeah, never enough too
BTW, does anybody have a clue when 128GB will be available?
jonny68 said:
Just HOW MUCH storage do you folks need
I'll get a 32GB SD card after ive purchased some other accessories first and that for me will be more than enough.
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Porn my friend. Porn. I'd fill up a terabyte's worth if I could.
ThaiM said:
Porn my friend. Porn. I'd fill up a terabyte's worth if I could.
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Just 1tera? Lol
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jonny68 said:
Just HOW MUCH storage do you folks need
I'll get a 32GB SD card after ive purchased some other accessories first and that for me will be more than enough.
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128-256Gb on external storage..
Need higher transfer Speeds. Please catch up to SSD.
ThaiM said:
Porn my friend. Porn. I'd fill up a terabyte's worth if I could.
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Exactly, I bought a 32gb card. It will record about 4 hours of HD video from camera! I do a lot of transferring.

Flash storage replacable?

Hello,
I would have bought a Galaxy Nexus a long time ago if the storage wouldn't be limited to effectively 13GB and no chance to extend the storage with a micro sdcard.
However I'm curious if it somebody would be able to replace the 16GB internal flash storage with a 32GB or maybe even 64GB module? It's certain that this person must have quite good knowledge of micro electronics.
So, would somebody be able to do this? I'm sure there would be quite a big interested people for such a device.
Possible or not?
Regards
Lenny
There is no SD card... It's made up of several chips... It's all ROM...
(ROM= Read only memory) Or, irreplacable..
Ahh, I see.
Thanks for your response.
lennyDE said:
Ahh, I see.
Thanks for your response.
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No prob, dude
familyguy59 said:
There is no SD card... It's made up of several chips... It's all ROM...
(ROM= Read only memory) Or, irreplacable..
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I think he meant is it possible to rip off these ROM modules and replace them (obviously a specialist job.) He made it clear in his post that he knew there was no expandable memory.
PsiAdster said:
I think he meant is it possible to rip off these ROM modules and replace them (obviously a specialist job.) He made it clear in his post that he knew there was no expandable memory.
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I shouldn't think that
He mentioned "SD card"... In other words, he thought, that there is an SD (A micro sd) inside the device...
Please, a tip, for life: listen(or in this case: read), think, think again. Read/listen aain, then say something...
Well, actually I'm talking about "internal flash storage" and this hasn't to be a SD card necessarily. However, i got it
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Huh, I read it as the OP was wondering if someone could solder in a replacement chip to extend the memory.
Exactly :thumbup:
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spywhite said:
Huh, I read it as the OP was wondering if someone could solder in a replacement chip to extend the memory.
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This should be theoretically possible, but you'd really need some incredible soldering and desoldering skill. In fact, I think that if you tried to do this without some incredibly specialized machinery, you'd end up with a nice paper weight.
i might buy usb otg and plug my 32 gb micro pendrive.
A hot air rework station, a magnifying glass and a very steady hand would do. The steady hand is the hardest thing to come by. You can't order one off E-Bay, although I'm sure someone out there would try and sell you one.
jefbuan said:
i might buy usb otg and plug my 32 gb micro pendrive.
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That won't work. I can't remember if FAT32 can be formatted on a drive that large.
You'd have to do ext4 or NTFS or something. It would be sweet if our phones could read NTFS natively like the Asus Transformer Prime can.
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That won't work. I can't remember if FAT32 can be formatted on a drive that large.
You'd have to do ext4 or NTFS or something. It would be sweet if our phones could read NTFS natively like the Asus Transformer Prime can.
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i think ntfs-3g are now supported some andriod rom/kernel..
lennyDE said:
Hello,
I would have bought a Galaxy Nexus a long time ago if the storage wouldn't be limited to effectively 13GB and no chance to extend the storage with a micro sdcard.
However I'm curious if it somebody would be able to replace the 16GB internal flash storage with a 32GB or maybe even 64GB module? It's certain that this person must have quite good knowledge of micro electronics.
So, would somebody be able to do this? I'm sure there would be quite a big interested people for such a device.
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I'd lean towards it being extremely hard to do. Dont think its worth the trouble and High chance of ruining a device.
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Neo3D said:
That won't work. I can't remember if FAT32 can be formatted on a drive that large.
You'd have to do ext4 or NTFS or something. It would be sweet if our phones could read NTFS natively like the Asus Transformer Prime can.
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It works up to 1TB with fat32

Why do they say this is a 16gb phone when its only 10gb?

When you open up the internal memory via pc it says its only 10gb? wheres my other 6 gb?
system files and other stuff.
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finalhit said:
system files and other stuff.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk 2
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^^^^^^^ This.
And, just like any other HDD advertised, there's rounding involved. That 250GB HDD you bought is actually only 236GB, or something like that. It's all about them rounding and dividing by 1000 instead of the proper 1024.
I believe my GS3 had more than 10 though?
loveshinesthru said:
I believe my GS3 had more than 10 though?
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The GS3 also doesn't have S Note and all the files required for the S Pen framework. It would make a little more sense.
In any case, the proper solution to this thread and its question is to man up and buy a 32GB MicroSD for $20-$30. It's a better solution anyways IMO. If you switch devices for any reason, all your important files are already on your MicroSD and ready to go. I switched to the GNII from an EVO 3D and I didn't have to copy over all my music and ringtones or other important files. I just put my my MicroSD in and everything was there.
TWO515TY said:
The GS3 also doesn't have S Note and all the files required for the S Pen framework. It would make a little more sense.
In any case, the proper solution to this thread and its question is to man up and buy a 32GB MicroSD for $20-$30. It's a better solution anyways IMO. If you switch devices for any reason, all your important files are already on your MicroSD and ready to go. I switched to the GNII from an EVO 3D and I didn't have to copy over all my music and ringtones or other important files. I just put my my MicroSD in and everything was there.
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I do have a 32gb card. I just think it sucks that its only 10gb and not 16gb.
loveshinesthru said:
When you open up the internal memory via pc it says its only 10gb? wheres my other 6 gb?
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Do a backup and you will see where it all goes, adds up quick on a beast like this. Largest back up on a phone ive had yet if im not mistaken it was a hair over 4gb
df -h shows 10.3G
I see total available memory as 10.3G, with only 2.3G free space. I'm on CM 10.2 on Galaxy Note 2. I went to TWRP, wiped internal storage, but still doesn't help.
df -h shows filesystem as 10.3G only - where is the other 6G? Why is it not getting used for custom ROM installation?
Partitioning
lennykravitz2004 said:
^^^^^^^ This.
And, just like any other HDD advertised, there's rounding involved. That 250GB HDD you bought is actually only 236GB, or something like that. It's all about them rounding and dividing by 1000 instead of the proper 1024.
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Partitioning is why.
Rounding isn't why.
It is because the user-usable-storage partition and the normally-non-editable system partition are counted together. Which makes no sense to common people, but makes perfect sense to advertising agents.
yep, it's that 6GB that samsung reserves for the system partition on just about all the devices they make. seems the should start adding 16GB , 10 useable like they used to do with old school monitors.
loveshinesthru said:
When you open up the internal memory via pc it says its only 10gb? wheres my other 6 gb?
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Are you new to computers, file storage, formatting, partitioning or just technology in general? The computer you're using to be online and on this website, what do the specs list as it's hard drive and what is really available? That 32GB microSD card you say you have, let me not shock you but if you look it up, it's really not 32GB, but ~ 28GB or so (give or take), really. The industry is to blame..really.
Question appears to be answered. Time to close an unnecessary thread.
datdirtyscrew said:
Question appears to be answered. Time to close an unnecessary thread.
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I seriously concur.

Compact Flash OTG Adapter for HTC One?

Anyone know of a - known working on the HTC One (M7) - solution for reading compact flash cards via OTG ?
This should work. :good:
Acetherockr said:
This should work. :good:
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Good find :good:
So cheap it's worth a punt. if it works it'll be literally life changing for me :laugh:
No kidding. I don't see why it wouldn't work, even though it's advertised for Galaxy phones they probably just do that to put it higher up in the search queue. Glad I could help
I've just tested my Samsung USB OTG cable while I get a notification saying Unable to Charge please use the supported charger its actually mounting the UDB card reader with a microSD card in it so its working fine its just giving wrong notification b/c it thinks its a dodgey charger being plugged in
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I've just tested my Samsung USB OTG cable while I get a notification saying Unable to Charge please use the supported charger its actually mounting the UDB card reader with a microSD card in it so its working fine its just giving wrong notification b/c it thinks its a dodgey charger being plugged in
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I get the same with a standard card reader with a CF card plugged in to it but I can't see any .jpeg files.
edit: I think it might be this particular CF + card reader.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyfei/mini-microsd-reader-for-android-smartphones-and-ta
This would be best
Element515 said:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyfei/mini-microsd-reader-for-android-smartphones-and-ta
This would be best
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Did you miss the COMPACT FLASH CARD READER bit ?
MOD EDIT: No yelling.
Perhaps he felt cf is dead , so offered a better solution.
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Perhaps he felt cf is dead , so offered a better solution.
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Oh, ok. I'll sell all my dSLRs and dump my expensive 64Gb and 128GB CF cards because some numb-nut has a 'better solution' and you agree
Thanks for your input.
Sorry, didn't realize compact flash... But why do you still have those anyway.
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Element515 said:
Sorry, didn't realize compact flash... But why do you still have those anyway
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Don't be silly.
compact_bijou said:
Oh, ok. I'll sell all my dSLRs and dump my expensive 64Gb and 128GB CF cards because some numb-nut has a 'better solution' and you agree
Thanks for your input.
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Take the hint, it was a friendly way of saying wind your neck in.
In other words lose the attitude and you might get a bit more help.
http://www.pandawill.com/micro-usb-otg-card-reader-support-sdhccfmini-sdmicro-sdm2ms-p60725.html
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http://www.pandawill.com/micro-usb-otg-card-reader-support-sdhccfmini-sdmicro-sdm2ms-p60725.html
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Thanks for the link, for being relevant and for being on topic
There's also this option.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hama-USB-Superspeed-Card-Reader/dp/B0051SZGS2
No idea if any of them work with teh One over OTG.
Guess I'll take a punt on a couple and report back with actual hands-on knowledge.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151025704234
looks great
Acetherockr said:
This should work. :good:
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I bought this for my Nexus 7 and it works great! Although, I don't have cf cards. Success using it with sd and micro sd and the otg cable worked flawlessly too. Hope it works with the One too.
compact_bijou said:
Did you miss the COMPACT FLASH CARD READER bit ?
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No where in the link, that I saw, does it say it's for a CF card. This is an adaptor for a MicroSD card to fit your phones.
Take the attitudes down a notch guys.
wildstang83 said:
Take the attitudes down a notch guys.
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Might be more efficient to just delete any posts in this thread not pertaining to compact flash OTG card readers.
That's what the thread is about.

is definitely expandable memory?

is definitely expandable memory?
opeth72 said:
is definitely expandable memory?
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It doesnt have SD card slot. There are assumptions that it will support Huawei NM Card , but havent found one testing it.
Expandable memory or not?
miststudent2011 said:
It doesnt have SD card slot. There are assumptions that it will support Huawei NM Card , but havent found one testing it.
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Does anyone have the Honor V20 or View 20 and can you verify if the phone supports any kind of expandable memory. So far, from what I've read it is ambiguous. Same problem and question for the Nova 4?
Thank you
sl5400 said:
Does anyone have the Honor V20 or View 20 and can you verify if the phone supports any kind of expandable memory. So far, from what I've read it is ambiguous. Same problem and question for the Nova 4?
Thank you
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The problem is NM card is not much available in the market and hence only few have access to it. Need to wait for someone to have both with them.
sl5400 said:
Does anyone have the Honor V20 or View 20 and can you verify if the phone supports any kind of expandable memory. So far, from what I've read it is ambiguous. Same problem and question for the Nova 4?
Thank you
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TK bay told to a member here that the View 20 doesn't support the NM card.
PalakMi said:
TK bay told to a member here that the View 20 doesn't support the NM card.
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Can you point me to the source where he told that.
miststudent2011 said:
Can you point me to the source where he told that.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78741420&postcount=42 here
PalakMi said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78741420&postcount=42 here
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I asked TK and as he reviewd the unit was able test if it takes NM card and his response was no, it doesn't. Unfoftunate I know, I was hoping it would as my View 20 is on it's way to my house.
wmfreak said:
I asked TK and as he reviewd the unit was able test if it takes NM card and his response was no, it doesn't. Unfoftunate I know, I was hoping it would as my View 20 is on it's way to my house.
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That doesnt make sense Huawei release new technology and not including it in their flagship line up contradicts the purpose of introducing it.
May be a software update can bring the support for it.
wmfreak said:
I asked TK and as he reviewd the unit was able test if it takes NM card and his response was no, it doesn't. Unfoftunate I know, I was hoping it would as my View 20 is on it's way to my house.
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Honestly, I don't mind if it's expandable or nor, but being it expandable would've been a great bonus.
What ever amount of internal storage you have I will prefer to have external storage when I wanted to change my device I would just move all my data to external storage and will use the same card in the new device it will prevent me the hectic work of copying data.
Can confirm no memory card option
Source: its in my hand
elspanish88 said:
Can confirm no memory card option
Source: its in my hand
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It's confirmed from the initial information itself. But what not confirmed is does it support Huawei NM Card.
miststudent2011 said:
It's confirmed from the initial information itself. But what not confirmed is does it support Huawei NM Card.
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Nope, afraid not. Two nano SIM slots and a NM doesn't read in the SIM 2 slot.
Worth noting I'm in the UK so, there may be an international version of the handset or something.
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Nope, afraid not. Two nano SIM slots and a NM doesn't read in the SIM 2 slot.
Worth noting I'm in the UK so, there may be an international version of the handset or something.
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Do you have NM Card too with you?
Have you tried it in slot 1?
miststudent2011 said:
Do you have NM Card too with you?
Have you tried it in slot 1?
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Yes. Had the mate20 pro and returned it for this as it was alot cheaper on my contract. Purchased a NM but unfortunately doesn't work in either slot. Fortunately I'm still within 14 day return period for that too as it was £100 lol
elspanish88 said:
Yes. Had the mate20 pro and returned it for this as it was alot cheaper on my contract. Purchased a NM but unfortunately doesn't work in either slot. Fortunately I'm still within 14 day return period for that too as it was £100 lol
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Just in case can you deep dig into settings may be there is a hidden settings or some option in developers options.
Did you try by formatting card to fat32 format?
That doesn't make sense realising a special card and not allowing it to use in flagships.
I don't get why Huawei released it in the first place.
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Just in case can you deep dig into settings may be there is a hidden settings or some option in developers options.
Did you try by formatting card to fat32 format?
That doesn't make sense realising a special card and not allowing it to use in flagships.
I don't get why Huawei released it in the first place.
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Gone through everything, work for a phone network and Honor reps are saying the same (that's not saying much, granted) but I've gone through dev options etc tried everything I can think of
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Gone through everything, work for a phone network and Honor reps are saying the same (that's not saying much, granted) but I've gone through dev options etc tried everything I can think of
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Thanks. In that case it's a bummer.
May be they will enable it in future updates.
If it doesn't have the hardware to support NM, it's not something that can be enabled of fixed with a software update. I have had a mate 8,9 and 10. I refuse to buy the mate 20 because of this nano memory proprietary, inferior and overpriced cards.
I love my Nova 3 using my 400gb micro sd card. From what I've read, the Nova 4 also doesn't support memory expansion. These are fatal marketing errors by huawei.
Thank you all for the discussion.

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