I need to purchase a micro sd off ebay.. will any type work and if not how will I know what will?
I need either a 32gb or 16gb. Thanks
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I need to purchase a micro sd off ebay.. will any type work and if not how will I know what will?
I need either a 32gb or 16gb. Thanks
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Do not purchase a 32GB micro SD card from ebay. You will get a 2GB card, relabeled to 32GB. It'll even appear to be 32GB when you put it in, as they hack the firmware on the card. But try loading a full 32GB on it and it won't work.
Buy it from a reputable dealer. Yes, there are some legit cards on ebay, but fakes are a RAMPANT problem there.
Any legit microSD 32GB card will work. I'm using the Kingston class 4, found here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139391
He should be ok buying one off ebay since ebay and paypal will refund if it's not as advertised. They often do miss label the class though. I bought a class 4 off ebay and tested it, and never reached over 1mb transfer rate.
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jc8081 said:
I need to purchase a micro sd off ebay.. will any type work and if not how will I know what will?
I need either a 32gb or 16gb. Thanks
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Qed long as it is a micro sd card it should work fine
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Cole28 said:
He should be ok buying one off ebay since ebay and paypal will refund if it's not as advertised. They often do miss label the class though. I bought a class 4 off ebay and tested it, and never reached over 1mb transfer rate.
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Well, if one's willing to take that risk and hassle, yes, they should be able to get it refunded. Personally I just don't think it's worthwhile. I think that the odds are more likely than not that a "great deal" on a 32GB card (<$50) is going to be a 2GB card with a "3" printed in front of the 2 and a hacked firmware. The ones that are going for closer to $100 are probably legit, but the newegg card I linked to goes for $100 and you know what you're getting.
If you decide to do it, be sure you test the card by filling it COMPLETELY to make sure you get the full 32GB (minus what you lose to marketing BS...a "32GB" card should give you a little shy of 30GB (29.88GB on mine). What it formats at means nothing. You need to actually fill the card with data to know for sure. There's a program called h2testw that can do this test for you.
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Trying to buy micro SD card online. But i don't want to get ripped off.
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Please provide more information, such as from where you are going to make the purchase and who the manufacture will be.
Sorry, I just wanted advice what's the different of a fake micro SD card and a real one.
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culua said:
Sorry, I just wanted advice what's the different of a fake micro SD card and a real one.
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The only advice you can be given is to purchase from a reliable retailer. Once you get the card, you need to check if it runs as advertised. If it is a class 10, check if it reads and writes at class 10 speeds. If it doesn't, well it is safe to say it is fake.
If the price of the card is more than 15-20% less than the average from the major internet retailers, then I would think twice about it. Also stay away from Off Brands. Stick to SanDisk, Patriot, A Data, etc. Expect to pay anywhere from $60-$100 depending on vendor and class card.
CompUSA has a SanDisk 32GB class 2 for $55. The Patriot 32GB class 10 can be had for $75 ($90 with a $15 rebate)
ONLY buy from authorized retailers, like NewEgg. If you aren't sure if the place you are trying to buy from is authorized, check the manufacturer's site.
NEVER EVER buy memory cards off ebay, even if they claim to be new. It's so easy to take a 2gb card, paint a number 3 on it, and make it look like a 32gb card.
I make sure I stay away from eBay.
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Yeah, it's really as simple as buying from a reputable source (not ebay) and following the "if it's too good to be true" principle on price.
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i fell for a fake again
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-32GB-Mi...291177?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3f0d1309e9
the posting looks legit, it even comes with a package, lol
he ships fast, i ordered it friday and it showed up via usps this morning, but i was a fake.
it was a 32GB microsd card for $30
What was fake about it. Was it not really a 32GB card? There are not really any other claims (brand, class, etc) in the posting.
that's obviously a fake. It's not a name brand (and as far as I know, sandisk and kingston are the only two brands with a 32gb card right now). Its in a generic package, and there is no name labels on the card itself.
Again, do NOT buy 32gb cards on ebay, its just not worth it. ONLY buy from authorized retailers.
No, I'm not the seller, just thought I should share the spoils of a good find
I ordered one yesterday
http://www.ebay.com/itm/180860931211?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Where does one acquire that many cards without their packaging? Seems shady to me.
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Where does one acquire that many card without their packaging? Seems shady to me.
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I'm not sure, but he's already shipped it lol
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I'm not sure, but he's already shipped it lol
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When you get your Sandisk 32gb micro sd class 4 card try putting 16+ gigs of data in it. The moment you get a pop up that say "Not Enough Space" or the data fails to transfer on the card, then you have been had. Good luck. I purchased micro sd and usb flash drives in the past from Ebay and have been scammed before. I used my credit card so I didn't pay anything.
You should wait for Fry's Samsung 32gb micro sd class 10 cards to go back on sale for 34.99. They are on sale every other week. Don't believe the $50 retail price for these class 4 cards, which is a joke.
Seemed kinda shady until I saw this:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-32GB-...JYCY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334366622&sr=8-1
And that's with prime shipping. Just grabbed one.
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When you get your Sandisk 32gb micro sd class 4 card try putting 16+ gigs of data in it. The moment you get a pop up that say "Not Enough Space" or the data fails to transfer on the card, then you have been had. Good luck. I purchased micro sd and usb flash drives in the past from Ebay and have been scammed before. I used my credit card so I didn't pay anything.
You should wait for Fry's Samsung 32gb micro sd class 10 cards to go back on sale for 34.99. They are on sale every other week. Don't believe the $50 retail price for these class 4 cards, which is a joke.
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and if I dont and it's legit?
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Seemed kinda shady until I saw this:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-32GB-...JYCY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334366622&sr=8-1
And that's with prime shipping. Just grabbed one.
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I hope you know that those are class 2 cards.
I bought 2 of these and they are class 4s - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004G60AD6/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
Very good price and SD tools says it can write at 5.5MB/s
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thanks smart ass
i rather pay more to get this http://www.ebay.com/itm/130678617421?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
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When you get your Sandisk 32gb micro sd class 4 card try putting 16+ gigs of data in it. The moment you get a pop up that say "Not Enough Space" or the data fails to transfer on the card, then you have been had. Good luck. I purchased micro sd and usb flash drives in the past from Ebay and have been scammed before. I used my credit card so I didn't pay anything.
You should wait for Fry's Samsung 32gb micro sd class 10 cards to go back on sale for 34.99. They are on sale every other week. Don't believe the $50 retail price for these class 4 cards, which is a joke.
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Just for the record, I wasn't "had", it really was a 32gb card, i have over 16gbs of music alone on it, people just need to know the tell tale signs of a fake sd is the bottom line.
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Nah, Class 4. Getting 4.6 MB/s write and 20 read in H2test2 and in 'SD Tools' app.
Hi I'm planning on buying a microsd card for my ATRIX. I want a 32gb one. Ive never bought one of these before so I dont know much. Can someone recommend a good one that would work with the ATRIX?
I'm buying off of amazon, so if you can, try to include links to amazon with the product.
Thanks in advance
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Sandisk makes solid microSD cards.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1335788432&sr=1-1
GSkill class 10, 32GB card > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231577&Tpk=gskill%20class%2010
Make sure you buy a fast card though. Mine is slower than I expected and it literally slows down my entire phone and I only have pictures and music stored on it. >:[
Definitely get a true class 10.
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GSkill class 10, 32GB card > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231577&Tpk=gskill%20class%2010
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Make sure you buy a fast card though. Mine is slower than I expected and it literally slows down my entire phone and I only have pictures and music stored on it. >:[
Definitely get a true class 10.
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I just purchased the SDcard I quoted above, and by all reviews it surpasses the advertised speeds. Well worth it for $36 including shipping.
And remember...
The new(ish) Sandisk 64GB microsd also works in the Atrix. Got mine last week.
A little pricier... but you can NEVER have too much storage!
Using the SanDisk Mobile Ultra 32GB microSDHC Class 6
happy with the performance, i haven't tried the 64GB card yet but i guess i will have to soon..
I cant seem to find a 32gb card over class 4 on amazon. Can anyone link me to one? The reason I want it from amazon is because I have a gift card and would like to buy it with the gift card. Thanks!
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I cant seem to find a 32gb card over class 4 on amazon. Can anyone link me to one? The reason I want it from amazon is because I have a gift card and would like to buy it with the gift card. Thanks!
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This kind of pees me off cos' it's typical of what we see in these forums, but here is your link:
http://www.amazon.com/32GB-G-Skill-microSDHC-memory-adapter/dp/B007MO0YAI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336391819&sr=8-1
All I had to do was copy and paste the part number from my post a couple above yours into Amazon search and here it is!
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This kind of pees me off cos' it's typical of what we see in these forums, but here is your link:
http://www.amazon.com/32GB-G-Skill-...0YAI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336391819&sr=8-1
All I had to do was copy and paste the part number from my post a couple above yours into Amazon search and here it is!
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Cool, thanks
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G.SKILL 32GB Micro SDHC is reduced now to $29.99 at Newegg with free shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231577
No joke... They are listed for dirt cheap for some reason... Free shipping... problem here is that it's international shipping... so 15-29 days shipping... so don't expect it anytime soon...
Return policy is 14 days... lol
Idk, I could have just tossed $17 into a fire, but hey, if it shows up, it will be worth it!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190707919764
Not my listing, so don't complain to me when you lose $17, cause I'll have lost it as well
So tempting! I'm gonna sleep on it and hopefully they aren't all gone by tomorrow
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I just bought one.
hopefully its no fake
but 2-3 weeks of delivery is quite hard.
btw payment via paypal, 14,30€ is still cheaper then some 32 or even 16 GB card
I hope that the cards are not corrupt.
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No joke... They are listed for dirt cheap for some reason... Free shipping... problem here is that it's international shipping... so 15-29 days shipping... so don't expect it anytime soon...
Return policy is 14 days... lol
Idk, I could have just tossed $17 into a fire, but hey, if it shows up, it will be worth it!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190707919764
Not my listing, so don't complain to me when you lose $17, cause I'll have lost it as well
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I'm not so sure. If this is a fake non-Sandisk product, wouldn't it have poor read/write speeds and have the potential to corrupt quickly?
Just placed my order. Seems iffy but the seller has nothing but positive reviews. Even if this is a knockoff sandisk and I get 64gb with normal read/write speeds I will be happy. I back up my sd cards anyway so if it gets corrupt so be it. Thanks for sharing.
I'm a lemming
Just bought one on ebay. Hope this cheapie works.
Just ordered one..hopefully it works...thanks
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that is the $17 question... though you should be covered by PayPal if the seller fails to refund you if it is fake.
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A while ago, I bought a 32gb from eBay for around $10. It was the worst sd card I ever bought. First, it kept giving me sd card reading error. After fixing that problem, it kept crashing. As soon I unplugged it from my pc. It would crash. Lost all my data. Even when I tried to flash a new Rom, it gave me an error (installation aborted bad file).
Got so mad, I went to nearby RadioShack and bought another 32gb for around $40. Been using that card since then with no problems .
Anyway, just be careful purchasing those cheap sd cards. Make sure to backup all ur files to a computer, just to be safe.
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Agreed.
In my opinion and SD card is something you dont want to go cheap on.
Buy from a reputable store.
More hassle than its worth losing data because of a junk fake card.
How many people actually fill up a 64gb card?
There are some Class 10 32gb Sandisks on eBay for about 30 bucks....that seems pretty cheap to me and I am thinking 32 would be enough no?
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How many people actually fill up a 64gb card?
There are some Class 10 32gb Sandisks on eBay for about 30 bucks....that seems pretty cheap to me and I am thinking 32 would be enough no?
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I got a 64gig sdxc for $50 *class 10* in a bestbuy deal awhile back.. I don't think I would have gotten >32gigs if it was not for that.
Place an order. Thanks for the tips.
How can you find out if the memory card is fake or not? Any tools for that?
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How many people actually fill up a 64gb card?
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Why is that important?
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There are some Class 10 32gb Sandisks on eBay for about 30 bucks....that seems pretty cheap to me and I am thinking 32 would be enough no?
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No.
colliderz said:
Place an order. Thanks for the tips.
How can you find out if the memory card is fake or not? Any tools for that?
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I would like too know this as well. Also could someone run a diagnostic test on the sd card and share it with us. Thanks
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Place an order. Thanks for the tips.
How can you find out if the memory card is fake or not? Any tools for that?
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use h2testw on your computer... it will test all available storage by writing files and then reading them to determine if it is fake.
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there are only two official 64Gb microsdxc on the market, both made by sandisk:
snadisk mobile ultra class 10
sandisk mobile ultra class 6
this one on ebay is now discontinued.
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How many people actually fill up a 64gb card?
There are some Class 10 32gb Sandisks on eBay for about 30 bucks....that seems pretty cheap to me and I am thinking 32 would be enough no?
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Im sure most of us have 30 plus gigs of music plus gigs of pictures. Not too hard to fill it up!
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looks like nobody want's me to buy this, just pressed the buy button, and the listing has ended, order didn't go through.
I have a feeling it's fake, when someone receives them, please post.
I have been searching. Anybody know where I could get a 32gb Micro SD cheap at a good quality? Is so thanks.
Newegg.com
20-30 bucks
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Google it
Brendan9967 said:
I have been searching. Anybody know where I could get a 32gb Micro SD cheap at a good quality? Is so thanks.
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I'm sure you've taken care of getting a micro SD card by now, but my suggestion is just Google it and you'll find lot's of good ones at decent prices.
I do have to suggest the SanDisk brand. We just had one fail on us and they replaced it without an argument. They even paid the shipping back to them. The Ultra cards even have a lifetime warranty (at least in the US). From what I remember the card originally was ~30$.
Thank you