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Hi,
I'm thinking of getting a 2GB card for my XDA IIi. Any recommendations?
I just had a 1 GB card fail after 4 months of a 5 year guarantee (from Integral Memory) and need something reliable to replace it. Does speed make a huge difference? SD or MMC? I'm running Lexipedia, Word, Lexisgoo and a Rhyming Dictionary mostly.
TIA
Happy Xmas
M
Any experiences good or bad? Any links? You know the sort of thing people might say in a helpful forum. Surely some of the 150 people online must have had a memory card or two in their time and know more about it than I do.
Cheers
M
Before resorting to sarcasim maybe looking under the "Alpine" you would have come accross this http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=29784 and all your questions would have been answered :lol: :lol: :lol:
OK thanks. I did a search for SD Card, SD card recommendations etc. and got about 8000 responses, none of which seemed relevent. I looked at Alpine Accessories which looked to be the most appropriate forum and there was nothing.
Anyway being slightly rude got a response. Thanks again!
I have been using a 2GB SanDisk card for about a year with my XDA2i without problems. Until last week when it seems all the data on the card has become corrupt (see attached file). The data looks the same whether the card is read on the XDA or on a card reader. Any way it can be salvaged?
ok so I am now about to be on my 3rd 32gb Lexar class 10 micro sdhc card. I am thinking that the first two since they were in the same shipment batch that they were just a bad bunch of cards. Just wanted to put the warning out there to you guys. My cards will just show up as corrupted and will not mount. Having to use a forensic software to pull all the non-backed up stuff off right now.
Anyone else having any problems with them?
I havent tried Lexar but I did buy a 32gig Class 10 Patriot and it has worked flawlessly so far
I have the lexar one and it works fine.
just warning you...37 days into this card and it failed....the first one lasted a little over 2 weeks.
back up, thats all I am saying
I got one coming... i'll see how it goes
dtmcnamara said:
just warning you...37 days into this card and it failed....the first one lasted a little over 2 weeks.
back up, thats all I am saying
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Where did you buy your cards from? I can't find it in stock anywhere. Thx.
sabesh said:
Where did you buy your cards from? I can't find it in stock anywhere. Thx.
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i work at Micro Center here in atlanta. We still have a few in stock
dtmcnamara said:
i work at Micro Center here in atlanta. We still have a few in stock
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Thx. I decided to try the Patriot version instead (not that it has any better reviews, but a few Atrix owners have reported success with it). Cheers.
Been running lexar since first week had the phone, no problems yet. What batch yours come out of? Also, ordered from provantage, shipped from new jersey or georgia one, will have to double check.
couldnt tell ya. I do know it was the very first shipment of them that came into our store like a week or two after CES. Im just thinking it was just a bad first batch. 3rd one is going fine so far...
I got mine through Beach Audio via Amazon. It's been working fine so far.
I got my Lexar class 10 a few weeks before the Atrix, it has been in the phone since the first boot and has worked great.
There is a known issue with micro sdhc cards with the atrix. Just like with the windows phone. Motorola is supposed to be coming out with an update to fix the issue.
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What kind of prices are you guys finding on these SD cards? It seems silly to me to buy a single 32gb card for $100~ when you can get 3-4 16gb cards for the same price.
dkirchik said:
There is a known issue with micro sdhc cards with the atrix. Just like with the windows phone. Motorola is supposed to be coming out with an update to fix the issue.
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I have friends at Moto and this is the first i have heard....
please offer even a shred of proof regarding your statements....
I know many people with Atrix and SD cards and NO issues.
Link to anything that mentions this known issue - this is nothing like Windows 7 -where the SD card slot was blocked at release.
Ririal said:
What kind of prices are you guys finding on these SD cards? It seems silly to me to buy a single 32gb card for $100~ when you can get 3-4 16gb cards for the same price.
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The highest capacity model of any data storage device always has a higher per unit of storage cost than lesser models... but it also holds the most. You've got to pay to play.
If you wanted to have access to 32 gb of data, you wouldn't want to be swapping out two 16 gb cards as needed to get that capacity would you? To me, that seems silly.
acabtp said:
The highest capacity model of any data storage device always has a higher per unit of storage cost than lesser models... but it also holds the most. You've got to pay to play.
If you wanted to have access to 32 gb of data, you wouldn't want to be swapping out two 16 gb cards as needed to get that capacity would you? To me, that seems silly.
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And I understand that. For me personally, taking 15 seconds to swap an SD card isn't really a big deal, especially since with this phone (thank science), the card slot is easily available under the battery cover, instead of the battery itself.
But, if I can get a decent price on a 32gb card I'm all for it. The price difference just doesn't seem worth it (to me) to save the 15 seconds
If you want to carry all 32gb with you, where di you put the extra 16gb card? It gets old remembering to put accessories in your pocket.
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Anyone else getting VERY SLOW transfers speeds with this card? Average I'm getting is 3.5mb/sec which is well below normal!! Therefore, it takes awhile to transfer a movie from my PC.
alphadog00 said:
If you want to carry all 32gb with you, where di you put the extra 16gb card? It gets old remembering to put accessories in your pocket.
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Like I said, it's really all about personal preferrence. I carry a shoulder bag around with me everywhere I go, so remembering accessories isn't really an issue. I always have my Lapdock, charger, bluetooth mouse, etc. with me at all times. This phone replaced any need I had for a netbook.
Still no word on prices people have got for these?
Hi there,
i bought via internet an 32 gb "brandless" micro sd card,after i put it in my htc desire hd it recognized it...i connected the phone too my p.c and started putting all of my other music and gamefiles on the sd card,after that the connection crashed and it could not read the micro sd card...i have an idea that it is fake...even on a card reader it does not work......afterall i whas wondering if anyone of you experienced this kind of "bull ****"...
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Yup, sounds like a fake to me - this sort of this is incredibly common unfortunately. IMO you should ALWAYS buy sd cards from reputable dealers - even if it was branded it could have been a fake if you bought it from some dodgy website or from ebay.
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Yup, sounds like a fake to me - this sort of this is incredibly common unfortunately. IMO you should ALWAYS buy sd cards from reputable dealers - even if it was branded it could have been a fake if you bought it from some dodgy website or from ebay.
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i think your right mate...hell these people are really hopeless...they just scam people with their bull **** and afterwarts they even don't answer you via the e-mail...:\ now what kind of losers are there in the world...i said here i give ya 27 euros..he said ok i will post it...he posts it...and then it happenes...it died in its first hour....:S....srry for bad english haha
Always use what everyone else is using.
Maybe your flash card is much less often you will want the memory, but it is programmed to show you "32Gb", to deceive the buyer. Or just a bad memory chip blocks. In any case, use the program for low-level formatting, such as "SDFormatter"
Mostly brandless micro sd card is bad quality, but some of them is good. I buy brandless micro sd card 16 gb with my friend, mine is good but my friend's one is bad condition, can copy file to it but when put this sd card to phone all files are gone.
Hard to know!
U really got to be cerfull with all the fakes out there buy 32gb sd:Es from well knows stores not ebay
I would also try to format it. If this does not help forget it. It's most likely broken.
You have to trust where you can buy these cards!!! Bought mine from wireless wave. And everything is all good <3
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i got a 32 gb class 10 lexar memory card....having problems its just dont wanna load stuff on my fone it gets stuck saying memory scaning...
i transfered like 5 gb of stuff on to it...i dont understand what the problem is
where did you buy it?
authentic lexar are good, it's a good brand, i have a few of them
try to do a full format as FAT32 and see if that helps
AllGamer said:
where did you buy it?
authentic lexar are good, it's a good brand, i have a few of them
try to do a full format as FAT32 and see if that helps
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amazon they had a special i got it with shipping for 50 bucks
so i formated and tried it again and everythin finally went over but it just seems the phone isnt rly recongizing it
I bought one from amazon a month ago. Ummm... I *think* i put it in my phone..unmounted it..reformatted it..mount it all from the phones sd card (storage) section..not the pc.
No troubles since. Sorry if that isnt specific enough...i was just hitting buttons at the time..
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Just got an 8gb Lexar card from Office Depot...seems to be doing ok. I was using a Sandisk one before and it would 'scan' after a few reboots, but then stopped saying that.
Also, I am a bit perplexed about how the memory is partitioned on this phone. I realize it has 16gb internal, but it looks like 10-11gb of that is partitioned to look like a memory card. I just bought App2SD Pro and realized that the 'SD' area is actually the internal phone memory and not the 8gb microSD I just put inside the phone. What gives here? any way to modify App2SD to see the actual card and not internal? can I repartition all 16gb to be in the same area on the phone (looks like about 2gb is free for apps on the Internal..)
I have a lexar 16gb sd card. Formatted before use and never had any trouble. If its having trouble detecting then it could be your current rom right now. What rom are you using? Because i do remember havinf trouble detecting sometimes with certain roms. Usually stock roms are good with detection as they do extensive testing before release and i doubt its the hardware.
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I would sell it on ebay & get a samsung one... Samsung 32gb class 10 is on sale at frys for $34.99 with 1.99 shipping. I have one on the way....
Here's the link
http://www.frys.com/product/6786695
All morning I've been asking whose phone keeps ringing. It's mine! My lexar 16MB/10 lost its mind this morning along with my ringtones. Got it on sale at buydotcom and never formatted it, just plopped it in and started using it.
I was going to get a 32MB from Amazon until I read reviews from people who bought Lexar cards saying they did the exact same thing. I don't know if it's a knock off brand amazon is selling or if it's those cards themselves
I got one from tigerdirect no issues so far. I only have 5gb space left from the 32gb.
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That's where I bought mine a while ago and I've had nothing but problems....
I reformatted it and it gave me multiple errors on multiple occasions...
Sucks because I paid I think near $100 at the time before the big price drop....kind of strange don't you think...
Are there knock off Lexars? Never knew...
I'm going with Samsung brand, ADATA or PNY, all of which are Korean made....not crap China.
FarReach said:
I was going to get a 32MB from Amazon until I read reviews from people who bought Lexar cards saying they did the exact same thing. I don't know if it's a knock off brand amazon is selling or if it's those cards themselves
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Here is a totally awesome deal for you guys, found this while lurking on slickdeals.
www.adorama.com/IDSMUMSD64G.html
^ $80 dollars. Get it while it is hot.
Pettro said:
Here is a totally awesome deal for you guys, found this while lurking on slickdeals.
www.adorama.com/IDSMUMSD64G.html
^ $80 dollars. Get it while it is hot.
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I thought are phone only support up to 32GB of removable memory. I had a 16GB, but decided to get a Samsung Class 10 32GB since it was a great deal and I think that's more than enough for me lol.
Mark.J.Linskiy said:
I thought are phone only support up to 32GB of removable memory. I had a 16GB, but decided to get a Samsung Class 10 32GB since it was a great deal and I think that's more than enough for me lol.
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It is only supposed to support up to 32gb but I am pretty sure I read somewhere that someone was using a 64gb. I wouldnt be surprised if 64gb worked just fine.
brooksyx said:
It is only supposed to support up to 32gb but I am pretty sure I read somewhere that someone was using a 64gb. I wouldnt be surprised if 64gb worked just fine.
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Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised either if someone got it to work. I was just making sure I had valid information lol.
It will work, only problem is the os wont know what the actual size.
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It will work, only problem is the os wont know what the actual size.
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Not true, it recognizes it fine...
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Not true, it recognizes it fine...
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What are the potential pitfalls of using a 64GB card in the E4GT?
Radical-J said:
Not true, it recognizes it fine...
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Ok from what Ive seen, the camera and camcorder no longer tells you how many pictures/video time is remaining. Is that atleast correct?
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I ordered two and have used these befofe the sdxc system in the micro sd cards seem to be read as sdhc so that these phones can support it. On an evo even it reads perfectly fine. On the ET4G I havent checked the camera information but it does transfer at 30mb/s (read/write fluctuate between 15-20mb on actual transfer and write is just a bit higher).
Biker1 said:
What are the potential pitfalls of using a 64GB card in the E4GT?
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Too much disk space, therefore more time spent taking pics/vids/watching movies resulting in angry wives/gf's feeling neglected?
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Too much disk space, therefore more time spent taking pics/vids/watching movies resulting in angry wives/gf's feeling neglected?
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Not if you are taking pictures of them.
ordered.. thanks!
I have been using the 64gb sdxc card for about a month now. It works great!
When I first installed it my phone did not recognize it. Easy fix....
1.menu
2.Settings
3.Storage
4.Unmount SD card
5.Format SD card
The only minor issue I have had is "media scan" can sometimes take a little long if I have too much media saved on the SD card. I usually just place a period in front of large folders that contain movies and private photos. This will hide the contents of the folder from the "media scan".Then I just access them with ES file explorer. The media scan never takes anymore than a couple seconds and its NOT really an issue.
Also for some strange reason Windows will not recognize the card when plugged in to the computer directly but My Mac will. When transferring files from Windows I just use the USB cord and transfer via mass storage or MTP Application.
BUY IT NOW!!! You will not regret it.
I forward this to a few techy friends, we always share deals. One of them stated that this site is known for selling counterfeit SD cards...any truth to that? I would hate to dish out this type of money for a fake card.
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montecristo1 said:
I forward this to a few techy friends, we always share deals. One of them stated that this site is known for selling counterfeit SD cards...any truth to that? I would hate to dish out this type of money for a fake card.
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Don't know if it's widespread or isolated incidents.
http://photo.net/digital-camera-forum/00LQNF
The above is from 2007 though, so I don't know if it's relative to today.
After extensive Googling, I have come to this conclusion:
There are hardly any incidents about fake SanDisk cards from Adorama.
There is the one incident above, which may have stuck in peoples minds over the years, but is not indicative of a widespread problem.
Most of all that I read about Adorama is positive, or neutral.
Adorama is in NYC, and is in direct competition with B&H Photo, another reputable Dealer to buy electronics from, so I don't think either wants to blow it, so to speak.
The above is just my opinion, but if Adorama had issues with widespread SanDisk problems, I likely would have found it.
Out of the 2 stores above, I usually shop at B&H Photo, whether in store or online. No particular reason other than I went to B&H Photo years ago, and have continued to go there if the price is right. I've been to Adorama once also, and had no issues. I actually purchased recently a SanDisk 16GB Class 6 card from B&H Photo, but purchased the Samsung 32GB Class 10 card a couple of weeks afterwards from another Dealer.
Adorama advertises a lot on 660 AM WFAN sports radio. Pretty big name. I'd be surprised if they wouldn't work with someone who received a bad or fake card.
Found this video with the card being used HERE
Thanks Biker1 & The Root for the feedback... I am yet to get let down from buying a product that I heard from a member on xda developers...even more recommended.
They call them mensches. As a chosen person I'm sold. I believe the store is closed on Friday night and Saturday for sabbath.
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Thanks Biker1 & The Root for the feedback... I am yet to get let down from buying a product that I heard from a member on xda developers...even more recommended.
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Anytime.
I don't have the card, but from what I've read, I wouldn't hesitate to get it if I was looking for a 64GB card, and Adorama seems like a safe bet