Do SD Cards decrease the chances of games stuttering while gaming? - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Now the title is as what it seems.I've been posting a few threads now trying to prevent the games on my play from stuttering,which is a big problem right now as the framerate keeps dropping every few seconds.I've been given advice on unlocking my bootloader,using a SanDisk Class 4 memory card and even flashing a ROM..
What I want to know is that for those who aren't experiencing this,and their gaming experience is fine so far,to tell me which is the problem again here,the stock SD Card that I got from SE or the stock ROM and kernel,which I've already removed lots of bloatware?
Really need your help guys,I'm having no luck at all for 5 months straight now.
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There are games which stutter anyway because they're poorly programmed. For example, Fifa 12

Logseman said:
There are games which stutter anyway because they're poorly programmed. For example, Fifa 12
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I see,so there are some Xperia Play users who do experience the same thing then?Thankfully I wasn't the only one,but since almost every downloaded game that I've played stutters I don't know which ones run perfectly at all. :/
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The stock sd is a class 2. Get a class 6 or better, or use internal storage.
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Trygon said:
The stock sd is a class 2. Get a class 6 or better, or use internal storage.
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I keep getting advice about using a class 4 memory card though.Which one's better?
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Logseman said:
There are games which stutter anyway because they're poorly programmed. For example, Fifa 12
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FIFA 12 never stutters on my phone. In fact its only Gameloft games that ever stutter on me, which we know are pushed out the door as fast as possible.
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I keep getting advice about using a class 4 memory card though.Which one's better?
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The Sandisk Class 4 32GB is the tested solution, a Class 6 may work as well, I don't know if better and very few if any have tested it, but DO NOT get a Class 10 as that is worse (for gaming).

Rogue Leader said:
FIFA 12 never stutters on my phone. In fact its only Gameloft games that ever stutter on me, which we know are pushed out the door as fast as possible.
The Sandisk Class 4 32GB is the tested solution, a Class 6 may work as well, I don't know if better and very few if any have tested it, but DO NOT get a Class 10 as that is worse (for gaming).
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Ok.Are you using a class 4 memory card?I would like a screenshot of it so I'm aware of what the card looks like,just to be sure.
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Sorry I mean I would like a picture of it.
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Sorry I mean I would like a picture of it.
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this is it

I got a 16gb class 6 Samsung works perfectly with link2sd
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Modern combat 3 in Market

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Android/Modern+Combat+3:+Fallen+Nation/news.asp?c=36241
video of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Grut2xr1Q
Just bought it, one helluva download though. I'm running cm7mtd hoping it will be smooth
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Looks so detailed!! I'm amazed at how awesome this game is
IronReaver17 said:
Looks so detailed!! I'm amazed at how awesome this game is
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SAME HERE...lol. ...just pissed it doesn't works on my Asus transformer...
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I picked it up a few minutes ago. Usually I'd wait for a sale in a few months, but I had overpaid my bill and had like a 30 dollar credit anyways, so I grabbed it.
Some are complaining about the download size, but for some reason it says 1.37 gig must be free in the market description, yet after installing and running for the first time, it only says it needs to download 748 mb. That's really not so bad, considering I'm going to delete MC2 and SD data if this one works well. It's only about 150 more mb on sd than MC2 was. Either way, I'll check back soon to let everybody know how it's working on the epic!
Wow performs flawlesssly on cm7. Wayy better controls than the last 2 modern combat games. Well worth 7 bucks
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OperationMove said:
I picked it up a few minutes ago. Usually I'd wait for a sale in a few months, but I had overpaid my bill and had like a 30 dollar credit anyways, so I grabbed it.
Some are complaining about the download size, but for some reason it says 1.37 gig must be free in the market description, yet after installing and running for the first time, it only says it needs to download 748 mb. That's really not so bad, considering I'm going to delete MC2 and SD data if this one works well. It's only about 150 more mb on sd than MC2 was. Either way, I'll check back soon to let everybody know how it's working on the epic!
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The 748mb downloaded is compressed, it decompresses to 1.37 gb on your sd card
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Fire n mage said:
The 748mb downloaded is compressed, it decompresses to 1.37 gb on your sd card
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Also could you let us know what rom your using?
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MODERN COMBAT 3 Y U NO WORK ON CM7?!?
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I like battle duty modern field 3 more
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Anyone know the day this goes on sale yet?
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DCRocks said:
Anyone know the day this goes on sale yet?
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I think you already missed the one day sale.
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It's on sale right now!! I checked, although when you click on the app from the games section it still says 6.99. However if you click BUY it'll say 0.99
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Does this work well with our Epic's what is the OC Needed and what are running.
I mean im on CM7 and when i play GTA 3 @ 1500/1000 vr/performance after 10 mins of playing time my battery is heated up to 110*F
What do you use for playing this game? And is it smooth?
For me, I run it as a normal app, vr lagfree 100-1000... works well enough
saramon said:
For me, I run it as a normal app, vr lagfree 100-1000... works well enough
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W/O Lag or Stutter i mean on GTA 3 @ 1Ghz it lags all the time every second and when im @ 1.5GHz Theres a tad bit lag every so often.
I didn't really notice much of a lag at all...
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W/O Lag or Stutter i mean on GTA 3 @ 1Ghz it lags all the time every second and when im @ 1.5GHz Theres a tad bit lag every so often.
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Check out the settings app for GTA 3, you can tweak the setting to get less lag
As to MC3, I was able to run it on my MTD Legendary 2.2 ROM without OCing with no lag.

Is it possible to run 64gb SD Card?

Question is pretty straight forward...
x Jumpman23 x said:
Question is pretty straight forward...
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Test it and let us know..
Answer is pretty straightforward too
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knipp21 said:
Test it and let us know..
Answer is pretty straightforward too
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Way to be helpful
I assume he doesn't have it so he's asking if anyone got it to working.
If you don't have it or your answer's not gonna help, let's not answer it.
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x Jumpman23 x said:
Question is pretty straight forward...
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Does it have good running shoes?
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xHoLyx said:
Way to be helpful
I assume he doesn't have it so he's asking if anyone got it to working.
If you don't have it or your answer's not gonna help, let's not answer it.
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LOL well you're reply was just as helpful wasnt it?
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From my understanding the inc2 and majority of today's "smartphones" can only access up to 32gb of external memory. I have yet to see a 64gb card installed in any phone.
I could be absolutely wrong in my assumption.
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Did a quick research and found out that anything above 32gb would be classified as a SDXC card which would not be read by current smartphones.
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zax10 said:
Did a quick research and found out that anything above 32gb would be classified as a SDXC card which would not be read by current smartphones.
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And formatting it ruins the card
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just out of curiosity, why would you need so much?
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just out of curiosity, why would you need so much?
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plenty of music (32gb alone), movies, videos etc.... I have Google Music, but I would also like the option of not having to stream online to listen to my music.
Just installed the 64GB microSDXC card from SanDisk and it works just fine. Formatted the card in the phone and copied all my stuff (music, pictures, etc.) over. Only problem I've run into was Astro FC, but a quick reinstall fixed that. Sure is nice to have a room for more ROM backups now.
Is it reading your full amount of memory also can screenshot the memory usage screen I would love to see it say 64
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zax10 said:
Is it reading your full amount of memory also can screenshot the memory usage screen I would love to see it say 64
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Yeah, should have included that before. Like others I've seen I get >59GB reported capacity.
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wow, 64gb how much does that run in $?
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Yeah, should have included that before. Like others I've seen I get >59GB reported capacity.
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That's awesome. Lemme know how it goes in performance.
Side note, what ROM is that??
That is surprising to see it read. Like Tyler said keep us up to date on performance.
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tylerlawhon said:
That's awesome. Lemme know how it goes in performance.
Side note, what ROM is that??
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Can't say I've noticed any change in performance vs the 32GB microSDHC I had before. Cost $160 through Amazon.
The ROM is CoreDroid - quite nice.

sandisk 32gb class 4 $30.79

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...G/dp/B004G60AD6/ref=lh_ni_t?tag=5336653508-20
I bought one of these and it won't write more than 8 gb, I am sending it back for a replacement.
I just bought a Patriot LX series 32GB class 10 for $43.00 on amazon.com yesterday.
bigblue206 said:
I bought one of these and it won't write more than 8 gb, I am sending it back for a replacement.
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That sucks man... Did you try formatting it
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here is the speeds I am getting
With the class 4
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Diablo67 said:
I just bought a Patriot LX series 32GB class 10 for $43.00 on amazon.com yesterday.
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Let me see what your getting with the 10 when you get it
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jayshocka said:
here is the speeds I am getting
With the class 4
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umm ya, I have the same card and not getting anything close to that...........
ProCision said:
umm ya, I have the same card and not getting anything close to that...........
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Are you using any tweaks what ROM are you using?
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i dont know anything about tweaks, and I am using MIUI
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i dont know anything about tweaks, and I am using MIUI
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Check my signature car-o-dope tweak you won't regret it very simple to apply.... Will boost your SD speed and your phone will run like buttah
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Lexar MicroSDHC 32 GB Class 10 Flash Memory Card with Reader $39.99
http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27
magnumstg16 said:
Lexar MicroSDHC 32 GB Class 10 Flash Memory Card with Reader $39.99
http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27
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Nice bit of one-up-man-ship... I am quite happy with my class 4 right now, but if you ordered one do me a favor and run a speed test and post your results. I'd like to check it out...
great price compared to the link for the one in the microsoft store. thanks!
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Nice bit of one-up-man-ship... I am quite happy with my class 4 right now, but if you ordered one do me a favor and run a speed test and post your results. I'd like to check it out...
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erikemb said:
great price compared to the link for the one in the microsoft store. thanks!
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No problem, no problem. I just got it today so I formatted it to FAT32 and am about to copy over my old SD card, I'll run a test and post back here within a day or two.
Here's what I got with the Lexar 32gig class 10
magnumstg16 said:
Here's what I got with the Lexar 32gig class 10
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you need to do some tweeking
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jayshocka said:
you need to do some tweeking
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I know, I just went through and made sure the COD settings are still correct and I just partitioned it and did Darktremors ap2sd tweak. Even after all that my Evo is still acting sluggish, its pretty frustrating.
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I know, I just went through and made sure the COD settings are still correct and I just partitioned it and did Darktremors ap2sd tweak. Even after all that my Evo is still acting sluggish, its pretty frustrating.
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What rom
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What rom
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Decks Alpha 5 ICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380478
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Decks Alpha 5 ICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380478
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Ah so Your running an Alpha version of a work in progress and you wondering why things are not working right... ;-)
Just kiddin love the deck!
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Sandisk 128 GB Extreme SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, 45MBps Read/Write Speeds

http://www.amazon.com/Sandisk-Extreme-Memory-45MBps-Speeds/dp/B006ZH1WVS
will this work on our phone?
No, this will not work. Phone uses Micro SD.
im an idiot i just saw that ='<
Why on earth would you need 128GB? Lol
If it was a micro sd sdxc card it would tho. I can use a 64gb microsdxc on my g2x and fit quite a chunk of my music collection and videos now.
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iniz94 said:
Why on earth would you need 128GB? Lol
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Music, movies, videos, Ubuntu, etc etc. Why would you not?
fonseca898 said:
Music, movies, videos, Ubuntu, etc etc. Why would you not?
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+1
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iniz94 said:
Why on earth would you need 128GB? Lol
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why wouldn't you want 128GB. if you're like me then you would want your phone to do whatever it is you need it for - whether it be watching movies, recording video, or playing games. Just as an example: if you enjoy playing "old school" games like NES or SNES games, then each SNES game alone is approximately the size of a standard mp3 and with hundreds of games - you could easily fill up a few gigs of space.
Music alone will be a storage hog and even movies. The average divx or .avi is about 700mb.
I can't believe some peoples mindset...
I mean sure if its not what you need look elsewhere but more storage space is never a bad thing, especially for the users that use their phone for more then just texting,calling,browsing youtube etc. This is a smartphone people and storage just like battery life can always be improved upon.
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delete
iniz94 said:
Why on earth would you need 128GB? Lol
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ummmm... porn?
there was a mod posted a long while back that was basically a ribbon cable in the form of an sd card to a regular mem card like the one posted in the op, of course it meant making a rectangular hole in your battery cover but could be hidden using a phone cover... that might work
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ummmm... porn?
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HAHAHAHAHA this post alone made this thread worth reading
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You might not be old enough for this reference...
to get that to work you would need this and im sure it would work fine just put the phone in a case without the back cover in and the adapter and sd card could probably fit fine http://www.dealextreme.com/p/sd-to-microsd-transflash-card-converter-module-27001
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to get that to work you would need this and im sure it would work fine just put the phone in a case without the back cover in and the adapter and sd card could probably fit fine http://www.dealextreme.com/p/sd-to-microsd-transflash-card-converter-module-27001
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I wonder if that really would work?............
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fonseca898 said:
Music, movies, videos, Ubuntu, etc etc. Why would you not?
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Don't forget HD porn takes a lot of space
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I wonder if that really would work?............
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it should somebody else has done it before with i believe a evo 3d
edit: check this out http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-3d/146085-yes-i-did-evo-3d-too.html
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ummmm... porn?
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First thing I thought too.
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it should somebody else has done it before with i believe a evo 3d
edit: check this out http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-3d/146085-yes-i-did-evo-3d-too.html
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Looks cool
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Just got a 64gb sdxc sandisk card. Here are benchmark results.

Format of the card on the computer into fat32. The results we're pretty good on 1 part but pretty bad on another. I assume it could be a combination of the way it was formatted and the phone's hardware that is the
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bottleneck
What are you using to benchmark?
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A1 SD bench
You might have a bad card. I have the same card as you.
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EDIT: It didn't save my BM. One sec.
Now I am getting horribly mixed results... Weird. Really high one minute then really low with the next.
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I wonder if the GUI format program formatted the wrong size in the choices. I forget what that choice was called. I just let it do its thing with all the default settings.
Yeah I'm getting huge result differences between runs. Don't know what to think now.
In settings check "use longer testing" to get normal results without caching
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Sd card speeds are averages they will never be consistent, especially when testing in your phone as background apps could be using it while the test is running. To get the most accurate results its best to test them in a pc
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Sd card speeds are averages they will never be consistent, especially when testing in your phone as background apps could be using it while the test is running. To get the most accurate results its best to test them in a pc
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That is understandable but seeing a huge rise in one benchmark and then a huge drop should not happen. They should be close.
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That is understandable but seeing a huge rise in one benchmark and then a huge drop should not happen. They should be close.
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Typically you see the big spikes while benching on the phone cuz something in the background starts reading or writing from the sd and takes priority over the benchmark app. If you test it in a pc it would be more consistent but still varying a bit. Theres just no real way to stop the phone from using the card to get an accurate test. Best way would be to do it on a cleanly installed rom with no 3rd party apps installed. It's just the way android works unfortunately if something needs to use the sd card it will automagically take priority over the benchmark and they will then be sharing the max r/w speeds. Say your max is 10mb/s and 2 apps are reading/writing those apps now each have a max of ~5mb/s, 3 apps running ~3mb/s and so on.
I like to break stuff!
How much are those 64GB anyways
besides that, I heard they have alot of problems with slow loading of the disk after boot or so? or just not loading at all
Thats just my say because i see alot of threads of that....
I want one because I have alot of music....
As long as you preformat it in fat32 before you put it in the phone, you should be okay. Haven't had any problems yet. Card scan at boot is faster than the previous card with the same data on it. I think I paid under 60 usd on amazon for it.
I got lucky and got my Ultra 64gb for like 35 from Bestbuy but they are normally pricey. I have never gotten the advertised 30mb read and write but it is way faster than a typical class 10
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You can get them on Amazon for about 60 bucks. I just bought a class 10 uhs sandisk for about 30. Comes with an adapter as well
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