MicroSDHC Card 32GB Class10, Cluster (allocation unit) size - Galaxy S II Accessories

Dear all,
I've purchased a new Samsung 32GB Class10 card for my Galaxy SII phone.
I'm reading alot of articles regarding the cluster (allocation unit) size but honestly I'm lost....
Do you think I should re-format the card (before placing it in the phone) with a specific cluster size or should I leave it as is ?
I want to get the best out of this card on seq writes (ie HD Video recording) as well as random read-writes.
Can you please share your experience with your cards on that matter?
Thank you all in Advance

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SD cards size, speed, etc.

I want a SD card for my PDA2k. Can't anyone finally answer the question of the largest card size that is supported by this device? Also what are the read write speed for a standard SanDisk card compared to the 10/9 MB/s speeds of the Ultra II cards? Also can our devices actually support the faster read/write or is it unnecessary overkill? Anyone have any direct speed comparisons for any tasks comparing std. vs. Ultra II?
Found some results, still looking for advice
I finally found some test results for read/write speed for Sandisk regular SD cards. 6/4 MB/s see here: http://www.tcmagazine.info/articles.php?action=show&id=4&perpage=1&pagenum=2 . So with the Sandisk Extreme at 10/9 and the Extreme III at 20/20 there is a large difference. Now again the questions are: Can our devices support the new 2GB cards and in real world applications, such as file storage, mp3 and wmv storage and playback and GPS map useage, are these higher speeds really noticeable?
Hi
I have a kingmax platinum 1G card (60x) and a bog standard sandisk 1G card. Dont notice any difference on my XDA IIs.
On a PC in a USBII reader, the kingmax is about 10% quicker on writes with no difference on reads.
The claims made by manufacturers about the speeds of their devices are mostly [email protected] Additionally, the XDA IIs is much, much slower at reading/writing from the cards than the PC is.
Nigel

What is the best 2G SD form my Jamin?

Sandisk, Panasonic or ....?
I recommend Transend 150x (fast) 4gb for about £55
What is the max sd size I can put on my Jamin? Is it 4G the max size?
In theory there is not a maximum size, but until you buy a particular brand and try it, you never fully know...
Noony said:
I recommend Transend 150x (fast) 4gb for about £55
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Ha, I have the same and I think it's pretty good too. Don't hesitate to buy a 4GB card - the space is never enough
4gb microSD or SD
Now I use Transcend 1Gb MMCmobile and I decide to buy card with more space.
Which one 4Gb card are complitable with Qtek S200 - microSD or SD?
I want microSD because of microSD is complitable with lastest Nokia and Benq-Siemens mobile phones so it's more universal.
So, which 4Gb microSD with adapter is fully complitable with Qtek S200? Anybody test it? Or better to buy standard (full phisical size) SD?
SD is the right choice for the Prophet, but if you intend to change your phone/PPC soon you are better off with a microSD.
I myself had a 4GB SD for my Prophet but I swapped it for a Herald/P4350. Nice device but it uses microSD. That sucks
microSD so far is only available as 2GB max. If you need 4GB of space take a SD-Card if you can live with 2GB than definitly go for microSD.
It usually comes with an adapter to be used as a SD-Card.
btw 4GB is the maximum size for the Prophet.
I am always wondering about this because I use a Dopod 818 pro, and the manufacturer's website says it supports up to 1GB SD Card. So it can support a 4GB on that model? Can any verify this for me, thanks!
centralman said:
I am always wondering about this because I use a Dopod 818 pro, and the manufacturer's website says it supports up to 1GB SD Card. So it can support a 4GB on that model? Can any verify this for me, thanks!
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Yes, 4GB SD-Card can be used by Prophet devices. I for myself used it for the last ten months without a problem. anything above 4GB I cannot guaranty. I'm not sure about SDHC-Cards if they are working in those devices.
Thanks Kelvin for your info. I will try to buy a standard 4GB SD card then. One more question, do you think the speed rating of the SD card has any effect on the performance? Would getting a 150x card be better?
Thanks Kelvin for your info. I will try to buy a standard 4GB SD card then. One more question, do you think the speed rating of the SD card has any effect on the performance? Would getting a 150x card be better?
I checked my old SD card and it was a 133x Speed. I was pleased with it. I'm not sure if the 150x performes better/faster on the Prophet, actually not even sure about the Prophet SD slot read/write performance. But in general it won't hurt going for the 150x if the price doesn't differ much from a 133x. SO GO FOR THE 150x
Thanks for your answer. Will buy it at the weekend!
It would be faster, But not on the prophet
The prophet can't use the speed since it cannot write data on a memory card so fast, Actually, Today the only speed limit is the device itself, The cards are allways getting faster and faster and faster and...........
Hello again!
I have choise between two 4Gb cards for my Prophet:
1. Transcend 4Gb Secure Digital card [MLC, 30x] (43$)
or
2. Transcend 4Gb mini Secure Digital card SDHC miniSD (43$)
or
3. Transcend 4Gb Secure Digital card 150x (50$)
Which of them is the best for Prophet (Qtek S200)?
My choise - 2nd or 3rd card (prefer 2nd because more universal) but I would like to read people's opinion. Can i feel real difference between this cards onn Prophet?
vitalis said:
Hello again!
I have choise between two 4Gb cards for my Prophet:
1. Transcend 4Gb Secure Digital card [MLC, 30x] (43$)
or
2. Transcend 4Gb mini Secure Digital card SDHC miniSD (43$)
or
3. Transcend 4Gb Secure Digital card 150x (50$)
Which of them is the best for Prophet (Qtek S200)?
My choise - 2nd or 3rd card (prefer 2nd because more universal) but I would like to read people's opinion. Can i feel real difference between this cards onn Prophet?
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Not sure if Prophet can cope with SDHC technology, probably not.
So, 4GB SD Card will recognize in my Dopod 818 Pro with still original WM5 shipped ROM?
I tried a 4gb SDHC card with my prophet today, it didn't work. I wonder if there's a patch for sdhc support.

8GB MicroSD card...for the Universal???

By SAMSUNG, here:-
http://www.mobiledia.com/news/59250.html
Anyone has a lower capacity microSD card working with the Universal through a SD-to-microSD adapter?
Dose it realy work?
I have Scan Disck Ultra II 4Gb.
AQnd unbranded 2Gb micro sd to Sd, works fine.
RE
So, there's a possibility that the 8GB microSD card might work provided that the Universal recognizes it
I'm sure it won't work ...
Hi folks, you should read before posting:
"With a read speed of 16Mbps and a write speed of 6Mbps, Samsung's 8GB microSD card well exceeds the Speed Class 4 SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity)"
As far as the Uni does not support SDHC, this one will not work (neither other SD-Cards with SDHC will, no matter of size or capacity).
Best regards,
tsfnet
Yep ... I think the maximum size allowed for the Universal is 4Go !!

Micro SDXC 64GB

How much micro sdxc 64gb Card Cost
Is compatible with samsung galaxy s2..
cyanogenmod 4.1.1 latest build pls help..
How much is bit transfer 10mbts right or it depends
mohdbrzn said:
How much micro sdxc 64gb Card Cost
Is compatible with samsung galaxy s2..
cyanogenmod 4.1.1 latest build pls help..
How much is bit transfer 10mbts right or it depends
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Hi!
I bought one card SanDisk 64 GB for $ 65 on Ebay
it works great on my Galaxy S2
write speed more than 10 Mbyte/s
thnks
AfftarN said:
Hi!
I bought one card SanDisk 64 GB for $ 65 on Ebay
it works great on my Galaxy S2
write speed more than 10 Mbyte/s
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Thank you for sharing info with us..
AfftarN said:
Hi!
I bought one card SanDisk 64 GB for $ 65 on Ebay
it works great on my Galaxy S2
write speed more than 10 Mbyte/s
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your screenshot is showing your internal memory test. If you want to test external memory then you have to pick /sdcard/external_sd instead.
To respond to OP: I got mine from Amazon, cost me 54 EUR for SanDisk UHS class1, class 10, XC I 64gb. 32gb Sammy MicroSD HC class 10 is performing a bit better for me (just a slight bit) but lacks the space, and SanDisk one is performing as a beauty here.
ps: if in need of my screens for test on Sandisk, let me know.
Is it worth getting a 64gb card for sg2?
I ask as I've seen many reviews tgat say data can be wiped as it's not suitable.
I'm in the market for a card though can't decide if 64gb would be overkill, but at same time would negate deleting old files vids etc I may need later...
Sandisk seems the way to go, any thoughts?
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smash
SGS2 GT-I9100 using xda prem
Depends on your need for storage space. I had 12Gb of music on 32GB one and photos and vids just zeroed it, let alone apps/games on it. I have no problem with 64GB now. I guess, it's each to his own. And if it is going to be self_wiped, then it will be my loss there, but I don't see any problem at this time, nor my microsd performs bad or has glitches.
Having SanDisk only for a month now, I can say I'm pleased how it's performing in terms of speed and stability. I can't predict what comes next but I never had any microsd breaking on me, or any problems in the past (had from 2 t o64GB microsd from SanDisk, Samsung etc... over 4 years time span).
Hope this helps a bit.
Fevves said:
your screenshot is showing your internal memory test. If you want to test external memory then you have to pick /sdcard/external_sd instead.
To respond to OP: I got mine from Amazon, cost me 54 EUR for SanDisk UHS class1, class 10, XC I 64gb. 32gb Sammy MicroSD HC class 10 is performing a bit better for me (just a slight bit) but lacks the space, and SanDisk one is performing as a beauty here.
ps: if in need of my screens for test on Sandisk, let me know.
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if u redead hes post he says hes on the galaxy s2 its different then from the galaxy s3 where the internal is set as Sdcard and external is set at extsdcard, the Gs2 didnt have that issue so hes screen shot is corrent.
Practitioner said:
if u redead hes post he says hes on the galaxy s2 its different then from the galaxy s3 where the internal is set as Sdcard and external is set at extsdcard, the Gs2 didnt have that issue so hes screen shot is corrent.
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Thanks for this thread. Even i was confused with the same question. But i was informed Micro SDXC 64GB will not work with Non Sammy roms i.e CM and other AOSPs to be precise. Can someone confirm this please
Practitioner said:
if u redead hes post he says hes on the galaxy s2 its different then from the galaxy s3 where the internal is set as Sdcard and external is set at extsdcard, the Gs2 didnt have that issue so hes screen shot is corrent.
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Owner of SGS2 here (visible in my sig.): If you pick /sdcard on SGS2 it's measuring internal storage (16GB one), if you change it to /sdcard/external_sd, then it's testing external microsd card. Dunno what SGS3 does and what not, it's on ICS as a base...
Got an Sandisk Micro SDXC with 64 GB and its working in my HTC HD2 and my Galaxy S2, too. But I got it formatted with FAT32 don`t know if Ex-Fat is working. Price was 58 Euro in Germany 1/4 year ago. Im on German 4.0.4 Stock Rom without Root.
Greetings Myself5
Edit: SD Speed (Couldn`t post pictures)
Write: 11.1
Read: 18.6
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I just bought a sandisk 64gb sdxc. Can't wait for it to be delivered!!! $60 AUD on Shoppingsquare, which i think is good value
And now for my 2cents worth:
Is 64gb an overkill?
Yes, but that's what I said about my 16gb card 2 years ago, and now I have no space.
Besides, i envisage apps, music, videos to get bigger as it gets better in quality.
e.g. with 64gb i can afford to have lossless audio.
Also, I have now in my room, 1gb, 2gb, 4gb, 8gb micro sd card.
I probably would have spent less money if I upgrade to a much higher capacity each time.
not to mention they are now just sitting there being wasted.
Usb adapters, lik SanDisk one, FTW / then you have a "switchable" USB key...
I don't have any wasted microSDs at all, but still has 2 x 4gb, 1 x 8 gb and 1 x 16gb micros's...
Gonna put in an order for one of these. Thanks for advice!
nice!
Fevves said:
Usb adapters, lik SanDisk one, FTW / then you have a "switchable" USB key...
I don't have any wasted microSDs at all, but still has 2 x 4gb, 1 x 8 gb and 1 x 16gb micros's...
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Planning to order one myself Fevves for my S2 running Cmiui. Hope it works. If not let me know now please..... !
counterfeit cards
Fevves said:
...I had 12Gb of music on 32GB one and photos and vids just zeroed it,
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Hi,
Storage media of any type does not 'self-zero' itself. When it is full it stops you from writing data. Think about it: Would Sandisk still be in business if it did?
A likely reason your Sd card are self-zero'ing is because you bought a counterfeit card from a shop like Amazon or Ebay.
This is very common.
What happens? The fraudster buys cheaper 4 Gb SD Cards. He then modified the SD card firmware so that it reports to the operating system that the card is actually 32Gb. The O/S formats the card (typically a quick format by writing a few blocks at the start of the card) and you start coping the data across. Regretfully when you cross the 4 Gb limit of the card you end up writing no where. Seems that the data is simply zeroed or another error appears.
There are numerous of reports about this on Amazon.
Solution:
Don't buy SD cards from Ebay.
If you buy from Amazon then ensure that you buy from Amazon and not the Amazon MarketPlace.
Finally: If it is too cheap, then there may well be something amiss ;P
Also, I have now in my room, 1gb, 2gb, 4gb, 8gb micro sd card.
I probably would have spent less money if I upgrade to a much higher capacity each time.
not to mention they are now just sitting there being wasted.
Problem
i buy de sandisk 64gb and when i tranfer files from mi pc to the sd card i got slow tranfer speeds (around 5-6 mb/s). The sd is in fat32 that possibily affects the perfomance?, when i do sd speed test from the play store i got 13mb/s write and 30mb/s read.
Also i cant achive mounting correctly on ntfs with the app from the marquet ntfs mounter which is in xda
someone pass something like this?
nikunj_cal said:
Planning to order one myself Fevves for my S2 running Cmiui. Hope it works. If not let me know now please..... !
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64Gb SanDisk works fine on mine, though I'm not on Cmiui, I'm on Sensation 4.1 flavor now, it's ICS 4.04 based (was on GB 2.3.6 before), 32GB Samsung one works flawlesly on my kid's SGS2 and any other older microSd we have works. Other then that, all my old microSd's are workign OK with adapters and such
No waste for me
Got my 64gb and it worked fine with cmiui and now with resurrection remix ! Thanks for your help and reply.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app

Micro SD Card compatability?

I know, this is probably a silly question, but am I the only one that notices how devices only tend to label compatibility with Micro SD cards based on size, and not speed or class? For instance, my Galaxy Tab S2, it simply says it can take up to a 128gb SD card, but it does not say what speed it will work with.
The reason I ask, is that I am now in the market for a 128gb card, and yet I don't want to buy an expensive fast one, if my tablet will not be able to take advantage of the premium speed. Anyone have any thoughts?
I don't know about the speed but I have a SanDisk 200 GB that runs fine.
I think that any phone or tablet that will read 128 GB will also work with 200 GB.
Shofar
Don't worry
Any MicroSD card will work in your Galaxy Tab S2. But then, you might have to format it. When you buy the card, keep an eye out on the speed class- higher speeds are much better!
You are looking for a 128GB card, and I use one in my tablet so don't worry. It will work! But I seriously recommend a higher performance card because it can get very slow with cheaper cards.
Hope this helps!
I just tested a regular class 10 card and a UHS-1 card. Both tested at 9mb write and 40mb read. The same UHS-1 card tested over 40mb write using an Odroid C1 board.
lewmur said:
I just tested a regular class 10 card and a UHS-1 card. Both tested at 9mb write and 40mb read. The same UHS-1 card tested over 40mb write using an Odroid C1 board.
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I suppose that means that using anything above class 10 is irrelevant?
wirelesskebab said:
I suppose that means that using anything above class 10 is irrelevant?
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No, that means that "class" classification is outdated. Fast cards (read and write) bear the UHS-I "U3" classification, "U1" is slower.
In future, only buy U3 cards, like the SanDisk Extreme family.
saintsimon said:
No, that means that "class" classification is outdated. Fast cards (read and write) bear the UHS-I "U3" classification, "U1" is slower.
In future, only buy U3 cards, like the SanDisk Extreme family.
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I guess you missed the part where I stated that the UHS card had a write speed of 40mb using the Odroid C1 board. Obviously, when it only writes 9mb in the S2, then the S2 itself doesn't support the higher speeds. So, no matter ability the card has, if the device's bus doesn't support the higher speed, then the card's ability is meaningless. Any card you use is going to be limited by the bus speed of the device.
Paying extra for a better card is pointless if the device doesn't support the higher speed.
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I guess you missed the part where I stated that the UHS card had a write speed of 40mb using the Odroid C1 board. Obviously, when it only writes 9mb in the S2, then the S2 itself doesn't support the higher speeds. So, no matter ability the card has, if the device's bus doesn't support the higher speed, then the card's ability is meaningless. Any card you use is going to be limited by the bus speed of the device.
Paying extra for a better card is pointless if the device doesn't support the higher speed.
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This was what I meant, I'll make sure to buy a decent one but not the "best". Quick question, how are the internal memory write speeds? Actually, what card should I get then? How fast is the internal memory write speeds? Thanks!
Just tested the 32 GB SanDisk Extreme (U3 but not an Extreme Plus or Pro) in my T815 with the "A1 SD Bench" app:
read 59,70 MB/s or 61,04 MB/s, write 22,75 MB/s or 24,70 MB/s. The second numbers are the result of using the "accurate mode" of the test app.
saintsimon said:
Just tested the 32 GB SanDisk Extreme (U3 but not an Extreme Plus or Pro) in my T815 with the "A1 SD Bench" app:
read 59,70 MB/s or 61,04 MB/s, write 22,75 MB/s or 24,70 MB/s. The second numbers are the result of using the "accurate mode" of the test app.
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Wat?! Is it possible that the LTE version (T815) vs T810 has a different card reader? If not happy days!
wirelesskebab said:
This was what I meant, I'll make sure to buy a decent one but not the "best". Quick question, how are the internal memory write speeds? Actually, what card should I get then? How fast is the internal memory write speeds? Thanks!
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Why don't you install the A1 SD Benchmark from the Play Store and test your own cards? My internal storage rates 50mb write and 160 read.
Hi,
I'm considering this microSD for my new tablet s2, do you think is good quality?
http://www.amazon.it/Memoria-SanDisk-Android-MicroSDXC-Adattatore/dp/B010Q57S62/
nephtys59 said:
Hi,
I'm considering this microSD for my new tablet s2, do you think is good quality?
http://www.amazon.it/Memoria-SanDisk-Android-MicroSDXC-Adattatore/dp/B010Q57S62/
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I am using this SanDisk 128 GB Micro SDXC UHS-1 / Class 10 card and it works fine! The price/performance is good.
In germany (Amazon.de) you can get the card for 33 € (+shipping costs).
nephtys59 said:
Hi,
I'm considering this microSD for my new tablet s2, do you think is good quality?
http://www.amazon.it/Memoria-SanDisk-Android-MicroSDXC-Adattatore/dp/B010Q57S62/
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For our fast S2, this one is too slow in writing. Class 10 means only fast reading.
You better choose a Samsung or SanDisk with the "U3" designation, which means fast writing, like this:
http://www.amazon.it/Scheda-Memoria...sr=1-5&keywords=sandisk+extreme+pro+microsdxc
FOR EVERYBODY :
I have bought a LEXAR 633x 200GB !!!
And it works !
Speed : read 95Mo/s write : 40Mo/s
For 90$, it do the job very well !
The only better sdcard is the 256GB SAMSUNG but it's out of price !
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So a higher performance card or 200GB eill make the tab s2 go faster then? What amount of storage and sd card do you recommend?
It won't make the tab S2 go faster. But it will allow faster read/writing to higher performance sd card compared to a regular one. The S2 can only go as fast as it's hardware can, with or without a microsd card.
Figured I'd share my results with my 2015 S2 8.0 (SM-T710). Right now I have a Samsung EVO Pro (U1) 64GB in my tablet and it does ok, but I'm just about to upgrade it to a new 128GB EVO PLUS (U3) card so got some results below. Note the previous 32GB card I had was waay worse, much older and only did 4MB/sec on writes (forgot the brand) but things have at least come a long way in the years since.
Results as follows...
Samsung EVO Pro 64GB (U1) - 70.53MB/sec Read - 72.86MB/sec Write (Fresh Format)
Samsung EVO Plus 128GB (U3) - 69.91MB/sec Read - 43.40MB/sec Write (Fresh Format)
Samsung EVO Pro 64GB (U1) - 70.07MB/sec Read - 17.81MB/sec Write (Only 4.9GB Free)
Samsung EVO Plus 128GB (U3) - 63.08MB/sec Read - 27.12MB/sec Write (Only 65.9GB Free)
For the heck of it tried the transfer rates on the PC for the 2 cards as well.
Samsung EVO Pro 64GB (U1) - 86.85MB/sec Read - 80.77MB/sec Write (Fresh Format)
Samsung EVO Plus 128GB (U3) - 87.04MB/sec Read - 82.27MB/sec Write (Fresh Format)
Though got to say while cards neck and neck, small file writes where 5x greater on the new U3 card (.5MB/sec vs 2.5MB/sec) on 4k writes.

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