I came across some 8 gb sd cards on ebay that the vendors claim are not sdhc. Anyone used this cards or could anyone confirm that they are actually compatible with non sdhc devices?
Regular sd cards only officially go up to 2gb but i have seen 4gb but dont work on all devices. That 8gb is a fake.
They are coming up all over ebay and people are buying and posting good feedbacks. I do use a 4g sd card which works flawlessly in my universal and also in my old toshiba e800 running wm2003se.
hmm.. i see them on ebay but im hesitant to buy them...
4GB non-SDHC Transcend
I have HTC Himalaya, I flashed it with WM 6.0 from Helmi and today (4.11.2010) I succefully started to use 4 GB SD (non-SDHC) card from Transcend in my Himalaya! Accordin´ to many opinions and comments I know that the device only has to support standard SD 1.1 (in hardware way) everything else is irrelevant! Now I´m searching for 8GB one (also non-SDHC), cause I know it exists! But first I have to find it and then I will post here that it works with Himalaya (meaning, if it works with Himalaya, It should work with any MDA or PDA with SDIO slot and hardware support for SD 1.1 format)
HC = "High Capacity".
It has to do with data addressing.
In order for a >2GB card to be non-HC, it has to have some other mechanism for switching between the 2GB segments than typical SDHC cards, like a physical switch on the back of the card. In essence, it will be multiple SD cards in a single package.
There are 3 SD standards:
-SD (max 2GB)
-SD 1.1 (max 4GB)
-SDHC (everything above 4 GB)
Don't buy these "SD" cards I bought one of them their quality was bad...after using it for 2 weeks the plastic case of the memory chip broke in 2 parts...now i have only the chip I cannot use anywhere.
The data I stored on it became sometimes unavailable I had to format the card...
Long story short: don't buy them.
I am looking to buy a SGN2, but want a 32GB version.
The Samsung website suggests that larger memory model could be made available but perhaps on the "International" model.
http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynote/note2/spec.html?type=find
I looked at the websites of all the North American carriers which are compatible to each other: they are AT&T, Bell, Telus, and Rogers. I am only interested in these carriers (not Sprint, Verizon, etc). All of them only show the 16GB model to be offered.
Will any of [AT&T, Bell, Telus, and Rogers] eventually carrier the 32GB model?
If so, is it known (or reasonably speculated) when the 32GB be offered?
Not sure about US carriers but you can find it on pre-order now
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Skeleton said:
I am looking to buy a SGN2, but want a 32GB version.
The Samsung website suggests that larger memory model could be made available but perhaps on the "International" model.
http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynote/note2/spec.html?type=find
I looked at the websites of all the North American carriers which are compatible to each other: they are AT&T, Bell, Telus, and Rogers. I am only interested in these carriers (not Sprint, Verizon, etc). All of them only show the 16GB model to be offered.
Will any of [AT&T, Bell, Telus, and Rogers] eventually carrier the 32GB model?
If so, is it known (or reasonably speculated) when the 32GB be offered?
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If it's one thing I've learned about Samsung, when it comes to other models of their products with higher built-in memory, don't hold your breath, especially for carrier specific versions on top of that! You'll be blue in the face before it happens...
Just get a 64GB micro SD card and be happy with that, seriously. Plus, the Note 2 supports exFAT right out of the box, so as long as your SD card is formatted that way, you no longer have to worry about the 4GB file size limit of FAT32
Thanks for the comments.
I further noticed that the Galaxy Note 1 was offered only in 16gb flavour throughout the Canadian and American carriers, despite Samsung suggesting that 32gb was possible (evidentially never for the NA market). From that, I will speculate that the 16gb will be the only memory size for the Note 2. (I am guessing they are doing that to keep the price down on an already very costly device.)
By the time you are able to get your hands on a 32/64GB version, the S4 and GN3 will be arriving soon. Wished Samsung would be smart & make these models available sooner rather than later.
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By the time you are able to get your hands on a 32/64GB version, the S4 and GN3 will be arriving soon. Wished Samsung would be smart & make these models available sooner rather than later.
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I totally agree with this.
I mean if the fruit company can make all 3 variants of their device available on day one, why can't Samsung?
I mean, yes we do get expandable storage, but having that 32 or 64 gig start is always nice. Not only that, but 16 gig feels so last generation. LOL
Ya, I wouldn't pay for the extra 16gb of storage. There's really no point, IMO. Considering, like someone else mentioned, it supports up to 64gb SD anyway.
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btm fdr said:
Ya, I wouldn't pay for the extra 16gb of storage. There's really no point, IMO. Considering, like someone else mentioned, it supports up to 64gb SD anyway.
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Well, the point is that 16GB internal + 64GB external is 80GB, and if you want to store more than 80GB on your phone, the 16GB internal configuration will not allow that, while a 32GB or 64GB will allow more than 80GB total storage space.
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Well, the point is that 16GB internal + 64GB external is 80GB, and if you want to store more than 80GB on your phone, the 16GB internal configuration will not allow that, while a 32GB or 64GB will allow more than 80GB total storage space.
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How many people actually require that amount of local data storage on their phone these days? I mean, I have the 16x64 setup on mine, and I have never felt cramped for space, ever. Seriously, I have like several HD movies and TV series on my 64gb card, and even then I'm only taking up about half the capacity. As for all my 30+ gigs of music, that's all in the cloud with Google Play Music.
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As for all my 30+ gigs of music, that's all in the cloud with Google Play Music.
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That implies that you don't listen to music very often, that you're usually on wifi, or that you have an unlimited data plan and charge often.
Seriously, the "cloud" doesn't work for many people when the cost of data is so high.
(On the other hand, I manage fine with a 16GB phone + 64GB microSD card - and no "cloud" usage.)
There's also a good chance that a 128GB microSD card would work, but just wasn't tested. I know that several older devices (that only claim to support 32GB cards) work fine with 64GB cards when formatted as FAT32.
Personally, I prefer removable storage to phone internal storage anyway. If the phone bricks, you can take the microSD card out and read it with another device.
Jade Eyed Wolf said:
How many people actually require that amount of local data storage on their phone these days? I mean, I have the 16x64 setup on mine, and I have never felt cramped for space, ever. Seriously, I have like several HD movies and TV series on my 64gb card, and even then I'm only taking up about half the capacity. As for all my 30+ gigs of music, that's all in the cloud with Google Play Music.
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That implies that you don't listen to music very often, that you're usually on wifi, or that you have an unlimited data plan and charge often.
Seriously, the "cloud" doesn't work for many people when the cost of data is so high.
(On the other hand, I manage fine with a 16GB phone + 64GB microSD card - and no "cloud" usage.)
There's also a good chance that a 128GB microSD card would work, but just wasn't tested. I know that several older devices (that only claim to support 32GB cards) work fine with 64GB cards when formatted as FAT32.
Personally, I prefer removable storage to phone internal storage anyway. If the phone bricks, you can take the microSD card out and read it with another device.
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I'm a mobile gamer & I like to be able to have tons of games on my phone. With higher storage, I'm able to store more games w/o uninstall the ones I'm not currently playing.
I bet Samsung would sell even more if they had 32/64GB version like the iFruit company. 32/64GB nand memory can't be all that expensive can it? Is there a parts shortage?
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That implies that you don't listen to music very often, that you're usually on wifi, or that you have an unlimited data plan and charge often.
Seriously, the "cloud" doesn't work for many people when the cost of data is so high.
(On the other hand, I manage fine with a 16GB phone + 64GB microSD card - and no "cloud" usage.)
There's also a good chance that a 128GB microSD card would work, but just wasn't tested. I know that several older devices (that only claim to support 32GB cards) work fine with 64GB cards when formatted as FAT32.
Personally, I prefer removable storage to phone internal storage anyway. If the phone bricks, you can take the microSD card out and read it with another device.
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I listen to my music very often, wifi is ubiquitous, and though I do have unlimited data, I don't use so much of it that being on a tiered data plan would make any difference to me. The cloud is here to stay, whether people embrace it or not.
Sure there will always be a desire for more local storage, but that's why we have expandable memory and, in some cases, multiple cards.
At least this time around, with the new design, you no longer have to power down the device just to swap out a card
Remember, you can also get a micro-usb to usb adapter and plug in a flash drive as well for additional storage. Not ideal but you can load up on media this way.
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The cloud is here to stay, whether people embrace it or not.
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I can say that I tried. While I was using a 16GB GSM gnex as my primary device, it forced me to use "the cloud" for music storage, and my data usage doubled to over 1GB/week (from about 400MB/week.) Being on a 3GB monthly tier, this was a slight issue.
64GB microSD is working on the Note 2 stock rom and it only costs $60 on amazon.
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If it's one thing I've learned about Samsung, when it comes to other models of their products with higher built-in memory, don't hold your breath, especially for carrier specific versions on top of that! You'll be blue in the face before it happens...
Just get a 64GB micro SD card and be happy with that, seriously. Plus, the Note 2 supports exFAT right out of the box, so as long as your SD card is formatted that way, you no longer have to worry about the 4GB file size limit of FAT32
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How do you format it exFAT? I got my 64 Sandisk from Amazon and want to load a couple HD flicks on it.
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I've been having a terrible time with getting my Sprint GS3 (stock running JB) to use my new Sandisk Ultra 64GB microSDXC. According to Samsung's site (http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxys3/specifications.html) the phone is supposed to support 64GB cards. The Sprint manual doesn't have anything about types of cards, and the website just echos the same "up to 64GB" verbiage.
So, I tried taking the original format (exFAT), formatting with the phone (exFAT), and formatting with FAT32 (using EaseUS partition manager), and formatting with Win7 (exFAT). In all cases, when I copy the contents of my original 16GB card over to it, I seem to eventially get a corruption problem. It shows up right away when I try to view the photos with Gallery (gallery only shows a few of the 1000 thumbnails, and then closes itself with no error message). With FAT32 I ended up getting the phone giving a corruption alert requiring a reformat (I never got this alert with the exFAT, just gallery crashing).
I tried getting the data (about 13GB) onto the card by copying the contents from my old 16GB card over on a PC (using a SD-card adapter as well as with a microSD reader). I also tried formatting the card directly on the phone and then copying the data over using a microusb cable. I did check the card on a PC with H2test2 ver 1.4 (commonly referenced). This helps to determine "fake" cards. It writes and then verifies data to the entire card. No issues were reported with the full capacity verified. I got the card from Amazon with Amazon as the supplier (no oddball vendor).
Anyone run into this or have ideas? I was hoping to skip over the 32gb point as I like to keep more photos and movies on there for travel.
Thanks!
It is seemingly a problem with the SanDisk Ultra cards, whatever the technical reasons they don't play well with the phone's host controller.
I have had the same issues as you, and so did a very large amount of people. I resorted to buying a Samsung 64GB Pro card and ever I have not had any problems.
I have heard some people talking that SanDisk cards manufactured (Toshiba is actually the manufacturer of the memory) before December were prone to this problem, but this is only what I've heard but you can search on this lead. You can try to replace it with SanDisk service.
Thanks for the reply. I'll try Sandisk support first but keep looking around on here to see if anyone has run into a similar issue.
Anyone else?
I concur with the theory that Sandisk has a rash of bad cards. In my case it was a 32GB card just konk out in less than a month.
Their customer service was excellent in replacing it though. Good C.S they have but I'll avoid their cards for now.
I keep getting a usb storage damaged message. I have read that it is sometime an issue with the galaxy s3. Also sometimes when I first unlock the phone it says prepping sd card even though I did not remove it.
Also my SD card is a SanDisk 64gb class 10. I have read that this can be an issue with a certain crop of SanDisk.
Any tips? As of right now entitling works and if it's just messages popping up.
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Have you tried using the SD card in other devices and on a computer?
I had a *similar* problem with an old MicroSD card in my original Galaxy phone and formatting the card seemed to work. I can't speak too much to your issue because the largest MicroSD card I've used is 32 and it's been flawless.
Yeah, verify across devices first. If not, try filing a claim with SanDisk if you purchased the sdcard only recently and it's already gone bye-bye.
Hi,
I have a chance to buy discount a 256Gb microSD card. I read the specs available anywhere (mostly GSMarena) and they all seem to say that the Lenovo P2 can take maximum only 128Gb card. I remembered reading somewhere that almost any phone with an extension microSD slot (except for those with 32Gb or 16Gb specifically) can be extended to basically 2Tb but I'm not sure. Can anybody chime in with their experiences? The reason for this is 1/ the discount is great and 2/ I travel a lot so I'd like to keep all my movies, tv series, music etc on my phone.
Thanks.
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Hi,
I have a chance to buy discount a 256Gb microSD card. I read the specs available anywhere (mostly GSMarena) and they all seem to say that the Lenovo P2 can take maximum only 128Gb card. I remembered reading somewhere that almost any phone with an extension microSD slot (except for those with 32Gb or 16Gb specifically) can be extended to basically 2Tb but I'm not sure. Can anybody chime in with their experiences? The reason for this is 1/ the discount is great and 2/ I travel a lot so I'd like to keep all my movies, tv series, music etc on my phone.
Thanks.
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I have not tried yet but I intend to do it some day. I currently have enough space on my 128Gb sdcard.
I give You my advice because I remember my experience with my previous smartphone which was a Sony Xperia T L30p.
The limit was set by Sony to 32Gb.
I installed on it a 64Gb sdcard, the Xperia T recognized immediatly the card and I have used this card near 2 years till I bought my P2 4 months ago.