I wanted to let anyone looking for a micro sd about a deal i found. I found a Patriot Memory 16gb micro sdhc class 10 for $39.99 on www.CompUSA.com I think i'm going to order one after reading here on xda that patriot makes a pretty reliable sd card. I haven't ever used a patriot memory product so i only know what guys on here have posted. anyone make sure you check into the company on your own. They have the wintec 32 gb class 10 for $84.99 too!
apparently class10 cards are no good for phones, take a look at this link
yeah you dont want to spend all the money on something that might not work right?
I had read here on xda that the class of the sd card doesn't matter but the size(gb) is what matters with phones. like my SE X10 is only compatible with up to 16gb of external memory. Is that not correct? Can anyone clear this up for me?
X10's are compatible with up to 32gb microSD cards, I've got one in mine.
The size is important as you want to buy an SD card that works for the content that you intend on putting on it. If you have a lot of MP3s and videos, take a lot of pictures and shoot a lot of videos then obviously you are going to want at least a 16gb SD card.
The class does indeed matter. If you have hundreds or thousands of images then a class 2 card would take ages for them to all load in the Gallery. Or if you use App2SD at all a class 2 card wouldn't be able to keep up with the reading and writing and the app would be sluggish.
A class 10 card in my opinion is a bit excessive, I'd personally go for a class 4 or 6.
Pawnty said:
X10's are compatible with up to 32gb microSD cards, I've got one in mine.
The size is important as you want to buy an SD card that works for the content that you intend on putting on it. If you have a lot of MP3s and videos, take a lot of pictures and shoot a lot of videos then obviously you are going to want at least a 16gb SD card.
The class does indeed matter. If you have hundreds or thousands of images then a class 2 card would take ages for them to all load in the Gallery. Or if you use App2SD at all a class 2 card wouldn't be able to keep up with the reading and writing and the app would be sluggish.
A class 10 card in my opinion is a bit excessive, I'd personally go for a class 4 or 6.
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nice info....
how do i know
I have3 a 16 Gb SD card... and I recently bought 2 16 GB sd cards 4 a x10 mini and a sam 5560... but both haven´t the blister. so how do I know (with an android app) which class are they... even mine... because was a operator gift.
I tried with SD tools... but even in that app ask me what class is my card... so bad...
can u help me?
thnks
salu2
Pawnty said:
X10's are compatible with up to 32gb microSD cards, I've got one in mine.
The size is important as you want to buy an SD card that works for the content that you intend on putting on it. If you have a lot of MP3s and videos, take a lot of pictures and shoot a lot of videos then obviously you are going to want at least a 16gb SD card.
The class does indeed matter. If you have hundreds or thousands of images then a class 2 card would take ages for them to all load in the Gallery. Or if you use App2SD at all a class 2 card wouldn't be able to keep up with the reading and writing and the app would be sluggish.
A class 10 card in my opinion is a bit excessive, I'd personally go for a class 4 or 6.
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This is very true. I have a class 2 card and loading thumbnails for artists/albums is painfully slow in mediascape. I would go for a 32 GB if you are a music fan. I have a 1800 songs on my X10 and its already full. Class 4/6 should be good, class 10 is a little excessive.
georgegon60 said:
I have3 a 16 Gb SD card... and I recently bought 2 16 GB sd cards 4 a x10 mini and a sam 5560... but both haven´t the blister. so how do I know (with an android app) which class are they... even mine... because was a operator gift.
I tried with SD tools... but even in that app ask me what class is my card... so bad...
can u help me?
thnks
salu2
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Just take the card out of the phone. There should be a 'C' printed on the card and there will be a number inside the 'C'. This is the class of your card.
I was using stock 8 GB class 2, I brought Team 16 GB class 10. Difference in performance is noticeable.
I have a class 10 8gb card and it works way better than the stock card.
Just make sure you tweak your read_ahead_kb.. Search for SD card speed improvement or speed increase.
In general, Class 4 or 6 are good enough for the application usage by phone, such HD video and phones.
I tested my Class 4 sd card, it able to transfer ~5.5mb / sec, not bad.
Yes, when price come down, I will get a Class 100 sd card too.
cheers
I'd rather the class 200.
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Class 10 significantly improves the performance.
Honestly it does not matter if someone is using the SE stock rom...however since I have tried the awesome ROM created by wolfbreak...my apps stored in sd was very sluggish...had to buy a class 10 16 gig to improve the performance...
Just got a 16Gig class 4 card...goto to play with data2sd and see the quadrant!!!!!!
kxhawkins said:
I'd rather the class 200.
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LOL
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Is there maybe an app or system menu which I could use to determine the class of my microsd card?
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apparently class10 cards are no good for phones, take a look at this link
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If you get a real kingston class 10 you will get five times the speed of a low spec class 2 generic sd card.
Rollhard said:
I had read here on xda that the class of the sd card doesn't matter but the size(gb) is what matters with phones. like my SE X10 is only compatible with up to 16gb of external memory. Is that not correct? Can anyone clear this up for me?
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Real Class 10 SD cards work at 10MB/s of data transfer speed.
Class 2=2MB/s
Class 4=4MB/s
Class 6=6MB/s
Class 8=8MB/s
Class 10=10MB/s
The best are as said by others Kingston and Sandisk.
I've a Sandisk class 6 card and i get near 5,5MB/s of data transfer.
Mine is still 8gb, i want to buy another but in Brazil it's very expensive, the taxes are very high.
Got the Wintec Filemate 16gb class 10 for just under $40 at Frys Electronics and it's given me no problems. Used it in my NookColor running tons of apps and music from it without a hitch. Now it's in my X10 and with using the SD Speed Up tools, it helped alot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1028465
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Is there maybe an app or system menu which I could use to determine the class of my microsd card?
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Just take it out and look at at.
There will be a letter C with a number in it....that will be the class of the card
I have been trying some roms over the last few days and experience quite a big difference in speed. Some roms lag quite a bit, especially when opening sense apps.
My question is, does this depend on the speed of the SD card? I have a class 2 now (ordered a class 10 though). Are sense apps run from the SD card or the NAND?
Yes, it depends on the speed of the SD card, as in case of custom ROMs, all the apps are usually stored on the external partition. Plus at least a class 6 card is suggested in order to avoid the lags.
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I have been trying some roms over the last few days and experience quite a big difference in speed. Some roms lag quite a bit, especially when opening sense apps.
My question is, does this depend on the speed of the SD card? I have a class 2 now (ordered a class 10 though). Are sense apps run from the SD card or the NAND?
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I wouldn't buy a class 10 SD card for use with the Desire. Not all class 10 cards work, you best bet is class 6.
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Yes, it depends on the speed of the SD card, as in case of custom ROMs, all the apps are usually stored on the external partition. Plus at least a class 6 card is suggested in order to avoid the lags.
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Is sense also stored on the SD card in case of custom roms? Or just the apps?
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I wouldn't buy a class 10 SD card for use with the Desire. Not all class 10 cards work, you best bet is class 6.
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Well, ok, the class 10 has been delivered today, so I'll check it out tonight.
What kind of problems could a class 10 have in the desire? Not working at all?
Class 10 works ok as long as they are a respectable brand. Also you may want to consider installing SD Booster from market to increase deafult cache size to 1024kb or 2048kb
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Is sense also stored on the SD card in case of custom roms? Or just the apps?
Well, ok, the class 10 has been delivered today, so I'll check it out tonight.
What kind of problems could a class 10 have in the desire? Not working at all?
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Performance problems, the cards not doing there proper write and read speed. Let us know how you get on with new card please
Have tried the new card. It's a Transcend 16GB Class 10. Getting about 18Mb/s sequential reads and writes in windows.
Have benched it in stock froyo on my desire with SD Tools: 14,5 MB/s write and about 8 MB/s read. Strange that the read speeds are lower. Then again, it seems that there are no reliable SD speed benchmarks on Android..
I just bought an Xperia Play with a free 16GB Micro SD Card (Class 6).
I also purchased a 32gb Class 4 card.
I have heard a few comments that lower class cards usually work better due to random access speeds being better than higher class cards.
e.g Class 10 cards can cause lag in apps and games.
Is anyone here using a Class 4 card and if so does it work fast enough or should I just use my 16gb class 6 card?
I use a kingston 32GB class 4 Micro SD Card. And i can't fault it. Games, emulators, apps all work just as well as the apps on my internal storage.
Thank you so much for replying to both of my questions I posted...
YOU ARE A CHAMP!
Here are the benchmarks I have posted for the class 2 that came with my Play, and the class 10 I bought:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14070168#post14070168
I also have a class 4 32gb. There is no lag. Even class 2 is fast enough
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Planning on getting either a 32gb or 64gb depending on the price.I planned on using app2sd mod to use the micro sd as my main storage instead of the 16gb internal storage. And the micro sd card has to be in FAT32 or EXTFAT format.
1.What the real big difference between class 4 and 10? Beside the price? Is class 10 speed much noticeable or just a minor improvement from class 4?
2.Since i plan on using this as my main storage. Will opening app/games, playing music, viewing video/picture and saving picture on a class 10 be a lot faster than class 4? Also how about coping the files from pc to sd card? Any difference?
3.What brand would you recommend? Is there a difference between a sandisk class 10 and lexar class 10 beside the price?
4.What format do micro sd card come in? If it not FAT32 or EXTFAT, can i change it to FAT32 or EXTFAT?
1. Speed. Class 10 has much faster r/w speeds.
2. Not sure how big a difference itll be. Read speeds should be good enough on either for apps. Its hd video and such that will require higher write speeds though.
3. Dont much care for sandisk oersonally. But I think theyre the only ones offering 64gb. Never tried lexar but Samsung memory has always been the best for me. Jus make sure you trust the seller.
4. FAT32, for most. ExFAT for 64gb. Yes you can reformat.
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Hi,
my phone is quite "slow" because I must have INT2EXT (without +) because of data/data are too big when using INT2EXT+..
Currently I have quite old 2GB SD card and I would like to know if it will be better with Class 10 SD card 16 / 32 GB?
Do you think it will be much better or not as much to pay money for new SD card?
Thanks
I have ADATA Class 10 UHS-1 32GB card with 1GB INT2EXT4 partition and it is fast enough in my opinion. I don't remember but it seems to me that the speed of memory card is similar to the internal memory. Anyway phone runs great when apps uses less than half of second partition. If they needs more phone is getting a bit slower. I'm using CM 10.1