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Whats the best Memory card for S3

I just got my S3 (United States) and and tried 3 (YES 3) Lexar 32 GB Class 10 cards and every one of them have failed. I called Lexar, they say to have my firmware upgraded. Went to Sprint and verified everything is fine with the phone. The cards won't work in other phones at Sprint Either. Before buying another card I'd like to know from you guys which one out there will work with no problems, speed, and size is important for me. I know I'll be using more memory than the 32gb in the future. I called Sandisk and they recommended their SDSDQUA-032G Ultra 32 Class 10 and said it would work. Sprint says they know the Class 6 works in the S3.
I'd like more than 32gb. and fast write & Read speeds.
Can I get some great recommendations from you before I buy another piece of crap. Two weeks now and I still don't have a working card. Lucky I have Amazon prime membership.

tmyc said:
I just got my S3 (United States) and and tried 3 (YES 3) Lexar 32 GB Class 10 cards and every one of them have failed. I called Lexar, they say to have my firmware upgraded. Went to Sprint and verified everything is fine with the phone. The cards won't work in other phones at Sprint Either. Before buying another card I'd like to know from you guys which one out there will work with no problems, speed, and size is important for me. I know I'll be using more memory than the 32gb in the future. I called Sandisk and they recommended their SDSDQUA-032G Ultra 32 Class 10 and said it would work. Sprint says they know the Class 6 works in the S3.
I'd like more than 32gb. and fast write & Read speeds.
Can I get some great recommendations from you before I buy another piece of crap. Two weeks now and I still don't have a working card. Lucky I have Amazon prime membership.
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I use a 32gb Sandisk Class 10 SDHC Card, this thing works. Problem with anything bigger then 32gb is that you have to use sdxc and this is only really compatible in fat32 or exfat, for both you have to format the card before inserting into the phone.

Try the SanDisk 32gb Mobile Ultra UHS-1 because it's cheaper than normal class 10 Mobile Ultra and just as fast, and I've been using it a while with no problems.

I am quite happy with my Sandisk Ultra 64GB SDXC. No issues at all.

What do I need to format
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I use a 32gb Sandisk Class 10 SDHC Card, this thing works. Problem with anything bigger then 32gb is that you have to use sdxc and this is only really compatible in fat32 or exfat, for both you have to format the card before inserting into the phone.
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I would like the larger size. What would I need to format the bigger size. I wouldn't have a problem with that if I had some detailed instructions.
Thanks.

Sandisc Ultra 64gb micro sd xc1
Sandisc Ultra 64gb micro sd xc1 was my choice and its worked well over the last 4 years. Its the phone that has bricked after Little use in October 27/2016. Changed the battery it needed it. Now its bricked.

I have a SanDisk but I was told that SanDisk aren't good for Samsung S3's

Hello,
I'd recommend the Toshiba Exceria memory card, either with 16, 32 or 64GB. This card is a class 10 card with UHS 3. Although the S3 can't use the full speed of the micro SD, this is a well working combination.

Has anyone tried 128gb sdcard ?
I plan to buy,
Transcend Premium 400X 128GB CLASS10 SDHC/SDXC UHS-1, and just wondering if it work

kiva1 said:
Has anyone tried 128gb sdcard ?
I plan to buy,
Transcend Premium 400X 128GB CLASS10 SDHC/SDXC UHS-1, and just wondering if it work
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I'm using a 128gb card from lexar on it and works fine..
(mine's the i747m just to clear it up...)

I have the SanDisk 64GB ultra sdxc or whatever it's called. It works very well with no issues and I have 1,000+ pictures stored on it with about 30 videos.

Quick question. Would a SD card and adoptable storage on a ROM be a good solution for the Samsung device?

Yes, a SD card is always good, especially for backups

[Q] ready to by a sdcard

ok guys im about to order me a memory card. Do you guys think the 64gb is overkill? Second Question..is there a big differencein the class 6 and class 10 cards?

gula187 said:
ok guys im about to order me a memory card. Do you guys think the 64gb is overkill? Second Question..is there a big differencein the class 6 and class 10 cards?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/MicroSDHC

For day to day use, you will see no difference on Class 6 or 10 ... if you plan to copy/move large files or music files on a regular basis, then maybe a little ... Will definitely not affect any performance like Camera app, etc.
And I still prefer 32GB Class 10 for now.

64gb C10
gula187 said:
ok guys im about to order me a memory card. Do you guys think the 64gb is overkill? Second Question..is there a big differencein the class 6 and class 10 cards?
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there's no such thing as too large of a mem card,
if u have the money then go for the 64gb C10

Does the Note come with a card already installed? I just ordered this morning but have 32Gb SanDisk. I was going to get 64Gb SanDisk and leave 32Gb in my Motorola Photon. If Note comes with card already installed, if lesser I will put that in Photon and sell it

dsims7_2000 said:
Does the Note come with a card already installed? I just ordered this morning but have 32Gb SanDisk. I was going to get 64Gb SanDisk and leave 32Gb in my Motorola Photon. If Note comes with card already installed, if lesser I will put that in Photon and sell it
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hi,
no,i got my note 2 out of box with no sd card.Had to use my own.
good luck

Class 6 and Class 10 write speed in Note 2 won't be a big difference.
I found Note 2's external memory controller write speed capped at around 10-11MB/s
But for read speed, it will be a BIG difference.
I am using Samsung 64GB UHS-I Pro micro SD.
Having like 55MB+/sec read speed.
with my old Lexar 32GB Class 10 only got 13MB/s read speed.
So, if you concern of read speed, get fastest card you can afford.
if your main concern is write speed, get a class 6 or class 10 would be fine.
And don't get SanDisk ultra. it's known to have problem with Note 2.

willcor said:
hi,
no,i got my note 2 out of box with no sd card.Had to use my own.
good luck
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That suck's for a $299.00 high end phone? even a 16Gb would have been better than nothing and they go for $15.00! Oh well......
darkinners said:
I am using Samsung 64GB UHS-I Pro micro SD.
And don't get SanDisk ultra. it's known to have problem with Note 2.
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How much for that card? and I have NEVER had issues with SanDisk Cards? I can get the Ultra for $59.00 on Amazon!

dsims7_2000 said:
That suck's for a $299.00 high end phone? even a 16Gb would have been better than nothing and they go for $15.00! Oh well......
How much for that card? and I have NEVER had issues with SanDisk Cards? I can get the Ultra for $59.00 on Amazon!
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I bought mine in Hong Kong for USD 95.
It's expensive yeah but it's the fastest 64GB micro SD you can buy.
It's good for you that you don't have problem with SanDisk Ultra but you can search for Note 2 + SanDisk Ultra.
It has a known problem, after awhile of use or the disk capacity reached certain amount.
Sometimes it will unmount the card or even damage the files in the card.
You can only re format the disk to solve the problem.
MANY people reported this problem. I don't know maybe trigger rate is not 100% but still not recommended.

Darkinners, thanks for your responds and suggestions (which I took and did a search, then some research!)
1. All of these complaints on SanDisk were about the 32Gb Card, not the 64Gb card. All the 64Gb comments were good.
2. The people with issues (both 64Gb and 32Gb) had formatted the card at exFAT, not SDXC. Mathamatically, I can pretty much figure out a.) why it will not write files over 4Gb and b.) why the 64Gb exFAT crashes after it fills over 16Gb! (Think about it, SIII is desinged to read/store 32Gb, not 64Gb even though it will format exFAT. And as for the kid whos computer would not read the 64Gb exFAT, i bet he has 32-bit machine?
3. All complaints were from Europe and blamed on a bad batch of cards (it happens). The one happy individual I saw got his card from Amazon, which is a ligit website. Just because the card says SanDisk, does not mean it actually SanDisk. Cheap forgien vendors use this lable to make them look legit?
4. The card you mentioned and the SanDisk are priced about the same, $59.99USD. I will get SanDisk and format either in phone or my laptop as SDXC and play for awhile. If it piss me off, I will return it!
Again, thanks for your input and suggestions!

32 GB Sandisk micro sd ultra 1 question

So I've been reading on these forums that the 32 gig causes the unexpectedly removed and remount error. I had one and it started to do that with my new note 2. I sent it for replacement and while I wait I wanna know if its a problem with the phone? Or the sd card? Should I try a different format if it does it with this new card?
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Will Work
SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card for mobile devices will Work Fine w/ your Note 2, (T889). Good Luck

my 32gb sandisk ultra worked for about a month before it started to say removed unexpectedly.same thing happed to my buddies card in his s3 i would stay away from it if you can.

HOGWILD said:
my 32gb sandisk ultra worked for about a month before it started to say removed unexpectedly.same thing happed to my buddies card in his s3 i would stay away from it if you can.
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Thats what happened to me started in my s3 then got worse in my note 2.
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I had 2 replacement and they did the same thing. ... got another brand PNY 32gb class 10 @best buy for 30 $ yesterday. So far it's working really good or even better than Sandisk
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I planned to take this one from deal extreme, free shipping but if I could have problem then I couldn't change it.

Mine has been working fine since I got it in early december

Do I have to format this card? I read somewhere that guy formated card with some program in fat32. After that formating card was working good.

Buy the Samsung 32gb microSD card Class 10. You won't regret it. Almost half of the Sandisk 32gb microSD's cards (UHS-variant) are either malfunctioning and simply defective out of the box. You can refer to Amazon if it helps you decide. Cheers

My 64gb u1 works fine.
Just buy from a place with a good return policy
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Ok so I thought installing openscript from goomanager fixed it but the problem came back today. Also having unexpected remove issue with Sandisk Ultra 32gb card.

Cgkingpin said:
SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card for mobile devices will Work Fine w/ your Note 2, (T889). Good Luck
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+1
I'm coming to believe it's an issue with the Sandisk 32 uhs-1 card!
I even formatted it as fat32 but the problem is getting worse.

So I sent in my card and had it replaced (amazon) and it's been working fine.
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My Sandisk 32g card also got fried, and I'm trying to recover data as we speak. I bought a Samsung and its nice and smooth with no problem.

Working 64GB MicroSD card

Hi, Has anyone found a 64GB microSD card that works flawlessly with the G Pad 8.3? I have been reading about issues people are having with the Sandisk 64GB card and I am curious if all 64GB cards have issues or only the Sandisk? Personally I have ordered the Sandisk but it has not yet arrived (neither the LG Pad) but I am wondering if I should return the Sandisk for another brand if there is one that works correctly. Thank you for any advise / feedback you can give regarding 64 GB cards you have used.
For info the one I ordered is:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...qid=1387796520&sr=1-1&keywords=micro+sd+64+gb

That's the card I have had many issues with and tried on two different G pads... I wonder if it's incompatible with 64GB cards somehow, since I have tried lower capacity sandisk cards without issue. SDXC issue maybe and needs to be SDHC perhaps? I haven't seen anything that specifies which format of SD card is compatible... I had issues with the 64GB sandisk card as soon as I inserted it, kept saying it was removed again , then reinserted. It COULD read and write to it but lost sight of it often. In recovery mode worked flawlessly and also on PC....

I have this Samsung card and it works perfectly.....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00D1RD948/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
There is a review by Tim on December 14th. That's my review.

tdodd said:
I have this Samsung card and it works perfectly.....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00D1RD948/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
There is a review by Tim on December 14th. That's my review.
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That seems to put the Sandisk brand in the spotlight then... I just reformatted mine using the SD formatter https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/ but after thinking it had made a difference, the tablet lost sight of it again 40% through a backup...

CWobbles said:
That seems to put the Sandisk brand in the spotlight then... I just reformatted mine using the SD formatter https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/ but after thinking it had made a difference, the tablet lost sight of it again 40% through a backup...
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I'm happy to use SanDisk in my cameras, but for mobile devices I've read of too many problems. Samsung, on the other hand, seems to receive pretty universal praise. No doubt there are exceptions, but I went for Samsung based on rep and superior speed.

I've had no issues running the Sandisk 64GB card in my G Pad. Currently have it formatted with exFAT. I have a ton of stuff on it as well as moved all of my games onto it using Foldermount. Thus would know immediately if the card were to disappear / no longer be recognized. Check the format of the card. If you have it formatted in FAT32 then reformat it to exFAT. I believe exFAT is preferred with larger cards.

Thanks for the info about exfat, this sounds promising. Can anyone with the SanDisk card that is having issues try this and confirm if it fixes their issue. When mine arrives I will try it out but I need to wait another week or so. Thank you
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Unrelated but I could never get any 64GB card (and I tried 4 different brands) to work properly in my Samsung 8"..
I have a 32GB in the LG currently and was planning on getting a 64, now maybe not?

I have a Sandisk ultra 64gb and use folder mount and run my games from it with no problems.

i have no problem with my 64gb sd card that i ordered from amazon didn't need to format it or anything just worked out of the box
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007WTAJTO/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm running a 40mbs pny I got from best buy. Runs perfectly.
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CWobbles said:
That seems to put the Sandisk brand in the spotlight then... I just reformatted mine using the SD formatter https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/ but after thinking it had made a difference, the tablet lost sight of it again 40% through a backup...
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Same here got the same card works flawlessly Samsung 64gb class10 card

I have the 64gb sandisk I moved from my tf700, no issues

Anyone tried the more generic brands yet? I have a 32gb Patriot Class 10 that seems to work fine, but there's a 64gb on sale at a local Canadian retailer that looks mighty tempting...
Mark

Impromark said:
Anyone tried the more generic brands yet? I have a 32gb Patriot Class 10 that seems to work fine, but there's a 64gb on sale at a local Canadian retailer that looks mighty tempting...
Mark
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I certainly wouldn't consider Patriot a generic company!
I have a 64GB card from Komputerbay that was £35 from Amazon.co.uk that is working well so far. Came formatted exFAT.
I've lost faith in the SanDisk cards. Also, the Ultra cards that most people talk about are not very fast!

Stu C said:
I certainly wouldn't consider Patriot a generic company!
I have a 64GB card from Komputerbay that was £35 from Amazon.co.uk that is working well so far. Came formatted exFAT.
I've lost faith in the SanDisk cards. Also, the Ultra cards that most people talk about are not very fast!
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My ultra runs at 11.3 mb/s

techrider6262 said:
My ultra runs at 11.3 mb/s
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My card hits 21 MB/s using the USB2 card reader in my PC. Apparently it hits 68 MB/s on USB3.

Stu C said:
My card hits 21 MB/s using the USB2 card reader in my PC. Apparently it hits 68 MB/s on USB3.
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What I posted was a test with it in the tablet.

techrider6262 said:
What I posted was a test with it in the tablet.
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What app do you recommend for testing in the tablet?

Stu C said:
What app do you recommend for testing in the tablet?
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SanDisk memory zone

[Q] About Sandisk Ultra SDXC 64gb class 10

Hi guys..I just bought a Sandisk Ultra SDXC 64gb UHS-I Class 10 replacing my Lexar 32gb Class10 but when i checked to SD Tools it seems the write speed of my lexar is faster than my Sandisk..Here's the attached screenshot..does anyone of you encountered this issue? and is there any solution? because all of my gameloft games are mounted to my extSdCard..Thanks alot!

ginno said:
Hi guys..I just bought a Sandisk Ultra SDXC 64gb UHS-I Class 10 replacing my Lexar 32gb Class10 but when i checked to SD Tools it seems the write speed of my lexar is faster than my Sandisk..Here's the attached screenshot..does anyone of you encountered this issue? and is there any solution? because all of my gameloft games are mounted to my extSdCard..Thanks alot!
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Possible "fake" Card?
is not something new...

toxstoxs said:
Possible "fake" Card?
is not something new...
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fake? no because i already registered it for warranty purposes on their website..

Crappy card, I already break one in my Note 2 and Sandisk send me another one but it still crap. There is tons of issues with this ultra 64gb. If you want a good SDXC buy a Samsung Pro or a Lexar one.