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Where to buy 32GB Sandisk Micro SD Card?

Hi All,
I have been looking to buy one of these but they are not easy to find. I am in Australia and the only place I ahve found that has them so far is MWave (http://www.mwave.com.au/newAU/mwave...PWKKCCUZ8S6R8LTLJFRIXMTXU3FGUV2I&sku=37081221)
Does anyone know any other Aussie, US or even Chinese based sites that might have stock at a reasonable price? and have stock!
Cheers

As far as I know Sandisk is still selling these exclusively, their stock levels evaporate rapidly each new batch that comes along at the present time. You can get it from the US or UK online stores, they will only ship in those respective countries though, so for the US one do what I did and use Shipito.
Their price is $199US, which is obviously not particularly reasonable, but much better than the scalpers prices I've seen on places like Ebay. If you see them cheaper than that I'd be deeply suspicious of them being fakes.

I was looking for 32gb card myself but after i couldn't find class 6 or higher.
and according to the forum using the app2sd application will work better on class 6 and above.
so I'm afraid that the 32 GB card will cause issues with the app2sd.

I am new to Android and only know very little about rooting. What exactly is app2sd? Is this reliant on having fast read speeds for your SD card?
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There is only Class 2 32Gb cards at this point in time, should not have any affect on app2SD at all... Theres a lot of baseless speculation about different performance of Class 2 and Class 6 cards in the phone, think about it, how often is your phone going to need data at rates faster than 2MB/sec from the card?

Pelly1982 said:
I am new to Android and only know very little about rooting. What exactly is app2sd? Is this reliant on having fast read speeds for your SD card?
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It lets you run apps from your SD Card... as the name suggests
I just bought a cheap one (16Gb Class 10) from nortsandones.com.au - try searching on staticice.com.au to get an idea though it doesn't show whether or not they are in stock.

I must get around to reading up on the whole rooting / app2sd thing. Just don't want to have to reflash my the rom on my phone, I quite like the setup of HTC Sense on the Desire, however I would like to be able to uninstall some of these Telstra apps.
Anyway I might hit up the computer swap meets this weekend and see if anyone is peddling the 32GB cards.
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Pelly1982 said:
I must get around to reading up on the whole rooting / app2sd thing. Just don't want to have to reflash my the rom on my phone, I quite like the setup of HTC Sense on the Desire, however I would like to be able to uninstall some of these Telstra apps.
Anyway I might hit up the computer swap meets this weekend and see if anyone is peddling the 32GB cards.
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Not sure exactly where you are but if you're thinking North Rocks market, don't bother. I was there last weekend and nothing over 16Gb and all class 4 or below.... very disappointing.
Yeah, I built a ROM without all the Telstra crap but won't be updating it as I have no time to 'support' it. You're better off using one of the more 'advanced' ROMs around here. Either that, or use the MoDaCo online kitchen to build your own custom ROM. I haven't used it yet myself (am using the dsixda kitchen) but it looks pretty sweet. The MoDaCo online kitchen will build a ROM with all of the features you need. You can even upload your own custom set of apps.

Was going to check out Box Hill (VIC) Swap Meet. I haven't been there for a while but from memory they always had a few vendors selling memory cards at good prices.

microSDHC-I Mobile Ultra 32GB for Xperia PLAY, How Good?

Anyone tried this already?
Guys do you think this is good for our Xperia PLAYs?
http://www.sandisk.com/products/mobile1-memory-products/ultra-microsdhc-memory-card
this is SandDisk microSDHC-I Mobile Ultra 32GB. what do you think guys? this card is revolutionary.. i'm really interested and quite ready to shell out $130 for this, i just need some confirmation and testimonials..
if it's no good, then I'll stick to the regular SanDisk microSDHC 32GB Class 2 to save some juice for some games..

A Sandisk Class 4 32GB card is available on Amazon for around $50 which will likely give you all the performance you need from the phone. I just don't see how this card could give you $70 worth of performance benefit (for the price difference).

Well call me a sucker for new things , Im using a sandisk class4 32gb right now, Im gonna buy one of these 32gb mobile ultra ones. Ill post back on how it runs compared to what I have now.

Rogue Leader said:
A Sandisk Class 4 32GB card is available on Amazon for around $50 which will likely give you all the performance you need from the phone. I just don't see how this card could give you $70 worth of performance benefit (for the price difference).
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well you wouldn't know until you try it.. besides, i was just asking for testimonials if there are any..
droiddrums said:
Well call me a sucker for new things , Im using a sandisk class4 32gb right now, Im gonna buy one of these 32gb mobile ultra ones. Ill post back on how it runs compared to what I have now.
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oh thanks for posting! please keep me posted!

narflynn619 said:
well you wouldn't know until you try it.. besides, i was just asking for testimonials if there are any..
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No you said "Guys do you think this is good for our Xperia PLAYs?"
Its called Cost/benefit analysis. You're going to spend a $70 difference to possibly speed up the loading times of a bunch of $5 or less games on a phone you possibly got for free. If you've used a Class 4 you'd know the loading times are more than acceptable and there is no lag.
So save the I was just trying to be helpful. So much for that.

why does it have to be a big deal? darn it it was just a freakin smiley
and i was just asking, just mere "getting-testimonials-and-opinions" and not some sarcastic accounting/checks-and-balances comments.. besides my question wasn't confined to only asking if people have already tested it, or it is economically effective and all, but also on the card's performance IF ANY user here has tried it already. well thanks for your first comment, but apart form that i don't want to hear any more cost/benefit blah blah from you. i have money, so i was just asking performance-wise mostly.
PS: "on a phone you possibly got for free"? big no.. it's factory unlocked at 5,000HKD shelled straight out from my wallet

All I was saying was I can't imagine it to be that much faster to justify the price difference, based on the performance I have seen. It would be great if it was this thing that was just so much faster that it made a huge difference, but my feeling is who knows if the system bus even handles the excess speed it claims. I am interested to see as well if it works, but I am skeptical. Its your money, do what you want with it. That is all.

I would also like to know if this card is a good deal, need a new 32gig card for my tablet.

@Rogue end of story then..
@HankKing keep hanging around, we'll wait for updates..

Bought one of these for $30 with free shipping.
http://www.adorama.com/IDSMUMSD32G....ate&utm_campaign=Other&utm_source=rflaid62905
Price has now gone to 32.95
I had a 32gb Sandisk class 4. This is still a great price....

[Q] UK Not receiving 32GB version?

I was a little disheartened to read that UK will not be receiving the 32GB version http://blog.clove.co.uk/2011/10/19/...16gb-available-to-pre-order-at-clove-429-vat/
Wasn't sure if I was going to spring for it, but would still have liked the option. What does the UK contingent in here think of this?
BANE

Slightly irritated if that's true. The 32GB model would be my choice especially since again they will decline to let us use sd cards.
To be honest I'd love to know googles official response on this one.
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At first I was a bit annoyed but I've still got 7gb free on my Nexus S and doubt if I will need 32gb anyway. It would have been nice to have the option though (assuming the statement from Clove is acccurate). If I used my phone as my main music player, 16gb just wouldn't be enough. Yes we have cloud services, but these are useless unless you have an unlimited data plan and decent network coverage.
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Yes, an official google response would be good here. At the moment I have a nexus 1. I have a 16gb micro sd and the 512 internal. I'm not even nearly full. I too don't use my phone for music and don't really store much video, however I'm thinking in circumstances where I may WANT to take 1080P video, 32 GB may be a better option.
If there isn't a 32GB uk version I guess we'll have to look for European orders?
BANE

Haven't read the details yet but certainly would have liked to have the option to do the cost vs MB choice.
Saying that I'm still very interested to know when and how much for the base 16 MB version.
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Clove is quoting £515 sim free for the 16gb version.

Isn't this quite common with Samsung devices for the UK not to get the larger capacity versions? Happened with the original GS & now again with the GS2.

I would expect enough uk demand would change Samsung's or googles mind if its true naturally!
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Interesting. I really have no need for the 32GB version either, but unless it's significantly more, I was planning on going that route as well simply because of 1080p video recording and the way that apps are getting larger and larger. I don't plan on really doing a lot with those kinds of things, but it's nice to have the option.
On my SGS, my internal SD is 1.85GB with 1.37GB available and the SD Card formats to 12.78GB with 3.47GB currently free. It's mostly full of stuff I really, really don't need on there like a couple dozen different CM7 Nightlies, Nandroids and several flashable zips of various Froyo Roms/random stuff. I could easily free it up to 7GB's without touching my music and pics, I just haven't cleaned it out in a long while.

But why no option for the UK? Where is the logic when normally higher capacity models are priced well in excess of the additional cost of the memory? Any other countries being so treated?

Not that I have come across as of yet. I guess as we move into November we'll have more information.
Samsung! Bring the 32GB Galaxy Nexus to the UK!!!

sadly i use a 16gb card to the max in my Desire .....
was really looking forward to the Nexus release but to be honest if im permanently going to be limited to 16gb then it counts me out
Will be looking at other 'coming soon' phones as im up for renewal in December or fall back on a GS2 .....

Don't bother me, though I have complained about the lack of a memory card slot, I never really keep a lot on my phone and tend to offload larger items such as videos in fairly quick order.

I was on the fence on this device, and this kind of decides for me. I'll wait until the first batch of HTC or Motorola Ice Cream Sandwich devices.
Sigh.
I will lie to myself and pretend I didn't want the screen anyway.

This has really blown me away, I can't see the resoning behind this. What a kick in the teeth, 16GB is not nearly enough. The lack of sd-card is a big pet hate of mine but to hear that only the 16GB will be available, that's the end of me getting this phone.

I'll be so upset if a 32gb version doesnt come out! I use my phone alot for music.
My current music folder takes up 10gb. On a 16gb device i'd only have about 2-3gb free left to use.

Handtec is not a UK shop? They are listing the 32GB version.
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/5815/samsung-galaxy-nexus-32gb--sim-free-unlocked-/

poisike said:
Handtec is not a UK shop? They are listing the 32GB version.
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/5815/samsung-galaxy-nexus-32gb--sim-free-unlocked-/
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For a very attractive price.

Dragooon123 said:
For a very attractive price.
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Lol, yes! Won't stay that low for long though .... get it while you can. ;-)
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poisike said:
Handtec is not a UK shop? They are listing the 32GB version.
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They're only accepting preorders for the 16GB version though and under the product Q&A it says: "No dates yet on this handset. Please see 16GB version for now."
So not exactly promising
16GB is a deal breaker for me too, it just isn't enough for me without an sdcard slot.

[Q] Who else regrets buying a 16gb Galaxy S3?

I knew I should have gotten it. But wasn't sure at the time if I needed that much space. With stock, it just kinda gets eaten very quickly and cannot move apps to SD card. I regret buying a 16gb model.

Then sell it and get a 32GB

Whoever regrets buying it, i doubt would still be here buddy so go post such thread elsewhere. You can move apps via third party app btw. And u mind sharing how many apps u have installed cuz i got 120 and still there is plenty of storage left. (Trying really hard not to call u a troll)

How do you eat up ~10gigs in apps??

Fumblez said:
I knew I should have gotten it. But wasn't sure at the time if I needed that much space. With stock, it just kinda gets eaten very quickly and cannot move apps to SD card. I regret buying a 16gb model.
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Try to search the forum and look for DirectoryBind app

I bought a 16 gig sd card to replace the 2 gig hold over from my Vibrant. Does me well.
T-Mobile Galaxy S 3, stock and rooted.

Have you ever though about Custom room? works well or everyone and most of the geeky Android users are now on custom rom, it will give you freedom of space, you can install your App anywhere you want but remember that some Apps are bound to install in phone memory, you cannot do anything about that because it's better on phone memory.
Rest, you can install anywhere you want, it's up to you.

You checked "Yes this is a question"
Guess where it belongs?
Moved to Q&A
FNM

i bought a 8 gig , have enough room for now , i went from iphone 4 to this phone and dont regret it one bit

had samsung just made a micro SD card slot... oh, wait- they did!

lazarat said:
Whoever regrets buying it, i doubt would still be here buddy so go post such thread elsewhere. You can move apps via third party app btw. And u mind sharing how many apps u have installed cuz i got 120 and still there is plenty of storage left. (Trying really hard not to call u a troll)
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Wow dude he had a legit question. if anyone is trolling its you... god go get some vagina
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I'm just wondering how many people thought the 16gb model was smaller than it should be. With stock, there's a lot of bloat. I rooted last night and installed FrostyJB and love it. I'm going to get a 32gb soon. I love the Galaxy S3. Its amazing. I will never go to another manufacturer. Been here since the Vibrant. Never going to leave.
And I didn't think this would be worthy of Q&A. Sorry if I posted in the wrong place.
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psykhotic said:
How do you eat up ~10gigs in apps??
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I have a lot of 1-3 gig apps. My SD card is broken or something. It's empty and the camera won't save photos to it. I'm just keeping it in as a dust repellent.
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Fumblez said:
I have a lot of 1-3 gig apps. My SD card is broken or something. It's empty and the camera won't save photos to it. I'm just keeping it in as a dust repellent.
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Do u try formatting.?
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ognimnella said:
Do u try formatting.?
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I know it's the format. It worked on my Vibrant though. And that's the weird part. I'll buy a 32 or 64 gig soon. Thanks for reminding me that it was the format!
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I'll regret my Galaxy S3, when a viable T-Mobile HSPA+/LTE powered Exynos 4 Quad /w 2GB of RAM and Jelly Bean++ to start with gets launched. But I'm not expecting to see that (and a Note II likely to gargantuation for me).
So I'm pretty happy as long as I don't drop it .

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So I'm pretty happy as long as I don't drop it .
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Why? Why? Why? Put a case on it now and wrap in bubble wrap for the rest of the week.
I got the 16 and totally forgot how Samsung divies up their storage. 16 - 2gb for RAM - 2gb for data/apps = 12.05gb left. Had I remembered that, I would've definitely bought the 32gb.
So it goes. I have a 32gb card but it supports 64, so no worries atm. I have a 32gb tablet with a 32gb SDcard and a keyboard dock with a 32gb full sized SD. More than enough storage for me.

Doesn't S3 accept USB flash drive through adapter, so you can get up to 80GB of storage.

I forget where I read it but there's an app or setting or something that switches your phones system to using the external sd card for EVERYTHING. So basically for the $30 sd card you just got a 32gb phone.

I don't regret it one bit. Best phone I've owned.
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SD Card Thread

As you guys know (or if you don't, you will now) that many manufacturers are releasing phones in which do not have an external SD card and are banging us over by providing really low storage option inside of phones. What got me thinking is that there is a 64GB SD card on sale for 40 bucks at certain retailers and i wanted to buy one and then i came out with the thought that, almost every new phones coming out doesn't have a slot for the SD card. Sure the s3 does but i wont have the s3 forever. What would you guys do?
I know some say, turn to cloud but lets be realistic (at least here in the states). For starters, t mobile doesn't have the best coverage meaning internet is not available everywhere which means if you go visit grandma's farm, you are bored to death and forced to play with cows or ride horses (although riding horses should make you put your phone down lol). Lets say you have glorious verizon with its "great" LTE network and coverage. Well then you are stuck at 2GB or what ever plan you have. point is that you are stuck, so once over the threshold, you are going to get rocked with a fee.
Taking a more personal look, my SD card consists mostly of music (7GB, 800 songs and counting..I like my songs high quality ala 320kbps mp3/aac or 1000kbps Flac), I have 2 nandroids (1 for stock TW JB and the other for AOSP...you know these can make dents on the SD card, apps that require large amounts of data on the SD card.) so right off the bat, i dont need a 64 gb but i know in the future (give or take 2 years, ill HAVe to go that high.)
What are your thoughts? should i just get it anyway? what do you think can be done to get the attention of manufacturers about this issue? any other thoughts?

I'm pretty sure that Samsung has no plans to get rid of the sd card slot.
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Wtf? Buy it, and worry about your $40 investment when the time comes.
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Yeah just buy it bro. Just know you can only put music videos on the card not apps. My phone storage is almost full because of apps but I have a 64gb card
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Being a professional photographer on the side... I will give you this advic - nothing less than a class 10 card, and nothing else besides sandisk or PNY

I've heard enough about how finicky the 64Gb cards can be that I decided to go for 32Gb. 32Gb is only $20. If $20 is still more than you want to spend, 16Gb is like, $10 or less. For $10, does it really matter if you're going to use it forever ? I mean, the phone likely cost many times that and has a limited lifespan of its own.
Just get whatever you're comfortable paying for.

I just bought a SanDisk 32G sd card, but it won't mount. When I try, it said blank sdcard or unsupported files. I tried formatting it but I get the same message. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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redhooka said:
I'm pretty sure that Samsung has no plans to get rid of the sd card slot.
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
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saranhai said:
Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
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That's a NEXUS phone. Those specifications are determined by Google, not Samsung.
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I've heard enough about how finicky the 64Gb cards can be that I decided to go for 32Gb. 32Gb is only $20. If $20 is still more than you want to spend, 16Gb is like, $10 or less. For $10, does it really matter if you're going to use it forever ? I mean, the phone likely cost many times that and has a limited lifespan of its own.
Just get whatever you're comfortable paying for.
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I am confused why the biggest concern for people when buying these things is simply cost. Sure you can pick up a 32 GB card for 10 bucks... But when it crashes on you a year from now, and the cheap ones typically do, don't come posting a thread here asking why it doesn't mount or why all of your stuff is mysteriously missing from your card. QUALITY people... Not quantity. Its like putting $30 tires on your Ferrari and wondering why it doesn't handle the way it is supposed to. I have had my PNY class 10 card for almost 2 years now with no issues, and yes it was a little more expensive but it is way more reliable than these cheap ass Kingston and no name class 2 or 4 cards that people throw into these things.
Both of the sandisks I have owned have crashed on me. A 16 and 8 GB. Never again will I cheap out on SD cards. Its not worth losing 2 years or a year's worth of data.

I've been buying 32s and compatible 64s every chance I get.
SD slots will be with us for the long haul.
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That's a NEXUS phone. Those specifications are determined by Google, not Samsung.
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Nexus phones set the standard.
i'm sure more devices will come out without SDCard and removable batteries...
i was actually quite surprised the Galaxy S3 got both good deals, since the Galaxy Nexus had no removable storage..and then HTC came along with their brilliant plan of the One Series...

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Nexus phones set the standard.
i'm sure more devices will come out without SDCard and removable batteries...
i was actually quite surprised the Galaxy S3 got both good deals, since the Galaxy Nexus had no removable storage..and then HTC came along with their brilliant plan of the One Series...
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I totally disagree! I don't think Nexus phones set the standard. I do understand that Google would like to gently nudge us all into using the cloud, but I will go kicking and screaming all the way. I hope they come to their senses and support choice like they should.

Get it.
I think you should get it. You might need it down the road. And even if you don't need it right away, it's still be handy to have. I have a 16GB card now, but I'll get a 32 or higher later on.
And you're right, these lack of SD slots are crazy.

Got the 64GB for Christmas.
If anyone is interested..this is where my sister/brother bought it from...
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Micro...&qid=1356867323&sr=8-1&keywords=64gb+micro+sd
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I think the bigger question is whether we should start training ourselves to use the cloud rather than relying on our sd cards. But I still say the answer is no. Samsung is a big enough player that they can dictate design rather than be dictated to. I don't think they'll abandon these removable parts anytime soon. Maybe in 5 years, Samsung will have their own cloud offering and will force us to use it in lieu of local storage. MAYBE.
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I think the bigger question is whether we should start training ourselves to use the cloud rather than relying on our sd cards. But I still say the answer is no. Samsung is a big enough player that they can dictate design rather than be dictated to. I don't think they'll abandon these removable parts anytime soon. Maybe in 5 years, Samsung will have their own cloud offering and will force us to use it in lieu of local storage. MAYBE.
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I think we really lack the infrastructure to go cloud-only for things like music and movies. The cell towers aren't everywhere - many people can't stream everything even if they want to. People still want to watch movies or listen to music on an airplane without having to pay (or compete for bandwidth if the air carrier is nice enough to let people have at it for free).
I think there are many valid situations when the cloud is simply not an option.

I would buy it. I got a SanDisk 64th class 10 for$39.99 at best buy online a while ago. I am on completely stock with root only and using the apps2external mod by zedomax . Now I have 60gb internal storage and my regular internal storage is now my external storage . Quite convenient...
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CAR1977 said:
I would buy it. I got a SanDisk 64th class 10 for$39.99 at best buy online a while ago. I am on completely stock with root only and using the apps2external mod by zedomax . Now I have 60gb internal storage and my regular internal storage is now my external storage . Quite convenient...
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I got the same card, inserted it, mounts fine, copied a bunch of music to it, works great. However, it doesn't "click" when you press it in, and won't eject! Other than that, works fine. Is there some trick I don't know about? Any advice? I don't want to damage it or my phone in the process of removing it. so far, I've just not worried about it, but at some point I'll want to eject it...

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I got the same card, inserted it, mounts fine, copied a bunch of music to it, works great. However, it doesn't "click" when you press it in, and won't eject! Other than that, works fine. Is there some trick I don't know about? Any advice? I don't want to damage it or my phone in the process of removing it. so far, I've just not worried about it, but at some point I'll want to eject it...
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It sounds like an issue with your phone. Do you have the problem with other cards as well? The mechanism to eject its part of the phone hardware and really not related to the card. My card ejects fine. I just have to push it in and it will then be ejected...
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