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4GB SD Card

Hello,
I am a new Blue Angel user (bought it used) and so excited to get the best out of it.
Well, I am trying to upgrade the storage, and trying to buy 4GB SD Card...
I have seen a lot of
"Dane Elect 4GB SD Cards" on Ebay and
"Transcend 4GB SD Cards" on Amazon, and
trying to buy either one of them.. but I am wondering,
-Are they both compatible? and..
-Which would be a better choice?
Your replies much appreciated.
Best regards,
J.

xcellent said:
"Transcend 4GB SD Cards" on Amazon,
J.
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Goto www.newegg.com or get it from amazon

4GB SD Cards are compatible with Blu Angel?
I read that 2GB is the max value...

hmm
Yeah, after searching through the forum, found out that BA takes 4GB...

xcellent said:
Yeah, after searching through the forum, found out that BA takes 4GB...
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Can you write your experience? have you use a 4GB SD card on Blu Angel?

4gb card
i have a topram 4gb card 150x and all is working ok on my xda 2s with tomtom 6 and mp3s, movies

4GB
I bought a D-Tec 120x 4GB SD Card, had a bit of doubt as I have never heard of D-Tec.
However, I received it today, and so far it works fine! It recognises as 4GB.

To clarify this a bit more for people -
There are two types of SD cards right now:
SD (1.1)
SDHC (2.0 - HC stands for high capacity). A good primer on the changes can be found here: http://www.sandisk.com/sdhc/SDHC.pdf
Basically, what you need to know - any card that is regular 1.1 (8mb -4GB) will work in the BA. Any card that is 2.0/SDHC (4gb -32gb) will NOT work, as 2.0 is NOT backwards compatible.
The problem here, as you may notice, is that some 4GB cards are teh 1.0 version, and some are the 2.0. If you are not careful, you may buy the wrong card, and end up with something you can't use.
Now, it is possible that some SD devices can only address values smaller than 4.0GB. But, assuming the device is FULLY 1.1 compliant, a 4.0 1.1 card should work just great.
Here is an example of the differences -
This is a 1.1 card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820183017
This is a 2.0 card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820211067

Maximum Size Of a MicroSD (XDA Orbit)

Hello! I called the customer service of O2 today. It says that a storage-card (MicroSD) for the XDA Orbit cannot bei bigger than 512 MB. I cannot believe that but is this correct? Does anybody know the maximum size for a storage card?

Not true - my Orbit runs fine with a 1Gb card, as does my MDAC3.

I am happily running a 2Gb card in my Orbit

Where's the limit?
What about 2GB or 4GB? Will they work with the XDA Orbit?

SunDrop said:
What about 2GB or 4GB? Will they work with the XDA Orbit?
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Hi,
I'm not as experienced as some others on this forum... I'm sure they'll correct my info
I spent a day or so seraching for info before I got my card, and FWI here are my notes:
2GB fine.
4Gb may be problematic.
Thickness of SD card may be a problem. The latch/Phone card has to be correctly clicked into place around the card.
Some makes of card seem better. Sandisk HIGH SPEED seem to be good.
I've got a 2Gb version and it's ok, but read others experiences in the forums.
I got both Lexar and CNex tools to check formatting could be done with full control and also to provide recovery possibility.
Hope that may help.

damned micro sd card
please can someone help?
i have a 1gb sandisk micro card which is being reported by my orbit as 512mb(minus FAT). i put it into my computer and it is clearly 1gb. i have tried putting more onto the card via the orbit, and it says "no more space", but it is fine via the pc. what's going on?!?
thanks in advance,
Tom

Maybe you should try WM5Storage and format SD card on PC. There is detailed instruction how to do it on forum.

afaik there are no 4gb micro sd cards. 2gb is max for them atm

I sell 2gb micro sd for the orbit on a daily basis and had no problems with them, I even use one myself.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/In-Shops-XDA-Accessories

Ice_mephi said:
afaik there are no 4gb micro sd cards. 2gb is max for them atm
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not true i have one and its working!

Mobile 2007 .... what make and how I was under the impression 4GB were not compatible?

I'm currently using a 2GB Sandisk microSD card and it is perfectly working.
Regarding 4GB microSD cards, they are called microSDHC (High Capacity) and as far as I know, the Artemis is not able to read from of write to them.

That's what I thought but it appears mobile2007 has got it to work?

I've got a 1gig with all sorts on it. I think 2gig is the biggest at the moment.

Stephen.Gazard said:
That's what I thought but it appears mobile2007 has got it to work?
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it works you can be sure
i tried some micro sd cards 4gb at the cebit
not all were working
i can also not tell you which card i have
i bought it at one of the thousands chinese stands (cebit 2007)
(cost 25€!)
how can i help you to find out what card i have
written on the card is sandisk, but i am not sure if this is right,
because i doesn't look like original sandisk.

mobile2007 said:
it works you can be sure
i tried some micro sd cards 4gb at the cebit
not all were working
i can also not tell you which card i have
i bought it at one of the thousands chinese stands (cebit 2007)
(cost 25€!)
how can i help you to find out what card i have
written on the card is sandisk, but i am not sure if this is right,
because i doesn't look like original sandisk.
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If what you say is true, you'd have made my day

What class of Micro SD card is the Tmo tp2 rated to use?

I got a sandisk 8gb class 2 sd card. the first thing i tried to do was flash a ROM off it. it worked. before using a pny 4gb class 4 sd it wouldnt pick up the image. is the tp2 rated to use class 2 cards? or is the brand?

Its probably the format of your Micro SD Card, to do flash Image from SD Card you need the format to be FAT32. Just format your Micro SD Card to FAT32 if you haven't.
You should be able to flash after formating.
Hope this helps.
Kenichi.

i didnt format my 8gb at all left it alone. the 4gb that i did format to fat32 wouldnt work no matter what lol not a big deal.
I ask because because cameras and mp3 players are rated to use a class of sd cards. for instance your camera might be rated to use class 6 so if u use a class 2 or 4 it wont write/read as fast as it could.
So my question is what if any class is the tp2 rated to use?

mrbox23 said:
i didnt format my 8gb at all left it alone. the 4gb that i did format to fat32 wouldnt work no matter what lol not a big deal.
I ask because because cameras and mp3 players are rated to use a class of sd cards. for instance your camera might be rated to use class 6 so if u use a class 2 or 4 it wont write/read as fast as it could.
So my question is what if any class is the tp2 rated to use?
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I've used a Class 6 16GB card since the day I got my phone 8 months ago and works fine....so it's certainly compatible with Class 6.

Micro SD Card size question.

I was wondering what the max size Micro SD card for the external slot could be used on this phone for music, videos, picture, maybe eventually moving apps to?
Thank you,
Whiteice

128 micro sdxc is the max i think it says on the box. (trashed mine) currently ruinning a 32 micro in my S3 no problems what so ever

The Samsung web site lists 64GB as the max size, but that may just be because that's the largest card currently available. The sdXC spec allows for up to 2 TB cards,.
I have a 64GB GB Sandisk card that works fine.

64GB is the biggest that will work on this phone. Some of the 64GB cards won't be recognized, and will need to be format to FAT32. My SanDisk Ultra 64gb Class 10 Micro Sd card had to be formated to FAT32 so I could use it in my S3 even though it said it was made for Android.
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poit said:
The Samsung web site lists 64GB as the max size, but that may just be because that's the largest card currently available. The sdXC spec allows for up to 2 TB cards,.
I have a 64GB GB Sandisk card that works fine.
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yeah i agree as well, the galaxy s3 doesnt have a limit of ext storage to support once it was upgraded to support SdXC, other then the Sd support max limit which is 2T of space for a SDXC memory card. Ull just have to format the XC memory card to extfat or Fat32 both beeing close to the same and supportive specially if ure rooted with CWM and want to nandroid.
had to do the same with my new MicroSdXC 64 Mobile Ultra Class 10 which also said it was made for android devices. using my OTG usb mass storage it shows me having 2-2Ts separate connected together. dont ask i watch alot of movies :laugh:

so you have to format 64gb sdxc card to fat32 to work on sgsiii, if you are rooted......correct?

Forever Justice said:
so you have to format 64gb sdxc card to fat32 to work on sgsiii, if you are rooted......correct?
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My card came formatted exFAT and I did not reformat it before using it in my phone. The only gotcha with exFAT is that the recoveries can not recognize exFAT. I also had to download an update from Microsoft to get my Win XP machine to be able to use the exFAT partition. If that is an issue you can use SD Formatter to reformat the card to FAT32.

Just what I was looking for!!!
ChaosTime86 said:
64GB is the biggest that will work on this phone. Some of the 64GB cards won't be recognized, and will need to be format to FAT32. My SanDisk Ultra 64gb Class 10 Micro Sd card had to be formated to FAT32 so I could use it in my S3 even though it said it was made for Android.
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Thanks, bro.....just what I was looking for. running out of storage with different roms and backups. Thanks again.:good::good:

Microsd getting unmounted and remounted

I just installed a new 128gb microsd (sandisk ultra), and for some reason it keeps unmounting then remounting a few seconds later. I tried formatting it but theres no option in the settings. Is there any way to fix this? Is it only an issue with cards > 64 gb?

I face the same problem with 64gb SDxc sundisk card!!!!!
Any help....... please

I had 64gb microsd fitted last few months, a Sandisk card. No problems at all. Recently fitted a Sandisk 128gb card from Amazon.
Had constant unmounting problem, reformatted to fat32, and still unmounting virtually every hour. Draining battery fast as well.
So, fitted 64gb Sandisk again, problem solved, it doesnt like 128gb card. 128card now in a Win10 tablet and working fine !

Although ASUS only qualifies 64GB MicroSD as max, you should be able to use up to 128GB as long as it is formatted as FAT32. Some users had their's work fine with this size.
Zenfone 2 supports microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC, with speed class up to Class 10
Sincerely
ASUS_USA

Thanks for reply Asus_USA. It could be a compatibility issue, the card I tried was a Sandisk Ultra SDXC class10 (newest version) supplied by Amazon.
Has anyone else had any success with this microsd in the Zenfone 2, I have the 32gb, 4gb ram version.

I have a similar issue. Read the forums and it is obvious many asus ZenFone owners are experiencing this problem. Can't asus just admit the problem and fix it and announce the fix? Or is it a bigger issue that asus will not publicly admit to?

I thought I would chime in as I too am having the same issue with my phone. I put an sandisk 128gb sdxc card in my phone when I purchased the phone it worked fine until New Years Day when I got an OTA. Since that OTA, the 128gb card will keep mounting and un mounting itself. I put an 64gb card in and for a whole day, did not unmount once. Called amazon to replace the card thinking it was the card, amazon gladly replaced the card, inserted the card and it is still unmounting-remounting. Like I said before it worked for 1 month straight with no issues in Dec. before the OTA, but after the OTA, its intermittently unmounting-mounting. Thought Id chime in since ASUS was responding and noticing others having the same issue. Obviously its a software issue with ASUS.

There are already so many issues regarding to sandisk sd card on Zenfone, I used to have the same problem, then I replaced my sandisk with samsung, problem solved.

oktoaditya said:
There are already so many issues regarding to sandisk sd card on Zenfone, I used to have the same problem, then I replaced my sandisk with samsung, problem solved.
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Thanks for your help! I kind of figured it was the sandisk card because I put a little 64GB sandisk card in and the phone wont even recognize that card at all. I put a sony 64GB in and it held perfectly for 1 day, no unmounts. Off to Amazon to purchase a Sony 128GB!

After updating the latest version 2.20.40.160, my micro SD Card Adata 64G is assembling and disassembling every hour.
In previous firmware version that did not happen.
Something bad that ulima update.

My Adata 64gb card did that on the previous update, and more often at times. With the latest, the problem ceased.
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Niko of Death said:
I just installed a new 128gb microsd (sandisk ultra), and for some reason it keeps unmounting then remounting a few seconds later. I tried formatting it but theres no option in the settings. Is there any way to fix this? Is it only an issue with cards > 64 gb?
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i have 16 gb and facing the same problem. Maybe the cause of this problem is the firmware it self. try to update to the latest firmware

Have you tried formatting it to fat32 and remounting it?
From what I've tested, exfat has given me issues. But I'm on a custom ROM (CM 12.1 based), so YMMV.
If you're rooted you can try Aparted on the Play Store and not bother with the PC route. Just make sure you know what you're doing!

bobcuspe said:
After updating the latest version 2.20.40.160, my micro SD Card Adata 64G is assembling and disassembling every hour.
In previous firmware version that did not happen.
Something bad that ulima update.
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That latest update definetly caused issues with SD cards not over 64Gb but with specific manufacturers. Of course ASUS will not assist in this nor claim responsibility as this was in improvement update. Even though it was quite large for improvements. I would like to see what they say as even some 64GBs cards are not working either and they approve all cards upto 64GBs. Unfortunatley, your going to have to switch card manufacturers to get your card to work. I put a Sony card in and it works fine now. I could'nt get a 64GB sandisk to even recognize let alone the 128GB mounting/unmounting. Good Luck!

Having the same problem with 128 SanDisk (also class 10).
Looks like I'll have to buy a new card - am I better off with 64 GB or changing companies?

Yes.. it's a know problem, without a concrete solution... also me I purchased first.. read after... so I sold and I bought a kingston 128gb and since then, it works flawlessly (except it's 3gb less, but I seriously actually don't mind )
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joshwex90 said:
Having the same problem with 128 SanDisk (also class 10).
Looks like I'll have to buy a new card - am I better off with 64 GB or changing companies?
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Luckily I had a 64GB and a 128GB card and they both had issues. So I just left sandisk all together and went Sony 128GB and it works flawlessly. It just seems like sandisk and this phone does not get along.

Both of you that have 128 GB but other companies, no issues experienced at all? Are you also on the 32 GB version and which firmware?

joshwex90 said:
Both of you that have 128 GB but other companies, no issues experienced at all? Are you also on the 32 GB version and which firmware?
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I have all sizes of sd card , 16,32,64,128 and 200gb...
I have both the 32gb phone and the 64gb phone. I have used exfat formatted sd cards, both 64 and 128gb, in both with no problems. I haven't tried the 200gb as I use that in my tablet but it is the ONLY Sandisk I have... All other cards are Samsung or the 128gb Lexmark. I have these as Sandisk had problems in other phones too... Never had a problem, ever, after changing away from Sandisk...
Sorry, should've added I'm on 178 firmware - the latest...

Asus_USA said:
Although ASUS only qualifies 64GB MicroSD as max, you should be able to use up to 128GB as long as it is formatted as FAT32. Some users had their's work fine with this size.
Zenfone 2 supports microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC, with speed class up to Class 10
Sincerely
ASUS_USA
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Thanks for the info, ASUS.
Currently I use KINGSTON 32GB SDHC UHS-I U3 with 90MB/s read and 80MB/s write. Tests in phone showed 110MB/s read and 63MB/s write speads with A1 SD Bench program. At first the were some problems like freezes but then i formatted it with ExFAT file system and all became normal.
https://www.kingston.com/datasheets/SDCA3_us.pdf