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Patriot LX Class 10 8GB Micro SDHC $5 After MIR

Patriot LX Series Class 10 8GB Micro SDHC Flash Card Model PSF8GMCSDHC10 for $8.99 at Newegg. Until 04/02/2012 you can use $5 MIR form to bring the price down to $4.99
or you can get
Patriot LX 16GB Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model PSF16GSDHC10 for $8.99 after MIR only until tomorrow. Regular price is $13.99.

This is for an SD card and not microSD..

except, the 8GB IS a micro SD...

Kingston OTG USB Flash Drive Review

This is a review of the Kingston DTDUO 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive.
I've been using a USB OTG adaptor and a normal USB drive for a while now but it was a clunky solution and had an unreliable connection. It's easy to bump and then corrupt a file mid transfer, which was also painfully slow. This flash drive is my solution to not having a micro SD slot in my phone and wanting a simple bit of storage that I can use everywhere. I anticipate travelling with it and using it as my main USB drive simply because of the ability to move things between my phone and computers so easily. It's very small and hangs off my key ring; the device has a small metal loop for this purpose but there was no string loop included. The dimensions are 27.5 x 16.5 x 8.5 mm at its largest points. The colour of the flip cover is smokey grey with a brown hue.
I found this drive at the local tech store for $25 AUD. It comes in sizes from 8GB - 64GB, and there is a USB 3.0 version also available. The build quality is decent, though the micro USB plug looks somewhat fragile (you can see a gap in the photos). Considering the notoriety of micro USB this worries me a little bit. When plugged into my phone it sits well and feels safe. It is small and easy to ignore, but this will also depend on where the micro USB port is on your phone. For my OnePlus One it sits happily at the bottom. When the device is unplugged from your phone the smokey cover protects the micro USB side. The way the device's cover flips up is a bit awkward, if you have the flat side of your micro USB port on your phone on the bottom of your phone then the little cover will face down into the surface your phone is sitting on. The way the OnePlus One port is oriented the cover stands up in the air (as you can see in DSC_5423). You could easily remove the cover, possibly without damaging anything, but this would leave the micro USB port exposed, so I probably wouldn't advise it unless it was really inconvenient.
Performance
HD Tune
Transfer Rate Minimum : 18.9 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Maximum : 27.3 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Average : 25.4 MB/sec
Access Time : 0.6 ms
Burst Rate : 22.7 MB/sec
Usb Flash Benchmark
Read: 29.13 MB/s
Write: 11.82 MB/s
A1 SD Bench Accurate (OnePlus One)
Read: 19.91 MB/s
Write: 14.90 MB/s
Real world
PC > USB 1GB file write: 13 MB/s
USB > PC 1GB file read: 20 MB/s
Phone > USB 1GB file write: 13 MB/s
USB > Phone 1GB file read: 20 MB/s
All considered, I'm pretty happy with this little USB drive. It's very convenient and the speeds are adequate. I look forward to USB 3.0 C type devices, with a better connector and faster transfers.

USB OTG - lackluster speeds?

I want to use my Mi Mix 2 (MIUI 9.6.1.0 Global) with a hub to transfer files (pictures) between two external storages. The transfer rates are ok-ish, but I was hoping for more. Maybe someone here knows if it can be sped up?
I want to be able to back up pictures from a SDXC card (SanDisk Extreme Pro U3 128GB) to an SSD (Crucial BX300 480GB) in the field, using my phone to move the files. The hub I got is this one: click here, and even though it's a rather cheap construction it works as advertised.
When I connect the hub to my PC (USB Type C 3.1) I get cross transfer speeds of around 85 MB/s, which is pretty much the maximum read speed of the SD card.
Connected to the Mix 2 (USB Type C 2.0) the set up only averages around 14 MB/s, which isn't bad, but less then I expected, since USB 2.0 should have transfer speeds of up to 35 MB/s. The Problem is, that moving 128 GB at that speed takes 2.5 hours, which a) is too long, and b) is super hard on the Mix 2's battery, which probably wouldn't even hold that long.
Now my first question is: Why oh why does this otherwise wonderful 2017 flagship device only have USB 2.0?!
And the second one is: Who knows a solution other than buying a Samsung with USB 3.1?

Beelink Gemini X55 specs

Previously, due to the shortage of Intel Gemini Lake CPUs, the Gemini X series mini PCs have been out of stock for a long period of time. But according to Beelink, the supply of Intel Gemini Lake CPU for has been restored, so their all new Gemini X55 mini PC will be on sale next week.
The Gemini X55 is designed to be an upgrade of the Pentium J4205 powered Gemini J45, we've listed the product specifications below for your reference.
Model: Beelink Gemini X55
Processor (SoC): Intel Pentium Silver J5005 quad core CPU, up to 2.8 GHz (TDP 10W)
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 605
Cooling mechanism: Cooling fan
RAM: 8GB DDR4-2133
Storage: mSATA SSD (256GB/512GB)
SATA port 6 Gb / s and 2.5" drive bay (up to 9 mm)
USB ports: 4 x USB 3.0
Network:
Wi-Fi Intel Wireless-AC 3165,
802.11a / b / g / n / ac,
MIMO 1x1 Gigabit Ethernet
Bluetooth 4.2
Mini PCIe / M.2:
1 mini PCIe (half size)
Video output: 2 x HDMI 2.0a
Sound: Intel HD Audio via HDMI Realtek ALC269 (Combined headphone audio output and microphone audio input)
Power supply: 12 V / 24 W (DC 5.5 x 2.1)
OS: Licensed Windows 10 Home

Mine died after a month... no suport fir repairing.

melcmelculet said:
Mine died after a month... no suport fir repairing.
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Try contacting their after-sale services, they do have a working website with all the info.

Question Using a SSD NVME M2 enclosure

I am not able to use my Z Fold 4 with ssd nvme enclosure.
I tried some enclosures with nvme SSD inside (Kingston and Adata) but no success.
The SSDs are formated as exfat and working perfectly in windows.
When I connected the rack to Z fold 4 it gets recognized by the phone but when transferring something to the ssd, suddenly disconnects.
I restarted the phone but same thing happens all the time.
Am I doing something wrong?