Has anyone else tried this on the HD7? I have it and it seems to make the system run very very slow. It takes 5-10 times longer to boot and a very long time to go through the initial setup of the phone. However, it seems to take either a long time or it is freezing at the Installing Apps screen so I never am able to get tot he Start screen. I put in the stock 16 gig SanDisk and works fine. I thought about ordering a 32 gig from SanDisk but I'm not sure if they is going to work either.
So I am wondering, has anyone else tried the Kingston or even the SanDisk.
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Has anyone else tried this on the HD7? I have it and it seems to make the system run very very slow. It takes 5-10 times longer to boot and a very long time to go through the initial setup of the phone. However, it seems to take either a long time or it is freezing at the Installing Apps screen so I never am able to get tot he Start screen. I put in the stock 16 gig SanDisk and works fine. I thought about ordering a 32 gig from SanDisk but I'm not sure if they is going to work either.
So I am wondering, has anyone else tried the Kingston or even the SanDisk.
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I plan on eventually springing for the SanDisk cards that were approved for use in Windows Phone 7.
32GB - http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Micro...92/ref=rsl_mainw_dpl?ie=UTF8&m=A2WTVCOLVN15GP
This card shows (on the SanDisk site) as being designed for use on the Samsung Focus so I would hope that means they also work fine with other Windows Phone 7 devices.
I found the answer, which is no.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=807900
Deep in the threads multiple reports of it not working but the SanDisk 32 gig that is out works. I just ordered that one and will be RMAing my Kingston. Have to wait another week.
I was going to spring for the sandisk 32gb class 2, but for now I still have about 8gb remaining so I'm gonna see how it goes. As long as I have a zune pass for music, I don't see myself running out of room.
For me, even with a Zune pass I would still run out space since I want everything on the device and not streaming. Streaming doesn't work too with without service or traveling overseas.
As someone who used to use Spotify a lot, I can tell you that streaming over 3G will kill your battery.
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Hi All,
I have a HTC Fuze. I recently purchased a Transcend 8GB Class 6 microSD card. The problem is even if the card is plugged in memory it shows that its "Not Installed".
I updated the ROM from the HTC site and then It showed the card. But, after that I could transfer the files as it gave me some error. So I kept the card in the provided adapter and pluged into my system to copy all the needed files.
But when I pugged the card back into the phone. It doesnt recognize again and just shows it as "Not Installed" I tried flashing the ROM agian but of no use. The card is not being reconized at all. Please help me how to work it out?
I replaced the card once alread with Transcend!
However, about your card problem, have you tried re-formatting it before using? I'm not sure how well it will work, but at least something worth a try...
Ohh Ya, I have tried it all. Reformat, Soft/Hard reset. Upgraded to new version of ROM. I didnt try the Enerygy ROM, trying to get one. Also I see in the forumns that there are specific format tools to do to. Any idea?
i am having the same problem with my FUZE, I have a 8 GB transcend micro SDHC did you ever get yours to "read" or install it?
Same problem here...
8gb Transcend microsdhc class 6.
Fuze doesn't recognize at all, tried two different roms. It recognizes my non hc card but not the hc card.
You need to post this in the correct forum (i.e Touch Pro). Only Diamond related posts here.
ATT FUZE and 8 Gb Class 6 MicroSD
ATT FUZE and 8 Gb Class 6 MicroSD
I tried everything reflashing phone numerous times, low level formatting microsd card nothing worked or at least not permanently. Bit the bullet and bough another microsd card after some reading but this time a Class 4. I think a Class 2 would have worked also. I don't think it has to do with the brand name and/or size just the Class.
Also had lots of freezing issues with 23081 Roms so went back to a 23420 Rom and have not had a freeze or lockup since. Not naming Roms because it's not the fault of the Roms since these are all Beta builds otherwise we would be stuck with the dull stock Roms. So i'm grateful to be able to have all these choices and I do say choices because no one here is being forced to change their Roms.
Sandisk 16 Gb is a Class 2 so that should be a clear indication that not all devices are able to work with newer storage. Standalone cameras yes but smartphones not so smart.
This is my two cents
I have ordered 2 of these same cards(18 each from Newegg deal).. both of them do not work on my FUZE. They work fine on samsung impression. Tried formatting, reflashing other ROms, TAEL, NRG etc.. no use. Any help???
Sure Fire Fix!!!
I had the same prob..Switch back and forth from the touchflo view to the regular today screen view. in both views insert and take out your memory card it should reappear in your file explorer in one of those views
I bought a Team 8Gb SDHC class 6 and the HTC freeze and work very very slowly. No obstanding, with the card readers works fine.
In memory mode (HD2) works more less (3Mb write and 6.2Mb read), but the phone works too slow. I power off the phone and change the card to the original Sandisk 2Gb and works nice.
IS there any way to fix it?
I'm assuming you tried formatting it in your PC? Maybe try using a different block size. Others have had success with this technique for various card issues. It's worth a shot.
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I'm assuming you tried formatting it in your PC? Maybe try using a different block size. Others have had success with this technique for various card issues. It's worth a shot.
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I didn't format with the PC, I formatted with the SD format tool in HD2. I'll try from the PC.
this happened because you probably have a large music library on the sd card. the htc sense music tb hangs in large libraries
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this happened because you probably have a large music library on the sd card. the htc sense music tb hangs in large libraries
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No, I have no music on it. I have some pictures (no too much), a few videos, igo 8, tomtom 7, 2 ebooks and 1 pdf.
I just copy the content from my original SD Sandisk 2Gb (included with the HD2) to the new one (8Gb). With the 2Gb works pretty fast and with the 8Gb is very very slow or sometimes it hangs.
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this happened because you probably have a large music library on the sd card. the htc sense music tb hangs in large libraries
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that's the only thing i hate about my hd2. i use a 16gb card and when i hit the music tab, id have to wait 25 seconds before anything comes up. i do have a large music library with about 2500 songs. is there ANY way to keep this from occuring?
I just returned a defective sandisk 8gb SD card.. sometimes it worked sometimes it didn't.. if i worked it was veeery slow..
@oscar8x
I am having the same problem with my Team 16 gb sdhc class 6 card as well. Now I saw that you had the same problem, I am a little concerned. I formatted it using my PC but apparently that does not make much difference.
Also, I found the card rather slow not as fast as it is claimed to be. What do you think?
I would be really happy if there is solution to make it work. I can't get past entering the PIN phase.
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@oscar8x
I am having the same problem with my Team 16 gb sdhc class 6 card as well. Now I saw that you had the same problem, I am a little concerned. I formatted it using my PC but apparently that does not make much difference.
Also, I found the card rather slow not as fast as it is claimed to be. What do you think?
I would be really happy if there is solution to make it work. I can't get past entering the PIN phase.
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I think it's a fake class 6 card, but I gonna try it on another phone (N97 mini) and I'll see how it works. I'll post que results
Try formatting it in FAT 32 but block size should be 4096 - use windows 7 to format card
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No, I have no music on it. I have some pictures (no too much), a few videos, igo 8, tomtom 7, 2 ebooks and 1 pdf.
I just copy the content from my original SD Sandisk 2Gb (included with the HD2) to the new one (8Gb). With the 2Gb works pretty fast and with the 8Gb is very very slow or sometimes it hangs.
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Delete "Application Data" folder on the sd and let the device rebuild a brand new one.
I had a similar problem with a kingston 16gb, solved in this way
cubemaster said:
Delete "Application Data" folder on the sd and let the device rebuild a brand new one.
I had a similar problem with a kingston 16gb, solved in this way
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Yes, that was the problem. I formatted the card and I copied all folder excluding "Application Data" and it's working right now.
Thanks for your answers.
Hey everyone,
I currently run CM7 off an SD but I was wondering if there are benefits to replacing the stock os on the emmc?
Are there any speed differences or technical pros to it?
Thanks for the input! This is a really fantastic forum!
sent from my nook color
joelszs said:
Hey everyone,
I currently run CM7 off an SD but I was wondering if there are benefits to replacing the stock os on the emmc?
Are there any speed differences or technical pros to it?
Thanks for the input! This is a really fantastic forum!
sent from my nook color
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From my experience the booting time is almost half if using emmc version. (SD card version ran on a class 4 card). After booting the performance is almost same. You may get better boot time for sd card using a class 6 or class 10 card.
I dont have an answer for you as i picked mine up yesterday and decided to go the SD route at the start i am curious on this question myself.
JustusIV said:
I dont have an answer for you as i picked mine up yesterday and decided to go the SD route at the start i am curious on this question myself.
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Well from my experience, running from the SD card is very smooth... so for ease of use i highly recommend it for a first go.
I have a follow up question- for some reason my macbook recognizes the second partition of my sd card but my pc desktop does not. I am referring to the partition generated for storage by the CM7 installation process that allows storage on the data card simultaneously.
Any ideas why this would be?
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joelszs said:
Well from my experience, running from the SD card is very smooth... so for ease of use i highly recommend it for a first go.
I have a follow up question- for some reason my macbook recognizes the second partition of my sd card but my pc desktop does not. I am referring to the partition generated for storage by the CM7 installation process that allows storage on the data card simultaneously.
Any ideas why this would be?
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I use Macs and Windows machines rarely (and I am guessing you run Windows on the desktop) but my guess is the ext4 partitioning that CM7 uses.
I seem to recall that working- at least somewhat- on Mac but not on Windows, but I am not positive.
i chose sd, because it's super easy to backup my sd card as an image by popping it into my laptop. I can then burn that image back to a sd card if i want to try a new android build without messing up my default android install. I can always boot into the original nook os if i want as it is unmodified.
i used a class 2 and it was pretty slow. moving up to a class 6 and 10 has really helped and i don't notice any slowness.
i have not run off internal memory though so i don't have a baseline to compare.
eMMC is faster than my class 2 uSD cards, and it's easier to swa stuff back and forth from a computer/phone/camera/whatever with a removable uSD.
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Cool, I've been wondering about this myself and was about to make this same thread.
I was concerned because I get a ton of force closes running off the SD, and I wondered if that was a problem that would be solved by going to eemc. Or if somehow I've made a mistake setting up my card and that's the issue. I'm very knew to this whole scene, so I'm still a bit scared of rooting at the moment and would love to iron out the problems I'm having with the SD booting. Things run fast, and fairly smoothly but eventually something will force close, like Market, and then Google Frameworks and then pretty much everything will refuse to run after I tap their icon. Forcing me to restart. Also, some things, trying to download new skins for Beautiful Widgets is impossible. Only get force closes.
I can't figure out if it's anything in particular that causes it to spiral out of control. And what makes it more annoying is this is my girlfriend's new Nook, I'm trying to get it set up for her to work as smoothly as possible. If it was just mine, I wouldn't be as bothered by messing around and trying different configurations and whatnot. But I know she won't be as patient and tolerant of these issues and won't want to keep bugging me with every problem that pops up.
Would you say this is likely a localized problem on my end through some fault of my own? From this thread, it seems people are having pretty great experiences with the SD method. Which might be reassuring. I think I'll do a backup and start from scratch this evening.
@JRSly: What type of uSD card are you using. I was experiencing the same problems you had with booting, force close, refuse to run, thus a final restart. After swapping out four different types of uSD cards, SanDisk (class 2 and 4), A-DATA (class 6), Patriot (class10), I finally deteremined that the Nook is very picky about the type of card. All the cards work fine in my digital camera or PCs, but the A-DATA and Patriot are slow and often hang in the Nook. I am now using the three Sandisk cards with no problem. I recently updated to Nookie Froyo 6.8.5 and it runs great on the SanDisk cards. Just for the test if it will run faster on A-Data (class 6), wouldn't you know it starts to hang and FC just like before. I guess I'll use the A-Data card in my digicam. Try a Sandisk card and see what happens. I even try one of my old Sandisk 2GB card from my Blackberry which is unmarked but has a class 10 performance when measured.
I'm very new to this... and I keep seeing emmc.
What is this? Internal memory?
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@JRSly: What type of uSD card are you using. I was experiencing the same problems you had with booting, force close, refuse to run, thus a final restart. After swapping out four different types of uSD cards, SanDisk (class 2 and 4), A-DATA (class 6), Patriot (class10), I finally deteremined that the Nook is very picky about the type of card. All the cards work fine in my digital camera or PCs, but the A-DATA and Patriot are slow and often hang in the Nook. I am now using the three Sandisk cards with no problem. I recently updated to Nookie Froyo 6.8.5 and it runs great on the SanDisk cards. Just for the test if it will run faster on A-Data (class 6), wouldn't you know it starts to hang and FC just like before. I guess I'll use the A-Data card in my digicam. Try a Sandisk card and see what happens. I even try one of my old Sandisk 2GB card from my Blackberry which is unmarked but has a class 10 performance when measured.
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I feared that this might be a possibility too. My first attempts were with a little 2Gb card I'd had lying around and it didn't work very well at all. I couldn't get past installing Gapps for all the force closes. The next day I went to Target to get a larger 8 Gb one so I could also play around with Honeycomb, it's a Class 6 Lexar card. I started over last night and tried a couple of attempts at wiping and burning the image and inevitably ran into the same problems. It looks like a crummy(at least in terms of what the Nook likes) card is a distinct possibility. I'll give Sandisk a shot.
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I'm very new to this... and I keep seeing emmc.
What is this? Internal memory?
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Yup. (I didn't get it either.)
Since MMC is a sibling of SD cards, it's basically dedicated internal SD storage with a controller.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiMediaCard#eMMC
BlizzofOZ said:
I'm very new to this... and I keep seeing emmc.
What is this? Internal memory?
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You got it in one.
sd card is self explanatory, of course, and emmc is the internal memory of the NC.
The only DISADVANTAGE to running on emmc is that you lose the stock B&N version of Android.
Other than that- it boots a bit faster, may run a bit faster and be less likely to have force closes and similar problems.
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Yup. (I didn't get it either.)
Since MMC is a sibling of SD cards, it's basically dedicated internal SD storage with a controller.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiMediaCard#eMMC
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That's what I thought!
Thanks for the cofirmation
What a nightmare! I grabbed my Tab S 10.5 this morning and the stupid thing was showing there was nothing on my sdcard at all! All my apps that used it are now complaining and have no data at all. What a nightmare. The most annoying thing is that it's a Samsung branded micro sdcard to boot. Come on man!!! Some top of the line tablet this is!
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Well, I pulled the micro sdcard out of the Tab S and put it in my PC and the data is still on it. So, the Tab S is apparently just not reading it. The only thing I can think of is backing it up on my PC and putting it back in the Tablet and reformatting it, then putting it back in the PC to restore the data. WASTE OF TIME for a so called Top of the Line Tab from Samsung!
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Well, I put it back in the Tab S and it still wasn't reading it. So, I went to Settings/General/Storage and selected 'Unmount SD card'. Then I pulled it and put it back in the Tab S and it is now reading the thing. I imagine that's the trick if the micro sdcard is showing nothing on it all of a sudden. Strange behavior for a top of the line tablet...Anyway, problem averted...
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What a nightmare! I grabbed my Tab S 10.5 this morning and the stupid thing was showing there was nothing on my sdcard at all! All my apps that used it are now complaining and have no data at all. What a nightmare. The most annoying thing is that it's a Samsung branded micro sdcard to boot. Come on man!!! Some top of the line tablet this is!
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Well, I pulled the micro sdcard out of the Tab S and put it in my PC and the data is still on it. So, the Tab S is apparently just not reading it. The only thing I can think of is backing it up on my PC and putting it back in the Tablet and reformatting it, then putting it back in the PC to restore the data. WASTE OF TIME for a so called Top of the Line Tab from Samsung!
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Well, I put it back in the Tab S and it still wasn't reading it. So, I went to Settings/General/Storage and selected 'Unmount SD card'. Then I pulled it and put it back in the Tab S and it is now reading the thing. I imagine that's the trick if the micro sdcard is showing nothing on it all of a sudden. Strange behavior for a top of the line tablet...Anyway, problem averted...
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Is it still working for you? I ask as I had the same issue with a Tab S 8.4 and a Samsung EVO 64GB card, and tried your solution several times, but it did no good whatsoever. After a week or so I gave up and put in an old Sandisk 16GB card and it has worked flawlessly. However, it is full and I could do with the space of the 64GB card.
I have the same issue with my Tab S 10.5. I have a 32 Gig Sandisk Ultra and it randomly does the same thing where it shows no data. The fix for me is to just reboot my tablet and it usually works for a few days but it is a repeating problem for me. I agree this is very frustrating to have a flagship device that has such issues with SD cards. FYI I have used that card in several other devices with no issues what so ever. I am holding out hope that a software update may fix the issue? Maybe Lollipop?
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Is it still working for you? I ask as I had the same issue with a Tab S 8.4 and a Samsung EVO 64GB card, and tried your solution several times, but it did no good whatsoever. After a week or so I gave up and put in an old Sandisk 16GB card and it has worked flawlessly. However, it is full and I could do with the space of the 64GB card.
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Nope. It finally just completely died. I'm using a Sandisk now.
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I have the same issue with my Tab S 10.5. I have a 32 Gig Sandisk Ultra and it randomly does the same thing where it shows no data. The fix for me is to just reboot my tablet and it usually works for a few days but it is a repeating problem for me. I agree this is very frustrating to have a flagship device that has such issues with SD cards. FYI I have used that card in several other devices with no issues what so ever. I am holding out hope that a software update may fix the issue? Maybe Lollipop?
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Running blisspop by chance? I had that prob fixed in 2.0. You can also fix it with terminal emulator.
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I quit using sandisk years ago after so much trouble with mutiple devices i switched to transcend cards after much research and have not had any issues since.
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Hi - I got a Toshiba exceria 128gb micro sd card. Didn't really look when ordered, but turns out this is a UHS class 3 card - apparently the fastest class currently produced in terms of minimum read/write speads.
My phone recognises the card, asks for external/internal use - then says it 'too slow' irrespective of external or internal formatting.
If formatted as internal, the phone then get stuck in a bootloop when shutdown or rebooted - it will constantly go to fastboot/recovery. Occasionally, after going to fastboot 4-5 times it will reboot normally to system.
The only way to get it boot consistently is to pop out the sd card, then pop it back in once the phone is booted up and asks for the missing card. Then it runs fine - although I feel apps installed to the sd card run slowly.
Needless to say, this a PITA - my current solution is just to leave the phone on and put it in airplane mode overnight.
I can find mentions of similar issues on the other G5 series phones, and even the G4 - all those threads seem to indicate the these phones will only handle cards up to UHS class 1 correctly.
Before forking out for a UHS class 1 card, is anyone else experiencing this issue?
Cheers!
PS - Note the phone is stock with the october 1st patch level. I've tried wiping cache and/or doing a full factory reset via stock recovery, but the issue always comes back.
I got a super fast card like that (it was a Samsung 64GB though....from what I could tell by Amazon reviews, they make the most reliable fast flash memory), also formatted it as internal, and have had exactly zero issues in a month of heavy usage. So I'd say it's your card.
P.S. Are you in India or something? Because I have yet to see a single update past June.
No problem with mine, Samsung Evo Plus 128GB. Well, it says UHS1 card on the cardboard but have u3 logo on the card. I suspect it is the same with exceria
It also gave me notification that it is slow. Seriously, something is wrong with motorola, the speed is slower compared using it on PC.
Just an advice, don't use it as internal. There is no real advantage of internal except installing app on sd. It is a time bomb because it isn't robust enough to handle read/write for a long time. When the time comes, it becomes corrupted and you pretty much have to deal with what you had through and probably lose most of your data as well.
Do you know why Google never put sdcard support in their devices since nexus era? IMHO, that is one of the reason. It isn't as reliable and as fast compared to the one they use as internal storage. Well, of course nowadays, they are doing it mostly for gaining money by people using cloud storage.