I have plenty of micro SD readers, but I wanted to go as small as possible to use with OTG for my multiple android devices, which brought me to my most recent Amazon purchase/delivery; The Elago EL-RD-012 MicroSD Reader. This thing is amazingly compact and utilizes the full speed of my class-10 UHS-1 MicroSD's. I love how the MicroSD slides into the front end of male USB connector. The cost is a little high at 10$ per unit, but I find it to be worth it. If you are in the same boat as me and trying to cut down on size, this is the adapter for you.
Micro SD cards tested and working perfectly:
64GB Sandisk Class10 UHS-1
32GB Sandisk Class10 UHS-1
32GB San Disk Class4
32GB Kingston Class6
16GB San Disk Class4
16GB Patriot Class4
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HOW IT LOOKS ON An OTG CABLE:
I've had a few of those (not the same brand/model) but they seem to be very unreliable.
They came with Micro-SD cards i've purchased over the years and they all have stopped working after a very short time.
Hope you have better luck
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I've had a few of those (not the same brand/model) but they see to be very unreliable.
They came with Micro-SD cards i've purchased over the years and they all have stopped working after a very short time.
Hope you have better luck
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I guess time will tell. I hope it lasts since the size is perfect.
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I guess time will tell. I hope it lasts since the size is perfect.
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mine got stuck in a y-cable (that was deep) and when I pulled it out the whole thing fell apart (the back came off and then parts slid out)
amazon promptly replaced it, and haven't had issues since, but beware of deep ports with tight connections <<insert joke here>>
Re picture number two, it goes in the other end m8.
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Re picture number two, it goes in the other end m8.
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You are mistaken. It goes into the same end that plugs into the USB port. Thats how they make it so small.
I take it you never owned one?
Well so it does! that'll teach me to be a smart alec!
I have one as well. It's awesome and works with all my MicroSD cards no problem. plays movies right off it. I woudl suggest a Class 10, to ensure no choppiness though.
Hard to tell from the Amazon images. Is it a full USB or micro USB connector? i.e., can it just plug directly into the N7?
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Hard to tell from the Amazon images. Is it a full USB or micro USB connector? i.e., can it just plug directly into the N7?
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Full USB, to fit the MicroSD card in it. You must use a OTG Cable to connect it with to N7
That looks great, thanks for posting.
Just got one of these to use with my OTG cable - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005FYNSZA/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
Going to get one of these too though to make use of my micro SD cards.
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Hi all
Sure we know that htc advantage have MiniSD slot (Up to 4GB; supports SDHC)
So for using memories under 2GB you can use normal one , I have seen a lot of 4GB cards on the net but I do believe they are not approved by Secure Digital as SDHC and here is the pic from http://www.sdcard.org/
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The different between them is the price and the most important is the SPEED.
miniSDHC is available in three performance classes, Class 2, 4 and 6, created and defined by the SD Association to help consumers identify speed and performance capabilities/minimum requirements of miniSDHC cards and the host device. Class is dependent on the write-speed of the card, the higher the “Class”, the faster the memory card.
The SD Speed Class Ratings specify a minimum sustained write speed for miniSDHC Cards (Class 2: 2 MB/s; Class 4: 4 MB/s; Class 6: 6MB/s*)
On the net I found two 4gb miniSDHC that is in REASONABLE price
One is class 2 and the other is calss 4
Good luck
and these reasonable prices are ???????????
34$~ 45$
http://cgi.ebay.com/4GB-MINISD-HC-M...ryZ98876QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208089
your right that is a good price !! I nearly bought it and then I realised I have no other SDHC devices, not even my fairly newish laptop !! so I have no means of quickly transfering data to or from the card to then place it in my phone, unless I connect my phone Via USB !! if I do that I might aswell put it on the internal drive.
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your right that is a good price !! I nearly bought it and then I realised I have no other SDHC devices, not even my fairly newish laptop !! so I have no means of quickly transfering data to or from the card to then place it in my phone, unless I connect my phone Via USB !! if I do that I might aswell put it on the internal drive.
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WM5torage!
Just found one in the UK on ebay.co.uk - Class 4 for £18.99 - I'm having one!
Does anyone know what speed the Athena can write at? If it's less than 2 MB/s then it doesn't matter what class it is but if it's more than 4 MB/s then a Class 6 would be better than Class 4.
My card has just turned up and despite it having a pic of a Class 4 card and it specifically saying it was a class 4 device, the card that has been sent is the Transcend class 2 card.
I have emailed them and await their response.
Does anyone know what speed the Athena can read? Will it make a diffrerence?
Thanks
I order 1 and also transcend class 2, not sure if they have it higher...
Transcend don't - my supplier was misled, offered me a £3 rebate or full refund If I wanted. He has changed his listing and appologised, it was a genuine mistake. I have accepted the rebate and am happy with the outcome, he seamed a genuine guy and resolved it quickly and to my satisfaction.
Pity you can't get class 4/6 but not sure what speed the Athena can work at anyway!
This is a picture from the original Nook's insides:
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As can be seen, in this particular instance, there were two micro-SD cards inside, and therefore one could swap it with a larger one and effectively increase the internal memory of the device.
A similar scenario has occured in several Windows Phone devices.
Any ideas if the Nook's internal 8GB is merely a micro-SD card waiting to be replaced?
Nope, it's a SANDISK 8 GB SSD. The Nook Color likely required much faster Flash memory than an SD card is capable of.
See here:
http://www.zdnet.com/photos/nookcolor-teardown/487636?seq=56&tag=photo-frame;get-photo-roto
So, I suppose it is impractical to replace it, right? The size of this SSD does not seem 'stock'.
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So, I suppose it is impractical to replace it, right? The size of this SSD does not seem 'stock'.
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You mean the physical size (in millimieters) or the logical size (in bytes)?
And out of curiosity: given that you can drop a 32GB microSD card into the NC without opening anything up, why are you so concerned with increasing the size of the onboard SSD?
I've downloaded a ton of apps from the Android market onto my NC and they've barely made a dent in the onboard memory. Meanwhile, I keep 14 GB of movies on my $25.00 16GB SD card and they play great, without so much as a hiccup.
Just that you could theoretically bump it up to 64GB is all. I am happy with 48GB obviously -- but the future of Android tablets will probably hold many exclusive games with quite large installs. I believe it won't be more than a year or two before we see 1-2GB games.
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Nope, it's a SANDISK 8 GB SSD. The Nook Color likely required much faster Flash memory than an SD card is capable of.
See here:
http://www.zdnet.com/photos/nookcolor-teardown/487636?seq=56&tag=photo-frame;get-photo-roto
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Thanks for this link! It actually answered my next question about being able to replace the battery yourself if needed. I've opened up my share of laptops and other devices, and it looks pretty simple (more so than most other devices).
I was very disappointed to find out the Moto X does not have a MicroSD slot.
Is there a way to convert the SIM slot to take and read a MicroSD instead ????
Can we add a physical MicroSD slot to the Moto X? P
If so, can someone post the source, parts,prices, method, and software and modifications required ???
I'm aware of the new SECOND GENERATION external Meenova microSD reader, but having it hanging off the microUSB port makes me uncomfortable.
http://www.meenova.com/
Just use a USB OTG
Even if converting the SIM slot was an option, it would require removing the SIM card, making the phone inoperable.
Not happening I'm afraid.
See post 2. ?
tt c6 said:
I was very disappointed to find out the Moto X does not have a MicroSD slot.
Is there a way to convert the SIM slot to take and read a MicroSD instead ????
Can we add a physical MicroSD slot to the Moto X? P
If so, can someone post the source, parts,prices, method, and software and modifications required ???
I'm aware of the new SECOND GENERATION external Meenova microSD reader, but having it hanging off the microUSB port makes me uncomfortable.
http://www.meenova.com/
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The meenova is a hard, all in one style, might damage the port. But the dongle, soft OTG, short adaptor is ok
What about the dual-USB-OTG sticks? My 64gb Sandisk works great, only issue is that I can't charge while using it.
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What about the dual-USB-OTG sticks? My 64gb Sandisk works great, only issue is that I can't charge while using it.
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Crazy, no way.
There is a battery case for the moto x that also adds an sdcard slot. Look it up
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holy crap that thing makes the phone like 4x thicker!!! lol!
http://mugen.co/mugen-power-2800mah...se-with-sd-card-slot-for-motorola-moto-x.html
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holy crap that thing makes the phone like 4x thicker!!! lol!
http://mugen.co/mugen-power-2800mah...se-with-sd-card-slot-for-motorola-moto-x.html
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Nice. Lol
640k said:
holy crap that thing makes the phone like 4x thicker!!! lol!
http://mugen.co/mugen-power-2800mah...se-with-sd-card-slot-for-motorola-moto-x.html
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Nice find. Thanks for posting.
Probably makes the phone too big.
Hey guys,
i am planning to Experiment with custom Roms/kernels etc. But to Start you also have to make a nandroid backup you now ;P and i don't want Them on my internal storage because they are so huge. Now my question: What otg stick can you recommend me? It should have fast r/w speed because i dont want to wait ages to finish nandroid backup. It should have 32gb less is not enough and more too expensive.
Has the g2 USB 3.0?
Thanks in Advance
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The G2 does not support USB 3.0 speeds, but it works just fine with USB 2.0 anyway (it's not like the eMMC Flash-RAM inside the G2 or any other modern smartphone is gonna be capable of reading/writing at USB 3.0 speeds anyway).
I suppose in the long run it doesn't really matter which USB stick you choose as long as it has a microUSB connector on it - no sense dicking around with an OTG cable when you can buy sticks like this nowadays and things are much easier:
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I got one of those last week (64GB version), works great with my G2 (ROM/kernel info in my sig). Speeds are roughly as expected, maybe 30-40MB/s reads and 20-25MB/s writes, it's fast enough for OTG operation since it's not plugged in constantly. Having the normal USB connector on the other end makes it a breeze to move files back and forth from the PC to the phone, etc, in situations where I may not happen to have a microUSB cable handy (rare thing since I carry such a cable and a charger in my cargo pants with me constantly).
Since I use Mi2Raw with my G2 to capture raw sensor data instead of "pictures" and they're 25MB each it does tend to use up a lot of space fast so, it's nice knowing I have the SanDisk stick around to move stuff over, and yes I do my Nandroid backups directly to the stick as well (currently has like 12GB of backups on it just in case).
Got it for $25 at Fry's recently during a sale with a "promo code" for being on their email list, works for me. 32GB version of this stick or a similar one should be $20 at most if you shop around.
There's a bunch of these types of sticks available nowadays, I highly recommend them unless you prefer to use an actual OTG cable (I can still use that option too since this has a full size USB connector on it, obviously, and I do have an OTG cable).
Something to get you started...
With my Note 4, I could keep a tiny OTG adapter (pictured in the link below) in my wallet to give access to USB devices...
https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB19g5f...TG-Adapter-Converter-into-Flash-Drive-For.jpg
I can't seem to find a similar device for use with the Note 8.
Has anybody found anything like this?
Cheers,
Steve.
Perhaps not as tiny but the Note 8 comes with an OTG adapter used for transferring data from an older phone to a new one.
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Perhaps not as tiny but the Note 8 comes with an OTG adapter used for transferring data from an older phone to a new one.
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Yeah, I know - I was really wondering why there aren't any OTG adapters in the nano flat style. That's what I'm really after.
THIS is the smallest I've seen.
Well, there is another but the listing just seems a little dodgy - Clicky
I bought a usb 2.0 to C OTG adapter which did not work at all, and a 3.1 A to C which does so that may need to be a consideration beyond just the physical size.
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THIS is the smallest I've seen.
Well, there is another but the listing just seems a little dodgy - Clicky
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I would have gone with the second one if the picture had actually been of a USB-C interface, rather than Micro USB.
If it can't fit in my wallet, then attaching it to my key-ring (with minimal size/bulk) is a reasonable alternative.
I keep both of these in my wallet. Type C to micro USB and a micro USB OTG adaptor.
Got them from Gearbest and/or Banggood.
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I keep both of these in my wallet. Type C to micro USB and a micro USB OTG adaptor.
Got them from Gearbest and/or Banggood.
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It's nice to know that works - I ordered exactly the same from Gearbest a week ago.