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Best SD card?

Can anyone give me some advice on what's the best SD card to buy? Size, speed, manufacturer if possible.
Since I've finally got some money, I can upgrade from the stock card.
Does the size and speed of the card actually make much improvement in the phones' processing, especially using a2sd?
Thanks for your input

tatonka_hero said:
Can anyone give me some advice on what's the best SD card to buy? Size, speed, manufacturer if possible.
Since I've finally got some money, I can upgrade from the stock card.
Does the size and speed of the card actually make much improvement in the phones' processing, especially using a2sd?
Thanks for your input
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i would recommend using a SanDisk branded card.. (im a brand name junkie)
as far as size and speed, i would go with at least a 8GB... depending on what ur goin to be putting on the card you might even want to go with a 16GB... as for speed, i would definitely recommend a class 6 card..
now the size and speed isn't gonna make much for improvement except in the A2SD loading, and photo loading..

Anyone else? The more opinions the better. Gives me something to think about while I'm sitting here at work waiting for my scan of an iPad to finish regenerating

tatonka_hero said:
Anyone else? The more opinions the better. Gives me something to think about while I'm sitting here at work waiting for my scan of an iPad to finish regenerating
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don't think your gonna get too many different opinions.. SanDisk branded cards are top quality, and class 6 cards are as fast as they go atm. the only thing left is how much space you want..

bk718 said:
don't think your gonna get too many different opinions.. SanDisk branded cards are top quality, and class 6 cards are as fast as they go atm. the only thing left is how much space you want..
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unfortunately, I'm too cheap to pay for a sandisk. How are the transcend ones? Obviously not as good as the sandisk brand-wise, but is there a huge difference in performance?

Micro SD Card Help!

Hey looking at getting a new micro SD card for my phone...
Has anyone had experience with these..
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-32GB-TF-Memory-Card-32G-Micro-SD-SDHC-MicroSDHC-TF-/200512447087?pt=Digital_Camera_Memory_Cards&hash=item2eaf79226f#ht_1812wt_1137
They're really cheap... Are there any issues or incompatibilities?
Also does the Class matter much? Like is it worth looking for a class 6 or is the difference on a Smart Phone not worth the extra money.

The class is up to you, its not a huge deal to me, but some people a class 6 is essential.
However, be careful with ebay memory cards of any kind, be sure to do a test of the size as SOON as you get it. people Often will take a 2gb card and have it fake a 32gb memory card. So make sure you test it to make sure. I cant remember the testing program but im sure someone else will list it here.

Blueman101 said:
The class is up to you, its not a huge deal to me, but some people a class 6 is essential.
However, be careful with ebay memory cards of any kind, be sure to do a test of the size as SOON as you get it. people Often will take a 2gb card and have it fake a 32gb memory card. So make sure you test it to make sure. I cant remember the testing program but im sure someone else will list it here.
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The class is just write speed isn't it? So what do you notice that in? Recording 720p or something ?? :/ It doesn't seem like it would be that essential for a smart phone

32G for $18 = Fake. Buy it if you want, but it'll be fake.

LevitateJay said:
The class is just write speed isn't it? So what do you notice that in? Recording 720p or something ?? :/ It doesn't seem like it would be that essential for a smart phone
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yeah, basically the class is the read/write speed, somepeople have seen some uninspiring results when comparing a class6 to a class2. It more has to do with data transferring.
khaytsus said:
32G for $18 = Fake. Buy it if you want, but it'll be fake.
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Also, what he said^^

Recommended Micro SD Cards That Work w/G2x

Hey guys if you guys could post some links of compatible or recommend me some 16gb/32gb micro SD cards that work with the G2x that would be great. I live in the USA.

All microSD brands should work...

OKay I was reading reviews and notice some don't work with Android devices. This one in particular.
http://www.amazon.com/Patriot-Signature-MicroSDHC-Memory-PSF16GMCSDHC10/dp/B004H8FTCK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303337442&sr=8-1

svengalis said:
Hey guys if you guys could post some links of compatible or recommend me some 16gb/32gb micro SD cards that work with the G2x that would be great. I live in the USA.
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The Lexar 32gb class 10 supposed to be good And you will probably need a class 4-10 because of writing while your filming 1080p... you dont want any lag
JD

Yes, the Lexar 32GB works absolutely fine and is class 10, which is a MUST with such a fast phone.

I bought a Wintech 16gb Class 10 at Fry's on sale for 29.99 months ago. Works well with Samsung Galaxy S phones and my LG G2X. Sure beats the silly Class 2 that came with the Galaxy phones. Its normal price is about $32. The Wintech 32gb Class 10 is 89. These are legit class 10 micro sd cards and I have benchmark tested them. Don't buy fake crap sold on Ebay from China. Beware as they sell 4gb micro sd cards labeled as 16gb and class 10. Try putting more than 4 gb total in the card and it says storage is full.

Okay thanks guys.

I'm chinese,agree with you,DONT buy sd card from china, sufferring from the fake card,sigh
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I'm about to get my G2X later this week and I was wondering the same thing.
Do I really need a Class 10 though?
Also... what's a good size'd card for someone who wont be going crazy with the 1080p camera?
I just want to add a few movies here and there on the phone plus apps and music with some room for misc docs.
I'm looking for the combination of speed/capacity/and affordability.
Anymore suggestions?
Thanks
ps. sorry if I'm hijacking your thread.

16gb card is enough for that usage and doesnt cost much.
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marco_ch said:
16gb card is enough for that usage and doesnt cost much.
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Thanks. What class would you recommend?
Regardless of class, I think I'll start out with a 16g and see how that goes. I'm pretty sure I'll be fine. I'll spend the bigger bucks on a 2-4 gig class 6-10 for a dedicated dSLR with 1080p recording.

bump

any good recommendations from online sellers, since i'm in AU most instore are a rip offf

What SD card do you recommend?

I am still using the stock 2 gb card that came with my Incredible. I'm looking to get a bigger SD card preferably an 8 or a 16 gb card. What class, size, brand, etc do you guys recommend? Thanks in advance..
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AJGO23 said:
I am still using the stock 2 gb card that came with my Incredible. I'm looking to get a bigger SD card preferably an 8 or a 16 gb card. What class, size, brand, etc do you guys recommend? Thanks in advance..
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They're all pretty much the same. Never heard of a 'bad SD card' company.
I don't think our phones can take advantages of anything above a class 4, so it'd be a waste of money really to spend it on a higher class aka faster card.
This would be my first choice:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...H0SC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1316312237&sr=8-2
It's actually the card I've been using for a year. Works great, quick and still a lot of room left on it.

POQbum said:
They're all pretty much the same. Never heard of a 'bad SD card' company.
I don't think our phones can take advantages of anything above a class 4, so it'd be a waste of money really to spend it on a higher class aka faster card.
This would be my first choice:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...H0SC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1316312237&sr=8-2
It's actually the card I've been using for a year. Works great, quick and still a lot of room left on it.
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I'm not sure I ever actually understood the whole speed thing. Is it how fast stuff is read off the card by our phone, or how fast things transfer from my computer into the card?
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speed ratings are how fast data is WRITTEN to the card.

The Incredible only came with a 2GB card? I'm still using the 8GB card that came with my Eris. Unfortunately nandroid backups take up so much room on this phone, I usually can only store 1. I'm not sure I want to invest in one since most phones seem to be coming with 16GB ones now.

Yeah.
I guess to break it down a little more, our phone only uses
- MicroSD
- Class 4 (classes are just speed ratings for the card and I do not believe our phone supports higher than 4 - not to mention there's nothing practical that you would need to go that quick on a phone anyway)
- Up to 32 (HTC says 32) // Verizon says 16.
I don't know of anyone who has used a 32, again I don't think it's very practical unless maybe you have your entire music library of 20,000 songs on your phone.

I have tried 3 different cards, PNY, Kingston, and San-disk. I have had issues with, PNY and Kingston, but never with any issues with San-disk.

POQbum said:
Yeah.
I guess to break it down a little more, our phone only uses
- MicroSD
- Class 4 (classes are just speed ratings for the card and I do not believe our phone supports higher than 4 - not to mention there's nothing practical that you would need to go that quick on a phone anyway)
- Up to 32 (HTC says 32) // Verizon says 16.
I don't know of anyone who has used a 32, again I don't think it's very practical unless maybe you have your entire music library of 20,000 songs on your phone.
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I'm using a 32 GB SanDisk with no problems. I just didn't want to go through the hassle of buying a 16 GB only to replace it with a 32 GB later. I'm only using 12 GB and most of that is nandroid backups that I could probably get rid of.
The sweet spot price wise is probably the $15 16 GB instead of the $60+ 32 GB. But if you want/need 32 GB, it does work.

i have a 32gig scan disk and have had no problems with it.

Be careful when purchasing SD cards on eBay or 3rd party retailers on Amazon because there are a TON of counterfeit cards out there.

k_nivesout said:
Be careful when purchasing SD cards on eBay or 3rd party retailers on Amazon because there are a TON of counterfeit cards out there.
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I figured my best bet was to buy one directly from Amazon if I bought it online.
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You're right on that. Basically, if the deal looks to good to be true, then it probably is.

I'm using an el-cheapo 16GB Class 2 SanDisk card. Hasn't given me any issues yet, and its been through 3 different phones now.

16gb class 8 from radio shack 30$$
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So we shouldn't have any problems with the class 2 cards right?

AJGO23 said:
I am still using the stock 2 gb card that came with my Incredible. I'm looking to get a bigger SD card preferably an 8 or a 16 gb card. What class, size, brand, etc do you guys recommend? Thanks in advance..
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I would get the largest size card you can afford...then you can keep as many apps on it, music, pics, etc on it, and save the internal space for cache and not have the phone go crazy if you forget to clear it in awhile.

I personally have an 8GB and I'm considering getting a 16 or above, but 8 is a great size if you have a DECENT music and video collection along with games otherwise I would get a 12GB-32GB if you have tons of media. Click thanks if this helped!
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I actually read up on what sd cards perform well as they have benchmark scores on the Toms Hardware site. The Kingston 8gb class 10 is really good. I got around 16 mb/s write speed and 19 mb/s read speed. Not too shaby for $9 on Amazon, and they have the 16gb for $16. Also, if I remember correctly the 16gb performed a little better than the 8gb, but both are perform well.

k_nivesout said:
Be careful when purchasing SD cards on eBay or 3rd party retailers on Amazon because there are a TON of counterfeit cards out there.
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This right here. While physical stores can also get hit with fake cards, the big dumping ground for cheap chinese knock-offs is ebay and third-party Amazon sellers. Buy one, and you're likely to get a much slower card, the wrong capacity, or just a lump of SD-shaped plastic. you're better off going to wally-world, beastbuys, or a reputable e-tailer like new-egg.
That all said, SD cards are pretty much a commodity item, meaning they're more or less all the same. The Dinc itself I believe can only read around Class 4 speeds, but that's no reason not to go ahead and get a nice fast Class 10 card. Sooner or later you'll probably want to use it in another device or in your PC and it's nice to have the breathing room. I usually buy Sandisk when I buy them, but they're essentially indistinguishable.
And on a tangentially related topic. I see that the Galaxynote 2 is going to be one of the first devices to use SDXC cards... who else is ready to dump 2 terabyte SD cards into their phones to keep their whole lives on? :highfive:

eoraptor said:
This right here. While physical stores can also get hit with fake cards, the big dumping ground for cheap chinese knock-offs is ebay and third-party Amazon sellers. Buy one, and you're likely to get a much slower card, the wrong capacity, or just a lump of SD-shaped plastic. you're better off going to wally-world, beastbuys, or a reputable e-tailer like new-egg.
That all said, SD cards are pretty much a commodity item, meaning they're more or less all the same. The Dinc itself I believe can only read around Class 4 speeds, but that's no reason not to go ahead and get a nice fast Class 10 card. Sooner or later you'll probably want to use it in another device or in your PC and it's nice to have the breathing room. I usually buy Sandisk when I buy them, but they're essentially indistinguishable.
And on a tangentially related topic. I see that the Galaxynote 2 is going to be one of the first devices to use SDXC cards... who else is ready to dump 2 terabyte SD cards into their phones to keep their whole lives on? :highfive:
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Well I am running a 64Gb SD card in my DINC and it seems to be working fine with Carbon rom. Have not tried the CM 10 yet.. was thinking of trying it tonight..

[Q] which sdhc to buy sony or scandisk???

hello all
i plan to buy a 16 gb sd card i come down to these two which one should i go for???
sandisk 16gb ultra uhs-1
http://www.flipkart.com/sandisk-sds...=b_2&ref=6cc79d72-81f7-4826-bd07-578dff25e6e5
sony 16gb sdhc uhs-1
http://www.flipkart.com/sony-micros...=b_4&ref=6cc79d72-81f7-4826-bd07-578dff25e6e5
i am going to use it for movies songs and games using app2sd
plz suggest me the best one anyother manufacturer also ok with me
also i read somewhere for app2sd class 2 is best is it right??? wont uhs-1 be good for it???
thanx all

goldsmit409 said:
hello all
i plan to buy a 16 gb sd card i come down to these two which one should i go for???
scandisk 16gb ultra uhs-1
http://www.flipkart.com/sandisk-sds...=b_2&ref=6cc79d72-81f7-4826-bd07-578dff25e6e5
sony 16gb sdhc uhs-1
http://www.flipkart.com/sony-micros...=b_4&ref=6cc79d72-81f7-4826-bd07-578dff25e6e5
i am going to use it for movies songs and games using app2sd
plz suggest me the best one anyother manufacturer also ok with me
also i read somewhere for app2sd class 2 is best is it right??? wont uhs-1 be good for it???
thanx all
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technically both of them are same
but i recommend SanDisk maybe cause this manufacture works more on storage tech.
:good:

i found this one as well....this one claims 65MB/s is it true???
http://www.snapdeal.com/product/strontium-16gb-65mbps-class10-nitro/902676811?pos=15;42

goldsmit409 said:
i found this one as well....this one claims 65MB/s is it true???
http://www.snapdeal.com/product/strontium-16gb-65mbps-class10-nitro/902676811?pos=15;42
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The trademark never heard before so I will not risk, if you want a high transfer rate go for Sandisk Ultra but I remind you that the Hardware slot for microSD on Xperia Z1 is limited to 40mb/s in writing and reading so even if you buy a 100mb/s MicroSD you will use 40mb/s only in any case so spend money for an expensive card in this case is useless.

eclyptos said:
The trademark never heard before so I will not risk, if you want a high transfer rate go for Sandisk Ultra but I remind you that the Hardware slot for microSD on Xperia Z1 is limited to 40mb/s in writing and reading so even if you buy a 100mb/s MicroSD you will use 40mb/s only in any case so spend money for an expensive card in this case is useless.
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so i should not spend more to get sony get sandisk uhs-1 right???
also will it be ok to use with app2sd for games????
thts da primary purpose

goldsmit409 said:
so i should not spend more to get sony get sandisk uhs-1 right???
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The two card are good and what you should do is to buy a card whit 40-50mb/s in Reading and Writing to have the best performance. Card with high Reading transfer rate it's easy to find and they are cheap but the card have to have also minimum 40mb/s in writing and here you will have to spend more. If the Sony specifications are 40mb/s in both then it will be the right one, check very careful when you buy them because it can be in reading only. But if you find Sandisk with the same specification then go for sandisk.
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also will it be ok to use with app2sd for games????
thts da primary purpose
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The microSD in this case is essential but if you will use that card for games data, with 16gb you will end soon to have it full. Today any games are around 2gb each. I will recommend to buy a 32gb minimum.

goldsmit409 said:
so i should not spend more to get sony get sandisk uhs-1 right???
also will it be ok to use with app2sd for games????
thts da primary purpose
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nop
After android 4.0 ICS Google disabled app2sd feature.
now u can just install apps/games with all their data to internal storage.
u can find just Galaxy S4 & Note3 that have this feature. (and maybe S3 with JB 4.3)
But, 16GB (12GB for user) is enough to install 3-4 FHD game and 7-8 normal game and 30-40 apps
however more storage is always better but i don't think thr s someone who want to install games and app and never uninstall them!
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x102x96x said:
nop
After android 4.0 ICS Google disabled app2sd feature.
now u can just install apps/games with all their data to internal storage.
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He can Root the Z1 and use Folder Mount. The option Move to SD also will available soon. You saying this like if he can't he should not buy any SD for Z1.

Of course he can do it by root access.
But how do u know this feature will available again??!?!?
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i am not sure some site say sony card provides 40mb/s both read and write , some other say otherwise, samsung card also the same
i am tight on budget thats why not going for 32 gb , still i wanna get a good 16 gb card, any user of samsung sony or sandisk uhs-1 cards please respond which has the highest benchmark

x102x96x said:
Of course he can do it by root access.
But how do u know this feature will available again??!?!?
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Developers are working on it. If it will not be available officially on KitKat, they will find a way anyway.

Have a SanDisk 64GB Ultra and it was the best damn money I've ever spent. Just throwing that out there.
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