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Maximum storage card capacity

Hi,
I want to buy a micro SD : I have seen that the maximum storage for micro sd was of 16 GB.
Someone has already tested a 32 GB storage card?
If yes, Does it work correctly?
Thanks for your answer.

it's works i don't now how becouse i just test my friends card.
Sorry for my English

Maybe it's was on android 1.6 (max 16), but 2.1 should be supported with 32GB

well, i got my X8 only a week ago, it's my first smartphone.
seriously, what do you guys want to store with 32GB card?
i can't imagine what to store in such space, i figure one could make a portable toilet out of it and still got some more space.

Movies (avi, wmv, etc). HD photos from professional photocameras, hi fi music like wav. Download a lot of stuff with torrent client and else. 32 GB really need for me.

i_hate_sonyericsson said:
well, i got my X8 only a week ago, it's my first smartphone.
seriously, what do you guys want to store with 32GB card?
i can't imagine what to store in such space, i figure one could make a portable toilet out of it and still got some more space.
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Question was not what I do with all that storage.

Is it possible to have 32GB card in X8 I think that it support up to 16GB ??

I couldn't tell you, because I've bought an 16GB card (class10).
With the price of a 32 GB microSD, I could not fool me.

I think that 32GB is more money then the Phone

You are able to mount 32GB card I've just checked it out but the results are horrible - 500 MB of freshly copied music on the card, and now it is showed as "damaged" on the notification bar. I wouldn't recommend it to you.

romcio47 said:
You are able to mount 32GB card I've just checked it out but the results are horrible - 500 MB of freshly copied music on the card, and now it is showed as "damaged" on the notification bar. I wouldn't recommend it to you.
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I think the X8 will also work extrem slow with a sd card of 16 or 32gb

And with 32Gb class10? The read/write speed is biggest?

I believe that is not a question of card's speed, but more of device's ability to comprehend such a huge space. Just like with enormous hard drives in older computers.

ok.. maybe this out of topic..
what brand of SD card with class 6 or 10??
n where to buy??
im just unable to find it in my country.
in my opinion, 32gb can be handle with very well if this SD card are good.
i mean good SDHC
i found it in my country, designed for camcorder and etc..
but price also different
i just want 8gb with class 10..
currently i have 8gb, no class
my quadrant almost same with droid x, so i think if i have good SD card i can overlap droid x.
where to buy???

32 gb for a phone is a lot of capacity

Im using 32gb sandisk class 2 memory card in my galaxy s initially when it was 2.1 it was slow. But now after 2.2 update its okay. Only startup and shut down process Will take long time. class doesn't matter on phone it matters only when data is to be transferred from pc to phone . Max transfer speed Will be 2mbps in class 2.

haripreeth said:
Im using 32gb sandisk class 2 memory card in my galaxy s initially when it was 2.1 it was slow. But now after 2.2 update its okay. Only startup and shut down process Will take long time. class doesn't matter on phone it matters only when data is to be transferred from pc to phone . Max transfer speed Will be 2mbps in class 2.
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where u buy it???
i still believe class give effect to apps if we move it to SD

evilteater said:
ok.. maybe this out of topic..
what brand of SD card with class 6 or 10??
n where to buy??
im just unable to find it in my country.
in my opinion, 32gb can be handle with very well if this SD card are good.
i mean good SDHC
i found it in my country, designed for camcorder and etc..
but price also different
i just want 8gb with class 10..
currently i have 8gb, no class
my quadrant almost same with droid x, so i think if i have good SD card i can overlap droid x.
where to buy???
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there's a lot of good brand to choose actually, personally i'm using transcend.
what city are you in? in Bandung, you can try BEC. i bought mine from kaskus though, it has almost everything we look for
class.. hmm IMO it's unnecessary to use such a high class card. class 6 (6MB/s) is sufficient enough, because android apps are usually not really big, only 10-12 MB at most so no need for such a large data transfer rate.

Has anyone had good success with the 32Gb card? I dont want to buy one if it's just gonna not work properly.
thanks

Won't work
Chances are, it wouldn't work.
The Xperia X8 currently only supports up to 16GB of memory. If you go higher than that you would experience problems. You might be able to make it work for a few minutes then it might not be able to read the mem card.
Hopefully, in future updates we could use 32GB cards.
I've searched around, no walk-arounds on this yet. If I were you, I'd stick with 16GB. That's a lot of storage!

[Q] Best 32GB MicroSD to buy for Xperia Z?

Guys...
I am thinking of buying a 32GB Class 10 Micro SD for my Xperia Z...Just wanna know which one is good to buy from below..Thanks in advance..:angel::angel:
SANDISK-MOBILE-ULTRA-CLASS-10-32GB-MICRO-SDHC-SD-32G-MEMORY-UHS-I-U1
TOSHIBA-MICROSDHC-CLASS-10-32GB-32G-32-G-GB-MICRO-SD-HC-UHS-I-U1
TRANSCEND-MICRO-SDHC-PREMIUM-32GB-CLASS-10-UHS-I-U1-32G-32-G-GB-MICRO-SD
KINGSTON-MICRO-SD-MICRO-SDHC-C10-32GB-32G-32-G-CLASS-10

This one: http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/extreme-uhs-i/?capacity=64GB
...32GB is weak, go for 64GB instead.

Rekoil said:
This one: http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/extreme-uhs-i/?capacity=64GB
...32GB is weak, go for 64GB instead.
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im limited in my budget...so looking for a 32 GB..
which brand is good Sandisk/ Transend/ Kingston/ Toshiba

blacjack00 said:
im limited in my budget...so looking for a 32 GB..
which brand is good Sandisk/ Transend/ Kingston/ Toshiba
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Only used SanDisk so can't really comment on the others. In my experience they are pretty good, budget-wise you might be better off with a Transcend or something though.

Rekoil said:
Only used SanDisk so can't really comment on the others. In my experience they are pretty good, budget-wise you might be better off with a Transcend or something though.
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price is almost the same....thnx bro..
waiting for others comments...

blacjack00 said:
I am thinking of buying a 32GB Class 10 Micro SD for my Xperia Z...
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I have a corrupted new 64 GB Sandisk Ultra Class 10.
My advice is make a full search here in General and Q&A threads about SD Cards before buying, because a great number of Xperia users are unhappy with their incompatible / corrupted SD Cards, especially the SanDisk ones.

Definitely Sandisk (the ultra)I use them in all xperias, no issue so far altought I don't use the 64Go it's too big for my use, 32Go is enough.

http://www.myshopping.com.au/ZM--12...IA_Type_HD_32GB_microSDHC_UHS_I_Card_Class_10

Based on my experience, here is the rank I suggest:
1) Sandisk 2) Toshiba 3) Kingston 4) Transcend
...and I also strongly suggest, only choose between Sandisk and Toshiba.
Am currently using a Sandisk 64GB on my Z for media like songs and videos, which I carried along from my Note (my very first android; then followed by Ion / V / TX) since day one, and a 32GB one for Titanium's and NAND backups. Both never encounter any problem... so far.

thanks guys for the helpful comments....i will buy a sandisk 32 Gb...

guys i have ordered the SANDISK-MOBILE-ULTRA-CLASS-10-32GB-MICRO-SDHC-SD-32G-MEMORY-UHS-I-U1
jus wanna know how to format it for use...
1) Do i put it to phone and format?
2) Do i format it in PC with card reader?
Which type to format (NTFS/ exfat)
Thanx in advance..:angel::angel:

blacjack00 said:
guys i have ordered the SANDISK-MOBILE-ULTRA-CLASS-10-32GB-MICRO-SDHC-SD-32G-MEMORY-UHS-I-U1
jus wanna know how to format it for use...
1) Do i put it to phone and format?
2) Do i format it in PC with card reader?
Which type to format (NTFS/ exfat)
Thanx in advance..:angel::angel:
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Put it straight in the phone and it will do it all for you.

When I bought my Sandisk 32GB and 64GB, both were formated with FAT32 out of the box.
Problem with FAT32 is that it won't support over 4GB a file.
If you have no intention to put over 4GB a file (like video) onto the card, you can just leave it as is and use it right away without doing anything.
If you're planning to put over 4GB a file onto the card, format it with exFAT with you computer by using a card adapter. XZ can read exFAT natively since 4.2.2.
You can also format your card with NTFS. Like exFAT, it also supports over 4GB a file. However, XZ can't read this file system thus you need to root and install a third party app like "Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+" in order to read.
My suggestion is, use exFAT, since it's more versatile, and is natively supported.

Best Micro SD Card for the Xperia Z

Hi,
I'm new here at xda-forum, cause I get an Xperia Z this week (waiting for the order) and my question is what's the best micro sd card for this phone.
Micro SD card needs:
- Class 10
- 32/64 GB
- that lasts for a very long time
Thx for helping
Greetz,
Rom

ive been using a SanDisk 64gb class ultra (10) for about a year and a half now had it in my xperia play and now my Xperia Z
only ever formated it once and that was when I first got it, I paid about 55 gbp but you can probably get one for about 40 gbp now maybe less
I wouldn't say theres a best one but that one has served and is serving me well just wish there was a 128gb now haha I have so much stuff on it, mostly android games though (30gb)
Hope this helps
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Thx.
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What micro sd? Micro SDXC or SDHC?
ILikeTheWayYouMove2 said:
ive been using a SanDisk 64gb class ultra (10) for about a year and a half now had it in my xperia play and now my Xperia Z
only ever formated it once and that was when I first got it, I paid about 55 gbp but you can probably get one for about 40 gbp now maybe less
I wouldn't say theres a best one but that one has served and is serving me well just wish there was a 128gb now haha I have so much stuff on it, mostly android games though (30gb)
Hope this helps
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What micro sd? the micro sdxc or the sdhc?

Between SDXC and SDHC, difference is only in size, not speed. Some people often mistakes it for another speed mark, especially on SDXC (eg. X - Xtra speed )
SDHC - Secure Digital High Capacity (0 - 32GB)
SDXC - Secure Digital Xtended Capacity (32GB and more)

I always use Sandisks and I never had a single issue with any of them.
Right now I'm using this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003HIWHN0/
Dirt cheap and much faster than listed. Lower class SD cards might not benchmark very well but they perform great in Android and for smaller files.

Samsung and Transcend mSD cards are also good quality and performace. I prefer Samsung because they are cheap in my friend's store. SanDisk cannot be bought in Croatia, only via amazon, ebay, etc... and are much more expensive than Samsung.
I don't believe that they are much better than Samsung Class 10 Pro than how much they cost more.

dvd777 said:
Between SDXC and SDHC, difference is only in size, not speed. Some people often mistakes it for another speed mark, especially on SDXC (eg. X - Xtra speed )
SDHC - Secure Digital High Capacity (0 - 32GB)
SDXC - Secure Digital Xtended Capacity (32GB and more)
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Ah. Now I understand. Thx. I thanked. :good:

Ambroos said:
I always use Sandisks and I never had a single issue with any of them.
Right now I'm using this one:
Dirt cheap and much faster than listed. Lower class SD cards might not benchmark very well but they perform great in Android and for smaller files.
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Thank you but I need class 10, because i use the micro sd for my video collection.
By the way thanx .

dvd777 said:
Samsung and Transcend mSD cards are also good quality and performace. I prefer Samsung because they are cheap in my friend's store. SanDisk cannot be bought in Croatia, only via amazon, ebay, etc... and are much more expensive than Samsung.
I don't believe that they are much better than Samsung Class 10 Pro than how much they cost more.
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How long have you been using it? I'm really worried, because I don't want to buy any micro sd cards, because I already bought two 16GB micro sd and they were broken after I copied my files in it :crying:

xPnoyStar said:
How long have you been using it? I'm really worried, because I don't want to buy any micro sd cards, because I already bought two 16GB micro sd and they were broken after I copied my files in it :crying:
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Did You buy mSD cards form eBay? There are lot of fake ones.
On HTC Desire I used Samsung 8GB Class 10 (2 years) and I sold HTC and that card to a friend and still working.
Now I'm using Samsung SDHC 16GB Pro Class 10 for 3 months since day 1 with Xperia Z. No problems whatsoever. I have 2y warranty with it.
Beside that, having Transcend 2GB and 4GB Class 4 in my Nokia X2 and 6303C phones, those are 4 years old.
Soon I will get Alcatel OT Idol and for him I bought Transcend 8GB Class 6.

dvd777 said:
Did You buy mSD cards form eBay? There are lot of fake ones.
On HTC Desire I used Samsung 8GB Class 10 (2 years) and I sold HTC and that card to a friend and still working.
Now I'm using Samsung SDHC 16GB Pro Class 10 for 3 months since day 1 with Xperia Z. No problems whatsoever. I have 2y warranty with it.
Beside that, having Transcend 2GB and 4GB Class 4 in my Nokia X2 and 6303C phones, those are 4 years old.
Soon I will get Alcatel OT Idol and for him I bought Transcend 8GB Class 6.
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Thx for the information. Does Sandisk last long, because in my country the Sandisk 64 GB Micro SD Class 10 SDXC is the cheapest. It costs 46 €.

xPnoyStar said:
Thx for the information. Does Sandisk last long, because in my country the Sandisk 64 GB Micro SD Class 10 SDXC is the cheapest. It costs 46 €.
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SanDisk is top quality brand, but no one can tell how long it will be working. It can work 10 years, or could die in few days. Important is for You to do backups and have valid warranty.
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SDHC
The best for me:
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Micr...TF8&qid=1377162416&sr=8-2&keywords=sdhc+micro

Nuddelsalat said:
The best for me:
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Micr...TF8&qid=1377162416&sr=8-2&keywords=sdhc+micro
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Thx for the suggestion, but I need class 10 :laugh:

xPnoyStar said:
Thx for the suggestion, but I need class 10 :laugh:
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Buy either one/cheapest/the one you can easily get. Choose between Samsung/Transcend/Kingston/A-Data/SanDisk. It is simple SD Card buying, not nuclear science

obscer From
This works great for me
http://www.amazon.de/SanDisk-microS...=UTF8&qid=1377514678&sr=8-3&keywords=micro+sd

I always used SanDisk...No problems... On My Z i'm using 32gb Class 10 microsd, And no problems

I have a SanDisk Ultra 64gig. Causing major issues with my Xperia z3. Card must be bad or something.

Did you formated it in the phone?
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[Q] About the 64GB SD card?

greetings all....
i just bought the XZR couple of days ago , it is really good phone , no problems yet..
how ever i`m going to buy a 64GB memory card for the phone , yet i have 2 questions before doing so:
1- since the phone used to support only up tp 32GB card , will i have to face problems with that in the future (i`m running the phone (5502) on 4.2 ,and no root is done)?
2- what to look for when shopping for a new SD card , is there any sort of infos or hint to pay attention to when choosing a card?
thanks..

There are three types of (micro) sd cards on the market
1) SD: up to 2GB
2) SDHC: 2GB~32GB
3) SDXC: 32GB~2TB ( technically )
The Xperia ZR doesn't support SDXC so you can have at most 32GB sd card
EDIT: XPERIA ZR adds support to 64GB SD card in 4.2 firmware
Also, there are speed classes for SD cards
Class 2 means it reads and writes at least 2MB/s
Class 4 for 4MB/s
Class 6 for 6MB/s
Class 10 for 10MB/s
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thanks alot , so class 10 is the target for me...
but what about the ability to support the 64GB card , this is what Sony says on its site
"Support for bigger (64GB) SD card so that you can store even more on your Xperia™"
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/phones/xperia-zr/

Xperia ZR can use the 64GB MicroSD Card,i am using.and ZR(Z) can supprot the exFAT format

Crag Hack said:
but what about the ability to support the 64GB card , this is what Sony says on its site
"Support for bigger (64GB) SD card so that you can store even more on your Xperia™"
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Oops didn't aware that
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There is also a speed rating called UHS-# where # is a number
Class shows minimum speed
And UHS-# tells maximum speed
see "Secure Digital" on wikipedia if interested
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Do.we have uhs support
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i think those 64gb cards only support upto 4gb per file also... if you have files that are larger, i dont think you can copy it over??? not sure so you have to check...
also, just be careful when you buy high capacity cards.. because some in the internet sells you fake ones... meaning, they might say it is 64 gb, but in reality they are only 2gb.

Thanks for the info..

i've just recived this card:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-100-Genuine-Original-Micro-SD-Card-128M-16-32G-64GB-Class-10-TF-Flash/1123956169.html
it is indeed 64GB and it cost only 12$, so far the card is working fine for 2 days hope it can last a year.
i copied 30gb into it so far as space seems to be as advertised. the card speed is not stellar, but is fine, when taking pictures it saves as fast as any other card, when copying big files it takes a while longer... but you can't have it all i guess... on day to day use it's not an issue.

shteren said:
i've just recived this card:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-100-Genuine-Original-Micro-SD-Card-128M-16-32G-64GB-Class-10-TF-Flash/1123956169.html
it is indeed 64GB and it cost only 12$, so far the card is working fine for 2 days hope it can last a year.
i copied 30gb into it so far as space seems to be as advertised. the card speed is not stellar, but is fine, when taking pictures it saves as fast as any other card, when copying big files it takes a while longer... but you can't have it all i guess... on day to day use it's not an issue.
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if can check with this and let us know pls
http://flashfakecentral.wordpress.com/testing-flash-memory-chips/h2testw-english/

Lasantha said:
if can check with this and let us know pls
http://flashfakecentral.wordpress.com/testing-flash-memory-chips/h2testw-english/
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sorry it's already in the device and i'd rather not take it in and out too often to not demmage the back cover and the sim and sdcard cradle...
if theres any android benchmark you want me to run i can try it, i tried two from the store, both say it has 64GB for real, one sais writing speed is 7 MBps and the other sais it's 2 MBps, and reading speed is 26 MBps.

shteren said:
sorry it's already in the device and i'd rather not take it in and out too often to not demmage the back cover and the sim and sdcard cradle...
if theres any android benchmark you want me to run i can try it, i tried two from the store, both say it has 64GB for real, one sais writing speed is 7 MBps and the other sais it's 2 MBps, and reading speed is 26 MBps.
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its ok.thanks.Bdw you can use that software in link with sd in phone.Just mount it as Mass storage.its in settings>xperia>usb

Mehh that card is crap nvm.... Lol don't buy it
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128gb SDXC + Xperia-Z working?

Hello has anyone here tested if the Xperia Z supports the new 128gb SDXC-Cards?
I know that officially the Xperia-Z just works with cards up to 32gb but have also already read about 64gb Cards being used without any problem.
And if it should work with 128gb cards, then i rather buy the 128 instead of the 64gb SDXC as those should be future-proof.

luluchambler said:
Hello has anyone here tested if the Xperia Z supports the new 128gb SDXC-Cards?
I know that officially the Xperia-Z just works with cards up to 32gb but have also already read about 64gb Cards being used without any problem.
And if it should work with 128gb cards, then i rather buy the 128 instead of the 64gb SDXC as those should be future-proof.
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It'd be great if it did. I know it works with 64GB cards as I've got one in mine at the moment. Sadly I can't afford to splash out on a 128GB card yet so I can't test.
Anybody else know?

Yea they are still kinda pricey, i guess it would still be more affordable to buy 2x64gb SDXC rather than one 128gb, but if you have a quite large music-collection there is no real alternative.
I was used to about 128gb (total capacity) on my old SGS3 before, and it was really convenient to have the music-library just a swipe away
Therefore iam looking for the same on the XperiaZ.
Lets see if someone here has the spare-parts to test

I too would like some feedback on this if possible, I am looking at buying a Xperia Z to go with my 128 GB MicroSD card I just bought, the ONLY use for this device will be as a media player, so don't want to get it for that intended use and it not do what I want.

I know this thread is almost a year old but I thought it's worth adding a new post to it.
I've just taken delivery of a 128GB SDXC card. It was on sale and I figured I'd risk it.
And it works! I slotted it into my XZ and suddenly I had huge amounts of storage space!
So yes, it works. Go get one now!!

Anyone tested 256gb micro sd on xperia z? ? I need one for countinous video recording.

mhdotcom said:
Anyone tested 256gb micro sd on xperia z? ? I need one for countinous video recording.
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Where did you get one of those from? I could do with a bigger card, mine is getting very full already..
It should work, in theory. Technically, if a phone can use a Micro SD card, it can use any capacity of Micro SD card.

Ticklefish said:
Where did you get one of those from? I could do with a bigger card, mine is getting very full already..
It should work, in theory. Technically, if a phone can use a Micro SD card, it can use any capacity of Micro SD card.
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No it depends on cpu and phone's ram. there could be unsupported sd card massage or some lag issues. even 1tb card is now available. I'm using a 64gb with no problem, but it's never enough for hd recording.
If you'd like to know the app for cvr try Recam.apk I don't know any better app, sth more complete eg for auto replacing old files and more quality options...