Anyone noticed the phone slowing down after inserting micro SD card? I had Transcend 300X 32GB and tried to format it as internal but the process was going on for about 30 minutes showing 20%, after that phone suddenly rebooted by itself leaving me with unusable micro SD card which none of my devices recognizes no more. I used the phone this morning without micro SD card and it was more "lively" and snappy. Later bought Transcend 300S Silver series declared to 95Mb /s reading speed as the Nokia itself recommends cards with reading speed above 80Mb/s for non laggy experience. But I can still see some lagging, while opening gallery, playing videos, etc. Anyone else has the same issue?
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Yes, having same issue. Having 16GB internal, its need of the day, so patient on slowing down.
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Hi All,
I was wondering if someone who has added an SD card to their Focus could comment on the performance of it with it in and with it out.
Maybe a video of before and after showing a game loading or just a general comment on what they've noticed?
Thanks very much and looking forward to your responses!
Jonno
I got my Focus yesterday. Played with it all afternoon and evening. I already had a 16GB Sandisk class 2 card which is listed as compatible, so I went ahead and installed it.
Set everything back up and played with it some more, plus this morning. I've noticed no slowdowns or lagginess of any kind. I've got 22GB free after the install. Also tried the tethering and it worked great.
FYI: I did order the 16GB Kingston class 4 card, but didn't want to wait for it. I'll put that one in my old phone.
Verdict: very happy!
Thanks very much!
I saw a video just now with someone who had added a SD card to their Focus and it still outperformed the HD7. BUT, it was relatively empty (< 2 GB of storage used) which means that it is possible that more of the data was on the NAND memory than on the SD Card.
It would be interesting to see someone install an app without the card in and run it to see how long it takes, then add a card and install the same app and time it, and then fill up the card with media and THEN install the app (once the storage is almost full) and then time it.
May take some time but should be worth it in the end .
I know the data is supposed to be spread across any of the storage facilities available but we're not sure how it is done (simply filling it up, striping the data).
Yes, that's video was unfair, need a full data card to test, waiting
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Jonno2343 said:
Hi All,
I was wondering if someone who has added an SD card to their Focus could comment on the performance of it with it in and with it out.
Maybe a video of before and after showing a game loading or just a general comment on what they've noticed?
Thanks very much and looking forward to your responses!
Jonno
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I ran for a week without an SD card and encountered many of the same issues reported (app hang/crash, marketplace lag/hang). I had to reboot a couple times my first week for one reason or another.
I've since added a class 2 sandisk 8gb and do not notice any difference, performance or otherwise. Incidently I have not had to reboot since I added memory. I have rebooted it once only verify the data was still there after reset.
Hope this helps,
I tested my coworker's Focus vs mine. He had a 16GB Sandisk class 2 card with >8gb of data. I had no card with ~7GB of data. I launched ilomilo on each phone about the same time. They finished pretty much at the same time.
I'll second the above, I've noticed no difference between having a card and not having a card except for the amount of storage available. I'm not saying there's no difference, I'm saying I've noticed no difference so I didn't bother measuring. Programs load and run at the same speed either way, media loads and plays at the same speed...no difference.
Guess I should add that mine is an 8GB Sandisk class 2 card. No problems whatsoever as far as speed, rebooting or anything else.
In my opinion, the best type of test would be a stock Focus vs a Focus with an added micro sd card with the phone+card loaded to the max with content.
I will test this and report back. I have a Focus stock and my wife has one with a 16GB Sandisk Class 2 card in it. I'll load it up and see if there is a difference over the weekend.
My Focus with no memory card has not crashed in the marketplace yet, my wife's does a lot...
Great, thanks very much!
Looking forward to the results.
This is really weird. My first test has one focus with a Class 2 Sandisk 16GB card but only 4.5 GB used total on the phone. The other Focus is stock with no card and about 4.5 GB used also.
Speed tests so far
Stock Focus -
- Marketplace and browsing the catalogs - much faster the first time I tested. after however it was mixed and occasionally the 16GB was quicker.
- People Hub - faster load and browsing.
- Bing Faster load just barely.
Focus+16GB - faster at loading Uverse and Netflix
- Loads Uverse faster
- Loads Netflix a second faster.
Both phones always get back to the main screen at the same speed, weird Also, occassionally the 16GB is slower, then the next test its faster.
I'll load up the card and report back.
The way you should test
Try this place the sd card in then add 9 gb of music and videos then install the program. I highly doubt the sd cards are causing program and marketplace crashes as I can get those to more noticably with wifi on. Also no one really knows what is running in the background. There is multitasking just not available to 3rd party apps so who knows if we are getting facebook syncs when things act weird. I would suggest not setting any accounts up and power off the phone then power it back on if you want a real comparison. The OS files would run from the NAND so dlls and other files that games and programs use should always run from the NAND but not the program it's self so loading the card with data that fills the nand then installing a program to the sd card would show if there are performance issues.
I've been very curious about this. I have a pny 8gb class 4 in mine. I've been paranoid about performance decreases, but i haven't seen any clear difference. But i would certainly appreciate a video or something confirming that there is no performance decrease, just to settle my paranoia.
When I first bought my Focus it was about a week before I actually installed a SD Card in it. Im using a 8gb Sandisk class 2 right now and have noticed NO difference in performance at all. Its still fast, smooth and runs beautifully. Ill be getting a 16gb Sandisk class 2 card very soon...I would assume that wont change things either....Seems Sandisk is the way to go if you wanna be safe...since Sandisk in used for phone memory by Samsung.
I have the Kingston 32GB card in... no issues what so ever and I have over 15GBs on the card to date. I took the chance and so far *KNOCK-ON-WOOD* nothing has come up
Should be getting a Sandisk 16GB Class 10 soon, will update.
Hi, was just wondering if anyone else has had any issues with their mojo continually formatting itself/loosing all data.
Mine is literally doing it none stop. I use a USB drive for my music and video files which I've not had many issues with.
But my micro SD is literally formatting it self every few hours it seems. Which is an absolute ball ache as I want to use the SD card for my apk data files. It seems to occurs when I stop using the mojo and come back to it a few hours later the SD card is completely empty again.
Transfered close to 40 GB android apps on to it yesterday in one last attempt to use the micro SD and all my apps where on the SD card and worked fine. I went to bed, just woke up this morning and yet again my mojo now shows the SD card as being completely empty.
I don't think theirs an issue with the SD as I have used the card for about 6 months no problems in my phone and tablets.
Edit: By the looks of it its every time my mojo freezes or crashes is when the SD card gets formatted, making it totally useless for android gaming in my books if the SD card ain't accessible
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Hi, was just wondering if anyone else has had any issues with their mojo continually formatting itself/loosing all data.
Mine is literally doing it none stop. I use a USB drive for my music and video files which I've not had many issues with.
But my micro SD is literally formatting it self every few hours it seems. Which is an absolute ball ache as I want to use the SD card for my apk data files. It seems to occurs when I stop using the mojo and come back to it a few hours later the SD card is completely empty again.
Transfered close to 40 GB android apps on to it yesterday in one last attempt to use the micro SD and all my apps where on the SD card and worked fine. I went to bed, just woke up this morning and yet again my mojo now shows the SD card as being completely empty.
I don't think theirs an issue with the SD as I have used the card for about 6 months no problems in my phone and tablets.
Edit: By the looks of it its every time my mojo freezes or crashes is when the SD card gets formatted, making it totally useless for android gaming in my books if the SD card ain't accessible
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I've seen the same issue, i stopped using mircosd cards. SAnDisk 64gb card
been trying to format my samsung 64gb as internal but it keeps getting stuck at 30% and then it says its corrupted. i can only use it as portable storage. whats the deal and how do i fix this?
After you format as portable try formatting as internal again.
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been trying to format my samsung 64gb as internal but it keeps getting stuck at 30% and then it says its corrupted. i can only use it as portable storage. whats the deal and how do i fix this?
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It takes a while for it to be formatted. My 64GB took a good 5 mins to complete. Just leave it. I found adaptable storage to be very slow compared to internal memory.
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had the same thing got stuck at 30% but then after I restarted my phone it was working and showed as adaptive.
Umm... its' been at 30% for a good hour. I guess time to reboot. Damn buggy process.
So rebooted and now it say corrupted. Trying to format as internal again but it' stuck at 30% again.
I have a Samsung Evo plus.
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Umm... its' been at 30% for a good hour. I guess time to reboot. Damn buggy process.
So rebooted and now it say corrupted. Trying to format as internal again but it' stuck at 30% again.
I have a Samsung Evo plus.
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I had the same issue with SanDisk Class 10 card. I kept on getting an error message," SD Card is too slow for Apps installation." or something similar to this. I switched to a faster card Lexar 128GB card (I happened to have one at home) and it formatted w/o any issues.
Just my personal two cents: It was pain in the neck to use sd card as internal memory as neither of my apps such Titanium Back UP, ROM Manager, AVIA, etc could 'see' the external card or any data previously installed/saved on it. I had to go back and reformat the ext card as portable device for this very reason. Not saying that you should not format it as internal memory but just make an informaed decision. Good Luck!!
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I had the same issue with SanDisk Class 10 card. I kept on getting an error message," SD Card is too slow for Apps installation." or something similar to this. I switched to a faster card Lexar 128GB card (I happened to have one at home) and it formatted w/o any issues.
Just my personal two cents: It was pain in the neck to use sd card as internal memory as neither of my apps such Titanium Back UP, ROM Manager, AVIA, etc could 'see' the external card or any data previously installed/saved on it. I had to go back and reformat the ext card as portable device for this very reason. Not saying that you should not format it as internal memory but just make an informaed decision. Good Luck!!
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I did it for the fourth time and it went. Buggy process indeed.
What happens when you factory reset? Everything gets wiped(ext and int)?
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What happens when you factory reset? Everything gets wiped(ext and int)?
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From my only attempt, the SD card becomes unreadable because it was formatted for that specific installation and will have to be reformatted, wiping everything. Would love to hear if anybody had a different experience. I'm currently leaving the SD formatted as portable storage to avoid that situation again.
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I had the same problem with a 128GB PNY UHS 1 card getting stuck at the initial 30% when formatting for internal storage on a Moto G4 plus. I tried everything, but could never get it to work. I had the theory that is was just too big for the phone to format before the software timed out. I bought a 32GB Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS 3 and haven't looked back. The phone formatted it as adoptable storage right away, and it's been working flawlessly ever since.
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I had the same problem with a 128GB PNY UHS 1 card getting stuck at the initial 30% when formatting for internal storage on a Moto G4 plus. I tried everything, but could never get it to work. I had the theory that is was just too big for the phone to format before the software timed out. I bought a 32GB Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS 3 and haven't looked back. The phone formatted it as adoptable storage right away, and it's been working flawlessly ever since.
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I have a Moto X Pure 16 gig with a Samsung 128GB UHS 1 card. It seemed to hang at 30% for a minute, but it finished without problem. Due to other problems I am having with the SD card (I will post those later) I suspect that the SD storage bus speeds may not be adequate. It would explain the timeouts and hangs that have been reported by many.
Guys ever since I placed my class 10 64gb SD card phone became slow and very laggy heck it even kills touchwiz when I exit any app!
I know my SD card is the issue because when I unmount it, phone is fast and snappy again.
I know all apps store their data on SD card in marshmallow but I don't want to root to fix it.
So any cheap good micro SD card to buy? I got my sight on Samsung Evo but did anybody try it?
I noticed when using "selective focus" in Camera app that phone freezes for about 10 sec. Also when I am using Gallery app, phone freezes when I try to delete picture. Note that I set Camera to store pictures in SD card.
And now phone is not recognizing SD card at all.
My question is, if it is possible that SD card is causing my phone to freeze and if someone had similar problem to please tell me how you fix it?
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I noticed when using "selective focus" in Camera app that phone freezes for about 10 sec. Also when I am using Gallery app, phone freezes when I try to delete picture. Note that I set Camera to store pictures in SD card.
And now phone is not recognizing SD card at all.
My question is, if it is possible that SD card is causing my phone to freeze and if someone had similar problem to please tell me how you fix it?
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We had this issue a while back on LG. Yes if you have a substandard card.
Moving apps and photos and such to a slower substandard card can cause lags in the system believe it or not
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We had this issue a while back on LG. Yes if you have a substandard card.
Moving apps and photos and such to a slower substandard card can cause lags in the system believe it or not
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Thanks for reply, now that my SD card is dead, after removing it from phone, my s8 works perfectly.
A question mr/mrs Mad Scientist: do you use micro SD card on your phone and what class is it?
Also what are your thoughts on SD cards, now that we have phones with bigger storage?
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Thanks for reply, now that my SD card is dead, after removing it from phone, my s8 works perfectly.
A question mr/mrs Mad Scientist: do you use micro SD card on your phone and what class is it?
Also what are your thoughts on SD cards, now that we have phones with bigger storage?
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I did i got a samsung Evo 128 GB class 10 never had any issues out of it.Also had a 32 gb evo before this
I recently came into a jailboken PS Vita So I installed the SD card on it for all my games and no lags their either
But about 45 gb free Im a stickler for free space so I go my bare minimum music i listen too many apps
and what ever else and got like 35 gb free so No issues there
I even use it for download as its fater than my pc normally then just transfer what ever and delete
Most of my photos are backed up on google so no worrys there
So with the increased storage even at a 64 gb model Is more than plenty for my day to day life If it ever runs low Im sure I can clean enough up
But in the past slower or dying cards and such take time to read write if you have moved a bunch of active apps to sd that gets compounded and bottle-necked on read/write speeds Specialy when it comes to videos and big files or games