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Hey guys, I got a SanDisk 512mb miniSD already, but it's about to fill up, and wanted to get recommendations on a 2GB miniSD card, which one's the best to get? Fastest? etc, for a Cingular 8125.. Thanks!
Beuller? Fry? Anyone?
i have sandisk and am quite happy with my 2gb card.
dunno about speed tho, sorry.
joe
TopRam rocks!
IMHO, avoid SanDisk. I have had several of their cards (different formats) go bad. I now have a TopRam 2gb card in my 8125. I bought it off ebay. Before you think TopRam is some fly-by-night company, they use Samsung RAM chips in their cards. It is noticeably faster than the SanDisk 1gb I previously used. You notice the speed difference when taking and viewing pictures using the card.
Also, I had a problem with the SanDisk where the 8125 would not "see" the card when it was re-inserted. I would have to soft-reset to fix. I have not had this problem with the TopRam.
I'm still struggling with my old buddy 128M card...
No issues so far with my Sandisk 2 gig card...
Just got a SanDisk 2G miniSD from eBay...work great....
I am using my sandisk 2gb mini and no problems so far on the 8125
patriot 1GB here...so far so good
I purchased a 2GB U-TEK MINI SD card on ebay for $75 plus $7 shipping. It also uses Samsung components and claims 150x speed. I can't compare it to any other cards since I don't own any other miniSD cards. But it seems to work great, and it was a very good price. No complaints so far.
I am a consultant to sandisk and they provided me with the following information that might be of help.
"SanDisk recently broke one major ring of counterfeit products in China
being sold on eBay. Today we believe up to 50% of products sold in the
"used" market to be counterfeit. We recommend only buying products from
authorized dealers. In Asia all products have a hologram on the retail
package and products that are bought without packaging or without a
hologram are suspect."
I bought a 2GB mobymemory card and it's been fine. A mate (with the same phone) bought a 2GB SanDisk and has had no problems either. When we've compared acces speeds, they seem the same.
Thats cool.
The card in my 9100 is also fine.
Although i lost one on the first day taking the phone outta my jeans pocket pushed the card in and it popped out!
So I am not new to android or rooting but I am new to this method. My question is, I've tried making a few but no success, what sd cards beside the kingston 2g card work in making a goldcard on this phone. I have tried a 2g SanDisk and a 1g samsung.
Also if anyone has one that they are not using and wouldnt mind selling or letting me use pm me.
I have no idea what kind of sd card I used (it just says 1gb on it no brand)
but the sd card adapter I used is from Lexar and the combination worked PERFECTLY...
okay looks like ill have to buy one off ebay or something
UPDATE: Ok so i got it I used a sandisk 2g card I apparently was forgeting to unzip my gold card image. duh
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Has anyone had any issues running CM7 on a SanDisk Class4 microSD?
I bought one used, and got CM7 running, but with plenty of Force Close errors. After running a benchmark on the card, it sounds like I got a bad card (for running CM7, anyways).
Here are my CrystalDiskMark scores, run with the same card, in various adapters on my laptop:
SanDisk 32GB Class4
Random Write 4KB (QD=32)
Kingston USB Card Reader
0.230 MB/s [ 56.3 IOPS]
Patriot microSD Card Adapter in SD Card Slot ThinkPad L412
0.054 MB/s [ 13.2 IOPS]
SimpleTech microSD Card Adapter in SD Card Slot ThinkPad L412
0.065 MB/s [ 15.9 IOPS]
Kinda crappy compared to other results I've seen. Anyone else have bad luck? Any suggestions, other than a new card?
Thanks!
You'll always get lower scores when testing in a card adapter compared to a USB reader - but the speed you get from the reader seems a bit below normal by about half - you might've just gotten a bad card.
Is it a recent purchase? You can probably exchange it - they run off a ton of these at a time and a bad one's bound to slip through here and there.
The links to the memory card threads are in my sig if you wanna jump back into them quickly.
Where did you buy the card from? Hopefully it is defective and returnable, rather than counterfeit.
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Where did you buy the card from? Hopefully it is defective and returnable, rather than counterfeit.
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This is my suspicion.. However, C4 I'd think he bought in a Brick and Mortar vs online where it's entirely too easy to wind up with counterfeit SD cards.
Bought it from a guy on craigslist. The card seems legit, full 32GB capacity, 6MB/s seq. write speed, just crappy random write speed.
Anyone else with a SanDisk 32GB Class4 care to post CrystalDiskMark Results? I haven't found any when searching the forums... just 8GB and 16GB...
I bought a sandisk 32gb class4 from amazon. I don't recall the benchmark numbers off the top of my head, so I'll have to test it when I get home from work.
I did, however, recently move over from booting off the sdcard to booting off the emmc... It seemed to be a HUGE difference in performance. While I didn't get any FC's when running on the sdcard, the system did feel a bit laggy. Or I could just be imagining things...
Interesting. I look forward to seeing your benchmark results. Was your a standard SanDisk card, or one of those "EXTREME" cards? (do they make those in a class4?)
I've read that a lot of people like running CM7 directly from the onboard memory. I'm weary of doing that, and I also like having the standard nook software too. Maybe if there was a way to dual-boot from the eMMC, then maybe I'd try it.
Thanks in advance for your benchmark test results.
I have two different SanDisk 32gb cards and both have been working fine for me. I can't remember the benchmarks right now but I do remember them being similar but a little better than may 16 gb and 8 gb SanDisk class 4 cards.
It also didn't seem sluggish to me after overclocking it a little bit.
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I've read that a lot of people like running CM7 directly from the onboard memory. I'm weary of doing that, and I also like having the standard nook software too. Maybe if there was a way to dual-boot from the eMMC, then maybe I'd try it.
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If you have a good card then CM7 runs fine from it and I've done quite a few onto 32G Sandisk class 4 and got nice performance. However, there are significant advantages in running from emmc. For example, you then use the SD card as a simple, single partition card containing just user / data files rather than as a multi-partition card containing both the ROM partitions and user data. Updates become easier to manage as the standard ROM Manager / clockwork methods just work as intended rather than having to put renamed update zips onto the boot partition of the SD.
I'd not be weary of it, just because it sounds like a risky one way trip. There are good ways of reverting to stock if you need to.
It is possible to dual boot Nook stock and CM7 off the emmc, and I did that successfully for a while. The key is in creating extra partitions and moving the Nook software to the new partitions. Various guides are available, e.g.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275859
I eventually simplified my family installs down to just cm7 as we ended up never using the stock Nook. One can use the Android Nook app for basic B&N content but if you use for magazine or childrens books then that is a good reason for maintaining a stock Nook. I normally use SD installs for any non-technical friends where there is a good comfort factor in an easy revert to stock.
I actually gave up on ever getting a 32gb card to work properly after I went through several of them. I just doesn't seem like the OS can do a good job with all of that extra space.
Things that fly on a 16gb card are terrible on a 32gb card that benchmarks the same way.
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I actually gave up on ever getting a 32gb card to work properly after I went through several of them. I just doesn't seem like the OS can do a good job with all of that extra space.
Things that fly on a 16gb card are terrible on a 32gb card that benchmarks the same way.
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I just ordered one of these from Newegg on sale for $31 w/free shipping. Hopefully mine won't suck as bad as you guys are describing it.
does it have SDSDQM-032G printed or etched on the card itself?
thats the model of the current "good speed" ones
see the google doc linked from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005633
I received my 32GB Sandisk Class 4 micro sdhc card from Newegg.com earlier today and just wanted to report back that it is writing fast. I'm getting between 4.1MB/s to 4.9MB/s on it.
sjmoreno said:
I just ordered one of these from Newegg on sale for $31 w/free shipping.
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I was looking at that sale and when I went to pull the trigger it had ended
With all the good things I've read about sandisk I'm loath to try another 32gb card as I want the thing to work well.
Now I'm watching newegg for the next sale........
sjmoreno said:
I received my 32GB Sandisk Class 4 micro sdhc card from Newegg.com earlier today and just wanted to report back that it is writing fast. I'm getting between 4.1MB/s to 4.9MB/s on it.
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If booting off uSD, you should pay attention on the small write data (4K Write)
If it's more than 1MB/s, it's good.
If it's close to 1MB/s, it's OK.
If it's somewhere around 0.0xxx, then it's bad for NC
I bought four (4) Sandisk32g cards from geeks.com,part #SDSDQ-32GB.They are testing out great.The (4K)writes are 1.277(slowest card) to 1.613(highest card).
($28 /card and free shipping)
I also tried their 16G Sandisk cards,VERY BAD,they test out at 0.024 (4K)write
My Experience Matches Yours
TL2000 said:
I actually gave up on ever getting a 32gb card to work properly after I went through several of them. I just doesn't seem like the OS can do a good job with all of that extra space.
Things that fly on a 16gb card are terrible on a 32gb card that benchmarks the same way.
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I bought two 32 GB Sandisk Class 4 cards from 1SaleADay in October. One started experiencing Force Close errrors on my Nook Color after 4 or 5 months. Eventually it could not even unpack the zip files and build properly. I copied a working image from another flash onto it. It then worked until I started updating and installing apps. It seems that writing to some area of flash, not sure which partition, triggers the start of the force close. During some tests, it would run until I enabled WiFi. I think apps were accessing the WiFi and trying to write to flash.
The 2nd flash from 1SaleADay was used by a relative. I updated all app in December. The relative played Freecell and maybe a few other apps once every few weeks. As soon as I attempted to update apps here in May the Force Close issue appeared. The NC had been running fine with the December updates.
A co-worker bought the NC based on my recommendation. He bought a SanDisk 32GB Class 4 card from a reseller at Amazon. He started experience Force Close issue shortly after mine.
All three 32GB cards had great ramdom read/write 4K benchmarks like other SanDisk cards. I used CrystalDiskMark to test the cards when they were new and when the first two failed. I also ran H2testw on one or two of the first cards that experienced the Force Close errors. All tests indicate the flash is still good.
The first two NCs have been running fine now for a few months with 16 GB SanDisk Class 4 cards I bought in September from Newegg. I need to put a 16 GB in my relative's NC.
I did buy some more 32 GB SanDisk cards from Amazon (not a 3rd party reseller) for $22 a few weeks ago. I hold little hope for them to work for long in a NC. I may try one. I bought them primarily to use in other devices.
The first card to fail has been running fine in my non-rooted HTC Incredible 2 for months now. I use it for podcasts so I am reading and writing to it daily but am not running the OS from it like the NC.
Running the Fix Permission function of the ROM Manager did not eliminate the Force Close issue on my relative's NC.
Thought that was supposed to be the best card to use
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Thought that was supposed to be the best card to use
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You're right. This one is way better, The One To Buy. You should buy that one.
So I just purchased a 64GB MicroSDXC card and put it in my Galaxy S4. It read the card perfectly as a 64GB card out of the box at first. However, I formatted the card through the phone and then it said it was only 32GB. I've tried reformatting again and again on my phone, Windows 7 PC, and Macbook Pro. However, I can't get it to register as a 64GB card again. I've read various posts on this forum and tried all the different formatting utilities, but am still struggling. I'm almost to the point where I'm just going to say that 32GB is enough and deal with not having the full 64GB. Any help would be appreciated. Any idea why this is?
re: 64GB sdcard
alexxxps said:
So I just purchased a 64GB MicroSDXC card and put it in my Galaxy S4. It read the card perfectly as a 64GB card out of the box at first. However, I formatted the card through the phone and then it said it was only 32GB. I've tried reformatting again and again on my phone, Windows 7 PC, and Macbook Pro. However, I can't get it to register as a 64GB card again. I've read various posts on this forum and tried all the different formatting utilities, but am still struggling. I'm almost to the point where I'm just going to say that 32GB is enough and deal with not having the full 64GB. Any help would be appreciated. Any idea why this is?
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Download this FAT32 Formatter and remove the 64GB card from your phone.
Plug the 64GB sdcard into your computer with an adapter or card reader: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/FAT32format-Download-79375.html
Then format the 64GB card and put it back in your phone and the 64GB sdcard will work fine
and will have approximately 60gb free space on it.
Do NOT format the card using your phone.
If it still shows 32GB after doing the above, you need to return the card and exchange it for one which works properly
Good luck!
I tried that and it's still showing up as 32GB. When I first put it in the phone, it shows some up as 59GB, which means it was detecting the whole card. I've tried formatting as FAT32 and exFAT in both my Mac and Pc. I also browsed forums for awhile and still can't get an answer.
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I tried that and it's still showing up as 32GB. When I first put it in the phone, it shows some up as 59GB, which means it was detecting the whole card. I've tried formatting as FAT32 and exFAT in both my Mac and Pc. I also browsed forums for awhile and still can't get an answer.
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Then the sdcard is defective, hopefully you can still return it and either exchange it or get a refund.
Good luck!
So the card ended up being a fake. I purchased it on eBay and paid a little bit more money for one that said Kingston OEM, but that's not what I received. I contacted the seller and have not heard anything yet, so I made a case with eBay to help take care of it. Long story short, am I better off just buying one in the store or can I get a pretty legitimate, working 64GB microSDXC card for my GS4 online for less than $50?
You should go on to amazon? They have SD cards on there for good prices and reputable Sellers
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alexxxps said:
So the card ended up being a fake. I purchased it on eBay and paid a little bit more money for one that said Kingston OEM, but that's not what I received. I contacted the seller and have not heard anything yet, so I made a case with eBay to help take care of it. Long story short, am I better off just buying one in the store or can I get a pretty legitimate, working 64GB microSDXC card for my GS4 online for less than $50?
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Here is the Amazon.com link for a Sandisk Ultra Class 10 64GB MicroSD card for $49.34 and
it's free shipping and usually amazon does not charge any tax.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...82169637&sr=1-10&keywords=64+gb+micro+sd+card
Good luck!
With the way Android handles SD cards I just find it more annoying. I sold my 16gb S4 and got a 32 and stopped using an SD card entirely and it was nice to have one less thing to manage. 32gb is enough for me but 16 doesn't cut it. When will there be a version that's 32gb that works on verizon's network, or is there already?