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[Q] Fastest SD for Android on HD2

Hi guys i have been using
FroyoStone Sense - V2 for couple of days now and with basic winmo install, so far I love it.
Although it seems to slow down when more stuff is opened also when using Astro for file explorer.
Since this android build is all running from the SD card are there better cards like faster ones? I'm using the original 16g that came with my T-mobile phone. Is that the fastest i can have for that phone?

what's your sd card class ?

kawazaki said:
what's your sd card class ?
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Class 2 i think

im usung a 4gb class 6 and its screaming compared to my friends using the included (class 2) 16gb cards.
so yes the speed of the sd card helps, they go all the way up to class 10

strickzilla said:
im usung a 4gb class 6 and its screaming compared to my friends using the included (class 2) 16gb cards.
so yes the speed of the sd card helps, they go all the way up to class 10
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ok thx looks like im getting new sd

Class 6 seems to be the most popular. I went with this one.

wait till the nand rom comes..it will be there soon
DN41

im not sure i want an incomplete rom in the nand.

I'm using a 16gb Kingston C10, and yes it's really fast, compared to my old
16gb sandisk C2.

Ok but now I need to transfer my android and all the stuff to the new sd
should I just copy over all the folders and thats all?
I want to keep all my settings cotacts, apps and more!

Copying SD Cards

I ordered a 32Gb SD Card for my HD2. But, I finally got a quality Android build going on my little 2 gigger. Everything works 99.9%. . . I did not think it was possible but after 2 days of tweaking and scowering threads I have one(I can share it if you like).
If I copy all files from my 2Gb card I can drop then straight on the 32Gb card after formatting.
Is there any issues with this at all?
I really hope not, since I have been working on this for pretty much two days straight.

You should be able to copy it over with out any issues. Just be sure to format your new card beforehand
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hmm, didnt knew hd2 supported 32gb,, just orderd 16gb class 6
what class is ur 32gb btw?

pokerfreakje said:
hmm, didnt knew hd2 supported 32gb,, just orderd 16gb class 6
what class is ur 32gb btw?
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I just got a class 4 Kingston 32gb microsd... I think that's the highest class 32gb available so far that's legitimate.
Anything that can read a 16gb card will be able to read a 32gb card... they're all sdhc. I don't think cards bigger than 32gb will be able to be made, though.
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zarathustrax said:
I just got a class 4 Kingston 32gb microsd... I think that's the highest class 32gb available so far that's legitimate.
Anything that can read a 16gb card will be able to read a 32gb card... they're all sdhc. I don't think cards bigger than 32gb will be able to be made, though.
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If you think logically, yeah ofc 32gb shouldnt be a problem O.O
well there is 64gb on his way to micro SD HC (2gb+ = HC -->High Capacity)
they're also making 2TB micro XC ( eXtended Capacity),, O.O
2TB!!! xD
my pc got 2TB, imagine 2tb in that micro sd,, WTF O.O!!!!
A lot of pron on the 4,3 inch big ass htc screen!! LMAO

pokerfreakje said:
If you think logically, yeah ofc 32gb shouldnt be a problem O.O
well there is 64gb on his way to micro SD HC (2gb+ = HC -->High Capacity)
they're also making 2TB micro XC ( eXtended Capacity),, O.O
2TB!!! xD
my pc got 2TB, imagine 2tb in that micro sd,, WTF O.O!!!!
A lot of pron on the 4,3 inch big ass htc screen!! LMAO
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Are they making a 64gb sdhc? I thought I read somewhere that 32gb was the limit for sdhc. I know sdxc will be able to hold huge amounts, but unfortunately our hd2s can't use sdxc. That would be great if 64gb sdhc is made, because eventually a micro-sdhc version will be made. 64gb storage for my hd2 would be awesome... I could keep my entire music collection in that, along with my ebook and comic book collection!
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zarathustrax said:
I just got a class 4 Kingston 32gb microsd... I think that's the highest class 32gb available so far that's legitimate.
Anything that can read a 16gb card will be able to read a 32gb card... they're all sdhc. I don't think cards bigger than 32gb will be able to be made, though.
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Dude as far as I know Kingston do not make a 32GB sd card yet so you have likely bought one of those cheap fake ones of somewhere like ebay from a Chinese seller that is actually only 4/8/16GB and will just corrupt most of data as soon as you get to the "real" size limit.
A lot of people have been fooled by these fake cheap cards (myself included in past)

Kingston does make a 32GB microSDHC card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...9&IsNodeId=1&Description=sdhc&name=Micro SDHC

TheATHEiST said:
Dude as far as I know Kingston do not make a 32GB sd card yet so you have likely bought one of those cheap fake ones of somewhere like ebay from a Chinese seller that is actually only 4/8/16GB and will just corrupt most of data as soon as you get to the "real" size limit.
A lot of people have been fooled by these fake cheap cards (myself included in past)
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I wouldn't buy a memory card from eBay... especially not for a 32gb card. I bought it from newegg. And you should maybe do a quick Google search before claiming to know something, because Kingston made announcements about these class 4 32gb cards a couple months ago.
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To expand on this (since I am still new to HD2 and Android), if I wanted to change SD Cards, or try out a new ROM, all I have to do is make sure the Android folder is copied over?
Example 1: New SD Card - Format new card, copy all files, will boot into current Android ROM.
Example 2: Same SD Card, want to try a new Android build, backup the Android folder, replace with new ROM and boot up, if I don't like it, delete new Android folder and replace with backed up one and will boot back into old Android build without issues?
Thanks,

Yes!
And same for kernel ( zImage if is compress, and ussualy it is ) inside Android folder
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huggy_72 said:
Yes!
And same for kernel ( zImage if is compress, and ussualy it is ) inside Android folder
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Was this yes to my post?

Talderon said:
To expand on this (since I am still new to HD2 and Android), if I wanted to change SD Cards, or try out a new ROM, all I have to do is make sure the Android folder is copied over?
Example 1: New SD Card - Format new card, copy all files, will boot into current Android ROM.
Example 2: Same SD Card, want to try a new Android build, backup the Android folder, replace with new ROM and boot up, if I don't like it, delete new Android folder and replace with backed up one and will boot back into old Android build without issues?
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Yes.
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Metastable said:
Yes.
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I did learn one thing the hard way. Doing this while booted into Android is not really a safe way to do it. When I backed up my Android folder and put a new one on, it would not boot back into Android (said no Android Build was found). Looked at my SD card on the device and in a PC and the space was used up (for both builds) but could not find them.
I ended up backing up my SD Card contents I COULDD see (pics and whatnot) and formatting the card.
I copied it on the SD Card via Adapter in PC and everything is fine now.
I would suggest (for safety), that you do it this way or from WMo.
Thanks,

Well, this is wonderfull. First SD card I ordered was from eGay. 13 Bucks for a 32Gb. Right after I bought it, the seller cancelled their eGay account and dissapered.
I bought another card now a 16 Gigger for 26 Bucks.
Seems to be fake. I copy over the info and then I can not read anything. . . .
Crap, should have spent the extra 10 Bucks. Now, I have to get my money back from GayPal.
eGay really does suck now. . . . .

Android HD2 with 32 GB SD card?

Hey guys,
let me ask you one question. Is anybody using 32GB SD card in HD2 with Android ROM?

Yes. I've got a Sandisk 32GB [class 4] card using latest NexusHD2 ROM.

And everything works fine? No problem with read/write operations?

BADMOPAR said:
And everything works fine? No problem with read/write operations?
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As far as I know, everything the same, haven't noticed any differences from my class 6 16gb card.

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parker09 said:
Yes. I've got a Sandisk 32GB [class 4] card using latest NexusHD2 ROM.
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yes, i also have had the 'small' 32 GB card for a long time with no probs. Sandisk of similar good name is recommended. and class 6, dont pay any extra ro higher, lik class 10, as they are slower in a phone.
but.....
posted by hyellow on the WinPhoney 7 forums,
"For anybody who wants to try it, I have put a 64 Gb microSD XC class 6 by Sandisk into my HD2 and it works. Just flashed the new ROM with it. Didn't knew the 3 year old HD2 was already anticipating on XC. "
onwards and upwards...

32gb kingstone 10 class.... very good, very fast
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I'm surprised, 3 years old phone supports 32 GB card. I am using Cotulla's LEO "Stock" NAND Android ROM.

IMO difference between Class 4 and 6 is minimal. A REAL Class 10 at 16 GB may be a better deal.

pager3g said:
IMO difference between Class 4 and 6 is minimal. A REAL Class 10 at 16 GB may be a better deal.
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From what I've read class 4/6 performs somewhat better in general use of the phone except obviously moving large files to the sdcard such as ROMs, and using the video camera to write large files for general use I've read that class 4/6 are somewhat better.

I'm currently using Kingston C10 32gb without problems.

Problems with 64GB SD card

Hi.
I recently bought myself a 64GB class 10 Sandisk card from Amazon which I was going to use with my Note 3. When I first put it in I formatted the card in the phone. And then I took a few pictures and videos and all seemed to work fine.
The next day when I was taking some photos it suddenly switched over to the internal memory and I got the message that it was unable to save to SD card. I checked the gallery and the last picture i took was corrupted. So after this I tried taking the card out with the phone turned off, put it back in and started the phone. I was able to take some photos but when I was going to record a video it corrupted the file again.
After this I put the card in my PC and did a full format to exFAT and tried filling all ~59GB with pictures, videos and other files and from what I could see no files were corrupted.
Then I formatted it once again in my PC to exFAT and put it in the phone. After a few pictures it once again corrupted the files, even the camera app (default one) crashed at one point. Formatted the card in my phone again but same problem.
I then tried the card in my Gopro camera, first formatted it in the camera then recorded several videos in both 4K, 1440P, 1080P and took several pictures and everything was fine.
I'm not sure but the card seems to be working in other devices. Do you think the problem is the card or my phone? Before this I've used a 16GB class 4 Sandisk card with no problems at all.
Any tips on what I can do?
Thank you in advance!

Are you have a custom rom or just rooted as I think you need to flash sdfix
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Are you have a custom rom or just rooted as I think you need to flash sdfix
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It's stock and not rooted.

Could be a bad card, try unmounting and mounting the card again and see if that fixes it.

RaptorMD said:
Could be a bad card, try unmounting and mounting the card again and see if that fixes it.
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Yeah I've tried that a few times as well and it didn't help. But as I mentioned the card seems to work just fine it other devices. But in my note 3 files get corrupted.
Do you know of any program or any other way to test/confirm that it is the card that's bad?

crewol said:
Yeah I've tried that a few times as well and it didn't help. But as I mentioned the card seems to work just fine it other devices. But in my note 3 files get corrupted.
Do you know of any program or any other way to test/confirm that it is the card that's bad?
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Actually I do. I have used the HP SD Card Format Tool to fix cards in the past and it has worked pretty well. I also found this thread here on XDA that references it as well.
http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900259
Good luck.

crewol said:
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I'm not sure but the card seems to be working in other devices. Do you think the problem is the card or my phone? Before this I've used a 16GB class 4 Sandisk card with no problems at all.
Any tips on what I can do?
Thank you in advance!
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What write and read speeds were you getting in the PC? The Sandisk models are among the most faked models and that is by far the most frequent problem that I have seen. There have been also certain batches with problems, but Sandisk is always replacing those almost no questions asked if it is a genuine card.
I also have a 64GB Sandisk Ultra which was used about 1 year in my i9300 and now almost 4 months in the N9005 and so far I have never had any problems (but I am keeping an eye on the 128 GB models if those seriously go down in price).

RaptorMD said:
Actually I do. I have used the HP SD Card Format Tool to fix cards in the past and it has worked pretty well. I also found this thread here on XDA that references it as well.
http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900259
Good luck.
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Thanks I might try that later!
xclub_101 said:
What write and read speeds were you getting in the PC? The Sandisk models are among the most faked models and that is by far the most frequent problem that I have seen. There have been also certain batches with problems, but Sandisk is always replacing those almost no questions asked if it is a genuine card.
I also have a 64GB Sandisk Ultra which was used about 1 year in my i9300 and now almost 4 months in the N9005 and so far I have never had any problems (but I am keeping an eye on the 128 GB models if those seriously go down in price).
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I just ran a test in the program H2testw 1.4 and got these results:
Warning: only 60872 of 60874 MByte tested.
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the past files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 8.49 MByte/s
Reading speed: 17.5 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
So the reading speeds seems fine I guess, it also filled the card with files and verified it.
I would assume that if it was a fake it would have slower speeds and maybe only 2-4GB of space?
I am using the SD card adapter that came with the SD card, and then I put it in a USB SD card adapter in a USB 2.0 port.

Is anyone else having problems with 64GB SD cards? It's as if my Note 3 wasn't compatible with the card since it is working fine in other devices and isn't a bad card according to the test I did.

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Sounds like a hardware fault on the Note 3... I've been using both a sandisk and a samsung 64gb class 10 card on both my note 3's with no problems from the start...
Never had a problem with file corruption....
sdhc and sdxc are 2 different formats - sounds like you could use a 32gb sd card fine but it has issues with the 64gb sd card.... 64gb sd card is the newer format sdxc....
Unfortunately here you hit a snag... Unless the samsung sites list 64gb as ok to use on the Note 3 then they may just say to to warranty repairs.... If 64gb is the listed size (generally "up to ") you should have no problem. It does sound like your card reader doesn't like sdxc... Unless you can get your hands on another 64gb sd card to find out you not be able to use your 64gb sd card...

Performance Impact of Honor 5X when 64GB external memory card is installed?

Hi All @xda,
I wanted to inquire if anybody has hands-on experience of using a 64 gb memory card with the Honor 5X smartphone and also does the phone support installing apps on external SD card.
Any leads will be helpful as I'm about to buy the phone.
TIA ,
Sarvesh

sarveshbrahma said:
Hi All @xda,
I wanted to inquire if anybody has hands-on experience of using a 64 gb memory card with the Honor 5X smartphone and also does the phone support installing apps on external SD card.
Any leads will be helpful as I'm about to buy the phone.
TIA ,
Sarvesh
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I have a 64GB Class 10 (Extreme Sandisk) micro-SD in phone and was able to transfer an App to SD with no problem.

I got a 128 GB class 10 in mine and everything seems well. Haven't tried to put any apps on the SD card though.
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k9cop said:
I got a 128 GB class 10 in mine and everything seems well. Haven't tried to put any apps on the SD card though.
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Does the phone start to hang after data is filled up in the SD card?.I mean does the performance(snappyness) slows down?

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​ Does the phone start to hang after data is filled up in the SD card?.I mean does the performance(snappyness) slows down?
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I've put a few apps on the SD card and I haven't noticed any lag.
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cyrusalmighty said:
I have a 64GB Class 10 (Extreme Sandisk) micro-SD in phone and was able to transfer an App to SD with no problem.
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which theme are you using?

No issues here as well. I have tried with both 32GB and 64GB cards.
Just make sure that you are using a Class 10 card.