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32gb micro sd fast enough?

will the 32gb mirco sd class 2 be fast enough to run apps off the sd card without problems?? or should i sacrifice size with speed and get a 16gb class 4 or 6?

yes its plenty for this handset. many many many people already have theses cards in the droid and the evo and all have had much success with it.

Works fine for me.
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I use a class 10, to reduce the current draw. If I were to run it a maximum speed it would be limited by the heat it would generate. So in affect it would be limited by the current it consumes. Not talking about leaks, but overall. Slower sd's are also limited the same way but consume their limit at slower speeds. Since the faster cards are limited (maxed) at higher speeds they consume less at slower speeds, because they are rated at uamps/read/write.

Engadget posted about a class 4 just the other day, due to my post count I can't link. But kingston does have one, even though it's much more expensive. If you're running out of room I would suggest only keeping vital media files with you, and using subsonic to stream anything else.

i wanted the extra space so i can use the phone as an ipod since my zune crashed

Class two is damn slow, I did in fact notice a good speed jump with my class 6
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You guys know where I Could Find a good 32gb or 16gb SD Card at a cheap price.. ??

ins0dus said:
You guys know where I Could Find a good 32gb or 16gb SD Card at a cheap price.. ??
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Got my 16gb on eBay for around 28! It is probably class 2 but I don't care lol

I bought one of THESE class 6, 16gb microSD cards, and it seems to be pretty good. No problems so far.

I'm using a class 2 to run apps off of and its plenty fast (also cause im to cheap to buy anything better lol)

Yeah class 2 should be totally fine
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tkirton recommends at least a class 4 for Dark Tremor. My G1 would crash on anything less than a class 6 when running apps2sd but that phone is a bit inferior to this one. Not sure if Google has a recommendation for Froyo a2sd.
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I picked this one up a week ago and its working perfect.
CENTON 16GB CLASS 6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...37189&cm_re=16_gb_sdhc-_-20-237-189-_-Product

I got kingston 32Gb micro sd card for less then 40 on ebay from us seller it is class 4. It reads at 9mbs and it write speed is at 4 mbs.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/the-surprisingly-seedy-side-of-microsd-production/

32GB MicroSD Wait!!!

I recently picked up a 32gig MSD for my Evo as I kept running out of room on the 16gig card. I went from a 16GB Class 6 to the latest Class1 or 2 that SanDisk has. My phone takes around 3 minutes to boot now at best. Looking at gallery or anything like that is SLOwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. If you are thinking about and have lots of pics/videos and use App2SD like I do, you will only be disappointed in the end results with the Sandisk card. Just sharing so others can save and wait for a real card.
Lisnup

Interesting...I have a 32gb sandisk class 2 card that is 3/4 full and I have very little if any delay...I only have 8.19gb space left.

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Interesting...I have a 32gb sandisk class 2 card that is 3/4 full and I have very little if any delay...I only have 8.19gb space left.
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I have 11 gigs left at current and the only change I did was this card and I can say that performance of the gallery and boot time has severly suffered from what my old card gave me.

the lower the class number on the card, the slower the transfer rate. So your 16gb class 6 may have less room, but its way faster than a 32gb class 2. Dont know if this helps or not.

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the lower the class number on the card, the slower the transfer rate. So your 16gb class 6 may have less room, but its way faster than a 32gb class 2. Dont know if this helps or not.
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+1. I switched from the Class 2 8GB card that came with it to a Class 10 16GB card and the differences are staggering. I never benchmarked my class 2, but I get around 17.8 Mbps read/write on this one. On my 8GB card it would take about nine minutes to transfer a movie from my phone, now it takes under a minute.

that isnt always true that cards are just slower. The class system is a min spec system meaning they have to atleast hit this to make it they can be well over it depending on the chip used

Most people benchmarking the San disk 32gb cards are finding them to perform closer to class 4 then the indicated class 2. Check out the thread in the accessory section. Perhapse your card is defective.

Sandisk. The Yugo/Walmart of the mem card world. None of the pro photographers that shoot digital that I've met will even touch them.

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I recently picked up a 32gig MSD for my Evo as I kept running out of room on the 16gig card. I went from a 16GB Class 6 to the latest Class1 or 2 that SanDisk has. My phone takes around 3 minutes to boot now at best. Looking at gallery or anything like that is SLOwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. If you are thinking about and have lots of pics/videos and use App2SD like I do, you will only be disappointed in the end results with the Sandisk card. Just sharing so others can save and wait for a real card.
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I've had a similar experience with my 32GB class 2 sandisk MSD.
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My 16gb class"6" sandisk POS clocks at class 4, barely. Got what I paid for at $30 I guess. (last time I buy that crap)
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My 32gb clocks right at class 4 just as its labeled, I like it seems to work just fine
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My 32gb. Class 2 SanDisk clocks in at Class 6... lol, I guess I got what I paid for. It suck BC I just paid for a 32gb Class 4 Kingston BC I thought it would be faster.
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PNY 16GB class 10 Micro SD or Sandisk 16GB Class 4 Micro SD

I will be using it for storing/taking photos/movies and storing lots of gameloft HD games on it.
Which is better for my x10 with what I use it for? Which one will have better performance when it comes viewing photos and movies? Will the games load faster on the pny class 10?
Or will the difference in performance from two cards not noticeable from everyday use?
Thanks

Not card wise but company wise, sandisk makes better memory cards if not the best in my opinion. I have never had a problem with their cards.
Choose them if the memory card you need is made by them.
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Read speeds can be significantly improved with the SD Speed Increase app developed by a xda member. Write speeds have no such cache fix available.
Unless you are writing very sequencally all cards are very slow. Technically a class 10 should be twice as fast with seq writes, but differences in materials and design sometimes reduce the difference.
A 32gb Kingston class 4 writes at 4.356 MB/s and a Lexar 32gb class 10 writes at 11.44 MB/s. But a Class 4 8gb Sony writes at 10.19MB/s! So what you actually get will be unknown until you have the cards.
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Hi there, i just bought a generic 16gb class 10 microSDHC card off of ebay for £16, it was cheap so i was a bit skeptical, but i received it and did sum read write tests, i got upto 11meg write speed so atleast i know its not a fake, but its working well videos and pics are saving a lot quicker so im happy with it for the moment.

I have both cards right now, It was used for my sony camcorder.
How can I test both of them in my phone?
stan.s whats that app you are referring to? where can I find it?
THanks

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1067555
Test: 32G C10 Lexar vs 32G C4 Kingston vs Sony 8G C4
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I bought a PNY 16Gb Class 10 off PLAY for a bargain price (about £16) and am now in the process of returning it as I had to keep fixing errors using my PC.
I have had a lot of PNY flash cards for my camera with no problems, so hop this is just a one-off?
Hopefully the replacement card (a direct replacement) will be better.....

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I will be using it for storing/taking photos/movies and storing lots of gameloft HD games on it.
Which is better for my x10 with what I use it for? Which one will have better performance when it comes viewing photos and movies? Will the games load faster on the pny class 10?
Or will the difference in performance from two cards not noticeable from everyday use?
Thanks
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I'm using PNY 16gb class 10 for my x10....
is good.... no prb at all

It varies alot depending on brand but last time I checked android simply didnt take advantage from anything faster than class 4.. You can of course remove card plug it into pc card reader and fill it faster.. But android os is limited and wont take advantage of a class 10 card speed. Maybe on 2.3 or 3.0 ? But it doesnt on 2.1/2.2 at least
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[Q] Memory Card

I have microSD 16G class 2, in my xperia play.
what class i need 10 or 6 ?
I can't decide which one to buy ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/16-GB-SD-Cl...emory_Cards&hash=item337194d858#ht_635wt_1396
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SanDisk-Mob...mory_Cards&hash=item3f0ffceb6f#ht_3660wt_1163
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-16GB-Cl...mory_Cards&hash=item4cfe4c12e4#ht_2128wt_1163

Tbh you probably won't notice much difference to your current one

I have class 2 and I replacing to class 6 or 10.
The games will work smoother ?
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I would not go anywhere above a class 6. Class 10 are great for transferring of long or big files but have are slower if you are just doing small files for like playing games like Gameloft games where the files are read from the sdcard. I would also stick to preferably Sandisk. I have a 32gb class 4 sandisk but when I do sdcard test it comes back as 5mbps rather then the 4mbps. So in a nutshell, either a 16gb class or a 32gb class, those are the two options I would go with.

I want 16gb.
What class i need for smoother gaming? 6 or 4?
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should I buy this one ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Kingsto...e_Internal&hash=item231840b944#ht_2565wt_1396

That's a sdhc card so no ; I have a kingston class 4 16gb and most games work smoothly ( the ones that dont are either due to hardware limitations or aren't optimised correctly)

If you're gonna upgrade, get a 32GB, waste of money to just get another 16.
Don't get a Class 10 those are made for digital cameras and video cameras. The Class 4 Sandisk 32GB is the known reliable good card for this phone. Be careful of fakes.

what's wrong with class 6?

I think class 6 is not the most compatible but works better of with 4 l, get the 32GB only a few more dosh.
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Your opinion of the best SD caed is what?

I'm wanting to buy a high performance SD card to run my Code Name Bleu Mynt ROM. I want a 32GB card, but I was looking at an Eye Fi 16GB at this link. http://www.eye.fi/products/prox2 Do I need something like this or is it overkill for an Android phone? Mostly I'm looking for speed, so I was thinking any class 10 would be okay. What are your thoughts on the best high performance SD card?

Well the og tops out at class 6. I use sandisk cards. I have a class 10 16gig and class 4 32 gig. I notice no difference between the two on the og and only a small difference on my 3vo. Class 10 won't hurt anything plus when you upgrade your phone you won't have to upgrade your card. Also some users have even been able to use the 64 gig with the og.
Also Kingston is very reliable.
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