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AT&T MicroSD Card w/Windows Phone Logo Spotted!

http://windowsphonedaily.blogspot.com/2011/04/at-selling-official-microsd-cards-for.html
Original story here at Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/15/windows-phone-7-certified-microsd-cards-emerge-at-atandt-stores/
FINALLY!

Any sign of 32 GB SD cards though? That's the only type of card not supported atm.

No this is only 8gb so far. Hopefully when they make it official they'll have 16gb and 32gb versions too.

Don"t you just love AT&T's ballooned price of $32 for an 8Gb card??

Pinger43 said:
Don"t you just love AT&T's ballooned price of $32 for an 8Gb card??
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Yeah thats what I was going to say. I just picked up a 16gig for $25 at Fry's this weekend. Not for a WP7 though mind you.

If I had to justify that $32, then I'd say that Microsoft and AT&T worked with Sandisk on selecting the manufactured cards that met the minimum performance requirements; all other manufactured cards get the regular consumer packaging.
Personally, I'm running a Sandisk class 2 8GB card (vs the Sandisk class 4 8GB card) and I haven't run into any detrimental issues yet. Performance is choppy/laggy once in a while though...
Michael.

Apparently PNY will be offering a 32 gb class 4 WP7 card avaliable at Best Buy. That was speculation on the web, though there is a picture advertising it, but nothing official on the PNY site or Best Buy site...yet.

siralex241 said:
Apparently PNY will be offering a 32 gb class 4 WP7 card avaliable at Best Buy. That was speculation on the web, though there is a picture advertising it, but nothing official on the PNY site or Best Buy site...yet.
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Actually I think that one was a mix up on PNY's part. Wasn't that story from like January?

Got mine
Hey, I bought my ATT approved Windows Phone microsd card April 15, 2011 and I'm glad I did. I know it was a little high, but it works and it is reliable. It has not caused any problems. Given past memory card problems, I am not complaining. I didn't mind paying extra for consistant performance and reliabality. By the way, the packaging of this card does have the Windows Phone and round WP7 logo located on the top right hand corner of the packaging and the AT&T logo on the lower right hand corner of the packaging. As of today, 5-25-2011 still no issues and working perfectly.

I note under the AT&T site for accessories for the focus it lists a Class 2 Sandisk Micro SDHC card for 79.99
Adding link:
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...TM)+-+Black&q_sku=sku4980540#fbid=mDVcGxoCjhm
under the phone image click on the compatible accessories tab. Around 1/2 way down is a section titled Memory and you can see the card there.

hx4700 Killer said:
I note under the AT&T site for accessories for the focus it lists a Class 2 Sandisk Micro SDHC card for 79.99
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80 bucks!?!?!?! How many gigs?

it was 16GB but when I went to a local store they had a 50% off sticker so it was $40 + tax. Sandisk Class 2 16GB, NO windows phone 7 logo just like the pic on the web site though.

hx4700 Killer said:
it was 16GB but when I went to a local store they had a 50% off sticker so it was $40 + tax. Sandisk Class 2 16GB, NO windows phone 7 logo just like the pic on the web site though.
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I called ATT support because I wanted to find out something about the focus. Fake tech issue you can call it
But during the conversation he said microsoft has not certified any cards as of yet. He said they sell cards that work but none yet is officially certified by microsoft. Idk if thats true but I have not seen a sd card with windows logo yet. He also was explaining how the focus was the only phone to have a sd slot.

astaccz said:
I called ATT support because I wanted to find out something about the focus. Fake tech issue you can call it
But during the conversation he said microsoft has not certified any cards as of yet. He said they sell cards that work but none yet is officially certified by microsoft. Idk if thats true but I have not seen a sd card with windows logo yet. He also was explaining how the focus was the only phone to have a sd slot.
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I dont know when if ever MS will put their stamp on a card, but trust me the sandisk cards work.

Yeah I am running the 16GB Class 2 sandisk from the AT&T store and have had zero problems yet and its been 5 days.
Editting to add that it is NOT labeled windows phone 7, it is just a repacked standard Sandisk Class 2 card.

So an AT&T rep told me that if you bought the AT&T WP7 approved SD card that you could pull it out, put it in any PC an read the info on it without issue just like any other SD card.
????

Thats a load of crap Tiggah. The card is formatted using the Secure Digital technology. Locking it to the phone and ONLY that phone.
Can you put it in another phone and see data? No. Can you format it? Yes.
Can I put it in my computer and see data? No. (I tried this FYI and nothing)
Can I see data via the sync cable and the two reg hacks? yes.

So just wanted to update this with a few things. After more than a week with teh 16GB Class 2 Sandisk SD card my phone has worked perfectly.
Yesterday I needed to take some data home from work and used the reg hacks to see the Phone in explorer and transfer enough data to leave it about 600MB free.
When I got home I did the same reg hacks and started having trouble copying the data off. On one file the phone would just reboot.
No matter what I did it would reboot and come up and tell me my SD card was corrupt and to format it.
I would just pull the battery and reboot and it was ok again. I was never able to get that one file but was able to get the rest.
So a word of warning... if you want more memory to do what I did, don't complain if you start having problems.
Your taking an unsupported SD card and using it in an unsupported fashion via explorer. Don't cry about it later.

Official T-Mobile Microsim Adapters

I went into a T-mobile store the other day and the rep told me they have microsim adapters available for $5. I've heard lots of stories of people who tried adapters they bought online that were bad quality and didn't fit well and ended up getting stuck inside the phone.
Does anyone have any experience with the official one t-mobile sells?

CoCoGirl886 said:
I went into a T-mobile store the other day and the rep told me they have microsim adapters available for $5. I've heard lots of stories of people who tried adapters they bought online that were bad quality and didn't fit well and ended up getting stuck inside the phone.
Does anyone have any experience with the official one t-mobile sells?
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What type of sim are you adapting? Nano to micro?

grubbster said:
What type of sim are you adapting? Nano to micro?
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Micro to regular. I'm currently using my s2 so I'm going to buy a microsim for the N4. Google shipped me the wrong device and I want to make sure I can switch my sim to my s2 when I'm shipping the nexus back.
Also.. do you know if sim cards are one time uses, or I can call tmobile to have them switch between my regular and the micro?

CoCoGirl886 said:
Micro to regular. I'm currently using my s2 so I'm going to buy a microsim for the N4. Google shipped me the wrong device and I want to make sure I can switch my sim to my s2 when I'm shipping the nexus back.
Also.. do you know if sim cards are one time uses, or I can call tmobile to have them switch between my regular and the micro?
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I would just stick to using one sim card. You don't have to buy a sim card they usually go for $10-20 unless you get lucky and hey one for free. Go YouTube on hour to cut one using the template that's what I did and it works fine. If you failed the cut then you can buy one
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I would not recommend T-Mobile's adapters! I tried inserting the adapter(without a sim card to see how it would work) into my old Galaxy S and it got stuck. I had to rip it out which caused the pins to bend and almost break! I had to smoosh them down several times before a sim card would register. I probably would of ruined my microsim had it been in there.
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TR88 said:
I would not recommend T-Mobile's adapters! I tried inserting the adapter(without a sim card to see how it would work) into my old Galaxy S and it got stuck. I had to rip it out which caused the pins to bend and almost break! I had to smoosh them down several times before a sim card would register. I probably would of ruined my microsim had it been in there.
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Please tell me you are not serious. If you insert ANY SIM adapter into the phone without the SIM card then the hole is left open where the SIM would go and the pins (which read the SIM) will lock the adapter into place. No matter which SIM adapter you use, you should NOT install it without the SIM card. I'm pretty sure it even says this on the SIM adapter's packaging.
Common sense people, try to use it.
...With that said, the T-Mobile SIM adapter has been working perfectly for me when swapping my micro SIM from the N4 to my Galaxy nexus.

Wait, so Google shipped you a Galaxy Nexus? LMAO

FatalityBoyZahy said:
Wait, so Google shipped you a Galaxy Nexus? LMAO
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They probably shipped an N4 with the wrong amount of internal storage (8GB vs 16GB). It's happened to a few others as well.

sn0warmy said:
They probably shipped an N4 with the wrong amount of internal storage (8GB vs 16GB). It's happened to a few others as well.
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Must be nice for the people who ordered 8GB and got a 16GB instead

I've used a SIM adapter after I changed to micro-SIM waiting for my Nexus 4 to come in. It worked well in my phone, which was an Optimus T at the time. I know I could've purchased it cheaply online, but it worked well for what I needed and it was only $5. I still have mine just in case I decide to switch to a phone for a specific day or anything.

FatalityBoyZahy said:
Wait, so Google shipped you a Galaxy Nexus? LMAO
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They probably shipped an N4 with the wrong amount of internal storage (8GB vs 16GB). It's happened to a few others as well.
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Yea by nexus, I meant the the N4 not the Galaxy Nexus lol. I ordered and was charged for two 16gb, but received two 8gb .
It happened to a few others? Do you know what's the situation for them now?
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Please tell me you are not serious. If you insert ANY SIM adapter into the phone without the SIM card then the hole is left open where the SIM would go and the pins (which read the SIM) will lock the adapter into place. No matter which SIM adapter you use, you should NOT install it without the SIM card. I'm pretty sure it even says this on the SIM adapter's packaging.
Common sense people, try to use it.
...With that said, the T-Mobile SIM adapter has been working perfectly for me when swapping my micro SIM from the N4 to my Galaxy nexus.
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Thanks for the confirmation! I guess I'll go pick up an adapter one of these days.. :silly:

sn0warmy said:
Please tell me you are not serious. If you insert ANY SIM adapter into the phone without the SIM card then the hole is left open where the SIM would go and the pins (which read the SIM) will lock the adapter into place. No matter which SIM adapter you use, you should NOT install it without the SIM card. I'm pretty sure it even says this on the SIM adapter's packaging.
Common sense people, try to use it.
...With that said, the T-Mobile SIM adapter has been working perfectly for me when swapping my micro SIM from the N4 to my Galaxy nexus.
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It doesn't and I wasn't aware. I apologize.
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Where are our SD Cards

Here is Samsung position concerning the loss of storage space: http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-response-storage-woes-202302/
I didn't receive a SD card did you?

No and I just bought mine yesterday
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Got mine on Wednesday. No SD card for me.

Had a 16gb Card (came with handset last friday) . I'm with Orange.

I can live with 16gb, but they should have made it so we could uninstall some of the crap they have on here without having to root.
And I wonder if that is a wrong quote, because they sure didn't give any of us a 16 microsd card, at least in the US.

Only memory card I got was part of preorder bundle. If I hadn't preordered I wouldn't have received any. Got mine Wednesday from EE.

Didn't get a card with mine.
Sent from Spaceball One.

Mine with vodafone came with a 16 MicroSD Card yesterday when I received it, but I didn't new and bought before a MicroSD of 65Gb wich comes on Monday, so I think I'll sell the one vodafone gave me.

When you say that the SD card came with the phone, do you mean it was there in the SD slot OR did it come within the box OR did it come separately outside the S4 box?
Thanks for any clarification

Considering the odd comments like "for the common good" and adding an sd card fixes all the issues, it should be no surprise that the included card statement is wrong. Their own people think the sd card fixes the app storage complaints. Since both the carrier sales people and Samsung are misleading together, welcome to their alternate reality where reality is an option fixed by an sd card.
"Your holding it wrong" has now been replaced with "your storing it wrong".

Sim Card

My "old" sim card simply does not fit in the sim card slot on my new Note 3 N9000 factory unlock. It is too wide. I mean, its that simple. I might add that I have had the card for many, many years. It's a T-mobile card from Hungary.
Thanks for your help

humphster said:
My "old" sim card simply does not fit in the sim card slot on my new Note 3 N9000 factory unlock. It is too wide. I mean, its that simple. I might add that I have had the card for many, many years. It's a T-mobile card from Hungary.
Thanks for your help
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Hi, I had the same thing. I upgraded from my Original Note 1 to the Note 3. The sim card was way too big. The shop I bought the phone from (a big media chain) used a funky gadget to cut my card to fit the Note 3. It works great. I even got the sim card cut out so I can recreate the original larger card and use it in the original Note 1. It works there too.
Can you ask your shop to cut your card to size?

humphster said:
My "old" sim card simply does not fit in the sim card slot on my new Note 3 N9000 factory unlock. It is too wide. I mean, its that simple. I might add that I have had the card for many, many years. It's a T-mobile card from Hungary.
Thanks for your help
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Why don't you just order new sim card from your carrier??
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Shoober said:
Hi, I had the same thing. I upgraded from my Original Note 1 to the Note 3. The sim card was way too big. The shop I bought the phone from (a big media chain) used a funky gadget to cut my card to fit the Note 3. It works great. I even got the sim card cut out so I can recreate the original larger card and use it in the original Note 1. It works there too.
Can you ask your shop to cut your card to size?
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I bought the phone from Amazon in the U.S and the card is a T-Mobile so I guess I'll ask T-Mobile for help.
This baffles me. I don't understand how Samsung would produce a device that can't accept a standard SIM card.
I anticipate that T-Mobile will not help me and that I will just have to return the phone and buy another.
thanks for you prompt reply and I'm glad that you got your problem solved.
Richard Carter

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mikkelrev69 said:
Why don't you just order new sim card from your carrier??
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The answer to your question is that I didn't know that sim cards came in different sizes. I'll surely ask them about it tomorrow.
Thanks.

You can either ask service or just search online for sim card template. The PDF I found a year ago had the outline of a regular SIM card. I taped my card to the print out and cut along the outlines of the small card. If you look for it on the internet, you can also find information that even cutting a bit through the connectors doesn't harm the card as long as you don't cut into the chip of the card. Just make sure you use an appropriate sized pair of scissors as it's getting hard to see the outlines if the one you use is too big. But with most everything in life: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK :fingers-crossed:

Thanks, Mikegrmn.
It was news to me but there is a sim card called a micro sim which I am hoping will do the trick for me.
Apparently this is not an uncommon problem because you can buy a gizmo that will trim Sim cards
Live and learn

humphster said:
Thanks, Mikegrmn.
It was news to me but there is a sim card called a micro sim which I am hoping will do the trick for me.
Apparently this is not an uncommon problem because you can buy a gizmo that will trim Sim cards
Live and learn
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Yes, like I said. That there are tools available was known to me. But when I bought my razr HD last year, it was some time close to the end of the week and a colleague told me that he had such a tool and that he would bring it the day after. Well, he forgot, and by Satarday night, I was so impatient that I just used my scissors and the template. Stores are closed here from Saturday afternoon to Monday and my colleague was out somewhere with his GF. And as I always use prepaid SIMs, I thought I'd give it a try. Hadn't itworked out, I'd just gotten a new SIM and a new phone number. I only hand out my number to a couple of people for my private phone, so changing numbers isn't a biggy

humphster said:
This baffles me. I don't understand how Samsung would produce a device that can't accept a standard SIM card.
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Trying really hard to accept that this isn't a wind up!
Micro-SIMs have been around for years, but didn't really hit consumer products until the iPhone was released 3 years ago.
Pretty much every flagship phone uses them now, except the iPhone 5 which uses an even smaller NANO-SIM. My Galaxy Note 1 was the last phone I owned that used a regular mini-SIM, and that was 2 years ago.
The world has moved on, and you've been left behind!
Regards,
Dave
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humphster said:
My "old" sim card simply does not fit in the sim card slot on my new Note 3 N9000 factory unlock. It is too wide. I mean, its that simple. I might add that I have had the card for many, many years. It's a T-mobile card from Hungary.
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Yup the Note 1 uses a regular sized sim
The Note 3 uses a Micro-Sim
You can pick one up from your carrier as replacement to swap your plan into
OR
Just cut your old sim..
All the posts above me got you covered :good:

The micro sim is the next generation sim cards. Every carrier supply new micro cards on demand. If not they are closing down pretty fast couse this is the new standard.
Why would you bother bying tools when a new micro sim is only one call to support away??...!
Smaller cards = more space awailable when designing phones.
Do you not remember when sim cards was the size of a credit card?
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I feel like Charlie Brown. Sigh. As George Gooble once said, Sometimes I feel like the world is a tuxedo and I am a pair of brown shoes.
Thanks for your response

[Q] Ext SD reads some files

I'm having an issue with my SanDisk SD on my Note 4. Whenever I put music on, it only shows some of it and i've tried everything possible to fix it. Anyone know something I dont? Thanks.

KiingEdmund said:
I'm having an issue with my SanDisk SD on my Note 4. Whenever I put music on, it only shows some of it and i've tried everything possible to fix it. Anyone know something I dont? Thanks.
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I'm sure lots of people know something you don't.... Anyway back to the matter in hand, is this a new SD card ? If it is did you buy it cheap on ebay? Lots of fake cards which appear to be say 32GB but are in fact something like 2GB. If you attach the card to your computer can you see and access all the files ok?

Yea i did buy of ebay:laugh: all my files do show up but just won't play and it does say 64gb on the computer. I paid about £15 for it but i broke the first one and asked for a replacement. The guy however sent me a new card as well as issue a refund. Not sure why. He must have got confused.

KiingEdmund said:
Yea i did buy of ebay:laugh: all my files do show up but just won't play and it does say 64gb on the computer. I paid about £15 for it but i broke the first one and asked for a replacement. The guy however sent me a new card as well as issue a refund. Not sure why. He must have got confused.
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Problem solved i reckon, there's no way you could get a legit Sandisk 64gb card for £15. Follow the instructions from here http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/-fake-usb-flash-memory-drives and report back.

Yea you are probably right. Im just gonna buy a new one since i got that SD card free anyway. Thanks.

KiingEdmund said:
Yea you are probably right. Im just gonna buy a new one since i got that SD card free anyway. Thanks.
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Buy one from Amazon (not a third party seller), that way you can be sure it is what it says it is.

Went into a gaming store and got a 32 gb.