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I have heard conflicting information on this. I have heard that the XDA II can support a SDIO wi-fi card using the built-in SDIO slot.. I have also heard that the XDA II has a slot under the battery cover designed for a wi-fi module. Which one, or possibly both, are correct?
this post is being done on my xda over wireless lan using a 60 pound sandisk sd wifi card, much neater than the backpak, and its availabe now.
john
XDA or XDA II
Your XDA or XDA II with wifi? If its the XDA, with only an SD slot, I'd like to know!
No i am using a XDA 11, as you are right the XDA 1 dose not work with SDIO devices
John
Hey Applecom, where did you get the Sandisk SDIO Wifi card from, and how much did it cost?
Lee.
I got one at CompUSA. They cost $137.79 incl. Tax
But it wont work in my dang XDA. I will have to wait for XDA II
I am sure I heard someone say that there IS a card out there somewhere that will make this thing WiFi capable. I wish I knew who made it... and how they did it.
Now that McDonalds is offering WiFi for FREE, I need this!!!
Way too much!!
Try eBay shops - £57.95
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3056357831&category=449963
58 quid for the SDIO card sounds excellent but since it's coming from the US, if customs people nab it, VAT will be charged as well as a stupid customs charge of around 15-20 quid making it very similar to a UK price.
Anyone buying from that eBay shop get 'caught' by customs?
From the last 6 months i have been purchasing stuf from blueproton (ebay) i normally get about £250 of SD memory cards and recently some SD WiFi cards we use a $25 Fed Ex letter its always here 2 days after he posts Customes have not been intrested i have had 9 or 10 shipments.
He will use a $5 USPS envalope if you just have 1 SD WiFi Card i have also used them befor when having thing sent here to the UK and have also been lucky with customes, But when i have a "parcel" rather than a letter size envalope customes always seem to get it and charge me
John
Yup, same here, small packages have much more chance, I got hit for $50 last week when a friend sent 4 of those digitravelers to me so I could convert them for friends.
I read some reviews that the SD wifi cards were much slower than other wifi cards, something to do with SD cards not properly being designed to access speeds of upto 10Mb (not byte) per second.
Anyhow, pehaps you wouldnt need hi speed connections for your usage. There are some nice sandisk wifi cards out now, with combined storage and wifi support.
Where did you guys buy your micro SD cards for a cheaper price and how many gb should I get if I want to run cm7 off of the SD? Thanks guys
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The NC can support 32G uSD, majority of people uses 16GB or 8GB Sandisk, class 2 or 4.
Some reported Sandisk cards from ebay are counterfeit.
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The NC can support 32G uSD, majority of people uses 16GB or 8GB Sandisk, class 2 or 4.
Some reported Sandisk cards from ebay are counterfeit.
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What's a uSD?
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I have a 4GB sandisk class 2 micro sd will that make the rom run slow?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005633
I have three, 4 gb sandisks.
1 is my cwm recovery and allows me to put in nandroids as I need.
The other two are test installs, one for miui and the other for cm7, but.
I have one 8 gb that is my stock 1.2 nook ereader on it.
My nook as a 16 gb sandisk now with cm7 on the emmc.
I have a 32 gb sandisk that I am trying to decide if I am going to break it out and use it since my current 16gb disc is at 14 gb full.
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I have a 4GB sandisk class 2 micro sd will that make the rom run slow?
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According to other members, Sandisk class 2 is one of the best for NOOK, 4GB seems to be low (the ROM itself - /system - doesn't take that much) for storage but you actually have at least 1GB on eMMC or potential 5GB (if v1.1 or re-partition)
uSD = µ for microSD
Extensive testing, many MicroSD purchases later, and near a dozen SanDisk MicroSD cards says that this link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001F7AJKI
Will get you the best cards I and at least one other member here have been able to find.
I've put a lot of work/research into this running from the MicroSD card issue, see my sig for the two threads you should read to understand it.
The 16 Gig SanDisk cards i've gotten from the link I just posted have tested to the best benchmarks i've run so far - and I very thoroughly benchmark my cards.
Best of luck to you!
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Extensive testing, many MicroSD purchases later, and near a dozen SanDisk MicroSD cards says that this link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001F7AJKI
Will get you the best cards I and at least one other member here have been able to find.
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Sweet! Thank you, mine is already on it's way.
I know you'll like it - it's great to be able to take the guesswork out of finding something that works so well.
These cards were originally found by user busyworked, and he put quite a bit of research into tracking down model numbers to locate these specific cards.
The original post is Here.
One of the things that makes this community so fantastically great, is the amount of work that people put into this stuff on their spare time. By keeping the record straight for who found (or did) what, we can keep building on that knowledge without crossing the same ground. It's also great to make sure the right people get credit for what they've done.
I'd hate to take credit for anothers discovery, just want to make sure others know how much effort he put into finding that gem of a card. I didn't have enough time earlier to link the post, but the shopping link was a shortcut on my desktop and quick to call up.
Blue6IX said:
Extensive testing, many MicroSD purchases later, and near a dozen SanDisk MicroSD cards says that this link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001F7AJKI
Will get you the best cards I and at least one other member here have been able to find.
I've put a lot of work/research into this running from the MicroSD card issue, see my sig for the two threads you should read to understand it.
The 16 Gig SanDisk cards i've gotten from the link I just posted have tested to the best benchmarks i've run so far - and I very thoroughly benchmark my cards.
Best of luck to you!
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I got this card but it came "oem" No packaging and couldn't tell if it was new. It wasn't described as oem in packaging from Etech, very annoyed by this.
Keep your fingers crossed that it isn't a counterfeit.
Yeah, I hope it works when mine arrives too.
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I have one of these, it outperforms every other card i've been able to get my hands on.
Forget what the packaging was like when it came in, but shipping was quick.
It's marked in the same fashion as another SanDisk (8 gig class 4) card I bought at Radio Shack.
My 8 gb sandisk from etech was in new retail packaging.
My 16 gb sandisk from etech was OEM (no package, no nothing for that matter).
The 16 gb sandisk seems to work just fine, I've had it for about a week and a half on my nook color as it's primary sd card with emmc with cm7.
After thinking about it more deeply, my 16gig card came in just the small plastic case with a full sized sdcard adapter, no original packaging.
I run my OS from the card, not emmc, and it is fantastically better then other microsd cards i've used.
It doesn't bother me that it wasn't advertised about the packaging, but I can certainly see how some(probably most) people would be ticked about it. I concede without question the legitimacy of the argument.
I defray the idea that the card may have been previously used by the amount of business the company does. I think they pump more volume out then they could keep track of an 'employee loaner program' or whatever.
At least this thread has borne out this fact, so we can say buyer beware of the packaging issue.
That said, it's still the best MicroSD card we know of - unless some of the people researching the "operating system from MicroSD" situation have some hidden gem they aren't talking about.
(I sincerely doubt this, it's like the complete opposite of the spirit of the place we are in...tantamount to committing sacriledge in a church or something)
Sorry, I didn't think to mention this.
Both 16gig cards I ordered from there came in OEM packaging, didn't seem like a big deal to me at the time.
I never considered any of the thoughts surrounding that revelation, or I would have made it known up front.
My apologies.
(still a rockin' card though)
I'm happy with mine. Can't beat the $17 Amazon/etech charged. Aside from the shipping envelope it came in, packaging looks just like I'd see it on the shelf at walmart...
Works great too!
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Where did you guys buy your micro SD cards for a cheaper price and how many gb should I get if I want to run cm7 off of the SD? Thanks guys
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I bought this one to use it in the NC. Very fast, comes with adapter.
Free shipping. The store itself is very good, respectable. I have bought laptop from them before.
I get all my electronics online, almost always from Amazon.
The size sd card you should get depends on what you want to keep in your nook.I don't store music our videos on mine so 8gb us plenty for me.
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i decided i cannot wait any longer. I am going to go out and buy the Nexus 7 16GB at staples in Canada. I was thinking of waiting for the 32gb but it may not come to Canada for a long time. I will ask them about pre ordering the 32GB (if possible) if they can, i will just return it in 2 weeks and get a refund. I was just wondering if it could fit all these games with room to spare. The games are: Bards Tale, dead trigger, siegecraft, shadgun, gof 2 and finally ARMA shooting range. Will all of these fit on the amount of storage space on the Nexus 7? how much space exactly will i have when i buy it?. Also, for USB OTG i heard that there is a way to charge while connected to usb. I read it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934722&highlight=otg.
Will this cause any damage to the tablet? i was planning on making a custom case or just duct tape a usb to the back of the Nexus 7. WIll charging while connected with a y-cable wreck my device. I cannot wait any longer.
Thanks.
I would (highly) suggest waiting until the 32GB N7 becomes available unless you really don't mind having something constantly sticking out of the MicroUSB port. When you buy you N7 you will most likely only have about 12.5 GB available to you, I bought the 8GB and only have about 5.5 GB if I have no apps installed which kind of annoys me since I can't have that many games installed at once, forget movies and music. I'm going to sell my 8 GB once the 32 GB becomes available because I would hate having something sticking out of the device constantly.
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I would (highly) suggest waiting until the 32GB N7 becomes available unless you really don't mind having something constantly sticking out of the MicroUSB port. When you buy you N7 you will most likely only have about 12.5 GB available to you, I bought the 8GB and only have about 5.5 GB if I have no apps installed which kind of annoys me since I can't have that many games installed at once, forget movies and music. I'm going to sell my 8 GB once the 32 GB becomes available because I would hate having something sticking out of the device constantly.
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Thank you for the advice. i have a question. how long would i have to wait for it to be available in Canada? i only heard it will be a christmas gift guide from a store in the U.K. How long would i have to wait for it to come to canada? i wish i knew.
Isn't the 8GB supposed to drop to $99.00 USD as well?
Maybe this tablet is not for me. I don't know which one to get that does not have the storage issue that is very similar. Does anyone have any ideas?
Honestly I like the 16gb, I have plenty of tegra games and non Terra.. plus lots of apps and have about 2 GB free..
I'm using a otg connector for HD mmovies from a 32gb flash drive
There is always something bigger/better just around the corner. Maybe soon after the 32gb version rumors of a 64 gb will start up, or a model with a micro slot.
It just depends on how long you want to wait, and what you actually need.
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It depends
The thing is that the 32GB is rumored to be very close in price to the 16 GB, so I would wait if I were you. The other thing is though, is that there will always be something that's better as new things or improvements come all the time, so part of me is saying that you should go ahead and buy it. Just to throw that out there.
There may always be better things right around the corner but tablet development is slooow. We rarely see new and exciting devices in the tablet market and even more rarely do we see strong developer community support for those devices.
The only thing keeping me from buying a Nexus 7 right now is that the 8gb version is supposed to drop to $99 at some point... no idea when though.
I'm wanting to retire my AT&T Unite access point, less to carry ?
Also using a first gen Amazon Kindle Fire and can't wait to get the K1 tablet and actually have storage space☺
Nope. The hotspot option on my iPhone works really well. MicroSD possibilities with folder mount solves all my storage woes.
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Nope. The hotspot option on my iPhone works really well. MicroSD possibilities with folder mount solves all my storage woes.
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This, I just bluetooth tether for data if I want (less power/heat than wifi) and use the SD for storage.
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Nope. The hotspot option on my iPhone works really well. MicroSD possibilities with folder mount solves all my storage woes.
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Same here. I'm planning on tethering with my phone and my car (which also has LTE hotspot capabilities). No need to give AT&T any more money than I already have.
Same same.
Have been looking at fast sd's and some are rated faster than the nan memory. I clocked the nan at 80mb/s on a quick test.
The lexar card is 95mb/s.
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What are the limits of the microSD slot?
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Since on Verizon I could care less about the LTE radios since useless to me. I do want the extra storage and hoping the 32GB does not have the wifi issues. If it does, I will return that as well. I already have the Shield 1 (great device- as long as did not recently update- 82 makes it a bad device). I though I could get by, but the 10GB (I think that is what it had) is too small for me and Android L will take 20% more of that due to ART.
Also have a Note 2014 32GB that I planned on selling for the Shield tablet. The wifi was bad on the the 16GB version Shield. Yes, I know some are happy and that is great, but there are also some not happy and Best Buy has been getting some returns due to cracks and wifi issues. Did not have long enough to notice any cracks develop, since the weak wifi made the device a moot point for me. 2.4ghz was weaker than the 3DS for gosh sakes.
If Amazon is correct, the LTE model has been pushed back for "unspecified reasons". Likely due to both the cracks and the wifi.
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What are the limits of the microSD slot?
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I guess there must be some but what I don't know.
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I don't like using my phone because I don't want to use all my battery and don't want to leave it plugged in, I also have to teather 5 or so devices at once.
The line with the Unite on it is still in contract for another year and would rather put my tablet on it, either that or move the line from my Vita to the tablet, because the data on the Vita is SO USEFUL /sarcasm,
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Gone for the 32gb 633 Lexar card. Roughly 90mb/s read 40mb/s write.*
The only other card I could find was the Sandisk Extreme PRO which is only available in 16gb flavour and clocks in at an impressive 90 read and 90 write.
Did a full test of the nand memory with reboot and that came back at 89 read and 36 write.
Should be here in a couple of days, I'll do a few tests and report back.
I'll make a new thread also so as not to clog this one up
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I'm still waiting for the 32gb LTE version. I have the 16gb version no, but it's going in return as soon at the shop sends med the 32gb LTE model. I've allready paid for the 32gb one, but they sent me the wrong one.
So far i don't think 16gb i nearly enough and i don't get why they would market a 16gb model towards gamers.
How many Tegra games can you install on 11.6gb available space anyway.
Don't feel like paying my carrier extra $ to add data access when I can tether and I can use folder mount to transfer games to SD card or use the built in transfer to SD option so im good with my 16gb shield tablet.
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If it can be modded to make voice calls it will be my next phone! Right now I am using Sony Z Ultra and like having one device rather than a tablet and phone both.
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If it can be modded to make voice calls it will be my next phone! Right now I am using Sony Z Ultra and like having one device rather than a tablet and phone both.
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Likewise, if it can make calls it'll replace my phone (and I'll sell or gift my current 16gb Shield Tablet).
I ordered my LTE model few days back. Still waiting for it and noticed from the shield's website that it has been delayed towards end of the month. Just my luck
I saw yesterday that the delivery of my 32gb model is pushed back to 06.10.2014. I'll return all the shield stuff i have now on monday and buy a tab s 10.5 instead.
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I saw yesterday that the delivery of my 32gb model is pushed back to 06.10.2014. I'll return all the shield stuff i have now on monday and buy a tab s 10.5 instead.
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I bought both 16gb and preorder the 32gb of the tablet, all I keep doing is returning the 16gb after 28 days (part of the return policy) and rebuy it lol.
until the 32gb version comes out, I much prefer to have a lot of internal storage just because its so much faster than the micro SD,
even tho I'm using the Samsung pro 64gb (90mb read 80 mb write), plus using a cloned sim from my mobile provider, I can use my data plan on my tablet, which is nice instead of tethering and killing my phone battery.
kossiewossie said:
I bought both 16gb and preorder the 32gb of the tablet, all I keep doing is returning the 16gb after 28 days (part of the return policy) and rebuy it lol.
until the 32gb version comes out, I much prefer to have a lot of internal storage just because its so much faster than the micro SD,
even tho I'm using the Samsung pro 64gb (90mb read 80 mb write), plus using a cloned sim from my mobile provider, I can use my data plan on my tablet, which is nice instead of tethering and killing my phone battery.
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Good plan.
Have you tried running HL2 from the card? If so does it take ages to load & stutter?
Nb. Samsung pro cards are 70 read /20 write according to Samsung.
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Good plan.
Have you tried running HL2 from the card? If so does it take ages to load & stutter?
Nb. Samsung pro cards are 70 read /20 write according to Samsung.
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im just setting up the micro sd card atm, benchmarking vs the sandisk extreme 64gb, ill post my results in abit
My ultra card benches @ 35 & 7 stutters like MF ?
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Hi
Please I am looking for a 1Tb microsd.
Do you know any link where you can buy it?
What price is it?
Thank you
They sell them on amazon
Just make sure you DON'T buy the Hauwei 1Tb SD card... There are a few places advertising these and they are fakes as Hauwei don't make SD cards..... You will loose money and your data...
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Hi
I am looking for a 1Tb microsd.
Do you know any link where you can buy it?
What price is it?
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Wondering, just out of curiosity, what would be the reason for using a 1TB microSD in the phone.
We know that SD cards do fail sometimes and that is my biggest argument against spending $440(10/26/19) on that card and possibly losing at once an enormous amount of accumulated files.
Sandisk 1TB Extreme microSD......................................$440
Sandisk 512GB...........................$147....................x2 = $294(1TB)
Sandisk 256GB...........................$50.5...................x4 = $202(1TB)
Sandisk 128GB...........................$24......................x8 = $192(1TB)
The benefits of getting smaller SD cards: over 50% savings and less pain in the neck if the card goes bad.
I think the same, although it is good to feel that you will not run out of space, the 512gb and 1tb are quite expensive, this device already has a generous built in storage capacity, for peace of mind I got a 128gb card, mainly for music, apk files, some downloads, wallpapers, etc.
apps and important things go directly to the device storage, which in turn from time to time go to a HDD and cloud storage
The trouble with the smaller cards is they aren't hot swappable and also you need to eject the sim as well as the sd card to swap.
I personally don't carry a sim eject tool around with me as they are so easy to lose...
The point of having the sd card over just the internal storage is if Android, like most OSes, decides to break and needs a factory reset you can loose all your data/pictures/videos/songs.
Cloud storage is an option but I do know people who WILL NOT use the cloud to store these things and even if you do, it is a hassle to retrieve, especially if your plan is light on the data....
The larger sd cards are convenient, and lets be honest, that's why we have mobile phones... No need to find a public phone and have your conversation eavesdropped, and the time spent to find the phone box and wait to use.
Unfortunately, convenience costs $$$....
I actually have both: a decent sized microSD(256GB), and a 256GB flash drive(that I connect via usbC to usbC 8" extension).
Im lucky enough to have a microcenter in my area, and their 256GB cards are cheap(34 dollars normally, and even cheaper when on sale), and reliable. So, you don't have to spend a ton, unless you simply want to. And I like the external extension simply because it allowed me take transfer large files on a moment's notice, to and from my phone and pc..
I don't care for cloud storage, and never really have, since they always start you worth one amount, and change it up on you(shrink iit) over time.. That, and I just don't trust it..
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Just make sure you DON'T buy the Hauwei 1Tb SD card... There are a few places advertising these and they are fakes as Hauwei don't make SD cards..... You will loose money and your data...
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As a matter of fact, they do; it's called nano SD, & not compatible with microsd.
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The trouble with the smaller cards is they aren't hot swappable...
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Thankfully there is OTG, not “swappable” but it makes the phone files easily transferable, that small pocket-size portable 2TB SSD costs about $80 or you can use a microSD dongle for the same purpose, I know it's a personal preference but the 1TB micro SD seem just too much $$$...like, half what the phone is worth itself and it's always good to have less expensive options.
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Thankfully there is OTG, not “swappable” but it makes the phone files easily transferable, that small pocket-size portable 2TB SSD costs about $80 or you can use a microSD dongle for the same purpose, I know it's a personal preference but the 1TB micro SD seem just too much $$$...like, half what the phone is worth itself and it's always good to have less expensive options.
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I agree, the more options for storage the better... Hopefully Samsung, in their infinite wisdom, don't see fit to remove the SD storage off their future range of phones like they did with the Note 10 and the Fold...
Terrible decision...
I'm saying this as I restore stuff from my SD Card and online storage after a factory reset... It's such a pain my whole network goes so slow while downloading the Gigabytes of data I need to restore....
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Thankfully there is OTG, not “swappable” but it makes the phone files easily transferable, that small pocket-size portable 2TB SSD costs about $80 or you can use a microSD dongle for the same purpose, I know it's a personal preference but the 1TB micro SD seem just too much $$$...like, half what the phone is worth itself and it's always good to have less expensive options.
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So you have a link on where you got that 2tb otg?
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So you have a link on where you got that 2tb otg?
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i just googled it, the one I have is Seagate Plus Slim. Bought it about 3 years ago for ~$100 and I can see now they go for ~$70(silver, the black one is even less)
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=segate+2...813220&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_2scye1av7o_b
To avoid incompatibility with Samsung the drive must be formatted to exFat(stock will be NTFS most likely)
The drive has a decent speed, I mean much faster then any microSD - here you can see it on USB 3.0 PC bus:
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i just googled it, the one I have is Seagate Plus Slim. Bought it about 3 years ago for ~$100 and I can see now they go for ~$70(silver, the black one is even less)
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=segate+2...813220&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_2scye1av7o_b
To avoid incompatibility with Samsung the drive must be formatted to exFat(stock will be NTFS most likely)
The drive has a decent speed, I mean much faster then any microSD - here you can see it on USB 3.0 PC bus:
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Thanks for your reply brother, you mentioned an OTG usb that was not swappable, I was specifically hoping to find something like that in regards to connecting it to my smartphone and like a USB key unplugging it, I misread your post LOL I have external ssds I was hoping that there was an actual OTG USB key that was two terabytes LOL my apologies for my error of understanding lol
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Thanks for your reply brother, you mentioned an OTG usb that was not swappable, I was specifically hoping to find something like that in regards to connecting it to my smartphone and like a USB key unplugging it, I misread your post LOL I have external ssds I was hoping that there was an actual OTG USB key that was two terabytes LOL my apologies for my error of understanding lol
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All is good, no apologies necessary - at least we generated a few posts in this thread about additional storage that it may help OP to sort things out while looking for 1TB micro SD for his/her phone
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are around the corner. They typically drop in price significantly. I'd guess 60 for a 512gb this year. :fingers-crossed:
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are around the corner. They typically drop in price significantly. I'd guess 60 for a 512gb this year. :fingers-crossed:
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this one fast, 512GB USB-C 3.1 looks interesting, has secure ATA lock:
https://www.amazon.com/RAVPower-Ext...t=&hvlocphy=9003217&hvtargid=pla-852662786314
Im wondering, but haven't tried as of yet, why not an actual portable HD also.. I may disconnect my portable, and set if it works.. They are certainly inexpensive these days, for am extremely large amount of space..
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The trouble with the smaller cards is they aren't hot swappable and also you need to eject the sim as well as the sd card to swap.
I personally don't carry a sim eject tool around with me as they are so easy to lose...
The point of having the sd card over just the internal storage is if Android, like most OSes, decides to break and needs a factory reset you can loose all your data/pictures/videos/songs.
Cloud storage is an option but I do know people who WILL NOT use the cloud to store these things and even if you do, it is a hassle to retrieve, especially if your plan is light on the data....
The larger sd cards are convenient, and lets be honest, that's why we have mobile phones... No need to find a public phone and have your conversation eavesdropped, and the time spent to find the phone box and wait to use.
Unfortunately, convenience costs $$$....
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I always have a sim ejection tool with me.. My sim ejection tool is on my Car/House keyring! You will never lose it, unless you lose your car keys witch is highly unlikely!
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Im wondering, but haven't tried as of yet, why not an actual portable HD also.. I may disconnect my portable, and set if it works.. They are certainly inexpensive these days, for am extremely large amount of space..
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Might need to reformat exFat, Try and see if NTFS registers but I've had limited success with that usually ending up having to run 3rd party apps to use NTFS formatted drives...
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Might need to reformat exFat, Try and see if NTFS registers but I've had limited success with that usually ending up having to run 3rd party apps to use NTFS formatted drives...
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I will have to disconnect my portable and set if I can just plug it in. If it works I'll let you all know. That honestly else be the ultimate
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