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[Q] 32GB Cards...possible or possible soon?

Hi Everyone,
I have read the extensive thread on compatible SD cards, but just wanted to open another thread asking if there are any known 32GB cards working with this phone or if you guys have heard of any officially certified 32GB cards coming soon. I am DESPERATE to have more storage on my phone, but will not buy a card unless I know it is working for sure and want to go for the 32 as soon as possible. Thanks!

Well I can only speak on my personal experience but I've been using a Kingston Class4 32GB card since November 8th and have never had any issues. And I'm sitting at around 12GB of usage (music, videos, etc).
I'm not saying this is gauranteed to work - just relaying what my personal experience has been.
Use at your own risk...

My Kingston 32GB C4 card lagged really bad once I got over 10GB. There are so many conflicting reports like this. Using any card is a bit of a gamble at this stage.
tsuabing said:
Well I can only speak on my personal experience but I've been using a Kingston Class4 32GB card since November 8th and have never had any issues. And I'm sitting at around 12GB of usage (music, videos, etc).
I'm not saying this is gauranteed to work - just relaying what my personal experience has been.
Use at your own risk...
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Kingston Class 4 - Working Great Here
I also have had a 32GB Kingston Class 4 card in my Focus and have been using it since November 8th. I have had no problems at all.
Total Storage 37.07 GB
Available Storage 22.20 GB
So I am using 15GB of my storage for music and such and have had no problems whatsoever.

MardiG said:
I also have had a 32GB Kingston Class 4 card in my Focus and have been using it since November 8th. I have had no problems at all.
Total Storage 37.07 GB
Available Storage 22.20 GB
So I am using 15GB of my storage for music and such and have had no problems whatsoever.
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I'd be curious to see what happens when you get over 16GB. It seems like 8GB cards are okay; maybe there's something that freaks out when you use more external storage than internal.

I also would be interested in what happens once you fill it past 16GB. Would one of you be willing to give it a shot for us? Thanks for the replies everyone!

I have a 16GB Scandisc card of clas 2, I put that in and reastarted the phone. Nothing happened.....is that how you know if it is working or not???
Thanks

i would like to try this one but the price is a little too steep right now and it wouldn't be good if it didn't work.... paid less for the focus itself. http://lexar.com/products/lexar-high-speed-microsdhc-card-performance-kit?category=90

Bikram said:
I have a 16GB Scandisc card of clas 2, I put that in and reastarted the phone. Nothing happened.....is that how you know if it is working or not???
Thanks
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Go to Settings -> About and it will tell you how much storage you have. If it still says 8GB, then you still need to format the phone.

Lexar 32GB Class 10
Bloodgod said:
i would like to try this one but the price is a little too steep right now and it wouldn't be good if it didn't work.... paid less for the focus itself. http://lexar.com/products/lexar-high-speed-microsdhc-card-performance-kit?category=90
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I recieved that card from Amazon early this week but so far all I've done is benchmark it. The card is pretty impressive with sequential and random read-rates but its write speeds are about the same as the Sandisk Class 2 I currently have in my Focus. Right now I'm waffling on wether to go through the process of swapping the cards and reinstalling everything or waiting until the NoDo update comes out. If I do make the swap I'll probably post on the working sd cards thread

samsung is dropping their 32gb card this month...

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.

[Q] Galaxy S4 64GB MicroSDXC Showing Up As 32GB

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
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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!

Using 64 GB SD

Does anyone has trying to use a 64 SD in the note ? I had tried a Samsung without any luck. It can be read and also save some music and videos but after using 5 GB it start failing.

Yes
I use Samsung 64Gb MicroSD without any problem

I am using a SanDisk Extreme Plus 64gb MicroSD card in my Note Pro. Works great, no complaints.

No problems here either. Look like a bad card maybe. I would try it in a PC to see if you get the same results. If so then it's probably a bad card. There are counterfeit cards out there that also give the results you have.

I agree, a defective card. I'm using a 128 GB card bought from a chinese retailer for 30 € and no problem so far.

I use a 64gb microSD. The first one I tried only lasted a few weeks and then I started getting errors. I replaced the card and all was well for about 6 months. Then I started getting errors saying the card was corrupt whenever the battery would drop below 50% state of charge. I finally sent the tablet in for repair (under warranty). They told me there was a battery terminal connection that was broken and they also update "software". Not sure what that was since I was already on the latest update. The only thing I can figure is it was some form of firmware update. When I got it back it seemed to fine and I have not had a problem in the last few weeks since it was returned.
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I'm using the 64GB Sandisk Extreme Plus, total space 59,45GB, Available space 1,25GB, Used space 58,20GB. It contains films, series, music, magazines(pds), portfolio photo's and ebooks.
I can copy, paste and move to and from it. Only thing that doesn't work is renaming. Never had any errors, never had any issues with it. It's been in use since I bought it on 28th July.

treetopsranch said:
No problems here either. Look like a bad card maybe. I would try it in a PC to see if you get the same results. If so then it's probably a bad card. There are counterfeit cards out there that also give the results you have.
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Yes it could be a counterfeit card.

ShadowLea said:
I'm using the 64GB Sandisk Extreme Plus, total space 59,45GB, Available space 1,25GB, Used space 58,20GB. It contains films, series, music, magazines(pds), portfolio photo's and ebooks.
I can copy, paste and move to and from it. Only thing that doesn't work is renaming. Never had any errors, never had any issues with it. It's been in use since I bought it on 28th July.
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Where did you buy it? Please?

64Gb from Samsung that was delivered with a promo-action from Samsung works like a charm

jfavellanedab said:
Where did you buy it? Please?
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Media Markt in Dorsten, Germany.

Amazon
sandisk 64G Extreme (U3) =45 Euro

My 128gb memory card has been corrupted

After 2 weeks of normal functioning, my micro SD card has been corrupted suddenly! It is a Kesington classs 10 UHS1 128gb . I understand now why Samsung didn't activate adoptive storage...

gpap2004 said:
After 2 weeks of normal functioning, my micro SD card has been corrupted suddenly! It is a Kesington classs 10 UHS1 128gb . I understand now why Samsung didn't activate adoptive storage...
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Yikes! Did you enable adoptive storage, or are you just saying you're glad that you didn't?
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TJCacher said:
Yikes! Did you enable adoptive storage, or are you just saying you're glad that you didn't?
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i didnt enable it

I've been using SD-based storage for a long time (I think my old HP iPAQ pocket PC had one) and have had good, but not perfect, luck with them being reliable.
Given my personal experience with very occasional corrupted storage (unreadable jpgs, that kind of thing - never had a catastrophic whole card failure), I would be very reluctant to incorporate SD card storage as a potential point of failure for my device's basic operation.
Glad you didn't have a bigger problem.
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Never had that brand before, was it genuine or a cheap one?
The only time I've ever had issues is when I tried to go cheap instead of forking out retail prices.

Yea....I lost many pictures of my Ex-Girlfriends because of corrupt SD-Cards.
One of girlfriends pictures were so good, I have contemplated sending my SD Card to a data recovery firm and forking out the $250 so I can get these images. Yea, they were that good. She was just too crazy to stay with though. =)

Only really had problems with SD cards I when you buy them on ebay thinking they are the real deal. Hopefully you backed your stuff up regularly

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Only really had problems with SD cards I when you buy them on ebay thinking they are the real deal. Hopefully you backed your stuff up regularly
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The two SD Cards I had go bad were a Samsung and a San-Disk purchased from Best Buy. Maybe Best Buy is selling counterfeits?

jrwingate6 said:
The two SD Cards I had go bad were a Samsung and a San-Disk purchased from Best Buy. Maybe Best Buy is selling counterfeits?
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Your real cards should come with a 5 year warranty.. at least from Sandisk

Sonin66 said:
Your real cards should come with a 5 year warranty.. at least from Sandisk
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Will they get my data off of them for free?

Highly doubt it, I'm sure they would just erase everything but you could always call them up and ask. Nevery done it, I only call to confirm my cards I received were in fact real Sandisk

I had 2 Sandisk become Read-only in my Galaxy phones (replaced under lifetime warranty). I've had a Samsung 64GB running for over two years with no problem.

I have a Lexar Pro 1000x 128Gb do the same thing, came up corrupted about 4th day of use (Mar 14). I had enabled encryption on it, after reformatting I disabled encryption and reloaded from my backup. It's been fine since. Any chance you HAD been using encryption on the SD card?
My phone is the SM-G935A (US AT&T) variant.

My 128 card corrupted after i encrypted it. I disabled the encryption, restarted the phone and it fixed the problem. I can access the files now, seems there is a problem with andriod encryption.

Fyi, no issue with my SD card to this point, keeping it un encrypted.

I had a 64gb sandisk go read-only on me one day. Sent it to sandisk and they sent me a new one quick and easy.
Currently have a 128gb sandisk. *knocks on wood*

Same here, it's a 128GB Sandisk class 10 brand new. Have to reformat the card. Luckily I gave a backup.

Does the S7 support UHS-II cards?

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Does the S7 support UHS-II cards?
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Not a UHS-II interface in the phone. The cards (such as the Lexar 1000x and 1800x) will work, just not at rates beyond the UHS-I interface.
It's better to spend less money on more capacity from a 'lower spec' Sandisk type card, IMO.

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Not a UHS-II interface in the phone. The cards (such as the Lexar 1000x and 1800x) will work, just not at rates beyond the UHS-I interface.
It's better to spend less money on more capacity from a 'lower spec' Sandisk type card, IMO.
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Thanks for the info.
Now the dilemma is whether pay more and buy for the future or less and get higher capacity as you suggested