Just to pass on what I've found in case anyone else is tempted to pick up a high end Lexar UHD-II card which are sold as compatible for smartphones and tablets. I bought it so I could load my media onto the card relatively quickly, and hold my entire music collection.
I bought one with my S7E and had many problems - phone very slow to boot ( 5 minutes+ ) and dissapearing randomly being typical symptoms, there are a few other posts around with others noting the same issues.
Trying it in a PC using the Lexar UHS-II card reader provided showed many failed/retried block reads logged to the system event log using different PCs and card readers with this card.
Suspecting it was just bad from the factory, I RMA'd it and got a replacement.
After waiting for the replacemnt - this is just as bad, exactly the same issues in a S7E and also various PCs and card readers.
If you're looking for a 128GB card - I've used sucessfully Sandisk Ultras, and also the slower Lexar x633 cards.
Don't bother with the top end UHD-II Lexars.
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I have bought this a week ago:
Lexar Professional microSDXC, 128 GB 1800x, UHS-II
and it works perfectly in my S7E...
It comes already formatted in exFAT, don't touch the filesystem!!!
Me too, it works good, but sometimes the data turns corrupt
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Diurnambule06 said:
sometimes the data turns corrupt
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Have you re-formatted the microSD (in the phone or in a PC) or are using it as it came from Lexar?
stick with SanDisk; i have sandisk microSD cards from back in the 512mb days and never an issue or failure; UHS1 from 32, 64, 128, and 200GB all work 100% fine. I work in film/photog advertising; from SD cards to SSD's to CF cards SanDisks are the only ones that consistently work reliably.
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Have you re-formatted the microSD (in the phone or in a PC) or are using it as it came from Lexar?
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Yes in the phone many times
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Slade8525 said:
stick with SanDisk
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Sandisk microSDs are well known to have a lot of problems with Samsung phones...
https://www.google.com/search?num=3...131j0i3j0i46j0i22i10i30j0i8i13i30.sjEhwqVE7M8
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Sandisk microSDs are well known to have a lot of problems with Samsung phones...
https://www.google.com/search?num=3...131j0i3j0i46j0i22i10i30j0i8i13i30.sjEhwqVE7M8
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hmm, ive had zero between 4 family/friends samsung phones/sandisk mSD cards. thanks for the info.
i do know when shooting/filming the ONLY reliable stuff has been sandisk, even versus some OEM branded cards (im looking at you dropped-frame prone RED SSD...).
UHS-II doesn't get you anything unless you use a UHS-II reader and I guess the S7 does not have the additional UHS-II contact points.
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Looking to get myself a 32gb card.
Just wondering if the play uses SD or SDHC memory cards, or ok with either?
it uses microsd and microsdhc
regular sd card wont do
Yeah, obviously I know it's micro.
Just wasn't sure about the sdhc.
Cheers
It's ok with both sd and sdhc but I think it's not compatible with sdxc (if you'd ever like to get to 2TB maybe it can come in an update, My htc wizard got sdhc support with an unofficial driver update).
A 32 gig card will work just fine with the Play.
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A 32 gig card will work just fine with the Play.
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I heard there's problems with class 10 32 gig micros on android phones. Is this true?
i'm curious about this, some applications wont work with a class 2 speed sd.
sd or sdhc would do. you should be more worried about the speed. as for now you should think of either getting a class 6 16gb or class 4 32gb (if you could find one).
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i'm curious about this, some applications wont work with a class 2 speed sd.
sd or sdhc would do. you should be more worried about the speed. as for now you should think of either getting a class 6 16gb or class 4 32gb (if you could find one).
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I was thinking of getting this class 10 32gb micro, Fast enough?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220547&Tpk=32gb micro sd
I have class 10 32gb, works fine on xperia play.
The only problem android has, is you cant format 32gb cards on your phone. But most, if not all cards come pre-formatted anyway. Otherwise you have to connect the card with an adapter to your pc to format it.
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You can format 32gb cards on your phone, but it wont format properly and you will have issues. I did with my old phone, it couldnt scan the card properly and it would reboot while trying to scan.
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I was thinking of getting this class 10 32gb micro, Fast enough?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220547&Tpk=32gb micro sd
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now that's something
read most of the reviews: crashes and corrupts the files, some even only last within 24 hours i'll stick with the class 4 32gb for now
even with the sandisk 32gb class 2 cards, i already replaced 2 of them when they crapped out on me
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even with the sandisk 32gb class 2 cards, i already replaced 2 of them when they crapped out on me
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haven't read anything about this. and the reviews for a kingston 32gb class 4 on the net has been great so far. but if this will be the case i might just go for a 16gb class 6
Ok, so I got a 32gb card, moved all of my stuff off my 16gb (about 14 gig) to my pc. Took about 20 minutes.
Put my 32 gig in, formatted it & transferred everything over.
Took about 3 hours & when I put it in my play it's saying there's 28 gig left & hardly anything I set to transfer has actually gone to the card ! ?
Do a full format and not a quick format.
Ive seen a class 10 32gb micro sd card for 50 quid, but im worried that its too cheap and might not last long.
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Memory cards are very reliable IF you bought the original ones and not those unbranded fake cards.
I've never had issues with ALL my memory cards, from the SmartMedia, SD, MS stick and Compact Flash cards used in my Palm and Sony Clie PDAs, my DSLR and micro 4/3 digital cameras, PSPs and DSL and all the way to the microSD cards used in my smartphones and tablets. I purchased them all from local reputable shops and never bought any from online stores. Can't remember the exact figures but I probably had a total of 30 to 40 cards here in my house.
The problem I see is those cards that are found on online shops that are unbranded (anything not Sandisk, Kingston, Lexar, Panasonic etc are all semi-fakes). Just imagine that Sandisk the world's largest NAND Flash memory maker has yet to come out with a 32GB Class 10 microSD as of now and you can already find some smaller unknown companies selling them at very cheap prices since many months back?
Sometimes if a deal is too good to be true, IT IS too good to be true! Of course if you still proceed to get them due to their ridiculously cheap prices, the risk is all yours. For me, I just buy the originals at original prices and not regret it later, my data is much more important to me than saving tens of bucks.
For some reason, there are quite a lot of fake Kingston cards on the market so beware.
Various issues with the fake/unbranded cards are:
1. Reliability
2. On a 32GB card, you may actually get only 4 or 8GB storage, some tricks were added in these fake cards such that once you copied beyond the 4 or 8GB capacity, it automatically loops back internally to overwrite the oldest copied data.
3. Some 32GB Class 10 cards only had Class 2 speeds.
Another advice is that for smartphone usage, you may be better off getting Class 2 or 4 cards rather than higher class cards. This is because although the class 6 or 10 cards can have sequential readings and writings at their stated class speeds, in terms of random access of data on the card they may actually be slower than Class 2 and 4 cards. In other words, you'll get more lags using higher Class cards.
Here's a test I did with a Patriot LX Series Class 10 32GB Micro SDHC
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Another advice is that for smartphone usage, you may be better off getting Class 2 or 4 cards rather than higher class cards. This is because although the class 6 or 10 cards can have sequential readings and writings at their stated class speeds, in terms of random access of data on the card they may actually be slower than Class 2 and 4 cards. In other words, you'll get more lags using higher Class cards.
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You sir are correct! My Patriot 32gb micro class 10 lags alot When playing the FPSE the game lags too much but with the micro sd card that came with the Xperia play runs perfect I'm gonna return the card and just get a Sandisk 32gb class 2 from newegg.
Recce5
After doing a test of manually copying content to the card I believe I have fallen foul to buying a cheapo card covered by your point 2.
I've bought quite a few cheapo cards back from my old K750i & PSP days but this is the 1st one I've been stung with.
Live & learn etc !
Hi, I just for the 16gb sandisk card that was on sale at newegg and my G2 is having problems dectecting it.
I know android has problems with class10 cards so I bought the class 4 one.
when i plug in the card and start up the phone sometimes it say the SD card is blank.
also while im using the phone the sd card will say it unmounted or the android files in the card will turn into weird icons.
does anyone have this problem too?
I formatted it to Fat 32 many times.
i bought the same card on newegg. Although i haven't had the chance to use it yet, i was just gonna format it and copy the whole of my previous SD to it. Does your card work on any other device? if not might need to RMA
No i haven't had time to try it on my other phones yet.
I had to Clone the old card to the new card and so far no problems.
so problem solved?
I think so.
I couldn't just drag the files over.
Do class 10 cards not work on Desire Z ?
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I had a Class 10 patriot and it kept corrupting on me. I RMA'd it several times.
Hmm, I ordered a Transcend 16gb class 10. Hope it'll work.
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The Transcend class 10 8gb worked for me.
Stoerner said:
Do class 10 cards not work on Desire Z ?
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They may or may not work okay. But Class 10 cards seem to cause more problems than lower class cards, based on user posts here. Plus, the extra expense doesn't seem justified, as you will not see much if any performance gain.
Since I'm in school, I got a lot of problems with sandisk product. (stop working without a sing, corrupt, takes days to boot).
For my usb flash drives I use patriot now. Never got problems, especially with the little 8gb usb key. Excellent reviews on newegg.
I bought class 10 16 gb micro usb patriot. Run some bench marks, average 11 mb/s writing. Since 5 months, lot of testing roms and watching videos, no problem yet.
Be careful with bad reviews because some people runs day long benchmarks. It kills flash memory.
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Since I'm in school, I got a lot of problems with sandisk product. (stop working without a sing, corrupt, takes days to boot).
For my usb flash drives I use patriot now. Never got problems, especially with the little 8gb usb key. Excellent reviews on newegg.
I bought class 10 16 gb micro usb patriot. Run some bench marks, average 11 mb/s writing. Since 5 months, lot of testing roms and watching videos, no problem yet.
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Does Sandisk work better if you're not in school
Odd. Was it a genuine Sandisk product, purchased from a reliable source (like Newegg). Because there are a heck of a lot of Sandisk counterfeits on places like eBay. Sandisk and Kingston are probably the most counterfeited brands of flash memory. On the other hand, its just possible you had a defective unit. Its impossible for even the most reliable electronics manufacturer to be 100% free of defective units.
I've used 3 different Sandisk Micro-SD cards in my smartphones and tablet, one of them is almost 4 years old. Only had a problem once, and a format fixed it right up. Also used Sandisk SD and CF cards in my cameras for years, without issue.
Today my Transcend 16gb class 10 arrived and I installed in my DZ.
Not any problems until now ...
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My 16gb Sandisk just crapped out on me while i was downloading apps. I just suddenly said the card unmounted? I had to reboot to get the hard back. anyone else having problems?
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My 16gb Sandisk just crapped out on me while i was downloading apps. I just suddenly said the card unmounted? I had to reboot to get the hard back. anyone else having problems?
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Happens to me about every other week. My Sandisk 16gb class 4 card is from my local Radio Shack, so I doubt it's fake. Perhaps some G2's don't like class 4 cards? When it happens to me, I see that message when I get up in the morning.
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Oh good, so it's not just me. But damn that sucks. it does get annoying.
I'm using the pre-root Stock 2.3.4 rom. you?
Ray_jai said:
Oh good, so it's not just me. But damn that sucks. it does get annoying.
I'm using the pre-root Stock 2.3.4 rom. you?
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That ROM, and cm7 nighty 204.
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So in response to my previous thread on the DVP and if it would work for me I'd like to thank everyone for their insightful thoughts options and most of all answers.
Now my next question, Micro SDHC card choices. And again, answers are the preferred responses but thoughts and options would be fantastic.
I am going to add to and edit together a list of Micro SDHC Cards on here for people to reference for the future.
Firstly, I already own this card but have yet to try it with a DVP. Anyone here with experience or can at least validate the technical specifications as having a chance at working, let me know.
Transcend 32GB Class 4 Micro SDHC Card via Amazon
Thanks again.
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1. Sandisk 32GB Class 2 Micro SDHC Card via Amazon ** Note this card has been listed on other forms as working despite its Class 2 Status with speeds closer to that of a class 4 card**
2. Lexar 32GB Class 10 Micro SDHC Card via Amazon **Verified working by InvisibleKnight**
3. Amazon Basics 16GB Class 10 Micro SDHC Card via Amazon **Note this is a class 10 card, but according to the first reviewers benchmarks it does 20mb/s copy speed which is twice as good as class 10 speeds. Should work well with a windows phone, theoretically speaking**
4. Sandisk 32GB Class 4 Micro SDHC Card via Amazon (originally manufactured as Class 2 but later reclassed as class 4) **Used by a ZDnet write to upgrade his personal DVP. Has never reported any issues i know of UPDATE - Purchased this card for myself, works like a charm, no probs so far (knock on wood)**
I bought a 32Gb Lexar Class 10 Micro SDHC, and not only it works, my dvp seems to run quite faster than before.
You can find about the card itself here
AMAZON LINK (EU)
Can anyone try this one? It would be great to have 64GB of storage...
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I bought a 32Gb Lexar Class 10 Micro SDHC, and not only it works, my dvp seems to run quite faster than before.
You can find about the card itself here
www . lexar . com/about/newsroom/press-releases/lexar-media-introduces-32gb-class-10-high-speed-mobile-microsdhc-card-
To buy it:
www . amazon . it/Lexar-HIGH-Speed-Micro-32768/dp/B004BR2ZTM
Can anyone try this one?
www . pcmag . com/article2/0,2817,2393486,00.asp#fbid=_m1CqWMsOA-
[remove spaces from the links of course. Can't post links because I'm a goddamn n00b to the forum]
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1 more post bro, anyways has anyone tried a Kingston 32 gb class 4?
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dilzo said:
1 more post bro, anyways has anyone tried a Kingston 32 gb class 4?
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I've finally edited my post with links.
@OP You should update the list in the first post
InvisibleKnight said:
I bought a 32Gb Lexar Class 10 Micro SDHC, and not only it works, my dvp seems to run quite faster than before.
You can find about the card itself here
AMAZON LINK (EU)
Can anyone try this one? It would be great to have 64GB of storage...
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How's your class 10 card holding up?
Micro SDXC has a completely different specification From Micro SDHC. Remember when Micro SDHC came out, older devices that were made to use jus Micro SD wouldnt read them, same issues with the DVP and those SDXC cards.
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How's your class 10 card holding up?
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Pretty good actually it made my phone more Lightning and less Venue Pro
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Micro SDXC has a completely different specification From Micro SDHC. Remember when Micro SDHC came out, older devices that were made to use jus Micro SD wouldnt read them, same issues with the DVP and those SDXC cards.
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Are you sure? Not a chance? That pretty much kills my expectations...
Oh well, we'll wait for the next phone with physical portrait keyboard and SDXC compatibility
Wish we can get a little more feedback on this.
Does anyone know if we can go back to the old card if the new one doesn't work out? Is it just a matter of popping the old one back in the sd slot?
I know what u mean. Msoft said tha tthe Windows Phones would be the next generation Zune Players, but coming from a Zune80, a phone shipping with 8 - 16 gbs of storage is pathetic. I have 60 gbs of music, what am i supposed to do with a 8 gb DVP?
Thank goodness the DVP is somewhat easy to upgrade to 32gigs. At the very least msoft should give u the ability to stick two Micro sdhc cards in a phone, mux it together and create a 64gb pool of storage.
tried lexar 16GB class 10?
I got a SanDisk 16 class 4, its been doing fine then it got stuck at whatsapp then the phone goes into a loop of restart and cut off.
The only way to fix it was to recover the phone.
so I need a new card for my phone, I see that the lexar 32Gb class 10 is good for this phone but don't want to go up to 32GB, has anyone tried the 16GB version? Would it come out with the same results ?
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I got a SanDisk 16 class 4, its been doing fine then it got stuck at whatsapp then the phone goes into a loop of restart and cut off.
The only way to fix it was to recover the phone.
so I need a new card for my phone, I see that the lexar 32Gb class 10 is good for this phone but don't want to go up to 32GB, has anyone tried the 16GB version? Would it come out with the same results ?
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I'm also using a 16GB class 4 with no problems on mango
Two Batches
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I'm also using a 16GB class 4 with no problems on mango
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Heard there were two patches, one is a renaming of a class 2 to class 4 and another is the newer where its different class 4.
I guess I got the bad batch.....
I recently got a DVP. It shipped with a 16GB Sandisk class 4, which worked fine for a few days until my 32GB Sandisk class 4 arrived, which also has no problems at all.
Watch out for fake Sandisk cards, apparently they are out there.
Yeah it should work just fine that 16gb class 10. A little fyi, i bought that 32 gb sandisk (no 4) Working fine so far.
Once the speed is class 4 and over and there are no bad memory areas on the card u'll be fine no matter the size.
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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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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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?
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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?
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Your real cards should come with a 5 year warranty.. at least from Sandisk
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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
Hey. It will work 64GB sd card with no lag and overheat phone? I wanna buy 64micro sd.
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Yes, I ran a SanDisk 64gig for a while with no issues.
I have 128Gb SDXC microSD card and it work fine with my S4 (exFAT formatted). I have successfully tested some 64Gb cards too.
Make sure get faster card. im using 64GB with u1 class sandisk.
fine for me, no lagging
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Make sure get faster card. im using 64GB with u1 class sandisk.
fine for me, no lagging
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hi, i buyed 64 memory card 10class with no logo brand name, and pasting files from pc it taking long 32gb time 11hours, wtf i wanna buy SAND DISK 32GB Ultra, so faster speed than this bull****??????????????????? im pissed of when it taking to long copied files.
1. Self-censoring is not sufficient to avoid an infraction from moderators. I highly suggest editing your post and removing all the curse words within it.
2. Buying a no-name MicroSD card is the source of all your problems. I bet that card was really inexpensive, right? That's because the card manufacturer lied to you and told you the card was Class 10 when it really is Class 2 or Class 4. These cards are far slower than a true Class 10 card, but are far less expensive as well.
3. It's good to see you've learned the lesson here, which is to only buy brand name MicroSD cards. Sandisk is a good choice.