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Hey guys,
Whats the largest micro sd I can place in my Leo... Currently have an 8 GB in there but am quickly filling it since having movies / music on it like no tomorrow!!
Any help would be great, thanks dudes.
You didn't find the answer anywhere on the net? In that case, they can hold a max of 128GB.
dmonuk said:
Hey guys,
Whats the largest micro sd I can place in my Leo... Currently have an 8 GB in there but am quickly filling it since having movies / music on it like no tomorrow!!
Any help would be great, thanks dudes.
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I've got a 16GB in mine and it works perfectly. I'll get a 32GB but want the price to drop before I do. They're still quite pricey.
16GB is suiting me fine. I have a seperate 8GB one for putting movies and stuff on. It just means I have to have CorePlayer installed on the device so I can switch cards and still play movies.
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Ignore the above comment by lude219. 128GB cards won't be available until next year at the earliest. 32GB is currently the largest on the market. There will be 64GB (and possibly 48GB) soon, but not yet.
Thank you johncmolyneux, I think I might wait a bit and get a 32gb just to be sure!
Thanks for your help dude.
*Any mods may now close this thread as I have had a helpful answer.*
Where can you buy 32Gb microSD cards? I wasn't aware of that they have arrived.
Tubgirl said:
Where can you buy 32Gb microSD cards? I wasn't aware of that they have arrived.
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Amazon\
Ebay
bestbuy
craiglist
expansys
sandisk
Nope.....
Ace42 said:
Amazon\
Ebay
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sandisk
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Not true, Sandisk does not have a 32GB microSDHC card on the market at present. Maximum capacity is 16GB only (class 2 and class 4).
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Amazon\
Ebay
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can't find any 32gb micro sds on amazon or ebay? only normal sized SDHC cards.
Samsung expect their 32GB to be in the market by February according to their recent announcement, I expect Sandisk will want to be released for sale by then also.
Class 6 cards are available from non-Sandisk manufacturers by the way.
im guessing the will charge a ridculous amount...probs about £50 or some ****
16 Gb is the maximum today.
There is NO 32 gb on the market at this time, but expected.
Read that HD2 support 64GB microSD cards. Has anybody got a 64GB card in HD2? How much does it cost?
32GB
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msdivy said:
Read that HD2 support 64GB microSD cards. Has anybody got a 64GB card in HD2? How much does it cost?
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Microsdhc only supports sizes up to 32gb. We wont be seeing 64gb cards except with sdxc, but hd2 doesn't support sdxc.
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zarathustrax said:
Microsdhc only supports sizes up to 32gb. We wont be seeing 64gb cards except with sdxc, but hd2 doesn't support sdxc.
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is that because of hardware or software? i had an old HTC Excalibur that ran winmo 5.0 back in the day. got a 8 gig card that wouldn't read in it until i flashed it to winmo 6.5. after that, it read the card no problem. funny thing is the 'fine folks' over at T-Mobile assured me that nothing over 4GB would ever work in my phone.
so i wonder, with our devices being able to run winmo, android, different variations of linux, etc... could it be just a software problem?
The HTC HD2 can only hold up to a 32 gig 2.0 Micro SD card. Click the link for proof, notice the "Expansion" in the spec list, oh yeah this is straight from HTC.
http://www.htc.com/us/products/t-mobile-hd2#tech-specs
interesting info
so i started surfing around, looking for more info on this topic. i found a thread from another forum citing some interesting conversation regarding the same issue. to quote from page 5 of that forum...
"What the SD 4.0 specification will add is another pin to SDXC cards which will enable the higher read/write speeds. The rest of the pins will still be present and will still act exactly like they used to. So SDXC cards will always be compatible with SDHC readers, you just won't be able to read/write from them at 300mbit/s. And that's where a firmware update can't change things; no firmware update will allow the camera to use an SDXC card at its full, currently-non-existent future speed because that extra pin interface won't be present.
'But a firmware update CAN add support for exFAT, so all the other benefits of SDXC can in fact be added to our cameras through a firmware update. These benefits include higher capacities, larger maximum file size, and faster file deleting (because that's an exFAT feature, not an SDXC feature).
'It should be noted that the higher capacities have nothing to do with exFAT. FAT32 can have volumes up to 2 TB in size. The 32GB limit on SDHC cards was artificially imposed by the SD 2.0 specification, and has now been lifted with SD 3.0. However, the larger maximum file size IS a benefit of exFAT, because files used to be limited to 4 GB on FAT32."
so i gotta think this will also apply to any other device that can physically run an SDHC card.
let the debate begin
btw, quoted the line from the following forum, for reference:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/90655-new-firmware-pentax-k-7-1-03-a.html
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so i started surfing around, looking for more info on this topic. i found a thread from another forum citing some interesting conversation regarding the same issue. to quote from page 5 of that forum...
"What the SD 4.0 specification will add is another pin to SDXC cards which will enable the higher read/write speeds. The rest of the pins will still be present and will still act exactly like they used to. So SDXC cards will always be compatible with SDHC readers, you just won't be able to read/write from them at 300mbit/s. And that's where a firmware update can't change things; no firmware update will allow the camera to use an SDXC card at its full, currently-non-existent future speed because that extra pin interface won't be present.
'But a firmware update CAN add support for exFAT, so all the other benefits of SDXC can in fact be added to our cameras through a firmware update. These benefits include higher capacities, larger maximum file size, and faster file deleting (because that's an exFAuiT feature, not an SDXC feature).
'It should be noted that the higher capacities have nothing to do with exFAT. FAT32 can have volumes up to 2 TB in size. The 32GB limit on SDHC cards was artificially imposed by the SD 2.0 specification, and has now been lifted with SD 3.0. However, the larger maximum file size IS a benefit of exFAT, because files used to be limited to 4 GB on FAT32."
so i gotta think this will also apply to any other device that can physically run an SDHC card.
let the debate begin
btw, quoted the line from the following forum, for reference:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/90655-new-firmware-pentax-k-7-1-03-a.html
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Hmmmm interesting conversation there, I read all six pages by the way. The one guy seemed to be pretty sure of himself. But from what he said if you use a SDXC card that uses extFAT in a decice that does not support extFAT. It will reformat it with Fat 32 making it a regular SDHC card without the extra advantage of the higher speeds that a SDXC reader that does support extFAT can use.
right, that's what i got out of it too. but the big bonus there is that even with the reformat, the space on that card is still accessible, be it 'just' sdhc speeds. that's ok though, cuz that's what we're used to. i'd really like some of the xda developers to take a look at this and see what they can do.
on a somewhat related note, there's a program i use on my laptop called 'macdrive' which allows me to view previously unrecognized files and partitions which windows doesn't see naturally. this allows me to tri-boot (linux, mac, and windows) and modify each of those partitions from any one of the systems.
point here, is that even if there is initially a problem reading the data on a sdxc card, it seems that problem is only with the software not hardware and therefore can be modified.
if i could program i'd start experimenting myself.
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right, that's what i got out of it too. but the big bonus there is that even with the reformat, the space on that card is still accessible, be it 'just' sdhc speeds. that's ok though, cuz that's what we're used to. i'd really like some of the xda developers to take a look at this and see what they can do.
on a somewhat related note, there's a program i use on my laptop called 'macdrive' which allows me to view previously unrecognized files and partitions which windows doesn't see naturally. this allows me to tri-boot (linux, mac, and windows) and modify each of those partitions from any one of the systems.
point here, is that even if there is initially a problem reading the data on a sdxc card, it seems that problem is only with the software not hardware and therefore can be modified.
if i could program i'd start experimenting myself.
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This is very true, and I am in the same boot as you. I wish I had the dev knowledge and skills to start working on something for this, or a real dev could get there hands on this and see what is possible. I guess the only true way to put this to the test is for someone to get there hands on one of these beast of a SD card (64 to 128 gig what ) and stick it in the HD2 to see what it does.
Guys,
I'm planning to buy a Transformer in a wk or two and I have some questions regarding the memory to which I can't find a straight answer...
16GB or 32GB version? What amount of memory is available for apps and data in the two models?
WITHOUT the dock, can I just stick a 32GB SDHC card? This should be obviously true, but there are discussions around that make me doubt....
Anyone tried a 64GB SDHC card?
Thx!
//lys
to your first question: i own the 16GB version, and there is a little more than 12GB available for apps and data.
Second question: you can only put micro SD cards in the transformer itself, for normal SD cards you need the dock.
Cheers, I meant micro SDHC
Given how little a 32GB micro SDHC costs, I'm not sure whether it's worth blowing 100$ more on the 32GB model.
I really wonder whether there is any hardware limitation on supporting 64GB micro SD cards, but those are new and a bit pricey so I doubt anyone has tried yet.
somewhere in the accessories subforum someone confirmed that either the microsd or the dock's sd slot (yea, i know, this statement is rediculously ambigous, but i'm too lazy to look up the actual thread) is actually an sdxc. but you're right cost/benefit of those aren't really worth it.
so if all you need is below 48gb of storage, the cheapest is the 16gb TF+32gb microsd. otherwise, go for the 32+32.
I don't need a signature.
Honeycomb doesn't support apps being installed on the microSD card. You will only be able to put media on the microSD card. I doubt many people could use more than 16gb for apps though, but if you buy the 32gb TF101 you can fit more apps on.
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Honeycomb is different than other versions of android.
the 16/32GB internal is for all memory. System, Apps, Media, everything that goes on internal or the /sdcard partition.
The sdcard slot is considered removable memory and no apps can be installed to it. All it's good for is your media.
I'm assuming a 200gb Microsd card slot would work even though only 128 is supported since they're both micro-sdxc. Can anyone confirm this? I generally buy flagships and usually when they say up to a certain gigabyte, it can be surpassed as long as the phone supports the type of card as its said maximum, like a 128gb expandable storage is micro-sdxc.
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I'm assuming a 200gb Microsd card slot would work even though only 128 is supported since they're both micro-sdxc. Can anyone confirm this? I generally buy flagships and usually when they say up to a certain gigabyte, it can be surpassed as long as the phone supports the type of card as its said maximum, like a 128gb expandable storage is micro-sdxc.
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Probably can but we won't know until someone plugs a 200gig card into it and finds out. I opted for 128 cause it's $60 vs $200 right now for the 200 gig cards.
i wonder if note 4 could support this new kind of sdcard ??
Hi,
yes. The Note 4 supports 200GB MicroSD cards. I have a SanDisk 200GB card in my phone. No issues so far.
Regards
Stephan
I have the same one as well. 10gb partitioned for link2sd and the rest for storage. zero problems
This may sound stupid, but i will go for it and ask. Can you make ext sd + phone sd to work in RAID ?
Hi Sectoras,
no, RAID is not possible. And what RAID should it be? Mirroring, Striping, Raid 5, Raid 6?
You are thinking about a joined memory of internal and external SD card, right? This will be possible with Android 6 / Marshmallow.
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Hi Sectoras,
no, RAID is not possible. And what RAID should it be? Mirroring, Striping, Raid 5, Raid 6?
You are thinking about a joined memory of internal and external SD card, right? This will be possible with Android 6 / Marshmallow.
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I was thinking about RAID0 (Striping i think) to improve performance. If MM support such thing it could be awesome
Sectoras said:
I was thinking about RAID0 (Striping i think) to improve performance. If MM support such thing it could be awesome
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No, it does not support striping. What it does support is called "Just a bunch of disks" (JBOD) but that's no RAID. JBOD is a storage volume created by joinig disks (here SD cards) of different sizes. JBOD does not improve performance, it just supplies you a single storage using all memory cards (Phone 32GB + ext. SDcard 200GB). There is also no data security (redundancy of data). Therefore RAID 0 (striping) is, technically spoken, not a RAID as well because of the missing data redundancy.
I also expect several issues with the JBOD solution of Android 6. The externa SD card is much slower than the internal memory which might have and according to some reports on the net does have adverse effects on the loading speed of apps and data. Also when the SD card breaks you will probably have to re-install the complete phone as you have no influence on where the apps and data are stored.
I saw a 256GB micro sd card. I'm assuming that will work too?
Yes, should work if the 256GB is an SDXC card.
If a phone supports SDXC cards based on the SDA 3.0 specifications (like the Sandisk 200GB card) it will support every SDXC card following that standard.
SDXC supports 64GB up to 2TB.
If some day there will be for example a 512GB or 1TB SDCX card available it should also work with the Note 4.
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Yes, should work if the 256GB is an SDXC card.
If a phone supports SDXC cards based on the SDA 3.0 specifications (like the Sandisk 200GB card) it will support every SDXC card following that standard.
SDXC supports 64GB up to 2TB.
If some day there will be for example a 512GB or 1TB SDCX card available it should also work with the Note 4.
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Very interesting. This phone is storage future proof ! lol Thanks for the response.
jcip17 said:
I saw a 256GB micro sd card. I'm assuming that will work too?
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256GB Micro SD cards don't exist only 200GB
You either saw a regular 256 GB SD card or a fake 256GB micro SD card which has been reviewed as BS.
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256GB Micro SD cards don't exist only 200GB
You either saw a regular 256 GB SD card or a fake 256GB micro SD card which has been reviewed as BS.
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You're right ppl are saying its fake. Really odd Amazon is selling it.
jcip17 said:
I saw a 256GB micro sd card. I'm assuming that will work too?
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There is no such thing as a 256GB microSD card at this time. Biggest one you can find is the 200GB one mentioned.
256gb
TechnoHippie said:
There is no such thing as a 256GB microSD card at this time. Biggest one you can find is the 200GB one mentioned.
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my wife tried to surprise me with one and found out it was fake.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239413
See this. All working. Note2-3-4 have 200GB+ card support.
ben.anter said:
i wonder if note 4 could support this new kind of sdcard ??
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Yes it does support 200 gb microsd card I am using one now
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There is no such thing as a 256GB microSD card at this time. Biggest one you can find is the 200GB one mentioned.
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ur wrong.. 200gb is not the last high capacity micro sd.. their is one micro sd with 512 gb capacity.. company name is Microdia.. just google about it..
The 512GB card from Microdia doesn't exist yet. At one point they were claiming it would be out 8 months ago (and was going to cost $1000) - but again it does not exist yet (and might never be as it's been almost a year since they maid these claims). I've seen plenty of people scammed and ripped of on these cards - again - THERE IS NOTHING BIGGER THAN THE 200GB for sale at this time.
Interesting I didn't know the Note 4 could support a microSDCard of that size, I thought the largest card that can be used is a 128GB card.
Sterist said:
I have the same one as well. 10gb partitioned for link2sd and the rest for storage. zero problems
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Hey, can you briefly describe how it's partitioned? I didn't know Android phones can take microsd cards that have 2 partitions? Are both exFat?
Thx
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