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Maximum Capacity SD Card for Note 3

Can anyone confirm what is the maximum capacity SD card that can use with Note 3, planing to upgrade my 64Gb to higher capacity.

64gb is the reported max however i have heard that some have used 128gb card with success... not sure on anything else though (like 256gb card)

is there any links or sharing from users to confirm this ?

I tested a 128 GB in a store here and it mounted, but if I'm able to go beyond 64 GB of storage with that card I don't know, if not I suppose I could divide it into two 64 GB cards.
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Kumabjorn said:
I tested a 128 GB in a store here and it mounted, but if I'm able to go beyond 64 GB of storage with that card I don't know, if not I suppose I could divide it into two 64 GB cards.
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You say there was a 128GB microSD card and you tested with that in your Note3? What card/brand was that microSD?
I was expecting official announcements from the like of Sandisk or Samsung about 128 GB microSD models to only start in January so as no not disturb the xmas sales for the old models.

xclub_101 said:
You say there was a 128GB microSD card and you tested with that in your Note3? What card/brand was that microSD?
I was expecting official announcements from the like of Sandisk or Samsung about 128 GB microSD models to only start in January so as no not disturb the xmas sales for the old models.
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linitx.com/product/sdmicro-to-sd-card-adapter/11922
Here is an adaptor to fit a standard sd card. You can theoretically go up to 2Tb but I have a 128gb card working in my Note 3 and older SG note 10.1...

SDXC spec is up to 2TB and all modern phones should be able to handle that no problem. The reason they advertise 64GB is that is the maximum size actually available in microSD format at release, but when larger ones come around or you use a full size SD with adapter as long as it is SDXC it will work. My guess would also be that theoretically a new SD protocol could be added at the kernel level but this phone won't be receiving that update as SDXC has many years left to go until we reach 2TB SD cards.
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xclub_101 said:
You say there was a 128GB microSD card and you tested with that in your Note3? What card/brand was that microSD?
I was expecting official announcements from the like of Sandisk or Samsung about 128 GB microSD models to only start in January so as no not disturb the xmas sales for the old models.
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It was a Toshiba card, I'm in Japan.
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I have a SAMSUNG Galaxy Note 3. Looking to upgrade my 32GB memory card to 128GB. Can this be done successfully, if so are there any performance glitches/ read or write issues?
Thank you

I'm using a 200G perfectly. copied everything over from my 128 to the 200G and works. I've been using this for about a year now.

256GB
Confirmed: 256 GB micro sd card works on my sm-n900p TWRP running stock 5.0 OS.:good:

Safar_Ibrahim said:
Can anyone confirm what is the maximum capacity SD card that can use with Note 3, planing to upgrade my 64Gb to higher capacity.
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The Note 3 can recognize up to 2TB. All the new storage technology has so far been backward compatible, so the since released 128, 200 & 264GB SD cards should work fine. 2013+SD Drivers will all be backward compatible till 2TB.

64gb, anything else may work, for awhile but then it will start showing that the files on it are gone. If you use a card bigger than 64gb don't save anything to it that you use or want to save. Shame because the note 3 is definitely one of Samsung better phones!
I learned the hard way, with 2 sdcards from 2 different manufacturers, 64gb sdcard, maximum.
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ultramag69 said:
linitx.com/product/sdmicro-to-sd-card-adapter/11922
Here is an adaptor to fit a standard sd card. You can theoretically go up to 2Tb but I have a 128gb card working in my Note 3 and older SG note 10.1...
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How did you do that? Nothing will stay on my 128gb sdcards in my sgn3.

RiverDweller said:
64gb, anything else may work, for awhile but then it will start showing that the files on it are gone. If you use a card bigger than 64gb don't save anything to it that you use or want to save. Shame because the note 3 is definitely one of Samsung better phones!
I learned the hard way, with 2 sdcards from 2 different manufacturers, 64gb sdcard, maximum.
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How did you do that? Nothing will stay on my 128gb sdcards in my sgn3.
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Either something wrong with your phone, rom or sd card.....
I use 128gb sd cards in all of my phones with no problems, and they are pretty much full too. Everything works and no problems.
Have backups of roms, APK's I don't wish to hunt for again (they update after install so no problem running old APK files), music and video files. Pictures, both from camera and stuff I've got elsewhere, text files, both for work and play. All works fine.
I even dabbled with a 200gb Sandisk but put that in another newer device...

ultramag69 said:
Either something wrong with your phone, rom or sd card.....
I use 128gb sd cards in all of my phones with no problems, and they are pretty much full too. Everything works and no problems.
Have backups of roms, APK's I don't wish to hunt for again (they update after install so no problem running old APK files), music and video files. Pictures, both from camera and stuff I've got elsewhere, text files, both for work and play. All works fine.
I even dabbled with a 200gb Sandisk but put that in another newer device...
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what kind of sd card do you use exactly.

Usually Samsung Evo, but I also have a Toshiba and some Sandisk as well... I use all these cards in my Samsung phones.
Tried them all in my Note 3, 4, Edge and 8... All working... As well as the 200gb Sandisk cards too...

note 4 could support 200gb sdcard ?

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.

cyvr1 said:
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.

wizkid37 said:
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.

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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

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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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

What brand/type of MicroSD to use as internal?

Can anyone tell me what brand/type/speed etc. micro sd card will work in the Motorola G4 when used as internal storage?

SH4N3M4R1O said:
Can anyone tell me what brand/type/speed etc. micro sd card will work in the Motorola G4 when used as internal storage?
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I'm using a Sandisk Extreme plus 32gb card and have never noticed a slowdown while using it as internal memory. I was previously using it on my old 3rd gen Moto and now have it in my G4. I picked it up at Best Buy on sale for about $24 US. I really don't need to use it as internal now but I wanted to try it that way. I may eventually format it as media but for now it's being used as internal and working great.

Tel864 said:
I'm using a Sandisk Extreme plus 32gb card and have never noticed a slowdown while using it as internal memory. I was previously using it on my old 3rd gen Moto and now have it in my G4. I picked it up at Best Buy on sale for about $24 US. I really don't need to use it as internal now but I wanted to try it that way. I may eventually format it as media but for now it's being used as internal and working great.
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Is this uhs1 and what is the read/write speeds? Hope I'm not being took much trouble here...

SH4N3M4R1O said:
Can anyone tell me what brand/type/speed etc. micro sd card will work in the Motorola G4 when used as internal storage?
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I've been using the PNY Elite card. It's cheap (32GB for less than $10) and the read/write speeds are great. No issues on my Moto g4 or GoPro
This is the card --> http://amzn.to/2beqqvZ

I have a standard Samsung class 10 16gb with no issues

Now Using a Sandisk extreme 32gb U3 as previous Kingston 32 GB Micro SDHC UHS-I Speed Class 3 U3?*was reported as too slow for Internal use

Samsung 64GB EVO Plus
Awesome random read and write for use as internal, with great sequential for those videos and large pictures.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01273JZMG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Added: I am still using it as external in marshmallow however, I don't see a need for internal as 32gb is PLENTY for the apps I use.

Help with more storage

Hi, I have a samsung galaxy s4 and it's running out of storage. It's a 16gb phone but about 9 gb is unusable due to "misc fiiles", just the way the phone is which sucks. I just need an sd card to get some more storage. I can use this to store files, pictures, and for apps correct?
I can't post urls, I was gonna post a link to the Samsung EVO 32GB Class 10 Micro SDHC Card with Adapter (MB-MP32DA/AM) on Amazon, will that one work with my phone? And I just insert it in the back of the phone right? I've had this phone for a year, its my first smartphone. Im just looking for some morr reliable storage.
Thank you.

Yes it will work. This phone will probably work with 128 GB microSD cards too.

GDReaper said:
Yes it will work. This phone will probably work with 128 GB microSD cards too.
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It does
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S4 64memory sd card

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

SiNxHaCk said:
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.