In case anyone missed it - 64GB micro SDXC cards WORKING

[Xopher]

I carry a Zune 120GB that has about 8GB of available space left. Between about 25GB of music, 150 movies and TV shows, plus podcasts, the device filled up quickly. It's nice having the entire P90X series on a portable device so I can work out while traveling.

My Mesmerize has a 32GB card in it these days, and my gTablet has a 16GB to go along with the 16GB internal memory. I keep only my favorite music on my devices, and swap out videos before traveling. I know if I had a 64GB card working in either device, I could fill it up quickly.

Cloud services like Google Music, and Amazon's service definitely help. I like having access to my entire music collection without needing to have it taking up all the storage space. As long as I have a data connection, it's always with me. The only issue now is carriers charging more for data use, but as long as I'm on wifi, it works most of the time.

 

[dj2big]

They will be $60 next year

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[the2ndflood]

64GBs is a lot of storage space! Thanks for posting this here!


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[better_man]

16gb enough for me，i got 16gb from amazon uk. not good card，but i dont understand why that seller still sold more micro sd

 

[the2ndflood]

I have been reading up more on these cards and they are cool, but its going to take over a year at the very least to get the price down to an affordable rate. Sure knock-off artists in Asian will create crude versions and stamp them with official looking lables and those will sell for under $100, but they will be pure garbage. Only the OEM cards will be worth getting. So people shouldn't get too excited just yet, unless you don't mind spending Laptop type money on a simple memory card. But once this type of card comes down in price, I will be one of the first to get one, because I store so much on my phones memory card, that I am always having to delete things on my 32GB card. So having a card with twice the storage space will be welcome.



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[Ntchwaidumela]

Checked on eBay, and SanDisk Mobile Ultra 64GB micro SDXC SDHC cards are going for $199.50-$199.75. And the sellers are warning users to make sure these are compatible with their devices before they buy.

 

[Jude526]

well my Thunderbolt came with the 32gb and I am completely happy with the size. Don't need anything more.

 

[dontlookatme]

well my Thunderbolt came with the 32gb and I am completely happy with the size. Don't need anything more.

That's what she said....

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[technofoib]

NZ: have any additional experience to relate regarding your installation and use of a 64Gb SDXC card in your Galaxy SII? I've got a Droid Charge with only 3 Gb remaining on a 32Gb SDHC card. I want to make the move to 64Gb but that's very pricey if it the phone fails to work with it. Any additional insight you can provide will be well received.

 

[the2ndflood]

NZ: have any additional experience to relate regarding your installation and use of a 64Gb SDXC card in your Galaxy SII? I've got a Droid Charge with only 3 Gb remaining on a 32Gb SDHC card. I want to make the move to 64Gb but that's very pricey if it the phone fails to work with it. Any additional insight you can provide will be well received.

Yeah I would also Like to hear any personal experiences with using the 64GB memory card on their Android device.



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[AgentMissa]

does this mean it will work with all droids?

 

[adauth]

Just ordered a 32gig class 6 Sandisk card. Don't really need it at the moment, but got it for a good price.

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[TropicalSammich]

interesting

 

[hellosailor]

FWIW the Atrix works just fine with a 64GB microSDXC card.

You probably will have to let the phone format it, apparently most PCs with "SDHC" slots cannot format it, and third party software to do so also failed here. Only my phone could format it.

Having done that, the PHONE itself it quite happy to use it, and the PC sees it as a 64GB [sic] external drive when the phone is connected to the PC. But a number of phone APPLICATIONS refuse to see or use the 64GB card at all. The native MUSIC app can't see it, but PowerAmp (bless 'em) does. The apps that do see the card may show the usual Android "Out to lunch" syndrome when they first encounter it, apparently it takes a while for them to scan a card that size and check over all the data on it.

So yes, you may have problems, but they aren't from the phone itself. They're from apps that don't know how to count beyond 32,000,000,000,000 Bytes. An SDHC reader is not going to read that card either, unless it is an SDXC reader in disguise.

--Rred

 

[killerb255]

FWIW the Atrix works just fine with a 64GB microSDXC card.

You probably will have to let the phone format it, apparently most PCs with "SDHC" slots cannot format it, and third party software to do so also failed here. Only my phone could format it.

Having done that, the PHONE itself it quite happy to use it, and the PC sees it as a 64GB [sic] external drive when the phone is connected to the PC. But a number of phone APPLICATIONS refuse to see or use the 64GB card at all. The native MUSIC app can't see it, but PowerAmp (bless 'em) does. The apps that do see the card may show the usual Android "Out to lunch" syndrome when they first encounter it, apparently it takes a while for them to scan a card that size and check over all the data on it.

So yes, you may have problems, but they aren't from the phone itself. They're from apps that don't know how to count beyond 32,000,000,000,000 Bytes. An SDHC reader is not going to read that card either, unless it is an SDXC reader in disguise.

--Rred

I could be wrong, but isn't the only difference between an SDHC card and an SDXC card the file system they're formatted with by default?

SDHC = FAT32
SDXC = exFAT

Perhaps your Droid supports exFAT, but applications may have issues with it?

When you tried to format the card using a PC's card reader, was the PC running Windows Vista or 7? If so, were they running the Microsoft Hotfix 976422? If it was running XP, was it running the exFAT hotfix?

Either way, try formatting the card as FAT32 (you may have to use a third party tool called FAT32Format because Windows XP/Vista/7 formatting tools artificially limit FAT32 formatting to 32 GB). Then try the card in your Android and see if the apps that were having problems behave properly. If they do, then it's likely because those apps have problems with exFAT...

 

[hellosailor]

"I could be wrong, but isn't the only difference between an SDHC card and an SDXC card the file system they're formatted with by default? "

I can't get straight answers, each vendor points to the other and the standard keepers say SD is not SDHC and neither SD nor SDHC readers may be able to read SDXC cards "period". Even with third party driver support. This appears to be a physical issue of some kind, not just a driver issue.

"SDHC = FAT32
SDXC = exFAT"
Nice concept, again, some SDHC slots simply will not allow the SDXC format. At best, using the third party softwares (several of them) I was able to get Vista to say "formatting...unkown card size" and truncate at 32GB. And then the phone promptly said "unknown or invalid format, foramt card?" and when allowed to do so, all 64GB came back.

"Perhaps your Droid supports exFAT, but applications may have issues with it?"
I really hope--but expect not--Android apps will use the OS to access stored files, and not try to bypass the OS calls to do it directly. That's a DOS-age kludge job and among other things, apps which bypass the OS routines willnever be able to read encrypted or compressed files. If the files on your phone's internal and external SD cards are not encrypted--congratulations, hope there's nothing of value for ID theft or credit cards in there. Encryption is becoming a standard (has been a standard for corporate users) and if the app doesn't use the OS routines...get rid of it ayway.

"When you tried to format the card using a PC's card reader, was the PC running Windows Vista " Tried 'em all. OS was fully patched and up to date, and I tried the third-party tools as well. Doesn't matter, the Ricoh (?) driver for the SDHC card slot is an SDHC device, physically can't handle SDXC they say.

"Either way, try formatting the card as FAT32 (you may have to use a third party tool called FAT32Format" tried it that way too. Bottom line? Let the phone format it, and any apps that can't play, are defective apps that are bypassing the Android OS and going to have other problems.

Oddly enough, Moto's own "Music" can't deal with it. PowerAmp does the Android "Out ot lunch" business (I was they'd put that on the screen background when it happens) for a short while on the first time scan, but at least it handles the card. MANY apps seem to be dead, but are really just chugging through very slowly with a card that size. Kinda the same way your computer will take all night to do a true format on a large hard drive.

Meanwhile...Who needs internet radio?<G> Got my own station now, could probably listen 24x7 for 3 months without hearing a repeat. My parole officer, ergh Yoda, I mean Yoda, tells me that's good for my temper.<G>