- May 5, 2010
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I'm convinced SD cards in smartphones are not a good idea. I've used two different ones in my DInc since purchasing it over a year ago and I think I can trace back several problems to the cards:
1. Disappearing album art: most of my .mp3 collection predated embedded album art. So I installed Album Art Grabber and took the time to scan and select art for 8 gigs worth of music. In short order all my art would be gone! It seems like whenever I plugged the USB cord into the computer, it would erase the art. Now I embed the art using a different app.
2. Painfully slow Gallery: I gave up entirely on the stock gallery, switched to the Froyo Gallery and finally to JustPictures. Even with months of updating the app, I still find it necessary to turn refresh to manual so I'm not slowed down by unnecessary scanning.
3. Skipping music: enough said
4. Skipping podcasts: using Doggcatcher, if I listen to a podcast while it's downloading another, I get periodic skipping.
5. Scrambled ringtones: every couple months I have to go through my contacts and reassign the proper ringtones. The other day my phone rang while I was internetting and the ringtone was something I'd never heard before. When I checked the sound setting for the default sound, it showed what was supposed to be there but it wasn't what played.
I could probably think of more problems...
What's your SD card experience like?
TJH
1. Disappearing album art: most of my .mp3 collection predated embedded album art. So I installed Album Art Grabber and took the time to scan and select art for 8 gigs worth of music. In short order all my art would be gone! It seems like whenever I plugged the USB cord into the computer, it would erase the art. Now I embed the art using a different app.
2. Painfully slow Gallery: I gave up entirely on the stock gallery, switched to the Froyo Gallery and finally to JustPictures. Even with months of updating the app, I still find it necessary to turn refresh to manual so I'm not slowed down by unnecessary scanning.
3. Skipping music: enough said
4. Skipping podcasts: using Doggcatcher, if I listen to a podcast while it's downloading another, I get periodic skipping.
5. Scrambled ringtones: every couple months I have to go through my contacts and reassign the proper ringtones. The other day my phone rang while I was internetting and the ringtone was something I'd never heard before. When I checked the sound setting for the default sound, it showed what was supposed to be there but it wasn't what played.
I could probably think of more problems...
What's your SD card experience like?
TJH