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[Galaxy S II Accessories] xxmwxx:
I personally use Lexar High Speed MicroSDHC 32 GB Class 10 and it works well for me thus far (with full hd content as well)... it also comes with a usb card reader but it's kinda pricey (cost me $95)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] cheekystew:
I'm just not sure if cheep is always the best. Thanks for you're reply
[Galaxy S II Accessories] cheekystew:
I'm a believer in you only get what you pay for so lexar sounds good. In uk Sterling pounds its about £ 60-70. Did you buy it online?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] chattymango:
from which location are you ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] cheekystew:
I'm from UK
[Galaxy S II Accessories] yyhd:
I picked up a Kingston 32gb class 10 from Newegg.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] cheetah2k:
Lexar Class 10 32Gb FTW. Got one and its brilliant.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] dlwnew:
Don't think a class 10 is as fast as you think it should be, I have a samsung 8gb class 6 that will probably out perform most class 10 cards. Why pay the extra
[Galaxy S II Accessories] cheekystew:
Is a class 6/8 more compatible with SGSII????
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sbcdk:
I have a Sandisk 32gb class 4. It stores 5 MB/s. I have a somewhat unknown 16gb class 6 and it is 15-16 MB/s! So buying cards can be very difficult and rather surprising.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] cheekystew:
This thread is confusing me all the more. So basically its pot luck! From one SD card to the next speeds can be completely different even same class, same brand ! I guess similar to processors!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] corb06:
I have a Kingston Class 10, 16gb but I could not get this app to test it in the Galaxy S2. It seems that you can only speed test the internal 16gb memory. Thats why you get the High speeds...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] zxz0O0:
I have a class 2 or 3 from Sony Erricsson phone and it's faster than yours in reading.

I just checked the app, if you do not mount the sd card it tests /mnt/sdcard (the internal memory) but if you do mount the sd card it does test /mnt/sdcard/external_sd. For me the app works.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sbcdk:
I think testing on a pc with a card reader is the only way to get comparable results. I don't trust the phones doing a proper job on this. My numbers above are done using H2testw 1.4.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Shocky2:
My 32GB class 4 is 9MB/s Write and 14MB/s Read.

I'm quite happy with that.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] RJvXP:
Here is the result of my Sandisk 32 GB Class 2
[Galaxy S II Accessories] michaelko999:
What is this program?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] xxmwxx:
I got it from Amazon...

Btw using SD Tools (the app people in previous posts used to test speeds) I get 10.8 MB/s writing and 21.7 MB/s reading.. so it's pretty good..
[Galaxy S II Accessories] gbolly:
also ordered a 32gb micro sd card from jarlink on amazon, i was skeptical at first but after a couple or rolling tests using h2testw, i got no errors

Test finished without errors.

You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.

Writing speed: 5.30 MByte/s

Reading speed: 14.8 MByte/s

H2testw v1.4

now, im off to load my music library on it. happy days!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Sharpshooterrr:
Looks like the clear winner for mobile devices is the Class 4.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] execine:
Ok, class 4 scandisk 32gb seems like a winner, what about full hd video recording to it ??
[Galaxy S II Accessories] okupant:
I've notice no problems.

*.mp4 output file, resolution 1920x1080, 1min 18sec - 142 MB, storage: Memory card.

Nice and smooth :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Kannan.Balasubramanian:
I read the entire thread and got confused.

The following are going to be my usage of the card in SGS2...

1. Record video in Full HD 1080p

2. Watch 720p movies.

3. Listen to music

4. Use it as thumbdrive.

Also should not affect the speed of the phone. (Use to happen with Nokia smart phones)

So which card and class is good ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] execine:
Great, now does anyone know where to find online merchant in europe which would sell genuine scandisk cards and ship to all europe?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Teso Dos Bichos:
My one arrived this morning. Now all I am waiting on is my case and my phone!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] hersa_wex:
Receive My KingMax 16gb Class10 MicroSD 2day, then only saw this thread. Felt abit late. Ha3. Perform some test and this is the result.

Conclusion, for sequential test, CLass 10 shine abit. But for random, ****ty. The question is still, which application do you really need? Then decide which class to go, Cl4 or CL10.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Frankie_99:
Samsung had release the class 10 Micro SD for this beast. but i think it will only available after few months time.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] kotaro_14:
Try searching Lexar 32GB class 10 on Amazon. The reviews are 4 stars. Be careful of fakes like wintec.

http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-MicroSDHC-Memory-Reader-LSDMI32GBSBNAR/dp/B004AM610M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310133552&sr=8-1
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Techvir:
I have one and must say its terrible. Lexar has dissappointed here
[Galaxy S II Accessories] alitech:
I just bought this from ebay. It was so cheap I thought it was worth a punt. Might take a while to get here.. but I am in no hurry. I wanted to used the new modded camera APK for higher quality videos, needs more space.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-32GB-Micr...&otn=3&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=1205338305637453561

Its a class 10 too. If its really pot luck, I dont think I have a lot to lose here.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jeandujardin01:
dont bother, must be fake

real deal: http://cgi.ebay.com/Memorette-32GB-...gital_Camera_Memory_Cards&hash=item4aa7aa1432

all feedback for this product on this seller page say it's good.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NL4JC:
Ya that first link from eBay about the Memorette card is fake. The feedback doesn't have any memory cards and just cheap items. Be careful! :eek:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] nraudigy2:
I have one too and it's working good so far. Something is wrong with yours?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Pfeffernuss:
It's terrible as in with random 4KB-speeds. Not terrible sequential-speed-wise...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Techvir:
Everything is good but speeds do not meet the specified standards.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] :
Just bought me a Mustang 32GB class 10 SD32GTFCLMU-R.

Am satisfied with it.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] alitech:
I bought the fake one from ebay.. I don't care really. it was a punt. Who cares if it is fake anyways, its not going to ignite or anything guys.. its all cool

at this price, i dont care if its class 2. at least its going to be full 32GB.. youknowwhatumsayin?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] kotaro_14:
Really, guess I'm staying away from Lexar then. Don't have the money to buy a class 10 atm. Guess I'm settling for a class four or six.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] :
Amazon has a couple Sandisk Class 4's all priced in the same range. The question is can you trust the sellers?

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-MicroSDHC-Speed-MicroSD-Adapter/dp/B004G7D0EG

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-MicroSDHC-MicroSD-Adapter-Reader/dp/B004G7BDB8

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-MicroSDHC-MicroSD-Adapter-Mobile/dp/tags-on-product/B004G7D0IW

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-32GB-microSDHC-Memory-Package/dp/B003WGJYCY
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mpower91:
Just ordered the Kingston 32GB Class 10 microsdhc card for nearly 90€ :/

I will report about the speeds as soon as i recieve the card.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Techvir:
You go by the reviews
[Galaxy S II Accessories] :
Because every review and reviewer is trustworthy?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] michaelongyp:
Hi, i'm currently using galaxy s2 and since most apps are going into the internal memory 16G (USB) and not going into the microsd card, does it still make sense to go into class 10?

Because currently my microsd is used to store pictures/wallpapers (which range about 1MB to 2MB) and MP3 (which is usually about 4M to 6M). So does that mean i should get class 10 or class 4?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] pachi72:
Ford Brand?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Techvir:
Not really but that is the only way though.

I got mine from ebay after a review was posted here. I was very apprehensive. Luckily got a genuine card.

I am on sgs2 now and i just store my music in the sd card. I dont think the class matters for such a situtation.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] maeman:
Class 4? All I can see is Class 2 in SanDisk official site

w w w . sandisk . com /products/mobile-memory-products/sandisk-microsdhc

the price for 32gb Class 2 micro sdhc cards is $140.

Here in the EU there is a legal retailer selling 32GB Sandisk card at 100eur (dont remember which class, 2 or 4, will check tomorrow). Another retailer sells ultra Sandisc 32gb cards at 120eur.

Amazon only sells Class 2 SanDisk cards w w w . amazon . com /SanDisk-Flash-microSDHC-Memory-SDSDQM-032G/dp/B003HIWHN0 at $54.00.

On ebay only Class 4 SanDisk cards can be found (international sellers), at a price of 47eur. How come, since they are not Class 4 on the official SD site?

All this smells like bs, doesn't it? I think it is obvious that Amazon and Ebay are selling faked SanDisk cards. But not just that, in my opinion the fact that a card is not a real SanDisk one does not mean that it should necesarily be worse than the original. I bet Sandisk cards and fake ones are supplied from the same Chinese factories.

I was once an eBay seller, not electronics but I can tell that what is going on behind the scenes is not what many could magine.

So, what i m gonna do. Buy the cheapest, that should look like a real SanDisk (not like that memorette crap). If the card has problems (not 32gb or I dont like the speed tests results) I give it back and accuse the seller of selling fake SanDisk cards (most people dont bother this much and prefer to take-it-easy (aka: suck ****)).

@Cleveland guy: can u pm ur ebay link if u r selling something good for under 50eur? thanks
[Galaxy S II Accessories] alitech:
If you are willing to buy fake sandisk just for a kick, why not go for the memorette crap?

I just bought a 32GB Class 10 Memorette from China for only £8.50 Cant beat that can you?

I dont care even if its class 2 or fake at this price. I will get the full 32GB regardless, screw the read write speeds man.. its never going to be as fast as you want it to be. I have 4 SSD's (550mb read and 450mb Write) on my home rig and have decided nothing will ever come close to this, so why bother?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] alitech:
Just wanted to add, even 20MB read speed just doesn't cut the mustard for me.. as i have been thoroughly spoilt with my SSDs. Hence, don't really bother with the read write speeds for memory cards these days. I have accepted the hard truth, all SD cards have crap speeds and I don't see this improving very soon.

Even the USB 3.0 memory sticks are pretty crap too, I was a fool for expecting them to work as fast as the USB 3.0 standard supports, which is around 5GB if I am not mistaken.

So guys, in conclusion, take a chill pill on read write speeds. Get fake SD cards, its all cool.

I posted the link to the £8.50 class 10 micro SD card in another post above.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Techvir:
I am not the seller, nor do i reccommend any seller.

The link was posted by someone else. Its somewhere in the thread.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] maeman:
wtf, £8.50 is worth the try. Problem is, ur link is not working. I got "This listing (140574423998) has been removed, or this item is not available."

The memorette i found was $99. Cheapest I found is £20, h t t p : // cgi.ebay.co.uk/32gb-micro-SD-memory-card-adaptor-/250852308026?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_PDAsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item3a67f6743a

I m getting tired. Gonna stick with this one or a SD under £35

BTW, i was wrong when i said that Amazon only sells class 2. That is in Amazon.co.uk, and I did a quick search. Ebay also sells class 2 (not only class 4), so basically it is the same **** every where.

@drgopoos: sorry that i got that wrong
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Techvir:
super3cshopping - This is the seller from whom i got the card. The speed tests by me are posted in this thread. Looks genuine to me and price is reasonable.

I think they have an UK outlet too.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Pfeffernuss:
Besides the point that your advice IMHO is ridiculous and utter B.S. you will not find a 32GB Micro-SD card for £8.50. Just write 30GB of random files to it and read them again. Chance zero that the card can actually contain 30GB of data. This has been discussed over and over again.

DO NOT buy a "fake" card. It's not worth it. DO NOT listen to these bogus claims.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] melonfresh:
Here is my A-RAM 32GB Class 10 card from PCCG here in Australia ($115 aud)

i.imgur.com/OLfCL.png

I hope this is useful to any fellow aussies looking at some Micro SD's...

(hmm I see there is a message limit to when you can start posting pictures.. oh well)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mpower91:
Does anyone know a comparable programme to CrystalDiskMark but for Mac?

I don't have a working sd card reader on my pc, just a reader in the MacBook :/

I would post the benchmarks of my Kingston 32gb class 10...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] quakermaas:
What guarantees this, a lot of fake usb memory sticks say 16GB or 32GB and turn out to be only 1 or 2 GB on a loop save, or even formatted to say 16 GB when you plug them in, but try to place a large file on it and it fails.

Until you get it and fully test it, you don't know
[Galaxy S II Accessories] swissd8:
I still have a kingston class 2 16gb card, its not so fast but its much cheaper and works fine. I get about 2.5MBps on transfers, which is sufficient
[Galaxy S II Accessories] maeman:
Thanks for the link. That seller looks great. I will look for the uk outlet.

There is a detail that may be worth pay attention to. The title of the ad says "SanDisk" as opposed to "San Disk". Not sure if this makes any difference (certainly not if both names are registered trademarks of SanDisk), but there r far less sellers using "SanDisk" in the ad title, while it seems that "SanDisk" is the original name.

I say this because eBay sellers r sometimes forced to avoid using registered trademark names on their ads in order to prevent being banned.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] anupam_luv:
Few days back a seller on Ebay.com preston86xcx ( http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110711310835&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT )

was selling 32GB Kingston MicroSD (Class 4) for only $20.88.... and interestingly he sold all the 40 pieces within 3 hrs of listing....

Although I was in doubt, I took risk (as his feedback score was just 20) I ordered 3 pieces of it using paypal ....

Now 5 days are passed, despite several emails to him there is no response at all from him about shipping etc.... I also complained paypal abt it, but they r askin me to wait for 7 days (upto 14th July) before raising a dispute....

Im worried a lot whether I'll get my money back or not? even if he send item I will still doubt whether its genuine or not....

Plz help if anyone faced same kind of situation like me...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] notown775:
I bought a memorette(sp) 32g class 10 card from a seller on eBay. all his feed was positive. no bad feedback. I bought it for 45 Buck's. he shipped fast when I got it the card worked for 15mins. that means I put it in the phone formatted it and put all my stuff on my card and when I went to open things they were missing. took it out and formatted it on my computer and then it crapped out. got in touch with the seller and he sent me a new one, so about another week goes by and I get the other card in. same specs. put it in comp and format it and it was being read correctly. shows 30gb free and such. but I started taking pics and they were disappearing I downloaded a card reader/testing tool and come to find out 25gs were corrupted and the read was 700mb.. I had to take up a claim with eBay to get my money back.. be weary.. when the deal seems too good to be true.. it probably is.

sent from a 3d fone
[Galaxy S II Accessories] anupam_luv:
Did u get ur full amt back 2 ur credit card... ?

Actually I paid $62.64 via paypal (Credit Card) ... will I get the full amt back to my credit card or thr's any deductions like difference in exchange rates then and now?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Joey2o11:
Well you might get a class 2 card, but it sure as hell won't be 32gb. Give us all a laugh when it turns up and run this little program so we can oh and ah over your new 2gb card :rolleyes:

http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.co...ld-standard-in-detecting-fake-capacity-flash/
[Galaxy S II Accessories] AndroidHouse Team:
that is very nice but

that is very nice, but it is expensive. 32Gb but clas 2 is sufficiend for usual users.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] hamkeng:
I've used my SanDisk 32Gb Class 4 for more than 6 weeks now without a glitch.

Take a look at my post 93
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Shudushi:
SanDisk 32GB Class 4

I ordered this SanDisk SD card after going through this thread for my new Samsung Galaxy S2.

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003HIWHN0/ref=oss_product

You'll see that according to the picture it is a Class 2 card, but luckily I got a SanDisk Class 4 card in the genuine red SanDisk packaging, incl. promo code for the "SanDisk Media Manager" software, so it should be really genuine :)

Here are my CrystalDiskMark results, counterchecked on two computers, both with WinXP and different card readers. Results are within the range of usual measuring errors.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ugokind:
but

what about comsumption?

I had gal1 and now gal2.. but is a fact that using an external memory it increase the battery drain seriously.. do you agree with me?

am I crazy? ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Techvir:
Thanks for the info. I am posting this info in this thread
[Galaxy S II Accessories] berserk1:
very big and fast
[Galaxy S II Accessories] edrit011:
#42

Awesome man thank for your interesting fact.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] kotaro_14:
A good price for a Class 10 32GB is around $80~$100. Anything lower than that is not a class 10 32GB. I bought a 3C Pro Class 6 32GB for around $68, MADE IN KOREA. It was legit transferred around 10GB of music and videos altogether. Speeds reach around 10mbit/sec. The seller was TopRam inc. It was a fair price to pay. Happy with the purchase.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Joey2o11:
So have you got your £8.50 32gb card yet ????????
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NatTheCat:
He is probably still crying at his monitor after he opened the packaging and found it was a 512mb.

Anyway thanks for keeping this thread alive just saved me buying a 32gb class10.

Scan.co.uk do a Kingston 32gb class 4 for £40, seems worth it..
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Tatsuya79:
I bought a Mustang 32gb class 10.

I benchmarked it in USB from the phone (sgs1 i9000, usb dev mod = twice faster than kiss connect or mass storage modes).

I don't have a card reader to test it directly on PC, SD Tools gave me 11MB write / 25MB read directly on the phone (after setting a good read-ahead value, with an app like SD-booster).

I was a bit disappointed as I saw a guy getting 15MB write, but it was on an SGS2.

Anyway it's great when you see the speed on really small files.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] alitech:
Not yet, patience my children. I will post an update as soon as I receive it.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] pawlaa:
exar High Speed MicroSDHC 32 GB Class 10

exar High Speed MicroSDHC 32 GB Class 10 Write Speed 10.1 MB/s Read speed 21.3 MB/s
[Galaxy S II Accessories] avetny:
Patriot LX Series Class-10 "4GB" MicroSD-HC.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] netjunkie51:
KOMPUTERBAY 32Gb Class10 microSDHC

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B004OYLN9U

I have payed 68 EUR. Actual Price is 73 EUR.

I think it is worth every cent.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] crush:
Hey bro isn't read speed is what we need faster? may be above 30+ like our galaxy S II internal does?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Joey2o11:
We wait with baited breath....and to go we told we so :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] M.Stellar:
Most expensive sdhc in the planet : delkin_dot_com/i-6483225-32gb-delkin-elite633-sdhc-uhs-i-memory.htm :D, claimed able to write 95 mbps max :eek:, now who is going to buy and review it :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Fokus007:
My A-Data 32GB MicroSDHC Class 10

Write Speed: 15.1 MB/s

Read Speed: 21.4 MB/s
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Sleepycat3:
Do a CrystalDiskMark test on it off your PC. SD Tools only shows the sequential read and write, which are speeds which you won't achieve on a half used card.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] emersonvier:
dlwnew what app you use for this?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ghost77:
Contributing to the thread , internal card sure is amazing wish i had that kind of read speeds on my external.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] chestvrg:
What is this program called to read sd card speed?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Sleepycat3:
Use CrystalDiskMark on your PC.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] :
Interesting. Any Apps that you know of that run on your SGS2?

It would be cool to test a card straight from the phone.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Techvir:
SD Tools on the Android Market! http://t.co/YUB3LA7

This is the one that people are using here and shown in the screen captures
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Upmann:
Can anyone point me to a trusted e-bay seller who has these 32gb cards at a good price?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] RoRo1990:
I am looking for a seller that has the sandisk 32gb micro class 4 that ships to Canada. I can not find any all are class 2 and even then those are around $110-160 not sure why it is so expensive...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Joey2o11:
So.....any sign of it yet????
[Galaxy S II Accessories] widowmaker777:
I bought my Adata Class 10 from Canada Computers for $90CAD including tax. I use my card for large video files so 4k performance isn't important for me.

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=569_11_175_177&item_id=039319
[Galaxy S II Accessories] x.Orville.x:
can anyone post a ebay link with a good sd card class ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] lavi111:
I didnt understand why class 4 sandisc is better than class 10from enother company
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Hiisi:
Lexar is still the cheapest 32gb class 10, right? :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] deanwray:
I have a lexar 32 class 10, well impressed. Seen some massive improvements in phone performance where it accesses the sd card (Gallery, Music, Vids etc).

Did pay £70 for it though
[Galaxy S II Accessories] EarlZ:
Can it really maintain 10MB/s file transfer when moving lots of small files or a single large file ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] deanwray:
95% of the time with my usage (depends on fragmentation) and yes 11+
[Galaxy S II Accessories] R3Y:
Here is mine, Transcend 32GB Class 4 -

This is fine, I guess?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] freeze888:
It's because Sandisk cards have better random write speeds than other vendors rated at a higher class.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mpower91:
Finally got a cardreader for my windows pc.

These are the results of a Kingston 32Gb class10.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo

Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

Sequential Read : 20.062 MB/s

Sequential Write : 10.357 MB/s

Random Read 512KB : 19.116 MB/s

Random Write 512KB : 0.749 MB/s

Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 1.796 MB/s [ 438.5 IOPS]

Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.602 MB/s [ 146.9 IOPS]

Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 1.982 MB/s [ 483.8 IOPS]

Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.513 MB/s [ 125.3 IOPS]

Test : 50 MB [K: 3.6% (1.1/30.0 GB)] (x5)

Date : 2011/08/13 18:12:03

OS : Windows 7 SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] GodfatherSadri:
Card name: MemStik 32GB Class 10

Here are my speeds:

Write: 11.7 MB/s

Read: 23.9 MB/s