yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] belvedere:
Root Explorer actually works fine but Foursquare isn't functioning correctly for me. The app loads but nothing loads in the Friends feed (or whatever it's called). My location can be discerned but nothing ever shows up on the list of places to check in to. I've tried clearing data and logging into the app again and went as far back as reinstalling. Not sure what the deal is but luckily I don't take Foursquare too seriously so it's a little annoying more than anything else.

edit: forgot to mention I'm on AOKP B39 + Franco (Linaro) 194.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] belvedere:
Foursquare works again on B40.

http://aokp.co/index.php/releases/_/build-40-r26
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] armandocorti:
Foursquare

i have the same problem with foursquare since i update to b39:crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fire & ice:
Build 40 is out. I suggest you clean install and try foursquare again.
[General Questions and Answers] orl2008:
As a continue to the thread: Link

What do you think? Anything to add/change? Any other directions to develop it to?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmas:
I am now on Kingdroid V2.0+S3 addon. Can I flash Abyss4.2OriginalTouchLogo which is in Internal SD card thru Recovery mode and then wiping data, cache and dalvik, Can I Flash Rocket RomV7(which is also in Internal SD card). Thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derekwwc:
Yes,you can do that after full wipe.thanks!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] AW079:
Hello everybody,

I have read and learned many useful things on this site, so thought I'd share my experience in the hope you would not have to go through the same thing.

I initially brought a Samsung class 10 mSD card from ebay for £19.99 delivered. It came with only the plastic case and no other external packaging. Immediately I tested it and noticed the poor transfer rates. of approx. 16kb/s read, 5kb/s write.

At this point I was suspicious that the card was a fake.

I ran numerous tests on several diagnostic programs and its was the same.

I wanted to be sure before making my complaint to ebay, so I brought another one, this time from Amazon.

The one from Amazon appears identical from the front of the card, but on the back it was different. See photo [The one on the left = genuine]

I then ran diagnostics on them side-by-side, tested both card with pretty much the same data, and my initial suspicions were confirmed. The ebay one was fake. [The one on the left = genuine]

I have read on here and seen some other members posting benchmark data on Sandisk and Samsung mSD cards [with similar slow speeds] brought from ebay traders.

If your card turns out to be slower, then there's a good chance it could be a fake. I recommend you contact ebay stating your item is not as described and request a full refund. This is exactly what I did.

I hope this information helps as many people as possible.

There's nothing worst than being conned, apart from the feeling of being cheated.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gbswales:
I just bought one from Amazon

well to be precise I bought a 32GB Samsung card from an Amazon trader as Amazon UK dont sell them direct at all. It came in what appeared to be samsung packaging and could not be detected from the original by the human eye.

I am of course suspicious about the price but then also aware that most phone manufacturers vastly over price "official" merchandise. (my £2.50 phone bumper fits and does the job just as well as the Sammy one) Unfortunately I dont have a reader for my computer so can only test it in the phone and am currently converting/uploading some videos through the USB cable which is of course a slow process. It reports as being about 29GB which would be expected but it seems there is software than can fake this. I am therfore fully expecting it to fail when it goes over about 2GB or when I try to play back the movie files - will wait and see.

However my question really is this - for most users additional storage is a luxury rather than necessety and I am not really too worried about the "class" of the card as I dont intend to store anything important on it, just extra music and videos for long trips. Would it therefore be more sensible to purchase a generic 32 GB class 4 card from a reputable dealer for about £20-£25 rather than go for a discounted Samsung one? It seems far less likely to me that people would push fake unbranded cards as there is less profit to be made. £50 - £60 is too much to pay for somehing that I dont really need - and anyway how could I be sure that a £60 was any more genuine - do I trust the likes of Play.com?

If I do find this one is fake I am considering reporting it through trading standards because giving these rogue traders (and there are thousands of them) the cop out of simply refunding the money is doing nothing to stop this illegal trading
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Michael_P:
This is exactly why I don't start penny pinching on memory cards for my main devices, because for a few £s extra I can get from Amazon or Play.com and know it usually is real, or if fake can get an easy refund.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Mr_Twist:
I never buy from sellers, always by from Amazon or Play direct because I know they don't sell fakes.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gbswales:
but that really is not the question

I also know I can get a refund through an amazon reseller however my point is this. £60 odd is a vastly inflated price for just 32GB when the stuff being stored is neither critical, irreplacable or in all honesty more than just an added convenience. Which is why I really asked if an unbranded 32 GB class 4 which rarely sell anywhere for more than £25 is a better solution than a branded one heavily discounted.

This said the card I have reports the correct size and i have so far transferred about 12 GB of video and music content and it sitll reports 17GB. The only noticable problem with playback is with a couple of files which I let windows copy convert! Have since found that the s3 happily plays a 1gb avi file without conversion and the copy rate via the usb cable is about what I expect.

What worried me was that Moborobo didnt seem to want to copy to the card always, however the connection to Moborobo is always a bit erratic and often takes about three attempts to connect at all (pity becaue it otherwise is an excellent programme)

I think I shall just continue to fill up the card with AVI files and monitor it over the next week if it doesnt drop any and continues to play them OK then I think I will assume that I did actually get a 32GB card (whether the branding is fake or not isnt really a big issue for me and I can afford to replace this twice more for the cost of a genuine card)

---------- Post added at 03:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:34 PM ----------

I just checked with one video file and it took 1min 15sec to transfer a 900MB file from my computer to the card in the S3 using usb cable, which sounds reasonable to me.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jdhommert:
When i buy mine i'm going to try to make sure to make sure it is through a legit retailer

buying on amazon.com doesn't promise you anything, its the SELLER that matters

which is why im going to try to make sure i'm actually buying it FROM amazon, not ON amazon

the damn samsung from amazon went up over 41 bucks :(

I might just buy the sandisk model for 33ish
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Michael_P:
You can get a class 10 Sandisk 32gb uhs-i card for £23 from Play.com and most people see these mobile ultra cards as one of the best cards you can buy for a phone because of decent

transfer speeds and faster to access small files, and they only cost a tiny bit more than some of the unbranded crap some places sell, so you shouldn't just blindly settle because it's the cheapest and has a high class rating.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] AW079:
Agree, the rotten apples should be reported so that they are stopped before they spoil the market and more people are cheated.

Totally agree with you.

Until now, I have always had a positive experience on ebay. ie]

ebay offers the best service and value, when it comes to accessories such as phone cases, cables, car chargers, mounts.... all sent from Hong Kong/China....but with certain things like memory, PC components and so on.. its best not to chance it.

It depends, Amazon sells a huge range of items by working with other businesses to deliver an all under one site e-shopping experience.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] KainamHD:
Not true

ama zon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=537868
[Galaxy S III Accessories] SlimJ87D:
To save yourself some time next time. Call the company and give them the serial number printed on the card and ask them if it's on the system.

This might not work though as the fake manufacturer might have printed the same one on all of them. But if another person reported it or the specs don't match or Samsung doesn't have the serial number in their system then you know you got a fake.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jdhommert:
ok yes i know amazon has a policy like that, so does ebay but its still possible and has happened numerous times to people if you read the reviews
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Lpuboy87:
I just ordered my sd card today after I seen this thread...hope I get a legit card. I got it from here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006Y61KY4/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
[Galaxy S III Accessories] alfy!:
How do you test them using CystalDiscInfo? Can you test it when it is in the phone?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gbswales:
sold by amazon ..... or not

Well I have looked through the Amazon UK store and cannot find any 32GB micro SD cards that are actually sold by Amazon. There are many that look as if they are but if you read the small print it says "fullfilled by Amazon". You are not buying from Amazon "fullfilled by" means only that a third party supplier is using the amazon warehouse to store their stock, amazon pick and despatch but your legal contract is with the third party store and not Amazon.

The one I purchased was from a trade called Samsung 3D store UK (this forum wont let me post a link because I am a new member :()

It looks genuine and it shows up on the phone as 29.23GB - I have loaded a lot of films and music which all plays ok and in settings it shows 14GB still free. My initial concern was that Moborobo file manager didnt always upload to it (but then that nice programme is still a bit flakey) I uploaded everything direct from windows through the USB cable without any conversion.

Hopefully I have a good (genuine or not) one:)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] vince1234:
lol its common sense. u bought it from ebay + it was cheap....
[Galaxy S III Accessories] AW079:
No, you've gotta use Crystaldiskmark via a card reader on laptop or pc.

So true. Its a shame we do not live in an ideal world :laugh:

Check transfer speeds with Crystaldiskmark, or when transferring files using explorer.

I hope you get a good one too, so far things sound good, but the only way to find out is to test it or use CDM.

You must manually refresh your list on moboplayer and it'll find all your videos.

I beg to differ, ebay have on the most part been good, its only a handful of dodgy dealers that ruin the experience. Plus things on ebay are not necessarily cheaper. 32GB card I brought from both ebay and Amazon were both same price @ £19.99.

Sometimes its not even the seller that are dodgy, but the fact that they too got duped by a dodgy supplier selling fakes.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] AW079:
2 days in...

Update.

So up until I received my genuine card from amazon I was using the fake card for like 4 days...its now two days with the genuine card and I can report that there is a noticeable difference in speed.

The real world usage difference between 16r/6w vs. 20r/11w is quite noticeable.

The reason being, that for the most part you will be writing to the card, or at least that's when you'll notice the speed most. 6mb/s vs 11 mb/s

Even used during transfer via USB the difference is noticeable.

FYI, you will need a card that writes at the speed of at least least 6mb/s [Class 6] if you want to record 1080p HD videos to ExtSD.

Useful background info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital
[Galaxy S III Accessories] AW079:
Currently the best deal I found on an mSD card.

Hi guys,

64GB Sandisk class 10 mSD for just under £45 delivered.

If you can wait or are planning to get one for use after 04/07 I'd recommend this.

:good:

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/...ard-Class-10-with-Adapter/ListingDetails.html

I initially thought 32GB would be more than enough space, but a week on and I kinda wished that I'd brought the 64GB.

The reason for this.

- 2 hours Video Recording = 16GB

- my music alone already takes up 5GB [most are on 320kb/s quality]

- one way to truly appreciate the screen quality on the S3 is by using MKV video files which are like 800-1000MB for 25 mins, and a typical full length movie is approx 4GB.

64GB uses exfat file system and is sdxc spec which is fastest you can get on an SD card. Sandisk is one of the best names out there for SD card technology.

Who knows, I may just end up getting a 64GB card also

Let me know what you guys think?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] OhMarone:
Hi I ordered a 32Gb Sandisk direct from Amazon yesterday although looks to be out of stock now, not a reseller btw. http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-32G...KLEK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340572521&sr=8-1 Click on 6new under main info and you can buy from Amazon instead of a potential dodgy reseller. Was £22.50 when I bought mine although only had a few left when I ordered.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] KainamHD:
You can use SD Tools with your phone to check your microSD card:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEwOSwiYWxlcy52ZWx1c2Nlay5zZHRvb2xzIl0.

AnTuTu will do the same:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwyLDEwOSwiY29tLmFudHV0dS5BQmVuY2hNYXJrIl0.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] AW079:
Thanks, I am sure this will come in handy, but SD tools doesn't work for me.

Its says error reading, and does not offer the option of testing ExtSD.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Fidyyuan:
In case anyone needs to find a legit one, I bought mine from this guy

http://www.ebay.com/itm/19068597401...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_4560wt_1139

Mine ran around 19 for read and around 11 for write. It has a legit back and runs well for me :D
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gbswales:
mine tested OK

I tried the tester someone reccommended here but it didnt work even on the built in SD. However downladed SD Card Tester (the one by Gilmar Jose Purin) from play store. Seems really good and easy to use

Ran test which writes/validates and reads a file you can set the size for

With the card already 60% full I ran a test with a 7930mb file - it wrote it at a speed of 9.79MB/s Validated at 12.7 MB/s and read it without errors at 11.9MB/s :)

This is about the speed I would expect on a 60%full class 10 card so I am pleased with it and it goes to show that it is probably very unfair to tarnish the reputation of the many genuine traders on amazon and ebay.

If in doubt then test it as I hav, if it doesnt produce the expected results then complain or even take them to trading standards.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gbswales:
You have to navigate around in these test apps to find your mounted next .sd card
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Michael_P:
You know even if you test the card and it transfers as fast as you expect it could still be a fake, because I remember reading somewhere about cards being sold which I think were compact flash and were near enough the speed they claim but the card was actually some other cheaper brand with another sticker put over it, because quality cards aren't just about maximum transfer speeds they also faster at accessing the data and moving smaller randomly placed files.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Smart TV Guy:
hi i am Samsung 3d store uk now known has smart tv guy uk and i can assure you 100% these are straight from samsung korea has i sell all samsung and lg goods fully retail packaged.I have tested all competitors cards on amazon and 90% are fake and most are class 4 at best.My feedback is 100% and this has been tested using crystadiskmark by many customers and are 100% real class 10 samsung cards direct from them.Most people think you get the 24mb/s read speed and 13/mbs write speed but this is just a benchmark and good marketing ploy on behalf of samsung because in reality its speeds of up to 24mb/s and 13/mbs.Usually the write speed is 15mb/s to about 22mb/s depending on the device you are using and the read is usually always steady at 10mb/s or above.Its a good card if you get a real one but amazon is full of fakes like ebay always check the feedback of the seller it sorts out the dodgy sellers from the good ones
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Baryyt:
how did u get such good speeds even ur fake one gets better speeds then my genuine one
[Galaxy S III Accessories] angeliou:
"clubs alegote

i have bought a samsung 32gb class 10 from ebay!! here is the item number 251028384805 :cowboy:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] richhudsonsmith:
Fake?

I have downloaded SD Tools and got a result of 7.2 MB/s write speed, and, 17.6 MB/s read speed.

Does this mean the Samsung Micro SD Card I have brought is fake or real?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] JJEgan:
What specifications does Samsung give you for that card ????

jje
[Galaxy S III Accessories] rlatjs17:
From what I've seen only the "Made in Korea" Samsung memory cards are genuine.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ab77ab:
fake samsung card

HI Guys

Just to inform you to stay away from dtoutlet

I have bought there samsung 32gb micro sd class10

and they have sent me a counterfeit product of samsung card

I did few test and max write speed is 5.44MB/s

dtoutlet are selling those cards on ebay also so stay away!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] MangaAddict:
Two differences

There are two differences on the front of the MicroSD card that AW079 purchased. Firstly if you look closely, printed on the fake is actually 32G8 and secondly where the Class 10 is supposed to be circled, it's replaced by 'C'. Maybe this can help you guys to spot the fakes before opening the package.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] xclub_101:
It is not only Samsung, it is also with 90% of the Sandisk stuff ...

It is not only Samsung, it is also with 90% of the Sandisk stuff - at this point there are far more fakes than real cards being sold out there :crying:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Grospolina:
I got SD Tools to work by pressing Menu and going to "Advanced Path". I typed in the path manually: /mnt/extSdCard

The app crashed on me a couple of times though.

I tried this one too (thanks) and I like this one more than SD Tools. However, you still have to navigate to /mnt/extSdCard first (but at least you don't have to type it in).

I'm sure there are some genuine authorized resellers on eBay, but most of them are not. If they aren't, then they are most likely selling fakes. I personally avoid eBay for memory cards.

Like other users have said, the problem with fake cards isn't just the speed. Yes, you may get a "Class 10" card that only performs at Class 4 speeds, but it can be worse than that. You could get a 32GB card that can only holds 2GB. It shows up as "32GB" on your phone (well, 29), but as soon write more than 2GB, it overwrites data that's already there.

By the way, the Class rating is really easy. If you have a Class 2, the minimum read and write speeds should be 2MB/s. If you have a Class 10, it should be minimum 10MB/s. It gets a bit more complicated for Class 10 (don't complain if you only get 9.4 MB/s), but that's the rule of thumb.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] true786:
Thanks!

Thanks for this, wish I had seen it before I had made my purchase but I bought exactly the same thing from ebay, same packaging and same price. Ebay shop is called Mingmedia. Should have known better seen as though I am living in between China and the UK.

Anyhow, I ran the same tests using the same software and my results are similar to yours. I have just contacted the seller through ebay and waiting to see what happens.

How much does the real one cost?

True786
[Galaxy S III Accessories] true786:
fake?

For anyone who is interested.

I bought a 32gb Samsung Micro SD from Amazon for £18.99 (City of Memories) and ran a benchmark test for this card and also the fake one that I had already posted about.

I ran the test on a different laptop which was newer and better performance wise. See results attached

The "fake" card performed much better on this laptop as opposed to the previous one but still fell short of the one I just bought from Amazon. Didn't realize that the laptop/pc used for testing the card would have made much difference, kind of obvious now.

True 786

True786
[Galaxy S III Accessories] GR0S:
do you know anything about goodram sdcards? They are pretty cheap and class 10 compliant
[Galaxy S III Accessories] deedscreen:
Dirty SCAMS!!!

I, being an :silly: idiot, thought it was a great idea to buy one of those $16.99 64gb SanDisk MicroSD Cards. I knew they were probably fake, unstable and were crap. I got my tracking number sent to me. It was shipped from China, although I never received it, and the tracking number was fake. Now I'm out of $17, and past the claims date, because I didn't remember I bought it until two months later...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] marcochapita:
fakes

I had bought 2 class 10 samsung cards one with 16gb and another one with 32gb.

through ebay, and the 16gb i guess its the original one because i get speeds of 22Mb reading and 16Writing. This is from Korea

and the 32 Gb i get speeds of 18Mb reading and 7Mb writing and its from Taiwan.

So i guess we can say that original and truly class 10 only came from Korea.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] primo7:
fake?

I bought a Samsung 32GB Plus MicroSDHC Class 10 UHS-1 Product Code MB-MPBGCEU from mymemory-uk. Card has not yet arrived. Now I opened the page from Samsung (I can not add link)

and see that the inscription 32GB on the product photo on samsung site is in white color, and the ones I have I bought is in red. Seems I bought fake card.

And all these cards on ebay and Amazan have 32GB written in red.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kms108:
All I can say is, buy memory cards from a reputated dealers or better still from a authorised dealer.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] OzzieLinden:
Fake 32GB Samsung MicroSD Class 10

I bought what turned out to be a fake 32GB Samsung Class 10 MicroSD card from the famous auction site. The seller was in the UK with respectable feedback and has a return policy (!) meaning any dispute is quickly settled as a "return" and the seller keeps their good feedback to prey on other, less vigilant buyers.

The basic lesson is, as always, BUYER BEWARE!

1. Buy from reputable sellers (Amazon, Play, etc.) whom would be afraid to see their brand name in the Daily Mail as scammers

2. ALWAYS test a new memory card using CrystalDiskMark and h2testw - they're free programs

3. If you buy a fake, expose the seller! Only by shining a light into the dark corners where these vermin live can we get rid of them. In the UK, it's illegal to sell a counterfeit item and only takes 15 minutes to file a police report online (here: www[dot]actionfraud[dot]police[dot]UK) - give the police the seller's "Return Address" and help put a swift end to this new "Return Policy" fraud.

The attached pictures show the fake card along side a genuine one. The only visual clue that it's a fake is the absence of any capacity information on the exterior packaging and the cheap-looking "SKY" sticker on the back of the card where the card batch & serial numbers should have been.

Testing with h2testw and CrystalDiskMark showed the real capacity to be about 3.2GB and speeds of 2.6MB/s read/0.6MB/s write.