Nokia 1520 and micro SD cards

[ScottGeek]

Why is nobody addressing the actual speeds of their memory cards?
From what I understand, class 10 memory card have 30MB/s, 45MB/s and 80MB/s.
And I would think thats a factor.

Well you test the SD class 10 card I have (SanDisk Ultra 128GB MicroSDXC) with the app shown in this thread and it it comes in @ ~12MB/s. It really only gets the advertised 30MB/s if you put it in the adapter and plug it into a PC... I'm suspecting that the Device/OS has a tad bit to do with the difference there.... Even given that, I'm still not seeing any issues with either Videos or Apps I've got on this card.

Over all, it's probably best to go with the SD cards that are tuned and get better speeds in the mobile device.... for me I wanted the extra 64GB of space over the better speed. If a better 128GB card comes out, I might consider swapping this one out for it.

~ScottGeek.

 

[len0808]

Just bought SanDisk extreme plus 32gb for 39.99 at best buy. Got similar results @ 30 Mbs.

 

[edwardtkl]

It shows 31.98Mbps on my Toshiba 32GB card

 

[XwpisONOMA]

You mean "Leica" the old trusted ones from communist Russia? (lol)

 

[peacefulberry]

Theres a daily deal from best buy: 32 gb for $17.99. 64gb for $34.99 San Disk Class 10. Also, theres a nice looking coffee maker for a great price if anyone is interested.

Deal expires tonight at 11:59 pm. Here's the link. http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/deals/deals.jsp

 

[Curtis Conley]

I bought a samsung micro sd card class 10 64 gig for my 1520 got it on sale at micro center for 34 bucks and it works great.
You should give the samsung cards a try, they work really well compared to sandisk crap.

 

[Sam_oslo]

I have just installed a Samsung Pro microSDXC Class 10 UHS-I 90/80MB/s 64GB.

I used my computer to move all video and photos to the card, and it was blazing fast. The speed was almost up to what the storage drive (WD Red 3TB NAS Harddrive) could deliver.

I have used Windows Media Player to Sync my music/audio files. It was pretty fast and over my expectations of a MicroSD card.

I have installed all my games and a few Apps (Apps that I don't use often, and some big-size Apps) on the card. A quick test looked very promising, but I haven't used them enough to have an objective idea, yet.

 

[lenspen2999]

a recommendation to eliminate stutter video :
1) using a pc windows explorer, check if the microsd is formatted with [exFAT].
2) if the microsd is 32GB and below, allocate 32kb sector, if it is 64GB and above, allocate 128kb per sector for the format options.
3) format the microsd card.

 

[Alex Rodriguez Jr.]

I've had my 1520 for about a week now with a SanDisk card. First night with the card, it was undetectable at low battery. Yesterday, my phone locked up, and upon restarting it, my apps started reappearing one by one. I can always tell when something went wrong with the card as Skype will no longer be the video app in the phone settings.

If I replace my card, and my apps are installed to my current card, how will the phone handle that? Or do I need to do a restore?

 

[Alex Rodriguez Jr.]

I had my microsd card lock up and crash the phone for the third time in 2 weeks, should I get the card replaced?

 

[jwinch2]

So, based upon what people are saying here, I should be good to go with this, correct?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUwpUvbUpU2857064

I have seen recommendations to format the card when you first put it in the phone. Having not had WP with SD in the past, where in the menu will I find that feature? In the future, hopefully MS will simply increase the internal storage on phones to the point that SD is not really necessary. As I mentioned on another thread, if Apple can get 128 GB into an iPhone 6, as thin as it is, then there is no reason we cannot get the same thing in WP.

Cheers,