Which micro SD card to buy?

[sremick]

There's a problem with this program - you can't specify which SD card it's running against, so you don't know what results it's giving.

I contacted the author. Here was his response:

Thanks for the heads up. Sure, I will work on that.

 

[ric3bowl]

Maybe for the photos, but if you're recording HD video, you're going to need Class6 or higher...

Why is this? I thought the speed was just meant for transferring files. Are you saying my HD video quality on this phone is dependent on how fast the microSDHC card is?

 

[sdelliott31]

I swore I saw on another thread last week that someone had a 32 gb in their phone, working. I'm curious to the max size we can have.

 

[lilo]

I bought 32GB SanDisk card from Verizon wireless web site (no account required) for $100 (I believe it's the best price around - by far). It works in my Captivate. I have not filled it up above 16GB though.

 

[CaCHooKa Man]

i have a 2 gb class 2 card that came with my bold 9700 and it worked fine with recording and playing back a test HD video right now. the quality wasnt affected at all. i normally use a 8 gb class 6 card in my phone though.

 

[Sharkonwheels]

Oh - to correct my previous post about Titanium, I didn't realize at the time (still a Cappy n00b) it was backing up to /sdcard, not the actual SanDisk card (/sdcard/sd/).

I think people recommended C6 if you were using A2SD, but we have that going to the internal "sdcard", right?

I have a class 2 SanDisk 8GB ($14.99 at Staples on Black Friday) and it works fine for what *I* do with it... YMMV.

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[locsplitter]

I bought 32GB SanDisk card from Verizon wireless web site (no account required) for $100 (I believe it's the best price around - by far). It works in my Captivate. I have not filled it up above 16GB though.

So you're at 48GB now?

 

[YellowGT0]

32gb cards worth fine and give you all the space on the Captivate.

 

[lilo]

So you're at 48GB now?

I think so

 

[t-readyroc]

Why is this? I thought the speed was just meant for transferring files. Are you saying my HD video quality on this phone is dependent on how fast the microSDHC card is?

It's actually got nothing to do with the quality & everything to do w/how fast the system can write data to the card itself. HD video data amounts are so massive & coming in so quickly that the data needs to be able to write at high speed to the card (same thing for cards used in DSLRs shooting high-speed photography). If it can't, the transfer can fail & corrupt the video file. I know there are articles on the web discussing this, but I just don't have time to search for them right now. HTH.

 

[ric3bowl]

Ah okay, that makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

And I do believe the manual has a typo; you can have an external 32gb microSDHC card for a total capacity of 48gb.

 

[NOSintake]

I bought 32GB SanDisk card from Verizon wireless web site (no account required) for $100 (I believe it's the best price around - by far). It works in my Captivate. I have not filled it up above 16GB though.

Here's the link if anyone needs it:
32GB MicroSD Card

 

[tyte]

i purchased a 32gb microsd card from someone else here on the forums that purchased them cheap through verizon... and i have filled it up with 16gb of music and about 4 gb of videos... and it works fine...

i never tried formatting it on the phone though...

 

[estefana]

I bought a Class 10 16gb Kingston MicroSD and it's working great! It was $89.99CA at the time but I think it's back to regular price.
NCIX.com - Buy Kingston 16GB microSDHC Class 10 Flash Card W/ miniSDHC & Full Size SDHC Secure Digital Adapters - SDC10/16GB-2ADPCR In Canada.
I probably didn't need the extra 16gb but I thought I would splurge now and not have to buy a bigger one in the future!