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Help What 64 GB microSD for Note 3?

OK so the OTG cable will also mount a card reader and card just fine so the Note 3 can recognise, read and if necessary will copy to either phone memory memory anything off a card so we are talking SD cards, Compact Flash cards, etc from cameras or wherever as well of course as another micro-SD card.

I'm very grateful.

If you have a picture, for instance, on a camera with standard card and you have your Note 3 but no computer, you can read the picture off the card, primitively edit and email from the phone.

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OK so the OTG cable will also mount a card reader and card just fine so the Note 3 can recognise, read and if necessary will copy to either phone memory memory anything off a card so we are talking SD cards, Compact Flash cards, etc from cameras or wherever as well of course as another micro-SD card.

I'm very grateful.

If you have a picture, for instance, on a camera with standard card and you have your Note 3 but no computer, you can read the picture off the card, primitively edit and email from the phone.

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Use my OTG all the time, when on the go. I wouldn't recommend using for transferring a lot of files though.
 
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There was an article concerning this same issue with SanDisk, I purchase a 32 SanDisk from amazon it was working fine for a while, then all of sudden I was getting errors. I think this time around on my note 3 I will go with a Samsung sd card this time around.


Amazon.com: Samsung Electronics 64GB Pro microSDXC Extreme Speed (UHS-1) Class 10 Memory Card (MB-MGCGB/AM): Computers & Accessories


Been using a sandisk ultra on N3 for 1+ week with no issues. Worked fine on my bionic also.

Thinking the cards mentioned earlier were knockoffs or something. Else I am lucky with mine.
 
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OK, I'll bite. Why not?

Every time I attempted transferring a large amount of data using the OTG, the connection always seems to get lost and the full transfer does not complete.

Just for fun, I had attempted transferring over my 16gb of music, that I had deleted off the microSD, just to see if it would transfer again. It probably made it 1/2 way through and then lost connection.

Media is not something I can compromise getting corrupted, so that's one thing I don't mess with, when it comes to files I put on my devices. For big transfers, I always use a PC.
 
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Every time I attempted transferring a large amount of data using the OTG, the connection always seems to get lost and the full transfer does not complete.

Just for fun, I had attempted transferring over my 16gb of music, that I had deleted off the microSD, just to see if it would transfer again. It probably made it 1/2 way through and then lost connection.

Media is not something I can compromise getting corrupted, so that's one thing I don't mess with, when it comes to files I put on my devices. For big transfers, I always use a PC.

That's not good. I was recommended this primarily to use to backup the entire phone eg to a flash drive.

I do not own nor have I ever owned a PC and have no clue what a "right click" is.
 
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That's not good. I was recommended this primarily to use to backup the entire phone eg to a flash drive.

I do not own nor have I ever owned a PC and have no clue what a "right click" is.

If I had a Mac, I'd use that before using a OTG. The problem with using a OTG is that it's not a "powered" USB drive, which is the main reason (I'm assuming) that big file transfers stop half way.

If you've never owned a PC and/or Mac, I suggest purchasing the Samsung Smart Dock. Even that would be more reliable in "backing up" to an external drive, then using any OTG dongle. I'd also suggest copy/paste 1 or 2 folders at a time, as the folders could a accumulate a lot of data over time, especially the "Android" folder on the internal storage. That folder usually hosts all the backup data for each app that is used on the phone, most importantly apps that have "backup" functions to save settings.

OTG dongles were really meant for the purposes of transferring a few files, but not a lot of files.

Now, another thing that many people may not be familiar with is WiFi Direct. This is my absolute favorite way to transfer files from one wifi enabled device to another. Once you have the devices recognizing each other, the transfer rate is extremely fast for an OTA file transfer. I've done this plenty of times using my Note 8 and Note 2 (and will be doing it tonight with the Note 3.
 
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I've owned and always run Macs since 27 November 1987.

Thanks for your suggestions. I'll look at them in the morning. Looking for a way to back the whole phone up regularly (like weekly) given it won't mount on the Mac desktop.

Sorry, I keep forgetting about the mac connectivity not being as straight forward as pc.

I'll have to think about what other alternatives, aside from the smartphone.
 
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Whatever you do, don't buy this

Purchased a SanDisk a year ago and my Samsung Note II began crashing recently. Could not figure it out. Thought it was a rogue app. Turned out the card was unmounting itself.

My friends, who bought the same card with my recommendation, also had unmounting problems.

Then, when I finally read more Amazon reviews, I saw a pattern.

There is actually debate going on as to whether the Samsung motherboard in these phones supports Class 10 microSD cards.

I bought that SanDisk Ultra 64 from that seller way back when for my Note 2, and am now using it on my Note 3. Never had an issue. Defects do come out with flash drives. It doesn't mean they all have problems. All hard drives, SSDs, and other storage drives can have issues. Compared to other flash drives, the SD Ultra reviews show stellar customer satisfaction.
 
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It might just be that Sandisk is one of the most popular brands out there and is bought by many more people, and so you will get more stories of it failing. I never even knew Samsung had a branded micro SD card until I read about it on here somewhere.

I bought a 64GB Samsung card for my Note 3, but I think I'm going to go with Sandisk for my Note 10.1.
 
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Why are the 64 GB MicroSD cards so crazy expensive? I am looking around and can easily pick up some excellent 32 GB cards for around $18.00 + free shipping. Why are the 64 GB cards so high...the ones I'm seeing are starting around $50.00, around 3 times the price for only double capacity.
Probably because it's the largest you can get at the moment.
 
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For those interested, I ran across this deal...

Don't buy flash memory on eBay. It is far far far too risky. The Cons heavily outweigh the Pros.
I'm not sure I'd even try to get flash memory on Amazon anymore to be honest. Many Third Party Amazon sellers have even fallen victim to the same problems. If I were to get any flash chips from Amazon it would have to be sold and fulfilled exclusively by Amazon proper - though it is not a fool proof rule like it once was.
 
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Don't buy flash memory on eBay. It is far far far too risky. The Cons heavily outweigh the Pros.
I'm not sure I'd even try to get flash memory on Amazon anymore to be honest. Many Third Party Amazon sellers have even fallen victim to the same problems. If I were to get any flash chips from Amazon it would have to be sold and fulfilled exclusively by Amazon proper - though it is not a fool proof rule like it once was.

What is the problem with it? If it is a branded sealed package? Honestly, I don't know...please explain for the rest of us.
 
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