I just recently got a Samsung Galaxy S9+ with the expense of the phone I also purchase a 1TB SD card. Now I'm looking for what I can move to the SD card. I had a 256GB SD card on my old Motorola and never really used it but with the way apps keep getting bigger and bigger thought I should get the biggest I could get for the new phone. No sure what I can move to the SD card or actually how it should be moved. Any help would be appreciated.
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What to move to SD Card
- Thread starter JimReid
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Where did you buy it, what brand, and how much? Pretty sure the largest microSD card is 512GB released earlier this year:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...gral-Memory™-Market-Largest-Capacity-microSD™
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbre...12gb-microsd-card-largest-ever-memory-storage
Preinstalled apps can't be moved to the SD card, but some you install can be. How to:
https://www.sammobile.com/news/how-to-move-apps-to-sd-card-on-galaxy-s9
https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...gral-Memory™-Market-Largest-Capacity-microSD™
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbre...12gb-microsd-card-largest-ever-memory-storage
Preinstalled apps can't be moved to the SD card, but some you install can be. How to:
https://www.sammobile.com/news/how-to-move-apps-to-sd-card-on-galaxy-s9
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Apps themselves in general aren't very big storage space hogs, at least comparatively, it's the content they're tied to that will add up and accumulate. If you have a large number of photos, videos, and music, those what you should push off onto your microSD card.
If you do start splitting up your apps so some are in your internal memory and some on your card, always keep in mind that when temporarily removing the card to do stuff like file transfers to a computer, don't use your phone until you put it back in as it's expecting that card to be mounted. If you instead focus more on keeping all your multimedia type files on your card, that will help keep the internal storage media from filling up too much.
Samsung includes a basic file manage app that you can use to manage your files, just look in your Apps menu for the 'My Files' app. Look in the My Files 'Settings' menu too, to optimize it for your purposes.
If you do start splitting up your apps so some are in your internal memory and some on your card, always keep in mind that when temporarily removing the card to do stuff like file transfers to a computer, don't use your phone until you put it back in as it's expecting that card to be mounted. If you instead focus more on keeping all your multimedia type files on your card, that will help keep the internal storage media from filling up too much.
Samsung includes a basic file manage app that you can use to manage your files, just look in your Apps menu for the 'My Files' app. Look in the My Files 'Settings' menu too, to optimize it for your purposes.
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Don't put anything important on a "1TB" microsd card. Test it if you want (h2testw on a PC with a card reader is definitive), but as Kate says there aren't any 1TB microsd cards so that one is definitely a fake. If you can still contact the vendor and get a refund I would (they tend to disappear quickly, then reappear under a different account), but as they are criminal con artists you may have to just put it down to experience.
The reason you should not fill it is that its real capacity will be much less than 1TB. It will have been programmed to tell the phone its capacity is 1TB, so the phone will happily write a lot of data to it, but once the physical capacity is exceeded the new data will overwrite the old. And without testing you don't know the real capacity - it could be 32GB or even less, so most of the files could be corrupted if you use it. And definitely don't move apps to a fake card.
The reason you should not fill it is that its real capacity will be much less than 1TB. It will have been programmed to tell the phone its capacity is 1TB, so the phone will happily write a lot of data to it, but once the physical capacity is exceeded the new data will overwrite the old. And without testing you don't know the real capacity - it could be 32GB or even less, so most of the files could be corrupted if you use it. And definitely don't move apps to a fake card.
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Don't know the brand but it came from China. It is 1 TB and cost $18 plus shipping. I bought it on Wish.com
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I understand what you are saying but I checked the properties of the SD card (it is in a USB holder) and got the following:
I then downloaded H2testw and started the test but it says it will take about 96 hours to complete the test along with this message:
This is the H2testw running:
It is actually running faster than originally stated....looks like 57 hours left on this snapshot.
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Thanks for the response. I'll have to look into MyFiles. I'm new to Samsung and haven't looked at all the apps yet. Thanks again.
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You've got a fake there. Suggest you return it for a refund, and buy from a reputable source instead. Basically there's currently no such thing as a genuine 1TB micro-SD. 512gb is the current maximum.
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Yes, when you check the properties it tells you it's a 1TB card because it's programmed to do so. That's how the faking works: the computer doesn't measure the capacity of the card unless you use something like h2testw, it just asks the card what its capacity is. And the card is programmed to give the wrong answer.
On the plus side at $18 + shipping you haven't lost as much as most victims do. Right now the price of the real 512GB microsd is £300 in the UK, so they could have asked $180 and it would still have looked like a bargain.
On the plus side at $18 + shipping you haven't lost as much as most victims do. Right now the price of the real 512GB microsd is £300 in the UK, so they could have asked $180 and it would still have looked like a bargain.
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Just to let everyone know. I downloaded the H2testw and am running it on the 1td SD card. The card actually costs $14.40 with shipping from China. I purchased it on Wish.com and so far it hasn't shown me any problems. The test with H2testw will take more than 24 hours to run so I don't know for sure if it will pass or not. So far so good.
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I was concerned that I might have a fake. I downloaded the utility and ran it. It is taking 48 hours to run on a 1tb card. So far so good, its about 1/2 way through the write and verify. The card has no brand name on it and came from China. It only cost $14.00 on Wish.com. I went back and now find a 1/2 dozen 1TB cards for sale for 10-48 dollars and only one had a trade name of PNY on it. So I guess I lucked out.
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Sorry but you are wrong. The test utility H2Testw is providing that it is a good 1tb micro-SD. And only cost $14..40 w/shipping.
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I wouldn't infer anything until it finishes, or at least finishes writing and starts reading. I believe h2testw will try to write the estimated data volume first (1TB in your case) and then verify it, so you won't know anything until it at least starts the verification.
It needs to work that way because it's no good verifying as you write. The most recent file will always be good, the problem is that if the capacity has been spoofed it will overwrite older files. So if you verify this as you go everything will pass regardless, and so the way to be sure is to write 1TB of data first and then see how much of it is intact.
It needs to work that way because it's no good verifying as you write. The most recent file will always be good, the problem is that if the capacity has been spoofed it will overwrite older files. So if you verify this as you go everything will pass regardless, and so the way to be sure is to write 1TB of data first and then see how much of it is intact.
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Earlier this year when a 512GB microSD card was first released, it created a lot of buzz online as it became the new, highest capacity card available. (typical example below)
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbre...12gb-microsd-card-largest-ever-memory-storage
If there is a valid 1TB card out there, it's very odd there's no such similar fanfare (and, in complete contrast to established manufacturing and marketing practices, being sold at a bargain price -- newer, higher capacity cards usually cost more than older, lower capacity cards).
You obviously have a lot of faith in this 1TB card so good luck with that. Also, even though the S9+ is so new, it has its microSD card maximum set at 400GB. A lot of people here ignore manufacturer card limits but just note you're using a card with a higher capacity than what Samsung recommends for your phone.
https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s9/specs/
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Generally, it's better to shop for something like a microSD card based on quality, not price. Bargain specials typically fail faster and are less reliable. If you don't care what data gets stored on your card than never mind, but if you do it's better not to skimp on storage media.
Also note there is no established backup solution that's based solely on microSD cards. They simply are not reliable as long-term storage media. Most backups go to hard drives, tape drives, online storage, etc., not these cards. So even a 'good' card is only going to be serve your needs to a limited extent, a cheaper card will be consistently less dependable.
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Yeh imported cheapo from Chinese online website. Let the test finish, and you'll very likely find it's a duff counterfeit.
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I don't think the OP is trying to peddle anything. The original post made no mention of where the card came from, and indeed the card itself was not the original topic of the thread. It was only after people started warning him that a 1TB card would be a fake and asking where he got it from that he gave that information.
He has repeated that information, but only when he thought that the time the test was taking meant the card was good and in response to the many people still telling him it's a fake and he's been ripped-off. So I don't think any ulterior motive is implied: with many people telling you you've been scammed, if the test seems good then responding "no, I haven't, and actually I got a bargain because the rest are more expensive" is understandable. Of course I think he has misunderstood how the test works and that the fact that it's taking a long time doesn't tell you what the result will be, but that's a different matter, and I see no reason to doubt his honesty.
He has repeated that information, but only when he thought that the time the test was taking meant the card was good and in response to the many people still telling him it's a fake and he's been ripped-off. So I don't think any ulterior motive is implied: with many people telling you you've been scammed, if the test seems good then responding "no, I haven't, and actually I got a bargain because the rest are more expensive" is understandable. Of course I think he has misunderstood how the test works and that the fact that it's taking a long time doesn't tell you what the result will be, but that's a different matter, and I see no reason to doubt his honesty.
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FWIW I did try to look at wish.com, but it requires Facebook login. But it does sound no different to other cheapo China online wholesalers, i.e. Don't expect to find genuine Gucci handbags or Rolex watches here.
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