Accessories 32gb MicroSD cards... Would you chance it?

Keep us posted, I'm interested in seeing how this pans out.

TS

Here is one negative reviewer on one of the 32GB cards:

"Rec'd hacked 4gb card that appears to be 32gb until you save data to it"

I would be interested also to see how "Agent Jones" card's turns out. Keep us posted.

I won't be able to fill out a 16GB capacity anytime soon. So I'll just get the 16GB first, and wait to fill it up, then go buy the 32GB for a significantly cheaper price than what's available today.

Be careful. There are *so* many fake microSD cards out there. Even lots of "legit" retailers end up with them.

On MicroSD Problems bunnie's blog

Geo said:

Here is one negative reviewer on one of the 32GB cards:

"Rec'd hacked 4gb card that appears to be 32gb until you save data to it"

I would be interested also to see how "Agent Jones" card's turns out. Keep us posted.

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Reformatted, and 32gb showed up again. Transferred around 2.5 GB and the next artist I transferred over automatically had errors. So, the first time I tried, I got 4GB of stuff working okay. This time, even less...LOL...oh well, I'm still continuing my case with Paypal.

Don't buy that card....I already bought it and then eBay cancelled the auction. It was this same exact option and I emailed the seller and everything and haven't gottn any response and now I am going to have to dispute the charge. So it is a fake for sure and he is creating a bunch of different seller names to try to get more people to buy from "different" sellers. I wish I would have read this forum first! haha But I hope this helps!

-Chris

Alrighty, I"m giving this one more go, but someone posted some really valuable information about China making some counterfeit 16-32gb micro sd's and rebranding them. Telling sign is the card I got says it's a Class 4...LOL...Class 4 32gb cards don't exist yet.

@OP; Better get a real 8GB or 16GB from Newegg or Tiger Direct than some knockoff from Ebay.

since today was my day off played around with the 32gig card. watched to of larger movies that were loaded at the end of the card. both played with out a hitch. still playing with it though. i cant complain for paying 30 bucks for it.

any updates to this?

drparks said:

any updates to this?

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Tried re-formatting several times over the weekend and each time, tried filling up the card. While the information looked to transfer okay, I was still experiencing the same issue every time with the files showing up with chinese characters and not accessable.

Oh well.

Camslam said:

Same thing that happened on my 16GB I got from China. Ordered a new 16GB on EBAY from a top seller and it works properly.

Still wish there was a 32GB card for a reasonable price. $200 for a memory card is too rich for my blood. Especially when it costs as much or much more than the phone itself, depending on the deal you get.

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Yeah, I'm not too worried. I opened up a case once ebay removed the listing and it's still pending through Paypal, cuz I had to close and re-open (after I received the card). Paypal seemed to think there wouldn't be any issue getting refunded. If they can't accomplish it, AMEX will do it for me.

I have my authentic 16gb card in the meantime, so I'll use that until there's a better pricing on the 32gb card. Kinda sad that the EVO (for many) will have less storage space than the Incredible (since the only available 32gb card is just as much as the phone). The only reason I'm not backing out from getting the EVO is because I'm tired of the Touch Pro and WinMO, and the EVO seems like the appropriate device to upgrade to.

though I prefer to buy accessories locally (U.S.) I did get one of my desktop dock for my treo in Hong Kong. It took quite some time to get it, but when it did, I was happy.

For 99 cents with free shipping for a 32GB card, I'd say go for it. I mean I wouldn't mind losing a dollar to get a 32GB card. The possible risk is too small to not even consider.

similar discussion here
http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/78267-32gb-microsd-cards-would-you-chance.html?highlight=32gb

Threads merged.

I do not have experience with this card, but i have bought some of the cheaper versions of the microSD, I think PNY was the brand. The first one I had in my phone for about a month, then used if for some Wii modding, then put it back in my phone. Within a week the card was dead, I could not do anything to fix it. The second was in my blackberry for about 3 months, then somewhere between home and flying to San Francisco it stopped working. In the future I will only be buying the likes of Kingston for my phones.

On the other hand, I have had good luck with normal SD cards from the 2nd/3rd tier brands.

Just a quick FYI, don't be fooled if you're thinking PayPal will help fix the issue should you buy one.. I spent approx 2 months on a similar problem with a USB flash drive. The transaction basically went like this:

Purchased on Ebay
Paid via Paypal that same day
Received Ebay email that item was removed due to fraud later that day
Contacted Paypal that same day and was told I had to wait until the seller did not ship before i can file a claim.
Waited approx 2.5 weeks and items showed up via USPS
Promptly put drive in PC and began to fill it up to test.
2 days later (it was a 120gig drive) drive was full but unable to pull more than 1gig worth of data off... determined defective.
Contacted PayPal with email from Ebay in hand and put in claim.
Sametime, contacted Kingston to determine if it was really fake. End result was that they sent me an email to help determine if it was fake, which it was due to lack of serial.
Forwared that email on to PayPal thinking "There's no way they can refute this"
Vendor responded saying "Ship it back at your expense and I'll refund". Price was originally like $30, shippiing along would have been approx $15 back.
I talked to PayPal to explain all above.. they said 'no problem, we're seeing a lot of this' we'll waive the return request and get back to you.
Another few weeks goes by, and I get an email saying I was "DENIED!"
Contacted PayPal via phone and they said it was denied because the seller offered to refund if the defective/illegal item was returned. (Which is technically illegal to send in US mail if known to be an illegal copy).
After a bit of arguing with PayPal they finally gave me a 1 time 'good will credit', but did nothing to the original seller. A friend is still trying to recoup his money from same seller as we speak.

Bottom line.. when it comes to any USB/Flash memory.. stay away from Ebay unless you know the seller personally. I would go so far as to even say don't rely on friends recommendations as many people do not spend the time to 'fill' the drive to determine if its' fake.

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I'd disagree with that. If you stick with U.S. sellers with high ratings, you're fine. I ordered a new 16gb Sandisk last week and it came in 3 days from Florida, already loaded it to its capacity and works like a charm.

Didn't know the guy personally, but he has a great ratings record.

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You are correct.. the only issues I've heard about (and I've followed this issue for quite a while now) appear to only be with sellers based in China. That's not to say All Chinese sellers are bad, nor US ones good... perhaps a better rule of thumb would be "If the price is too good to be true.. it probably is". From what I can see, only China sellers are selling flash based cards/drives at extremely discounted prices.. those are the ones to stay away from.

Some good places to start reading for this kind of issue so you don't get taken advantage of:
Flash Drive scams, Rip Offs, knock-offs and frauds
and
Fighting flash fraud on Ebay