Hello everybody,
I have read and learned many useful things on this site, so thought I'd share my experience in the hope you would not have to go through the same thing.
I initially brought a Samsung class 10 mSD card from ebay for £19.99 delivered. It came with only the plastic case and no other external packaging. Immediately I tested it and noticed the poor transfer rates. of approx. 16kb/s read, 5kb/s write.
At this point I was suspicious that the card was a fake.
I ran numerous tests on several diagnostic programs and its was the same.
I wanted to be sure before making my complaint to ebay, so I brought another one, this time from Amazon.
The one from Amazon appears identical from the front of the card, but on the back it was different. See photo [The one on the left = genuine]
I then ran diagnostics on them side-by-side, tested both card with pretty much the same data, and my initial suspicions were confirmed. The ebay one was fake. [The one on the left = genuine]
I have read on here and seen some other members posting benchmark data on Sandisk and Samsung mSD cards [with similar slow speeds] brought from ebay traders.
If your card turns out to be slower, then there's a good chance it could be a fake. I recommend you contact ebay stating your item is not as described and request a full refund. This is exactly what I did.
I hope this information helps as many people as possible.
There's nothing worst than being conned, apart from the feeling of being cheated.
I just bought one from Amazon
well to be precise I bought a 32GB Samsung card from an Amazon trader as Amazon UK dont sell them direct at all. It came in what appeared to be samsung packaging and could not be detected from the original by the human eye.
I am of course suspicious about the price but then also aware that most phone manufacturers vastly over price "official" merchandise. (my £2.50 phone bumper fits and does the job just as well as the Sammy one) Unfortunately I dont have a reader for my computer so can only test it in the phone and am currently converting/uploading some videos through the USB cable which is of course a slow process. It reports as being about 29GB which would be expected but it seems there is software than can fake this. I am therfore fully expecting it to fail when it goes over about 2GB or when I try to play back the movie files - will wait and see.
However my question really is this - for most users additional storage is a luxury rather than necessety and I am not really too worried about the "class" of the card as I dont intend to store anything important on it, just extra music and videos for long trips. Would it therefore be more sensible to purchase a generic 32 GB class 4 card from a reputable dealer for about £20-£25 rather than go for a discounted Samsung one? It seems far less likely to me that people would push fake unbranded cards as there is less profit to be made. £50 - £60 is too much to pay for somehing that I dont really need - and anyway how could I be sure that a £60 was any more genuine - do I trust the likes of Play.com?
If I do find this one is fake I am considering reporting it through trading standards because giving these rogue traders (and there are thousands of them) the cop out of simply refunding the money is doing nothing to stop this illegal trading
This is exactly why I don't start penny pinching on memory cards for my main devices, because for a few £s extra I can get from Amazon or Play.com and know it usually is real, or if fake can get an easy refund.
I never buy from sellers, always by from Amazon or Play direct because I know they don't sell fakes.
but that really is not the question
Michael_P said:
This is exactly why I don't start penny pinching on memory cards for my main devices, because for a few £s extra I can get from Amazon or Play.com and know it usually is real, or if fake can get an easy refund.
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I also know I can get a refund through an amazon reseller however my point is this. £60 odd is a vastly inflated price for just 32GB when the stuff being stored is neither critical, irreplacable or in all honesty more than just an added convenience. Which is why I really asked if an unbranded 32 GB class 4 which rarely sell anywhere for more than £25 is a better solution than a branded one heavily discounted.
This said the card I have reports the correct size and i have so far transferred about 12 GB of video and music content and it sitll reports 17GB. The only noticable problem with playback is with a couple of files which I let windows copy convert! Have since found that the s3 happily plays a 1gb avi file without conversion and the copy rate via the usb cable is about what I expect.
What worried me was that Moborobo didnt seem to want to copy to the card always, however the connection to Moborobo is always a bit erratic and often takes about three attempts to connect at all (pity becaue it otherwise is an excellent programme)
I think I shall just continue to fill up the card with AVI files and monitor it over the next week if it doesnt drop any and continues to play them OK then I think I will assume that I did actually get a 32GB card (whether the branding is fake or not isnt really a big issue for me and I can afford to replace this twice more for the cost of a genuine card)
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I just checked with one video file and it took 1min 15sec to transfer a 900MB file from my computer to the card in the S3 using usb cable, which sounds reasonable to me.
When i buy mine i'm going to try to make sure to make sure it is through a legit retailer
buying on amazon.com doesn't promise you anything, its the SELLER that matters
which is why im going to try to make sure i'm actually buying it FROM amazon, not ON amazon
the damn samsung from amazon went up over 41 bucks
I might just buy the sandisk model for 33ish
gbswales said:
I also know I can get a refund through an amazon reseller however my point is this. £60 odd is a vastly inflated price for just 32GB when the stuff being stored is neither critical, irreplacable or in all honesty more than just an added convenience. Which is why I really asked if an unbranded 32 GB class 4 which rarely sell anywhere for more than £25 is a better solution than a branded one heavily discounted.
This said the card I have reports the correct size and i have so far transferred about 12 GB of video and music content and it sitll reports 17GB. The only noticable problem with playback is with a couple of files which I let windows copy convert! Have since found that the s3 happily plays a 1gb avi file without conversion and the copy rate via the usb cable is about what I expect.
What worried me was that Moborobo didnt seem to want to copy to the card always, however the connection to Moborobo is always a bit erratic and often takes about three attempts to connect at all (pity becaue it otherwise is an excellent programme)
I think I shall just continue to fill up the card with AVI files and monitor it over the next week if it doesnt drop any and continues to play them OK then I think I will assume that I did actually get a 32GB card (whether the branding is fake or not isnt really a big issue for me and I can afford to replace this twice more for the cost of a genuine card)
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I just checked with one video file and it took 1min 15sec to transfer a 900MB file from my computer to the card in the S3 using usb cable, which sounds reasonable to me.
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You can get a class 10 Sandisk 32gb uhs-i card for £23 from Play.com and most people see these mobile ultra cards as one of the best cards you can buy for a phone because of decent
transfer speeds and faster to access small files, and they only cost a tiny bit more than some of the unbranded crap some places sell, so you shouldn't just blindly settle because it's the cheapest and has a high class rating.
gbswales said:
well to be precise I bought a 32GB Samsung card from an Amazon trader as Amazon UK dont sell them direct at all. It came in what appeared to be samsung packaging and could not be detected from the original by the human eye.
Although nothing is guaranteed, and the fact that there are many traders selling via Amazon, Amazon themselves do sell these mSD cards, or at least the one I brought was "Sold by: Amazon EU S.a.r.L. "
As others have confirmed, with a reputable seller, its less likely to be fake, but even if there is a mistake somewhere along the way, a refund is less difficult to obtain.
I am of course suspicious about the price but then also aware that most phone manufacturers vastly over price "official" merchandise. (my £2.50 phone bumper fits and does the job just as well as the Sammy one) Unfortunately I dont have a reader for my computer so can only test it in the phone and am currently converting/uploading some videos through the USB cable which is of course a slow process. It reports as being about 29GB which would be expected but it seems there is software than can fake this. I am therfore fully expecting it to fail when it goes over about 2GB or when I try to play back the movie files - will wait and see.
Let us know how you get on with this...
However my question really is this - for most users additional storage is a luxury rather than necessety and I am not really too worried about the "class" of the card as I dont intend to store anything important on it, just extra music and videos for long trips.
Class determines speed of data transfer, not quality.
Would it therefore be more sensible to purchase a generic 32 GB class 4 card from a reputable dealer for about £20-£25 rather than go for a discounted Samsung one? It seems far less likely to me that people would push fake unbranded cards as there is less profit to be made. £50 - £60 is too much to pay for somehing that I dont really need - and anyway how could I be sure that a £60 was any more genuine - do I trust the likes of Play.com?
£50 or £60 damn, you must be shopping at the wrong places.
Amazon does a Sandisk 32GB, class 10 for £25 delivered to your door.
If I do find this one is fake I am considering reporting it through trading standards because giving these rogue traders (and there are thousands of them) the cop out of simply refunding the money is doing nothing to stop this illegal trading
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Agree, the rotten apples should be reported so that they are stopped before they spoil the market and more people are cheated.
Michael_P said:
This is exactly why I don't start penny pinching on memory cards for my main devices, because for a few £s extra I can get from Amazon or Play.com and know it usually is real, or if fake can get an easy refund.
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Totally agree with you.
Until now, I have always had a positive experience on ebay. ie]
ebay offers the best service and value, when it comes to accessories such as phone cases, cables, car chargers, mounts.... all sent from Hong Kong/China....but with certain things like memory, PC components and so on.. its best not to chance it.
Mr_Twist said:
I never buy from sellers, always by from Amazon or Play direct because I know they don't sell fakes.
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It depends, Amazon sells a huge range of items by working with other businesses to deliver an all under one site e-shopping experience.
jdhommert said:
When i buy mine i'm going to try to make sure to make sure it is through a legit retailer
buying on amazon.com doesn't promise you anything, its the SELLER that matters
which is why im going to try to make sure i'm actually buying it FROM amazon, not ON amazon
Too Right :good:
Michael_P said:
You can get a class 10 Sandisk 32gb uhs-i card for £23 from Play.com and most people see these mobile ultra cards as one of the best cards you can buy for a phone because of decent
transfer speeds and faster to access small files, and they only cost a tiny bit more than some of the unbranded crap some places sell, so you shouldn't just blindly settle because it's the cheapest and has a high class rating.
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:good: Michael_p is a savvy shopper!
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jdhommert said:
buying on amazon.com doesn't promise you anything, its the SELLER that matters
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Not true
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AW079 said:
Hello everybody,
I have read and learned many useful things on this site, so thought I'd share my experience in the hope you would not have to go through the same thing.
I initially brought a Samsung class 10 mSD card from ebay for £19.99 delivered. It came with only the plastic case and no other external packaging. Immediately I tested it and noticed the poor transfer rates. of approx. 16kb/s read, 5kb/s write.
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To save yourself some time next time. Call the company and give them the serial number printed on the card and ask them if it's on the system.
This might not work though as the fake manufacturer might have printed the same one on all of them. But if another person reported it or the specs don't match or Samsung doesn't have the serial number in their system then you know you got a fake.
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Not true
ama zon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=537868
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ok yes i know amazon has a policy like that, so does ebay but its still possible and has happened numerous times to people if you read the reviews
I just ordered my sd card today after I seen this thread...hope I get a legit card. I got it from here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006Y61KY4/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
How do you test them using CystalDiscInfo? Can you test it when it is in the phone?
sold by amazon ..... or not
Well I have looked through the Amazon UK store and cannot find any 32GB micro SD cards that are actually sold by Amazon. There are many that look as if they are but if you read the small print it says "fullfilled by Amazon". You are not buying from Amazon "fullfilled by" means only that a third party supplier is using the amazon warehouse to store their stock, amazon pick and despatch but your legal contract is with the third party store and not Amazon.
The one I purchased was from a trade called Samsung 3D store UK (this forum wont let me post a link because I am a new member )
It looks genuine and it shows up on the phone as 29.23GB - I have loaded a lot of films and music which all plays ok and in settings it shows 14GB still free. My initial concern was that Moborobo file manager didnt always upload to it (but then that nice programme is still a bit flakey) I uploaded everything direct from windows through the USB cable without any conversion.
Hopefully I have a good (genuine or not) one
lol its common sense. u bought it from ebay + it was cheap....
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How do you test them using CystalDiscInfo? Can you test it when it is in the phone?
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No, you've gotta use Crystaldiskmark via a card reader on laptop or pc.
jdhommert said:
ok yes i know amazon has a policy like that, so does ebay but its still possible and has happened numerous times to people if you read the reviews
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So true. Its a shame we do not live in an ideal world :laugh:
Lpuboy87 said:
I just ordered my sd card today after I seen this thread...hope I get a legit card. I got it from here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006Y61KY4/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
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Check transfer speeds with Crystaldiskmark, or when transferring files using explorer.
gbswales said:
Well I have looked through the Amazon UK store and cannot find any 32GB micro SD cards that are actually sold by Amazon. There are many that look as if they are but if you read the small print it says "fullfilled by Amazon". You are not buying from Amazon "fullfilled by" means only that a third party supplier is using the amazon warehouse to store their stock, amazon pick and despatch but your legal contract is with the third party store and not Amazon.
The one I purchased was from a trade called Samsung 3D store UK (this forum wont let me post a link because I am a new member )
It looks genuine and it shows up on the phone as 29.23GB - I have loaded a lot of films and music which all plays ok and in settings it shows 14GB still free. My initial concern was that Moborobo file manager didnt always upload to it (but then that nice programme is still a bit flakey) I uploaded everything direct from windows through the USB cable without any conversion.
Hopefully I have a good (genuine or not) one
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I hope you get a good one too, so far things sound good, but the only way to find out is to test it or use CDM.
You must manually refresh your list on moboplayer and it'll find all your videos.
vince1234 said:
lol its common sense. u bought it from ebay + it was cheap....
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I beg to differ, ebay have on the most part been good, its only a handful of dodgy dealers that ruin the experience. Plus things on ebay are not necessarily cheaper. 32GB card I brought from both ebay and Amazon were both same price @ £19.99.
Sometimes its not even the seller that are dodgy, but the fact that they too got duped by a dodgy supplier selling fakes.
2 days in...
Update.
So up until I received my genuine card from amazon I was using the fake card for like 4 days...its now two days with the genuine card and I can report that there is a noticeable difference in speed.
The real world usage difference between 16r/6w vs. 20r/11w is quite noticeable.
The reason being, that for the most part you will be writing to the card, or at least that's when you'll notice the speed most. 6mb/s vs 11 mb/s
Even used during transfer via USB the difference is noticeable.
FYI, you will need a card that writes at the speed of at least least 6mb/s [Class 6] if you want to record 1080p HD videos to ExtSD.
Useful background info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital
Currently the best deal I found on an mSD card.
Hi guys,
64GB Sandisk class 10 mSD for just under £45 delivered.
If you can wait or are planning to get one for use after 04/07 I'd recommend this.
:good:
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/...ard-Class-10-with-Adapter/ListingDetails.html
I initially thought 32GB would be more than enough space, but a week on and I kinda wished that I'd brought the 64GB.
The reason for this.
- 2 hours Video Recording = 16GB
- my music alone already takes up 5GB [most are on 320kb/s quality]
- one way to truly appreciate the screen quality on the S3 is by using MKV video files which are like 800-1000MB for 25 mins, and a typical full length movie is approx 4GB.
64GB uses exfat file system and is sdxc spec which is fastest you can get on an SD card. Sandisk is one of the best names out there for SD card technology.
Who knows, I may just end up getting a 64GB card also
Let me know what you guys think?
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Well I have looked through the Amazon UK store and cannot find any 32GB micro SD cards that are actually sold by Amazon.
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Hi I ordered a 32Gb Sandisk direct from Amazon yesterday although looks to be out of stock now, not a reseller btw. http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-32G...KLEK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340572521&sr=8-1 Click on 6new under main info and you can buy from Amazon instead of a potential dodgy reseller. Was £22.50 when I bought mine although only had a few left when I ordered.
You can use SD Tools with your phone to check your microSD card:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEwOSwiYWxlcy52ZWx1c2Nlay5zZHRvb2xzIl0.
AnTuTu will do the same:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwyLDEwOSwiY29tLmFudHV0dS5BQmVuY2hNYXJrIl0.
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I got an email back on it...
Please be aware that the following listing:
250728064101 - ²SanDisk² ²32GB ²microSDHC ²Card 32 GB ²SD ²microSD ²HC
We're writing to let you know that we removed the listing for the following item that you bid on or won:
250728064101 - ²SanDisk² ²32GB ²microSDHC ²Card 32 GB ²SD ²microSD ²HC
Most items listed on eBay are legitimate, and there are many things we do to protect our members from buying items that aren't. One thing we do is remove items reported to us as allegedly infringing through the eBay VeRO program.
In this case, we removed the listing because the copyright or trademark owner of this product reported that they believe the item may not be authentic.
class 2. looking forward to you getting it.
I took my chances with it too. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks for the heads up!
I am holding back...he is also selling 256gb flash drives...
jarod73 said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/SanDisk-32GB-mi...728064101QQcategoryZ50503QQvarZQQcmdZViewItem
Usually I say when it's too good to be true ignore it.. but this was just too much to passup.. $19.99 for this 32gig card! Figured I would share.. I'll give yall a heads up about it when I receive it
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This reminds me of the chinese 3500 mah batteries I bought on eBay that don't hold a charge as long as my 1500 mah stock battery. But $20 for a 32 gig card? I hope you back up your data If someone sold me a new Porsche for $10,000 I would assume the engine might be missing.
jarod73 said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/SanDisk-32GB-mi...728064101QQcategoryZ50503QQvarZQQcmdZViewItem
Usually I say when it's too good to be true ignore it.. but this was just too much to passup.. $19.99 for this 32gig card! Figured I would share.. I'll give yall a heads up about it when I receive it
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lol I just got this email, guess i need to get my money back, sometimes it's better to listen to your gut:
Please be aware that the following listing:
250728064101 - ²SanDisk² ²32GB ²microSDHC ²Card 32 GB ²SD ²microSD ²HC
We're writing to let you know that we removed the listing for the following item that you bid on or won:
250728064101 - ²SanDisk² ²32GB ²microSDHC ²Card 32 GB ²SD ²microSD ²HC
Most items listed on eBay are legitimate, and there are many things we do to protect our members from buying items that aren't. One thing we do is remove items reported to us as allegedly infringing through the eBay VeRO program.
In this case, we removed the listing because the copyright or trademark owner of this product reported that they believe the item may not be authentic.
I bought a 16GB Kingston SDHC Class 6. It showed up and it was acting weird while I tried to transfer files. It got corrupted, so I spent a few hours trying to properly format it back to 16GB, but it would only format to 8GB.
I checked the packaging (everything was written in Chinese) and the card smelled like formaldehyde or super glue. The hologram was not actually a hologram. I contacted the seller and reported him to Ebay for selling fakes. He had good ratings with like 4000 sales and only 3 bad reports. He told me that it happens, occasionally they pick up fakes, they try to do occasional testing, but again.... it happens.
Fakes are rampant on Ebay, I will reconsider next time to save a few dollars.
End result
I got my money back through ebay the beginning of this month
and today i received one of the two sd card that I ordered in November and a bracelet??? lol how weird
I have just bought this for my Desire:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/32GB-KINGSTON...AsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item230c6c00d1
(scroll down a little cuz the listing is over, but u still can see the description)
It says that it's a brand new 32GB class 6 microSD card by Kingston, but I could not find anything about it on the net. The only 32GB Kingston cards I could find were class 4.. so, can it possibly be a fake? The seller is with 100% positive and is from UK.. What do you guys think? Maybe it's sort of a new product still to be introduced or something?
Chances are is it not a class 6 as Kingston does not list it as a product available from them.
10 Year Warranty ? I 've never heard As far as i know here we only 've 5 years Warranty for SDCards I don't know much about UK One
Well, I'd take it even if it was a class4, I would be disappointed though. I'll of course let you know about how it all went when the card arrives.
More opinions perhaps?
pauliusba said:
Well, I'd take it even if it was a class4, I would be disappointed though. I'll of course let you know about how it all went when the card arrives.
More opinions perhaps?
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Sounds like a scammer.
Most high classed cards on eBay that are sold cheap usually are scams.
Say like you bought a 16gb card.. It would come as 3gb.
Master™ said:
Sounds like a scammer.
Most high classed cards on eBay that are sold cheap usually are scams.
Say like you bought a 16gb card.. It would come as 3gb.
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Well, then I just return it, and eBay offers buyers' protection, so I don't think I will lose a lot. Also, that seller really has sold a lot of things, has been on eBay since 2008 and has 99% positive feedback.. Do you really think he could be a scammer?
Also, 30 pounds is not THAT cheap, is it?
Here is feedback on the seller: http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=viraldarshna&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller
As you can see, I'm so hoping this is actually a good deal and not a problem sending things back and so on..
pauliusba said:
Well, then I just return it, and eBay offers buyers' protection, so I don't think I will lose a lot. Also, that seller really has sold a lot of things, has been on eBay since 2008 and has 99% positive feedback.. Do you really think he could be a scammer?
Also, 30 pounds is not THAT cheap, is it?
Here is feedback on the seller: http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=viraldarshna&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller
As you can see, I'm so hoping this is actually a good deal and not a problem sending things back and so on..
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That is extremely cheap.
16gb cards go from 70+ USD (52 euros)
I bought one as well - mine is coming from Japan however =)
Ebay item=220707787049 (I'm not allowed to post outside links yet since this is my first post.
True though that Kingston does not seem to have such a product... we'll see when it gets here =) If you get it sooner, could you post a speedtest?
Yeah, I'll do that. Hope we both get lucky with these cards..
Yeah me too. Mine has just been mailed, in about a week I'll report back =)
well.. I bought a similar item, a Kingston 32gb Class 6 SDHC. It was cheap, so I had to try. Got it today, and tried a few speed tests, and only got about 2 mb/second
made a complaint on ebay, and the seller is now offering me to send him the card back, so I can get a refund... I'm more interested in seeing, if this really is a 32gb card.. so I start to copy... this is going to take a while, so I will be back with more results later
So, is the capacity real?
Ok, so I got the card. The markings look cheap and fake, the packaging - too. But the card is indeed 32GB. And, of course, not class 6. Mor like class 4, though at the very beginning the writing speed was less than 4MB/s. I can't make up my mind if I should keep it. If it's really a class 4 card, it's okay. But I'm afraid that it may corrupt my data or eventually go bad.. So, is it safe to call it a class 4 card? What would you guys do, would you keep it? Rememeber, it's price was under 50 bucks, so maybe it's worth the bet?
I attached the benchmark of it.
Ok so, isnt there some benchmark that tests if the full card is undamaged and writable? If it isnt, you still got a cheap 32 gb card... right?
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Don't know if this test tests that. Dunno any other tests u can run on Ubuntu either.
It turned out to be a complete fake with less than 5GB available.. He is not getting his money. And nor is he getting that piece of **** back, for it belongs in a trash can.
I hope those *****es rot alive.
Sorry to hear that. Hopefully I will be a bit luckier. I'll report back when I've received mine...
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I bought that exact same card.
When the card arrived it was slow (around 1-2Mo/s instead of 6+) but after only 3 days of regular use it stopped working.
It wasn't recognised anymore by any reader (tested in PC, Wii, camera and Android phone) and I couldn't even format it.
So I had a close look at it and noticed the product number was SDC4/32GB which is in fact the product number of Kingston's class 4 32GB micro SD. (since they never produced any class 6 32GB micro SD, only class 4 and 10). Also the inscription was a bit different from what I could see on goole image for Kingston microSD.
Finally I sent it back to the seller who gave me back my money.
Here's a pic of the card: http : // hpics.li/09be9f2
Edit: As far as my opinion goes: this card was a fake, although it's just me and I can't really prove it.
Your picture is a proof.
So I just received mine as well, package looks real but no idea if it is... Will test it tonight, no computer nearby...
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Are these cards junk or worth buying? Never heard of the brand, assume its a Chinese manufacturer.
Anyone have one of these, try them, good/bad experience with them?
Thx
Eat it iPhone said:
Are these cards junk or worth buying? Never heard of the brand, assume its a Chinese manufacturer.
Anyone have one of these, try them, good/bad experience with them?
Thx
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Memorette has been around for a while. They made blank cassette and video tapes, and now also make blank dvds and cds.
I have Clear & Present Danger and The Rock recorded on a Memorette video tape. I don't have a VCR though..
Anyone else have any experience with the company and/or specifically their micro sd cards?
jasongthang said:
Memorette has been around for a while. They made blank cassette and video tapes, and now also make blank dvds and cds.
I have Clear & Present Danger and The Rock recorded on a Memorette video tape. I don't have a VCR though..
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Isn't that memorex?
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I had a Memorette 32GB Class 10, and mine didn't work at all. It wouldn't write past 4GB and it was slow. IMO, these are fakes.
eyeamfresh said:
Isn't that memorex?
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Correction: I have never heard of memorette.
Sorry about that hahah
itlnstln said:
I had a Memorette 32GB Class 10, and mine didn't work at all. It wouldn't write past 4GB and it was slow. IMO, these are fakes.
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Do you still have it by chance? Did you try reformatting it other than FAT32? Did it read the total capacity correctly?
Thx yes i do NOT mean memorex, they are relatively speaking a name brand. The brand is Memorette, which im sure is some chinese stuff...considering buying them but want to make sure they are worth buying.
They are a South Korean manufacturer of all sorts of data drives etc.
http://www.memorette.co.kr/english/
KB112 said:
They are a South Korean manufacturer of all sorts of data drives etc.
http://www.memorette.co.kr/english/
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Thx couldn't find a company site
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jasongthang said:
Correction: I have never heard of memorette.
Sorry about that hahah
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I always stick with high quality Panaphonic products. Or Sorny.
Yes, it's a well-known Korean manufacturer. The only question is: will you get original product of fake. I don't know how to see the difference when buying online.
Original Memorette cards should give you 11Mb/s write speed. Friend of mine bought this for $99 a time ago. You can find such cards for $45 on eBay but are they original...
Memorette 32GB
The 32GB MemorETTE cards can be purchased online for about $10 per card in quantities of 15.
How many people think that a $10 card with that capacity/Class 10 can actually exist in the year 2011?
I tend to think these are knock-offs.
Yeah at that price, what you are getting is most likely a 2 gb card that has been hacked to read 32gb. When you go to add your media or whatever, everything after 2gb is currupt and not really there since you ran out of space after the actual card size.
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Eat it iPhone said:
Are these cards junk or worth buying? Never heard of the brand, assume its a Chinese manufacturer.
Anyone have one of these, try them, good/bad experience with them?
Thx
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I have a 32 GB Sandisk class 10 in my EVO and it works badass.
Just FYI I bought this card off ebay and I have to say DO NOT BUY!! As it was mentioned some where else. it will write like 2 or so GB then all the rest of the data becomes corrupt. I am now currently in a depute about this card and all in order to get my Evo to be my end all MP3 player (which it already kinda was) with Google Music.
xcom923 said:
Just FYI I bought this card off ebay and I have to say DO NOT BUY!! As it was mentioned some where else. it will write like 2 or so GB then all the rest of the data becomes corrupt. I am now currently in a depute about this card and all in order to get my Evo to be my end all MP3 player (which it already kinda was) with Google Music.
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Hey, I bought this one as well, fake as it can be. I have also ongoing claim with Paypal regarding this. Looking at it afterwards it was too good to be true anyway.
I also had a bad experience with this product. I could put 32 gb worth of info on it but it would never read all of the info. I mostly used it for movies and I would put about 10-15 movies on it ( each movie about 1gb) but I would only be able to watch the first couple of movies once I put the card in my tablet. My computer and tablet would show that it had 32gb on it so I just though it was my device and not the card. I think I am screwed because I bought it 3 months ago. What Ebay seller did you Buy it from. Maybe if we all bought it from the same person then Paypal will allow me to open a case.
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I also had a bad experience with this product. I could put 32 gb worth of info on it but it would never read all of the info. I mostly used it for movies and I would put about 10-15 movies on it ( each movie about 1gb) but I would only be able to watch the first couple of movies once I put the card in my tablet. My computer and tablet would show that it had 32gb on it so I just though it was my device and not the card. I think I am screwed because I bought it 3 months ago. What Ebay seller did you Buy it from. Maybe if we all bought it from the same person then Paypal will allow me to open a case.
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Hi, I bought it from generalprixtop. I just got my money back from Paypal so the claim is definitely recognized. Hopefully u could get yours back as well, though 3 month is a long time. Why did u wait this long anyway?
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Hi, I bought it from generalprixtop. I just got my money back from Paypal so the claim is definitely recognized. Hopefully u could get yours back as well, though 3 month is a long time. Why did u wait this long anyway?
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I just thought that My G-Tablet wasn't reading the card correctl or the format of the movies wasn't working so I kind of gave up. I should have done a search to see if others were having problems.
I have one of these - 32gb memorette sdhc. Does not work well in my HTC Sensation. pictures start disappearing, video doesn't play back, carded apps begin to fail.
Now here's the odd bit - seems to work fine in Lumix G2 camera. Pics, video all stay just fine. Even when i put this in my phone after - the lumix G2 pics stayed on the chip and could be viewed on the phone fine but anything taken on the andriod phone started to become corrupt after a hour or so.
Can anyone else do this test??
***** I now think this is because the camera does add extra data so its not going over the 2gig which these cards are most likely to be. Got refunded anyway *****
Hi friends,
I want to buy a 32gb micro sd card but didn't decide to its class. As you know most of our sd cards have class 4 speed but i wonder if class 10 speeds up my desire z. I think i will move all my apps to sd. Would you buy class 10 and pay more or class 4 and pay less?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Speeds
So no, in our case, there won't be a difference between using a Class 10 vs a Class 4. It would be in your best interest if you got a 32GB Class 4 and save the cash then get a Class 10 and not use the speeds you paid for.
So which brand is the best for us? I don't want to pay more. I have searched eBay and found no brand oem cards which are cheap...
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Most electronic components are all made by several manufacturers. Companies buy from them and brand it as their own. Example: all consumer graphic cards for computers are either of nVidia or AMD/ATI. When you go shopping for one, however, there is Zotac, EVGA, Sapphire, BFG, Asus, etc.. but they're all just rebrands of the original.
My point being is that there is no such thing as 'best brand'. Sure some brands give you better warranty/service, but how much warranty/service are you going to need on a SD card? Just find the cheapest 32GB one you can find and take it.
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Most electronic components are all made by several manufacturers. Companies buy from them and brand it as their own. Example: all consumer graphic cards for computers are either of nVidia or AMD/ATI. When you go shopping for one, however, there is Zotac, EVGA, Sapphire, BFG, Asus, etc.. but they're all just rebrands of the original.
My point being is that there is no such thing as 'best brand'. Sure some brands give you better warranty/service, but how much warranty/service are you going to need on a SD card? Just find the cheapest 32GB one you can find and take it.
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I will keep your advices and buy an sd card which i found. Thank you for helping me.
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Deadly Sto(R)m said:
So which brand is the best for us? I don't want to pay more. I have searched eBay and found no brand oem cards which are cheap...
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DO NOT waste your time buying a Micro-SD card from eBay. Many of them are counterfeits, and you unfortunately have no way of telling the legit ones from the frauds. The counterfeits are skillfully mislabeled to depict higher Class and GB capacity then they actually are capable of, and will even report the "wrong" GB capacity on your phone or PC. For instance, a 2 GB card will be misrepresented as 32 GB, and even say on your phone and PC that its 32 GB. But when you actually try to move files, it will be okay until the 2 GB is used up, then you will get an error.
If you look around the Accessories subforum, you will find several posts by different folks who have been ripped off this way. Stick to legit vendors. Not sure who you have available in your area. But Newegg is reliable, does not sell counterfeit goods, and have excellent customer service if a return is needed for some reason.
Athrun88 said:
Most electronic components are all made by several manufacturers. Companies buy from them and brand it as their own. Example: all consumer graphic cards for computers are either of nVidia or AMD/ATI. When you go shopping for one, however, there is Zotac, EVGA, Sapphire, BFG, Asus, etc.. but they're all just rebrands of the original.
My point being is that there is no such thing as 'best brand'. Sure some brands give you better warranty/service, but how much warranty/service are you going to need on a SD card? Just find the cheapest 32GB one you can find and take it.
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Your video card example is not correct. While Nvidia supplies the GPU chipset and has a reference design for the card, the manufacturers you mention almost always diverge from the reference design, and come up with their own card layout, cooling solutions, and do the remainder of the manufacturing.
And while SD memory is probably only actually manufactured by a finite number of several companies, it doesn't mean that they are all the same quality. I've used at least 3 different cards from Sandisk, with no issues, and many other Sandisk buyers will tell you the same. If you read posts from people with SD issues, its almost always from the lesser known, cheaper brands (or counterfeits bought on eBay, as I mentioned in my post above). My recommendation is Sandisk.
You can try for cheaper brand to save a few bucks, and you will probably be fine. But the difference in cost is not significant to me, compared to the potential hassle of losing my data and having to exchange SD cards due to problems. Better to spend a little more, and never have to worry about such things.
hey guys am looking to purchase a memory card but ive ran into a bit of a problem
these are the memory cards ive been looking at
this one is a sandisk ultra micro sdxc
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-mic...keywords=sandisk+micro+sd+64gb#productDetails
and this one is a sandisk extreme micro sdhc
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-SDS...sr=1-5&keywords=sandisk+extreme+micro+sd+64gb
now the ultra is 64gb and the extreme is 32gb as thats the price range am willing to spend now the question is, is it worth it getting the extreme card as at the end of the day yes it has a higher transfer speed but its smaller than the ultra and for a mobile phone will i notice a difference in the transfer speed is it worth it getting the extreme one over the ultra? what do you guys think? as i carnt really afford the 64gb extreme memory card at the moment
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Currently I'm running on 64gb ultra from SanDisk, and it is fast enough for everything You would do on mobile device such as HTC One M8. If I was You, I would go for 64gb if You have them in more less same price range.
Two days ago I brought on popular auctions site extreme ver. of same 64gb micro SD I'm using currently, still waiting for parcel. It is from HK, so it might take up to three weeks to arrive, but if You want I can report back here (compare them both in every day use), price was very tasty like for 64gb.
The bottom line is, it all depends what You will use that card for. Do You need 64gb of extra storage, will You have dual boot, etc. I can't really see much difference between ultra and extreme in every day use.
no worries buddy il be using the memory card for storing pictures on and playing music that will be stored on the memory card am not doing fancy things with the phone like dual boot or custom roms or anything as am happy as the way it runs stock tbh
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Currently I'm running on 64gb ultra from SanDisk, and it is fast enough for everything You would do on mobile device such as HTC One M8. If I was You, I would go for 64gb if You have them in more less same price range.
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I'd probably go with the same advice. As long as the card is fast enough for Zoes (which Class 10 should be) its good for anything on the phone. And double the capacity for £7 looks like a good deal.
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Two days ago I brought on popular auctions site extreme ver. of same 64gb micro SD I'm using currently, still waiting for parcel. It is from HK, so it might take up to three weeks to arrive, but if You want I can report back here (compare them both in every day use), price was very tasty like for 64gb.
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I'd be very cautious about buying SD cards from auction websites, or any source where the reputation is at all questionable. Sites like eBay are awash with counterfeit SD. Its just too easy to mark a card as higher capacity or speed class and jack up the price. The cards will even read the "fake" capacity on your device, but fail when you try to move files exceeding the actual capacity.
Personally, I would rather spend a bit more at a reputable vendor like Amazon or Newegg rather than worry about such things. Vendors that reliably deal genuine goods; and have a solid customer support reputation on the off-chance that something does go wrong.
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I'd be very cautious about buying SD cards from auction websites, or any source where the reputation is at all questionable. Sites like eBay are awash with counterfeit SD. Its just too easy to mark a card as higher capacity or speed class and jack up the price. The cards will even read the "fake" capacity on your device, but fail when you try to move files exceeding the actual capacity.
Personally, I would rather spend a bit more at a reputable vendor like Amazon or Newegg rather than worry about such things. Vendors that reliably deal genuine goods; and have a solid customer support reputation on the off-chance that something does go wrong.
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Well, still looking for 64gb one due to eBay member I brought them from was thrown out from site. Had my money back. Personally I like to buy things like SD cards from countries where they are made, in most cases You will have free P&P, and if You not tight with th time it is the best deal out there. This time I went for bit dodgy seller only because the price , it was very low - so I was prepared to loss all money. But if You have some sellers there who after 5000 - 10000 of sold items still have 100% positive feedback - You can't go wrong there. I used to sell on site like eBay, and I know it is very hard to make some people happy, even ed hen You will do everything right.
I have an unbranded 64gb class10 I got on eBay for about 10$ and its fantastic, the transfer speeds are are expected for a class 10 too.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151417801693&alt=web Plus the seller says they will replace it if it doesn't work properly. I have mine filled to about 75% about 47gb and have recommended the seller to at least 5 personal friends who all bought at least one and are satisfied. With eBay follow the seller rating if a seller has 500+ reviews with only a few naysayers then you should be fine, also look into return policies pick a seller who has a good rating, good return policy and good prices and your golden.
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With eBay follow the seller rating if a seller has 500+ reviews with only a few naysayers then you should be fine, also look into return policies pick a seller who has a good rating, good return policy and good prices and your golden.
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I'll agree with that (as well as some of the similar statements in the post above yours). I mentioned being cautions buying from vendors with questionable reputation. But obviously, eBay rating (especially very high, with a decent number of transactions) qualifies as "reputation".
And yes, I would not even bother buying products like this unless their is a good return policy. You also have to weight in the time/hassle of such returns, particularly for foreign sellers (not applicable in your case). For me, I'd often prefer to just buy from a vendor like Amazon or Newegg, where I know the probability of even needed to utilize their return policy is low. Just my preference, I'd rather spend a little extra to not have to worry about the time and hassle of a return. But I also recognize that everyone has different preferences in that regard.