4GB mini SD cards

[RFI4U]

Finally sweet victory!!!
After two failed 4gb TopRam cards I finally got my $$ back and ordered
one from super3cshopping and it arrived today.
I dropped it in the phone and TADA instant recognition.
3 movies and a few hundred songs uploaded with no issues at all.

[Dustinco]

Originally Posted by RFI4U

Finally sweet victory!!!
After two failed 4gb TopRam cards I finally got my $$ back and ordered
one from super3cshopping and it arrived today.
I dropped it in the phone and TADA instant recognition.
3 movies and a few hundred songs uploaded with no issues at all.

so far, my super3cshopping 4MB card has worked flawless!!!! If I were to buy another one for some reason, I would go through him. SUPER CHEAP TOO!!! I think i did buy it now for $36 + Shipping!!!

[mspence]

Originally Posted by bcutlerj

Yes indeed. 2GB and some 4GB Mini SD cards work with the Q. I just got a 4 in the mail last night and it worked OOTB. No formatting required. This thread is full of mixed results and cautions not to use Topram cards. That said, seems like any two and many-a-4 are yielding favorable results. Enjoy.

B.

Thanks, I must have gotten a defective card from Fleebay. I am working to get it replaced. Thanks for your post.

[BigOrange]

Hello all, this is my first post here. Just ordered my Moto Q on the SERO plan for 79.00 with 100.00 MIR, 1250 minutes, free unlimited text, free sprint vision, yada yada for 49.99 month! Seemed like a no brainer even thought I have Cricket now and unlimited minutes. Both my wife and I are getting the Q.

Figured I would search to see if the 2GB max was for real, and found this thread! Thanks! Ordered one 4gb- http://memorysuppliers.stores.yahoo....t4gbmised.html for me, and one 2gb for the wife since she knows no different. lol


Any other suggestions for add ons I need? Phone ships 2 day Fed Ex Tommorrow.

[lukemacneil]

Before reading this thread, I ordered a 4GB sdcard off of ebay, and luckily, it worked when I plugged it in.

I have noticed some unreliable performance issues though.
To add a layer of complexity I am a linux user.

First, I let the Q format the card, I wasn't given filesystem option, so it just went with its default fat16 I assume... And it worked fine for a while. I pulled the card out, threw it in my desktop and copied some files over... all good.

Then about a week later, I went to search for some mp3s I had on the card... and it prompted to format again. I checked in the desktop to see if it was flipping out or not... and behold.. the card was hosed.

So I reformatted it, copied my stuff back over and whatnot..

Then this morning, I threw the card in my desktop and tried to copy some movies over to it and... it mounted as read only.

I checked to see if the lock was engaged and it was not...

Searching in the log files I found this:

FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sda5)
fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 111177867)

so.. as we speak I'm running an fsck.vfat -ta /dev/sda5 (scandisk) on it to mark any bad sectors.

I could have got a bum card, or support for it could be flakey.
I'll see if this clears up the weird issues and report when I have more information.

-Luke MacNeil
www.lukemacneil.com

[bobsmithflys]

As a newbie, both to the forum and to the Moto Q, I still don't understand what mini SD 4GB cards work, if any, and if a certain card does work, can it be "high capacity." Can someone boil down the voluminous opinions?

Thank you.

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by bobsmithflys

As a newbie, both to the forum and to the Moto Q, I still don't understand what mini SD 4GB cards work, if any, and if a certain card does work, can it be "high capacity."

High Capacity (HC) cards will not work. For other 4 GB cards, it's a crap shoot. If you don't feel lucky, see what other users are having success with and order from those places.

Steve

[shaun0207]

Anybody tired the 4GB MicroSD using a MiniSD adaptor? My 1GB works with no problem

[kaidomac]

Originally Posted by Dustinco

I am new to the Q world because i got mine in the mail yesterday, ordered used off ebay. I went ahead and ordered a 4mb card off of ebay because I just assumed it would work until a friend said it wouldn't. Thats when i stumbled across this sight and saw hope. I received my phone yesterday and my 4mb mini SD today, i was worried that it may not work after reading these threads. To my surprise, IT WORKED!!!! RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX TOO, NO FORMATTING!!! Everything works normally and WMP worked just fine when i added TV shows and music (says i have 3.88GB of free space!!!)!! I got the card for $36, $41 with shipping (GREAT DEAL CONSIDERING Radio Shack Told me $100 For A 2MB!!). The ebay seller that i got it from is named techglobal and he has more of these cards. here is the link of all the 4mb mini SD cards that this seller has... http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&frpp=25&from=R10&s atitle=4gb+mini+sd&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&sadis=200&fpos=31520&ftrt=1&ftrv=1 &saprclo=&saprchi=&seller=1&sass=techglobal&fsop=3 %26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypa ge=search&fgtp=
Let me know if you decide to order and if so....if it works!?! IM AM SYKED ABOUT ALL THIS SPACE!!!! I also ordered a 4mb card from super3cshopping, the "optomized" card, for my girl freind. I will let you know how this one works when i receive it!!!!! GOOD LUCK, HOPE THIS HELPS THOSE LOOKING FOR A 4MB CARD THAT WORKS!!!!

I'm ordering one from that seller today for my new Black Q. I'll report back when I get it.

[dhellis]

I purchased my 4GB Mini Sd Card from FlashMemoryStore.com on 2/21/07 for $48.95 + $9.95 for 2 day shipping. For the most part it has worked flawlessly. I just plugged it in and started synchronizing using Winows Media Player.

At one point I had over 700 mp3, wma, and picture files on it. Then it began acting up. I erased everything and tried to resync it, but now it only seems to take half as much stuff to fill it up.

According to Memory Manager I still have 3.88 GB of storage. I also noted that at some point ,The Q I am assuming, formatted the card with a file system of sorts, e.g., My_Flix, My_Mp3s, etc. Any ideas on what might have happened to my capacitu?