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[Q] 64gb sd card on Xperia Z?

Will a 64gb class 10 sd card work on my Xperia Z? because it says it will only support up to 32gb tried a 64gb on my Xperia V it works well even if it only supports up to 32gb but not mine still planning to buy if it works... anyone tried a 64gb yet? :/

Mine is 64 gb class10 SanDisk and out works fine.
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abd_alazeez2002 said:
Mine is 64 gb class10 SanDisk and out works fine.
Sent from my C6602 using xda app-developers app
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Ok thank you but do you have to reformat it to make it work? how much left after reformat?

BugXXXy said:
Ok thank you but do you have to reformat it to make it work? how much left after reformat?
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When I inserted my 64GB microSD (Sandisk) that was in my S3 4G into my XZ it didn't see it as being formatted. The XZ prompted me to format it, so I did.
Total space is 59.45GB
Available space is 54.75GB

shadowboy23 said:
When I inserted my 64GB microSD (Sandisk) that was in my S3 4G into my XZ it didn't see it as being formatted. The XZ prompted me to format it, so I did.
Total space is 59.45GB
Available space is 54.75GB
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Thanks going to buy one now..

I also bought a 64 gb from SanDisk.
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whats the price?

ethan3686 said:
whats the price?
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They are quite cheap, you can get them for like 50$ or something, though I wouldn't advice on buying from ebay.

64GB SD cards will work on any Android phone as long as it is in the FAT32 format.

there is a way to convert them to exFat

BugXXXy said:
Will a 64gb class 10 sd card work on my Xperia Z? because it says it will only support up to 32gb tried a 64gb on my Xperia V it works well even if it only supports up to 32gb but not mine still planning to buy if it works... anyone tried a 64gb yet? :/
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64 th works on xperia z if it is in fat32
Am using SanDisk 64 ums 1 class 10

XperiaZ and SanDisk Ultra® microSDXC 64GB
I have a SanDisk Ultra® microSDXC 64GB installed to my new smartphone Sony XperiaZ. The problem is while I want to see the files (videos and photos) of my Xperia Z via my PC (USB connection) some files are not appear. On the contrary, the files are visible when the micro SD in on the phone and also visible to the PC when I insert the card to my PC with an adapter. Do you have any idea why I have partial access to the files of the micro SD when is on the phone?

papageorge said:
I have a SanDisk Ultra® microSDXC 64GB installed to my new smartphone Sony XperiaZ. The problem is while I want to see the files (videos and photos) of my Xperia Z via my PC (USB connection) some files are not appear. On the contrary, the files are visible when the micro SD in on the phone and also visible to the PC when I insert the card to my PC with an adapter. Do you have any idea why I have partial access to the files of the micro SD when is on the phone?
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I also bought a sandisk micro SDXC 64 GB. a notification of memory card "SD card unexpectedly removed" several time. and the device just freeze when accessing files on sd. card. I'm using now 8 GB till I find how to solve the problem. I already format the sd card to fat 32. and doing it several times. if you find any thing regarding this subject please let me know.

Why dont u try and change it to exFAT instead of FAT 32? Check the method posted in GENEREAL section.
Here is the support for exFAT on XZ -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39123993#post39123993

gmc.acadia said:
I also bought a sandisk micro SDXC 64 GB. a notification of memory card "SD card unexpectedly removed" several time. and the device just freeze when accessing files on sd. card. I'm using now 8 GB till I find how to solve the problem. I already format the sd card to fat 32. and doing it several times. if you find any thing regarding this subject please let me know.
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I spoke with Sandisk explaining the issue and they told me to send it back and they will send me a new mini sd because this issue should not happen...I will let you know what will happen with the new but is highly unlikely that I will solve my problem...
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ethan3686 said:
Why dont u try and change it to exFAT instead of FAT 32? Check the method posted in GENEREAL section.
Here is the support for exFAT on XZ -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39123993#post39123993
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It is already formatted to exFAT...

Hi Guys,
Do you guys able to write to exFat formatted 64GB MicroSD card from Windows7/8? I mounted the card from XZ as a storage and I can see the content of the card but not able to perform any write operations.
Any advise?
Thanks.

I have a rather funny problem tho is that when I copy videos on the card, it wont play on my XZ the first time I insert the card, so I put it back in the card reader in the laptop, played every videos from start, and skip to the last minute, still plays, so no problem with sdcard, that 8gb videos, put back in to phone, and the videos now all plays perfect, wonder why that is.... this is with the 64gb sdxc
also when it doesnt play the video the phone loses the card then mount it back on again, gonna try exFat and see how that goes
result: no problem so far... copied all the backed up from old sdcard on t it, have album on screen while copying and everything pops up very quickly, all videos play perfect, all images perfect, 8gb on it so far, would take a while to fill the card

i bought a samsung 64gb with 70mbps read speed. The newest apparently... not sure if i feel for some marketing trick but whenever i read from sdcard i have never had any lag...
i recommend if you can afford the $70 - $90 price tag

[Q] Micro SDHC compatibility...

dont have the phone yet, going to get the tmobile one. Was wondering if the following microSDHC would work with it. Or should i get non HC cards?
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Micro...&qid=1373607420&sr=8-2&keywords=micro+sd+card

Of course it will work, but be careful with sandisk sd cards, they have tendency to lose connection with phone... Non HC cards are max. 2GB, so they are rather trash comparing to HC, or XC (64 GB) cards

Bairei said:
Of course they will work, but be careful with sandisk sd cards, they have tendency to lose connection with phone... Non HC cards are max. 2GB, so they are rather trash comparing to HC, or XC (64 GB) cards
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microSDXC technically maxes out at 2048 GB (2 TB). Also, I've never encountered this disconnection problem people keep talking about. Using a 64 GB SanDisk microSDXC in my phone. If yours does, I would recommend you take it back to the retailer to swap it out.
lilant510 said:
dont have the phone yet, going to get the tmobile one. Was wondering if the following microSDHC would work with it. Or should i get non HC cards?
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Micro...&qid=1373607420&sr=8-2&keywords=micro+sd+card
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Get one of these instead: http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/extreme-uhs-i/?capacity=32GB
It's their new series. While it wont reach its potential maximum in the Xperia Z, it will in your next phone.
You should know that the phone can take 64 GB cards without any problems. I have one of these in my phone and you can't go wrong with that card either. But as I said I would go for the faster card. If nothing else, the faster card will be MUCH quicker to backup into something which does support UHS-1 speeds, like most laptops and ultrabooks do these days.

Rekoil said:
microSDXC technically maxes out at 2048 GB (2 TB). Also, I've never encountered this disconnection problem people keep talking about. Using a 64 GB SanDisk microSDXC in my phone. If yours does, I would recommend you take it back to the retailer to swap it out.
Get one of these instead: http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/extreme-uhs-i/?capacity=32GB
It's their new series. While it wont reach its potential maximum in the Xperia Z, it will in your next phone.
You should know that the phone can take 64 GB cards without any problems. I have one of these in my phone and you can't go wrong with that card either. But as I said I would go for the faster card. If nothing else, the faster card will be MUCH quicker to backup into something which does support UHS-1 speeds, like most laptops and ultrabooks do these days.
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But from what I read online is that the max it supports is a 32gb?

lilant510 said:
But from what I read online is that the max it supports is a 32gb?
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In 4.2.2 changelog sony writes that Z has officially support for 64GB SDXC cards... In 4.1 as i heard you can also use them without any bugs

lilant510 said:
But from what I read online is that the max it supports is a 32gb?
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Lies, all lies, the reason behind the lies was that most 64GB microSDXC cards come pre-formatted to exFAT, and if people have used them in something else, sticking them in Android would cause them to be formatted, making users lose data. So they said "we don't support 64GB cards", even when theoretically the reader won't have any problems with 2048GB cards assuming such cards existed. OK, I don't know for a fact that 2TB cards would work (hard when they don't exist ), but a 256GB card likely wont cause any trouble for example. There was a guy who stuck a microSD to SD adapter in his Note II and used a 256GB SD card with that. Most likely the same will work on an XZ as the readers are quite indifferent to capacity as long as the cards adhere to a common format (in this case the SDXC standard). Obviously a microSD to SD adapter isn't practical with the XZ, but when larger cards come out they should work flawlessly in the XZ, as long as they are SDXC cards.
In 4.2. Sony added support for exFAT, since then the formatting problem wont occur so they thought it was safe enough to announce support I guess.
It annoys me a little when device specifications indicate a maximum filesystem size, because I know that is only dependant on which SD standard is in use (SDHC only supports up to 32GB) and on the filesystems available to the operating system. Really, when looking at device specifications, what should be indicated is which SD standards are accepted by the phone, and not the largest size the manufacturer has tested.

Bairei said:
In 4.2.2 changelog sony writes that Z has officially support for 64GB SDXC cards... In 4.1 as i heard you can also use them without any bugs
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Ahhh I see. But I'll be getting the tmobile version so it'll be 4.1.2.
Also you happen to know if I can use the volume button to take pictures or videos?

lilant510 said:
Ahhh I see. But I'll be getting the tmobile version so it'll be 4.1.2.
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It will still work, you'll just have to format it to FAT32 prior to using it. I would suggest backing up and formatting to exFAT again once the 4.2.2 update drops for T-Mobile, considering the benefits of that filesystem such as filesizes >4.5GB and better Unicode support.
lilant510 said:
Also you happen to know if I can use the volume button to take pictures or videos?
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Not using the stock camera app unfortunately.

i use exactly same cards (sandisk 32GB uhs1) it works fine for me
tried transcend cards too and still working

Rekoil said:
microSDXC technically maxes out at 2048 GB (2 TB). Also, I've never encountered this disconnection problem people keep talking about. Using a 64 GB SanDisk microSDXC in my phone. If yours does, I would recommend you take it back to the retailer to swap it out.
Get one of these instead: http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/extreme-uhs-i/?capacity=32GB
It's their new series. While it wont reach its potential maximum in the Xperia Z, it will in your next phone.
You should know that the phone can take 64 GB cards without any problems. I have one of these in my phone and you can't go wrong with that card either. But as I said I would go for the faster card. If nothing else, the faster card will be MUCH quicker to backup into something which does support UHS-1 speeds, like most laptops and ultrabooks do these days.
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How much did you get it for? Can't find it on amazon. I have amazon gift card. Lol

[Q] Best 32GB MicroSD to buy for Xperia Z?

Guys...
I am thinking of buying a 32GB Class 10 Micro SD for my Xperia Z...Just wanna know which one is good to buy from below..Thanks in advance..:angel::angel:
SANDISK-MOBILE-ULTRA-CLASS-10-32GB-MICRO-SDHC-SD-32G-MEMORY-UHS-I-U1
TOSHIBA-MICROSDHC-CLASS-10-32GB-32G-32-G-GB-MICRO-SD-HC-UHS-I-U1
TRANSCEND-MICRO-SDHC-PREMIUM-32GB-CLASS-10-UHS-I-U1-32G-32-G-GB-MICRO-SD
KINGSTON-MICRO-SD-MICRO-SDHC-C10-32GB-32G-32-G-CLASS-10

This one: http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/extreme-uhs-i/?capacity=64GB
...32GB is weak, go for 64GB instead.

Rekoil said:
This one: http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/extreme-uhs-i/?capacity=64GB
...32GB is weak, go for 64GB instead.
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im limited in my budget...so looking for a 32 GB..
which brand is good Sandisk/ Transend/ Kingston/ Toshiba

blacjack00 said:
im limited in my budget...so looking for a 32 GB..
which brand is good Sandisk/ Transend/ Kingston/ Toshiba
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Only used SanDisk so can't really comment on the others. In my experience they are pretty good, budget-wise you might be better off with a Transcend or something though.

Rekoil said:
Only used SanDisk so can't really comment on the others. In my experience they are pretty good, budget-wise you might be better off with a Transcend or something though.
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price is almost the same....thnx bro..
waiting for others comments...

blacjack00 said:
I am thinking of buying a 32GB Class 10 Micro SD for my Xperia Z...
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I have a corrupted new 64 GB Sandisk Ultra Class 10.
My advice is make a full search here in General and Q&A threads about SD Cards before buying, because a great number of Xperia users are unhappy with their incompatible / corrupted SD Cards, especially the SanDisk ones.

Definitely Sandisk (the ultra)I use them in all xperias, no issue so far altought I don't use the 64Go it's too big for my use, 32Go is enough.

http://www.myshopping.com.au/ZM--12...IA_Type_HD_32GB_microSDHC_UHS_I_Card_Class_10

Based on my experience, here is the rank I suggest:
1) Sandisk 2) Toshiba 3) Kingston 4) Transcend
...and I also strongly suggest, only choose between Sandisk and Toshiba.
Am currently using a Sandisk 64GB on my Z for media like songs and videos, which I carried along from my Note (my very first android; then followed by Ion / V / TX) since day one, and a 32GB one for Titanium's and NAND backups. Both never encounter any problem... so far.

thanks guys for the helpful comments....i will buy a sandisk 32 Gb...

guys i have ordered the SANDISK-MOBILE-ULTRA-CLASS-10-32GB-MICRO-SDHC-SD-32G-MEMORY-UHS-I-U1
jus wanna know how to format it for use...
1) Do i put it to phone and format?
2) Do i format it in PC with card reader?
Which type to format (NTFS/ exfat)
Thanx in advance..:angel::angel:

blacjack00 said:
guys i have ordered the SANDISK-MOBILE-ULTRA-CLASS-10-32GB-MICRO-SDHC-SD-32G-MEMORY-UHS-I-U1
jus wanna know how to format it for use...
1) Do i put it to phone and format?
2) Do i format it in PC with card reader?
Which type to format (NTFS/ exfat)
Thanx in advance..:angel::angel:
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Put it straight in the phone and it will do it all for you.

When I bought my Sandisk 32GB and 64GB, both were formated with FAT32 out of the box.
Problem with FAT32 is that it won't support over 4GB a file.
If you have no intention to put over 4GB a file (like video) onto the card, you can just leave it as is and use it right away without doing anything.
If you're planning to put over 4GB a file onto the card, format it with exFAT with you computer by using a card adapter. XZ can read exFAT natively since 4.2.2.
You can also format your card with NTFS. Like exFAT, it also supports over 4GB a file. However, XZ can't read this file system thus you need to root and install a third party app like "Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+" in order to read.
My suggestion is, use exFAT, since it's more versatile, and is natively supported.

[Q] About the 64GB SD card?

greetings all....
i just bought the XZR couple of days ago , it is really good phone , no problems yet..
how ever i`m going to buy a 64GB memory card for the phone , yet i have 2 questions before doing so:
1- since the phone used to support only up tp 32GB card , will i have to face problems with that in the future (i`m running the phone (5502) on 4.2 ,and no root is done)?
2- what to look for when shopping for a new SD card , is there any sort of infos or hint to pay attention to when choosing a card?
thanks..

There are three types of (micro) sd cards on the market
1) SD: up to 2GB
2) SDHC: 2GB~32GB
3) SDXC: 32GB~2TB ( technically )
The Xperia ZR doesn't support SDXC so you can have at most 32GB sd card
EDIT: XPERIA ZR adds support to 64GB SD card in 4.2 firmware
Also, there are speed classes for SD cards
Class 2 means it reads and writes at least 2MB/s
Class 4 for 4MB/s
Class 6 for 6MB/s
Class 10 for 10MB/s
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thanks alot , so class 10 is the target for me...
but what about the ability to support the 64GB card , this is what Sony says on its site
"Support for bigger (64GB) SD card so that you can store even more on your Xperia™"
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/phones/xperia-zr/

Xperia ZR can use the 64GB MicroSD Card,i am using.and ZR(Z) can supprot the exFAT format

Crag Hack said:
but what about the ability to support the 64GB card , this is what Sony says on its site
"Support for bigger (64GB) SD card so that you can store even more on your Xperia™"
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Oops didn't aware that
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There is also a speed rating called UHS-# where # is a number
Class shows minimum speed
And UHS-# tells maximum speed
see "Secure Digital" on wikipedia if interested
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Do.we have uhs support
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i think those 64gb cards only support upto 4gb per file also... if you have files that are larger, i dont think you can copy it over??? not sure so you have to check...
also, just be careful when you buy high capacity cards.. because some in the internet sells you fake ones... meaning, they might say it is 64 gb, but in reality they are only 2gb.

Thanks for the info..

i've just recived this card:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-100-Genuine-Original-Micro-SD-Card-128M-16-32G-64GB-Class-10-TF-Flash/1123956169.html
it is indeed 64GB and it cost only 12$, so far the card is working fine for 2 days hope it can last a year.
i copied 30gb into it so far as space seems to be as advertised. the card speed is not stellar, but is fine, when taking pictures it saves as fast as any other card, when copying big files it takes a while longer... but you can't have it all i guess... on day to day use it's not an issue.

shteren said:
i've just recived this card:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-100-Genuine-Original-Micro-SD-Card-128M-16-32G-64GB-Class-10-TF-Flash/1123956169.html
it is indeed 64GB and it cost only 12$, so far the card is working fine for 2 days hope it can last a year.
i copied 30gb into it so far as space seems to be as advertised. the card speed is not stellar, but is fine, when taking pictures it saves as fast as any other card, when copying big files it takes a while longer... but you can't have it all i guess... on day to day use it's not an issue.
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if can check with this and let us know pls
http://flashfakecentral.wordpress.com/testing-flash-memory-chips/h2testw-english/

Lasantha said:
if can check with this and let us know pls
http://flashfakecentral.wordpress.com/testing-flash-memory-chips/h2testw-english/
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sorry it's already in the device and i'd rather not take it in and out too often to not demmage the back cover and the sim and sdcard cradle...
if theres any android benchmark you want me to run i can try it, i tried two from the store, both say it has 64GB for real, one sais writing speed is 7 MBps and the other sais it's 2 MBps, and reading speed is 26 MBps.

shteren said:
sorry it's already in the device and i'd rather not take it in and out too often to not demmage the back cover and the sim and sdcard cradle...
if theres any android benchmark you want me to run i can try it, i tried two from the store, both say it has 64GB for real, one sais writing speed is 7 MBps and the other sais it's 2 MBps, and reading speed is 26 MBps.
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its ok.thanks.Bdw you can use that software in link with sd in phone.Just mount it as Mass storage.its in settings>xperia>usb

Mehh that card is crap nvm.... Lol don't buy it
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128gb SDXC + Xperia-Z working?

Hello has anyone here tested if the Xperia Z supports the new 128gb SDXC-Cards?
I know that officially the Xperia-Z just works with cards up to 32gb but have also already read about 64gb Cards being used without any problem.
And if it should work with 128gb cards, then i rather buy the 128 instead of the 64gb SDXC as those should be future-proof.

luluchambler said:
Hello has anyone here tested if the Xperia Z supports the new 128gb SDXC-Cards?
I know that officially the Xperia-Z just works with cards up to 32gb but have also already read about 64gb Cards being used without any problem.
And if it should work with 128gb cards, then i rather buy the 128 instead of the 64gb SDXC as those should be future-proof.
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It'd be great if it did. I know it works with 64GB cards as I've got one in mine at the moment. Sadly I can't afford to splash out on a 128GB card yet so I can't test.
Anybody else know?

Yea they are still kinda pricey, i guess it would still be more affordable to buy 2x64gb SDXC rather than one 128gb, but if you have a quite large music-collection there is no real alternative.
I was used to about 128gb (total capacity) on my old SGS3 before, and it was really convenient to have the music-library just a swipe away
Therefore iam looking for the same on the XperiaZ.
Lets see if someone here has the spare-parts to test

I too would like some feedback on this if possible, I am looking at buying a Xperia Z to go with my 128 GB MicroSD card I just bought, the ONLY use for this device will be as a media player, so don't want to get it for that intended use and it not do what I want.

I know this thread is almost a year old but I thought it's worth adding a new post to it.
I've just taken delivery of a 128GB SDXC card. It was on sale and I figured I'd risk it.
And it works! I slotted it into my XZ and suddenly I had huge amounts of storage space!
So yes, it works. Go get one now!!

Anyone tested 256gb micro sd on xperia z? ? I need one for countinous video recording.

mhdotcom said:
Anyone tested 256gb micro sd on xperia z? ? I need one for countinous video recording.
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Where did you get one of those from? I could do with a bigger card, mine is getting very full already..
It should work, in theory. Technically, if a phone can use a Micro SD card, it can use any capacity of Micro SD card.

Ticklefish said:
Where did you get one of those from? I could do with a bigger card, mine is getting very full already..
It should work, in theory. Technically, if a phone can use a Micro SD card, it can use any capacity of Micro SD card.
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No it depends on cpu and phone's ram. there could be unsupported sd card massage or some lag issues. even 1tb card is now available. I'm using a 64gb with no problem, but it's never enough for hd recording.
If you'd like to know the app for cvr try Recam.apk I don't know any better app, sth more complete eg for auto replacing old files and more quality options...