How much memory is taken by Touch Wiz? - Galaxy Tab S General

For those of you who already have it in your hands, how much memory all the crap from Samsung takes? I am deciding whether to buy the 16 gig version or wait for 32 GB version.

Why spend the extra $$$ on the 32? Just get a microSD card. It allows up to 128 Gigs. It's the cheaper way out. You get more for your money.

xRevilatioNx said:
Why spend the extra $$$ on the 32? Just get a microSD card. It allows up to 128 Gigs. It's the cheaper way out. You get more for your money.
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Because a lot of things can't be installed to the SD card.

Caelrie said:
Because a lot of things can't be installed to the SD card.
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That's the reason
Profit margin is huge for that additional 16GB but at least it is 16gb all freed up. Personally, I'd like to see a mSATA drive put in one.

I bought the 16gb from Amazon got it yesterday. After clicking the window on screen and it installed all the FREE goodies. I had 9gb left. I then installed basically nothing and had 7gb left.
You can go to APP and it shows "install to SD-Card" Yet lets say the program is 700mb and the app is 11. Lol it puts the APP on the sd-card yet leaves the 700mb file on storage (tablet). A tad backwards
So I sent it back and got the 32gb from BestBuy.

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12gb SD card

Does anyone know if it is compatible?
found here
yes cards up to 32gb will work
weav4444 said:
yes cards up to 32gb will work
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Crap, I didn't know that, I just bought an 8GB!
Haha..im thinking of getting a 8 since the 12gb is nearly double the price..although I usually have a ipod with me and won't be using my phone for a music player (until I have the battery time and sound quality) so i'm not sure what i'm going to use all that space for!
does the mogul also accepts up to 32gb?
xchaser said:
does the mogul also accepts up to 32gb?
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with proper software and drivers the mogul should theoretically be able to use up to 2tb, although ATM the 12gb is the largest available (16s should be out in june)
I'm not 100% sure but I do believe the SDHC spec (which is what allows sizes above 4 GB) has a 256 GB limit.
But that doesn't mean they can't come up with a new spec (SDHC2?) that will go beyond that. By then you will probably have a new phone anyway! LOL
Asphyx said:
I'm not 100% sure but I do believe the SDHC spec (which is what allows sizes above 4 GB) has a 256 GB limit.
But that doesn't mean they can't come up with a new spec (SDHC2?) that will go beyond that. By then you will probably have a new phone anyway! LOL
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because SDHC uses sector addressing it can go up to 2048gb, AFAIK the largest SDHC card right now is a regular SD at 32gb
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1205713862&sr=8-3
Amazon.com has 8GB MicroSDHC cards on sale for $50. SanDisk has allready announced the 16GB is coming out in June, but it's a steal at this price.
defaultdotxbe said:
with proper software and drivers the mogul should theoretically be able to use up to 2tb, although ATM the 12gb is the largest available (16s should be out in june)
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What proper software and drivers would I need for a 8-12 GB card. Browsing sites right now for best price on larger card but don't want to waste money on a card that won't work.
klbjr said:
What proper software and drivers would I need for a 8-12 GB card. Browsing sites right now for best price on larger card but don't want to waste money on a card that won't work.
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i know 8gb works with the drivers in the latest rom (theres a cab floating around too that will install them for 2.09 or earlier)
not sure about 12, if the current drivers cant handle it i doubt it will be long before there is a driver that does
I've upgraded to the new ROM, and got the 8GB card in the mail today. I threw it in my phone, and it works like a dream.
The only credit I will give Micro-whatever, and it pains me to do so, is their plug-and-play capabilities.
man for those 4 extra gb's of space they're trying to charge 3X what i got my 8gb for thats wild might as well get a seperate 4gb for 20 bucks. Amazon sells the 8gb for 50 bucks and 60 i could not justify paying an extra 100 bucks for that
I guess i'm lucky... i got a new sandisk 8GB SDHC for $32.45 (and that included shipping!) I just looked for an auction that ended at a weird time...
It even came with the usb adapter, woohoo!!!
BaseTwo said:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1205713862&sr=8-3
Amazon.com has 8GB MicroSDHC cards on sale for $50. SanDisk has allready announced the 16GB is coming out in June, but it's a steal at this price.
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This card is now down to $21 on Amazon. I just picked up one.
msswitch said:
This card is now down to $21 on Amazon. I just picked up one.
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I just got mine 8GB card in I paid 28 with shipping. Great price
I've got an 8GB now, which suits my needs. Wait a year and the 16's be dirt cheap. 32gbs will probably be getting down in price by then too.
I just got the 16 Gb for $80 and it works great under WM 6.1.
Devin
Nice price! Where did you buy it and what is the exact model?
I'm buying a Kingston 8 GB Micro-SD at buy.com for $20.96 and free shipping right now. Includes a small USB adapter, SD and Mini-SD adapters. You can find it by searching at buy.com for the model number: mbly/8gb

Clearing up space on internal storage, aside from uninstalling apps.

I currently have 20MB left on my internal storage. Besides using apps2sd (not going to do that on a class 2 16GB card, everything will probably run slow) and uninstalling apps, is there anyway to gain more?
Thanks in advanced.
Probably not. The N1 has a SET 512 RAM/ROM. Unless you do a2sd or uninstalling apps then theres no way.
futango said:
Probably not. The N1 has a SET 512 RAM/ROM. Unless you do a2sd or uninstalling apps then theres no way.
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seriously? I don't really have very many apps installed. I figured something else was eating up the space.
I guess I'll have to fork over $60 on higher class :/
Awhile ago. I bought an 8GB Class 6 Transcend from newegg for $15.
futango said:
Awhile ago. I bought an 8GB Class 6 Transcend from newegg for $15.
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yeah, I have an 8GB class 6 laying around somewhere.
I upgraded to a 16GB Class 2 for $30 because I've dropped my iPod and started using my N1 as my main multimedia device. My music collection alone is 8GB and at any given moment I have about 2GB worth of movies or TV shows.

Micro SD Card Hunt

Has anyone been able to find any good deals on a Micro SD Card for our Nooks? I am looking for a 16 or 32 gb. With a high class number 6 would be fine.
I don't know about good deal, but I went with this Kingston 16GB one (Class 10). It looks like it is priced about 45% of list price if that helps.
Homer
jerrygon said:
Has anyone been able to find any good deals on a Micro SD Card for our Nooks? I am looking for a 16 or 32 gb. With a high class number 6 would be fine.
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I use these sites and have pretty good luck. Should be able to get a 16GB CL10 for under $50. Hope it helps.
Meritline Sometimes slow shipping.
Supermediastore
Buy.com Sometimes you need to dig through the menus to find good deals.
just wondering
do you really need a high class sd micro what are the benifits as far as speed for movies music ?
trying to make a choice speed or size i mean is the speed only for running apps from sd card as i will more than likely just use it for movies and music thanks
This is probably the best price you'll find for a Class 6 without waiting around for a sale:
A-DATA 16GB Class 6
I have this one and have been very pleased with transfer speeds. My dad has the one above, and the speed are pretty comparable. The Class 10 writes a little faster (can get Win7 to report above 10 MB/s) but A-DATA is a better known brand than Wintec. By which I mean, Wintec is way cheaper than competitors:
Wintec 16GB Class 10
You're not going to be able to get a fast 32GB microSD without shelling out close to 100 bucks.
At local Target for $17.99, Lexar 8GB Class 4. Perfect for books.
I got a 16GB Class 4, Patriot brand MicroSD card for $27 off NewEgg.com. No Tax or Shipping. Arrived in my mailbox 3 days later. Worked fine out of the box without issue and seems to transfer about 3-4 Mbps when writing data to it. Class 6 or higher should be unnecessary unless you're recording live video to it or simply impatient I'd think.
I went for Class 10 as I plan to put apps on it to save space on the internal storage. I did that a lot with my old Palm.
Sent from the XDA app on my NC (1.0.1 w/A-n 2.12.25)
I just bought any old 16gb. Class 2. It's good enough for what I use it for. Video plays back fine on it. And I don't really see the point of apps2sd on this. I mean you have almost 1gb of space for apps.
no you only get roughly 400 to 500 megs before you can't install anything else on it. I have the same problem with my dInc.
Why is that? Doesn't it have ~5GB of user space?
Homer
Homer_S_xda said:
Why is that? Doesn't it have ~5GB of user space?
Homer
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not for apps. Mine shows a little less than 1gb available for apps. I've installed a ton of (smallish) games and I'm down to only 150mb or so free.
Xhorder said:
not for apps. Mine shows a little less than 1gb available for apps. I've installed a ton of (smallish) games and I'm down to only 150mb or so free.
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How do you check space left for apps?
fventura03 said:
How do you check space left for apps?
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I use Titanium Backup (paid), but I think the free version will show it too.
fventura03 said:
How do you check space left for apps?
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If you use a different home screen than the standard B&N one I use the mini info widget. Is free and takes up a 2x1 spot. Tells battery life, space left, and SD space left.
The only advangage of getting a high speed sd I see would be if one wanted to run ubuntu or the dev froyo. Nice speed boost.
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Weird. On my HTC Desire I have craploads of apps installed. I haven't gone under 600mb out of 1gb free.. Dunno how you can fill it up considering apps are so small.
FWIW, I now use a Wintec 16GB Class 10 in my MT4G and it has lived up to expectations. I tested it to write at better than 10 MB/s with CrystalDiskMark
The Nook inherited its SanDisk 8GB class 4... which is a solid card.
I'd buy the Wintec again in a heartbeat though... Its super affordable on Newegg.
BTW... USE DROPBOX!!!! if you don't have it... click my link and get an extra 250MB with your free 2GB account. Its soooo handy to have my extra files on the cloud. Especially my Titanium backups.
This will be coming soon if you want to wait. It's one of the first high class (6+) 32GB cards.
Lexar High Speed MicroSDHC 32 GB Class 10 Flash Memory Card with Reader
Thanks works great. I have about 650mb free. Plenty for me... also have an 8gb sd
cruxx said:
If you use a different home screen than the standard B&N one I use the mini info widget. Is free and takes up a 2x1 spot. Tells battery life, space left, and SD space left.
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32 GB Micro SDHC card?

Planning on picking up a 32GB micro SDHC card, to replace my current 8GB card, within the next two days.
Shooting for at least a class 4, which I will likely end up with, really don't feel like paying extra for a class 6 or 10 at the moment, especially for what I use it for (Music, Apps, Docs, Pics).
Just want to see if anyone else is rocking one yet, and if so which brand?
Thanks
ADATA 32GB Micro SDHC Flash Card with Adapter Model AUSDH32GCL10-RA1
Bought it on newegg for $70 and its a class 10. so far i am happy with it
I have a Kingston 16 GB class 4 in my Vivid. It works great for me, and was noticeably quicker loading the gallery and saving pictures on my old HTC Evo then the standard 8 GB class 2. I recall seeing some people having problems with class 6 & 10 in some phones, but don't remember the details.
32GB class 4 San disk work fine, currently i have no idea to fill it up with
Why stop at 32gb? SanDisk makes a 64GB micro SD card that is compatible... I'm using it right now, unfortunately I can't post the pic from the phone though... Google it also, if you order one, Google a discount code for 10% off and that'll cover most of shipping.
bwhitfield24 said:
Why stop at 32gb? SanDisk makes a 64GB micro SD card that is compatible... I'm using it right now, unfortunately I can't post the pic from the phone though... Google it also, if you order one, Google a discount code for 10% off and that'll cover most of shipping.
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is that an Ultra sdxc?
Yes, but it still works, you just have to let the phone format it the first time you install it...
bwhitfield24 said:
Yes, but it still works, you just have to let the phone format it the first time you install it...
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Great to hear, can we just dismount and use adapters to plug into a pc to transfer wiles at will? Does the formatting affect this ability?
I would do this quite a bit with my sdhc card.
now a good question, how much does this 64GB will cost you?
Here's a picture... I ordered mine directly from SanDisk, with the discount and plus shipping it was right around $220.
jngtt said:
now a good question, how much does this 64GB will cost you?
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Yeah... 265.00 on amazon... A little too much for me at this time
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Mobil...A2/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1321678145&sr=8-15
Cheaper straight from SanDisk...
http://sandisk.com/products/mobile1-memory-products/sandisk-ultra-microsdxc-card
I couldn't find the code I used, but found this in my order email...
As a thank you for shopping with us, please use promo code SDTHANKS10
on your next order to save 10%. This one-time use offer can not be combined with any other offers and expires on 1/1/2011.
i dont think 5x the cost for double the capacity is worth it
Well, my 32Gb sd card came in today, so I should go pick it up later today.
Are we given the option to format the card once placed into our phone?
...I have been looking around but haven't seen anything about it so fare...on HTC's site, the manual, etc...
Thanks
woa, what about class 10 not working? I have a class 10 8gb card that im planning on using (got it for like 10 bucks online 2 years ago). I really hope it works fine...phone comes tomorrow so lets see.
What I find amusing is that the Vivid is listed as having 16GB of memory. After OS install and bloatware that drops it to 8.83? wtf is that. Unless boot/recovery/radio all share which is highly doubtful and totally insecure
Class 10 doesn't necessarily mean faster speeds. It does mean faster speeds if you are transferring 8 gigs of music for example. But when it is in the phone, the random read/write speeds are actually worse than class 4. There is a thread on here somewhere about it.
...so how do we go about formatting them for our phone, or is it automatic?
(new to Android)
I grabbed a 32GB Class 10 on Black Friday for $40.
jngtt said:
i dont think 5x the cost for double the capacity is worth it
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I'm surprised that people even do that. I guess money doesn't mean much to some people.
StrangeShadow said:
...so how do we go about formatting them for our phone, or is it automatic?
(new to Android)
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It is automatic. The SD card probably comes preformatted with FAT32, which Android accepts. It'll do the folder architecture automatically.
Aus_Azn said:
I grabbed a 32GB Class 10 on Black Friday for $40.
It is automatic. The SD card probably comes preformatted with FAT32, which Android accepts. It'll do the folder architecture automatically.
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Grr...I missed that Deal...and I was looking for one through Black Friday too.
Thank you for the Formatting help.

128 vs 512

gonna pre order s10+, trying to decide if it worth it to get the 512 gb ram model for +$250
I know I can buy the microsd card for 512gb, which is a lot of cheaper, but i heard it a real pain to manage and move apps back and forth.
Can you record videos directly to the sdcard? Is there any real disadvantage to just getting the 128 and buying a 512 sdcard?
Read/Write operations executed from portable storage will generally fail to compare to UFS/NVME. Onboard storage is on a completely different level. What's more, we don't know how fast the SD card reader is yet. Notebookcheck normally runs IO benchmarks.
kongfranon said:
gonna pre order s10+, trying to decide if it worth it to get the 512 gb ram model for +$250
I know I can buy the microsd card for 512gb, which is a lot of cheaper, but i heard it a real pain to manage and move apps back and forth.
Can you record videos directly to the sdcard? Is there any real disadvantage to just getting the 128 and buying a 512 sdcard?
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I usually don't need much storage and I go for lower 128GB model, but if I need more storage later, than I can buy a fast SD Card and enjoy added storage. Added storage in my case would only be used for multimedia consumption such as mp3, photos and videos. If you buy a nice SD Card, then you can record 4k videos on it as it would be pretty fast.
If I would go for 512GB model, but not use it down the read, then it means I have wasted $250 for nothing.
kongfranon said:
gonna pre order s10+, trying to decide if it worth it to get the 512 gb ram model for +$250
I know I can buy the microsd card for 512gb, which is a lot of cheaper, but i heard it a real pain to manage and move apps back and forth.
Can you record videos directly to the sdcard? Is there any real disadvantage to just getting the 128 and buying a 512 sdcard?
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I wish there was a 512 ram version lol
I just record everything onto the onboard storage and just transfer to Micro SD after. No issues there for me.
kongfranon said:
gonna pre order s10+, trying to decide if it worth it to get the 512 gb ram model for +$250
I know I can buy the microsd card for 512gb, which is a lot of cheaper, but i heard it a real pain to manage and move apps back and forth.
Can you record videos directly to the sdcard? Is there any real disadvantage to just getting the 128 and buying a 512 sdcard?
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Yes, you can. https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/...-save-to-sd-card-instead-of-to-device-memory/

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