Received Gear VR - Samsung Gear VR

Just received my VR. When using it for the first, it prompts you to go through a set instructions which illustrates how to use the controls which are easy to use. It then takes you through a VR demo of different 360 video clips.
I would give the video quality a 7 out of 10 as you can clearly see the pixels but after watching for a while you forget they are present. I did insert the included 16gb micro sd card in my phone before inserting it into the headset.
I only used it for a about 15 minutes after which the phone was warm but i also had a large file being downloaded over lte at the same time which was already using up a lot of cpu.
The VR cinema was realistic and the 3d trailers included made it feel as if i was watching the trailer in an imax theater.
After adjusting the straps to the correct size feels comfortable.
I still have some more testing to do but overall I'm happy with it.
Ps. My note 4 is from tmobile.
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lucky you
Mine is from Verizon and it is sitting on my desk UNUSABLE. VZW are clowns.

Awesome, I ordered it last night. Should be here tomorrow! Don't forget to watch 3D videos on youtube.

dunndada said:
Mine is from Verizon and it is sitting on my desk UNUSABLE. VZW are clowns.
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Hopefully they update it soon.
boodies said:
Awesome, I ordered it last night. Should be here tomorrow! Don't forget to watch 3D videos on youtube.
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Is there a special app for that? How would i go about doing this?
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UGH
I cannot convey with words how annoying it is to have this thing and not be able to use it. VZW has no excuse as to why the software is not ready. This is not new, samsung was planning this during development of the phone.

dunndada said:
I cannot convey with words how annoying it is to have this thing and not be able to use it. VZW has no excuse as to why the software is not ready. This is not new, samsung was planning this during development of the phone.
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Samsung could have mentioned compatibility on their website too
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I have a 64GB MicroSD. Can I copy the contents of the 16GB so I don't have to keep swapping cards?

Thank you for the glimpse.. i was gonna order but Sprint hasnt even updated their Notes so it would be pointless....sigh.
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WOW
I must say that this thing is amazing. WOW

Yea, what's the deal with the SD Card, can we copy it to our own cards or do we have to keep interchanging them? Also when using the SD Card that came with it, does the ability to store our own content on the SD card work, or are we stuck installing 3d movies to our internal SD card ?

Can you copy mkv 3d side by side movie and play it in 3d?
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scoobrel said:
Is there a special app for that? How would i go about doing this?
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Ofcourse, here's the link. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Imax,+3D I've never done VR so I don't know how it'll look. The order is arriving tomorrow to my office, can't wait!
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Nizda1 said:
Yea, what's the deal with the SD Card, can we copy it to our own cards or do we have to keep interchanging them? Also when using the SD Card that came with it, does the ability to store our own content on the SD card work, or are we stuck installing 3d movies to our internal SD card ?
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I copied everything to my own 64GB MicroSD Card and it worked perfectly. There was about 12GB of 16GB used.

wow lucky you haha. can you test by any chance with a note edge pls lol

Sir, do you have a rooted phone? does it work with custom rom on T-Mobile? or do I have to go back to the stock rom? thanks.

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Can you copy mkv 3d side by side movie and play it in 3d?
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I copied a 3d sbs movie to the card and it played in the oculus theater.
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Sir, do you have a rooted phone? does it work with custom rom on T-Mobile? or do I have to go back to the stock rom? thanks.
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Im not sure, my phone phone was never rooted.
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avenging said:
wow lucky you haha. can you test by any chance with a note edge pls lol
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I tried it with my friend's note edge but it wouldn't fit.
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It looks like a few people already got thiers or have one coming today. I assume that was with next day shipping. I went with standard shipping and haven't gotten a tracking number yet. Has anyone gotten a tracking number with standard shipping?

juergen99 said:
It looks like a few people already got thiers or have one coming today. I assume that was with next day shipping. I went with standard shipping and haven't gotten a tracking number yet. Has anyone gotten a tracking number with standard shipping?
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Same here - standard shipping. My order still shows as new and no tracking.

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Same here - standard shipping. My order still shows as new and no tracking.
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Just received my shipping info from ATT.
They shipped it via UPS Ground from Ft. Worth, TX
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Usb otg without root access for nexus 7 found!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer
It may be read only, but its a place to store your media to use, and keep your internal memory for other stuff!
This app isn't mine, and I did not make t or have any input in development, I simpliky just found n Google play, just thought I'd say
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Looks interesting, but IMO cloud storage is more useful and easier.
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just lou said:
Looks interesting, but IMO cloud storage is more useful and easier.
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And IMO offline storage is more useful, especially on a Wifi-only device, but also for anyone else with a limited data plan on their phone or data connection capable tablet. Also, pretty sure a $9 16GB USB stick is more cost effective than pretty much any 16GB cloud storage option.
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There is actually a thread over in the Themes and Apps section that the developer made. He is really open to input. I like the app, as I don't have to root to use a flash drive with videos saved on it.
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Well, isn't that a kick in the teeth, because I just rooted last night simply to use USB OTG. At first I kind of felt "meh" over the read only factor, but then I got to thinking, am I really going to need to transfer from tablet to external media? I'd much rather transfer from external media to tablet, do what I need to do with watching whatever content I may have, then simply delete it off the tablet... no reason to transfer it back when it's the same darn file. Some people may have uses for having a 2 way setup, but I'm sure this will fit the bill for a lot of people. I do find it a considerable bummer that ext* file systems aren't supported, but meh.
Thank you thank you thank you!
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4z01235;30499855. said:
Also, pretty sure a $9 16GB USB stick is more cost effective than pretty much any 16GB cloud storage option.
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How is $9 for $16GB more cost effective than the almost 50GB's I have online for free?
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just lou said:
How is $9 for $16GB more cost effective than the almost 50GB's I have online for free?
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Dropbox? 50gb...for 2 years...
Nice find! I travel with my Nexus and having the videos accessible from a USB drive on the airplane is great. Wifi on a plane is good for Facebook and email,nothing else.
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I grabbed this app. I am new to Android so seeing how people can just make apps to actually add more hardware features is amazing to me.
Not showing up when clicking the link??!!
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Not showing up when clicking the link??!!
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It not available any longer grrrrr I missed out ..
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It will return soon, the dev is just flooded with emails and wanted to put a stop to new users until he gets caught up.
can we directly read data in the usb? for example pdf files and media files?
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can we directly read data in the usb? for example pdf files and media files?
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It will return soon, the dev is just flooded with emails and wanted to put a stop to new users until he gets caught up.
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Thanks for the info
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i dont understand the bickering of cloud data. it is nice but i have 20 hours of plane flights coming up. cloud data will not be a very good solution for me compared to plugging a hard drive into my tablet.
Being a non-root user, this is great news for me. I always used splashtop to watch my videos directly from my computer, though it gave me no trouble, I would much rather have the movie with me.
Can't wait till the developer puts it back up.
What is the name of the app? Can anyone share the APK?
Downloaded Nexus Media Importer yesterday. It works as needed on my GNex, Nexus 7 and Xoom. No root necessary. Amazing! I'd pay for this app in a heartbeat! Sorry have no place to upload it.
Looks like the developer is now charging for it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer&hl=en

64GB card, can Galaxy Note use it??

Can the Galaxy Note use a 64GB memory card like the Galaxy SII, ?? I want to get the new Galaxy Note and use my 64GB card in it.
Thanks
I've read that it does work with the note. I'll.verify Friday. Ordered a 64GB class 10. I'll keep you updated
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Can the Galaxy Note use a 64GB memory card like the Galaxy SII, ?? I want to get the new Galaxy Note and use my 64GB card in it.
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Yes, it works. I have two micro SDXC 64gb cards (class 6 and 10) that both work well on the phone.
How much did you guys pay for those?
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How much did you guys pay for those?
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Class 6 I got late last year for $79 and Class 10 I got from Amazon when it was on sale for $50
Im clueless about the classes but the higher the class the faster or better quality the card is?
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Im clueless about the classes but the higher the class the faster or better quality the card is?
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Yes, the higher the class the faster the data read and write speed. but regardless, class 6 is plenty fast enough for anything you do on the phone. But since the price is so close to each other, I would suggest just getting the class 10. You can always use it on your digital camera (newer ones that support it) if you don't use it on the phone. fyi, make sure you format the drive in FAT32 (let the phone recognize the card first before putting it into your computer).
class 10
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...88154&sr=8-2&keywords=sandisk+64gb+micro+sdxc
class 6
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Mobil...88154&sr=8-1&keywords=sandisk+64gb+micro+sdxc
Nice thanks alot for the info
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update
Received my Sandisk 64gb Micro SDXC card today and it was a complete FAIL. Tried to format it in the note, it did not work. Kept saying sd card is blank or is in unreadable format. I tried to format it in FAT32 via CMD on my PC, did not work. I tried to format with other programs did not work. Spent the last 4 hours trying to get this to work to come to the conclusion that I must've received one that was part of the bad batch that was released to the public. I will be returning this one and exchange it. *sigh I'll likley have to wait until next week to try out the new one since its a holiday weekend.
My note wouldn't read it out of the box. I put it on my S2 and formatted it under settings. Then my note started reading it. So you can prob try a different Android phone and format it from the phone... I thought I had one from a bad batch too at first but that fixed it. now it works like a charm.
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Ill try that but i doubt it will work. My pc doesnt even recognize it. It shows it as a drive but it cant do anything with it. Format it, copy files to it...etc etc
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Did you buy it from eBay perchance?
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Did you buy it from eBay perchance?
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nope. i never use ebay. I don't trust it. I got it from amazon. I will say this though...amazon was just the middle man when I first bought it. I returned it already and will be getting a full refund while my new card will arrive tomorrow, but it was purchased from amazon directly this time.
Update. I got the new card and it wouldn't format on the note,but it formatted easily on my pc and works like a charm now. Only issue IM having is that it won't transfer.files above 8Mb/s. Not exactly the 30mb/s that it's rated it. Could be a number of other things causing this, but I'll update once I figure out why it's so slow.
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Update. I got the new card and it wouldn't format on the note,but it formatted easily on my pc and works like a charm now. Only issue IM having is that it won't transfer.files above 8Mb/s. Not exactly the 30mb/s that it's rated it. Could be a number of other things causing this, but I'll update once I figure out why it's so slow.
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UPDATE: new card, which isn't even 2 weeks old, failed on me today. JL;JAL;SDJFLJASLD
Weird.. Ive had mine for over a month and still working. Bought thru amazon. 64 gb and its red with grey. I would contact the seller
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atekone said:
Weird.. Ive had mine for over a month and still working. Bought thru amazon. 64 gb and its red with grey. I would contact the seller
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Seller is amazon. returning it and waiting for another one. *sigh. what format do you have your card in?
I just popped it in my s2 first then under settings i hit format right off the phone.. I originally put it in my note but it wouldn't read it. Wouldnt even load.. After i did the format on my s2 it worked. I uploaded movies, music and used about 70%of it and it runs smooth with no lags... Its a speed 10 btw not the six one idk if that makes a difference or not
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LG to make Nexus 5

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...-its-next-generation-nexus-android-smartphone
I spent all my money on a nexus 4 and I'm glad its been googles flagship for 5-6? Months. Its awesome, what could be better?
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I call balls.
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All I'm hoping for is a removable battery this time and larger internal sd card.
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ganon11000 said:
I spent all my money on a nexus 4 and I'm glad its been googles flagship for 5-6? Months. Its awesome, what could be better?
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It will continue to be their flagship phone until the October-December time frame when they usually release their newer models. Remember that Larry Page recently visited LG where they proposed their ideas just like last year, because that's how the nexus program works. I don't expect Google to release a new flagship phone until the end of the year especially since they just discussed a deal.
Yay, it'll still be the newest nexus for months to come
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I dont care much about the lack of SD card slot, but at least give us a 32gb model :fingers-crossed:
apparently...
Does it even matter if the Nexus 4 isn't the "newest" Nexus? It's more than powerful enough to handle many more Android versions to come, so at least we'll be updated.
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All I'm hoping for is a removable battery this time and larger internal sd card.
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Well you might get the larger SD card but 16gb is plenty you don't like storing stuff in the cloud.
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Well you might get the larger SD card but 16gb is plenty you don't like storing stuff in the cloud.
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It's a bit tough for those of us with large-ish music collections. Particularly if we rip at 320kbps bit rate. I'm constantly bumping against the limit. And I don't even have games on my N4. I'd gladly welcome a 32gb or 64gb variant of the next one.
Actually, I hope they stick with the "all glass" format. I think it's sexy.
Wireless charging orbs will not be for just one phone!!!!!!!!
Just hope they get that wireless charging car dock out soon.
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Well you might get the larger SD card but 16gb is plenty you don't like storing stuff in the cloud.
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Right because there are more and more service providers capping the data usage.
Cloud is NOT an alternative to local storage.
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Right because there are more and more service providers capping the data usage.
Cloud is NOT an alternative to local storage.
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Unfortunately, that's why I had to give up my N4. I live and work out in the boonies and unless I can store it on my device, most of the time I don't have access to it.
And, since Google did come out with a 32 GB N7 and dropped the 8 GB model after a while, I'm hoping they do the same with the N4. If they do, I'll be blowing my money on an another N4.
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Right because there are more and more service providers capping the data usage.
Cloud is NOT an alternative to local storage.
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T-Mobile is truly unlimited! So cloud is an option, or another option is don't buy phones with locked memory.
I went from a 32GB SD in my doubleshot to an 8GB N4, I stream all my music from google with no need for any more memory to fill with useless junk.
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I have 100gb of free cloud space, unofficial 4glte, and unlimited data. Why do I need a 64gb sd card? I thought only having 16gb was going to be a deal breaker I was way wrong.
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strapped365 said:
T-Mobile is truly unlimited! So cloud is an option, or another option is don't buy phones with locked memory.
I went from a 32GB SD in my doubleshot to an 8GB N4, I stream all my music from google with no need for any more memory to fill with useless junk.
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Cloud is not always an option. To be honest it makes listening to music annoying at best. Mainly if you live in a place where your data bounces in and out. As for unlimited T-mobile they still throttle you at a point so still not a viable option. Also cloud storage is still not accepted in alot of business so having a good amount of internal storage is a good thing.
We will not see an SD card slot until the average person get smarter. So dont count on it anytime soon
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Reality is simple, cloud storage is where we are all being steered toward. If you can't embrace it, or afford one of the cheap unlimited data packages offered, do yourself and everyone else a favor and buy a 64gb ipod. It floors me that people still feel the need to have 30 gigs of music on their phone.
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Why give up on convenience? it just requires a lot more work to delete and add the music you want to listen to today. Also, it's not only for music. People store games, applications, photos, videos etc on their phones too and 16/32 GB can be filled pretty fast with that stuff.
Sure, some things are "moving to the cloud", which doesn't mean that every new trend that's emerging somewhere is good. The "cloud" has way too many flaws to be considered an alternative to any kind of local storage.
First and foremost, there are a lot of privacy concerns.
Are you really going to confide all your private stuff to some company that is most likely based in another country where you have no or hardly any control about what really happens with all your data? Also, most companies are going to hand out information about you to governments without questioning it.
Furthermore, what happens if such company gets hacked? All your intimate stuff will be exposed to potentially malicious people.
Then, there can be loads of problems when you're trying to access your data.
What if your home internet goes down? Or you are in an area with no or only a slow connection? Maybe the host's website is inaccessible? Right, no access to your stuff.
The cloud is way to dependent on 3rd parties and other effects you have no control of. While everyone tries to increase their data's security and accessibility, the cloud is an enormous step backwards.
Last but not least, what if the cloud provider goes out of business or gets shut down by law enforcement like Megaupload did some time ago? Thousands of legitimate users lost all the stuff they entrusted to Megaupload and there is no way for them to get it back any time soon.
tl;dr: Don't blindly follow some obscure trend just because the media or anybody else tells you to.
I don't see a inconvenience, the cloud is a new technology, don't get stuck in the past. As for music and work I have no problems
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Unknown if s4 could support 128gb sdxc card. Would you get one if available? Discuss

I have a 64gb sandisk sdxc now, but normally have 24 to 32gb free on it. I typically like to store entire seasons of TV shows on the card and watch them in their entirety on the phone because it's easier than lugging around a laptop to watch shows. If the technology came out, and say it was $150 to $200 or less, and it was a very reputable manufacturer, would you drop that much money on a card? Personally, I would give it some serious thought if it did. If you have any experience in dealing with storage of shows that are over 32gb in size, you know the limitations of the available hardware these days. I'll find myself copying maybe half the season to the card, watching what I have on the phone, then copying the rest over once enough free space has opened up. Another thing to consider, the average ROM size due this phone is 1.5 to 2gb. I typically store roms on my external card too in case I ever need them.
If money was no object, yes. In the real world, no.
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I would, especially with ubuntu touch coming to are device(hopefully) sometime in the near future.
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Asop roms are only 185-200mb in size. Just another reason I prefer them over tw roms.
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I wouldn't until it became mainstream and the price came down. If I needed it bad enough I would just get another 64 card for less than $50 and be set.
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I wouldn't until it became mainstream and the price came down. If I needed it bad enough I would just get another 64 card for less than $50 and be set.
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Exactly, I don't see how people could use over 64 gbs on a sd card. I keep everything of mine in the cloud and I never use over a gb of my phone's internal storage. Personally, for me, I would not get a 128 gb card. I would never use close to that much data on my phone.
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You would be surprised at how fast you run out of space if u put full hd tv on this thing.
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As someone who loves music and only listens to lossless(flac)which a large portion of that is 24bit vinyl rips, a 64gb card hardly holds a single playlist for me. In fairness that playlist is almost 1400 songs.
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You would be surprised at how fast you run out of space if u put full hd tv on this thing.
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That's true, one season of lost 720p is 55gb
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klgd said:
As someone who loves music and only listens to lossless(flac)which a large portion of that is 24bit vinyl rips, a 64gb card hardly holds a single playlist for me. In fairness that playlist is almost 1400 songs.
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That's true, one season of lost 720p is 55gb
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That sounds like a lot. But then again, some of the stuff I've seen could be considered compressed too much for HD.
It's h264 mkv. None of that mp4 garbage.
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OccupyDemonoid said:
Exactly, I don't see how people could use over 64 gbs on a sd card. I keep everything of mine in the cloud and I never use over a gb of my phone's internal storage. Personally, for me, I would not get a 128 gb card. I would never use close to that much data on my phone.
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Sprint's network is going to have to get waaaay faster and waaaay more reliable before I even THINK about keeping everything in the cloud. I'm not in a 4g market, so there's just no way that could be a practical solution for me. I have about 25gb free on my 64gb card right now, but it fills up really quickly with nandroids and 1080p videos of my kids.
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maxpower7 said:
Sprint's network is going to have to get waaaay faster and waaaay more reliable before I even THINK about keeping everything in the cloud. I'm not in a 4g market, so there's just no way that could be a practical solution for me. I have about 25gb free on my 64gb card right now, but it fills up really quickly with nandroids and 1080p videos of my kids.
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Ah, I got spoiled on T-Mobile. I have everything on either my Dropbox, Box or OwnCloud account. If I didn't have HSPA+ every moment of the day, I would want to have a large SD card.
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I'd pick one up in a heartbeat. And for reference, I'm a college student with a part time job as a phone tech and a car payment. I have too many game emulators and roms on here. I've had to clear things out a lot recently. I also torrent extensively on my phone.
TLDR: yes I'd buy one.
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I recall seeing something about a Note 2 that had been modified to use a normal size SD card (and a very large battery) the SD card was 256gb and seemed to work fine from what I remember.
Here it is... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239413
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It's h264 mkv. None of that mp4 garbage.
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You mean AVI garbage? H264 and mp4... Ever used handbrake?
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You mean AVI garbage? H264 and mp4... Ever used handbrake?
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No havent used it, all I know is the tracker I use doesn't allow mp4 def not avi, everything is x264, vc-1 in an mkv container. I notice that mp4 blu ray ripps are about half the size of the mkv rips.
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It's all about much they compress it and how many sound channels they encode. I don't have the hardware to rip br. I've seen 30 to 50 GB straight m2ts rips from br that I converted to something more reasonable in size. Say a two to two and a half hour 1080p movie encoded down to around 5k video bitrate. The movie will come in around four gigs tops down from 50gb from the br disc with only stereo audio. Good enough for the hardware I have to watch it on.
Not possible because they dont exist
I have 51 gigs unused on my 64 gig sd card .Over 2500 photos and 23 hd videos and 4 roms and alot of games hd games. 128 gigs is crazy but for the right price
I would buy. You can never have to much memory, im sure I could find some use for that extra space.
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The hardware will support 128 and beyond. Software will as well. Just have to wait for them to go on sale. But yes the hardware will definitely support 128 no problem.
I'd probably get one if it was true class 10 speed. I know I would use the space. I don't put too much music on my phone anymore with Google play music allowing 20,000 songs uploaded. Plus with Google play music service you can listen to any album in full at anytime even if you don't own it. Love this service, blows everything else away.
But movies and torrents take up space fast. With 40mb+ LTE speeds everywhere now it's hard not to want to use it.
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On my 64Gb card currently:
2,273 songs (all MP3s at 320kbps) - that's roughly half my entire collection, but it's all the ones I care to have with me
88 ePub/PDF eBooks
1,384 photos (family photo album, not pictures from camera)
3,615 ROMs for various emulators (mostly 8-bits, but a couple of Playstation ISOs too)
25 HD videos (like the photos, not videos from camera)
1,867 high-quality wallpapers (which, ironically, I don't use anymore!)
8 ISOs for DriveDroid including Ubuntu, Windows XP, HawkPE, Hiren's and some others
34 podcasts I've yet to listen to (which reminds me... LOL)
187 Flash files
223 pictures and videos taken with the camera
249 documents (Office docs, text files, etc)
Some app data, but not a lot
With all of that, I still have 14Gb free on the thing!
TL;DR 64Gb does me just fine If the 128Gb was < $50 I probably would, but it'd be overkill.

Note 5 Owners Questions Thread

I figured I would make this thread so people who don't have the note 5 could ask owners questions. Camera questions, screen questions, performance questions!! Any questions!! Ask away!
How much usable memory is on the 64gb and 32 GB?
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Android_Fr3ak said:
How much usable memory is on the 64gb and 32 GB?
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I +1 this question
And
Is the fingerprint scanner a swipe type like the note 4?
i already have a bunch of stuff on it, so i can't say about the available storage fresh out off the box.
But for the fingerprint scanner - no, it's not swipe. just touch. i must say it's fast and accurate.
Hey hows the software? Can you open a few apps and switch betweem them smoothly?
Hoping the note doesnt have the ram problem the s6 did
Do ear buds come with the Verizon variant or do we get screwed again?
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I guess it depends how many apps - and which ones - you juggle with.
I did not restart my phone the last 48 hours. Now I successively open email (shared inbox), play store (my apps page), play newstand (any given feed), quickpick (a folder with ~ 1,000 pics), maps, freecell (and launch one game), the chive (and open one post), hangouts (one given conversation), habit browser (and open a heavy website).
Recent Apps open fast, the Note 4 lag is definitely gone.
Switching to the 10th app in the list shows it has been closed. the app re-loads. but where it was (same thread or page or folder etc.). So if the apps open fast, it's fast. if it's a slow loading app, it's slower. but you get back to where you were anyway. and slower does not necessarily mean slow. that phone is fast.
But if i stick to only the 4 or 5 most recent ones, it's pretty much instant, no reloading.
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Do ear buds come with the Verizon variant or do we get screwed again?
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Nope. No ear buds with my Verizon Note 5.
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Android_Fr3ak said:
I figured I would make this thread so people who don't have the note 5 could ask owners questions. Camera questions, screen questions, performance questions!! Any questions!! Ask away!
How much usable memory is on the 64gb and 32 GB?
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about 52gb free on the 64gb.
jonno95 said:
Nope. No ear buds with my Verizon Note 5.
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What the Frick!
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GreeleyXda said:
Hey hows the software? Can you open a few apps and switch betweem them smoothly?
Hoping the note doesnt have the ram problem the s6 did
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It runs smoothly for me. This is by far the quickest Samsung phone I have used.
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Hard decision , i have the 12gb edge on verizon.
I kinda want an unlucked bootloader tho,
Is the advanced messaging enabled on the note 5 already?
Android_Fr3ak said:
I figured I would make this thread so people who don't have the note 5 could ask owners questions. Camera questions, screen questions, performance questions!! Any questions!! Ask away!
How much usable memory is on the 64gb and 32 GB?
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I thought I would come back and leave this here. I guess I did install some stuff. Here is information on the storage for my 32gb.
I also wanted to come back and leave these. If anyone has any suggestions on what I can do to ensure a precise bench mark using Vallamo or Antutu let me know. Here are my results before and after encryption.
Slie said:
I thought I would come back and leave this here. I guess I did install some stuff. Here is information on the storage for my 32gb.
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Damn I have 16Gb of music on my s6 (102gb used out of 112.62gb)
I really would prefer the 32gb (price) but I'm not sure I can manage (32gb + 64gb otg storage)
Does anyone know which Languages the S Pen on the note 5 can handle. I.e. can it handle European Languages like Norwegian, even though a localized version will not be sold at the moment?
If anyone knows how to change the snooze to longer than 5 minutes please tell me. I'm not sure why they would make that the only option.
danon.brown said:
If anyone knows how to change the snooze to longer than 5 minutes please tell me. I'm not sure why they would make that the only option.
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+1 need to know aswell
BTW anyone started receive updates? have one 110mb one pending
Androider4Life said:
I +1 this question
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Is the fingerprint scanner a swipe type like the note 4?
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No, just hold your finger on it like the iPhone and S6
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