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8GB Sony M2 Troubles? |
juniji
Joined: Apr 24, 2007
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I've just purchased the new 8GB M2 from Sony.
I've had a few issues inserting into my W760. It goes in, but makes a noise like I'm breaking something. My SanDisk card has no issues.
Also the USB reader it comes with heats up when transferring my MP3.
Anyone else see any problems?
Thanks
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max_wedge
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no problems here. I use both SDHC and M2 in my micro reader, both 8GB |
djin
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Well my friend didnt experience any problem in his 8gb m2. ITs pretty normal for the card to get heated up when transfering. So i dont think yours has any problem. The noise while inserting in your phone might be that of the spring. |
strizlow800
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
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Well just try filling it up fully and see if you really use all 8GB of the memory. And you should be fine imo.
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joy1
Joined: Aug 04, 2008
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No problems here as well , just bought a Sandisk 8GB M2 for K810 , have already filled up 6GB with movies and music.No lags or slowdowns like others have suggested.My music is sorted in folders for each artist.Works great.
Who needs a N95 8GB now. |
strizlow800
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On 2008-08-30 18:50:38, joy1 wrote:
Who needs a N95 8GB now.
Hats off. I was about to say the same thing... Had some people arguing with about the phones with 8gb built in memory. Now the time has come where 8gb memory cards will take over those 8gb phones. 
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max_wedge
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so true. I'll be ready for the 16GB when it comes out here, just about filled the 8GB.
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strizlow800
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16GB card on phone.. That's big deal indeed. Actually I wonder which filesystem formatting will it have and will it be compatible with most DB2020 and 3150 phones? 
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max_wedge
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fat32, same as now.
fat32 can support partition sizes up to 2TB, however Windows can only format partitions that are 32GB or smaller, so from a practical point of view, when memory sizes larger than 32GB come out devices will need to support NTFS if they are to maintain native support in windows (and both memorystick and SD architecture will require updating also, since both are limited to 32GB addressable memory)
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strizlow800
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Does that mean that DB2010 and DB3150 phones will be able to read cards up to 32GB?
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max_wedge
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yep! 
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Spattinson
Joined: Jan 10, 2007
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@max_wedge: while windows will only format fat32 drives up to 32GB it will happily read/write from larger volumes. This is an artificial limitation placed by microsoft because they think you should be using NTFS for larger volumes.
when phones exceed this limit the easiest solution will be to simply format the card in the phone rather than the computer, thats is you dont have a mac or linux based computer which will format drives larger than 32GB. |
strizlow800
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On 2008-09-02 01:43:51, max_wedge wrote:
yep!
Yeah, that's great. Tnx for the info.
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max_wedge
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true, but above 8GB or so fat32 cluster sizes are more inefficient than ntfs.
However whether NTFS will become a standard supported by mobile phones who knows. The problems is that it's not just phones, since a phone's internal memory can use proprietary file systems and don't always use fat. It's the external memory support that is under question.
It would make sense to me that when we reach the 32GB limit, that broad compatibility that we have now not be lost. If a situation evolves where PC NTFS formatted memory cards have to be wiped and reformatted by a device just to share files with that device, consumers will rebel. On the other hand if NTFS support is incorporated into devices to allow for this, FAT32 will quickly fade out of use.
Even if Windows is patched to support fat32 formatting larger than 32GB, fat32 is not the long term answer for removable media format into the future. FAT32 is also limited to 4GB file sizes, which isn't an issue now, but with HD video capable phones with 32GB of storage it won't be so far fetched.
I don't know what the answers is, but I expect there will be a period where fat32 will continue until the device industry either converts to NTFS, or another file system is developed specifically for removable devices, which gains industry wide support. This support will be built into future windows versions. Sort of like the USB Mass Storage Protocol but for file systems.
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strizlow800
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Nice info there max... Well I hope a compatibility fix will be found between ntfs and fat cards when the 32gb limit is reached. 
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Posted: 2008-08-26 00:56
Sony Ericsson software/hardware support! 
