Help! i910 and 16gb Sandisk microSD - Compatible?

[Guest SARS151]

Hey I just got my Samsung i910 from Verizon and a 16gb microsd card. I installed it properly and the phone does not read it. It is able to read my old 510mb microsd. So I guessing the 16gb is not compatible. Does anyboy have this problem too? Or does anybody with a i910 have a 16gb microsd that works? Mine is the class 2 Sandisk microSDHC. Thanks.

[Guest Cyber2Fun]

Hey I just got my Samsung i910 from Verizon and a 16gb microsd card. I installed it properly and the phone does not read it. It is able to read my old 510mb microsd. So I guessing the 16gb is not compatible. Does anyboy have this problem too? Or does anybody with a i910 have a 16gb microsd that works? Mine is the class 2 Sandisk microSDHC. Thanks.

I think Omnia is only compatible to micro SDHC up to 8GB.

[Guest jcacuracl]

The Omnia i910 does support 16gb. What is the brand of your microSD card? I would try to reformat your microSD to FAT32 and try again. Good Luck!

[Guest dblaron123]

hello the omnia i910 is for sure compatible with and supports the 16gb micro sd card... i have one working in my phone now... if you have a card reader check it on your pc for any corrupt files or any thing stored on the card. make sure the card is not formatted and is completely empty... do not load anything to the card when it is out of the phone. the phone automatically formats the card. but all up loads to the card must be done while installed in the phone to be formatted correctly... use the cable and activesync to do so... also make sure if trying to save to the card you select /storage card/ and not /my storage/ since my storage is memory built into the phone

p.s. a 16 gb card realy is only about 14.88 gb

hope this helps

dblaron123, aaron

Edited January 25, 2009 by dblaron123

[Guest abu123]

I also have a working sandisk 16GB MicroSDHC card on my omnia. without any problem.

[Guest dwallersv]

hello the omnia i910 is for sure compatible with and supports the 16gb micro sd card... i have one working in my phone now... if you have a card reader check it on your pc for any corrupt files or any thing stored on the card. make sure the card is not formatted and is completely empty... do not load anything to the card when it is out of the phone. the phone automatically formats the card. but all up loads to the card must be done while installed in the phone to be formatted correctly...

This is incorrect (I know by direct experience).

So long as the card is properly formatted (ensure this by formatting it on the Omnia), you can put it in an adapter and use it directly in your PC to transfer data. I do it all the time. It's far preferable as it is about 4-6 times faster than via USB cable to phone (well, at least with a class 6 card). BTW, I'm talking about a microSD->SD adapter plugged in to an SD card slot directly on the PC -- not a USB reader.

My question: Does the Omnia work with a 32GB SDHC card? Don't have one yet, but am considering it. Music takes a lot of space :-)

Edited January 25, 2009 by dwallersv

[Guest abu123]

activesync file transfer is slow. but you can do a mass storage connection which is much quicker.

settings >connections Tab)>USB connection mode>mass storage (radio button)>Storage card (drop down.)

Can also toggle from favorite settings as alternative

This will disable active synce and connect like a usb flashdisk. Much quicker for large files.

[Guest dwallersv]

activesync file transfer is slow. but you can do a mass storage connection which is much quicker.

settings >connections Tab)>USB connection mode>mass storage (radio button)>Storage card (drop down.)

Can also toggle from favorite settings as alternative

This will disable active synce and connect like a usb flashdisk. Much quicker for large files.

Good point.

Still about 2-3x faster with the card inserted directly into an SD card slot on the PC though.

[Guest abu123]

Good point.

Still about 2-3x faster with the card inserted directly into an SD card slot on the PC though.

But you got the hassle of switching off omnia remove battery remove SDcard - and aagain to put it back in plus boot up time. so overall for me it is quicker & more efficient to do mass-storage unless you got a 2Gigabyte plus file which your omnia will not be able to read anyway

plus you could miss phone calls in this time.

Edited January 25, 2009 by abu123

[Guest dwallersv]

But you got the hassle of switching off omnia remove battery remove SDcard - and aagain to put it back in plus boot up time. so overall for me it is quicker & more efficient to do mass-storage unless you got a 2Gigabyte plus file which your omnia will not be able to read anyway

plus you could miss phone calls in this time.

Again, all good points.

On the other hand, when you're transferring many gig of music files or other media, it's worth it to remove the card and do it via direct SD port on a PC. Even accounting for the <1min boot times, taking 3-5 minutes to move these files rather than 10-15 is very valuable to me.

[Guest Jokes On You]

This is incorrect (I know by direct experience).

So long as the card is properly formatted (ensure this by formatting it on the Omnia), you can put it in an adapter and use it directly in your PC to transfer data. I do it all the time. It's far preferable as it is about 4-6 times faster than via USB cable to phone (well, at least with a class 6 card). BTW, I'm talking about a microSD->SD adapter plugged in to an SD card slot directly on the PC -- not a USB reader.

My question: Does the Omnia work with a 32GB SDHC card? Don't have one yet, but am considering it. Music takes a lot of space :-)

From my understanding the Omnia works with any SDHC card so a 32 should work fine. SanDisk is coming out with a 128 gb card and that should work to :)

[Guest Echew]

From my understanding the Omnia works with any SDHC card so a 32 should work fine. SanDisk is coming out with a 128 gb card and that should work to :)

I don't think so... the SDHC XT is a new standard that goes beyond the SDHC spec. The Omnia only supports SDHC which according to the spec maxes out at 32gb.

[Guest SARS151]

So anybody who has a i910 and a compatible 16gb microSD card...what is the brand of card? is it a SD or SDHC? and what class # is it? Thanks

[Guest blackadder1999]

I have tried an 8gb SanDisk series 4 micro and the i910 wouldnt even recognize it. I tried formatting it to FAT32, and still nothing. Anyone know if the series of the SD chip matters? I can get my phone to recognize a 4gb series 4 card, but not the 8. Any suggestions?