<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Neal Rhodes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neal@mnopltd.com" target="_blank">neal@mnopltd.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Somewhat OT. <br>
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My HTC Rezound has had a Kingston SDC4/16GB microSDHC Flash Card - 16GB, Class 4, Adapter in it for about 2 years now. Worked fine. <br>
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Last couple of months, it has occasionally decided there is no SD card. Reboot doesn't help. Taking the phone apart, sliding card in and out usually helps, but not always. <br>
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Thus far, every time I've pulled it out and stuck it in the little adapter carrier, and stuck that in the front of my HP running Centos (see, not totally OT) it has read just fine. <br>
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HTC has not provided much insight, they just say maybe the SD card is intermittently shot, and get another Class 4 or class 6 card. That would be cheap and the best answer. <br>
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The less attractive answer is the SD contacts in the phone are going south. <br>
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Anybody got experience with an SD that is iffy in a phone, but not iffy in a desktop? <br>
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Any Vendors better than others? <br><span class=""><font color="#888888">
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Neal Rhodes<br>
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<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>For something not removed often, contacts are unlikely to be your weak spot.</div><div><br></div><div>It's worth noting that there are 3 modes [1] under which an SD card can be accessed. It's possible the controller (or contacts, though less likely) is bad under a single mode and that the phone and desktop use different modes to access the data.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The "name brands" for flash media are all likely to have similar quality -- Kingston, PNY, SanDisk. If you care about quality, steer clear of Polaroid, Micro Center, etc. I'm not saying they're bad, just less predictable -- they're probably made with the same components as the other brands, but it's hard to tell as they don't make the devices themselves.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Transfer_modes">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Transfer_modes</a> </div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>
David Tomaschik<br>OpenPGP: 0x5DEA789B<br><a href="http://systemoverlord.com" target="_blank">http://systemoverlord.com</a><br><a href="mailto:david@systemoverlord.com" target="_blank">david@systemoverlord.com</a>
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