Does your tablet or phone have non-removable storage? Two guys developed a non-intrusive way to fix - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;40201940]Not a bad idea if you just want to dump a bunch of movies or something unto a microSD and watch them. I don't really like it sticking out of the side and occupying the micro-USB port, but it's a nice way to at least add some expandability.[/QUOTE] A huge number of people keep complaining about how slow their device ends up as, not realising that it is because they use a slow SD card.

[QUOTE=wraithcat;40204148]A huge number of people keep complaining about how slow their device ends up as, not realising that it is because they use a slow SD card.[/QUOTE] A mandatory speed-test of any unknown SD-card upon insertion? If it's slow the phone will nag the user to get a faster one at a regular interval. And make a option in settings under a page the ordinary user would never find without reading a manual, that gives them the option to turn off those warnings upon they acknowledge that any sluggishness of the system is their own damn fault? Hey wham bam, power users are no longer gimped because of tards, and maybe the tards learn a thing or two.

[QUOTE=Amiga OS;40204359]I thought Google didn't want to fuck around with FAT and NTFS compatibility in Android, and that's why they leave it out of AOSP.[/QUOTE] EXT4? F2FS? Provide tools for reading the cards on windows & OSX (eventually also linux for a off-line computer) and leave them on a small write-protected FAT16 partition at the "beginning of the card. Novices will still be able to get and edit their data, and they'dll also be encouraged to get faster SD cards. Instead of leaving the users continuously dumb, why not educate them in a manner they'll understand?

pretty innovative idea, guessing it won't work for phones that don't support USB host device functionality?

[QUOTE=JustExtreme;40204575]pretty innovative idea, guessing it won't work for phones that don't support USB host device functionality?[/QUOTE] Most phones support it, but it requires so much software hacking it's not worth it. Rule of thumb is, that if it supports ICS or higher, then it supports this. Although the functionality might be limited kernel wise on some models, so then root is required.

I have a 2.3 Wildfire/Buzz and a Galaxy Nexus from work Guessing Galaxy Nexus would work but maybe not the Wildfire as MSM 7225 apparently doesn't support at hardware level

[QUOTE=wraithcat;40204148]A huge number of people keep complaining about how slow their device ends up as, not realising that it is because they use a slow SD card.[/QUOTE] That is why I have a class 10

[QUOTE=Rika-chan;40206221]That is why I have a class 10[/QUOTE] Class 10 isn't the fastest, there's UHS-1 which is up to 50 MB/s instead of 10. [editline]8th April 2013[/editline] And they're pretty close in price, too

Great, it's too wide to use with the Kindle Fire. It would cover up the lock button and the headphone jack. 10/10

[QUOTE=Rika-chan;40206221]That is why I have a class 10[/QUOTE] As devices like the raspberry pi have taught people, class 10 is often a good bit slower at random read/writes than a class 2 or 4. If you use dumb shit like app 2 sd then it could end up slower on a class 10

Case/SD combo? That way you wouldn't need a flashdrive sticking out of your phone.

[QUOTE=Take_Opal;40210151]Case/SD combo? That way you wouldn't need a flashdrive sticking out of your phone.[/QUOTE] Yeah this was my thought, why not make a case that serves as a battery pack, SD card reader, and protection from drops?

[QUOTE=Zeke129;40210165]Yeah this was my thought, why not make a case that serves as a battery pack, SD card reader, and protection from drops?[/QUOTE] Would only be worth it for nexus devices (and maybe the HTC one) And funny enough, nexus devices are those who need it.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;40202055]My only real concern is that if you buy this to really use every day, that just means the micro-USB port will wear out faster, which sucks because that's where you charge the thing. Anyone else hate how micro-USB ports always wear out, go loose, and start failing to connect within 1-2 years of owning a device that charges through them? This has happened to both smartphones I've owned and the Android phones of everyone else in my family. They're usually good for about a year before they start screwing up, but my Razr didn't even make it to that point. Same goes for headphone jacks, it's like they have an expiration date where eventually they just get loose and stop making a connection. Who decided the industry standard would be shit port designs that always wear out?[/QUOTE] The headphone jack gets filled with lint. You gotta go in with a toothpick or a needle. :(