Class 6 vs. Class 10 SDHC Replacement for Droid X²

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So, most of you probably noticed you have to have the Camera set to INTERNAL STORAGE in order for it to be even possible to shoot HD video as the external CLASS 4 SDHC card is incapable of writing fast enough. After searching all over the web I'm hearing about some successful upgrades to class 6 and even class 10 sdhc cards to fix this issue with mixed long-term results.

One of the issues I see popping up a lot with the class 10 cards is data corruption. Sometimes the data can be recovered with chkdsk, sometimes the card needs to be outright formatted to be useable again and all data is lost.

Does anyone know what causes that?

Is the Droid X2 even capable of taking advantage of the Class 10s speeds or is there an innate bottleneck that gives it speeds comparable to a good class 6?

Are certain cards performing better in the Motorola phones, such as this one?

I'm really interested in a 32GB card because the damn thing fills up quick when you shoot video, but I really don't want any headaches considering the cost of these things.

Has anyone with a Droid X2 upgraded to a 32GB Class 6 or 10 without any problems? Can you post benchmarks that show that the card is capable of writing at 10mb/s or faster?

I'll update this OP with any helpful feedback if it comes to that.

Please don't link me to any of the half of dozen other SDHC threads as it doesn't answer my question regarding the application, compatibility, and potential bottlenecks of Class 6 and 10 cards in a Motorola Droid X2.

I had a class 10 card, it gave me tons of errors. Sometimes just by plugging it directly into the computer would fix it. Twice that did not work and I needed a complete reformat.

I had my class 10 SD card in my Droid X2 for about 2 weeks before I needed a reformatting. But I'm a tech disaster zone, I think I ate a powerful magnet as a kid. But either way keep that number in mind. I got a quick replacement at walmart that didn't list the class, but it is working well now.

Oh and it was a 16gb card

Could you benchmark its write speed? If it's able to record 720 video without stuttering, all I need to know is how fast it's capable of writing data. Class 4s are apparently too slow, so it's probably a class 6.

Originally Posted by ryoxsinfar

I had a class 10 card, it gave me tons of errors. Sometimes just by plugging it directly into the computer would fix it. Twice that did not work and I needed a complete reformat.

I had my class 10 SD card in my Droid X2 for about 2 weeks before I needed a reformatting. But I'm a tech disaster zone, I think I ate a powerful magnet as a kid. But either way keep that number in mind. I got a quick replacement at walmart that didn't list the class, but it is working well now.

Oh and it was a 16gb card

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My TOPRAM 8GB class 10 works wonderfully, I haven't had a single issue.

Here's what I did. Removed old sdcard, installed new sdcard, powdered on phone, navigated to settings> sdcard & phone storage> unmount sdcard | format sdcard | mount sdcard.

Zero errors, it's been weeks since installation. Benchmarks 8.8MB read 13.7MB write.

Sent from my DROID X2

Awesome! This is the kinda feedback I'm looking for! Thanks, sweetheart.

Originally Posted by juhde

My TOPRAM 8GB class 10 works wonderfully, I haven't had a single issue.

Here's what I did. Removed old sdcard, installed new sdcard, powdered on phone, navigated to settings> sdcard & phone storage> unmount sdcard | format sdcard | mount sdcard.

Zero errors, it's been weeks since installation. Benchmarks 8.8MB read 13.7MB write.

Sent from my DROID X2

i've got a 2yr old Kingston Class 6 8GB card that handles 720P video on this thing just fine. almost went for a class 10 but didn't feel the expense at the time was worth the minor speed boost. The handful of videos i still have are from a concert and going by size and length its writing around 1.5mb/s on average for mine. was a techno show, low light and lots of moving flashy lights.
Class 4's should be fine... but again i've rarely hit full speed with sd cards.

The Class 4 that it comes with isn't able to handle the HD video recording. View the resources section at the bottom of this post. There's also a youtube link to what kind of videos people are getting with class 4 SDHCs at the bottom of that list.

Could you bench your class 6 and post the results?

Here are two free apps that can do this easily for you:

An Tu Tu Benchmark
SD Tools

Thanks

SD Tools doesn't work on my X2 it says "Error reading buffer..."

I've tried to reinstall it as well with no luck. Anyone else having the same problem?

I just ran a test with AnTuTu, only I just realized there is only one spot for SD card speed. Did it just test my internal only? I also tried SD tools but it says "Read Buffer Error".

If it did test my external card then the Write was 5.2MB/s and Read was 8.2 MB/s. This card came from walmart, capacity 16gb, it was just what they had.

Ugh, stupid double post. Where's the dang post delete button? LOL