My new Droid X only came with a 2g card. Can I buy a 16g to replace it? Can it handle one that large?
It is really simple,
1. Place new card in phone
2. Place the 2 Gig card into your pc card reader if you have one
3. Plug phone into pc with usb
4. Pull down top bar on phone and select SD Card / Mass Storage
5. Open old card directory and select left "CTRL" and "A" while still holding "CRTL" (This will highlight everything in drive)
6. Now Press left "CTRL" and "C" while still holding "CRTL"
7. Open Directory for Phone (Last Letter Drive) and then right click and select paste or "CTRL" and "V" while still holding "CRTL"
8. After all is copied you can remove usb from phone and away you go....
Interesting ... They COME with the larger card - at least MINE did --- a 16GB SD Card pre-installed. Where did you buy it?
You said "pre-installed" does that mean I can't replace it? I bought it at a Verizon store.
pre-installed means it should be in the phone already when you buy it.
I know you can have up to 32gig I beleive, at least thats what my friend has in his.
You can always replace it no problem, that is odd it only has 2 gig though
Yea, what TB said ... I had read here or on another forum that therre was a shortage of the 16GB cards ... so maybe the store you got it from was out of them? I would definitely go back though and press the issue that they provide you a 16GB card - it is included in the base model price. or refund you the difference. Be careful of after-market (OEM) cards though. There have been reports of them causing more problems than they address.
All the Droids are now shipping out with a 2gb SD card. As for putting in another one, yes, you can go up to 32gb. Once you install it into your Droid, you will probably have to format it. Simple enough to do. Tap on the menu key. Tap on settings and scroll down to SD card & phone storage settings. Finally, tap on format SD card. Before you do that, make sure that the card, is in fact, mounted.
My next question is ... How do I transfer what I have on my 2 gb to a larger card? I have a case to insert one in my computer drive. Should I copy my current card to my computer and then put the new one in first and format it? Please give me steps. I am not totally computer literate; still need help with some things. Thank you so much!
@mortb - I stand corected. I had no idea that they are now down-graded to the 2GB card. (might that be a "bait & switch"? I thought the DROID X was Advertised as coming with 16GB?)
Thanks to all for your help. The steps to transfer my data to another card worked great!
2 GB microSD card pre–installed on–device — up to 32GB microSD supported
This is straight from the Verizon droid x page.
That is correct, the Droid X comes with a pre-installed 2 GB MicroSD memory card. If you want a memory card with more memory, the Droid X supports up to a 32 GB MicroSD card.
Thanks
I'm currently waiting on a 32gb Sandisk class 4 SD card to come in from Amazon. I picked it up for about $70. I can't believe Verizon sells them for $150! I would be careful with what brand you put in the phone. If you notice that your phone starts to freeze up and lag real bad after you switch SD cards, you may have to switch to another brand. The cards that come with the phones and that you can buy for them through VZW are Sandisk, so it's a good idea to stick with Sandisk. Sadly, the one you get through VZW for $150 is most likely a class 2. I saw a while back, maybe a few months ago, that the DX was going to have a 2gb SD card instead of the 16gb, and I want to say they were supposed to be coming with 6gb of internal memory instead of 8gb, but I may be wrong. It's been a while since I read that. It was an article about the DX being sold at Costco or Sams or something like that..
Thanks for all of your posts Community Members.
The original release of the Droid X came with a pre-installed 16GB card with 8GB on board memory, more recent versions came with 8GB on board memory & 2GB pre-installed memory card.
