Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage

From	Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage
Date	2026-08-16 13:13 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On Sun, 8/16/2026 11:52 AM, micky wrote:

> But I think I'd be a fool to rely on this SD card, right?   I know
> formating is supposed to find all the bad spots, and list their
> locations so they are not used, but would you guys use this SD card for
> anything important?   

You have to know how a device works under the hood, to be
using trash-bunny techniques on it. Is it direct mapped, and
you can burn spots into it, or, is it "wear leveled static&dynamic".

   https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/ex7dvo/quick_reminder_that_sd_cards_with_wearleveling/

A lot of trash-bunny techniques, result in writes to a device.
It it is already on its way out, and in a spiral-of-death,
the activities might actually be accelerating the end of
the device.

As for the article, we've been baited before by all this talk
of wear leveling, and the game continues. It's hard to say
whether any quality TLC flash devices exist, as that's what
these pieces of shit will be made of. I looked at my computer
store listing, and you can't buy an 8GB MLC based one any more,
they're going to all be TLC or QLC. And they won't
actually tell you what kind of flash is in an SD.
"Buying new is not necessarily buying better"
Some of the older SD cards, are going to last longer.
Just because of the flash type.

This makes a good hobby though, and is slightly ahead of
stamp collecting. And as that Reddit thread shows, it has the
same amount of drama, for sure (the "talking with engineering" schtick
the tech support carried out). Companies and their tech support,
it's highly likely they don't even make the product themselves,
and it arrives in big burlap bags and they put their brand
sticker on it.

Summary: If you device isn't healthy... don't use it.

   Paul

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Android 6 internal vs SD storage Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-08-14 15:23 -0700
  Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-08-14 20:33 -0500
    Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-14 17:47 -0800
    Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-14 22:37 -0400
      Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-14 22:46 -0400
        Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-14 20:12 -0800
      Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-15 09:34 +0100
        Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-15 10:23 -0400
          Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-15 19:25 +0200
            Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-16 01:14 +0100
              Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-16 11:06 +0200
              Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-16 11:52 -0400
                Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-16 13:13 -0400
                Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-16 21:26 -0400
                Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-16 23:19 -0400
      Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-08-17 08:32 +0200
  Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-08-14 19:55 -0700
    Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-15 09:25 +0100
      Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-08-15 09:54 -0700
        Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-15 09:22 -0800
          Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-15 10:12 -0800
    Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-08-15 10:59 +0000
  Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-15 19:48 +0200
    Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-08-15 11:48 -0700

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