An add taht provides far more detail than needed, repeats it, tells you to ignore the cost and is obviously working on your inherent greed. To hell with short capacity, there was not a thing in that ad that didn't say SCAM / Phishing. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Bob Ammerman wrote: > I wouldn't touch this with a 39-1/2 foot pole. Especially not as backup > media. If they are short capacity what makes you think they are otherwise > legit? > > ~ Bob Ammerman > RAm Systems > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behal= f > > Of Art > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 3:19 PM > > To: Microcontroller Public > > Subject: [AD] free 8GB microSD memory aailable > > > > Hi All, > > > > Lately, I've been been picking up free 8GB microSD cards, thanks to the > good > > folks at ebay. They come with an SD card adapter and a USB adapter, so > they > > can be used in any computer. > > > > To get yours, stop into ebay and search for "microSD". Don't worry abou= t > the > > price, just buy the unit as you will be getting a refund later. All the > low priced > > unbranded units on ebay are not the capacity that the seller claims. An= d, > > they are also not class ten speed rated, I get transfer rates to and fr= om > a solid > > state drive between 1 and 2 MB per second. The units that I've been > testing > > are XC brand, any of these units are fake. I'm sure there are other fak= es > on > > ebay, but those marked 'XC' are 100 percent bogus. Seethe picture of of > of > > these units on ebay, search for auction #272112104374. > > > > After you receive the item, tell the seller it is a fake, and they will > bend over > > backwards to refund you, hoping that you do not leave negative feedback > > for them!!! So, the memory ends up being free. > > > > The 64GB units are all between 8 and 10 GB of actual memory, despite wh= at > > the seller claims. I have been using them in my smartphone because I > don't > > need larger capacity units. I've freed up two 32GB legitimately rated > cards so > > far. My daughter uses them in her portable mp3 player also. > > > > I've also used them to backup my data that I want archived. I have my > > primary backup on a conventional usb hard drive, but I use the fake > microSD > > cards as a backup for my primary backup archives. Works for me!! > > > > Be aware that a directory of a full card shows the fake capacity, so mo= st > think > > the card is legitimate if they just examine the directory structure!!! = To > really > > test them, load the card with a few GB of data files and then spot chec= k > the > > files to make sure they open and function properly. I use mp3 music fil= es > for > > testing. If the spot check passes, load up another 2GB of files and tes= t > them. > > At some point, one or more of the files will be corrupted, you can't op= en > an > > mp3 or text file etc. > > When this happens, you know the actual capacity of the microSD card und= er > > test. > > > > If you want to confirm that the files are corrupted, use any binary fil= e > editor > > and look at the suspect files. The corrupted files will show no file ty= pe > > indicator, at the beginning of the corrupted files. There will be no > ascii > > characters anywhere in a corrupted file. The corrupted file will show a= ll > 00 or > > FF data from beginning to the end. > > > > It is extremely important to realize a fake 64GB microSD card will show > 64GB > > of files that look legitimate if you just examine the directory of the > card. The > > only way to really know if a data file is legitimate is to play or open > the file, or > > look at suspect files with a binary file editor. > > > > If you can live with 8GB of memory, the fake microSD cards are a > bargain:> > > > > Enjoy. > > > > Art > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .