thanks dude, i bought 2 and made a positive feedback on that and then i saw your vid and gave the second one a negative and guess what. He only refunded me for the one I put a negative feedback on. Horrible people these scammers.
Really good to know !!! I just bought the 128gb but haven't received it yet but when I do this will be the very first thing I do as soon as I take it out of the packaging, excellent quick test to do !!! Thanks Bro !!!
So this one doesn't work on the full size SD cards. I've got a sandisk. Its got made in china recessed into the back at the very bottom center rather than coming out from the front. Its a pretty high performance card so I can't see it being faked but I haven't really seen how to check for full size SD cards.
Have you tried maxing the card out with pictures, films or music? If you bought it from a shop it should be fine. I was an idiot when I bought these from eBay. Its the first time I've bought used cards and as you can tell didn't turn out a good idea lol
Its genuine and shop bought. I have zero doubt about my cards. I was just explaining the difference in markings on the larger style SanDisk cards. As for filling it to capacity and reading the data, I do that regularly. It holds highly encrypted data so the full disk is written with either the data or random digits to mask the data. It is regularly rewritten and verified because of that. One of the reasons I needed a higher speed disk, it takes a while to write a full 256 GB disk even at those higher speeds.
You didn't explain how it fools your operating system into saying that it has the advertised capacity. That's why these things get so many positive reviews.
I'll be honest I'm not a tech wizard lol, I was just annoyed I got a fake card, I didn't even know the existed! Still shocked this videos had 170k views, but happy people are now aware of them
I think my dad got fake Samsung s6. I have read and watched many videos and even box is wrong color. the problem is he ordered from Verizon online. now they say not possible . I took box to a store acting like I got off eBay. employee showed me real box which was not the same. of course once he found out it came from Verizon .com. he told me to call customer support. everyone should watch documentary on how clone merchandise can end up on store shelves . the company don't know they are fake.... I'm just posting so people know to check things even if purchased from company direct. love the video thanks.
I bought a micro SD128 gb SanDisk from eBay that turned out to be fake. I contacted the seller and they immediately refunded my money. They said they had gotten it from a trusted vendor. Well, not this one. Oh, I found out it was fake by contacting SanDisk. They requested I send a picture of the card. Once they got it they told me it was a fake. At least I got my money back. I thought $29.99 for a 128 gig was a pretty good deal. It wasn't.
thems old cards . sandisk just destroys all the competition when it comes to micro sd cards . 64 gig tablet with another 64 gig added plus a 64 gig micro sd and a 64 gig usb card so thats a total of about 256 gb of flash memory on my tablet . you can get card readers also that hold many sd cards at one time .
Hey, I have a 200 Gig SanDisk. The problem is, my writings are on read, and the made in China is on the backside :( But it appears to be a real one. The package is how it's supposed to be and really impossible to open with hands, and the adapter looks identical to the real ones like that of the 128GB and 200GB ones. Also the card reads in my PC and smartphone as 182/183 GB. Is there another way to confirm it?
A big life lesson for me . Bought an Apacer 16GB Micro SD card about a few months to replace my smaller size SD card . About a few days ago I noticed that the SD card aren't detected by my phone . I've been google-ing for hours to find a way to fix it but the truth is the SD card is not only completely damaged.....and FAKE . DAMN!!! everything about it is fake from the details to the specification . Lost all the data, most replaceable.....a few unreplaceable . Needs to be ultra careful from now on .
I can only imagine how you feel, losing data is the worse thing that can happen. I'm only buying from shop's in future, eBay can kiss my ass lol. SanDisk are really easy to spot a fake now I've learnt and read about them, before I didn't even know they existed
Me too . Just learned about the existence of fake SD cards a couple of hours ago . In my country, SanDisk and Kingston is easily the king of SD card and USB related stuff mostly because they are easily affordable and can be find....well.....just about everywhere . I think that is one of the reasons I bought the Apacer SD Card in the first place, because it is less popular here and a bit pricey than some other brands meaning better performance and slimmer chance of it corrupted or damaged . But I guess that is just me being an immature and pretentious know it all idiot .
Hey Issac, just a tip I use. Imagine "Hey my [device] just vanished!" How screwed am I? Is my email now available to anyone? Are critical photos gone forever? Backups are great, and we all seem to learn the hard way. Tip 2: photocopy everything in your wallet, both sides. Damage control is much easier when it gets stolen. I hope you were able to find copies of the irreplacables with friends or old emails.
Hi Lisa, sorry I ended up throwing these cards in the bin as they were useless lol. If you turn your flash on your phone so it's a light, or download an app to turn your smartphone into a torch shine it on the card and if you see the info it's real, if not its fake if that makes sense
Craig's Video Channel Oooh but I have gotten stung by 3 fake sd cards from purchasing them on ebay needless to say with ur help & buying them from a legit store I won't lose anymore Money or Data Again!
the proper way you find the fake one is by uploading a large enough file, let's say for 8 gb sd card upload at least 7gb file upon initial purchase. if it fails then its fake
i have a sumsung 32 gb sd card that used to be in my tablet but will put in my lg3 coming through post soon. my brother said dont put a Samsung sd card in, you need put a sandisk one,, whats the difference between Samsung sd and sandisk sd?
None, an SD card is an SD card Russell, use any in any phone, tablet or camera. The make doesn't make a difference. I know the classes mean its faster like class 4 is normal 10 is faster.
Yeah if it's from Virgin it'll be the real deal. But to be honest I'd probably still check to make sure lol. That's for the comment on the accent, not many people seem to like the geordie accent :-( but mines a bit watered down when I do videos so people can understand me ha
Yeah I sold the eBay seller I'd send it back but they said just put it in the bin so I did just that. I ended up buying a 32gb SD from Pc World/Currys for £12, absolute bargain.
my 64gb Sandisk says it has 67gb...rofl?? I can't get files to play once I reach 8gb. Pictures and videos get corrupted after a few days and eventually videos cannot play at all and pics are all gray.
Holy shit lol, if you can't get them to play after you've put on a certain amount its fake. I'm sick of hearing about these company's getting away with selling fake cards
I got a fake 64 gig ultra sd for 22 bucks. had a feeling something was fishey about it. well it arrived and took HOURS to put 35 gigs of music onto it and when it was done most of it wasnt on the card i think it was full after about 4gb. so dumb.
Quhzey Sorry for the late reply dude. I try to reply to all my videos when I get a chance, first time I've been on here all week. It's just a way of thanks people for actually viewing my videos. I don't mind helping people out at all and don't want people buying fake cards.
Mine says made in Malaysia and got it from asda. But I've got one that says made in China with the code and proper letter markings that always comes up blank sd when put in device ?
Darren Page I feel for you... Mine I tried everything to get the data from it but had no luck what so ever. I should of backed it up but didn't think at the time
I tried to contact the seller and he probably ingoring my msgs .what should i do because i bought two 128GB memory card for my lG can paypal help or ebay or both ?
You can quickly test your SD cards on your Windows computer using FakeFlashTest.exe. This is much quicker than the H2TESTW test. Just ask the seller on eBay 'Does this pass the FakeFlashTest or H2TESTW test?'. If they don't reply then you have your answer!
my advice Is never buy memory cards or USB drives off eBay. always go to a trusted retailer PC world. Curry's. scan.co.uk or maplin. you pay a bit more but trusted retails get there stuff from trusted suppliers and a 16GB SD card now is like £4
No there not all fake, the 4GB one was bought from the shop I've been using it for 2years+ no problems. I've no idea why I even thought to buy some on eBay I was just having a stupid moment I think
***** Amazon will refund you straight away if you buy anything fake or faulty. I ordered some Twinkies and the seller didn't send them, so Amazon refunded me lol
Shanya de fonseka It's a way to test your SD card. It will fill up your entire mem card. If it does fill up your capacity, and returns no error, that means, the SD card is genuine, however, if the does fill up your card, and data loss (e.g. capacity reads 16 GB, but you can only read 4GB), it means it's a fake. Explanation: Those fake SD card flashed 16 GB bios, but actually, the capacity is 4GB.
good vid matey, but its alright when you can compere them with each other, the ebay pirates bank on you having nowt to compere, and when you buy a tf card read to see if its been upgraded from a 8gb or its seconds that cant write, most are
+Tony Baines Yeah I'm hearing more and more about fake SD cards since I made this video 2 years ago. The LED light is a really good thing to check with, I only found that out by messing about
all tf cards are manufactured the same, it would be inpractical to make them otherwise, then they relese the amount of memory from the card to suit the market, 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 and so on, thats why a 8 gig card can be reprogrammed to output 32gb only the manufacurer can do this.
Thank you, these tips helping my in the next time when i want to go for 64GB or 32GB. Mine is ok put the LED light on it and it's there ( Mada in China ) :) . Thnx again
Welcome dude, glad you tried my advice on the LED light ;-) it's a good little tip I only found it out myself by messing around, I've now lost my LED torch so need to buy a new one lol
Thanks for the vid! Too late for me check as I've already sent my card back to the ebay seller, but I assume I was sold a fake! I think im just gonna buy from a store and pay retail next time...
i should also mention i asked ebay if they where going to let the other people who bought the same card from the same person know they bought a fake and they said no. So this guy got away with who knows how many fake sales before they got shut down. All those people out there could have priceless videos being stored on hardware that could give at any moment and ebay wont even make them aware. I think it should be illegal for ebay to omit when they find a fraudulent user.
+Jeff Jones You know this was the first and last time for buying a card from eBay it's normally mymemory.com or PCWorld where I buy them, even Amazon. Now I think about it I must of been having a dumb day buying them, but it worked out for the best I've managed to make people aware of fakes who never knew lol
People should use common sense. If a memory card costs a fraction of what it should cost, it is fake. There are things that one can get cheap from eBay like I have bought filter stepup rings for less than one euro. Locally they cost ten times that but I would never trust my data on a memory card bought from eBay. Is it worth to risk them for saving of a few bucks. I do not get people who put several hundreds on a phone or a camera and then risk everything for saving few dollars on the memory card.
Unfortunately you can be caught out on Amazon as well. I have bought some Kingston micro sd cards from Amazon. However, I have just found its winging its way to me from china. I looked into it because the dispatch date was 1st feb, estimated delivery - 29th. Hmmmmmm! . Thanks Mr Craig, I will test 'em and let you know. Shame on Amazon if they are letting this happen, but I have jumped the gun...... results after delivery.
+Brian Allen Yeah it seems we can't trust anybody these days lol, its a shame. If I were a big company I'd be blocking and putting a ban on all sellers/sites that sell known fakes
I bought 5 of these Micro SDHC Class 10 32GB Memory Cards from China sellers. I tested them all before trying to use them. They were purchased from 5 different sellers in China. ALL 5 TESTED at less than 8GB. So far I have been refunded from 4 sellers and I'm waiting for the 5th seller to refund. 4 of the 5 adapters that came with these micro cards were good but the 5th was bad. They were all sold as Class 10 but none of them performed at the speed a Class 10 should perform at. All were much slower. I did purchase an 8GB Micro Card without an adapter. After I ran the test on that one it checked GOOD. I used SDFormatter by TRENDY Co. to first format the card and then I tested the cards with the program H2testw which writes to the card, and if it goes through the writing process without a failure then it will automatically initiate a verifying process to see how many files were actually written to the card. A report will be generated after testing is completed. I used Google to find these 2 programs It is a good idea to not leave feedback for seller until you thoroughly test the products you purchase. I never did, but now I always wait until I have confirmed that what I buy is actually good. Those 5 sellers got 5 star good feedback but if I could change it to 1 star I would. But it is too late now I cannot change my feedback for them.
Thank You for this video I got a 32GB Ultra Micro SD card from Best Buy and its a fake and they told me I can not get a refund or exchange because it was on "Clearence" for $17.00
No, Mine is fake too. it is not surprising though as it went crazy in less than half a day then it stopped working in three days maybe two so thanks for the advice gotta be extra cautious :(
Abdo Said Try getting a refund from who ever you bought it from! I heard more and more people getting ripped off with fake cards, but at least I'm getting the word out letting people know they're out there.
i got a fake kingston 64gb from ebay looked like proper packaging and everything thats why i bought it. but i had the same file problems stated by others. So its not just sandisc but kingston aswell.
Mine wasn't in a packaging or anything it was second hand, I heard there putting them in packaging now to make them look legit. At least with eBay paypal always take us the victims side. I'm just glad I'm making people aware of fake SD cards so they don't fall into the same boat as me and you Jim
Sorry man, basically if you shine a LED light of some kind on the memory card that's an indication it's fake or real, if you see some writing its real, if you don't it's normally fake
Mr.Craig's Video Channel Don't apologize! I am not even british and I understood 90% of what you said. Maybe his hearing is bad. Thanks for the video :)
Mr.Craig's Video Channel So.. what's the difference between real and fake?I have a micro sd 256 gb and if I try to put more data than like 21 gb it just don't show me the files/videos on the phone and if I check the files that doesn't show on my device they're just deleted.. and I don't know why Do you have any solution?
sigh... I'm here cuz I also bought a face RiDATA 16gb micro SD card. :( I bought it in a shop in a mall 2 hours away for 410 pesos (10$) . I'm too frustrated to go back. Pisses me of.
most ebay sellers mate are full of shite when it comes to memory cards. with me its more of a gut feeling i get. if the picture or descripion doesnt seem right to me i wont touch it. iv bought a fake card too years ago, was meant to be a 32GB SD card, it registered as a 32GB but only stored 7.2GB of shit. i took matters into my own hands though. the seller only stayed 15 miles from me so i took the card and MADE him give me my refund. needless to say his ebay account went "missing" afterwords. its the modern world now all this new tech theres always people looking for ways to cheat them. great vid though. but id say what you have said applies to all memory cards.
Yeah they really are full of shit lol. First time I've ever bought one from there, I was just randomly looking and that one had minutes to go, I never buy tech or electrical second hand and won't ever again. I ended up going to PC World and getting a 32gb for something like £12 I didn't think I'd get anywhere as near the views on this video as I have, so just happy I could help people out and let them know fake cards are out there. Not sure how many subs I've gained from it but long as I'm doing my bit to help lol
I did put it in my computer, it didn't work, I tried in 3 computers in total. They were fake so put them in the bin. Some of my other subscribers have had the same issue with fake cards and there's didn't work either.
that 16 gig is HD Dah! still not saying you are not right but can be video sd try a video if no longer have it that is fine just a guess but some crazy format's though XD i can see made in china XD
Lol, I'd love to mate but they were kind enough to refund me without any fuss. I didn't think I'd get this many hits from the video, but seems these fake cards are coming more and more of a problem, I just don't want people getting ripped off
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thanks dude, i bought 2 and made a positive feedback on that and then i saw your vid and gave the second one a negative and guess what. He only refunded me for the one I put a negative feedback on. Horrible people these scammers.
You'll find them all over dude, there all scammers. You have to be really careful on eBay
Really good to know !!!
I just bought the 128gb but haven't received it yet but when I do this will be the very first thing I do as soon as I take it out of the packaging, excellent quick test to do !!!
Thanks Bro !!!
More than welcome dude, you could just use your mobile phone light, that should be LED and it'll show up the markings ;-)
WOW!!!How very interesting!! Thank you for the information friend! I can now keep my eye open for this!
Thanks. Any better luck on Amazon? Anybody have any experience on that?
tom jackson Amazon are normally really good, I check where the seller is from, if its China I don't buy from them.
So this one doesn't work on the full size SD cards. I've got a sandisk. Its got made in china recessed into the back at the very bottom center rather than coming out from the front. Its a pretty high performance card so I can't see it being faked but I haven't really seen how to check for full size SD cards.
Have you tried maxing the card out with pictures, films or music? If you bought it from a shop it should be fine. I was an idiot when I bought these from eBay. Its the first time I've bought used cards and as you can tell didn't turn out a good idea lol
Its genuine and shop bought. I have zero doubt about my cards. I was just explaining the difference in markings on the larger style SanDisk cards. As for filling it to capacity and reading the data, I do that regularly. It holds highly encrypted data so the full disk is written with either the data or random digits to mask the data. It is regularly rewritten and verified because of that. One of the reasons I needed a higher speed disk, it takes a while to write a full 256 GB disk even at those higher speeds.
this is the first time anyone has responded to my comment
+Elvina Ferrao I try to reply to everybody lol, it's just hard at the moment I'm getting more views every day
Thank you for the info from the USA! Much appreciated.
No problem USA, hope you don't ever get ripped off with a fake one now you know what to look for :-)
Thankyou appreciate the info! Ive got gallaxy s4 16gb and whats the recommended exrra gb to add so the device wont slow down?
I use a SanDisk 32gb in mine :-)
You didn't explain how it fools your operating system into saying that it has the advertised capacity. That's why these things get so many positive reviews.
I'll be honest I'm not a tech wizard lol, I was just annoyed I got a fake card, I didn't even know the existed! Still shocked this videos had 170k views, but happy people are now aware of them
I think my dad got fake Samsung s6. I have read and watched many videos and even box is wrong color. the problem is he ordered from Verizon online. now they say not possible . I took box to a store acting like I got off eBay. employee showed me real box which was not the same. of course once he found out it came from Verizon .com. he told me to call customer support.
everyone should watch documentary on how clone merchandise can end up on store shelves . the company don't know they are fake....
I'm just posting so people know to check things even if purchased from company direct.
love the video thanks.
+Jennifer Morgan Oh god that's terrible I bet it wasn't cheap! Hopefully Verizon sort your issue
No problem, I was really annoyed when I found out about fake SD cards :-(
Or Perform a SurfaceScan with isoBuster. Wikipedia tells more about fake cards.
I bought a micro SD128 gb SanDisk from eBay that turned out to be fake. I contacted the seller and they immediately refunded my money. They said they had gotten it from a trusted vendor. Well, not this one. Oh, I found out it was fake by contacting SanDisk. They requested I send a picture of the card. Once they got it they told me it was a fake. At least I got my money back. I thought $29.99 for a 128 gig was a pretty good deal. It wasn't.
eddie lopez My friend only just got a fake one yesterday, he's on going to get his money back.
it sucks how these things are even available
From now I plan to buy from trusted sellers such as Amazon. I guess if it's too good to be true, it's probably a fake, lol.
nice work man for the info, top job and thanks
Thank you. I appreciate your helping others.
No problem Steve more than happy to help, I'd just hate for people to get caught out like I did lol
oh! good video! i liked it i checked mine and it was real ust as you had shown thanks a lot !!!
thems old cards . sandisk just destroys all the competition when it comes to micro sd cards . 64 gig tablet with another 64 gig added plus a 64 gig micro sd and a 64 gig usb card so thats a total of about 256 gb of flash memory on my tablet . you can get card readers also that hold many sd cards at one time .
mine sd card opening doesn't. computer it formatting wanting, inside datas receiving am i how?
Nice tips dude, like it
dont destroy or they can claim you damaged the good one and covered up.
Good video, hope you get your money back!
Thanks Bro I also purchased 2 64GB fake SanDisk mem cards. now I understand why not work it in my phone.
Lol, yeah it sucks how they get away selling fake cards. Really annoys me, hope you got your money back
Where did you say you bought your fake SD card? was it on ebay?
Yeah eBay, it was one of them silly moments buys. I now only use Amazon
Thank you! Yeesh. Don't people have better things to do with their time than steal from others? Do your own honest, real work.
thats some super Great info, thanks A lot friend...
Hope you never get a fake card dude, there are many around
Hey, I have a 200 Gig SanDisk. The problem is, my writings are on read, and the made in China is on the backside :( But it appears to be a real one. The package is how it's supposed to be and really impossible to open with hands, and the adapter looks identical to the real ones like that of the 128GB and 200GB ones. Also the card reads in my PC and smartphone as 182/183 GB. Is there another way to confirm it?
A big life lesson for me . Bought an Apacer 16GB Micro SD card about a few months to replace my smaller size SD card . About a few days ago I noticed that the SD card aren't detected by my phone . I've been google-ing for hours to find a way to fix it but the truth is the SD card is not only completely damaged.....and FAKE . DAMN!!! everything about it is fake from the details to the specification . Lost all the data, most replaceable.....a few unreplaceable . Needs to be ultra careful from now on .
I can only imagine how you feel, losing data is the worse thing that can happen. I'm only buying from shop's in future, eBay can kiss my ass lol. SanDisk are really easy to spot a fake now I've learnt and read about them, before I didn't even know they existed
Me too . Just learned about the existence of fake SD cards a couple of hours ago . In my country, SanDisk and Kingston is easily the king of SD card and USB related stuff mostly because they are easily affordable and can be find....well.....just about everywhere . I think that is one of the reasons I bought the Apacer SD Card in the first place, because it is less popular here and a bit pricey than some other brands meaning better performance and slimmer chance of it corrupted or damaged . But I guess that is just me being an immature and pretentious know it all idiot .
Hey Issac, just a tip I use. Imagine "Hey my [device] just vanished!" How screwed am I? Is my email now available to anyone? Are critical photos gone forever?
Backups are great, and we all seem to learn the hard way.
Tip 2: photocopy everything in your wallet, both sides. Damage control is much easier when it gets stolen.
I hope you were able to find copies of the irreplacables with friends or old emails.
Steve Kirkham Thanks for the tip . I have make backups since then . So...all good in case something like this happens again :D
can you redo this video with a closer shot of the ad cards...camera too far off images
Hi Lisa, sorry I ended up throwing these cards in the bin as they were useless lol. If you turn your flash on your phone so it's a light, or download an app to turn your smartphone into a torch shine it on the card and if you see the info it's real, if not its fake if that makes sense
Yes I think I understand you...thanks for the reply
hey thank you very much great info.
More than welcome Debra, hope you never get a fake card if you buy one lol
Craig's Video Channel Oooh but I have gotten stung by 3 fake sd cards from purchasing them on ebay needless to say with ur help & buying them from a legit store I won't lose anymore Money or Data Again!
the proper way you find the fake one is by uploading a large enough file, let's say for 8 gb sd card upload at least 7gb file upon initial purchase. if it fails then its fake
+noel david This way I just find quicker Noel, there's loads of ways but the LED light is my little way lol
I got Cheated once with SDcard
i have a sumsung 32 gb sd card that used to be in my tablet but will put in my lg3 coming through post soon. my brother said dont put a Samsung sd card in, you need put a sandisk one,, whats the difference between Samsung sd and sandisk sd?
None, an SD card is an SD card Russell, use any in any phone, tablet or camera. The make doesn't make a difference. I know the classes mean its faster like class 4 is normal 10 is faster.
Mr.Craig's Video Channel Thnx for the reply bud, appreciatethat cheers
Good tips, thank you ! I just bought my 8gb off the Virgin Mobile website so I know it's real. Love your accent by the way =D
Yeah if it's from Virgin it'll be the real deal. But to be honest I'd probably still check to make sure lol.
That's for the comment on the accent, not many people seem to like the geordie accent :-( but mines a bit watered down when I do videos so people can understand me ha
Good video. I have a micro SD card that refuses to function properly. Now I know why. Thanks.
+member762 It could be corrupted, I've had a few like that. I've lost loads of pictures and videos threw sd cards braking :-(
Thank you so much for this valuable info.
Yeah I sold the eBay seller I'd send it back but they said just put it in the bin so I did just that. I ended up buying a 32gb SD from Pc World/Currys for £12, absolute bargain.
my 64gb Sandisk says it has 67gb...rofl?? I can't get files to play once I reach 8gb. Pictures and videos get corrupted after a few days and eventually videos cannot play at all and pics are all gray.
Holy shit lol, if you can't get them to play after you've put on a certain amount its fake. I'm sick of hearing about these company's getting away with selling fake cards
I got a fake 64 gig ultra sd for 22 bucks. had a feeling something was fishey about it. well it arrived and took HOURS to put 35 gigs of music onto it and when it was done most of it wasnt on the card i think it was full after about 4gb. so dumb.
Can you tell me where to buy SanDisk 1 gb memory card
1gb? That's very very small in todays standard. What's the use for the card?
Amazon have some amazing deals on cards, I bought a 128gb for around £18
oh! thanks i checked mine and it was a real one
+Elvina Ferrao Good lol, nothing worse than a fake card :-(
Thank you for the warning
g7 Don't mention it :-)
Mr.Craig's Video Channel Wow, this is such an old video and you're replying. I don't usually see that, nice :)
Quhzey Sorry for the late reply dude. I try to reply to all my videos when I get a chance, first time I've been on here all week. It's just a way of thanks people for actually viewing my videos. I don't mind helping people out at all and don't want people buying fake cards.
Mr.Craig's Video Channel Okay :) No need to say sorry for replying late :) All good.
so if it dont give error and pops up ss sandisk is it real
I checked mine and it has the probable fake memory card and works just fine.
Mine says made in Malaysia and got it from asda. But I've got one that says made in China with the code and proper letter markings that always comes up blank sd when put in device ?
Darren Page If you shine your mobile phone light on it can you see a hidden code under the light?
Yeah I see the code on both the China one packed up last week pc does not detect it no more so I got another
Darren Page The card could be fried! I had one that went on me 32gb with all my photo's videos saved, was gutted I lost them all :-(
Think it is fried .. can't do nothing with it.. 😢
Darren Page I feel for you... Mine I tried everything to get the data from it but had no luck what so ever. I should of backed it up but didn't think at the time
DO NOT BUY SD CARDS FROM EBAY GET THEM FROM MAPLIN.. Oh and the Blue Mermory Stick Pro Duo is for the PSP and its crap cos its 1 GB.
I tried to contact the seller and he probably ingoring my msgs .what should i do because i bought two 128GB memory card for my lG can paypal help or ebay or both ?
PayPal will refund you. Put a dispute against the seller
You can quickly test your SD cards on your Windows computer using FakeFlashTest.exe. This is much quicker than the H2TESTW test.
Just ask the seller on eBay 'Does this pass the FakeFlashTest or H2TESTW test?'.
If they don't reply then you have your answer!
Yeah you could do it that way but to be honest if you have an LED light, or your phone has an LED light on it, that's the fastest way to check
my advice Is never buy memory cards or USB drives off eBay. always go to a trusted retailer PC world. Curry's. scan.co.uk or maplin. you pay a bit more but trusted retails get there stuff from trusted suppliers and a 16GB SD card now is like £4
I think all three are fake im pretty sure sandisk is made in Taiwan
No there not all fake, the 4GB one was bought from the shop I've been using it for 2years+ no problems. I've no idea why I even thought to buy some on eBay I was just having a stupid moment I think
Please help I bought By mistake a fake 32gb sd card it shows up as 32gb when I put in the my phone. But will it hold 32gb ? Thanks :)
Did you buy it on eBay?
No I bought it on amazon. The seller had a stellar rating though . :)
***** Amazon will refund you straight away if you buy anything fake or faulty. I ordered some Twinkies and the seller didn't send them, so Amazon refunded me lol
My sd card is fake according to this video, but it seems to work alright? what's the explaination to that?
Shanya de fonseka make a test with h2testw if u get fail then its a fake
What's h2testw?
What is h2testw? Reda Bell
Shanya de fonseka It's a way to test your SD card. It will fill up your entire mem card. If it does fill up your capacity, and returns no error, that means, the SD card is genuine, however, if the does fill up your card, and data loss (e.g. capacity reads 16 GB, but you can only read 4GB), it means it's a fake.
Explanation: Those fake SD card flashed 16 GB bios, but actually, the capacity is 4GB.
+Shanya de fonseka Not all fakes are bad. Some DO work with all it's GBs but are slower compared to the reals ones.
good vid matey, but its alright when you can compere them with each other, the ebay pirates bank on you having nowt to compere, and when you buy a tf card read to see if its been upgraded from a 8gb or its seconds that cant write, most are
+Tony Baines Yeah I'm hearing more and more about fake SD cards since I made this video 2 years ago. The LED light is a really good thing to check with, I only found that out by messing about
all tf cards are manufactured the same, it would be inpractical to make them otherwise, then they relese the amount of memory from the card to suit the market, 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 and so on, thats why a 8 gig card can be reprogrammed to output 32gb only the manufacurer can do this.
Thank you, these tips helping my in the next time when i want to go for 64GB or 32GB.
Mine is ok put the LED light on it and it's there ( Mada in China ) :) .
Thnx again
Welcome dude, glad you tried my advice on the LED light ;-) it's a good little tip I only found it out myself by messing around, I've now lost my LED torch so need to buy a new one lol
you need to get a 64gb sdhc card in a special format for a 64gb sdhc card
My sister bought it !.. 64 GB !!... and it is super cheap...
the worst thing is.. it is not working.. error ! fuq !
mine has a lot of numbers on it & says made in Taiwan.. they look like the real ones on this video.
Mine were definitely fake, it wouldn't save the right amount of data and they letters would scratch off the card
mine doesnt even work anymore. & when I put it in my computer to delete everything.. it freezes the window ...
***** It might be corrupted, just put it in the bin, you don't want to damage your computer Juan
Thanks for the vid!
Too late for me check as I've already sent my card back to the ebay seller, but I assume I was sold a fake! I think im just gonna buy from a store and pay retail next time...
Thank you, never paid any mind to my sd cards.
i should also mention i asked ebay if they where going to let the other people who bought the same card from the same person know they bought a fake and they said no. So this guy got away with who knows how many fake sales before they got shut down. All those people out there could have priceless videos being stored on hardware that could give at any moment and ebay wont even make them aware. I think it should be illegal for ebay to omit when they find a fraudulent user.
Bro i have been fooled with 16 gb fake sandisk memory card . Its same as u told in the video fake one . What should i do? 😵😵
Niranjan Mahale Where did you buy it? If you paid via PayPal put a claim in and they'll refund you :-)
I bought it from local seller and now i am not able to find him
Craig use 7day.com or Zoombits for your sd cards and the like mate ,they do regular deals bud and they dont sell shite !
+Jeff Jones You know this was the first and last time for buying a card from eBay it's normally mymemory.com or PCWorld where I buy them, even Amazon. Now I think about it I must of been having a dumb day buying them, but it worked out for the best I've managed to make people aware of fakes who never knew lol
People should use common sense. If a memory card costs a fraction of what it should cost, it is fake. There are things that one can get cheap from eBay like I have bought filter stepup rings for less than one euro. Locally they cost ten times that but I would never trust my data on a memory card bought from eBay. Is it worth to risk them for saving of a few bucks. I do not get people who put several hundreds on a phone or a camera and then risk everything for saving few dollars on the memory card.
Unfortunately you can be caught out on Amazon as well. I have bought some Kingston micro sd cards from Amazon. However, I have just found its winging its way to me from china. I looked into it because the dispatch date was 1st feb, estimated delivery - 29th. Hmmmmmm! . Thanks Mr Craig, I will test 'em and let you know. Shame on Amazon if they are letting this happen, but I have jumped the gun...... results after delivery.
+Brian Allen Yeah it seems we can't trust anybody these days lol, its a shame. If I were a big company I'd be blocking and putting a ban on all sellers/sites that sell known fakes
I bought 5 of these Micro SDHC Class 10 32GB Memory Cards from China sellers. I tested them all before trying to use them. They were purchased from 5 different sellers in China. ALL 5 TESTED at less than 8GB. So far I have been refunded from 4 sellers and I'm waiting for the 5th seller to refund. 4 of the 5 adapters that came with these micro cards were good but the 5th was bad. They were all sold as Class 10 but none of them performed at the speed a Class 10 should perform at. All were much slower. I did purchase an 8GB Micro Card without an adapter. After I ran the test on that one it checked GOOD.
I used SDFormatter by TRENDY Co. to first format the card and then I tested the cards with the program H2testw which writes to the card, and if it goes through the writing process without a failure then it will automatically initiate a verifying process to see how many files were actually written to the card. A report will be generated after testing is completed.
I used Google to find these 2 programs
It is a good idea to not leave feedback for seller until you thoroughly test the products you purchase. I never did, but now I always wait until I have confirmed that what I buy is actually good. Those 5 sellers got 5 star good feedback but if I could change it to 1 star I would. But it is too late now I cannot change my feedback for them.
Thank You for this video I got a 32GB Ultra Micro SD card from Best Buy and its a fake and they told me I can not get a refund or exchange because it was on "Clearence" for $17.00
nice one paul :)
No, Mine is fake too. it is not surprising though as it went crazy in less than half a day then it stopped working in three days maybe two so thanks for the advice gotta be extra cautious :(
Abdo Said Try getting a refund from who ever you bought it from! I heard more and more people getting ripped off with fake cards, but at least I'm getting the word out letting people know they're out there.
i got a fake kingston 64gb from ebay looked like proper packaging and everything thats why i bought it. but i had the same file problems stated by others. So its not just sandisc but kingston aswell.
Mine wasn't in a packaging or anything it was second hand, I heard there putting them in packaging now to make them look legit. At least with eBay paypal always take us the victims side.
I'm just glad I'm making people aware of fake SD cards so they don't fall into the same boat as me and you Jim
Thank you for sharing.
No problem :-)
cheers for the tips man.... even though your Irish LOL... ;)
More than welcome my friend :-)
Bro, I can't understand what you're saying.
-_-
Sorry man, basically if you shine a LED light of some kind on the memory card that's an indication it's fake or real, if you see some writing its real, if you don't it's normally fake
Mr.Craig's Video Channel Don't apologize! I am not even british and I understood 90% of what you said. Maybe his hearing is bad. Thanks for the video :)
Mr.Craig's Video Channel So.. what's the difference between real and fake?I have a micro sd 256 gb and if I try to put more data than like 21 gb it just don't show me the files/videos on the phone and if I check the files that doesn't show on my device they're just deleted.. and I don't know why
Do you have any solution?
Atemporall No solution. You bought a fake card. No real micro sd can hold memory over 128gb. Too bad man.
Atemporall As far as I'm aware you can't even get 256gb sd cards! Fake cars will say a number i.e 128gb but it'll only hold 2gb or something very low
nice one I think I have got ripped more than once
sigh... I'm here cuz I also bought a face RiDATA 16gb micro SD card. :(
I bought it in a shop in a mall 2 hours away for 410 pesos (10$) . I'm too frustrated to go back. Pisses me of.
Did you get your money back dude?
well new Samsung 16gb card costs $11
Yeah, online is always scary. 👿👎🏼☠⚰
+mrdarkhalo666 Sometimes buying offline sucks lol
I have got a fake one too! feeling so pissed off!
I can imagine, I was really annoyed finding out mine was fake :-(
I bought 3 sd cards for $37 from different sellers and bullshit there all fake
From eBay? I just use Amazon now
@@CraigsChannel I got it from ebay. Pretty pissed right now. I also bought it from a local seller who sold over a thousand of them.
Yeah it sucks how many fake SD cards are out there! I was pissed when I got this one, but glad I made the video to make people aware
most ebay sellers mate are full of shite when it comes to memory cards. with me its more of a gut feeling i get. if the picture or descripion doesnt seem right to me i wont touch it. iv bought a fake card too years ago, was meant to be a 32GB SD card, it registered as a 32GB but only stored 7.2GB of shit. i took matters into my own hands though. the seller only stayed 15 miles from me so i took the card and MADE him give me my refund. needless to say his ebay account went "missing" afterwords. its the modern world now all this new tech theres always people looking for ways to cheat them. great vid though. but id say what you have said applies to all memory cards.
Yeah they really are full of shit lol. First time I've ever bought one from there, I was just randomly looking and that one had minutes to go, I never buy tech or electrical second hand and won't ever again. I ended up going to PC World and getting a 32gb for something like £12
I didn't think I'd get anywhere as near the views on this video as I have, so just happy I could help people out and let them know fake cards are out there. Not sure how many subs I've gained from it but long as I'm doing my bit to help lol
Put it in your computer
I did put it in my computer, it didn't work, I tried in 3 computers in total. They were fake so put them in the bin. Some of my other subscribers have had the same issue with fake cards and there's didn't work either.
Cool Video
No problem Gabby hope I've helped you out so you don't get stuck with a fake SD card :-)
Can you help me Buy
Thanks for sharing
I got a real Samsung evo plus 256gb for £64 and it is real from ebay
It probably will be for that price! Was it sealed and from a genuine seller with lots of feedback?
Fake Device Test!! 👍👍
i got like yours but mine is 512 MB
I ended up just going to Currys/Pc World and buy a 32gb for £12, much better deal lol
Mr.Craig's Video Channel ok
my 512 MB
is use only my psp when no games my 512 MB was restored my games
Thankyou soooo much! my sd card is fake, although was given as a gift so cannot refund but have been trying to get it to work and now i know why.
Cheers mate
Good video
Sadiq Al Thanks man
that 16 gig is HD Dah!
still not saying you are not right but can be video sd try a video if no longer have it that is fine just a guess but some crazy format's though XD
i can see made in china XD
People got the one im going to buy and they say It works good
Which one you getting dude?
thanks for your help bro i got one of this shits
+Carlos Anzora Really! Dam, I'm sick of hearing people getting them, it seems more and more common people are getting fake cards :-(
Thank you Q
thanks
Name and shame them
Lol, I'd love to mate but they were kind enough to refund me without any fuss.
I didn't think I'd get this many hits from the video, but seems these fake cards are coming more and more of a problem, I just don't want people getting ripped off
Name and shame or we will all have the has
Name and shame or well all have the hassle of refunds
I have been buy a fake one ):
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you got a full refund
Tnx U to the Video
Don't buy a microSD Card on eBay!
thanks
Happy to help dude :-)