I got this 128 GIG card to use with my new 2017 Kindle Fire 8 inch Tablet. So far it has worked perfectly with my tablet and it has automatically installed all of my Kindle books, all of my Audible books and many of my apps onto the SD card. Please make sure that your Kindle tablet is properly setup to use the SD card for storage. Those settings are seen by swiping down on the Kindle screen, touching storage and looking at the slide switch settings on the lower part of the screen. Turn all of the slide switches to the ON position which is to the right. I show that setup page in an attached photo.
I do want to point out that while this SD card has worked perfectly, not all of your apps will transfer to the SD card. I had about 17 that would not go onto the SD card and they consumed an amazing 12 GB of my device’s internal memory. I simply wound up deleting those apps once I played the game. This is not the fault of the Kindle tablet or the SD card but a problem with the way the application is written. Several of the apps were over 1 GIG in size.
This card has worked well and I simply plugged it into my tablet. I told the tablet to erase the SD card to make sure that it was empty and I simply downloaded my items from Amazon. They were automatically installed onto the SD card. I used 50 GIG of SD card memory for 1180 books, 106 large apps and 42 Audible books.
I own about 100 SD cards and I always do a speed test to verify the reading and writing speeds before I install the memory. I particularly did this on this card as the web page and the packaging do not list the speeds which is very unusual. The card checked out OK but it is not the fastest SanDisk class 10 card I have ever tested. The fastest write speed on this card was 45.886 MB/Sec and the fastest reading speed was 47.426 MB/Sec. I have attached the graphical test data for your information. I used a USB 3.0 port with a USB 3.0 card reader for the test. I have tested SanDisk Ultra cards that were twice as fast as this one.
Overall, this card worked well and I rated it five stars. If I have any future issues I will update my review.
Works perfectly in my Dad's new Fire tablet. Now he has enough memory to store his media. Anyone who buys the $49 Fire tablet will need extra memory, and this SD card is a perfect match. All you need to do is insert the SD card into the slot on the tablet instantly recognizes it, there is no formatting needed.
UPDATED!!!!
I have to update my review after buying another Fire tablet. The first tablet I bought was the Fire HD10 and I followed the directions according to the graphics given. The card EASILY slid into the slot with no problem. After all, the directions told me to do it this way, with the notches on the card pointing downward.
Then I bought the Fire HD 8 (7th Generation). I inserted the card the same way as I did with my Fire HD10, the way the directions told me to. It DID NOT WORK!!!! I could not for the life of me get the card to spring into the slot. I tried about 3 x's when I thought, turn the card upside-down. Even though the directions tell me the notches should be facing down and the label should be facing towards me, I decided to turn it. VOILA!!! The card sprung into the slot!! The directions are NOT CORRECT for the HD8!!! You need to havethe notches facing up.
For both tablets, there is a slight spring-like action when inserting the card. For removal, you should push in the card slightly with your fingernail and it should spring out enough for you to pull it out.
This card works very well with the fire tablet. At first, I thought any micro SD card would work but the others seem to lag when retrieving from the card. I have no problems with lagging on this one. It works just like the internal memory. I have my music stored on this card and the songs play smoothly. If you have a Fire tablet, get this one which is made for it!
Just remember, insertion of the card depends on your Fire tablet!!!
I bought this for the Fire HD10. I had my music from my CDs stored on my computer and transferred them onto this with a memory card reader. I suggest you get at least an adapter to change it into an SD card to use with your computer OR a memory card reader which takes many forms of cards, those are the best. It makes it easier and faster to transfer files, erase files, or to format.
I have had no problems with it so far with the Fire tablet or my computer.
The slot for the MicroSD card is on the upper right side of the device; covered by a sliding shield you push aside gently with a fingernail. It's similar to the shield covering many cellphone power outlets. Actual insertion should be gently done (never force card) by placing the metallic stripes on the card inside, face down and completing with a small push.
There is a manual on the Fire: Go to Settings, find Help, Search for "Insert and Manage MicroSD card" The manual has detailed illustrations and instructions on installation and use of the MicroSD card.
The available memory is slightly less than the advertised memory; that's usually the case with memory cards for various reasons.
One thing I was disappointed (well, two, if I count the lack of a tiny plastic case for the MicroSD card when it's not in the Kindle. This used to be almost standard) discovering I couldn't directly download my Kindle books or my Audible audio books directly to the card. For me, with the Fire's limited data storage and my 30Gb plus audiobook collection, this is a big drawback.
The whole point of the MicroSD card was to enable me to store most of my audio books (or a great many) on the device for when Internet access was unavailable - which is often given my occupation and travel. I suspect though, I will be able to transfer via usb cable.
Got it today for my Kindle Fire 8. It was delayed by a couple of days from getting my new Fire 8. The previous review said not instructions on how to install it. True. But please, I googled "how to install the SD memory in my Fire 8" and quickly got the answer with pictures. There is a little plastic plug over the opening. Use you finger nail to gently lift and push to the side. Hold the Kindle with the on-off switch at the top, SD card hole on the right top edge. Insert the SD card with the indent facing up. Gently click it into place. Then pull the little plastic cover back over the hole and snug it down. The Kindle knows what just happened and walks you though the options for using the card. Greatly expands the storage for movies, pictures and other large files. Really easy to install. Highly recommended.
Feature Product
- Certified "Made for Amazon" accessory SD memory card - the only one tested and certified to work with your Fire Tablet and Fire TV
- Load your Fire Tablet with more fun - by adding space for additional photos, music and movies
- Download your apps and games directly to the SD card
- Class 10 performance for Full HD (1080p) video recording and playback
- Designed to perform multiple simultaneous activities with no lag or delay
Description
This SanDisk 128GB micro SD Card is the only memory tested & certified for use in the Amazon Fire TV. This is the largest size that will work in the Fire TV. SanDisk has a great reputation for being among the very best in memory. Simply insert it with the gold contacts down. Go to Settings, Memory & you will see a request to Format the new memory card. Follow the simple instructions & format it. Now it will work in the Fire TV.
Class 10 high speed performance means no delays or lagging performance.
Fire TV comes with 16GB internal storage. This memory card takes it from 16Gb to 128Gb!! Store photos, videos, apps, games on this card. You can unplug the card, take it to a friend's Fire TV & use it there - I tried it! You only need to format it one time - when you first buy it. Formatting removes everything stored on the card, so be sure to NOT format it again after you store data on the card!
SanDisk 128 GB micro SD Memory Card for Fire Tablets and Fire TV
It is always great to have extra storage, got here when the arrival date told me it would and it fits in perfectly.
I had ordered Amazon Fire Tablets for each of my grand-children for Christmas gifts. They love their tablets, but we found that the memories filled up very quickly when we started putting game apps on them. I had 2 Fire Tablets for myself and I had bought 128GB Micro SD cards for mine, which is far too large for what I need. If I downloaded movies or something, they would be great, but I just use them for games, so it was a waste of money. I saw these 32GB cards and read the reviews and compared prices with other sellers and decided these were a good choice. They arrived very quickly, in individual, sealed packets. I installed the first one, and allowed the device to move the games over, and then I have added another 100 games since then, with plenty of room left over. With roughly 200 games on the device, there is still 25GB of free space. Most games still use up a portion of Tablet memory and only store part of the game on the Micro SD card, but it makes such a huge difference. For our purposes, this is the way to go.
Only two weeks in, but the memory card seems to working great.
I got this card for my kindle as it was specifically recommended by Amazon, and my kindle came with only 8 gigabytes of storage, which is ridiculously insufficient for any modern complex operating system expected to accumulate data. Even worse, it's not really 8 full gigabytes. (Also, I got tired of being nagged about running out of space after taking only a few dozen photos.)
Computers like numbers that are in powers of 2, and work best with processors and RAM that are built on powers of 2, which is why you usually see numbers like 8, 16, 32, etc. and not "strange" numbers like 10, 21, 43, etc. For this reason computer systems have *traditionally* used 1024 (2^10) as a base when reporting storage usage in kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, etc.
When it comes to a physical storage medium, however, capacity does not have to be a power of 2; it can be whatever number of storage positions will *physically fit*, the only real requirement being that the computer processor can count that high.
Manufacturers are notorious for cutting corners in manufacturing wherever possible then hyping up their products. In the case of the kindle, Amazon used 1000 (10^3) as the base of its "8 gigabyte" claim and aimed for a physical arrangement that would guarantee *at least* 8,000,000,000 bytes of storage (1000*1000*1000*8), over half a billion bytes short of 8,589,934,592 (1024*1024*1024*8). Not surprisingly, SanDisk did the same thing with this less-than-32-gigabyte memory card, as this deceptive practice has become an industry standard. But I digress a bit, my point being that an 8-gigabyte kindle affords you with MUCH less storage space than you would expect, necessitating a memory card for expanded storage, especially since the kindle's operating system uses a LOT of overhead, and every application you install also wants to use a lot of storage.
When inserting your new memory card (or removing it) it is best to do so while the device is turned off. Mobile devices are finicky when it comes to "hot swapping" memory cards, often refusing to read the card, or even worse, damaging the card and corrupting data.
After you've inserted the card and turned the kindle back on, go to Settings -> Storage, and move all the option sliders to the right to tell your kindle to utilize the memory card as much as it is willing to. Unfortunately, some features will still waste space on the internal storage, e.g. screen captures and blue tooth file transfers will NOT be saved to the memory card.
To "move" my kindle books to the memory card, the easiest way was to delete them then re-download them. To move other personal files to the memory card, I connected my kindle to my PC and used Windows Explorer.
From the previously mentioned settings menu, you can also move *some* applications to the memory card. Before and after the move, the amount of storage used on each disk is displayed. Moved applications will still use *some* space on the internal storage, and funnily enough, moved applications use more TOTAL storage than when they resided solely on the internal storage.
One application I did NOT move was ES File Explorer, as this is a system-critical application (due to the kindle's shortcomings).
It should also be noted that the kindle's crappy built-in file browser CANNOT locate the memory card. The files *are* there, but you will NOT find them without a proper file browser like ES File Explorer. Also, some programs (such as the red Notepad) will not be allowed write permissions to the memory card!
A few days ago my wife turned on my kindle and it updated itself which took over half an hour, which seemed unusual because when I observe updates they tend to run much faster. Afterward, my kindle stopped recognizing the presence of the memory card. The solution was to turn off the kindle, remove the card, turn the kindle on, then back off, then reinsert the memory card, then turn the kindle back on.
The card is working great, and is less than 3% full while my kindle has less than 1.5 gigabytes free.
Update 2018-04-23
Last night just before I went to bed, my kindle battery was running low. I was too lazy to go find a charging cable, so I just turned the kindle off.
This morning I turned it back on, with only 12% battery power remaining, and found that several program icons were dark. When I tried to launch one of them, I was told that the program couldn't run because the memory card could not be found! I tried removing the memory card and restarted the kindle like I described in my original review, but the memory card could STILL not be found.
I took the memory card out and connected it to my desktop computer and confirmed that it was in perfect working order. I then put it back in the kindle and connected the kindle to my computer, letting the charge process turn the kindle on. The darkened icons were still dark, and I saw a flash of the memory card icon at the top-left of the screen. I opened ES File Explorer which located the memory card and showed me its files. I went back to the home screen and none of the icons are dark any more.
I guess my piece-of-crap kindle doesn't want to exert any effort accessing the memory card if the battery power is red-lining when the device boots up.
If you're purchasing this from the Nintendo switch I can tell you that it runs smoothly smoothly with the software and you can't beat it for the price
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