Does the Note 4 not have a spring for the external SD card reader? Every time the phone vibrates, the SD card malfunctions because it's not locked in place.
Agamemnus_ said:
Does the Note 4 not have a spring for the external SD card reader? Every time the phone vibrates, the SD card malfunctions because it's not locked in place.
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I haven't had that at all. Maybe the metal casing around yours is somehow bent or misshapen? .
brittoking said:
I haven't had that at all. Maybe the metal casing around yours is somehow bent or misshapen? .
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So when you put the card in, you can feel the spring?
Agamemnus_ said:
So when you put the card in, you can feel the spring?
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Mine doesn't have a spring and it feels very snug when inserting it in. I thought it was odd that it didn't have the spring but whatever, no issues here.
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So when you put the card in, you can feel the spring?
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No not really it just pushes in and is snug. No spring feeling or sound
I think they took out the spring to save space.
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Agamemnus_ said:
Does the Note 4 not have a spring for the external SD card reader? Every time the phone vibrates, the SD card malfunctions because it's not locked in place.
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I would imagine you can fix that by bending the metal sd card cage downwards very slightly, so it holds the card more tightly.
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Anyone know why HTC decided to go with that really weird design for the SD card? It's such a pain in the Ass =( why not just a normal slot.
I imagine that to help make the phone thinner they brought it to the inside. I also imagine they figure that with 32gb cards getting cheaper, more and more people will just "set it and forget it." All this is purely speculation though.
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I really wish the SD card was more accessible. If it was a spring loaded slot feed on the side of the phone, for example.
It would be nice to swap cards and have one card for "ipod mode", one with some movies or tv shows and one for general use, for example.
Even having to pop the battery cover would be OK, but having to remove the battery is a showstopper.
dadewy said:
I really wish the SD card was more accessible. If it was a spring loaded slot feed on the side of the phone, for example.
It would be nice to swap cards and have one card for "ipod mode", one with some movies or tv shows and one for general use, for example.
Even having to pop the battery cover would be OK, but having to remove the battery is a showstopper.
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AGREED
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Maybe the required removal of the battery thing is to make sure that you don't eject the SDCard while writing to it/reading from it or anything like that.
I dunno.
I'd love a more accessible design too.
catachresistant said:
Maybe the required removal of the battery thing is to make sure that you don't eject the SDCard while writing to it/reading from it or anything like that.
I dunno.
I'd love a more accessible design too.
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I thought of that too... ideally, we could have the device sense when the battery cover is off and umount the sdcard at that point.
The question remains what to do if the sdcard is busy at the time. I guess the same problem exists when attaching the usb cord in "drive" mode, and that seems to work OK, so do whatever it does
Oh well, nice to speculate but we're stuck with the current (crap) design.
Hmm or are we? Flex ribbon cable to make the sdcard external anyone? I can't think of an elegant way to do this, unfortunately, there's no room between the battery and battery cover, that's for sure.
For some reason when I get a text message my screen will only dim after a short while, it never turns off. I have the timeout set to 15 seconds in settings.
Also, I don't know if its supposed to be this way but the sim card does not go in the side of the phone completely for me like the sd card does. Basically when I close the little cover for the sd card and sim card it pushes in the sim card enough for the phone to read it.
I've already had an issue where I had the phone bounce in my pocket, the little cover for the sd card and sim card got loose, and the sim card moved out so my phone restarted with no sim until I pushed the cover back in.
This is for AT&T by the way.
derelict267 said:
For some reason when I get a text message my screen will only dim after a short while, it never turns off. I have the timeout set to 15 seconds in settings.
Also, I don't know if its supposed to be this way but the sim card does not go in the side of the phone completely for me like the sd card does. Basically when I close the little cover for the sd card and sim card it pushes in the sim card enough for the phone to read it.
I've already had an issue where I had the phone bounce in my pocket, the little cover for the sd card and sim card got loose, and the sim card moved out so my phone restarted with no sim until I pushed the cover back in.
This is for AT&T by the way.
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For the sim card, I had a problem with it not being in there well when I got it from AT&T. I put it in myself later using something thin to push it in and make sure it got pushed in all the way. I've had absolutely no problems yet. Hopefully that continues.
This sim card has to pushed in quite far for the "click" until its completely seated. I had to use a paper clip to push it in enough. Try that.
The paper clip trick worked, thanks guys .
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For the sim card, I had a problem with it not being in there well when I got it from AT&T. I put it in myself later using something thin to push it in and make sure it got pushed in all the way. I've had absolutely no problems yet. Hopefully that continues.
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Ditto. I had to offer push my sim card in further when I got home, too. After it did, it locked in place as expected.
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I noticed my GSIV was getting warm while charging... I put it side by side with my girls GSIII, and hers was nice and cool.
I decided to take out the SD Card, and viola! My phone is cold again.
I'm thinking this could be cause by the SD Card itself.
Anyone else has this issue while charging?
I'm using a SanDisk Ultra 32GB Class 10
Same here. It's in the general area of the camera
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You guys too? Thought it would get hot around the bottom where the battery is..... Guess not
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i had that issue with my amaze 4G. it was the chip right next to the camera lens. it would get incrediably hot. that's why i switched over to the SIV
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I noticed my GSIV was getting warm while charging... I put it side by side with my girls GSIII, and hers was nice and cool.
I decided to take out the SD Card, and viola! My phone is cold again.
I'm thinking this could be cause by the SD Card itself.
Anyone else has this issue while charging?
I'm using a SanDisk Ultra 32GB Class 10
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Have the same card but doesn't get that warm while charging that I have noticed .
yea, it turned out to be my SD Card. I took it out and it charges nicely.
I also decided to take it out and my battery life went UP UP UP.
stupid SanDisk.
For those that have the Tab Pro 8.4, is the micro SD slot supposed to be spring loaded? Is it supposed to lock in place when you push it in?
On my tablet right now when I insert my micro SD card, I can't keep it in. It keeps protruding oit. Do I have a defective micro SD slot?
Probably, here it works perfectly...
Sorry man
Yeah, sounds like it may be defective.
Behaves the same as the tray on other devices: push the card in, and it will stay in (I think the card should be about flush with the surrounding plastic - I don't have my Tab with me right now, but I just popped out/in the card the other day). Push the card again, and it will "spring" slightly so that its sticking out by a few millimeters, so you can grab it and take it out.
dapperwix said:
For those that have the Tab Pro 8.4, is the micro SD slot supposed to be spring loaded? Is it supposed to lock in place when you push it in?
On my tablet right now when I insert my micro SD card, I can't keep it in. It keeps protruding oit. Do I have a defective micro SD slot?
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Yes it is spring loaded, but to get the card to seat and lock in place properly I had to push it pretty far in (carefully) with a long finger nail.
The slot is quite deep set and pushing the card in flush with the case wasn't enough to get it to lock in place and it kept popping back out - a bit of hassle compared to my other devices with micro SD to be honest.
Oh sorry, I had misunderstood your question.
Indeed you have to pull it really far, my nails barely can do it, so generally I use the SD adaptor to push it further untill it locks...
hundred_miles_high said:
Yes it is spring loaded, but to get the card to seat and lock in place properly I had to push it pretty far in (carefully) with a long finger nail.
The slot is quite deep set and pushing the card in flush with the case wasn't enough to get it to lock in place and it kept popping back out - a bit of hassle compared to my other devices with micro SD to be honest.
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That is true, I was thinking you have to push the card in farther then flush (I think it "clicks" a bit) in order to lock it in the "inserted position". Then push it again to eject it. I just couldn't remember for sure, since I don't have the device with me at the moment.
Very true, that the slot is set a bit too deep. So I have a little difficulty pressing the card in, to eject it. So the same can certainly be true when pushing the card in to "lock" it in place. I would follow the above suggestions to push the card (gently and carefully) with some thin object, as far as it will go. And if it still doesn't lock in place, the locking mechanism may be broken. I can do it with just my fingernails (they are usually short) but it often takes a couple tries to get it to eject. I don't usually have issues inserting it, but I can see how the same would still apply.
Thanks for all the input. Yeah. I can't get the card to lock in place when I push it in, and I am pushing it in pretty far. I'm thinking the spring mechanism may be defective, but sounds like you may have to push in far I will try again later tonight.
Pretty late to the party here, but since I didn't see it mentioned, you should know that the card inserts face-up, meaning the contacts on the card face the back of the tablet.
And yes, it's very deep, but is spring loaded.
As the title says, my S3 will no longer hold the SIM card. The spring just keeps popping the SIM card back out.
Does anyone know how I could play a bit of operation to just disable the spring?
I just want to get a few more weeks out of my s3 until the new nexus 5
arasarn said:
As the title says, my S3 will no longer hold the SIM card. The spring just keeps popping the SIM card back out.
Does anyone know how I could play a bit of operation to just disable the spring?
I just want to get a few more weeks out of my s3 until the new nexus 5
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I had a phone where the microSD slot stopped working right. A piece of business card trimmed to the right size to slip into the tray along with the SD card added just enough tension to hold the SD card in place without becoming hopelessly wedged. Something similar might work for this if you can find the right thickness card. Good luck.
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I had a phone where the microSD slot stopped working right. A piece of business card trimmed to the right size to slip into the tray along with the SD card added just enough tension to hold the SD card in place without becoming hopelessly wedged. Something similar might work for this if you can find the right thickness card. Good luck.
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I wound up electrical taping it into place.
Hopefully that holds for a while...
Nope. That worked for about five minutes. Back to the drawing board.
I folded up a piece of tape and used it with more tape, to jam everything in tight together. Seams to have lasted ten minutes now.
I had the same problem and did this.
Samsung Galaxy S3 I747- (AT&T) SIM Card/ Micro SD Memory Card Slot Holder Flex Cable Replacement Kit
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arasarn said:
As the title says, my S3 will no longer hold the SIM card. The spring just keeps popping the SIM card back out.
Does anyone know how I could play a bit of operation to just disable the spring?
I just want to get a few more weeks out of my s3 until the new nexus 5
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For anyone that comes across this in the future (or if you still need a solution):
At the bottom of the SD card slot (while holding the phone upright) there is a small spring which is responsible for pushing the card out. You can pull the spring out with a small phillips screw driver, knife or other thin point.
At the bottom right of the SD card slot there is a small tab like feature. Bend this up, and put your screw driver downwards into this small hole. Now pry the spring out. It will take a few attempts, and it will definitely help if you use a flashlight and look to see whats going on in there.