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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twistedskater68:
Hey all,

I thought I would share my findings to help others with the same issue.

Two days ago I kept catching glimpses of a card image in the notifications at the top of the screen, but it would only be for a second so I could not see what it was trying to tell me. But had a quick look and sd card seemed fine and all data was present on handset. A couple of hours later it popped up with "SD Card Unexpectedly Removed". I tried ejecting and reinserting,restarting device and turning off and removing battery all to no avail. So I did a quick search which showed this seemed to be quite a common issue, after reading many threads with people saying the sd card is corrupt or network providers saying it was software and to do a restore. I decided before all that hassle I would open the phone and check the circuitboard expecting it to be a dry solder joint. One thing I will point out that was different to some other users is the fact my sd card was not visible with the phone connected to the computer, so this may not solve all related issues.

THE FIX

Turn off phone, remove the battery, SIM card and sd card. Remove all screws except the one by the 3.5mm jack. Gently pull the white plastic trim that surrounds the card holders and battery but the top part with speaker and camera does not need removing. Once removed if you look to the left of the sd card holder you will see the ribbon that connects the sd card to the main circuit board and at the end of the ribbon is the connector. Mine was disconnected and was loose, even if yours is not loose it would be worth gently pulling it off and reconnecting it. Then reassemble in the reverse order.

This was a nice surprise in the sense it was a very simple fix. However when I mounted the sd card even directly in my pc it was not found, I assume that the loose connector floating about had probably shorted its connections and caused an issue with the sd card. After a handfuls of attempts at mounting it in my pc it was finally detected and I backed up all the data and reformatted the sd card, then copied the data back,mounted it in my phone and was happy to find it all working as expected.

I hope this information will help some of you out, as it was a simple fix to a simple issue and results from searching had no solutions, just lots of assumptions.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcaneck:
And what can I do

Hi

I read your articles and seem very good but u have a question.

I had the same issue and I saw that every time my phone said I hat message it creates in my sd card a folder named lost. I and then i saw that one part of my battery was going there, ti reconnect the phone with my sd card

I formatted my sd card and did all the things that I found in the Internetbut nnothing works and I just change my sd for another one I had and sincethere u ddon't have any other issue, but my computer detects very good my first sd card and I'm not sure how to fix it.

Any idea?

Regards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kasmott:
Recently ive just faced this issue, what I did is to insert my 32gb sd card in my PC and run CHKDISK, havent got any error while performing this, thereafter i inserted it in my phone & goodness till now this sd card error hasn't appear yet. (finger crossed).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sak500:
Mine did something like this a few times and then the 32GB Sandisk class 10 card died. Couldn't get it to work in any device except Linux based Media player. Luckily managed to copy my nadroid backup and TB backup. Sent to Sandisk and they replaced it. There is already a thread about S3 damaging teh SD cards. May be the loose connection is what's causing the card to to end up dead.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twistedskater68:
Yeah,as mentioned I have seen a lot of issues about sd cards, this is the first issue I have had and thought it would be worth mentioning. There is little space when the case is together so it could easily still make contact and seem fine even if the connector has worked loose and cause all kinds of issues. As mentioned mine had the sd icon popping up every now and then before it actually failed. Some users seem to be going through a lot of sd cards with them failing on a regular bassis.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meemo23:
I've been using my 32gb card since my last phone which was the LG Optimus 3D it is a scandisk class 10 one. Anyway i took it out of the 3D and stuck it into my S3 i still have not had a problem. I did take it out a few times to put a rom in because i wiped my phone and didn't have a rom in the Sd card. Also i dropped my phone and replaced the whole front silver bumper bit the whole digitizer because i dropped my phone while playing basketball. It still works. It has been a year now it has been in two phones and still works great. I must be lucky..

I got mugged for the SD though i bought it last year for £60 from Argos a store in the UK. Now you can get them for half the price oh well.. I am waiting for the 128gb ones to come out so going to buy one lol..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4ssnet:
today also my Sandisk Ultra HC I 32GB it's died, tomorrow I'll test with pc but no sign of life :crying: WTF samsung !!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcaneck:
hey i have the same issue with an 32gb sd card, it was workking great and then i was getting the error about

"SD Card Unexpectedly Removed" and then i tried everything i could and my computer detect the sd card and it seems to be working normal but in my phone i have the error over and over again and it was draining my battery too, and the only thing i did was change to another 16gb sd card and this one is working.

maybe there is a problem with the 32gb sd cards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr0wnest:
I have a 16GB Sandisk UHS-1 card and i have been getting this issue as well, and its becoming more and more frequent. Whenver it happens, the ringtones/notifications for certain apps like Gmail and Message get reset as the ringtones i set were stored in the sdcard. Also the photo frame app i have on my homescreen often resets to nothing as the pictures were also stored in the sdcard. Its really annoying because I can leave my phone sleeping, only to wake it up realizing my ringtones are all set to silent and my photo frame has been reset. At least i know its a common problem. damn you samsung!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twistedskater68:
Has anyone actually tried checking the connection on the ribbon as suggested? Mine has been fine since and works fine.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimJ87D:
Does this method void our warranty? Seems so.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twistedskater68:
There is no way anyone would know you have opened it, the screws are all Philips instead of t6. As long as you use the correct screwdriver it won't damage the heads and will leave no sign of entery and it takes around 10 mins to complete. Or you could take it to Samsung to do but seems a lot of hassle for such a simple fix.

Also most people are rooted without concern of the warranty.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimJ87D:
So there's no seals or stickers that are broken?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twistedskater68:
Nope, no sticker or seals and just so you know all screws to remove the back are identical, there are only two screws inside which are different but do not need removing for this. You only need a Philips screwdriver ( I used a ph00 x 40) as long as the screwdriver fits the screw well it will not damage the head. Once screws are out a flat head screwdriver or similar are helpfull to prise the back off.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tryerxda:
Hi Guys,

A little feedback from my experience with this.

I too was experiencing the "Unexpectedly Removed" error on my 32GB Class10 Sandisk.

It was playing havok with my setup because I use a 8GB Ext4 Partition on the card, where I move 90% of my apps. (About 6GB of that is used by games + their "external" data), and it keeps my phone and FAT32 partition free for important stuff. (I use Link2SD and DirectoryBind)

The problem is, after the device wakes, Link2SD can't find any of the apps, so I can't start any of them, and I have to do a full reboot to get them back. :/

So, after searching and searching, I couldnt find a valid solution.

I tried with a 16GB class10 Samsung, and a 32GB Class10 Samsung card. Exact same setup. NO ISSUES.

Everything works perfectly.

Then I found this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1933743&page=2

Where most of them are experiencing this error with Sandisk cards.

Apparently, it's a known issue with Sandisk Cards (especially the 32GB models), and cards sold after December 2012 no longer experience this.

I have contacted Amazon.co.uk about replacing the card as it's only 2 months old, still waiting for their answer. Will update if anyones interested.

cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NYLimited:
A curious question if I may.

Was this a SanDisk Ultra (UHS) card? Most (if not all) Android phones do not have a proper UHS-I driver today and, although the card is supposed to switch down automatically, that transition time can fool the OS sometimes.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tryerxda:
I read something about UHS compatibility, so I got an SD-HC

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B007JTKLEK/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1357264092&sr=8-7&pi=SL75

Is it the same thing?

Hmmm. Ok, might be getting somewhere.

Any idea if these cards have an internal "power saving" system that maybe kicks in if voltage drops below a certain level?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NYLimited:
Yes, the red and Grey SanDisk cards are UHS.

Yes, they definitely have controllers and the host device can command them (if it knows how). I know that they allow In System Programming (ISP) for updating firmware. They support auto-standby, power-off and sleep modes but am not certain if the card would switch without command. Check the SD link in my signature if you really need more info.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndreiLux:
I tested my SanDisk 64GB Ultra card in a Note 2 and it had the same symptoms (Mine were worse, with the card locking up while playing music after a few minutes, causing mmc timeout errors in the kernel).

I switched to a Samsung 64GB Pro card and since then I haven't had any issue. It's also twice as fast.

The amount of headaches this SanDisk card gave me is insane, probably the last time I buy a card from them.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chanchan126:
i have sandisk ultra class 10 32gb. try this setup. use minitool to reformat your card then set it the cluster size to 16kb.

for me so far so good. will test this in a couple of days.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arghness:
Is this the red/grey one? Did you have issues before reformatting? Is yours still okay after the reformat?

I've just had my 32GB red/grey Sandisk Ultra die completely, unable to be recognised by a PC in the Sandisk SD card adapter, and showing as "Blank card or unrecognised filesystem" on the S3.

Has anyone seen any official posting from Sandisk or Samsung on this issue?

I guess that the unmounting may be caused by powersaving somewhere (either the card or the kernel), as it didn't unmount when I was playing podcasts from it, or when the screen was on, only when not in use with the screen off.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamidoo:
Had the same issue with my S3.

Turned out that the SD card was dying, this caused it to be unmounted by itself and then mounted again (sometimes showing notification “sd card removed unexpectedly”), hence triggering the media scanning process.

I created an application to monitor how many times the SD card was removed, and turned out to be unmounted every ~3 mins!!!

I then bought a new Transcend 32GB Class 10 card, and until now, this never happens, no reports from the application whatsoever, and no media process eating my battery.

Please PM me if anyone needs this app.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimJ87D:
What app is this? I want to check mine too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goscid:
I've had the same problems with my SD card. I've had Nova Launcher installed since x-mas and thought I would try disabling it to see if that would work. Did this last night and so far so good. Phone still does the "preparing SD card" routine but no error messages. Copied my card to my PC just in case.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goscid:
I am using a gray/red Sandisk 32 gb card.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avdaga:
Same issues with sandisk ultra 32gb grey/red, going to try the 16kb approach...

Specifically when I hit the 8gb barrier, **** hits the fan...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamidoo:
I just published this app in the play store now, this is the link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sdcardmonitor
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricardom09:
I had that problem on my Galaxy S3, the SD card was removed unexpectedly by itself; even when I tried to read it in the computer, it was removed sometimes, for example when I tried to format it, or just at a random time.

SOLUTION: What I did to solve it, is first: Open the Execute window on Windows and run the command: chkdsk f: /f (f: is the letter assigned to the SD memory), then: Format the SD memory with FAT32, with the quick format option unchecked (I tried several times to do this because sometimes the memory was removed in the middle of the process); and finally I did a hard reset to my S3. After all those steps, I realized that the SD card was perfectly read by the computer, it was not removed by itself when I used it; then I put it on my phone and I don't have that annoying problem now. I guessed somehow the Galaxy S3 corrupted the SD card, that was why the SD memory behaved similarly on my computer.

That worked for me, I hope I can help someone with this issue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlapJack1337:
Thanks for the tip. I'll try it when i'm at home
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoomko:
Thanks:good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wetfoot:
Sorry to join the chorus of noobs asking for rooting advice when there are vids and threads galore, but I am finding this all confusing.

I have got my new S3 from the UK network Three, it is of the following spec:

Model Number = GT-I9300

Android Version = 4.0.4

Baseband version = I9300XXLH1

I would be grateful if someone could advise me of the simplest method I should use for rooting as I am confused.

I would love to also hear any suggestions on custom roms but obviously that is a secondary request!

Thanks to anyone who wouldn't mind advising me! :silly:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mputtr:
read the stickies in the general i9300 forum. All your questions will be answered there (including a step bu step rooting guide)

the only way that you can mess it up is if you think you're smarter than the guide and not follow it properly.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EtienneBordeaux:
Just use mskip's s3 toolkit 6.0. Don't worry the toolkit is fool proof.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wetfoot:
Thank you very much for your reply, unfortunately that method does not have the build version of my phone (IMM76D.I9300XXBLG8) on the list (it has XXBLG9 though lol).

Going to try XXBLG9 as it seems this is the suggestion in the tools thread. It is funny how in all these noob proof threads I follow to root my devices I always end up taking leaps of faith! I wish I had more acumen for this stuff!

Thank you very much for putting me on the right track all the same, I appreciate it!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EtienneBordeaux:
Just read the instructions on the toolkit. It says to choose the closest build if you cant find yours. Goodluck!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wetfoot:
Thank you very much! All rooted now :D

Wish you all the best in your future phone endevours too! :good:

...Now off to find a nice ROM :cool:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] bednim:
hi,

i'm looking for case that could transform note 10.1 into netbook. the problem with cases i can see on the market is that all of them are unstable or need a kick stand to work properly. what im looking for is pretty much like a laptop where screen is actually a note 10.1.

below is the link to the ipad case which is exactly what im looking for note 10.1 but no luck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E-nXjRtHWA

please has anyone found anything like this?

thank you!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] Emandab1:
Alas. That is what I have found too. The Asus Transformer has a wonderful snap-in keyboard that has a laptop-like hinge and provides extra ports. Companies make similar things for iPads. While Android tabs outsell iPads, the iPad form factor is by far the biggest in use as one company makes them all. I think the Android tablet market fragmentation makes it too costly to make good products for a specific model as there isn't a big enough market.

My only question is why doesn't Samsung make a better keyboard dock. It seems it would be in their best interest...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] blud7:
Just a couple of posts down from this is a post on an original dock for the Galaxy Note 10.1.

Am I missing something?

edit: Oh hinged
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] RikF:
Actually this still isn't true for tablets. While Android is outselling the iPhone when combined (and in some markets the S3 is the best selling smart phone), the iPad still has over 50% of the tablet market.

http://www.latimes.com/business/tec...-tablet-market-share-20121205,0,7236496.story
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Looneytoon98:
I've exhausted every search engine looking for a solution. Does the Streak 5 have the BT PAN profile? Either natively or through a custom ROM. I don't care for wi-fi tethering because of battery drainage and heating issues. My goal is to connect my iPad to the Dell when I'm not near a hotspot.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hunderteins:
Only object push. Bluetooth is very badly supported on android.

Maybe a 3rd party app will work: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silentlexx.bluetoothpan
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdzo72:
And the Bluetooth tethering speed is pretty bad also, thus lower power consumption... make a choice, speed or battery and you can use PDANet I think
[Windows 8 General] bbinkley:
I purchased the keyboard dock and if the tablet is on the dock it drains battery quickly. I have to shut off the tablet to save battery.

Does anyone have any suggestion....:confused:
[Windows 8 General] mapatton82:
I have not had mine for too long so I cannot comment about the battery life in the dock. Personally I do boot use the dock unless I need to type a long document.

Do you have anything plugged in to the dock? I wouldn't think the usb ports would be pulling any power without something plugged in.

Sent from my Windows 8 device using Board Express
[Windows 8 General] bbinkley:
No, nothing plugged into the dock. Just placing it with the lid closed in my case. The blue power light on the keyboard and tablet both stay lit when connected and these must be drawing power
[Windows 8 General] Spectredroid:
Hmmmm

I haven't seen this on mine. It could be a connections issue, which would mean you could have a defective dock, or tablet. I haven't kept mine in the dock for a long time, but I do use it a bit. Just so happens I left in on the dock all day Saturday as I was busy and unable to use it. I found it to have normal battery drain, that is why I say you might have something going on with connection, or a drain from something else. Sorry, hope it gets worked out for you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ThePlasticBling:
I'm going to get a Galaxy Nexus soon, and I need a case. I was thinking of getting the defender because of the build in screen protector, but i read a couple of posts that say that the case can scratch your phone. Is this true?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dmwitz:
I have also read somewhere that it can scratch the phone. It's probably not the case that scratches the phone but a foreign body (sand, grit, dust) getting trapped inside the case. I think regular cleaning of the inside should fix that. I think i could anyway live with a few minor scratches considering the peace of mind the case otherwise gives you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wornick:
I bought one and had it on for a few months, it not only scratched the outer edges of the phone, it gouged it. I agree it likely had to do with contaminants getting into the case, which did happen. I had to pull the phone out of the case every second day because of things getting into it.

While I love defender cases, I was disappointed in the one for our phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ThePlasticBling:
Thanks for the info guys. I will stay away from this case.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Try the otterbox commuter. It wont scratch the device as the inner layer is silicon and not plastic.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sdobron:
Have a commuter and although I rarely use it, the case is sufficient. Only complaint is that it's a huge lint collector.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jaydizz:
I have the trident kraken. It's thick, but still fits easily into my pocket. Another good option is the Seidio Active.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Random Select:
I had the Defender and quickly returned it as it doesn't fit properly with my GSM Galaxy Nexus.

I ended up getting the Trident Kraken and Otterbox Commuter. Both are great cases that provide enough protection for the type of work I do.

The Kraken may be too bulky for most, so I would recommend getting the Commuter instead.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] traumatism:
Hey all.

In short I tried to purchase an app, my card wasn't accepted. Now I get a notification loop in my notification bar. It says the name of the app and underneath 'purchase failed' this keeps rearing its head every so often. Is this a bug or will this stop showing up of its own accord?

|Sent from the bowels of my crypt|
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] traumatism:
anyone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tragicwayz:
If this wasn't fixed, here is a way

http://macrodroid.freeforums.org/continual-purchase-failed-notification-t148.html
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] TehZam:
Hey Guys,

We have a homescreen thread but not a lockscreen thread.

So show us your awesome lockscreen & also how you achieved it :).

Thanks! :D

P.S: If there's a similar thread in the Nexus 4 section, please close this.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] methosivanhoe:
custom wp by me, done in LockerPro :)

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[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] drew_grant:
I alternate between these two...
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Kinesis916:
Currently rocking some classic Tom Baker era Who
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] williamj1:
What app do you guys recommend for custom lockscreens?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] resynx:
WidgetLocker
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] SleemLDJ:
Reporting in......

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[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] blabla189:
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 4 mit Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] kcls:
I like mine a lot. View attachment 1548491
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] BRKotucs:
Paranoid Android / Widget Locker / UCCW
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Raging Raptor:
Your looks absolutely amazing what's the UCCW. Sorry if sound a bit nooby not that in to theming
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] BRKotucs:
The top and bottom widget... 1. Weather. 2. Time, Date and Battery.

Here it is in case someone wants it... http://db.tt/JEsmb5nP
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Hatebreeder5150:
Does this require root or an app to use?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] jarjar124:
Widget locker
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] BRKotucs:
No root required! Download UCCW from the play store..... It's a free app
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Hatebreeder5150:
am i correct in saying that widget locker costs $2.99?