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  Lenovo tablet SD Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2024-05-10 19:55 +0100
    Re: Lenovo tablet SD Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2024-05-11 09:21 +0100
    Re: Lenovo tablet SD Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-05-11 10:14 +0100
    Re: Lenovo tablet SD Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-05-11 11:37 +0200
      Re: Lenovo tablet SD Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2024-05-11 12:37 +0100
        Re: Lenovo tablet SD The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-05-11 14:30 -0700
          Re: Lenovo tablet SD AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-05-11 16:49 -0700
            Re: Lenovo tablet SD The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-05-11 22:55 -0700
              Re: Lenovo tablet SD AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-05-11 23:41 -0700
                Re: Lenovo tablet SD The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-05-12 08:37 -0700
                  Re: Lenovo tablet SD AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-05-12 09:47 -0700
          Re: Lenovo tablet SD micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-05-12 01:09 -0400
          Re: Lenovo tablet SD Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-05-21 10:00 +0200

#141013 — Lenovo tablet SD

Tablet suddenly showing 'no SD card inserted' although I have had a 
32Gig card there for some time without any apparent problem.
I have not been able to reinsert the card so that it is recognised.
Any ideas?

-- 
Jim the Geordie

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#141023

Jim the Geordie wrote:
> 
> Tablet suddenly showing 'no SD card inserted' although I have had a
> 32Gig card there for some time without any apparent problem.
> I have not been able to reinsert the card so that it is recognised.
> Any ideas?
> 

Well, it's either the card or the tablet that's failing. I'd guess the 
card, and try it on another device.
If that works ok elsewhere, try a different SD card on the phone.

Ed

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#141024

Jim the Geordie wrote:

> Tablet suddenly showing 'no SD card inserted' although I have had a
> 32Gig card there for some time without any apparent problem.
> I have not been able to reinsert the card so that it is recognised.
> Any ideas?

Compressed air, or a wooden cocktail stick to clean any fluff out of the 
card slot?

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#141025

Jim the Geordie, 2024-05-10 20:55:

> 
> Tablet suddenly showing 'no SD card inserted' although I have had a 
> 32Gig card there for some time without any apparent problem.
> I have not been able to reinsert the card so that it is recognised.
> Any ideas?

Most likely the card is defect. Without removing it and testing it in
another device you will never find out.

-- 
Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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#141026

In article <la8sikF7ijqU2@mid.individual.net>, usenet@arnowelzel.de 
says...
> 
> Jim the Geordie, 2024-05-10 20:55:
> 
> > 
> > Tablet suddenly showing 'no SD card inserted' although I have had a 
> > 32Gig card there for some time without any apparent problem.
> > I have not been able to reinsert the card so that it is recognised.
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Most likely the card is defect. Without removing it and testing it in
> another device you will never find out.

I think you're right. I tried it in my pc slot, but got nowt. I'm not 
prepared to put my mobile in danger by putting it in there,
For a fiver, it's not worth the risk.
I'm not sure I really need it as my tablet performs perfectly well 
without it.

-- 
Jim the Geordie

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#141035

On 5/11/24 4:37 AM, Jim the Geordie wrote:
> In article <la8sikF7ijqU2@mid.individual.net>, usenet@arnowelzel.de
> says...
>> 
>> Jim the Geordie, 2024-05-10 20:55:
>> 
>> > 
>> > Tablet suddenly showing 'no SD card inserted' although I have had a 
>> > 32Gig card there for some time without any apparent problem.
>> > I have not been able to reinsert the card so that it is recognised.
>> > Any ideas?
>> 
>> Most likely the card is defect. Without removing it and testing it in
>> another device you will never find out.
> 
> I think you're right. I tried it in my pc slot, but got nowt. I'm not
> prepared to put my mobile in danger by putting it in there,
> For a fiver, it's not worth the risk.
> I'm not sure I really need it as my tablet performs perfectly well
> without it.

Did you have anything stored on it that you actually use? I keep books 
on mine.  If I were going to keep photos on the tablet/phone I'd use 
that, but I just dump those to my computer and delete them from the phone.

It's hard to understand how cards go bad, but apparently they do.  OTOH, 
the power switch on my Lenovo tablet went bad (a mechanical problem I 
haven't yet figured out how to solve permanently, although temp 
solutions involving shims worked for a while), but I wouldn't put it 
past Lenovo to cheap out where they can.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
     It doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always gets in.

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#141037

On 5/11/2024 2:30 PM, The Real Bev wrote:

> the power switch on my Lenovo tablet went bad (a mechanical problem I
> haven't yet figured out how to solve permanently, although temp
> solutions involving shims worked for a while)

The power switch on one of my past tablets went bad in that it took 
several pushes to get it to turn on or off (sleep). So I just left it 
turned on all the time and used an app called Screen Black to black out 
the screen when I wasn't using it. It worked fine and I used it that way 
for several months. To turn it 'on' I just swiped up from the bottom of 
the black screen and hit the home screen icon. And I was also surprised 
that I really didn't notice all that much difference in the time between 
battery charges...

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#141042

On 5/11/24 4:49 PM, AJL wrote:
> On 5/11/2024 2:30 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
> 
>> the power switch on my Lenovo tablet went bad (a mechanical problem I
>> haven't yet figured out how to solve permanently, although temp
>> solutions involving shims worked for a while)

The little plastic tit that actually connects to the switch seems to 
have worn down so that it no longer reaches the metal thing it's 
supposed to activate.  I took it apart and put some cellophane in as a 
shim, and it worked a few times.  I put more in and it worked a few 
times more.

Sort of like the cheesy plastic part on the nice Ryobi weed whacker that 
wears out and won't reach the microwswitch that activates the REAL 
switch.  Really annoying when brand-name stuff has such cheesy failure 
modes.

> The power switch on one of my past tablets went bad in that it took
> several pushes to get it to turn on or off (sleep). So I just left it
> turned on all the time and used an app called Screen Black to black out
> the screen when I wasn't using it. It worked fine and I used it that way
> for several months. To turn it 'on' I just swiped up from the bottom of
> the black screen and hit the home screen icon. And I was also surprised
> that I really didn't notice all that much difference in the time between
> battery charges...

I thought of that, but it's months between uses and it just makes me 
uncomfortable to have something running all the time and not being used, 
especially these batteries.  When the screen blacks out swiping does 
nothing, but the little magnet in the cover will unblank the screen.

I may try to put a sturdier shim in, but I really hate taking those tiny 
screws out even if I have all the proper tools.  I wish I had a 
horizontal surface on which to put one of those nice blue silicone pads 
with all the cubbyholes instead of putting a cookie pan in my lap.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
    "I love deadlines... especially the whooshing sound
     they make as they go by."           -Douglas Adams

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#141044

On 5/11/2024 10:55 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 5/11/24 4:49 PM, AJL wrote:
>> On 5/11/2024 2:30 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
>>
>>> the power switch on my Lenovo tablet went bad (a mechanical
>>> problem I haven't yet figured out how to solve permanently,
>>> although temp solutions involving shims worked for a while)
>
> The little plastic tit that actually connects to the switch seems to
> have worn down so that it no longer reaches the metal thing it's
> supposed to activate.  I took it apart and put some cellophane in as
> a shim, and it worked a few times.  I put more in and it worked a
> few times more.
>
> Sort of like the cheesy plastic part on the nice Ryobi weed whacker
> that wears out and won't reach the microwswitch that activates the
> REAL switch.  Really annoying when brand-name stuff has such cheesy
> failure modes.
>
>> The power switch on one of my past tablets went bad in that it
>> took several pushes to get it to turn on or off (sleep). So I just
>> left it turned on all the time and used an app called Screen Black
>> to black out the screen when I wasn't using it. It worked fine and
>> I used it that way for several months. To turn it 'on' I just
>> swiped up from the bottom of the black screen and hit the home
>> screen icon. And I was also surprised that I really didn't notice
>> all that much difference in the time between battery charges...
>
> I thought of that, but it's months between uses and it just makes me
> uncomfortable to have something running all the time and not being
> used, especially these batteries.

I always power off my unused tablets. They use around 5% a day sleeping
so the battery would be near dead in less than a month.


> When the screen blacks out swiping does nothing, but the little
> magnet in the cover will unblank the screen.

That's a nice feature. The wife's i-tablet (I'm afraid to say the brand
here...) does that. One of my recent Android tablet acquisitions turns
on (unsleep) by moving it and I got an app to turn it off, so I never
have to touch the physical switch.

> I may try to put a sturdier shim in, but I really hate taking those
> tiny screws out even if I have all the proper tools.

Those little screws almost burned down my house one time. I was working
(playing?) on a laptop and when putting the screws back in I put a long
one where a short one was supposed to go and pierced the battery. It
caught fire but fortunately I was able to carry it outside a leave it on
the rock yard. It actually did some serious flaming. Scary.

> I wish I had a horizontal surface on which to put one of those nice
> blue silicone pads with all the cubbyholes instead of putting a
> cookie pan in my lap.
>

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#141048

On 5/11/24 11:41 PM, AJL wrote:
> On 5/11/2024 10:55 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 5/11/24 4:49 PM, AJL wrote:
>>> On 5/11/2024 2:30 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>
>>>> the power switch on my Lenovo tablet went bad (a mechanical
>>>> problem I haven't yet figured out how to solve permanently,
>>>> although temp solutions involving shims worked for a while)
>>
>> The little plastic tit that actually connects to the switch seems to
>> have worn down so that it no longer reaches the metal thing it's
>> supposed to activate.  I took it apart and put some cellophane in as
>> a shim, and it worked a few times.  I put more in and it worked a
>> few times more.
>>
>> Sort of like the cheesy plastic part on the nice Ryobi weed whacker
>> that wears out and won't reach the microwswitch that activates the
>> REAL switch.  Really annoying when brand-name stuff has such cheesy
>> failure modes.
>>
>>> The power switch on one of my past tablets went bad in that it
>>> took several pushes to get it to turn on or off (sleep). So I just
>>> left it turned on all the time and used an app called Screen Black
>>> to black out the screen when I wasn't using it. It worked fine and
>>> I used it that way for several months. To turn it 'on' I just
>>> swiped up from the bottom of the black screen and hit the home
>>> screen icon. And I was also surprised that I really didn't notice
>>> all that much difference in the time between battery charges...
>>
>> I thought of that, but it's months between uses and it just makes me
>> uncomfortable to have something running all the time and not being
>> used, especially these batteries.
> 
> I always power off my unused tablets. They use around 5% a day sleeping
> so the battery would be near dead in less than a month.
> 
>> When the screen blacks out swiping does nothing, but the little
>> magnet in the cover will unblank the screen.
> 
> That's a nice feature. The wife's i-tablet (I'm afraid to say the brand
> here...) does that. One of my recent Android tablet acquisitions turns
> on (unsleep) by moving it and I got an app to turn it off, so I never
> have to touch the physical switch.

How do you turn it back on?

>> I may try to put a sturdier shim in, but I really hate taking those
>> tiny screws out even if I have all the proper tools.
> 
> Those little screws almost burned down my house one time. I was working
> (playing?) on a laptop and when putting the screws back in I put a long
> one where a short one was supposed to go and pierced the battery. It
> caught fire but fortunately I was able to carry it outside a leave it on
> the rock yard. It actually did some serious flaming. Scary.

A friend and his fiance were going skiing with me.  Fiance couldn't get 
her boot into her brand new skis.  Asshole shop used a screw that was 
too long to attach the bindings and it was pushing the base out and 
probably torqueing something.  She finally forced her boot in, but I 
wouldn't have trusted the binding to release.  She got the ski replaced, 
of course, but I don't think she ever skied again.

Good to know that we can trust professionals to do the job they're paid for!

>> I wish I had a horizontal surface on which to put one of those nice
>> blue silicone pads with all the cubbyholes instead of putting a
>> cookie pan in my lap.

Available at acceptable prices from ebay.  The guy who replaced my 
Pixel2 battery had one.  Envy.


-- 
Cheers, Bev
    Why should I be tarred with the epithet "loony" merely
    because I have a pet halibut?           --Monty Python

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#141050

On 5/12/2024 8:37 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 5/11/24 11:41 PM, AJL wrote:

>> One of my recent Android tablet acquisitions turns
>> on (unsleep) by moving it and I got an app to turn it off, so I never
>> have to touch the physical switch.
>
> How do you turn it back on?

The tablet has a motion detector and can be set to turn on (unsleep) 
when moved.

The tablet details are below if anyone cares. Just got it a few weeks 
ago. It works as advertised and I would give it 5 stars if I did that 
sort of thing. The only complaint is that I didn't notice it was still 
set on Chinese time and I was living a day in the future for awhile. My 
other tablets were smart enough to figure out where I was and set the 
time once hooked to my WiFi.

ALLDOCUBE 2K Android Tablet FHD 10.36 Inch Tablet PC 8GB RAM 256GB ROM 
and 2TB Expand Octa Core Helio G99 Processor Gaming Tablets Bluetooth 
5.2 iPlay 50 Pro Max

$169.99 (On Amazon of course...)

Size: 10.4 inch
Style: 256GB
Color: Gray
Brand	ALLDOCUBE
Model Name iPlay 50 Pro Max
Memory Storage Capacity	256 GB
Screen Size	10.36 Inches
Display Resolution Maximum	2000*1200 Pixels

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an incredibly small 8.4mm profile, making it easy to carry about. The 
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#141041

In comp.mobile.android, on Sat, 11 May 2024 14:30:38 -0700, The Real Bev
<bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 5/11/24 4:37 AM, Jim the Geordie wrote:
>> In article <la8sikF7ijqU2@mid.individual.net>, usenet@arnowelzel.de
>> says...
>>> 
>>> Jim the Geordie, 2024-05-10 20:55:
>>> 
>>> > 
>>> > Tablet suddenly showing 'no SD card inserted' although I have had a 
>>> > 32Gig card there for some time without any apparent problem.
>>> > I have not been able to reinsert the card so that it is recognised.
>>> > Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> Most likely the card is defect. Without removing it and testing it in
>>> another device you will never find out.
>> 
>> I think you're right. I tried it in my pc slot, but got nowt. I'm not
>> prepared to put my mobile in danger by putting it in there,
>> For a fiver, it's not worth the risk.
>> I'm not sure I really need it as my tablet performs perfectly well
>> without it.
>
>Did you have anything stored on it that you actually use? I keep books 
>on mine.  If I were going to keep photos on the tablet/phone I'd use 
>that, but I just dump those to my computer and delete them from the phone.
>
>It's hard to understand how cards go bad, but apparently they do.  OTOH, 
>the power switch on my Lenovo tablet went bad (a mechanical problem I 
>haven't yet figured out how to solve permanently, although temp 
>solutions involving shims worked for a while), 

The power button on my phone broke.  It was just a plastic part of the
case meant to bend in and turn the phone on or off whenever I pressed on
it, and the plastic broke.  It was my first smart phone, a cheap one
with a short name, sold mostly in Latin America (who? Me? something like
that.) and it managed to work well for a 2-month trip abroad amd brple
when I was just 15 minutes from the airport to go home.   I still had
one good-bye phone call to make from the airport, and I did that be
sticking something in the hole to press the on/off switch.  (but that
didnt' work well enough -- often it wouldn't work -- to keep using it.) 

>but I wouldn't put it 
>past Lenovo to cheap out where they can.

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#141331

The Real Bev, 2024-05-11 23:30:

[...]
> It's hard to understand how cards go bad, but apparently they do.  OTOH, 
> the power switch on my Lenovo tablet went bad (a mechanical problem I 
> haven't yet figured out how to solve permanently, although temp 
> solutions involving shims worked for a while), but I wouldn't put it 
> past Lenovo to cheap out where they can.

SD cards are the cheapest variation of flash media memory. If you don't
buy specific "high endurance" cards you should consider this kind of
storage always a temporary solution only used to keep data for a short
time period - as for example in a digital camera etc. - and not use it
as permanent storage media.

-- 
Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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