My Note 8 could not boot to normal state and keep stuck at Samsung logo. I bring it to the Samung Service Center and the result of the diagnosis is that the mother board is faulty and have to be replaced. I did not proceed with PCB replacement as I think buying a new device is better than the price paid for the pcb and no warranty coverage. I would like to know if the data, for example, photos in the internal 16gb ram can be recovered? is the ram a micro SD card or it is a memory chip?
Internal memory is provided via memory chips. Don't know if there's a method of recovering any data.
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I didn't see the SDcard in the Chinese teardown. Is it replaceable in this phone?
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I didn't see the SDcard in the Chinese teardown. Is it replaceable in this phone?
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If what you're really asking if you can increase the storage on a North American 16Gb model, the answer is no.
It's not an SD card, it's NAND memory and is surface-mounted (soldered) on.
As for why the North American version has less internal storage, I suspect it was a combination of trying to keep the price down using the (probably) more expensive 28nm S4 chipset, and maybe some packaging issues between the S4 and T3 versions (not enough space on the board).
Thanks.
1. It appears that the both the Galaxy S3 and the Note 2 suffer from the same annoyance regarding moving certain files to the SD card. (e.g. large game data).
I found the following link referencing App2ExtSD2 which will swap the memory card capacity with the internal storage, which will (in my case at least, swap the internal 16GB for my class10 MicroSD 32GB). Anyone try this yet or know if it should work in theory? I am rooted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849844
2. No wifi tether on root without paying carrier as of yet, it seems.
3. No Multiview!
I've been having a terrible time with getting my Sprint GS3 (stock running JB) to use my new Sandisk Ultra 64GB microSDXC. According to Samsung's site (http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxys3/specifications.html) the phone is supposed to support 64GB cards. The Sprint manual doesn't have anything about types of cards, and the website just echos the same "up to 64GB" verbiage.
So, I tried taking the original format (exFAT), formatting with the phone (exFAT), and formatting with FAT32 (using EaseUS partition manager), and formatting with Win7 (exFAT). In all cases, when I copy the contents of my original 16GB card over to it, I seem to eventially get a corruption problem. It shows up right away when I try to view the photos with Gallery (gallery only shows a few of the 1000 thumbnails, and then closes itself with no error message). With FAT32 I ended up getting the phone giving a corruption alert requiring a reformat (I never got this alert with the exFAT, just gallery crashing).
I tried getting the data (about 13GB) onto the card by copying the contents from my old 16GB card over on a PC (using a SD-card adapter as well as with a microSD reader). I also tried formatting the card directly on the phone and then copying the data over using a microusb cable. I did check the card on a PC with H2test2 ver 1.4 (commonly referenced). This helps to determine "fake" cards. It writes and then verifies data to the entire card. No issues were reported with the full capacity verified. I got the card from Amazon with Amazon as the supplier (no oddball vendor).
Anyone run into this or have ideas? I was hoping to skip over the 32gb point as I like to keep more photos and movies on there for travel.
Thanks!
It is seemingly a problem with the SanDisk Ultra cards, whatever the technical reasons they don't play well with the phone's host controller.
I have had the same issues as you, and so did a very large amount of people. I resorted to buying a Samsung 64GB Pro card and ever I have not had any problems.
I have heard some people talking that SanDisk cards manufactured (Toshiba is actually the manufacturer of the memory) before December were prone to this problem, but this is only what I've heard but you can search on this lead. You can try to replace it with SanDisk service.
Thanks for the reply. I'll try Sandisk support first but keep looking around on here to see if anyone has run into a similar issue.
Anyone else?
I concur with the theory that Sandisk has a rash of bad cards. In my case it was a 32GB card just konk out in less than a month.
Their customer service was excellent in replacing it though. Good C.S they have but I'll avoid their cards for now.
Hello guys. . I have sandisk 64gb class10 card. As we all are aware of problem, it just lasted 3months then frequently unmount n bad card inserted n all those errors
As sandisk cards carry lifetime warranty, so I contacted customer care (im from India) and they happily replaced the card for free (just courier fee of rs.30). I have replaced the card 2 times but still those errors but less frequently this time. I have transferred the data to this latest card but from noon I have got errors 2 times. So, friends what do u suggest ? Should I get it replaced 3rd time or should I accept the fact that 64gb is total failure on note2. Please suggest..
Also is there any way to count how many times card was unmounted while screen is off?
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i used a 16 gb micro sd sansa card on my galaxy s,but i got defect after using it for 3 month.
im using a transcend one for 6 month,and no problems yet.
i would ask back for the money,and buy one from kingston or transcend.
Hey guys is it possible to replace 16gb version motherboard to 32gb motherboard (all d855), mine (16gb) is nearly dead and I have option to buy 32gb.