Hi all. I bought an Axon Mini recently, and although I'm very pleased with it (great spec, obscenely good value), I can't actually work out how to open the SD card slot. There's no way of getting a finger nail under it and jamming a sharp point into the very tiny hole at the top of the flap doesn't do anything either. There's no manual with the phone, and as far as I can see nobody on the internet has yet asked this question.
I think the Elite also has a similar slot so perhaps somebody's had some experience with this?
Thanks in advance for any tips!
What do you mean? I own an Elite and I just did what everyone else does, used the SIM ejection tool and the tray popped out, does the Mini have a different design?
I also own a Mini. The SD Card occupies one of the sim slots. When you eject the sim holder the larger slot can take the MicroSD card.
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As per the title, if you have the dual SIM variant does it allow use of a micro SD card as well as 2 SIMs?
It's a hybrid dual sim so you will choose a second sim or micro sd.
It can be done—search for the SIM SD hack, it was done successfully on Note 7 and earlier phones. It requires some fine hacking of both the second SIM and the SD.
I'm sure it will be attempted successfully—I'll do it once I get the phone.
I would not recommend it.
Me either. It's a bold move on a $1,000 phone, and I think Samsung wound up blocking it anyway.
XATAGuy said:
Me either. It's a bold move on a $1,000 phone, and I think Samsung wound up blocking it anyway.
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I wanna try it anyway, do you have any links of where you've read they blocked it - I'd like to see how and if it can be overcome.
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Edit: I doubt your information is true: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmJI3BQUHF4
It works on the S8+, I think it'll be doable on the Note 8.
It can be done and should be done. Right now I have the hack installed in s8 plus HK dual sim.version, 128 gb internal 256 sd card.
It worked very well in every phone with hybrid dual sim from samsung and huawei
Just see youtube videos to understand what you have to do
does anyone tried the dual sim hack for note 8? I'm coming from s7 edge with dual sim and micro sd simultaneously. My note 8 arrived last saturday and I can say that the micro sd slot seems fit and tight compare to s7 edge. I'm afraid to break the SIM tray or it may be stuck inside so I remove the SIM on my micro sd for now.
jhannbernas said:
does anyone tried the dual sim hack for note 8? I'm coming from s7 edge with dual sim and micro sd simultaneously. My note 8 arrived last saturday and I can say that the micro sd slot seems fit and tight compare to s7 edge. I'm afraid to break the SIM tray or it may be stuck inside so I remove the SIM on my micro sd for now.
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You can try "simore sim adapter", it's unique one I used it on s7 edge, now planning to get it as soon as my note 8 will arrive
Archibald1963 said:
You can try "simore sim adapter", it's unique one I used it on s7 edge, now planning to get it as soon as my note 8 will arrive
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thanks for the suggestion. But I did not use and adapter on my S7 Edge. I just cut the sim contact and paste it on my sd card. I'm just afraid to do the same on my note 8 since it is a bit tight and fit compare to S7 Edge sim tray.
Some guy did it when note 7 came out, it got stuck and he couldn't remove tray.
What if this SIM but comes off, your phone will be screwed as you will likely crash it into debris trying to remove the tray
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jhannbernas said:
I'm just afraid to do the same on my note 8 since it is a bit tight and fit compare to S7 Edge sim tray.
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I'm trying to do it - so far no luck. The tray really seems very tight and it's not going in, seems it would get stuck - I'm gonna try scrape the card some more with a scalpel to see if it helps. Scraped off the top bump on the card - not good enough, we'll see...
白い熊 said:
I'm trying to do it - so far no luck. The tray really seems very tight and it's not going in, seems it would get stuck - I'm gonna try scrape the card some more with a scalpel to see if it helps. Scraped off the top bump on the card - not good enough, we'll see...
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seems this is the action of samsung for people doing the microsd with sim hack. Maybe someday there will be a sim card tray mod instead.
白い熊 said:
I'm trying to do it - so far no luck. The tray really seems very tight and it's not going in, seems it would get stuck - I'm gonna try scrape the card some more with a scalpel to see if it helps. Scraped off the top bump on the card - not good enough, we'll see...
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Any luck? i had a samsung A3 2017 and it worked beautifully. yes, it was tight but the youtube instructions were pretty solid. didn't have to scrape the microsd... used a very thin double sided tape
I concluded that it's impossible on the Note 8—I scraped all the plastic of on the SD card and still there was super big pressure midway through trying to force the tray in—leading me to the conclusion that the tray would get stuck inside.
Damned Samsung…
白い熊 said:
It can be done—search for the SIM SD hack, it was done successfully on Note 7 and earlier phones. It requires some fine hacking of both the second SIM and the SD.
I'm sure it will be attempted successfully—I'll do it once I get the phone.
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Exactly HOW do you plan to do that? Nothing to do with software but the hardware tray itself. The tray will physically only allow either one Sim and one SD card or two SIM you cannot place three in that tray there is no space to do so?
Ryland
Any body else tries this on the note 8? i did the hack on my s8plus. Hoping i could just transfer it on the note 8
Ryland Johnson said:
Exactly HOW do you plan to do that? Nothing to do with software but the hardware tray itself. The tray will physically only allow either one Sim and one SD card or two SIM you cannot place three in that tray there is no space to do so?
Ryland
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Like this
And it works perfectly on my note 8 as screenshot shows.
To all those afraid or interested:
1. Yes it works
2. If you are careful you will not break your phone
Best
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But how did you manage it? Like I said I scraped the card—made it much thinner and still when pushing the tray in I felt significant pressure, felt it would get stuck.
Can you push the tray out from the phone? Can you post a close up picture of the cards in the tray to see how much they protrude up and down?
Also failed in my case despite considerable filing. They've definitely tightened up the slot to curb on users doing this, for some reason?? But you can buy extender adapters which are very low-profile and still likely to work I'm sure. I was very disappointed to see that they combined MicroSD and Nano sim so that only one can be exclusively used in the slot. Poor design. All 3 should be possible without any difficulty! Are we not paying for this convenience?
The launch of Mate 20 has lead me thinking. If they are rolling out memory card of a nano sim size, will it be compatible for us?
Do you have a dedicated, just launched, brand new, nano SD card slot (HARDWARE) on your P20 Pro ?
If you do, you should go and buy a new card.
If the P20 pro doesnt have a memory card slot, how does one use one?
or1onz said:
The launch of Mate 20 has lead me thinking. If they are rolling out memory card of a nano sim size, will it be compatible for us?
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Seems some members have forgotten how to communicate - so let me try.
OP: Unfortunately, whilst the form factor of the new cards is the same as the nano sims, the underlying hardware that allows new memory card type to work is not present in any existing models. A crude analogy is to consider a DVD disk and a blu-ray disk. They may share physical characteristics, but an older DVD player will not read a blu-ray disk, even though it physically fits, because it lacks the necessary hardware.
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The SIM tray looks like it will hold 2 SIMS, one on each side, is this true? It will not hold SD card on the other side it seems.
shollywood said:
The SIM tray looks like it will hold 2 SIMS, one on each side, is this true? It will not hold SD card on the other side it seems.
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But it would also need the software activated. I think someone did it once in a Galaxy Note 8, but I don't think it'd be the same.
Hello,
This sounds weird but Note 9 killed two of my sdcards. Both of them were Samsung branded. One was new and the other was a bit old.
The only cause I can think of is that I pulled the sim tray out when the phone was still switched on. I suspect there is some kind of short circuit when the tray is pulled out.
This is a dual sim N960F/DS model.
rajil.s said:
Hello,
This sounds weird but Note 9 killed two of my sdcards. Both of them were Samsung branded. One was new and the other was a bit old.
The only cause I can think of is that I pulled the sim tray out when the phone was still switched on. I suspect there is some kind of short circuit when the tray is pulled out.
This is a dual sim N960F/DS model.
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did you do to storage menu and formatted it?
Yes, it no longer is detected in Android phone. On Linux desktop it appears dead as well.
rajil.s said:
Yes, it no longer is detected in Android phone. On Linux desktop it appears dead as well.
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wow ok then...
Same thing happened to mine as well. I have the Verizon variant note 9 and it killed my SD card. Card was formatted, not removed before being ejected. Something isn't right.
Oh My...
rajil.s said:
Hello,
This sounds weird but Note 9 killed two of my sdcards. Both of them were Samsung branded. One was new and the other was a bit old.
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onefastneonrt said:
Same thing happened to mine as well. I have the Verizon variant note 9 and it killed my SD card. Card was formatted, not removed before being ejected. Something isn't right.
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Damn.. I Bet You Guys Lost A Lot Of Porn... :angel:
Same thing for me. My Note 9 won't recognize my SanDisk 128gb card. It was random and sudden, one day it was fine, then it was missing. My laptop recognizes it and I can access what's on it, but I cannot format it. It's just half-dead in the water.