Hi all,
I've been suspecting that the tablet has an issue with the SD card. The performance of my tablet was really sluggish, just generally for the GUI (both TouchWiz and Next Launcher), really slow in opening applications (5+ seconds to open a 2-page S-Note file), slow to switch apps (long press on main button), etc. Also, I was seeing random, spontaneous "SD card unexpectedly removed" messages, when the card was solidly in there. I thought i was pressing against the little "door" to the card holder, but even if it was just sitting on my desk, this would happen. Then it would re-mount itself, 10 minutes later, without having done anything. Then I'd get garbled directory and file names on the SD card.
So, this is what I did:
- Reformatted the card (using my MACBook Pro): same behavior
- Tried the card in my GN8, works perfectly, performance on the tablet normal. Same goes when trying the card in my GN3
- Factory reset of my GN10.1, re-installed all apps and widgets: performance excellent, everything speedy (1-2 seconds to open the same S-Note file)
- Ran like this for 2 days, all is cool
- Inserted the SD card, everything starts slowing down. Back to everything I described above
- Removed the SD card, reset the tablet, performance is normal, speedy
The card is a SanDisk Ultra Class 10, 32GB. It worked fine in my previous tablets, and still works fine with my existing gadgets.
So, my questions to the forum:
- For those experiencing lag and performance sluggishness, do you have an SD card in there?
- For those experiencing bliss-like performance, do you have an SD card?
- Anybody experience odd behavior from the SD card?
Thanks. A professional testing engineer trying to figure things out. I'm obviously a Samsung Note fan, love the stylus and the screen on this thing. But it's driving me nuts. And it's too late to take it back to Best Buy.
P
I've been suspecting that the tablet has an issue with the SD card. The performance of my tablet was really sluggish, just generally for the GUI (both TouchWiz and Next Launcher), really slow in opening applications (5+ seconds to open a 2-page S-Note file), slow to switch apps (long press on main button), etc. Also, I was seeing random, spontaneous "SD card unexpectedly removed" messages, when the card was solidly in there. I thought i was pressing against the little "door" to the card holder, but even if it was just sitting on my desk, this would happen. Then it would re-mount itself, 10 minutes later, without having done anything. Then I'd get garbled directory and file names on the SD card.
So, this is what I did:
- Reformatted the card (using my MACBook Pro): same behavior
- Tried the card in my GN8, works perfectly, performance on the tablet normal. Same goes when trying the card in my GN3
- Factory reset of my GN10.1, re-installed all apps and widgets: performance excellent, everything speedy (1-2 seconds to open the same S-Note file)
- Ran like this for 2 days, all is cool
- Inserted the SD card, everything starts slowing down. Back to everything I described above
- Removed the SD card, reset the tablet, performance is normal, speedy
The card is a SanDisk Ultra Class 10, 32GB. It worked fine in my previous tablets, and still works fine with my existing gadgets.
So, my questions to the forum:
- For those experiencing lag and performance sluggishness, do you have an SD card in there?
- For those experiencing bliss-like performance, do you have an SD card?
- Anybody experience odd behavior from the SD card?
Thanks. A professional testing engineer trying to figure things out. I'm obviously a Samsung Note fan, love the stylus and the screen on this thing. But it's driving me nuts. And it's too late to take it back to Best Buy.
P