Phone mini-SD card install fail, fail after format, works fine with automotive dielectric grease

[bucolic_frolic]

Really. After I bought a mini-SD card adapter. All the Samsung I've read never mentioned dielectric grease, but there it is.

[canetoad]

1. That's good to know

Using a mini SD and adaptor gives you and extra point where it can fail vs. an SD card.

[NullTuples]

2. In the old days we used to use a pencil eraser or cramolin red (now DeOxit)

...depending on the situation.

I'd be afraid to use anything abrasive on anything now, the plating is too thin.

But I wonder if there was dust or debris that was causing the card or contacts to bind & the paste helped alleviate it?
Or maybe the grease helped clean the contacts?

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Interesting point, I don't know why it was not recognized

I did try cleaning it with an eraser, but that didn't do anything. Next procedure said to format it on a PC, so I needed to buy an adapter. It formatted fine but still not recognized by the phone. I put very little dielectric grease ... and wiped any excess off with a Q-tip, so it was just a surface coat. I wonder if it will be durable, but it won't store anything important so I'm none too worried.

[NullTuples]

4. The only concern I can think of is if the plastic softens or grease runs?

Both of which seem pretty unlikely.

Well, I'm glad it worked and now we all have one more tool in our toolboxes!