Howdy y'all.
I was wondering about mods that work with the s-view flip cover. While I love the cover, there are a lot of things that I think could be done better.
Some obvious things would be more detailed notifications, or changing tracks while listening to music. Possibly quick settings.
Are there any devs working on mods for the s-view cover? Is it even possible? If it is possible, but no one is working on it, where could I start? (I am no dev, but would be willing to try)
Thanks.
I wouldn't rule anything out, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for mods. It would really be dependent on a developer actually having the S-View cover. It would be interesting to see what could be done with it though.
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I wouldn't rule anything out, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for mods. It would really be dependent on a developer actually having the S-View cover. It would be interesting to see what could be done with it though.
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I'm not against trying to figure something out, I just wouldn't have a clue where to start.
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I wouldn't rule anything out, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for mods. It would really be dependent on a developer actually having the S-View cover. It would be interesting to see what could be done with it though.
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You don't need the s-view cover to trick your phone that you have one and its closed
Take a magnetic off your fridge and pit it on the left side of the screen little less then half way down the phone
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StolenVW said:
You don't need the s-view cover to trick your phone that you have one and its closed
Take a magnetic off your fridge and pit it on the left side of the screen little less then half way down the phone
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LOL, now that just sounds like fun.
mjs2011 said:
I wouldn't rule anything out, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for mods. It would really be dependent on a developer actually having the S-View cover. It would be interesting to see what could be done with it though.
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LOL, now that just sounds like fun.
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I tried that the other day it works haha.
I'm all for this thread. I think an app with settings would be perfect to control what you see regarding notifications (enable email), and maybe to add more screens with widgets.
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So if you guys saw my review of the Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 you know that one of the features that I would like to see on the TF is haptic feedback. It's a very smart idea. I had it on my galaxy tab 7" too and I really miss it.
I took apart my TF in hopes of finding the proper mounting spot for the haptic feedback mechanism. I included a picture of the motor. So not knowing anything about circuits, the best I could do is provide pictures of all the logic boards in hope that someone can point me in the right direction. Obviously this will require some soldering but that's not a big issue for me (unless it's too small). Mounting the vibrator isn't the issue. The issue I an having is WHERE can I mount it so that it actually functions when I tap the screen or use the on-screen keyboard. Where can I tap into? Please look at the pictures and let me know if you have an ideas. I don't mind being the guinea pig.
https://picasaweb.google.com/Ayman06/AsusTransformer
If more picture are needed then let me know. Picture were taken with my thunderbolts 8mp camera so hopefully they are good enough.
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Nowhere. If it wasn't designed for it, I can pretty much guarantee you that there's not a connection that conveniently sits there waiting to attach it to.
Thanks for the teardown pics, though.
The GT10.1 has this?!
akarol said:
The GT10.1 has this?!
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Yes. GT10.1 has a vibrator.
m u s t - - r e s i s t . . . \"/
dorino1 said:
Yes. GT10.1 has a vibrator.
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UKseagull said:
m u s t r e s i s t . . .
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Resist you must not.
Honestly I do not know why you like this useless feature. It is a battery drainer and annoying.
Digiguest said:
Resist you must not.
Honestly I do not know why you like this useless feature. It is a battery drainer and annoying.
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The vibrator a useless feature?... Tell that to my girlfriend...
No wonder the gtab 10.1 was such a turn on
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I am pretty sure the Iconia has a vibrate function too.
No wonder the gtab 10.1 was such a turn on
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Get yer coat .... and shut the door on your way out!
Apologies to the OP, gone off track somewhat.
UKseagull said:
Get yer coat .... and shut the door on your way out!
Apologies to the OP, gone off track somewhat.
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Eh, the question was answered. The Transformer doesn't really have any room for a motor. Not how it's built -- After all, it's made to be thin and small.
I wonder if any of those USB vibrators would work with the ports on the keyboard dock?
You very nearly had me Googling for a USB vibrator .... nearly!
knoxploration said:
Nowhere. If it wasn't designed for it, I can pretty much guarantee you that there's not a connection that conveniently sits there waiting to attach it to.
Thanks for the teardown pics, though.
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The iPad didn't come with a camera yet it had the perfect spot for one. The Samsung vibrant didn't come with a camera but it was easy to snap one in. Just cuz a feature didn't make the final cut doesn't mean it wasnt initial designed to handle it- they probably removed it to safe money and bring the cost down.
The question isn't about room. There is plenty of room. Obviously if samung can fit a small motor inside then the galaxy tab (which is nearly half the size of the TF) then one in the TF is not an issue.
Anyway, ill consider this topic dead. Keep talking about women and vibrators
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Anyway, ill consider this topic dead. Keep talking about women and vibrators
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Nobody was talking about women.
you can checkout this DIY Haptic method I came up with back in my G-Tab days. Might work with the ASUS. Worked really well with my G-Tab.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=908344
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you can checkout this DIY Haptic method I came up with back in my G-Tab days. Might work with the ASUS. Worked really well with my G-Tab.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=908344
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So basically we're using low-frequency bass to simulate vibration. Great idea.
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you can checkout this DIY Haptic method I came up with back in my G-Tab days. Might work with the ASUS. Worked really well with my G-Tab.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=908344
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interesting...will look into it later.
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Resist you must not.
Honestly I do not know why you like this useless feature. It is a battery drainer and annoying.
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I guess you've never played a game with the vibration feature enabled? Huge difference... Think Nintendo controllers vs. Xbox 360 I wish the Transformer has a vibrator.
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Guys,
As the needs for extra juice without "downgrading" features, with preference to maintain slim profile for the handset, looks like an additional battery is a must.
Coming from Streak, the flimsy battery cover design for Note is new to me. It seems that it had exactly the same design as SGS 2, which I never owns. Streak's battery cover is made of metal, and if done carefully, battery cover removal/reinstallation in daily basis won't harm it.
Any ideas on Note's battery cover?
It's quite strong, I wouldn't worry about it:
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not very difficult to remove. i just yank out the stylus and use the little corners there to get a few clicks off, then i just take it off from there.
the covers are very cheap anyways.
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It's quite strong, I wouldn't worry about it:
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Omg it seems that the cover is indestructible! Thanks for the vids!
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ChodTheWacko said:
It's quite strong, I wouldn't worry about it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErXqnQKs-tA
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WHO-EVER says anything/comments about the SGS2 or Note's back cover I will just reply with that video. Just the link. Nothing more.
On a second thought I might even drop a line, like: "It might be cheap, but it's more durable than many phones as a whole."
Why do you think you need an extended battery on this phone?
I can use mine for two days of solid use without it dying.
I have both devices. The back plate will wear well.
Removal is easy on both, but reattaching is easier on the Note. You have to start at the bottom and work your way up to get all the fasteners to click properly. I've needed to remove it and restart on occasion with the SGSII. Not a huge deal but with the note, you can just put it in place and start mashing it down. No worries.
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I have both devices. The back plate will wear well.
Removal is easy on both, but reattaching is easier on the Note. You have to start at the bottom and work your way up to get all the fasteners to click properly. I've needed to remove it and restart on occasion with the SGSII. Not a huge deal but with the note, you can just put it in place and start mashing it down. No worries.
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Thanks. But the fasteners, do they ever get loose or broken? On the plate or (hopefully not) the phone?
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That would be very hard to do. The fasteners are on the plate, not the phone itself.
If you were to mangle something, you'd bend or crease a fastener. You could bend it back, or more severely, cut it off. There are enough fasteners where you could afford to loose one with minimal problems.
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Why do you think you need an extended battery on this phone?
I can use mine for two days of solid use without it dying.
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I always get the display to be the highest battery drain on my usage. It's almost 2-4 times of other components like Android OS, etc. So I'm not sure how I'm going to get longer uptime unless I stop using the screen -- which is the reason I bought it at the first place
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That would be very hard to do. The fasteners are on the plate, not the phone itself.
If you were to mangle something, you'd bend or crease a fastener. You could bend it back, or more severely, cut it off. There are enough fasteners where you could afford to loose one with minimal problems.
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Perfect! Thank you!
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There is a thanks button *just* a wee bit up the page
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There is a thanks button *just* a wee bit up the page
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I swear there was something like thanks button on posts, but since yesterday the forum seems to change to a different theme. Not sure what happened, but thanks button or whatever it was on posts seems to be missing?
Even more curiousing it seems that image attachments are resized
I bought a smart cover off ebay, one reviewed here. I cant get that part to work. If there a system setting to enable it?
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I don't think so. Mine from Amazon just works.
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The Nexus 7's lid sensor is on the bottom left about a 1.5" half up.
Check your cover's lid for a magnet in the same spot. Either the magnet isn't in the right spot, too weak, or just isn't there.
You can check the N7's sensor by holding a magnet over it.
you could get a paperclip and test the magnet on the smart cover as well :silly:
most likely there's mags on your fridge or shower curtain, easy enough to check
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most likely there's mags on your fridge or shower curtain, easy enough to check
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so that's how the light in my fridge knows to turn off...
rudeguy said:
so that's how the light in my fridge knows to turn off...
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Nahh, there's a switch. Mines towards the top
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Yea, it's just a crappy cover. If I pull it like 2 millimeters it works properly.
One thing I have to hand it to iDevices over android, third party accessory support. One iPhone 4S - one hundred android phones and tons of tablets.
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so that's how the light in my fridge knows to turn off...
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:laugh:
What's the over/under on this thing coming off??? Seems awfully flimsy to me.
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What's the over/under on this thing coming off??? Seems awfully flimsy to me.
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here's to hoping a 3rd party makes a replacement? or something better. almost wanting to get the wireless setup just to avoid this being an issue.
Lol...I went back yesterday and asked about wireless charging!!!
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I had an old Samsung flip phone years ago with a similar cover. It stayed in place and never broke.
Yeah and it depends on the user how long the phone will take weather it dont have the cover on it.
I had that Sammy also. It was the flip one with the keyboard. Cool phone!
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I had that Sammy also. It was the flip one with the keyboard. Cool phone!
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I have also have had sammy. But it was not flip with my keyboard. I will ask you how it works ?.
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I had that Sammy also. It was the flip one with the keyboard. Cool phone!
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How much for it?
skinnytoo2 said:
Lol...I went back yesterday and asked about wireless charging!!!
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Gs4 qi recievers work on gs5, im using it now.
darren.wlsn1 said:
Gs4 qi recievers work on gs5, im using it now.
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Do you have a link? Do we need a special battery cover? Thanks!
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Do you have a link? Do we need a special battery cover? Thanks!
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I work for Ravpower and use there charger and the reciever from gs4 so no bs case involved or battery cover.
darren.wlsn1 said:
I work for Ravpower and use there charger and the reciever from gs4 so no bs case involved or battery cover.
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funny running into you on these forums lol
I cant get the freaking cover off with my nail. especially with my case on. its driving me nuts.
hibby50 said:
funny running into you on these forums lol
I cant get the freaking cover off with my nail. especially with my case on. its driving me nuts.
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Wholly crap hib i didnt see it was you, ya im on a guys gs5 selling him a wireless charger and noticed gs4 reciever works fine. Nice to see ya!!
The cover is really, really annoying. Especially for me, who uses bluetooth through my car speakers for my main music stuff. So each time I get in the car I plug the phone into the 12 volt. And each time, I have to pry open that cover. The worst part is, it doesn't even stay open! I also just got my Incipio dual layer protection case in the mail and now its even harder to get the charging cover off. It's really aggravating. I don't even think it closes correctly either. It always looks like its not snapped down all the way. Just, bleh. Most annoying quirk on the 4 Samsung phones I've owned.
just get the spare battery charge kit so you never have to mess with it. Its also a better means of going from zero to 100 than wireless charger
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The cover is really, really annoying. Especially for me, who uses bluetooth through my car speakers for my main music stuff. So each time I get in the car I plug the phone into the 12 volt. And each time, I have to pry open that cover. The worst part is, it doesn't even stay open! I also just got my Incipio dual layer protection case in the mail and now its even harder to get the charging cover off. It's really aggravating. I don't even think it closes correctly either. It always looks like its not snapped down all the way. Just, bleh. Most annoying quirk on the 4 Samsung phones I've owned.
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Yeah I'm not really sure what to do here. I have a bunch of 3D models for phone docks / car docks / etc for the gs3 and gs4, the battery cover is a total nuisance on the gs5, especially because it doesn't really stay open after you open it (I'm trying to imagine how to go about designing a dock for this thing).
I do 3D modeling and have a 3D printer, if anyone has an idea for an improvement... holler. I doubt we'll see any kind of other 3rd party replacement otherwise as it's attached to the phone and clearly involved with waterproofing. not sure if it's worth the trade-off!
anywho guess I'll be giving wireless charging a try again...
If you take off the battery cover there is a screw where it holds the USB cover just take it off your not prone to accidents
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I bought a bodyglove just made to charge port cover more of a pain with big hands lol I thought about just removing it just dont want to break it
Galaxy S5
I hate things that dangle in general.
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If you take off the battery cover there is a screw where it holds the USB cover just take it off your not prone to accidents
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Yeah definitely good that it's easy to do that - personally I'm not really upset or frustrated; it's awesome to add waterproofing - I'm just trying to puzzle out the best way to keep the feature while also making the phone easy to slide into a dock (preferably with one hand), you know?
Do you guys prefer to insert your S Pen with the button facing up or down? I prefer to insert it with the button up to show off that shiny Samsung logo when I pull it out.
Which do you prefer and why?
Edit- Tapatalk sucks! It won't let me view the poll! To all those viewing this with Tapatalk this is supposed to be a poll, so if you get a chance log in from a PC and vote!
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Do you guys prefer to insert your S Pen with the button facing up or down? I prefer to insert it with the button up to show off that shiny Samsung logo when I pull it out.
Which do you prefer and why?
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If you put it button down the phone sensor wastes less power interacting with/detecting the pen. Little bit of extra juice is never a bad thing
From the back.
BableMan said:
If you put it button down the phone sensor wastes less power interacting with/detecting the pen.
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How so?
Either way for me, its still stiff for me to insert in and pull out, I push it from the back and its always hard. I guess the orientation doesn't really matter. I don't think inserting in a particular way has an impact on the battery life unless someone cares to elaborate. I don't use the S-pen much, but if I do, I always have a spare one lying around.
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From the back.
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Oh do you?
I've noticed that my S Pen rattles more if I insert it with the button facing down. Yet another reason to put it in with the button up.
Lol, ROFL, uh, it's just an S-Pen, is it not? :silly:
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Oh do you?
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Are you sure its not the Camera sensor? The S-Pen would only rattle if it was loose to insert and pull out from the beginning. The only to determine the integrity of your S-Pen is to insert and pull-out "slowly"
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I've noticed that my S Pen rattles more if I insert it with the button facing down. Yet another reason to put it in with the button up.
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Are you sure its not the Camera sensor? The S-Pen would only rattle if it was loose to insert and pull out from the beginning. The only to determine the integrity of your S-Pen is to insert and pull-out "slowly"
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Why would my camera be rattling? I can clearly see the S Pen moving around if I shake the phone or wiggle it with my finger.
There's always a variation in how Samsung assembles their devices, its not precision cut. Your slot might just be slightly wider than the norm. As long as the S-Pen does not fall out, you should be fine.
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Why would my camera be rattling? I can clearly see the S Pen moving around if I shake the phone or wiggle it with my finger.
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Either way for me, its still stiff for me to insert in and pull out, I push it from the back and its always hard. I guess the orientation doesn't really matter. I don't think inserting in a particular way has an impact on the battery life unless someone cares to elaborate. I don't use the S-pen much, but if I do, I always have a spare one lying around.
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That's what she said.
As long as you don't push the S-Pen all the way in "hard," then you should be alright, its not like you're going to rupture the paint or something.
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That's what she said.
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I never really pay attention to how I insert the pen. Never really thought about it until now.
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arjun90 said:
Either way for me, its still stiff for me to insert in and pull out, I push it from the back and its always hard. I guess the orientation doesn't really matter. I don't think inserting in a particular way has an impact on the battery life unless someone cares to elaborate. I don't use the S-pen much, but if I do, I always have a spare one lying around.
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I like to change positions, this keeps things from getting boring. I would think over time the more the slot was used the looser it would get. Never really thought about this though, lol.
Someone on another thread mentioned that applying lubriderm to the slot or s-pen should do the trick. My response was The S-Pen shouldn't be too wet or else the lubricant might fall all over in the S-Pen Slot. The Note 4 is not even Water-Resistant unless you liquipelled it.
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I like to change positions, this keeps things from getting boring. I would think over time the more the slot was used the looser it would get. Never really thought about this though, lol.
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Well, as much fun as it was reading through the list of sexually charged innuendo responses, those kinds of replies are entirely unacceptable and not appropriate for a forum that is centered on mobile device development. Take the fun and games, and your lubricants, to your facebook or google+ pages.
Seeing as this thread has no real benefits and a useless topic, thread closed.