[INFO] Slot below Volume Rocker, possible SIM Card slot? - TouchPad General

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What the hell is the slot at the bottom of the right side? Looks like it comes out...
EDIT:
Just found an X-Acto knife and got it pried out!
It's an 'information card,' so to speak. It's got the serial number and product number on it. That's pretty slick!

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Looks like a 3G/4G Touchpad, so its probably the Sim slot.

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If you press it it pops out and has the serial#

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TonyStark23 said:
Looks like a 3G/4G Touchpad, so its probably the Sim slot.
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Nah, I've got a 32GB WiFi Touchpad and it has the slot. It's on all of them. There's a little plastic filler that moves around, but I can't seem to get it out.

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Just found an X-Acto knife and got it pried out!
It's an 'information card,' so to speak. It's got the serial number and product number on it. That's pretty slick!

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slot is dummy sim tray,
Sent from my $99 HP Touchpad

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|Jason8| said:
Just found an X-Acto knife and got it pried out!
It's an 'information card,' so to speak. It's got the serial number and product number on it. That's pretty slick!
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greengiant said:
slot is dummy sim tray,
Sent from my $99 HP Touchpad
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No it contains the serial num and more info. No need to pry it out.....just push it in with your nail and it ejects....it is spring loaded.

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Nburnes said:
No it contains the serial num and more info. No need to pry it out.....just push it in with your nail and it ejects....it is spring loaded.
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Yep. On the 4G model (which is probably never coming out here), it's for a SIM.

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|Jason8| said:
What the hell is the slot at the bottom of the right side? Looks like it comes out...
EDIT:
Just found an X-Acto knife and got it pried out!
It's an 'information card,' so to speak. It's got the serial number and product number on it. That's pretty slick!
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I saw a tear down video and they called it a sim card slot.

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Lots of HP products have these model/serial tags. Our Proliant servers at work all have them as well. They just pop out when pressed.

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Mine pops out with a push as well. SN and MN, no SIM slot. 32GB here.

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[Q] Unknown Port South of Volume Rocker
I looked through all of the posts here and couldn't find similar, so don't delete or move.
The area south of the volume rocker that pops out the serial number and FCC info. I have been suspicious of this for some time so I broke mine off. It still slides in and locks in but now I get to remove it.
Well it looks like some kind of port inside. Too big for a card reader unless there is a module that could be placed in the slot. Anybody else looked at this or know what it might be for? Any chance of a mod to make it a SD or MicroSD card reader?
Definitely some kind of expansion port..

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okay, wow, this is interesting! perhaps our TP has some hidden qualities, from which we do not know anything yet i´ll stay in touch here...

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It's supposed to be a sim card slot, but I forget whether or not most Touchpads have the actual board hardware installed aside from just the port. By the way, what is your TP's model # (from Device Info)?

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I may have answered my own question here..
http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/...=11&tag=siu-container;photopaging#photopaging
Probably is a SIM card slot but looks like it wasn't connected to anything but could be room for improvement if anybody is good with that sort of thing..
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nidlaX said:
It's supposed to be a sim card slot, but I forget whether or not most Touchpads have the actual board hardware installed aside from just the port. By the way, what is your TP's model # (from Device Info)?
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Model # HSTNH-129C
Hardware Version " A "

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This has been known and there is a thread already here. Another user decided to xacto knife his out.

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I forgot where I read it, but I'm pretty sure it's a SIM card slot. The casing is the exact same for the upcoming (now-cancelled) TouchPad 4G for At&t. I guess it was a way for HP to cut costs.

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it is a placeholder for the simcard slot that would've been available for the touchpad with 3G if HP did not discontinued production. that is all.
it's not a mysterious port, just a safe place to keep your serial number.

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mputtr said:
it is a placeholder for the simcard slot that would've been available for the touchpad with 3G if HP did not discontinued production. that is all.
it's not a mysterious port, just a safe place to keep your serial number.
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This ^. nothing more. Nothing about the "mystery slot" is usable in anyway "as is"
If, in any reach of the imagination a far reached mod involving adding a hardwired hack were possible, maybe, but it would not usable for the masses.

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sim card slot ?¿
hi guys , just noticed that my HP touchpad seems to have a misc external slot seems you would put a sim card in there anyone knows what its for ?
its on the same side as the volume rocked at the bottom of the device