Like so many owners of the S6 tablet, I found that after a fortnight or so, the adhesive pad failed. Fortunately, I noticed this before my expensive piece of kit fell to the floor.
Car badge/trim tape, shaped to go inside the original rectangle of tape, worked for a time (like an hour, then the tablet had become warm from use, so off it came again), but where the original tape will always stay attached to the cover, the badge tape stayed very firmly attached to the back of the tablet itself and was, frankly, a right bugger to shift - thanks to Covid and the fact that everyone has a source of IPA in their home, car, office, etc. these days, removing the badge tape was painless and left no traces of its having been there so the search was on for a better solution..
Eventually, I reckoned that a silicon based approach would be the way, since the original adhesive was made that way.
Long story shorter; I used a scoosh of Hollister medical adhesive, as more often found attaching stoma bags and mastectomy forms to skin. Rather than spray the adhesive and risk having to pick bits out of the hinge and even the tablet's various ports for evermore, I scooshed a bit [of the adhesive] into a rattle can lid then used a Q=tip to apply the adhesive - carefully = directly to the surface of the original sticky stuff on the rear cover of the tab. Letting the adhesive set so that it was sticky, but not runny then, aligning the cover carefully, using the rear cameras' aperture as a datum, I gradually pressed down the area where the sticky stuff had been applied. This was three weeks ago now, and I have yet to see any signs of separation as yet. Looking at the edges of the tablet, no light is now visible between the sticky rectangle and the back of the device.
Please, don't anyone expect me to suggest how to remove the cover now that it's so firmly attached (the kick stand can now be opened or closed without having to hold onto the part that carries the adhesive strip and even picking up and shaking the tablet by the kickstand doesn't cause that alarming gap to open up gradually, leading to the usual separation of tab and rear cover. Sadly, lacking in confidence, I hadn't considered that this technique would succeed, so no photies were taken but even if you don't have loads of Hollister sitting around (I'm scripted up for it by a consultant, so it's only a prescription fee for me), I recommend trying some of this amazing adhesive. The Hollister product is at best average at attaching my prosthesis, but Samsung would benefit by its suitability for this alternative use, as would those of us who, rather than risk a repeat of the whole sorry episode, found our own way forward. This works, it resists heat, may only come loose with an application of Hollister's own solvent (though that hasn't been tried by me yet as I prefer the keyboard to remain attached to my tab) and being a medical product, this won't burn your skin or anything else that it comes into contact qith accidentally!
HTH,
Jaye. xx
