Hi All,
My micro SD slot seems to be broken (
Does anyone know how to fix these? I think one of the lugs that holds the metal cage on has snapped - quite how, I dont know. It means it is only held on in 3 sides
This means that it isnt recognising any SD card I put in it - which sort of kills the whole idea of the phone for me... 64mb isnt enough!
Thanks in advance for any ideas
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I have a problen concerning my SD-Cards
I have a 128 MBSandisk SD on which one edge of the housing opened where it was glued (or ultrasonic welded). Because of this I lost the little slider for the write-protection. The card is now write-protected and therefore of no use to me.
Maybe it is possible to unprotect the card by solderinfg a bridge, SMD-resistor or something simmilar elswhere on the card. The write-protection switch would not be important to me.
Last week this happened to me with my 256 MB Lexar as well.
So i have no memory-card for writing left.
Maybe somone already found a solution or a workaround for this ... i was searching the net since last week, but couldn´t find anything.
tnx in advance,
Sven
Just study the insides, it's probably just a contact/no-contact thing...
oohhh, it´s that simple ...
... not worth discussing in a group ...
Nothing to do with a contact-problem ... its just the outline of the card itsself. I just glued a piece of plastic in the place, where the switch used to be. There are no contacts on the PCB of the card itsself. Its just a matter of the outer shape of the card.
nevertheless, tnx a lot,
Sven
i rember about a couple of years ago there was a device that was like a little external hdd for your phone that u can add on and tape to the out side of yor phone http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/340/C6598/ well i was wondering if they can make something like this. isnt it possible for someone to make like a really thin sd card reader so we can add a second 4gb sd card and stuff it behind the battery cover.
Right, I recently decided to change the cover on my XDA Exec. Looking back on it, it may be wasn't teh smartest thing in the world to do! My experience of this is that it is very difficult and can definately lead to problems.
I've managed to get it all back together again, with only two problems, firstly the flash on the camera doesnt work - not too much of a concern. And secondly the SD card slot doesnt work - a big concern.
When I insert the SD card it just springs straight back out, and doesnt click in like it used to. I wonder if any one else has had a similar experience to mine, and knows how to fix it? I've looked at a few sites on google and some suggest that the locking mechanism on the left hand side may be stuck. Without seeing with the mechanism looked like before I took it apart I have no clue as to what has changed.
Can anyone help??
Many thanks.
As far as the SD card goes, there is a little spring on the mechanism which sometimes pops off. Just a case of carefully opening the case and seeing if you can pop the spring back onto it's hook. While you're in there you can check if the flashlight is still attached properly.
In case you need them, here are the instructions to open the case:
ftp://xda:[email protected]/UNniversalL_Service_Manual_CONFIDENTIAL.pdf
If this is the wrong from then please move it but my problem is that the card reader is having a hard time reading my memory card. It will only read it if I put it all the way in and hold it in with my nail.
Not even sure how this happened. I took the card out to load some cabs onto it and when I stuck it back in it didn't read it. I thought it was the card itself until I tried another card.
So right now I have the card in there and I've got a piece of paper in there propping it up for a tight fit. Is there any way to repair this? Not exactly sure which part of the slot has the problem. (pins or walls?)
Anyhow anybody had a similar issue and if so, how did you solve it?
Thanks.
Came to the conclusion that there is a connection issue with the phone to the card slot. I guess the paper wedge + WM5Storage will have to suite me.
You could take apart and see if there is anything you can see wrong... Heres the service manual for disassmbly :http://michael-channon.spaces.live.com/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c02_owner=1
Cheers...
PS. This will void warranty....
Some pins maybe miss align.
Hi Folks,
I have heard that the location of this is a little awkward and that one need to remove the back cover to use it ie for SD memory card etc. However I was wondering how usable it would be for something more plug and play like the Elan MobiAdaptor, see: http://phonearea.net/video-elan-smartphone-microsd-to-usb-mobidapter/ where one is plugging/unplugging USB memory sticks. If one has to remove back covers then this may not be possible????
Comments....
Thanks,
Sam
SamJolly said:
Hi Folks,
I have heard that the location of this is a little awkward and that one need to remove the back cover to use it ie for SD memory card etc. However I was wondering how usable it would be for something more plug and play like the Elan MobiAdaptor, see: http://phonearea.net/video-elan-smartphone-microsd-to-usb-mobidapter/ where one is plugging/unplugging USB memory sticks. If one has to remove back covers then this may not be possible????
Comments....
Thanks,
Sam
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You will definitely have to do it with the back cover off
But it is doable.... ??? and batteries etc do not accidentally fall out. It is a bit of a shame that it is like this, although there must be a reason.
Thanks tomo,
Sam
yes its doable.
battry is firm in plave ande the slot is easy raechable.
Thanks....
Sam
I've been thinking. How about modding the cover to make the slot reachable?
The back cover is plastic, so it could be done. Don't know if the slot is to far away to get a card in there though (through a hole).