Hi
I took out the dummy SD card in the slot by the usual methods of gently pushing and it pops out, I then inserted (the correct way round) my new 2Gb card which sounded to click in place correctly although it is now stuck and doesnt pop out the same way the dummy one did (I did not apply any hard pressure). I presume this isnt how its supposed to work and the mechanism has faulted, has anyone else had this problem?
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luppy said:
Hi
I took out the dummy SD card in the slot by the usual methods of gently pushing and it pops out, I then inserted (the correct way round) my new 2Gb card which sounded to click in place correctly although it is now stuck and doesnt pop out the same way the dummy one did (I did not apply any hard pressure). I presume this isnt how its supposed to work and the mechanism has faulted, has anyone else had this problem?
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did you insert the microSD with contacts upside?
I had a similar problem when I first inserted a brand new A-Data 2GB MicroSD. But I've managed to take it back finally, gently pushing and popping it in and out. Then I've found superfluous plastic on the card, removed it, and since then there are no problems. So don't worry about the slot itself until you're sure it is broken
I am having the same problem. I am sure it is in there correctly, as I can access it. However, I can't get it OUT. HELP!!
jeffreyj900 said:
I am having the same problem. I am sure it is in there correctly, as I can access it. However, I can't get it OUT. HELP!!
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If you put it the card in upside down it goes in crooked. If you force it you risk breaking the card.
If you push the card in all the way it clicks gently as it slips in then is retained. If you push the card gently with your fingernail it should go in slightly then pop out.
If you push it in and it goes in by a mm or so but doesn't pop out then something is holding it back. You can try with some needles or safety pins either side to try and ease the card out....
Good Luck. Scary when you've invested so much into these things when they break
HI,
I had / have the same problem with my new mda vario II. If you look under the battery next to the slot is a small white piece of plastic in a runner. If you gently push that outwards towards the edge of the phone the card will eject. Use a pin or a paper clip.
Could some explain where the excess plastic on the card is so i can fix my card.
Also i am using a Sandisk card if that make anydiff.
Dave
dmj1973 said:
HI,
I had / have the same problem with my new mda vario II. If you look under the battery next to the slot is a small white piece of plastic in a runner. If you gently push that outwards towards the edge of the phone the card will eject. Use a pin or a paper clip.
Could some explain where the excess plastic on the card is so i can fix my card.
Also i am using a Sandisk card if that make anydiff.
Dave
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Dave,
You are a VERY SMART man! I really appreciate that. Mine is a 2gb SanDisk as well. I have a Cingular 8525. I had it in the correct way, and was able to use the card just fine. It bothered me that I could not get it out though. I really appreciate the response! Oh... I removed the made in Tiawan sticker on the back of the card to see if that would help. It did not, but did expose some copper looking stuff like at the end of the card. No big deal
Jeff
Dead SanDisk.
I also had the problem of a stuck 2Gb Sandisk card in a Vario II.
The card was displaying the same problems described in Legolas's card fix thread, (files disappearing or innaccessable) so I was going to check it on my PC.
Unfortunately, in the process of gently persuading it to come out, I appear to have completely killed it! (Unrecognisable in phone, PC or camera.)
I'm going to try painting the contacts on the card with silver paint in case they're not making contact, but I don't fancy digging inside the phone to bend the contacts there.
Any thoughts anyone?
In the meantime I'll wait and see if the 4Gb card is compatible with the Hermes before I order a replacement.
Is this a problem with Sandisk cards, I wonder? Had no problems at all with a 1Gb Kinston card... pop in a new Sandisk 2Gb, and sticks. Didn't shave off any plastic though, just caught hold of the groove on the edge with a fingernail and pulled on it enough to seat it into the proper 'inserted' position.
After inserting it in the slot a few times, it seems to click into place as it should
@dmj1973: Have you updated the Wiki with the info on ejecting a stuck card? Would be useful to have it there, if it isn't already
dmj1973 said:
HI,
I had / have the same problem with my new mda vario II. If you look under the battery next to the slot is a small white piece of plastic in a runner. If you gently push that outwards towards the edge of the phone the card will eject. Use a pin or a paper clip.
Could some explain where the excess plastic on the card is so i can fix my card.
Also i am using a Sandisk card if that make anydiff.
Dave
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Excellent solution.
I've got a 2 gb SanDisk in a Vodafone 1605 with no insertion/removal problems.
(hee, in past life got quite adept at dismantling my iPaq 5555 to get stuck adapters out)
GG
Hi guys,
Just a quick update. I had a further look at my card. I also removed the "made in Taiwan" sticker. My card ejects and inserts fine now.
Your right about the "contacts" being exposed, though i suspect this won't matter too much as they are covered again once they are inserted into the phone.
I don't believe this to be a problem only with sandisk cards but i may be wrong.
Dave
it seems that im a lucky dog because i have never got this problem with my softbank device and kingmax 1g tfcard.
anyhow thx the info upstairs
dmj1973 you saved my day!
today my transcent 16gb microsd arrived. i took the (kind of useless) 128mb out of my acer m900, and suddenly i wasnt able to get either of my micro sd's back into the device! it always jammed half way in ... drove me ****ing crazy thinking my new pda already broke :/ wasted the half day beeing mad until i found this thread! i red until "battery" ... then instantly removed the cover/battery etc, and my cards no longer jammed! -can get them in&out gently again thx 2 you!
seaser
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I've only had the Exec for a week and I've had to secure the SD card a few times where it's been accidentally been clicked out. I've just tried to save a doc and noticed that it's missing! :evil: :evil: :evil:
What a crud design. Surely there should be a cover over the memory card slot?
I do love my Exec, but right now I could launch it out the window!!! :evil:
Sorry, just had to vent!
BTW, great forum. Loads of useful info for a new user.
Tis a bad design.
I suggest a little 3M ghost cellotape over the slot. Keeps it in, dust out, and doesn't look to cr*p (it's transparent)
V
Hey Vijay,
I think you're right. I'll do that, just as soon as I get my new card. At least I've got a good excuse to get a 2gb card now. :wink:
Jud
Guys, this might be a problem in need of a good solution either way. Just looked into my slot (!) and there's a lot of dust. Although the slot looks enclosed internally, we had big problems with SPV phones getting dusty through open slots in the old days...
V
I've absolutely no problems with my Qtek 9000, the SD-card is firmly fitted within the device.
When I want to remove it I have to press firmly and push it back at least 1,5 mm so I'm not afraid of losing it.
Maybe it is a problem with your device?
vijay555 said:
Tis a bad design.
I suggest a little 3M ghost cellotape over the slot. Keeps it in, dust out, and doesn't look to cr*p (it's transparent)
V
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Or maybe this.
Just for my 1gb card protection and answering the phone like the xda2 ( without opening it).
Hye, don't get me wrong, I don't use this idea myself, because I switch SD and wireless (between my magician and universal).
But I think generally, a small rubber flap over the SD flap would have been a good design. I think the Orange models have this feature.
V
This happend to me days after I got mine. The problem is that the SD slot is on the bottom. You put it in a pocket that has something in it, coins keys postage stamps , and it depresses the SD card. You pull it out your pocket not realizing and the SD card falls out. :evil:
Cya
Stot
Right, I got my Vario II a couple of days ago. Its great, but I was wondering something - could I cut to fit my Oyster card to sit underneath the battery cover? Anyone tried this? Does anyone know how much I can trim off of the card? Would be great to just get the phone out to swipe with!
Cheers
Chris
I can't even fit a spare 1Gb MicroSD under it without the cover bulging, so I doubt an Oyster card would fit without some major mod's. You can't trim much (if any) off it, the RF coils are pretty much all the way around the edges of the card. Great idea though!
I just put my Oyster card next to the SD spacer(don't have a Micro SD card yet) and they are about the same thickness. I thought it might be the case with the coils, which is pretty annoying as the card really isn't far off fitting in. Any ideas if there are any pics showing a kinda 'xray' of the Oyster?
haha, you copying the Japanese on this? They too have the equivalent of Oyster cards (Suica, much more advanced with online usage if you have a card reader attached to your computer) which can be integrated into their mobiles. In fact, I do wonder if the technology of the 2 systems are teh same
I'm sure there must be a way to cut up the oyster card so that only the data bit remains? Anyone got a spare fiver to dissect an oyster card?
Oyster is a standard Mifare card.
Although I've not seen "inside" the oyster - a mifare card has a coil slightly larger than the size of a 50p in the centre - with the chip either inside or outside of the coil.
N
Right fellows I have tried to search nearly an hour to find-out what’s & where the chip is inside the Oyster but no joy, finally I have tried one another card to just give it a try and I am sadly declaring that it is NOT possible at all to sandwich the oyster card between the battery & its cover (I have tried on my XDA-IIi -- Alpine), even though I have tried to press the cover so hard that the sliding latches could break in a split second. Check the pictures.
Sidd
So why would you want to take out your highly desirable phone in a crowded tube station?
Do you need the insurance money?
Maybe you could attach credit cards to a lanyard, hang them from the phone and have your PIN number tattooed to your forehead.
Anyway I am carrying my oyster in the card slot of my XDA-IIi's leather pouch and touching the pouch on the scanner every day, works fine for me.
I think this is more secure from the prying eyes and for the scratch protection of the device.
Sidd
i would say yes, with some modification. check out this link if you are still interested. I plan to do this for my Hero in the coming weeks
http://www.skeptobot.com/2008/05/time-lapse-vid-of-dissolving-oyster.html
Today I removed my minisd card and put it back in shortly after, but something went horribly wrong
Somehow I broke the thing that holds the card in position so now it wont stick in.. so I tried to make it stuck in with a paper which works but it doesn't get recognized then, I guess the mechanism which holds the card always turns on a switch thats tells my wizard to start reading the card
Does anyone got any idea to fix it, cause this sux big time (I bought the phone a few months ago for €200), I cant find my receipt but ill try to get a copy of the shop .
Im so pissed right now
Nobody knows, the warranty is overdue
Could I open the phone and maybe fix it myself?
I got the service manual but not the tools, anyone ever seen the inside of the phone, would it even be possible to fix it?
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Hi there
i had a similar problem - had to buy another htc 8125 and unfortunately it came with a broken slot for the minisd card. At first i thought i wasn't pressing the card enough for the thing to click and hold it. Then i realised it was broken. As far as i could see from the little opening there was a white slider which is pushed down by the wider side of the minisd card. It has a spring behind it and somehow it has to click in down position and hold the card.
i tried to push it down with a very very small screwdriver and understand the way it worked. With my bad luck i pushed a little harder and broke that white slider. It just broke in the middle and one part stayed down and the other was pushed up by the spring. It broke exactly at the place where it was pushed by the memory card. So my card was not jumping anymore out - it just stayed in but was not recognised by the phone.
I didn't know what else to do so i found some instructions on how to open the phone and went for it with the hope to reach the memory card slot an hopefully fix it. HTC has taken good care of the stupid slot. It is soldered to the motherboard and nothing much could be done. There are 4 points that hold it but i didn't go that far to unsolder it (didn't know how many springs and other parts would jump out of it). Anyways - what i noticed was the following:
there are two small "plates" at the bottom of the slot. Wheny ou isnert the card they touch and i think this is what makes the slot active and knowing that there is a card in it. I had some dirt betwen them and that was preventing them from making a contact. After i removed that small piece of dirt and inserted the card it worked like a charm. It stays so tight in there now that i hardly can get it out - which is not that bad because i can always use the usb cable to transfer whatever i want.
I think i still have those manuals for opening the phone, so if you decide to go this far and can't find them i can send you an email.
Hope i was of any help
There's no need to open or disassemble the phone to repair the slot,just apply a thin layer of any adhesive tape around it but make sure you do not cover the connectors and insert the card firmly in the slot.
Cheers !
But well even if I push it in it doesnt get detected(I added a piece of paper to hold it in but it didnt detect it still).
I think ill buy a torx screwdriver and open it.
I'll still advise you to check the mini sd in some other phone,if it still doesn't get detected than get a new one or it may need to be reformatted.Opening up the phone might lead onto more problems.
Cheers !
zabardast_1 said:
I'll still advise you to check the mini sd in some other phone,if it still doesn't get detected than get a new one or it may need to be reformatted.Opening up the phone might lead onto more problems.
Cheers !
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I got a 2gb minisd and a 512mb minisd both dont work so im sure its the phones fault , they have always worked fine.
Today i put a micro sd "sandisk" in my tablet but now i dont be able to remove it, when i push it nothing appen and the sd dont turn out, what is the correct metod to do this?
It's quite a firm fit, push it in with your fingernail and the spring will launch it out across the room.
Or if you dont have any fingernails use something like an opened paperclip or a table knife to push the microsd card in far enough to eject it.
Mark.
Does your tablet show that the micro sd card is in it's slot? I hope you didn't jam it between something. When first using my sd card slot I had to be careful. It felt like the inside of the slot had edges that made inserting the card a little difficult. I always listen for the 'click' when seating or unseating the card. Good luck.
Mine won't eject, either. I can feel it springing, but it doesn't pop out. I had to use a small flat screwdriver (think: eyeglass repair kit) to get it out.
Not a HUGE deal, since I likely won't be taking the SD card out much.
I would just get an exchange if I were you. Never know what you might break accidentally trying to pry it out.
After much work i've get out the sd, probably i push too hard. Now i push it very softly and im able to take out the sd without problem. Thanks to all
I find that if I push a little to the right (where the tabs on the SD card are) w/my fingernail, then it usually clicks and comes right out.
I almost lost my microsd a couple of times as it likes to shoot out across the room whenever I try to remove it.
Sent from my Samsung Epic
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If you can, return it. There is problem with some of the tf101's. My sd went in and i couldn't get it out. I used a razor blade to remove it. Now that i have a replacement i also noticed the power button was also recessed to far in on the one with the bad card slot. On the replacement unit the power button and volume rocker function much much better.
Hi Everyone,
I have been using my note 3 N900W8 Canadian variant for a few months now with a Lexar 600x 64GB Sd card and have not had any problems. But a few days ago I noticed this message "SD card unexpectedly removed" and my sd card was unmounted.
1st I tried the usual power off, remove card remove battery and replace card and battery. but dod not fix problem.
THen I tried a format on the card using the phone ,a format using a PC to FaT32, a restore through recovery and a KIes restore but nothing worked. I know the card is good because it works fine on my wifes LG G3.
Then I got a different Sandisk Ultra 16GB card and tried it in the Note 3 but the same happened.
So finally I called Samsung they told me to send them the phone but I would have to pay for repairs.
I am not under warranty so I figured I would have a look first, I opened up the phone and looked in the sd card slot and from what I can see it looks like pin 3 from the left hand side over is diffenet then the rest of the pins. Whe you look down at the slot ,the metal cover has a small hole and if you look at the hole you are able to see a pin, I believe this is pin thee.
My question is do other Note 3 owner also see this pin or could it be debris?
An other thing I noticed is that when you slid the sd card in, if you are looking from the back of the SD card slot with the back cover off and the motherboard exposed there is a small metal clip/lever that gets pushed down by the top of the sd card, is this normal?
I wish I could take pictures, but my camera sucks and cannot get close enough images. If I do get a better camera I will post the pictures.
carlos1984 said:
Hi Everyone,
I have been using my note 3 N900W8 Canadian variant for a few months now with a Lexar 600x 64GB Sd card and have not had any problems. But a few days ago I noticed this message "SD card unexpectedly removed" and my sd card was unmounted.
1st I tried the usual power off, remove card remove battery and replace card and battery. but dod not fix problem.
THen I tried a format on the card using the phone ,a format using a PC to FaT32, a restore through recovery and a KIes restore but nothing worked. I know the card is good because it works fine on my wifes LG G3.
Then I got a different Sandisk Ultra 16GB card and tried it in the Note 3 but the same happened.
So finally I called Samsung they told me to send them the phone but I would have to pay for repairs.
I am not under warranty so I figured I would have a look first, I opened up the phone and looked in the sd card slot and from what I can see it looks like pin 3 from the left hand side over is diffenet then the rest of the pins. Whe you look down at the slot ,the metal cover has a small hole and if you look at the hole you are able to see a pin, I believe this is pin thee.
My question is do other Note 3 owner also see this pin or could it be debris?
An other thing I noticed is that when you slid the sd card in, if you are looking from the back of the SD card slot with the back cover off and the motherboard exposed there is a small metal clip/lever that gets pushed down by the top of the sd card, is this normal?
I wish I could take pictures, but my camera sucks and cannot get close enough images. If I do get a better camera I will post the pictures.
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Look at YouTube? I can check tomorrow.
You can easily repair it yourself buy purchasing a sd card slot from ebay.
soldered to mainboard
Thanks for the reply man, but that was the first thing I checked. the card is soldered to the mainboard. I think you might be thinking of the Note 2 because I remember it having a replaceable sim/sd card slot and also a replacable usb charger. I do not understand why phone engineers do this kind of thing when they know that these are the parts of the phone that fail. It would be so much easier to repair to just buy the part and repair it, but no they want you to send it to them so that they cna make more money of you after you have already given over 500 for the dammed phone.
Sorry for my rant, but if I was more confident in my soldering skills I would attempt to fix it , but I am afraid of also damaging the sim card slot since they are so close.
Carlos
I posted a pic of the board, the 1st pic is of the board trying to look in the sd card slot but the camera sucks and the 2nd I drew what the pins look like on the notepad.