Sooooooo, I replaced my internal sd card with a 4gb class 10. I used the "cut away the plastic" covering the card method because I was too lazy to take the phone apart. Now the phone will not turn on. Tried placing the original card back in......still nothing. Plug the phone in and I get a battery symbol with a yellow triangle and exclamation mark. Any thoughts?
I pried up the one edge of the piece of plastic that I removed which was close to the contact for the back cover, so maybe I messed up that contact and the phone thinks the cover is not on there? Was there not a fix for the Streak to eliminate the need for the back cover to be on for powering up?
Any help is sincerely appreciated since I now have no phone, which is clearly not going to be warrantied. Congratulations me
Don't know if this helps because it requires what you didn't want to do - take your Streak apart. But a quick look at that tutorial and it seems that the 'switch' for the back cover is not near the internal sd card, so perhaps your problem is something different?
Did you do a reset from the recovery? I believe that you need to di that to initialize the new sd card?
There are a few threads here and at MoDaCo dealing with the replacement of the internal sd card, more reading may be in order.
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The innerSD is the black square in the top right corner, slightly to the top and right of the sd card picture (that is the outerSD slot)
The battery cover switch is near where the greenish square in the bottom left corner.
It's possible he might have damaged a trace that connects the switch, but it seems a bit unlikely for it to run exactly where cut and also happened to be the only trace damaged.
You could try installing streakdroid as it ignores the batt cover switch, assuming that's the only issue
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The innerSD is the black square in the top right corner, slightly to the top and right of the sd card picture (that is the outerSD slot)
The battery cover switch is near where the greenish square in the bottom left corner.
It's possible he might have damaged a trace that connects the switch, but it seems a bit unlikely for it to run exactly where cut and also happened to be the only trace damaged.
You could try installing streakdroid as it ignores the batt cover switch, assuming that's the only issue
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Can we use microSD card reader for innerSD card too? Does fixing innerSD helps power on our device(not booting but just power on)?
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Can we use microSD card reader for innerSD card too? Does fixing innerSD helps power on our device(not booting but just power on)?
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The inner SD Card is just a 'normal' micro sd card, so yes if you remove it you can put it in a card reader.
Whether making sure that the inner card is working properly it will fix your problem is unknown.
If you have not taken your Streak apart I recommend cutting the area above the inner card to remove it. I have done this to two Streaks with no issues. YMMV.
Thank you marvin,
Ill try it tomorrow, hope it will fix the device.
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The innerSD is formatted in ext3, so you'd need to be able to read ext3 partitions if you wanted to examine it's contents
A few days ago I used TheManii's guide for flashing an image to the innerSD and it went off without a hitch, and solved a small error I was getting when booting into recovery. So if you want to eliminate a variable, I would highly recommend that so you know it has nothing to do with your problem
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ok i have a 8525 with vp3G 3.61 and radio 1.50. here recently - like after i dropped it in the sink full of water - if i try to do a reboot on it or power it down and go to power it back up wihOUT the microSD card in it is exceptionally slow. only does it with my microSD card not in it. any ideas? THanks
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ok i have a 8525 with vp3G 3.61 and radio 1.50. here recently - like after i dropped it in the sink full of water - if i try to do a reboot on it or power it down and go to power it back up wihOUT the microSD card in it is exceptionally slow. only does it with my microSD card not in it. any ideas? THanks
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I can only assume it is trying to load some application or file from the card. But you do not say what apps are installed at start up and whether they may have necessary files on the card.
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I can only assume it is trying to load some application or file from the card. But you do not say what apps are installed at start up and whether they may have necessary files on the card.
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thanks mike...after thinking about what you said you were right. one of the apps in my HTC home plugin launcher thing is installed on the card. removed it from the launcher and restarted without the microsd card: problem solved. i dont know y i didnt think about that. maybe ill use the excuse its been a long week
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its been a long week
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lol that pretty much sums it up. thanks again
woah, you have dropped ur 8525 in a tub of water, submerging it compleatly, and it still works????
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woah, you have dropped ur 8525 in a tub of water, submerging it compleatly, and it still works????
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yup. i had just ran the dishwater in the sink with dish soap. sat the phone on the counter. roommate went to slide something in the sink without paying attention and knocked in my phone too. i come back into the kitchen and see some nice light shining up through the water. so of course i hurry up and pull it out. just as i was about to take the battery out the screen went black and white. put the blow dryer too it and 8 circulation fans for desktop computers. thought i had it dry so i tried powering it back on. screen was almost like an LCD monitor with a bad backlight with just ghost images. so i called AT&T and told them it just quit (i may have forgot to mention the sink incident). well ive already had 5 replacements since march for various reasons (mostly cuz i may have dropped them and they got scratched so i wanted a new one) but anyways they told me bring it to the store to verify there was no damage. which somehow the little sticker meant to check for moisture didnt change so i was figuring i was good. went to school the next day and left the phone in the front seat of my car for about 4 hours came back out and tried it again to make sure it was still gonna do the ghost image thing and low and behold it worked with no problem. screen came on normal in full color and everything. touch screen still works and everything. its like it never happened from what you said i guess im the first to successfully drop an 8525 into water, fully submerge it and it still worked.
I dropped my phone and turned it back on and it said "No SD card please insert a new SD card," so I took off the back and looked for where the SD should be and I can't find it? Where's the slot?
IT should be on the top left side (looking from the back on your device). You have to open the backcover.
Ok I found it. I took it out and put it back in and turned the phone back on but it still says there's no SD card inserted?
try taking it out while your hero is turned on. Then put it back in.
Try restarting phone without SD in,... then once fully booted, insert SD again.
If thats a no-go, you may have broken something.
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try taking it out while your hero is turned on. Then put it back in.
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Try restarting phone without SD in,... then once fully booted, insert SD again.
If thats a no-go, you may have broken something.
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Alright I tried both of those and it didn't help, so I just tried the SD from my other phone and it worked perfectly. I guess the Hero's SD is just broken, but it's weird that just dropping the phone one time could break the SD card?
There are also 2 smudges on the bottom of the screen, you can see one on the right of the word "Phone" and another smaller one on the bottom left of the Phone button. They're like little brown dots and they look like dirt but they're on the inside of the screen. Is there any way to fix these? If not, anyone wanna buy a Hero lol?
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To the SD cards, they are very fragile, the slightest drop in the wrong place can fracture them inside causing them to be unreadable.
For the screen, have you tried opening and cleaning under the glass?
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Looking at the image again, they may even be dead pixels ad they are illuminating and not just blocking the light, not too sure on that though.
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To the SD cards, they are very fragile, the slightest drop in the wrong place can fracture them inside causing them to be unreadable.
For the screen, have you tried opening and cleaning under the glass?
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Do you need a special tool to open up the phone?
Torx 5, Phillips 0, flat plastic stick and some plastic tweezers I think.
There is a video around for it, if you go to accessories section and replacement case/fascist it is in there.
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captainstu72 said:
Torx 5, Phillips 0, flat plastic stick and some plastic tweezers I think.
There is a video around for it, if you go to accessories section and replacement case/fascist it is in there.
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Yeah, I agree. A "fascist" can help you fix the dead pixels. If nothing else he can read "Mein Kampf" to the little lazy guys until they get up and start saluting
I'm just kidding. What I am saying is of no help but I just found the confusion too funny.
What he actually meant was "fascia".
What i meant to say and what swype put was something completely different!
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http://www.mediafire.com/?i2imuz50tdz
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Thats the link Thanks sychie!
Alright fixed it. I got pissed off today because it wasn't getting reception so I threw it on the ground, and when I picked it back up the little smudges were gone lol.
Has anyone taken their Omnnia 7 apart yet to see if you can replace the microSD card with a higher capacity one?
It's been done on the HD7 so we need a brave volunteer to try the same on the Omnia.
This is really intriguing to me... if anyone does it please take lots of pics!
You're on the OMNIA 7 has a MicroSD slot?
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You're on the OMNIA 7 has a MicroSD slot?
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No, not a normal slot.
In some mobile phones with windows 7, the MicroSD is hidden inside.
You cannot access without unscrewing, and it voids the warranty.
The phone must be taken apart into pieces to find the MicroSD, it is not one you just change for different music all the time!
We need a person to volunteer to take apart their phone!
Windows Phone uses a special high–performance SD card that works differently than SD cards in other devices.-Microsoft
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exFAT disk format maybe?
I have an Omnia 7 testing device and I am willing to disassemble it. But I really don't know where to start with this. Seems that the phone can be disassembled only with special tools that I don't have...
Omnia must have a slot like the HD7?
Got this from a link (I am a new user: so can't post links yet: here's a goo.gl/Vi0e)
While the Omnia 7 has an microSD slot, it isn’t your run of the mill one. The microSD card that comes with the device is essentially locked to the device. If you remove the card, it will make the phone inoperable. I did read a tip that this may change later on, or if you swap cards and reformat then you have to suffer with losing your data, but that hasn’t been officially verified yet. Also someone will probably figure out a hack or way to copy the formatting scheme over to a new card to avoid losing your data, so don’t fret too much about this.
Just got delivery of Samsung Omnia 7.
I'm trying to open it up but I can only get access to 1 screw..the other ones are partially or fully obstructed!
@karthikraman - there is no card locking going on and upgrading memory is fully supported by MS. It just has its own special procedure and consequences. Too many tech writers have been reporting this as if it's some kind of hardware hack special to the HD7. Nonsense, as I said it's supported and designed to work that way.
Manufacturers have decided to hide the cards inside. Maybe they thought that was safer so that people didn’t swap in new cards and complain their phones had stopped working or, if they did the hard reset, that they had lost all their data.
Anyway, all we need to know is whether we can get to the SD card in the Omnia 7 or not. If we can the upgrade ought to work.
@lvoky - Can you post pictures or describe what tools you need?
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@lvoky - Can you post pictures or describe what tools you need?
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Well, I can post some pictures later, but generally, as hboos mentioned, the screwes under the battery cover are partially obstructed with the rest of the phones casing... Which means that before unscrewing these, the casing has to be somehow removed. There are no other screws on the phones body, so I guess the plastic top and bottom part of the phone has to be "unclicked" somehow. Or maybe we have to begin from the display, like with iPhone 3G for example...
OK, I have got it apart, but haven't found the SD card yet.
Where the slider is for the USB charger, use a small screwdriver & gently prise the plasic up (with the slider open), gently work your way around to get the complete cover off.
There you will find three screws, once these are rmoved the end will come off, after which you can slide the metal case off. You can then access all the screws.
HTH, Vince
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OK, I have got it apart, but haven't found the SD card yet.
Where the slider is for the USB charger, use a small screwdriver & gently prise the plasic up (with the slider open), gently work your way around to get the complete cover off.
There you will find three screws, once these are rmoved the end will come off, after which you can slide the metal case off. You can then access all the screws.
HTH, Vince
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take photos and videos if you can would love to get a 32gb card in my omnia
Thanks Vince!
Taking it apart just now!
Just for clarity...to take the first bit off, open the usb slider and put a screw driver in to take off the plastic from the END of the phone... then everything is easy from there.
is it possible for the microsd card to be underneath the sim card slot or inside the area with the antennae?
Update:
I've pretty much dismantled the whole thing...just need to get the screen off and I can't seem to locate teh sd card.....it might be underneath the samsung sticker?
I have two photos but don\t knoiw hwo to put them up...they are 1.5 mb in size
Right guys,
After faffing around with this...the microSD card must be located just beneath the screen..unfortunately, I am unable to check for sure because the board has connections glued on to the sides for the power, camera and volume buttons..
what a downer
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HTC, and maybe Motorola, is known to use microSD card for internal storage in various phones. Samsung, on the other hand, doesn't do that normally. All the Galaxy S phones have flash chips mounted directly on the circuit board. Samsung makes those flash chips, so it makes no sense for Samsung to use someone else's microSD cards.
Nice try and thanks for giving it a go.
Here's more info on the official position from MS:
http://windowsphonesecrets.com/2010/10/29/microsoft-speaks-on-micro-sd-and-windows-phone-storage-expansion/
I said on an HD7 thread that I think they are just being really careful and making sure they minimise potential problems - they don't need the launch to collapse with any Apple-antenna type bad press.
I think I've decided to go for an HD7 and will probably upgrade the memory once I've used up the 16GB.
there is no card in omnia7
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Has anyone taken their Omnnia 7 apart yet to see if you can replace the microSD card with a higher capacity one?
It's been done on the HD7 so we need a brave volunteer to try the same on the Omnia.
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here's proof
Pity about that. I thought it would be upgradable but I was wrong
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Pity about that. I thought it would be upgradable but I was wrong
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Well on the bright side at least we wont have the memory failures prominent in SD-cards Charlie Kindel spoke about.
Ok So I'v had my 16Gb N7 for a week now and the lack of micro SD port is annoying.... Soooo heres my version of an OTG adapter, It sticks out about 8mm from the Nexus but I'm sure I can half that.
Next up is the internal version, I could do an internal one right now but want full functionality of the USB port as well so I'll add something when I get round to it.
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It can sit on the hinge part of the case and the case closes fine.
very nice, was that hard to make? Although you wouldn't get points for looks I think a lot of people would be intrested buying them if you sold them through ebay, me included.
Its just something I knocked up, I'll work on it tonight to get the jack almost flush with the N7 as well as a shorter flex so it gets hidden in the case somewhere. Then all that should be visible is the actual sd slot. I'm ordering some smaller usb->microSD adaptors so that should make it even smaller.
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Its just something I knocked up, I'll work on it tonight to get the jack almost flush with the N7 as well as a shorter flex so it gets hidden in the case somewhere. Then all that should be visible is the actual sd slot. I'm ordering some smaller usb->microSD adaptors so that should make it even smaller.
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Now THAT'S pretty cool! Definately keeping an eye on this!
I think there are still shorter Micro USB plugs avaliable, i'll see if i can find one of them.
Very cool
I'v put this on the back shelf untill I can get an internal mod finished
I be happy with that cable. I am sure that come in handy.:thumbup:
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funkysam, where did you get that microUSB connector (is a 90 degree right?) and what is the connection from the microUSB to the memory reader's end??
I would like to make 1 using this memory reader.
thanks...
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funkysam, where did you get that microUSB connector (is a 90 degree right?) and what is the connection from the microUSB to the memory reader's end??
I would like to make 1 using this memory reader.
thanks...
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Hi, No its just a straight one with a little bit taken off the end with a dremel. I've got the Kingston card reader as well as quite a few others. I'v almost done the internal mod so I'll make a vid soon, it will allow PC access as well but not at the same time as the internal card but charging at 1A + internal card reader at same time are goo to go.
where do u get the thin flex cable? i google ebay and no result... for the micro sd socket with the pcb board.. did you bought it together or u solder it?
Hey Mi Lover and other engineers!
You must deal with this problem have
The solution is simple
Without using special equipment
Only the amount of glue!
You must do the following steps in order to get the correct result
1- Pull out the metal part of the SIM card with razor blade
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2- dont use amount of glue to stick sim card to sd card. (if u use a lot of glue the height of sd card will be increase and u cant placed sim's slot!
3- It's better use 3G sim card to do it (the IC's are smaller than 4G) if you use 4G press and smash edge of sim card to sleep on the sd card!
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Thanks, tried with 4g sim and 64gb sandisk and works well. Used for 2 weeks now without any trouble.
Only the problem is I managed to put them in... it was hard to do so as it was thicker 4g sim. I used little force.
Now I worry how will I get them out (haven't tried yet)
Edit: After another week I tried to pull sim tray out and it came out ok.
Don't try this, I ruined my SD card as well as the SIM card. This works great, why take the risk?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nano-SIM-Ca...677615?hash=item4b0faf0d2f:g:WlwAAOSw5cNYgc~V
Well I have broken two sim cards when trying to install this way, all was in pretty good visual condition (not so ugly as above) and fits perfectly in the bed with sd card. Seems that sim card is very sensitive to any pressure when is "naked", but this extender is maybe some ugly solution.
The extender fits in my (flip cover) case without any problem and so the SIM card is very well hidden, you can't see or feel it. If you only use a silicon case you will slighty feel a little bump where the SIM card is attached.
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The extender fits in my (flip cover) case without any problem and so the SIM card is very well hidden, you can't see or feel it. If you only use a silicon case you will slighty feel a little bump where the SIM card is attached.
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does it still work at android 8? a lot of people can't get pass it now.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/help/sim-card-tray-slot-problem-to-sim-card-t3822368
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does it still work at android 8? a lot of people can't get pass it now.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/help/sim-card-tray-slot-problem-to-sim-card-t3822368
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I don't know, on my Mi Max I'm still on Android 7 (using GlobeROM). On my Samsung Note 7 however, I'm using a custom ROM on Android 8 in which this option of simultaneously using 2SIM & SD was made available again (I thought Samsung had blocked this option, but it seems Android 8 is doing that...). So, I guess developers might know how to bypass this.
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I don't know, on my Mi Max I'm still on Android 7 (using GlobeROM). On my Samsung Note 7 however, I'm using a custom ROM on Android 8 in which this option of simultaneously using 2SIM & SD was made available again (I thought Samsung had blocked this option, but it seems Android 8 is doing that...). So, I guess developers might know how to bypass this.
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sigh not sure if i want to jailbreak just for this
so far i haven had the need for jail break
i feel android have enough apps to do almost anything