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MicroSD card slot

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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Vario II

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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Vario II
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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

after changing batery charmy dead

Hi everone, i have a big problem. I changed the SIM card in ma MDA compact 2 for a while, and then a gave my T-mobile sim card that i used usually and turned on the device. On the PIN code sreen it wrotes "INVALID SIM CARD"
what is the problem? i tried HR, new ROM. The sim is OK.
Please heeeeeeeeelp

this is realy strange. i see few possibilities:
1) sim card damaged by static electricity - the best case. Try another sim, if ok, tmobile will replace your sim for a small fee with the same number
2) damaged software inside device. this could also be repairable. try to flash latest official t-mobile rom, complete update with radio especially. imho german aku 3.3 is the latest
3) damaged hardware - hope this will not happen.
the best case wil be damaged sim card holder - this can be bought in every electricians shop, this is also the only part you can replace yourself (unless you are really well skilled electrotechnician)
otherwise, if circuits are damaged, just t-mobile or htc service is the possibility.
Try following step-by-step:
1) clean sim contacts with hard rubber, then clean with ethanol
2) check the sim card holder if pins are not bend or damaged. clean them with cotton and ethanol
3) check also board visible around sim card holder for scratches
4) discharge it completely, as much as possible
5) charge again to 100% (sometimes discharge-charge cycle helps with such strange cases)
6) flash latest tmobile branded rom
I have no further ideas except tmobile or htc service...

the holder is good because the O2 card is going in the MDA, only the T-mobile card wont start. And the T-mobile card is good a placed it into a K750 and it goes...

that's good, does not look to be hardware malfunction.
what about another tmobile sim?
isn't possible that you have accidentally sim-locked your device during some experiments? it will be good to try possible unlocking schemes (in fact, i'm not experienced in those lock things, others are...)

an another sim makes the same as my, INVALID SIM CARD. i think its locked on T-mobile what to do?

as i said, i'm not experienced with this. you may try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=250520

im happy, it goes, i gave a little piece of paper under the battery, and its good

:-D
nice. try to clean sim holder contacts and pull them a little bit upwards.

Nexus 4 not recognizing sim card

I printed out a template and cut my old sim card from Rogers. It's activated and the back of it says HSDPA.
I have tried inserting the sim while my phone was off. I turned it on and it still said no sim card. Do I need a new sim card?
One side of the gold chip touches the metal tray. Does that make a difference?

emmui said:
I printed out a template and cut my old sim card from Rogers. It's activated and the back of it says HSDPA.
I have tried inserting the sim while my phone was off. I turned it on and it still said no sim card. Do I need a new sim card?
One side of the gold chip touches the metal tray. Does that make a difference?
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I chopped my tmobile sim card (from G1 days) and the gold chip was larger than the replacement sim that I got (G2X). I popped the newer sim into my G2X and activated. Then removed and used the template to chop and it detected immediately one placed in the tray.
Sounds like you need a newer card to me.
Hope this helps.

emmui said:
I printed out a template and cut my old sim card from Rogers. It's activated and the back of it says HSDPA.
I have tried inserting the sim while my phone was off. I turned it on and it still said no sim card. Do I need a new sim card?
One side of the gold chip touches the metal tray. Does that make a difference?
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Yes you need to get a new sim card,
The problem with Nexus 4 sim tray is that it's metal and not insulated like iPhone 4,
This also was the cause for data drop on my side, I had my sim card replaced after my first one just completely not working anymore. And just so it won't happen again, I took a thin piece of paper to cover part of the sim card just so it doesn't touch the metal tray on both sides

emmui said:
I printed out a template and cut my old sim card from Rogers. It's activated and the back of it says HSDPA.
I have tried inserting the sim while my phone was off. I turned it on and it still said no sim card. Do I need a new sim card?
One side of the gold chip touches the metal tray. Does that make a difference?
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My card was cut and seemed top work fine until it sit if popped outs place one day, took it it and grinded away the edgy bits that the cutter left behind so it was smooth and got nicely into the tray. Benn working ever since (fingers crossed!)

Broken screen and sim card slot

Hey guys,
I have a broken Galaxy Express since last summer. It has 3 defects:
1. The screen glass is completely broken but the touchscreen is usable everywhere.
2.The sim card slot doesnt detect any sim cards anymore. A relative of mine put a sim card in it upside down and while pulling it back out i destroyed one golden pin.
3. My proximity sensor doesn´t work at all anymore because one crack is directly above it.
Do you think this is reoarable and is ist worth it as the device is already quite old an I am very afraid of opening it myself.
What do you guys advise me to do now?
Thanks, Paul

paulwollf said:
Hey guys,
I have a broken Galaxy Express since last summer. It has 3 defects:
1. The screen glass is completely broken but the touchscreen is usable everywhere.
2.The sim card slot doesnt detect any sim cards anymore. A relative of mine put a sim card in it upside down and while pulling it back out i destroyed one golden pin.
3. My proximity sensor doesn´t work at all anymore because one crack is directly above it.
Do you think this is reoarable and is ist worth it as the device is already quite old an I am very afraid of opening it myself.
What do you guys advise me to do now?
Thanks, Paul
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I found this website here that you can check for the screen.
About the SIM, I saw a video of a disassembly and both Sim card and SD card are in another board. I can't find them, but if you do find them, watch this. It's really easy to do
Good luck, mate

But where do i get a new sim card slot from?
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Stuck SIM tray

hello guys, yesterday I was trying to switch my sd card and what I didnt expect, I couldnt remove the tray.
I thought maybe sim or sd was stuck, so after a while, I was able to gently remove it with a knife.
As it turned out, that wasnt a problem and I still cant remove it fully...
ye...why does this have to happen... anyone have some trick maybe? Or experienced the same problem?
Thanks

It's possible that your SIM card (or a storage card) has become disloged, ie; is not laying flat in the tray. I think the best you can do is to gently push the tray back in and lay it flat face up and see if you can shake it a bit to get it to settle into the tray. If that does not work, I would take it somewhere for repairs.

Just cant believe this really...
I managed to break it, so the stuck piece is still in my phone, but now I am at least able to put a sim and sd card into it.
Contacts little bent, but its how it is and the phone works. Will have to ask about warranty service on this, I am really curious, what will they say...
So be aware, even thing like this can happen...

Yes, this SIM tray is very fragile. You are not the first.

Exact same thing happened to me. I believe there is some clip or contact that detects when the Sim tray is inserted or ejected and it gets caught there. They used a flimsy plastic Sim tray and it breaks in the same place.
The SD card and Sim tray still work. Just have to reset the phone when you change it for the phone to detect the changes.

Happened to me exactly like yours...i used a very this bit of plastic, with a bit of blue tack very firmly attached to the plastic and gently, VERY gently pushed it in to the sim/sd card slot and only took 2 attempts but the bit that broke off came out!!
Then went on Ebay and got a brand new sim/sd card tray and voila!
Cost me £4.50 for new sim tray, but working perfect now.
Matt

Any ideas on extracting w/o breaking the tray?
I have the exact same issue as the OP (before his tray broke).
Does anyone know any tricks to extract a stuck tray without breaking it?
edit: nm. Broke the tray. Took no force at all.
So the issue here is one of the SIM reader pins is sticking up and is catching the tray. Trying carefully to bend it back where it belongs.
edit #2: Can't bend the pin back w/o disassembling the phone. Going to borrow a heat gun.

matthew33 said:
Happened to me exactly like yours...i used a very this bit of plastic, with a bit of blue tack very firmly attached to the plastic and gently, VERY gently pushed it in to the sim/sd card slot and only took 2 attempts but the bit that broke off came out!!
Then went on Ebay and got a brand new sim/sd card tray and voila!
Cost me £4.50 for new sim tray, but working perfect now.
Matt
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Hey there Matt, I got exact same problem, tray got stuck and I rushly pull left over broken tray. I replace the sim tray but now sdcard not working. It is detected and attempt to format the card but fail at 20%. I'm still try to repeatly removing sim tray before I take it to LG.
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samo147 said:
Exact same thing happened to me. I believe there is some clip or contact that detects when the Sim tray is inserted or ejected and it gets caught there. They used a flimsy plastic Sim tray and it breaks in the same place.
The SD card and Sim tray still work. Just have to reset the phone when you change it for the phone to detect the changes.
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So you meant when replace that sim tray, you need to hard reset so it will detect the sdcard? Because I have sim tray replaced, sim worked but sdcard wasnt, it keep fail to format at 20%.

You must have damaged some pins. For me all my.pins are intact and the broken piece is still in the phone. I have to do a hard reset for mine if I want to change the Sim or SD card

samo147 said:
You must have damaged some pins.
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Same here. Damaged SIM reader pin. Tore the phone down and it's not clear if it's repairable or not.
Regardless, I'm writing off my G6 (just 1 month after I got it). I'll pickup a V20 for now, so I don't have to look at another SIM tray.

samo147 said:
You must have damaged some pins. For me all my.pins are intact and the broken piece is still in the phone. I have to do a hard reset for mine if I want to change the Sim or SD card
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I went to LG and they ask for mainboard replacement cost $400, what a joke! Looks like they wouldnt replace only damaged part.

Even if you replaced it. It won't be long before it breaks again in the same spot... If it was a metal Sim tray it would be a lot better. I'm going to avoid LG phones from now on.

evan_g4 said:
Hey there Matt, I got exact same problem, tray got stuck and I rushly pull left over broken tray. I replace the sim tray but now sdcard not working. It is detected and attempt to format the card but fail at 20%. I'm still try to repeatly removing sim tray before I take it to LG.
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So you meant when replace that sim tray, you need to hard reset so it will detect the sdcard? Because I have sim tray replaced, sim worked but sdcard wasnt, it keep fail to format at 20%.
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Happened to me AGAIN yesterday mate, now, like you...my SD card no longer works..ARRGHH!!!
Matt

Bad design
I have had 3 LG G6s, each one has had this happen. It sticks in the corner by the sd card contacts. After it catches it will not read SIM until i get a new tray. I think there may be some sort of pressure switch. I wish LG would replace it with a G8x...

Even the models w/o dual sim capability have contacts for a second sim. These rub against and can get stuck at the tiny pads on the underside of many mSD cards. This will cause the tray to get stuck in the frame for additional friction. If this happens to me again i will try to pull the tray out with some adhesive tape to be able to apply force in the middle or at the left side, where the sd sits, instead of the opposite side via the hole.
Especially the newer, bigger mSDs seem to have such pads, none of my old ones has one, that's why i didn't test whether you could sadely remove the pad. Probably there's the bare flash die underneath.

I solved the problem...its called the LG V30!
Love it!
Matt
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cp1024 said:
I have had 3 LG G6s, each one has had this happen. It sticks in the corner by the sd card contacts. After it catches it will not read SIM until i get a new tray. I think there may be some sort of pressure switch. I wish LG would replace it with a G8x...
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Hi, I got the same problem. The tray broke down only for the SD card and SIM slot is intact. But the phone does not anymore recognize SIM card. So do you think that I did not damage the reader and it's only a matter of getting a new SIM holder?

If you ran into the issue with a sticky mSD, the contacts for the second sim msy be bent/broken/shorted. Whereas only a short may prohibit use of the primary sim slot. And the contacts may not even be soldered to the pcb on a single sim phone like p870. Otherwise just the flimsy plastic tray broke. On my Iphone 4s it was made of metal. And the lever to push the thing outwards was centered and not to the right side, which makes even pushing out an empty tray difficult.

I finally got replacement tray and can confirm that SIM reader started working again. So it indeed seems that there is a pressure switch and it did not activate when the SD card compartment was damaged. No I just worry do I dare to remove sim tray ever again.

My current 128GB mSD in the p870 has a sticker on the back like most mSDs at higher (32/64GB and up) capacities, but this time there's no friction with the useless contacts for dual sim.
But anyway, once the tray has been pushed out slightly, you have to try to grab and pull from the opposite side while pushing the pin in, otherwise there's high friction.