SD card slot problem - Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My son forced the SD card slot tring to get the card out and some of the pins were bent. Consequence:the SD card is not recognized by the phone probably because the pins are not in the right position.
It would be very helpful if anyone can send me a photo of the SD card slot.
Many thanks!

kiscop said:
It would be very helpful if anyone can send me a photo of the SD card slot.
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There you are:

Thank you!!!
Helbelinc said:
There you are:
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Thank you very much Helbelinc!!!
I didn't succeed (probably one of the pins is broken) but it is not a very expensive repair (25€). I think I will mantain this good phone alive for a while more.

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[Q] Overheating and sd card removed

My sensation gives me "removed sd card" or "damaged sd card" message everytime the phone starts to get hot a bit. If i use the phone too intensely, the bottom part (where the sim and sd cards are located) gets really hot.
Then the only way i can get my sd card to reconnect again is to wait until the phone has completely cooled down and restart it.
It does this on many roms so I don't think it's a rom issue. I was just wondering if anyone else had the same problem and if there's a fix for it. It's starting to get really annoying.
I'm currently on firmware 3.32 and running AOKP but it did the same thing on CM9.
Thanks.
JamZo said:
My sensation gives me "removed sd card" or "damaged sd card" message everytime the phone starts to get hot a bit. If i use the phone too intensely, the bottom part (where the sim and sd cards are located) gets really hot.
Then the only way i can get my sd card to reconnect again is to wait until the phone has completely cooled down and restart it.
It does this on many roms so I don't think it's a rom issue. I was just wondering if anyone else had the same problem and if there's a fix for it. It's starting to get really annoying.
I'm currently on firmware 3.32 and running AOKP but it did the same thing on CM9.
Thanks.
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Did you tried to format SD card ? If you did and still have this issue, than only remedy for you is to get NEW SD card mate
dublinz said:
Did you tried to format SD card ? If you did and still have this issue, than only remedy for you is to get NEW SD card mate
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I haven't tried formatting it yet... i will try with another sd card first to see if that may be the problem (the one currently in my Sensation is 32gb and it's going to take me forever to back up everything and put it back) and if so I'll reformat it. Fat32, right?
JamZo said:
I haven't tried formatting it yet... i will try with another sd card first to see if that may be the problem (the one currently in my Sensation is 32gb and it's going to take me forever to back up everything and put it back) and if so I'll reformat it. Fat32, right?
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You are correct, this need's to be done mate, so you have to put up a bit with data transfer If you have class 10 as i do it will take up to 30 min each direction ( i have 28 gb of data) Thought i think that card is culprit) ... Time will tell.
BTW i always format sd from recovery
Without inspecting your hardware (that sounds dirty) I can't know for sure but it's a possibility that the excess heat is causing an already damaged SD Card to expand just enough to screw with it. When it cools, whatever is damaged probably shrinks back to normal and all the electrical pathways in the card re-align properly.
That shouldn't happen. An undamaged SD Card will still expand with heat just like anything else (not noticeably, but expansion still occurs whenever anything gets hot) but it won't cease to function properly.
Remember you're dealing with REALLY tiny electrical pathways in a Micro SD Card. Even slight expansion causing misalignment could screw everything up.
In other words, like everyone else said, get a new SD Card.
Skipjacks said:
Without inspecting your hardware (that sounds dirty) I can't know for sure but it's a possibility that the excess heat is causing an already damaged SD Card to expand just enough to screw with it. When it cools, whatever is damaged probably shrinks back to normal and all the electrical pathways in the card re-align properly.
That shouldn't happen. An undamaged SD Card will still expand with heat just like anything else (not noticeably, but expansion still occurs whenever anything gets hot) but it won't cease to function properly.
Remember you're dealing with REALLY tiny electrical pathways in a Micro SD Card. Even slight expansion causing misalignment could screw everything up.
In other words, like everyone else said, get a new SD Card.
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But what's funny is when the sd card heats up I can still read it with my computer...
I just tried with another sd card, rebooted a bunch of times to get the phone to heat up a bit (if I would do that with my 32gb it would disconnect) but everything works fine. So at least now I know it's my sd card and not the phone itself.
I'm backing up my data to at least try reformatting it before getting a new sd card (i think i only have a class4 so it's going to take a while). If I start using a new sd card i'll need to transfer my stuff anyways.
Thanks for all the help guys, much appreciated.
JamZo said:
But what's funny is when the sd card heats up I can still read it with my computer...
I just tried with another sd card, rebooted a bunch of times to get the phone to heat up a bit (if I would do that with my 32gb it would disconnect) but everything works fine. So at least now I know it's my sd card and not the phone itself.
I'm backing up my data to at least try reformatting it before getting a new sd card (i think i only have a class4 so it's going to take a while). If I start using a new sd card i'll need to transfer my stuff anyways.
Thanks for all the help guys, much appreciated.
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if you are going to reformat your card, my advice will be to use
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
Great tool
dublinz said:
if you are going to reformat your card, my advice will be to use
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
Great tool
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I thought you said before that usually you reformat from recovery...
JamZo said:
I thought you said before that usually you reformat from recovery...
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And i do, but if i have any problem with SD card i try (and mostly) fix the problem with this tool
dublinz said:
And i do, but if i have any problem with SD card i try (and mostly) fix the problem with this tool
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Thanks for the tip. Also I forgot to mention that even when I can't access the sd card from the OS, I can access it from recovery, so I doubt that the card is actually damaged. Hopefully reformatting it will fix the issue, I will let you guys know.
Just to update on my sd card situation, I started to back up my data to reformat it, and I cleaned it up a bit by removing some unused folders and files at the same time. All of sudden no matter how much the phone heats up, the sd card doesn't disconnect anymore...
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Just to update on my sd card situation, I started to back up my data to reformat it, and I cleaned it up a bit by removing some unused folders and files at the same time. All of sudden no matter how much the phone heats up, the sd card doesn't disconnect anymore...
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Yaeeeee keep the money in pocket

SD Card slot failed

On my tf300t the sd card slot will no longer hold the sd card in, when you push sd card into the sd card slot there is no "click" followed by the sd card being locked into place, spring seems to work ok as I can shoot the sd card across the room lol. If I hold the sd card in place it will mount ok.
Does anyone know can the entire sd slot be replaced ? Is it a modular thing or solder into the a board ?
If it is replaceable where can I order the replacement part (aside from asus assuming they sell replacement parts) ?
The tablet is about 1.5 years old, sd card slot should last longer very disappointed in quality of tf300t.
Thanks in advance,
Tony
tonyjsan said:
On my tf300t the sd card slot will no longer hold the sd card in, when you push sd card into the sd card slot there is no "click" followed by the sd card being locked into place, spring seems to work ok as I can shoot the sd card across the room lol. If I hold the sd card in place it will mount ok.
Does anyone know can the entire sd slot be replaced ? Is it a modular thing or solder into the a board ?
If it is replaceable where can I order the replacement part (aside from asus assuming they sell replacement parts) ?
The tablet is about 1.5 years old, sd card slot should last longer very disappointed in quality of tf300t.
Thanks in advance,
Tony
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This may help: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Disassembling+Asus+Transformer+Pad+TF300/11794
But idk if you can actually get another working SD card slot it may or may not be generic
cmendonc2 said:
This may help: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Disassembling+Asus+Transformer+Pad+TF300/11794
But idk if you can actually get another working SD card slot it may or may not be generic
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Thanks for the link, I took a look at the Step 2 photo, and it appears the sd card slot is attached to board, and that board can be removed and replaced, appears to be several ribbon connectors.
Now just have to figure out where to get the part.
Thanks
tonyjsan said:
Thanks for the link, I took a look at the Step 2 photo, and it appears the sd card slot is attached to board, and that board can be removed and replaced, appears to be several ribbon connectors.
Now just have to figure out where to get the part.
Thanks
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The slot is soldered onto the daughter card which also controls the touchscreen. It can be removed and replaced, but some skills are required. Otherwise, just buy a used one off ebay. Turn the service switch off, or disconnect the battery BEFORE touching anything inside the tab. Otherwise, you risk frying components. After replacing the daughter card, you might have to reflash the firmware to make it work with your current digitizer. Be patient when working on it.

Replace sim card slot reader

Hi, I just purchased a Galaxy S7 SM-G930FD and wanted to do the 2 sim and 1 SD card mod so that I could have both my lines plus SD card however the mod got stuck in my tray, I damaged the micro SD card and Sim card and I had to push the eject tool so hard that it damaged the ejection mechanism! Now the tray won´t go all the way in! What´s the replacement part that I need to order and where can I buy it?
Thanks!
rigojr81 said:
Hi, I just purchased a Galaxy S7 SM-G930FD and wanted to do the 2 sim and 1 SD card mod so that I could have both my lines plus SD card however the mod got stuck in my tray, I damaged the micro SD card and Sim card and I had to push the eject tool so hard that it damaged the ejection mechanism! Now the tray won´t go all the way in! What´s the replacement part that I need to order and where can I buy it?
Thanks!
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Hi
Check in Ebay they have them OEM or generic
Thanks, What should I look for?
Hi! Thanks! The thing is I don´t what to look for. I´ve searched for the motherboard but that doesn´t have the card slot, neither does the front or back chasis. I would prefer to buy a piece that includes the card slot so I won´t have to solder anything.
MAX 404 said:
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Check in Ebay they have them OEM or generic
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rigojr81 said:
Hi! Thanks! The thing is I don´t what to look for. I´ve searched for the motherboard but that doesn´t have the card slot, neither does the front or back chasis. I would prefer to buy a piece that includes the card slot so I won´t have to solder anything.
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Hi
Check here
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-OEM-M...259189?hash=item2112f97575:g:PX8AAOSwGXtXhLed
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-MicroSD...hash=item1a15bc73dc:m:m7GHw3OpdEtXE-1Cz2dHo-w
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Dual-...012213?hash=item5d66e17d35:g:fHcAAOSw4s9XkZfz
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Dual-...hash=item2ef324aecb:m:mxlBSeqade-LzRBocKPkhaQ
Thanks, What should I look for?
Hi Max 404, Thanks! but the tray is in perfect condition, what I ruined and need to replace is the slot where the tray goes, would you happen to know which part of the phone comes with the card reader slot? I´ve found the reader itself but I have very little experience soldering.
Thanks a bunch
rigojr81 said:
Hi Max 404, Thanks! but the tray is in perfect condition, what I ruined and need to replace is the slot where the tray goes, would you happen to know which part of the phone comes with the card reader slot? I´ve found the reader itself but I have very little experience soldering.
Thanks a bunch
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Mate
That is going to be very expensive , is the mainboard and lots of disassembly...not easy at all
Check here (step 11)
Here part number , plus no IMEI you have to get someone to transfer your original Imei to the new mainboard.......
Did you ever successfully fix it?
Same problem on S8+
after bending 2 eject tools to get the tray out (had installed 2 SIM + Micro SD mod) I managed to get the tray to stick out from the phone for like 2 microns!. the tray wouldnt move out any further so what I ended up doing was to pull the tray out with the help of dental floss! as genius as I thought I was, soon after I found out that the tray no longer sits flush inside the phone. even without any SIM or SD card. the tray it self looks alright. I think I have damaged the eject mechanism as well. Has any one solved this issue? am I looking at a costly repair? could it be the tray being deformed?
I cant post pictures sadly yet here. would appreciate if any one can help.

SD card not showing.

Hi all, My S7 no longer sees the 32gb micro SD card. I have removed and cleaned it, gone into safe mode just to see if it's a rogue app was causing the problem. It's still under warranty. Before I go down that route any ideas?
Thanks
jb.traveller said:
Hi all, My S7 no longer sees the 32gb micro SD card. I have removed and cleaned it, gone into safe mode just to see if it's a rogue app was causing the problem. It's still under warranty. Before I go down that route any ideas?
Thanks
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Hi,
Did you install the "Prime" Kernel ? That was the same to me and this Kernel was "guilty"
Install another Kernel and your SD should be recognized
Sorry should have said "It's out of the box no root". Don't know when it failed to read but yesterday in the maintenance app it didn't show. I have also cleared the cache, just wondering if a Factory reset would fix it?
Does the card work in a PC?
If yes, back it up, wipe it (Delete partitions > create new primary partition > format to FAT32) try it back in the phone, if it works copy your stuff back to it
If it works in PC but not phone, try another card in the phone, if that doesn't work RMA the phone
When I get home from my sons in Bristol will do as you say won't be for a few days. I did a Google and looks like there are a few of us having the same problem. Not quite sure when but think after last SW update a week ago or so, just noticed after!
Thanks.
Just got home and found another micro sd card only 2gb but the phone now sees it. The old card was a genuine Samsung 32gb the only problem is that I don't seem to have a micro card holder to see if the PC will see it. As they are quite cheap now what is the max memory size that will work in the phone and any recommendations?
Thanks.
jb.traveller said:
Just got home and found another micro sd card only 2gb but the phone now sees it. The old card was a genuine Samsung 32gb the only problem is that I don't seem to have a micro card holder to see if the PC will see it. As they are quite cheap now what is the max memory size that will work in the phone and any recommendations?
Thanks.
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200GB max MicroSD card size
*Detection* said:
200GB max MicroSD card size
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I am using a 256gb card with no issues
parleyp said:
I am using a 256gb card with no issues
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Good stuff, just going from what it says on Samsung's site, and Android Central
Have you managed to fill all 256GB and have it all readable?
Wow 256GB card could fit the whole of the world's populations data and then some. I am going for a 64GB card with the internal 32GB that will be more than enough for me.

SD Card instead of 2nd SIM?

Is using a microSD card simply inserting it in the 2nd SIM tray in the U11+? (Assuming it is supported like the U11 does.)
256GB max capacity?
What happens when the card is added?
Suggestions on which brand to buy?
If these questions are answered elsewhere, let me know.
johninsf said:
Is using a microSD card simply inserting it in the 2nd SIM tray in the U11+? (Assuming it is supported like the U11 does.)
256GB max capacity?
What happens when the card is added?
Suggestions on which brand to buy?
If these questions are answered elsewhere, let me know.
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The U11+ is the exact same phone as the U11 in this respect.
128Go is great already, but you can add a SanDisk ultra if you want. I kept my 128Go SD I had with the U11.
Howling Wolf said:
The U11+ is the exact same phone as the U11 in this respect.
128Go is great already, but you can add a SanDisk ultra if you want. I kept my 128Go SD I had with the U11.
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Thanks for the feedback! I will check out the microSD card you suggest.
Hello, I would definitely go with the SD card. I dont know why though but I randomly get a SD card unexpectedly disconnected error. Don't know why it happens. Its a 128gb lexar card. Im starting to think there is something wrong with my phone.
Great idea
johninsf said:
Is using a microSD card simply inserting it in the 2nd SIM tray in the U11+? (Assuming it is supported like the U11 does.)
256GB max capacity?
What happens when the card is added?
Suggestions on which brand to buy?
If these questions are answered elsewhere, let me know.
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Anyone had an issue of the handset not accepting a card due to performance not being good enough
Just fitted a kingston SDCA3/64GBSP UHS-I with error message
HTC are denying any issue
sizz-lorr! said:
Hello, I would definitely go with the SD card. I dont know why though but I randomly get a SD card unexpectedly disconnected error. Don't know why it happens. Its a 128gb lexar card. Im starting to think there is something wrong with my phone.
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I got Samsung 64GB 100MB/s (U3) MicroSDXC EVO Select Memory Card (long a** name) and all works great. No issues.
Now I need to figure out how to save photos and videos to it. I will update if I have performance issues.
johninsf said:
I got Samsung 64GB 100MB/s (U3) MicroSDXC EVO Select Memory Card (long a** name) and all works great. No issues.
Now I need to figure out how to save photos and videos to it. I will update if I have performance issues.
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There should an option in the camera app settings that lets you choose whether to save on the internal memory or the sd card.
That used to be the case at least.
johninsf said:
I got Samsung 64GB 100MB/s (U3) MicroSDXC EVO Select Memory Card (long a** name) and all works great. No issues.
Now I need to figure out how to save photos and videos to it. I will update if I have performance issues.
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Just go to Settings in the camera app, swipe up for more options and you will see the option to save to removable storage/SD card there
johninsf said:
Is using a microSD card simply inserting it in the 2nd SIM tray in the U11+? (Assuming it is supported like the U11 does.)
256GB max capacity?
What happens when the card is added?
Suggestions on which brand to buy?
If these questions are answered elsewhere, let me know.
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The max for the micro sd card is 2TB, but thats abit of an overkill, considering the amount of storage

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